The company is gone... we are quiet!

Good day everyone.... our company has all gone now.. we will have a small smattering of visitors now until New Years. All is well ... I hope my technically savvy bro comes soon to add some neat features to my blog. more very soon....

Merry Christmas Everyone

Well the day is almost over for us!! We have been enjoying good food, the best company, and the joy of little people, (nieces, nephews and our grandson) whose energy is so infectious with the joy of life and all of its wonders. I love this time of year for that. We get to kindle our family relationships and make wonderful memories for a small space in time. Looking forward to our oldest son and his family to arrive... it was their turn at the other Gramma's house this year for Christmas Day! I am so good at sharing. More tomorrow...

A Great Opportunity to enter ....

Hello... take a look at this blog candy from Viviane Casale from Handmade By Vivi, www.handmadebyvivi.blogspot.com

She has an awesome blog chock full of techniques, contests, challenges and loads of links to fabulous places... Go on over and take a look and while you are at it, enter her contest in celebration of her new designer team position. Congrats Viviane on your DT position for the Magnolia Stamp Lovers Blog.

Christmas Eve...

The countdown begins... I have alot to do today. We are having turkey and trimmings today and steak and seafood tomorrow. I want to enjoy my boys, enjoy my grandson, my husband and the rest of my extended family! I look forward to having a good time with them all. I have posted a few pics of my work for now and will post the slide show when my brother arrives as well as take some more pictures after Christmas to post! I would like to post some more info and updates today, later on, after some rest and more food prep has taken place. I plan to go to mass tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. My blog has been in more of a personal style right now while I get in the habit of posting random thoughts and ideas. My focus is to get used to going on site to post something everyday so that I am prepared to get more to the task of posting my work and talking paper crafts in future. Again, more random thoughts coming soon to a blog near you!

Okay... some technical difficulties.

Hello again... I am busy with our final preparations for Christmas. I did not get to play in my craft area at all in the last 2 weeks. Well, ever since the craft show I did on the 5th of December come to think of it. I did a great craft show in a neighboring small town and I had alot of people go by my booth and fill out ballots for my raffle draw. I gave alot of business cards out and made some great contacts. I will follow up with them all by getting them on my email contact list and then send out an email to announce my new blog and my position as the newest member of Stamping and Scrapping design team. I can't seem to get my slideshow to work with some major technical difficulties. I am going to post the pics one at the time for now and then my brother will help with the slideshow when he arrives for his Christmas visit. I am excited to set my blog up with even better widgets and options and learn more tricks to blogging. more later...

A lot of water has gone under the bridge....

I have accomplished so much in the last little while in preparation for Christmas. Two of the boys are home and they are pitching in which is great for us!! There is a little snow, enough for them to go snowmobiling.... the lights are up and look very nice. Most of the shopping is done. I am happier each day and counting down til my little buddy gets here for christmas. I am thinking the festivities are going to be wonderful. I just want to enjoy the boys this year and we have our little Cass joining us for the first time. Pics are coming, I feel like I can get them done and posted....

Got the meat pies out of the way~~

Still busy with Christmas prep and getting ready for company! I am still hoping to get pics taken of my current cards. I made some nice christmas cards with a little sewing detail on them. I really enjoyed creating them using the sewing machine too. I have alot of plans for the sewing machine as a value added to creating cards.. I have some ideas on textures too as I love the 3 dimensional look and I love different textures on my work. Or at least that is what I visualize...
I love color and try to provide it on my work using various mediums. I love Michelle Zindorff's creations that she achieves with her brayer work. I love the Copic coloring technique as well and I am always trying to improve my work there but have not done a true copic course yet. I love using paint, and glitter - especially the glitter you can heat set so that it doesn't come off your work all over. I love heat embossing with stamps and using acrylic paint on chipboard - I love my cricut and all that it can do with it. I love my spellbinders for working on cards and the cuttlebug to emboss for that unique background sophisticated look. I try to think outside of the box with all my tools but that takes muse and time to just sit with various product and just play... more on my cards later.