Some New Toys

It's Almost New Years and I wanted to just Play with my goodies...I got some NEW Goodies!!! :) :) :)

SO here is my card it's doily-fied LOL  MFT's New Doily dienamic and doily strip dienamic, some doily-ish ribbon from the stash, some Burlap Prima flowers **drool** and some DCWV Groovy Girl papers.  Some BG Pearls in the corners (itty bitty ones) and the center of the flower and this card is DONE!  YUMMM... Wouldja just look at that coloring??  This image made shading EASY as the texture is drawn in making it SO much easier for me to "get it" with the shading thingie, that light source whoops my brains every time... **roll eyes**

Anyway... I'm off to a GREAT Start to 2011, may the New Year find you all Happy and Healthy... ya know my Horoscope said Jupiter would be in my path this year to expect GREAT things... hmmm... we will have to see about that one now wont we??? ;)

PTI Swap on SCS

Two of my "Funky Folds"  Gate Fold Sympathy Card using PTI Sympathy stamp set, Black, Cream and Linen CS.  Easel Card using PTI White, Up Up and Away Stamp set and some DP from my stash, also used the UU&A die...

Two of my Rgular Fold cards.  Distressed Dots DP on Pure Poppy CS.  Stamped the On My Couch stamp set onto a couch that was die cut from Pure Poppy, stamped in Fresh Snow and clear EP added.  Second card uses PTI Black, White and Raspberry Fizz.  It also used the 2010 Round and Round Anniversary set.  Some Joliee bling in the dotties...didn't think I could make FOUR sets of cards and NOT have bling SOMEwhere didja??  ;)

These are DONE **fairly early** and will be postal soon!  WOOT WOOT!!!  LOVE being ahead of the game!!!!

Explanations!!! LOL

OK, so rather than trying to fit all this in with the pictures... Dave with some of his goodies, Yes!  That IS a Dallas Cowboys Santa hat... he wears it every year to divy out the gifties!!!

Bubba: You notice the stocking?  My Mom cross stitched him one a LONNNNG Time ago and it is about the only tradition we have... what a FANTASTIC keeper, she cross stitched it onto Linen...this is one of the only women who's front of the cross stitch and the back of the cross stitch are darn near identical... a bit anal with the perfect stitches on the back!  LOL 

Hailey: She too got a WONDERFUL stocking from Mom.  You see the lil yellow blankie?  YUP!  Hailey went EVERYWHERE with that yellow blankie, so Mom made the blankie on the stocking to match... awwww... LOL  The OTHER Tradition that we have is that every year the kids get a Lifesavers Storybook in their stocking.  My Sister and I always have gotten one and it's just a part of my childhood that I have carried on to my kids, maybe they will continue with theirs....Do you see the pic of the HP Charger?  Yea, she was a bit miffed as she doesn't know what it goes to, so I showed her the shipping notice (grrr...long story) and the smile that followed after! :)

G'Pa:  That is Dave's dad Joe SR.  He had just come downstairs and I snapped a photo.  LOL  Then the pic of him and his confusion of what the heck we got him... Handheld games, figured they were a great change from the romance novels he reads...

All in all, a GREAT Christmas, not a bunch of gifts purchased at the store but the GREATEST GIFT EVER... My Family together!!!!! 

God Bless you all and Have a Merry Christmas, take time to reflect on your blessings!!!  Even during hard times, hold tight to the love you have in your life!!!! 

Christmas 2010 prt 2

Christmas 2010

So here are some pictures from Tree Decorating... Buster would ONLY cooperate with his Rope in his mouth, wouldn't quit fighting long enough so Dave yarded him up and into the picture, no, it's  not mean, Buster plays like this... LOL

Hailey and Bub in their Yearly picture by the tree!!!

 Dave and I having a discussion... SEE... I DO live in my sweats!  LOL

Buster and I getting ready to hang up my Starbucks ornament!!!  **grin** I LOOOOVE Starbucks!!!

Advent Calendar... FINALLY DONE!!!! LOL

Here is my Advent Calendar that I FINALLY finished... I guess you can call me ready for NEXT year!!!  LOL

KaiserKraft advent Calendar and Bo Bunny Christmas paper... Some Tim Holtz distress and some blingage and even blingy on the wood tree... I must admit I LOVE THIS!!!!!

Craft Room Redo-AGAIN!!!! :)

OK, so as promised I have PICTURES of my NEWLY RE DESIGNED HAPPY PLACE!!!!  I had outgrown my shelves and needed MORE space because, let's face it... I am NOT done shopping for toys!!!!!  LOL  SO... My Hubby came up with the idea of boxes in a stair step fashion and WOW but it gave me TONS more room and look at those buttons and punches... it looks like a store display!!!  I LOOOOVE IT... but of course NOW it looks like I dont have that many stamps so I am going to have to work on filling those gaps!!! **wink wink**  EDITED TO ADD!!!!!!   Bubba Helped Dave build these AWESOME Boxes... THANK YOU BUBBA~!!!!! <3 <3 <3

Christmas in Florida~ LOL

This popped into my head and I decided to go with it!  LOL

I grabbed some DP that Kate sent me by Kaiserkraft, some PTI in Avacado and Raspberry Fizz.  Some Taylored Tiny Twinkles are on the MS Wreath and bottom corner.  The ribbon was a pretty color so I kept it from a package of ????  hehe!  The image is MFT Catchin Some Rays, a scalloped scallop Dienamic was used on some cork for my sand... now the sentiment... I am SO in love with this sentiment... it's my Mantra for 2010... It's from the Limited Edition stamp set call Noel Sentiments.  Pretty simple to explain the card dontcha think???  SO, anyway, this is my idea of Kim at Christmas time... you know... ALL of Florida is ALWAYS warm... LOL

Some Play Time

My My but life has been kinda chaotic lately... BUT... I quickly made this card last week for a friend at work, he is a Falcon's fan and I of course am a Cowboy Fan.  I HATE Seattle and they are going to be playing the Falcons, SO... since the Cowboy's aren't going to be playing the Seahawks this year, I told Tim that I would jump on the Falcon Bandwagon.  LOL  Thus this CUTE PI card using Football PI and the Wagon full of Friends PI.  I only stamped 1/2 of the wagon, cleaned it and then stamped the back half over a bit to fit the football player in it.  I completed the wagon lines with my Copic multiliner pen.  The football player dude is wearing his "throwback" uniform, thus the red helmet... My PI is wearing her finest Cowboys gear complete with glittery star on her dress.  :)  Sun, Clouds and stars were all created using Dienamics.  Tried the Grass thing that Michele and Jody do and I have some work to do but not too bad!  ;)

Last night I was pilfering around in my paper pads and found this one that I ordered quite some time ago it's called "willow Bee" by Nicki Sivils.  I believe I got it from I heart paper... I hadn't inked up the Honey Bee PI yet, so it was PERFECT for this paper, which if memory serves me is why I purchased this paper pack!  Had grand plans... hmmm, maybe NEXT year!  LOL  The Mini scalloped dienamic was used along with some black $1 bin M's buttons and some Cats PJ's thread.  OH!!!!  DO YOU SEE MY STITCHING????  EEEK!!!!  LOL  It's a combo of not knowing what the heck I'm doing and "crazy stitching"  Did you know that you can't go backward very far on a sewing machine?  I had it in reverse to make the double stitch but apparently it wasn't liking that, so I trimmed the threads turned it around and went down again, thus the larger poke holes at top... **sigh** LOL  BUT... I'm working on it... NO! Those white dashes on the DP are PART OF THE PAPER, I did NOT do that!!!!!  BUMMER!!!!!  LOL

Lastly here is my DELISH Birthday Cake that Dave and Hailey got for me on my Birthday.  Dave cooked Finger Steaks and Fried Taters for Dinner (lurve that stuff) and we ate cake afterward.  It was DELISH and PURPLE!!!!! :)

Hope this post finds everyone doing well and healthy-my cold is still hanging on, what a simple term for this plague kinda sickness that I have.... man it's bad this year... 

It's back to the coal mine for me tomorrow, BE SAFE FRIENDS!!!!!

Makes me Wanna SHOP !!!!!

This is TOO stinkin Cute to NOT share... so much work went into this and it makes you grin and laugh... and break out that Credit Card!!!!  WOOT WOOT!!!!!

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BLOG HOP & SHOP!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!!

WELCOME! WELCOME! WELCOME!!!!!  It's time my MFT LOVIN PEEPS!!!!  You should have arrived here from The ALWAYS AMAZING MICHELE's blog ... if not you Need to go back and start at KIM'S BLOG   to get the WHOLE SCOOP on the goodness of this month's release... I MUST SAY... this has been a true blessing in disquise... I have MAJOR issues going on and escaping to create has been a SANITY SAVER... THANK YOU KIM!!!!!!  AND... It's a FABULOUS BIRTHDAY GIFTIE from MFT!!!!!!  LOL...Yup, 42 on the 5th... EEEK!!!!

Now... On to why you are here... It's time to shop!!!  My project for tonight, I'm showing you I CAN recycle!!!  LOL  Big joke in my area as we are a bit "county" and use used motor oil to start our burn barrels... **gasp** I know, I know... anyway, I got a blog update thingie in my email and it had a link to this project and I KNEW I had to use it for my Final Project as a Guest DT for MFT... I had TONS of felt that I purchased thinkin I could use it with my dies.. NOPE, too cheap... but it cuts fine with scissors and was PERFECT for this project... I used the WTG From the Bottom of my Heart set and used the WTG image... some MFT Dienamics called Hearts a Plenty and created this wreath!!!  **EEEEKK!!!!  Makes me GIGGLE** 

A Close up shows Paper piecing of her outfit using MME Lush DP, some Glitzy Glitter in red from MFT VIP Kit awhile ago popped up on a Jody dot, and some Red Blingage in the center of the hearts.

LOOKIE!!!!  It's a RECORD... for you YOUNGER Peeps... THIS is how we listened to music, WAY before Cassette tapes, or for you younger than that... CD's.. NOPE!  No IPods etc... good ol' records, this is what was called a 45!!!!  LOL

OK, History Class is dismissed and you need to hop your happy lil selves on over to JEN del MURO's  blog to continue the MFT Lovin!!!!  Dont forget to shop shop shop... TONS to get this month... AGAIN!!!!!  You SO dont wanna miss out on any of these goodies... Thanks for checkin in here all week and all the fun and inspiring comments!!!!

WOOT WOOT!!!!! OH SO CLOSE!!!!! Day 5

Oh WOW!!!  Right???  I LOVE this card, I tell ya, these sets have been SO fun to stamp with and just pull stuff outta ya that you had NO IDEA was in there!!!  LOL  I feel like SUCH a big girl stamper!!!  :)

I used some of my Favorite DP from MFT, Chocolate Kiss , for this card, I got a new embossing folder the other day and used it also... on the BIG nestie heart... I added some ribbon to the back to give it that HOT Doily look.  The Polkie Dottie ribbon, yep... MFT.... and that image... it comes from the Newest WTG Bottom of my Heart set... YES!  If you missed out on it during the VIP now is your chance to swoop this baby up... It has SO many great images to use... I chose to keep mine fairly simple and just use the box of chocolate... it's been covered in clear glaze pen, white ink pen, glitter pen etc... TONS of details in this card.  I nestied it out with a new die... cant remember the name... LOL  Well, that is it for me for NOW.... heh! heh! heh!!!  I have ONE MORE POST... it's for the **insert trumpet sound here**  BLOG HOP AND SHOP!!!!!  Just you wait... I went GREEN on ya'all!!!! LOL
OK, head to Kim's for the days sneaks.... See ya in a few hours my MFT LOVIN JUNKIES!!!! :)