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Hello all!  Happy New Year!  We still have a few more hours before we welcome 2014.  The kiddies are trying to stay awake til then but we'll see how long they last before they fall asleep.  I may fall asleep before midnight too.  I am already getting a bit sleepy.  Plus my mother has planned a breakfast service at 8 am!  I'm not sure how we're gonna manage that. I am still trying to play a bit of catch up from Christmas!  Because I was kind of poor at managing my time and made those stockings and gingerbread men, I didn't have enough time to make my goal of 20 calendars.  Yes, I know that sounds crazy as well.  I only had time to make 4 calendars for my daughter's teachers packed with a gift card by the time school got out for break.  I didn't even have time to take a photo of them.  But I've made 6 more since then.  This batch was all for the doctors and staff of my kids' pediatrician office. I used Sister Stamps fo...

Hi again!  I have another sweet Valentine's image from CC Designs to share with you today.  All of these January images will be available for purchase on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 9 am CST. This sweet gal is called Love Letter Lucy.  Isn't she so precious?  I colored her bright in red and pink so she could contrast with the kraft paper (from Doodlebug's Sweetheart paper pad) I wanted to use on this card.  The sentiment on the heart is from Adoring You.  The heart is a die cut from the Grunge Envelope die set .  I added the pink ribbon for a pop of color too.  I love the kraft with bright colors. Here is a close up of Lucy. Be sure to see what the rest of the DT has created too. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hello!  I know Christmas was just last week and it's not quite the New Year yet but CC Designs is moving on ahead to our next big creative occasion, Valentine's Day!  I know all you crafters like to plan ahead, and it was a fun break for me to make this Valentine's project after making all the Christmas stuff. This sweet image is Roberto's Rascals Blowing Kisses.  I followed this tutorial to make this treat box.  The sentiment is from Adoring You and those hearts are a new die, Heart Border die from CC Designs.  And I got to use the new Doodlebug paper pad called Sweetheart.  I love the kraft papers in this pad. Here is a close up of the heart shaped bubbles that I covered with Stickles.  Those red hearts are from the border die that I didn't want to just discard. Please head over to the CC Designs blog to catch more of the preview. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hi everyone!  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday.  I think I am starting to feel a bit lazy and just want to recover from all the food eating and present opening.  It's bad to eat chocolates and desserts for breakfast and well, all throughout the day.  Anyway, here is my card featuring Chi Chi Memories A Joyful Season digi image.  I kept this one pretty simple since it's such a busy time of the year.  I did get to play around with some of my new embossing enamel and some glitters.  I tried hard not to get my crafty area too messy. Here is a close up of the image and the embossing and glitter. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hello everyone!  I feel like I still have a lot to do including cleaning the house again because I've been neglecting all the cleaning so I can finish all the Christmas stuff.  Today, I got a lot of organizing done and donated 4 bags of clothes, toys and books to Goodwill.  But our poor bathrooms and kitchen are still neglected.  Hopefully, I can get onto that tomorrow.  I wanted to share the goodies I made for my son's Kindergarten class.  I spent about 4-5 days to finish these. I used the stocking die from Sizzix to cut out 19 felt stockings.  I hand stitched them and added a loop so the kids could hang them on their tree.  I hot glued the red pieces.  Originally I was gonna do red stockings with white trim but the green felt was on clearance so I went with those and changed the trim to red. Then I used the gingerbread die from Sizzix to make 19 felt gingerbread men.  They are double sided since the die cuts all the eye and b...

Hello!  So I just completed my huge project for my youngest one's Kindergarten class.  I will share that on another day.  I have a few more things to complete tonight so I will make this a short post.  I have another Chi Chi Memories project to share today.  This digi is available in the A Joyful Season set.  Such a cute bear!  I decided to try a recessed window card and the tutorial I more or less followed can be found HERE .  It looks complicated but it's not too bad once you get all the measurements straight. Here is a close up of the image.  I've added lots of stickles and some pearl accents too. Here is a different angle so you can see the recessed window part. This is a close up of the sentiment which is from CC Designs.  Another winter birthday card.  Love these pierced tag dies from MFT. Alright, I gotta go and finish up some calendars.  I hope I have time to get them down tonight! Thanks so much fo...

Hello!  This will be a quick post as I am trying to finish up a whole lot of last minute things.  Where exactly does time go?  Though I guess I did a lot of procrastinating too! It's December review time over at CC Designs .  Here is my snowflake ornament featuring Snow Flakes .  I actually bought a foam activity kit for kids from Walmart to make these snowflakes.  It was such a great deal and my youngest will be making his own along with his classmates on the last day of school.  Theirs will be a little different in that they will use their photo for the center of their snowflakes.  But I made this as kind of a sample for them and as something to hang on our tree too.  I tied on a tag and a little snowman button too. Here's a close up of him.  He is so fast to color up.  You could make a lot of fast Xmas projects with this guy. That's it for now.  Hope you are all getting your shopping done.  I think I am but n...