Let it Snow...

But please, not here!   I don't know about any other North Eastern USA residents, but I am ready for spring weather!  I have another Christmas card to share with you all today:

 

This cutie pie is named Lenny.  He's from the now-closed Stamp Fairy shop.  He's been sitting around, all colored up, waiting for inspiration to strike, and for craft room time to exist!  Poor Lenny... sorry to have made you wait so long to be put on a card!

 

Anyway, The dp is from a pack I got at Target some time ago, and I did all the matting with dark blue card stock from the Heritage Fashion Colors value pack from The Paper Company. LOVE this dark blue, but it's hard for me to find one this dark!  Behind the matted image, I used a Frostyville Memory Box die.  I have had that idea pinned for quite some time now...yeah, we know how THAT goes sometimes...lol! 

 

I want to link this to the following challenges:

 

Winter Wonderland:  "Let it Snow"

Holly Jolly:  "Feature a Creature"

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas:  "Cute and Cuddly"

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper for April:  "Cover it in patterned paper"

The Cutie Pie Challenge:  "For a Boy"

Papertake Weekly:  "Anything Goes"

Crafty Calendar:  "Add a Sentiment"

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra:  "Anything goes for Christmas"
12 Months of Christmas:  "Anything Goes with an option to do a non-traditional color challenge"

 

Whew, what a list!  I'm glad I found all these challenges to keep me on my toes making Christmas cards all year thru!  :)

 

Thanks for stopping by...

 

~Marie~

 

Just wanted to let you know...

For those of you who are not connected thru social media:  I was just released from the hospital today after an infection in my uterus.  I had a pretty routine ablation procedure done Wednesday, and felt perfectly fine when I went home that evening, and 1/2 of Thursday.  Then in early afternoon, I started feeling super crappy, with a fever and severe bloating/discomfort in my abdominal area.  I waited until Chad got home to take me to the ER (I had called the doctor's office twice for advice).  After waiting in the ER waiting area for about an hour (seemed like forever!), they finally took me back and gave me some drugs.  The morphine was wonderful!!  :)   It took until about 11 to decide that I was going to be staying, and then about 11:30 until I got a bed upstairs.  I've been pumped full of antibiotics since then, as well as something to keep me hydrated.

What a horrible time!  I haven't seen my kids or the dog since we left Thursday. And let me tell ya, I had to ask so many times just to take a shower!!  But other than that, the nurses were all really nice (even when they were taking blood at 6 in the morning!).    I surely hope I never have to go thru anything like THAT again!

Thanks for listening to my horror story!

HAVE A HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

~MARIE~

Winter Wonderland last minute!

I had this card idea in my head, so I wanted to get it done:

 

 

The image is from the Wee Stamps sheet called Holly Time by Sylvia Zet.  These images are so cute!  My doily is cut with the Cameo, and the papers come from the Jack Frost 6x6 American Crafts paper pad.  In hindsight, my doily looks a bit like some kind of blood letting took place on it, but that was NOT my intention!

 

Anyway, I want to get this linked up over at Winter Wonderland for their Warm Winter Wishes challenge.

 

I'll be back tomorrow to add more...and I'm back to do that!

Challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Blue Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra:  Anything Goes for Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper:  Anything goes, as long is card front is covered in patterned paper
Jingle Belles:  Fa-La-La-La-La (inspired by song title, "Winter Wonderland")
 

 

~Marie~

 

Another birthday card...

This time for a good friend from college!  We share the same birthday month, so I like to send her a card each year.  This year it is late, but I warned her ahead of time...she was renovating her kitchen too, so she knows what we were going through!  LOL!  Anyway, here is her card this year:

 

 

I wanted to play with Distress Inks again, so I grabbed Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, and Mowed Lawn.  I channeled my inner Kristina Werner:  I inked the paper, making sure to blend well in between.  Then I splattered some water droplets on top and dried the paper.  Next, I smooshed each inkpad onto my craft sheet and spritzed them with water.  I grabbed a brush, ran it thru one color at a time, and flicked it onto my paper, making sure to clean the brush in between flickings.  I made a heck of a mess (think ink splatterings all over my palms!), but I had fun, and I love the result!  The words and tag were cut with my Cameo, and that's about all there is to this card!  I really hope Laurie likes it!

 

I couldn't find any challenges to link this up to, so I hope I'll still get some comments!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

Thank you card

I told you I would be back shortly!  Here is the card I want to show you:

 

This card was made for a very special lady I've gotten to know over the past year at my new job who retired just last week.  I wanted to make sure she knew what an impact she had on me in just a short time!  Obviously her favorite color is PINK, so the color choice was a no-brainer!  LOL! 

This is the first time I have used this Darice embossing folder, although I don't know why I waited so long to do so!  I embellished the dots with some Cotton Candy Stickles, added some hot pink cell phone pearl bling, and a butterfly cut from a Silhouette file.  She is also covered in Stickles.  The sentiment (also never before used...you see a theme building here?), is from the set called "Card Crafting Thank You," from The Paper Company.  Cindy really liked her card...she came over and gave me a hug, and said, "Way to go, you made me cry!"  :) 

 

I'm adding this card to Darnell's NBUS #4 as well:

 

 

Thanks again for stopping by...it's time for me to hit the hay!

 

~Marie~

 

 

Happy birthday set

Happy Monday bloggers!  We are beginning another week of spring here in PA, but the temps are still a bit chilly...brrr!  I'm popping by really quick to share a set of cards I made for the Activity Committee fundraiser this month at work:

My inspiration for this set came from this card on Pinterest here.  I wanted something I could replicate easily and just change out the colors.  The stamps I used came from the Fiskars set called "Put on your Party Hat."  I added some coordinating Stickles to some of the confetti images.  Also, I used Spellbinder's squares and scalloped squares to cut and mat the images.  That's about it for this set...I hope the person that gets it will like it!

I would like to enter this card set into Darnell's NBUS challenge #4:

 

 

 

I have not before used the little present and confetti images from this set.  LOL! 

 

Thanks for stopping by...I have another card I wish to share here in a little bit, OK?

 

~Marie~

A Krafty, Starry Christmas

Happy Wednesday bloggers!  I hope all is well with everyone.  Here in the NE, it is still too cooooolllllldddddd for my liking, but that is life in PA, and I wouldn't change it!  This post is not about the weather though:

 

 

I made this card last night to take part in a few challenges, and more importantly, to build up my Christmas card stash!  This is card #3 for the year.

The digital image is one of the Emma's from Fred, She Said, found here.  I just love this set of pre-colored digis!  They are so easy to use for "coloring challenged" people like myself!  I just had to root through my cardstock and designer paper collections to find the best matches, and off I went!  I grabbed some of the burlap strings still laying on my desk, and wrapped 3 around the bottom of my panel, and then tied another one in a bow where they intersected.  The sentiment piece was die cut with Spellbinder's ovals and big scalloped ovals.  I found 3 little stars that were left overs from a Silhouette cut file, distressed and Stickled them, and voila, done!

 

The challenges I am entering are:

 

Winter Wonderland:  Krafty Creations

CHNC Extra:  Anything Goes for Christmas

Merry Monday #147:  Stars

CHNC:  Feature a Creature

Holly Jolly:  Non-traditional Christmas colors

Completely Christmas:  Anything Goes w/a Twist; no red or green

Crafty Calendar:  Anything Goes

 

I hope to keep this Christmas card-making train chugging along and be back soon with another post...until then,

 

Take care, and thanks for looking!

 

~Marie~