Better late than never...

I finally finished my Christmas cards! Tonight I have been busy trying to get them in envelopes and ready to mail. I've noticed that they don't actually mention Christmas specifically - just something about 'Tis the season to go shopping..." With luck everyone will think I am sending them a card to celebrate the January white sales and not an embarrassingly late Christmas card. ;-)

My 2008 Christmas card

card inside

My 2008 Christmas ATC

My December Inchies

Cardinals

I made some ATCs using my favorite cardinal stamp. Please ignore the yellow snow! The glitter glue I used turned yellow on some of them - it kind of looks bad, lol. When I made the matching Christmas card, I used diamond glaze and regular glitter to avoid a repeat of the yellow snow.

Inchie Countdown

I found this advent calendar project in a magazine. I decided to make it for a friend as soon as I realized it would be perfect for displaying Christmas inchies!

I wish I had used a bit darker ink to stamp the numbered pockets in. I started this during the storm, when our electricity was out and found out later that colors just don't look the same when stamped by candlelight, LOL.

The inchies fit onto the top part of each tag and the bottom of the tag tucks into the pocket perfectly displaying the inchies.

I glued inchies to three of the tags and left the others blank so my friend could add her favorites to the countdown.

I have a lot more stuff to post over the next week so keep checking back.

Decking the Halls!

This is my Christmas present from mom and dad. I saw this 3 foot tall iron Eiffel Tower on sale for half price in Hobby Lobby in September and talked mom into getting it for me. I am glad we bought it when we did, as they were sold out soon afterwards. I've decorated it for Christmas with an antique tree topper and lights. It would look better if the lights didn't have white cords/wiring but that was all I could find in our cupboard.

Somewhere under there is an actual Christmas tree... However it is fake, so it doesn't need to show, LOL.



Our friend Kelly, sent mom and me these beautiful bird ornaments that are perfect for our tree!

Here is an unhappy Cricket posing in Santa hat in front of the Christmas tree.

She is a talented pouter!

Ice Storm

It's been a while since I have posted. We have been dealing with the aftermath of the major ice storms that came through Oklahoma two weeks ago. These pictures were taken after the first wave of the storms came through. We just thought it looked bad then.... After two more rounds of ice it looked like a huge bomb had detonated in the area. I didn't get photos of the later damage as, by then, we were without power and I was trying to conserve the digital camera's AA batteries in case we needed them for something else.

The saddest loss was our beautiful Willow tree. It was split in two after later rounds of ice...

Looking down our street.

This is a view of the back of the property. Dad's shop and our storage building are completely hidden from view by the fallen tree limbs on the right side of the photo. After the ice finally melted we were able to determine that the falling limbs had miraculously missed both buildings.

This is the only tree on the property that was not destroyed by the storms. A few limbs on the right side of the tree were broken after the second wave of ice hit, but it is still standing strong and beautiful.

Crazy for Die Cuts!

This wreath on this first card is made using the new Quickutz Revolution Cookie Cutter dies. I love these scallops and have used them to make lots of cards lately!

I've used the scallops again here. I made the bird using parts from the Quickutz Funky Chicken die and the Quickutz Flower die (square petal). Sadly, the scanner didn't pick up the white card stock backing on these cards. They "pop" better in person. ;-)

I love this wonderful Southwestern card that Mom made using die cuts for the hinges.

Bird Inchies!

Here are my Bird inchies for November's swap.

They are a very eclectic batch.

It's a Conspiracy!

I'll be the first to admit it: As sweet, fun and lovable as she is, my dog has some serious issues, LOL!

Tonight I had a case of the hiccups. Cricket came over and stared at me rather suspiciously for a while and then decided she had better go hide. Apparently she thought my hiccuping was a sign of the apocalypse...

These are pictures of my brave, 65 pound dog trying to make herself invisible under Mom's computer desk. There isn't very much room under there but she managed it anyway. She reminds me of a little kid who has been sent to the corner for a time out.

ATC Crazy!

I've been very busy the last few days finishing my ATCs for one of the monthly swaps I am in. I've also included a picture of a friendship card that I made. I found the card idea online and just had to try it!