Little Red Wagon - Challenge # 113 - Something New

Hey all!

I'm back with a card I made for this week's Little Red Wagon challenge with a theme of new.

I decided to use a Stamping Bella stamp to welcome 2012:

It also fits the CAS-ual Friday challenge of kraft and twine,love that combo.

Why don't you link up your 'new' inspired creation over at Little Red Wagon?

We love to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas Eve!

Happy Christmas Eve! I hope your Christmas preparations are almost complete and you are ready to enjoy time with friends and family. Today I thought I'd show some of this year's Christmas decorations. I like to take a few photos each year to refer back to the next year.

Family room mantel.

And a closer look.

The tree.

And some close ups.

Love my Fitz and Floyd.

Tried ornaments in the sugar bowl.

Some table arrangements.

Sweet pillows.

Garland adorned bannisters.

A more rustic mini-tree.

Lovin' my new to me vintage scale.

A closer look.

More table top vignettes.

I hope you enjoyed this little decoration tour, thanks for stopping by!

Tag Swap - The Food!

Hi there!

I thought I'd show some of the goodies I served at my tag swap a couple of weeks ago.

Coconut peaks dipped in chocolate and candy cane bits.

Fancy cookies from the market.

A look at most of the table, I was trying for a candy cane theme.

Raspberry custard pie that a friend made. I added the banner, an idea I've seen on Pinterest.

 Iced shortbread.

Chocolate and candy cane dipped shortbread.

Apothecary jars filled with candy.

Crystal cream and sugar holders also filled with candy.

Chocolate and candy cane dipped marshmallows.

I so enjoy putting together a themed table of goodies!

Thanks for stopping by.

Little Red Wagon Challenge #112 - Inspiration Photo

Well even though Christmas is creeping closer and closer, we have another Little Red Wagon challenge for you this week.

Joanne has given us this inspiration photo to create from:

I decided to break out my Memory Box wreath stamp and created this card:

It's simple but elegant I think.

So if you can squeeze in the time, why don't you play along with us at Little Red Wagon this week, we love to see what you create!

Welcome Home

Today I'm taking a break from Christmas creations to highlight a new home card I created for my friend Dee:

I used two Papertrey stamp sets for this one, Door to Door and Boards and Beams along with the door to door die.

This was such a fun card to create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Treats

I scrapped with some ladies this past friday and we turned it into a mini-Christmas party.

I made some little glassine bags with a few goodies for everyone there. I used a stampin up sentiment and a PTI die to create the snowflakes:

I also sprayed the snowflake with Mr.Huey's Calico Shine which gives a most wonderful sheen but you can't see it in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Tags

I decided to make a few more Christmas tags.

I used kraft cardstock, Martha doily tags I've been hoarding along with PTI's Tiny Treats stamp set.

I think they're pretty cute!

It's The Simple Things Saturday

Lighted ornaments, candles and other bits on a Christmas tray.

Bellarific Friday - Santa's Birdhouse

Happy Friday!

I had a chance to play along with Bellarific Friday this week and used their sketch and Santa's Birdhouse to create this card;

I also used some of Lily Bee's Jingle line of paper.

It was fun to take some time to sit and colour!

Thanks for stopping by.