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!!!