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All That Scraps SALE…La-la Land Special Offer…a card…

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Stamps on sale at ALL THAT SCRAPS, HERE!!! 25% off – already marked with the discount price! CC Designs, Magnolia, Stampavie, My Favorite Things, Bildmalarna, Kraftin’ Kimmie and the list goes on and on!!!Additional 25% off the CLEARANCE section, HERE.  A very short sale so don’t wait!!!!!! Dec. 27 & 28!

NEW from La-la Land Crafts….SPECIAL OFFER Darling Marci!

From now until 11:30 pm PST on December 31st receive a FREE GIFT~Darling Marci digi ~ with ANY purchase of  $50!!!
You can even combine rubber stamps from our online store with digi stamps from our blog!!  As long as you spend $50 (before taxes), Darling Marci digi is yours FREE*!!!  And don’t forget that SHIPPING is always FREE** on any order of over $50!!
*please include CODE – DARLING in the comments section upon check out.
**US orders only, International customers will receive a shipping discount.

Here’s that birthday card finally! lol

I had so many things I wanted to try but when I saw Shari’s card on the Hero Arts blog last week and then I saw the wrapping paper Heather picked to wrap the gifts she was giving for Christmas… I had to try to incorporate them all into her birthday card!

Hero Arts wreath, house, damask stamps,  May Arts ribbon,  Anna Griffin paper reindeer ribbon, Martha Stewart Scandinavian snowflake punch,  Hero Arts gems.  Copic Sketch Markers used to color the house – v91, 93, 95, 99 – YG91, 97, 99.  Rock Candy and Lace Frost Stickles.

I’m linking this to the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #88….

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy stamp shopping!  It’s a Winter Wonderland here…lots of snow… heavy frost on the trees…pretty!

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Top 5 “FAVE” Christmas cards of 2010…

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Hard to pick just five! I loved all my cards…they’re all faves!  I bet you feel the same way about yours!  oh well,  see what you can come up with and link to the “FAVE FIVE” Challenge,  HERE!  Thanks Debby for the fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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a pile of tags…

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Check, check… check off the tags…they’re made…18 Santas… just had to show real quick cuz this Santa from Printworks is so cute and matched my Hallmark paper perfectly!!!!  Always love that! Everything I used is HERE… even used the same to/from that Printworks used on their sample.  Now for the Christmas Birthday girl’s card!  : )  decisions, decisions….

Happy wrapping!  Happy pie baking… I’m still at the cleaning toilets stage! eek! lol

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a little Christmas from Hero Arts…

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I needed another Christmas card today…made me so happy that I got to try this!!!   I saw a card in Hero Arts Flickr gallery with some of their new stamps and I don’t have them “yet”  so I had to improvise!  I used Hero Arts H2887 Real Pine and the ornament is from a set LL260 Good Cheer Messages.  I did sneak in that Stampin Up Baroque stamp and I think the music background is Penny Black…it was fun to emboss and play  to create this anyway! : )  The paper lace/ruban at the bottom is from Basic Grey Capella.  I edged all the papers with vintage photo and/or walnut stain Distress inks, HERE and the ink blending tool, HERE…can’t stamp without them! lol

I hit the ribbon with the heat tool to make it “shrink  and crinkle” up.  Stampin Up and Bazzill card-stocks… not sure where those pearl things came from but I am so glad they were in my drawer! lol

Linking up to a some Challenge blogs…

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog… “cut it out”

7Kids College Fund Challenge blog… “anything goes”

Simon Says Stamps Challenge blog… “anything goes”

Mad for Markers Challenge blog… “anything goes”

Hope you’re having fun creating…After Christmas I’ll be catching up with a lot of blog commenting that’s for sure!  I know I’ve missed a lot this week while I’ve been in the “getting cards mailed ” mode.

This card makes me want to burst out singing “Joy to the world”!  So thankful for Christmas…the birth of God’s son…hope you feel the JOY!

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a wreath…

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So nice to see the sunshine today!  I like making wreaths with punches… seems like every year I try something a little different.  I saw a gal using this SU branch die,  so I had to try it!  Down to the wire and I shouldn’t be playing but I decided I could use one more card to mail.  Not sure if I really like the JOLLY bingo card stickin’ up there or not! ugh!  I was hoping the poinsettia would balance it out….hmmm….this photo might get changed! lol

I used two nestabilities circle dies, HERE,  to make the frame to glue the branches to (I used 21 branches)… although I just went over it with my ATG gun tape… love that thing!   Papers are this year’s Making Memories Christmas release in the 8×8 size….oh,  the piece behind the wreath is but the starburst paper is from K & Co.  I edged the papers with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, HERE and the ink blending tool, HERE.  The sentiment in the center is from Hero Arts. The JOLLY bingo card is from October Afternoon.. or was it 7 Gypsies…hmmm… one or the other! lol  The poinsettia is Prima…the pearls are from Hero Arts and I dyed them with Adirondack cranberry alcohol ink.

Linking up to Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog…anything goes!  I like that this time of year!

I want to try some of the stuff Tim Holtz did for his tags of Christmas this year….time will tell!  Might try that for Heather’s birthday card!  Our oldest daughter was born on Christmas Day!  Today was my mom’s birthday… Heather missed by just four days!  oh well,  she just wanted to share with Jesus! lol

I’ll shut up and get back to work!  TFL!