I totally missed January!

Hi everyone....ohmigosh...I've been so busy, I totally missed blogging for the whole month of January! So let me wish you all a belated Happy New Year! I hope your year is filled with love and laughter, friends and adventures, good health and success in all your ventures!

I'd like to wish a warm welcome to all my new blog subscribers, thank you so much for joining me in my little corner of the world! I also want to thank my regular subscriber's for being so patient while I've been away, thanks for staying with me!

So, what have I been doing to keep me from blogging? Well, I've been trying to figure out my new computer, we've switched to Mac from my PC and while I totally love it, it's been a challenge trying to figure out everything! I've got lots more to learn but I really love my new iPad and computers!!

We're also getting ready to welcome our first grandchild next month....ohmigosh, we are so excited!! So I've been knitting and crocheting, shopping and getting some things made for the shower that we had for my daughter! Here's a picture of the sweet diaper cake I made...I was really happy with how it turned out!

I also made some little Mary Jane shoes and filled them with Hershey's Kisses for each guest, these little shoes are darling and so easy to make.  I found the template here.  The card stock for the shoes is from my Crafty Secrets CD that I got for Christmas.

So with all my crazy busy days, I've also been getting ready for my knee replacement surgery this Wednesday. I'm armed with crutches, a walker, a cane and many more things that I apparently need...so glamorous!!  LOL!  I haven't even had my surgery yet and I'm already impatient to get going full steam ahead!  I'm going into stamping withdrawal, knowing I won't be able to get into my craft room for a while...and I have new toys to play with too! That's the nice thing about my Stamping supplies....they are very patient and will wait for me!

Thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me!  Now that I've done this first blog post on my new computer, I hope to post many more things after my surgery!

Big hugs to all of you ~  I'll be back again really soon!
Hugs ~ Judy

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve and I'm still wrapping and trying to finish my cards! It's been a whirlwind of activity around here and I am racing to keep up with myself!  I've told my family and friends that my cards will be late this year and guess what....they aren't even surprised!  I have the best family and the best friends, I am so lucky!!

Next year I will definitely make some cards throughout the year, this is just crazy!  LOL!!  Anyway this is a short post as I still have a zillion things to do before Santa arrives, but I wanted to share a special part of my Christmas memories with you.  My Christmas Angel...isn't she sweet?

I remember saving up my allowance when I was a little girl so that I could get my Mom something special.  I remember walking to 'The China Cabinet', a store in our neighbourhood, it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, and of course back in those days everyone knew everyone. So Mr. Reynolds asked if he could help me.  I showed him my money and said I needed to find something really special for my Mom for Christmas and together we found this little Chrismas Angel that was in my price range. 

He wrapped it up for me and I carried it home and tucked it under the tree, so excited for my Mom to open it up.  My Mom loved it and each Christmas she would unwrap it and display it on the stereo cabinet.  Now my Mom has gone, I have the Christmas Angel and every year I carefully unwrap it and think of my Mom and Dad and the wonderful Christmases we always had.

When I look at my little Christmas Angel, I sometimes wonder if Mr. Reynolds charged me the right amount on that day so long ago....

I hope you like my Christmas Angel memory and I hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas filled with love, family and friends.  May your days be Merry and Bright!  Thanks for stopping to share your precious time with me!

Love and hugs ~ Judy

Razzleberry Snowflakes

Hi everyone...Happy December!

Seriously .... where does the time go?  I can't believe that it's Christmas in a few more weeks, today we're decorating the tree, I have the Christmas music on and I'm hoping it will start to feel a lot more like Christmas! 

My card today is so much prettier in real life, the silver glimmer paper is such a favourite of mine and it really sparkles on this card.  The card base is Rich Razzleberry and the snowflakes are stamped with the same colour on the base of the card. 

The snowflakes squares are stamped with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive on Very Vanilla.  The squares are punched out with the 1 3/8" punch and layered on silver glimmer paper punched out with 1 1/4" square punch and they are all layered on black.

The snowflakes are from a Martha punch and the sentiment has a cute little edge, I inserted the sentiment strip into the Modern Label punch (holding the punch upside down and sliding the sentiment in to just shape the edge) and it has a little rhinestone but it's hard to see in the picture.

And to finish it, I added a Rich Razzleberry Bow de Fourchette  I've added a link to my tutorial.  Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by, I truly love your visits!

Hugs ~ Judy

Frosty nights and warm hearts!

Hi everyone, just a little share tonight, my CAS (Clean and Simple) Christmas card. I have a hard time doing CAS but this one was so easy and I love it!   The picture isn't great...I have a hard time taking photos of my white cards on dark winter days.  The base of the card is Always Artichoke.

The embossed image is a Cuttlebug folder, I painted the rooftops with my Versamark pen and then embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder....so pretty in real life!  The sentiment is from the super cute stamp set, Merry Winter and the ribbon is Always Artichoke Seam Binding.

The Whisper White sentiment is punched with the 1 1/4" circle and the layer is Always Artichoke punched out witht the 1 3/8" circle.  Then I drew a little pencil line to hang it from.

Simple, cute and oh so easy! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I love your visits and read every comment that you leave me or email to me...thanks so much!

Big hugs ~ Judy

Santa's Sleigh!

Hi everyone!  I just want to say a quick Hi to all my new subscribers and to tell you how thrilled I am to have you visit me on my blog!  Thanks so much, I love having you here!!

Are you all getting ready for Santa to arrive?  I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming...I really need to start making my lists and checking them twice!

This was such a fun card to make, I used my Sizzix 3D Sleigh die and ran it through my Big Shot and then embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.

To make the sleigh blades, I adhered tin foil to a white cardstock scrap with a glue stick and ran that through my Big shot again, this time only placing the tin foil on the blade part of the die. Then I adhered it to the sleigh...I love how this turned out!

I also punched out the Triple Flower Punch using the same tin foil scrap and cut it in half for the present bows. I used a piece of the punched out tin foil for a backing under the sentiment, but it's hard to see in the picture.  The presents are little pieces from my scrap pile.

I made the sentiment on my computer with a free font I downloaded called Chocolate Box and then punched it out with a 1" circle punch. The snowflake is from Season of Friendship stamped in Whisper White Craft ink.   I lined the edge of the sleigh with Tombow and added Silver Glass Glitter....so pretty!!  The ribbon is Real Red Satin and the cardstock is Black and Real Red.

I hope you like my Santa Sleigh....thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me!

Hugs ~ Judy

Vintage Skates

Hi everyone!
Ohmigosh...I can't believe that I haven't blogged for so long!!  It's been busy around my house...lots going on and I have lots of things made that I have stacked up to share with you! 

I wanted to share this card with you today...I just love it!  I couldn't sleep one night and lay there thinking about the stocking punch and what I could make with it and I came up with these ice skates...they are just too sweet and I'm thrilled with the way they turned out!!

They are fairly easy to make, but the detailing takes a bit of time, I think it's worth it though!  Here's how I made it:

Cardstock is Pink Pirouette (top layer is embossed with Vintage Wallpaper) and Whisper White, the skate blades are Basic Gray and punched out with the Word Window Punch. The little bits attaching the blade to the skate are just little pieces of Basic Gray I cut.

To make the skates, punch out 2 stockings in Whisper White and 2 stockings in Soft Suede.  I cut the brown stockings off so that I could layer them behind the white skates and they wouldn't show except where I wanted the sole of the boot to show.  I cut a heel from the excess of the brown that I cut away.

I pierced 10 holes up the boot and then threaded white bakers twine in an overhand stitch up the boot.  I  tied a separate piece in a bow and glued that on each boot with Tombow.  The skate is sponged with Close to Cocoa and then I added pencil dots up the skate and around the heel to look like the stitching that I remember on my own old skates.  Then to finish the skate I cut a tiny piece of Victoria Crochet Trim and then cut it lengthwise to add to the top of the skates.

To finish, I added a bow with the Very Vanilla Seam binding, small silver glitter stars and 1/4 inch punch outs to look like snowflakes. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet.

I hope you like my vintage skates!  Thanks for stopping by to share your time with me...I love your visits and your comments!!

Hugs ~ Judy

My Little Witchling!

Here's a quick and fun Halloween card to share with you!  I'm not sure who makes the image of the little girl, I found it while I was Googling around.

 

I thought the image was just so sweet! First of all I embossed the frame from the stamp set Frame It, using black embossing powder on black cardstock.  Then I cut her out and mounted her behind the frame, poking the top of her hat out of the frame.  The background is wheeled in black with the Web Wheel on Tangerine Tango. 

Boo is from Spooky Bingo Bits and I mounted it on the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch piece.  I love how that punch gives a teeny bit of a border.

I hope you like my sweet little Witchling!  Thanks for stopping by, I love your visits and I appreciate the time you spend with me.

Hugs ~ Judy