Bbrrrrrr...

what a frosty cold morning here today. It is putting me in the winter spirit, which means baking, crafting and Christmas cards!! I revisited a blog I had in my list of favorites but haven't been to in a long time this morning. Spend some time there and look at all her beautiful work, you may need a cup of coffee for this!! She has a sketch challenge up and this is the card I made for it... I just love this old Santa image and he goes so perfectly with this Cosmo Cricket paper. I just love the glitter in his beard.

Well, I think I'll go turn on my oven and make a batch of cookies. Spend a nice cold, sunny day at home in my nest. Maybe I'll get another card or two made as well. Wouldn't that be nice!!

Hey...

Well, I found a brand new card challenge blog today, Cardalicious. I love a card challenge, and this weeks challenge is a shaped card. Anything but a square or rectangle. Here's my shaped card. Used Doodlebug Stickers with glitter and Ranger Liquid Pearls. Kaiser black jewels make his face and buttons. His limbs are cut from chipboard and painted brown. Thanks for stopping by!

Boo

to you on this very scary Halloween day!! It is a beautiful sunshiney day here, hope it's not too cold tonight for the Halloweeners!! Our pumpkins are carved, the candy is ready to go and my kids are pumped. It is an in-service day our their school and they've been home all day. Boy, those teachers sure know the right days to hold their in-services, don't they!!

Here's my card for this weeks 2S4Y sketch. It is a fantastic sketch and one that I could use over and over.

A couple more Christmas cards.

Well, my funk is at least helping me get a jump on Christmas cards. This first one I made for this weeks 2S4Y sketch this week. I am not usually a blue Christmas card kind of gal, but I had these little tree stickers and thought I'd use some silver paper I had and voila, this is the result.

Here's another one I did from a different sketch, just using up some old Melissa Frances stuff!!

Hope you all have a very creative weekend. Remember to celebrate World Cardmaking Day!!!

Just a little Christmas card

I think I've decided that in order to get my mojo back I need to clean out and go shopping. Our LSS closed down about a year and a half ago and I've only been shopping a handful of times since then. I've been working on using up my stash, but quite frankly, I am SICK of my stash. I need some new stuff!!!!!!!

Here's a card I did for Creative Journey sketch challenge this week. She is one seriously , talented lady. If you haven't checked out her blog, you should!! Here's a link to the sketch. Plus she is also offering up some sweet blog candy for hitting 20,000 posts!!

I hope you like my card using her sketch, here it is!!

LOST: MOJO ----- NEEDED: INSPIRATION

Well, anyone want a whole lotta scrap stuff? I just feel like packing up my craft room and getting rid of it all. I need some inspiration these days. I don't even like going into my room anymore. Anyone ever feel this way?? How did you get yourself out of a slump like that? I did manage to squeek out this card from the latest sketch at 2S4Y this week.

I've been wanting to try beading lately. Not jewellery, but maybe some Christmas ornaments and such. I've seen some really pretty snowflakes lately that I'd like to make. If anyone has any patterns or knows of any great sites, please let me know. I need a new "drug" so to speak!!!

Thanks for listening to me complain!!

Rain, rain go away...

Man, has August sucked in your part of the world as much as it has sucked here??? We've had a terrible month. It is pouring rain today. Our pool has so much water in it we need to drain some out. Our vacation starts Sunday and I do hope there is a turn in the weather. I've been watching the 14 day trend on the Weather Network and it is only showing one day next week with scattered showers. I am definitely keeping my fingers crossed for sun. We will be at our cottage which is on the ocean. I can't wait to smell that salt water breeze. It always restores my soul to be there. It is my little bit of heaven on earth.

Here's my card for this week's sketch at my favorite sketch site--2 Sketches 4 You. Laura has created another great sketch. These girls just keep rockin' them out!! And now that we have all the DT sample to drool over, it is even BETTER!!!