More Xmas Cards

More Christmas cards to share today, these are my own designs. The first two I created about a half dozen of each to send out over the holidays and the third card is a one off that I made for my hubby.

Hope you have some scrappy fun in your near future!

Christmas Cards

Here is a sneak peek at some of the Christmas Cards that I will be sending out this year. There is one more design that I am keeping a secret (as they are for a card swap) and two more designs that are in the works which I will share when they are done.

I started my cards this year by purchasing one sheet of each of the four patterned papers you see in the first card. So far I have made 22 cards and still have over half a sheet left of each paper.... I wonder how many I can make before I run out! Of course I had to add card bases and a coordinating card stock, but the challenge is fun!

Hope you are all having a scrappy day!

November Reveal at Two Scrapbook Friends!

Wow another month has flown by, I can't believe it is reveal time again at TSF. I absolutely love the Indian Summer papers by Basic Grey in this month's kit. The pinks, golds, oranges and russets were perfect for the pictures we took during a recent trip to our local apple orchard to partake in some fall festivities.

Pumpkin Bowlin' - this activity was a big hit with the kids! I added the fabric leaves, some flowers and floss to the kit from my stash... did a little hand cutting dry embossing, stitching and added some Stickles to the veining of some paper leaves.




Pickin' & Grinnin' - Timmy is ever the poser and you never know what kind of smile/grin you will get from one click of the camera to the next! It is always a surprise for me since I cannot see his face from where I stand to snap pictures nor can I tell on the little camera screen! The mystery is revealed upon downloading the pics to my laptop and blowing them up on the screen! Happy, silly or cheeky I scrap what I have as the faces he makes are a true reflection of his personality! I added a large flower, alpha stickers and some doodling to the kit.




Freespirit - Fabric and die cut leaves, as well as mini alpha stickers added from my stash. Used some stitching detail as well. Love this picture, it is so him!




4U - Flower added from my stash. "Doodled" with Stickles.




Thanks for looking... hope you all have time to play this week! I know I want to!

Boo to you!

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Here is a little peek at my little Timmy taken on our lawn just before he went to haunt up the neighbourhood for treats!

He was so excited to trick or treat this year he even drew himself a map of the neighbourhood with his "must hit" friends houses marked on it!

When he got home he has a blast handing out candy to all his "customers"... his words not mine! He is so funny, he just cracks me up!!

Hope all of you had a fun and safe Halloween too!

Halloween Treats

Timmy and I spent some time last week making these little treat bags up for his classmates, for their Halloween Party at school today. He loves being crafty and stamping and gluing! But he seems to be losing patience with a good old glue stick and prefers scrapping adhesive! Not surprisingly though as it is so much easier and less messy to use.

Unfortunately, he has been off school sick for the last week and a half so he will miss the party today, no matter though, he can share on Monday. It will give him something to look forward to on his return to school!

A little too much nature....

Driving home from work last Monday night, at about 10:00 pm, my DH, Ian, was hit by a deer. Yes you read that right the deer hit him! It leaped out onto the road and right into the side of our little car. Thankfully, Ian was unhurt, unfortunately the deer wasn't. While I feel badly for the deer, I am so thankful that the deer hit Ian and not the other way around as it likely wouldn't have ended so well for Ian. I have to say our insurance company was fantastic, the damage is estimated at about $3500.00 and they are not raising our rates at all. They were super helpful and kind to Ian. And more than a little shocked when he declined the rental car our policy allows, saying he was happy to drive our second vehicle if they put the commute coverage on that one instead.

edited at 2:00pm Friday....Well hell... the insurance company just wrote off our litle beast of a car... now what to do!

You're Invited!

My good friend Laura S. is planning, organizing and running a crop to raise money and awareness for a cure for Crohn's and Colitis. The event is called Just Gutsta Scrap and this will be the second crop Laura has organized for this cause, and I know it will be a great day! We had a ton of fun at the first annual crop, last February! There was great food, prizes, lots of crop space, vendors and great company and laughter! Laura was pleased with the funds raised last year.... let's see if we can all help her beat it this year!! I'd love to see you all come out for the event!

If you would like to join us on February 27th for the crop you can register here. If you would like more information on this event, being a vendor, donating a prize, etc. you can contact my friend, Laura here.

Good luck Laura!! I hope to see you a ton before February, but I am very much looking forward to your crop!!