CHALLENGE Completed: Jan '09 ~Christmas Cards All Year Long ~each card

card 1: SU kraft, real red & whisper white CS, corner punch, cuttlebug holly folder, gingham ribbon, & red & olive markers= direct to folder techinque...



card 2: basic grey 'mistletoe & pear' PP, SU whisper white CS, SU chocolate & sahara sand inks, PSX stamp & CTMH stamp, cuttlebug snowflake & prisma glitter...



card 3: basic grey "mistletoe & pear' PP, SU sahara sand ink, CTMH holiday red CS, cuttlebug folder, PSX & CTMH stamps, pewter snowflake brads...



card 4: basic grey "mitletoe & pear" PP, CTMH new england ivy CS, SU whisper white, cuttlebug folders, red jewel, SU chocolate ink, PXS & CTMH stamps....



card 5: basic grey "mistletoe & pear" PP, cuttlebug folder, MS glitter, CTMH new england ivy CS, SU chocolate ink, PXS & CTMH stamps....

CHALLENGE Completed: Jan '09 ~Christmas Cards All Year Long

here's my set of 5!!! pheeew, just under the wire by my time... ;) R

Winter Wonderland

my winter wonderland
& a comfortable warm temperature of zero....
~ too bad it always misses Christmas... ;) R

My scrap room...

I am slowly in the process of moving my scrapping supplies from one room to another... not an easy task ~ holy cow I have more stuff than I know what to do with... hopefully once I spend a bit more time organinzing I will be happier with the space.. needless to say there's alot to do here... & some weeding out would be a good thing too ~~ but can I really part with it?... ;)




& lots left to unpack...

below:
the 2 tubs on the far right are filled with SU sets...
I am in the process of designing a shelf system to display the sets in the plastic cases they come in...
the blue & green boxes atop of the SU totes have SU re-inkers, wheels & wheel ink cartridges...
lol, & the grey bag is filled with SU Christmas sets.. humm, can you say pack-rat...




here's a view of the full wall with the stamp shelves, etc..
the table is loaded with 12/12 paper & I have more to add to it!!!
the iris carts below house SU cardstock, & many embellishments, punchs, etc...




lol.. more iris carts... the big drawers at the bottom house lots of CTMH clear stamp sets...
I recently purchased a plastic 'honeycomb' system & have put my ribbon in it by color - very easy to get into... the blue isn't ready to house scrappy stuff yet, but soon... R ;)

a close up of my stamp shelves...

just a few years of collecting here ;) R

quotes ~ miracles / imagination

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle;
you can live as if everything is a miracle.

Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Too Darn Cold

ok, so it's COLD!!
lol, it's warmed up to 20 F... hooray, almost a heat wave ;(
the back yard is frozen... I'm really missing summer today ~ I could almost sell my stamp collection for a one way ticket to Dominician.... almost.. oh well more cards to come... ;) R

Beaded Heart

I think is my favorite so far... I used Basic Grey Sultry paper pack, SU chocolate ink, ribbon, flowers & jewels & of course, my trusty cuttlebug heart diecut & sead beads applied with liquid glass... ;) R

Sultry Valentines #2

here's a few more Valentine cards... today I used Basic Grey Sultry paper pack, some iridscent vellum, SU chocolate &/or Sahara Sand ink, ribbon & jewels & of course, my trusty cuttlebug folders... lol, I am beginning to think I can't make a card without them now... ;) R

Sultry Valentines

here's a few more Valentine cards... today I used Basic Grey Sultry paper pack, some iridscent vellum, SU chocolate &/or Sahara Sand ink, ribbon & jewels & of course, my trusty cuttlebug folders... lol, I am beginning to think I can't make a card without them now... ;) R

Red & White Valentines Card Set

SU real red, kraft & whisper white CS, SU stamps, nestablities, cuttlebug folders, red foil dolies, printed ribbon, chunk red glitter & heart jewels... R ;)

Smokey Quartz & Kraft Cards

SU Ivory & Whisper White & Kraft CS, cuttlebug snowy village & friends forever folders, MS smokey quartz glitter, prisma glitter & liquid applique... R ;)

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!!

www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com lol, baby, I'm in!!! R ;)

quote ~~ strength

quote from Evita Peron. "I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.” R ;)

Hey Sugar Valentines

a few more favs... R ;)

Hey Sugar Valentines

here's some of my more favorite ones... R ;)

Hey Sugar Valentines ~ the complete set...

paper by Cosmo Cricket: Hey Sugar; Hey Sugar stickers, CTMH twill ribbon, cuttlebug heart folder & diecut, buttons, SU creamy caramel ink... noting the first photo has hand cut hearts... R ;)

Winter Poem ;)

It's wintertime in Canada
And gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.
Oh, I love my Canada,
When snow's up to my butt.
I take a breath of winter air
And my nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather's wonderful.
I guess I'll hang around,
Cuz I could never really leave...
I'm frozen to the ground!

author unknown ;)

as promised: Lavendar Dreams

as promised I have finally managed to finished up a set of cards!!!

ingredients: K & Company embossed pattern vellum, CTMH white texture paper, unknown white ivy embossed paper & iridscent lavendar vellum, SU Sahara Sand ink, cuttlebug - floral fantasy folder & K & Company stickers... R ;)

Making "Glitter & Glass" Embellishments ;)

the last night I was working on some datebooks & wanted to use glitter on them, but got to thinking how the glitter ends up "EVERYWHERE" including the cat... so as a solution I added my glitter as usual, then added liquid glass over top of the glitter & let dry over night... the picture doesn't do it justice, however, you end up with the lovely look of glitter with way less mess in the end... ;) I'm thinking I am going to try chipboard flowers this way... challenge yourself to make a few 'glitter & glass' embellishments... hee hee.. R ;)

Thank You Jan!!!

thank you Jan for the lovely scrapbooking papers... I will now challenge my self to use them up... this is the prize I won from PAPER CRAFT PLANET ~Scrap Crafts Group... ;) R

;) cards in progress

lol, I haven't forgotten you.. there are quite a few cards in progress... still trying to get the set of 30 valentines finished up ~ just a few more to go... & tonight I started on some datebooks... R ;)

Sledding @ Wooster's Hill ;)

As an after thought to my day, I decided to take the kids sledding at Wooster's Hill...
woo hoo what a rush!! ;) the kids had a great time & so did I ... it's been years since I actually slid down over the hill & I did today ~~ not just once, but 4 times ;) wow, what FUN!!! right into the brook... what a ride... took me back many years ;) R