Jolly Christmas Card

With Thanksgiving officially over, I present to you one of several Christmas cards that I have been working on. First up is a card using Card Positioning Systems layout #92.




I started with a base of PTI Kraft Cardstock and ran my Tim Holtz Distress Inks along the sides to muddle it up a bit. The patterned paper is Figgy Pudding by Basic Grey which I used my Tim Holtz paper distresser on the edges and inked them with the same Distress inks. The green is PTI's Ripe Avacado which I ran thru my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and smudged Distress Inks over the top. I tied a piece of PTI Dark Chocolate ribbon around the side as an accent.

The main images and sentiment were from my local craft store and are by Stampabilities. After coloring the Santa and Rudolph in with my Prisma pencils, I used some Liquid Applique on the Santa and some Crystal Effects on Rudolph's nose then matted them with SU! Eggplant Envy paper. I positioned the sentiment so it appears that Santa is holding it up.



And finally, I decorated the inside with enough white space to stamp a message or hand write one to whomever I decide to give it to.



Thanks for stopping by!

A Day at the River House-Turkey Style!

Turkeys run abundant throughout our property at the River House....except when the official turkey hunting season is upon us. During the 'official' season they are scarce and elusive, which is the way God intended. Turkeys are not dumb...wild turkeys can fly very fast and they can see in cOlOr! Don't ask me why or how, but they can! You can read up on turkeys here.

Anyhoooooo.....I captured a few pictures on our visit to the River House a few months ago, and you can see them below. As with all pictures on this blog, you can click directly on the picture, and it will get bigger. I hope YOUR turkey was a bit plumper than these!! Thanks for looking!!! And I hope you had a safe, festive and heart-warming time with your families!

Happy Thanksgiving!

To those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving today, I hope you have a happy and safe holiday! Pumpkin pie is currently in the oven and the cherry pie is ready to go in next! YUMMY! Take care!

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

I am not participating tonight, but you can sure find a LOT of inspiration over on the PTI forum tonight. You can read all the deets here. Then go check out the forum thread entitled "November Blog Hop" to see links to everyone's creations. Truly a fun time!

For your comic relief tonight.....

I present to you......FATNESS!! My dog, my protector, my rock of 65 pounds of lovin' warmth on 6" legs. And those are his back legs. His front legs only measure 4"! But this dog is the best I've ever had. He knows me and my husband like no other dog has. And trust me, I've had many different breeds through out my whole life. This dog is the BEST!



And did you know he is an import? He was originally born in Russia. My hubby and I often call him a Russian Bolshevik especially when he is being naughty. Naughty in the way that most puppies are......eating anything that falls to the floor, chewing shoes, being crazy etc. etc. Fatness is two years old and a European pure bred English Bulldog. He isn't show-worthy because when he was a baby, he had a small spot of pink showing on his nose. Unacceptable in the show ring. You or I would probably not see it but the 'show ring masters' do.

Doesn't he have the teeeny-tineyest little front teeth? They look like baby teeth but those are permanent. But behind those little tiny teeth are the biggest inscisors ever! He only shows them when he wants to. Especially when you take his woobie away from him. His woobie is whatever blanket or toy he uses to create a blissful nights sleep with. He is not biased when it comes to what he sleeps with, it's all about the comfort that he creates with!

Why am I posting this on my crafty blog you may ask? Because I CAN!!!!
Thanks for looking! I may be posting again tomorrow, I've got a lot of cute stuff that I'm working on....but I'm not making any promises! Until next time!

Thanksgiving Card

I made this card for The 'Other Man' in My Life along with a little turkey magnet. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I really dislike how it kind of gets pushed to the side between Halloween and Christmas. To me, Thanksgiving is all about getting together to have a great meal made with love, conversation with family and friends and the true meaning of Thanksgiving....Giving thanks to God for what we have been given! It always has been and will forever remain my very favorite holiday.

So on to the card!!!



I started with a base of PTI Kraft Cardstock and stamped the background in SU! Chocolate Chip ink with my Paper Inspiration Linen Texture stamp. I picked up the stamp from an Archiver's store several years ago....I have no idea if they still carry it or not. I wanted a base to add layers to and this stamp fit the bill!

As you can see in the photo, I cut the 8.5 x 11 card stock in half on the 8.5 side and folded along the 11" side to have it stand upright.

In the photo below, you can seen the stamped sentiment and frame. I used my Cricut to cut out the frame from SU! Pumpkin Pie and PTI Dark Chocolate papers. I adhered a piece of PTI Ripe Avacado ribbon around the layers and attached the cut out sentiment to the ribbon using pop dots. The brads are from Making Memories. The gourd paper is by K&Co.



For the inside I added a few cut out gourds from the same K&Co. patterned paper and a piece of PTI Vintage Cream which had been sponged around the edge with SU! Pumpkin Pie ink. The inside looks a little messed up because I wrote on the inside before I had an opportunity to photograph it so I had to white out the words! BLAH!



I used the Card Positioning Systems layout of the week for inspiration for today's card. If you are ever at a loss as to a layout for your card check here first! They have a ton of great layouts!

I hope you enjoyed today's card. I'm not promising any more frequent blogging right now, as the holidays are fast approaching and my family comes first. But I do have a few extra days off next week, so hopefully I'll be able to be posting more. Thanks for stopping by!!!