Christmas Thank You Cards

Wow, these cards actually got finished before the end of the year! That's a record for me. Usually it's mid-January and they still aren't made. Granted, they are not written out yet, but that's a good project for tomorrow, which is supposed to be cold and rainy. But can you believe when I went to the post office the other day they had NO rolls of regular stamps? How can the post office be out of stamps?!?!?! So I'll have to make another trip there later this week. Does anyone else dread the post office like they dread the dentist?

These are rather simple, as DS was clamoring for a playmate as I was trying to make them. I was able to produce a quick dozen of them in about 1 1/2 hours. The dp is from the same Holiday Slab V that I've been using this whole holiday season. The Thank You is from a sentiment set that I don't have a label for. Ribbon is from the craft store. Brads are pewter from Making Memories.

Happy New Year and Thanks for looking!

Baroque Primas

Baroque Motifs has been on my shelf and I have not used it nearly as much as I would like. Today I was playing with my embellishments, sorting brads and primas, and had a creative lightbulb moment. Here is the result:I used a premade ivory card from the craft store, which measures 4x5. The flourish is stamped in Handsome Hunter, and I scored a frame 1/4" from the edges of the card. The primas are attached with antique copper brads. I'm thinking of making a small set of these to send my grandmother as a small gift. She still writes letters and I'm sure she would enjoy them.

Time to go play with ds, who has been begging for a playmate all day. Sometimes I wish he would learn to play by himself, but I know I would be sad if he no longer wanted me!

Thanks for looking!

Look What Santa Brought!

We had guests all week, and I had to work the days after Christmas, so I have not had much of a chance to play with these new toys yet! I can't wait to, though! Maybe tomorrow I'll have some time...

Here also is a card I made for my dh for Christmas. I realized that this is our 10th Christmas together!

We had a wonderful day, ds was VERY excited about everything. Then, after dinner we celebrated his birthday. I don't think he realized there were also presents for his birthday, because all he wanted was to get to the cake! Then we brought out the box of birthday gifts, and he was so funny. Each one he opened, he held up and said "Just what I ALWAYS wanted!" Getting him to bed was a struggle, but he did nap the next day for a few hours. DH has been home with him all week, and with the grandparents visiting, he has had constant playmates. We will all be glad to get back into our routine next week, though. As much fun as the holidays are, it's always nice to return to our nice quiet (read: boring) daily life.

I have a question for everyone who uses Prisamcolor pencils: What do you use for a sharpener? I got a soft-lead sharpener in the art supply aisle, but wonder if there is some other magical sharpener I should look for.

Thanks for looking!

Blog Candy Winner!

Thanks to all of you who took the time to visit my blog and enter my blog candy drawing! It means a lot to me that you are interested in my work. I have just returned home from a lovely afternoon/evening with my dh and am getting ready to turn in. I do have to work tomorrow and am very tired!

However, I thought you would all like to know who is the lucky winner of the candy. After entering the data into random.org, the lucky number is 11:

Kathy W said...
I'll be unpacking. Just moved into a new house relocating from a different state and am surrounded by boxes! Thanks for the chance to win.
December 20, 2007 12:08 PM

Kathy, please email me with your details and I will get the goodies out to you on Saturday. If I don't hear from Kathy by midnight Saturday, I will draw another winner.

Thanks for looking!

I Feel the Need to Spread Some Cheer

ETA: I have moved this so that it stays at the top until the drawing is done.

After going to the ER for stitches on Saturday night, DS woke up in the middle of the night Sunday night with his first stomach virus. He was sick all night long, and just wanted to sleep, but as he started to drift off, he had to run to the bathroom again. Poor little thing curled up on the bathroom rug at one point so he could rest! It took until yesterday afternoon for him to get over it, and he watched more tv in the last two days than he as in his 4-year life! But today he is back at preschool - he couldn't miss Show and Tell!

Meanwhile, I got the Christmas cards mailed, teacher gifts made, and treats passed out to co-workers. All I have to do before guests arrive is clean the house and wrap gifts.

So let's have a Blog Candy giveaway, shall we? Goodies are yet to be determined. I will try to gather them up over the next few days and post a photo. But as I promised - no leftover Christmas supplies and no re-gifting!

To enter, please leave me a comment on this post and tell me what you will be doing the day after Christmas. Shopping for bargains? Spending gift cards? Fighting with your kids for a turn at the WII? Eating cookies for breakfast? I will be at work.

Thanks for looking!

A Christmas RAK and Birthday Cards

Allison, queen blogger herself, sent me a Christmas RAK! How sweet is this card? The beaded garland on the tree didn't make it through the post so well, but the card is still so cute! Thanks, Allison!We also have a few birthdays to celebrate this week. My DS turns 4 tomorrow. Yikes! And my nephew turns 1 on the 29th. It's hard to believe how fast they are growing! Both cards are similar since I'm short on time these days. The paper is from the DCWV Mini Stack 3. Stamps are Hambo (train) and SU! Toy Box (race car), Greetings 4 You (Happy Birthday), All Year Cheer II (Happy Happy Birthday) and The Cat's Pajamas (stack o' presents). The stack of presents is colored with metallic and regular gel pens. The trains are colored with markers and also with pencils blended with OMS. I like the pencil colored one better - the lines from markers drive me bananas becuse I like a smooth finish!Well, time to go so the camera batteries can charge and I can bake a birthday cake for tomorrow. He wants a Green Goblin cake, but I think he's getting a hamburger cake. I'll share photos if it's not too embarassing. I'm a stamper, not a cake decorator!

Don't forget to enter blog candy a few posts below!!

Happy Holidays to you all and Thanks for Looking :)

Teacher Gifts, Yankee Swap Gift

Here are the beaded pens and altered notebooks I made for the teachers at ds' preschool. It's hard because there are soooo many teachers and assistants! I decided to just give gifts to the three that spend the most time with him. I got the tutorials for these gifts at Emily's blog. They were so much fun to make! It was my first time with Mod Podge, and now I'm ready to alter the other things I have been collecting - frames, more notebooks, paint cans...I also made a few matching notecards for one of the teachers. The others got gift cards in these adorable little holders. I found the instructions for these little cuties HERE. SOOOOOOOOO easy and better than the generic rectangle holders you get at the store.

The final item is a Criss-Cross Box that I found through Nichole Heady's blog. The instructions and template are HERE. My DH needed a quick Yankee Swap gift for work, so I whipped up this box, filled it with chocolates and another gift card in a holder. They loved it!

Phew! This is the last of the Christmas postings for me! I'm going to spend the weekend cleaning and getting the house ready for guests. And we still have all our wrapping to do, so I'll be getting all that done, too. We still have to put up the tree, which will probably be done on Sunday when the guests arrive. And ds has requested a Green Goblin birthday cake, so I'll be hunting for pictures for that! Is it January yet?

Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for looking!