Christmas Ornaments

It has been ages since I have added anything here but I've just finished doing these and am please with how they turned out.  The top one is my take on the ornament on the front cover of the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog.  I always try and make new ornaments every year and think these will fit right in. 
The bottom two are my take on the ornament on page 3 of the same catalog.  I used the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle and paper from Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer & Be of Good Cheer Designer papers.  The snowflakes are made using Bigz Die Snow Flurry.  The Rosette if Designer Rosette Bigz XL that is in the new catalog.  I have added Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Tulle Ribbon to all 3 ornaments and love the look.  Other items used for these include the linen thread, Dazzling Details, Dazzling Diamonds, Large Pearls and the new Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons.

For a great video how to be sure to go to:     http://lindastamps.com/

Thanks Linda for a great how to.

New cards

I have made a few cards to show.  These all use card stock from Stampin' Up! and the friend stamp is also from Stampin' Up!  The other images are from Club Scraps new May kit Wild Flowers.  The ink pads are from Stampin' Up! and they are Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lilac & So Saffron.  The card with the Saffron base is regular white card stock that has been sprayed with Glimmer Mist Pearl.  I love the effect.  The other 2 cards used Glossy White card stock.  I will probably be using the Wild Flowers kit a lot.

I've been spending a good amount of time working in the yard and came across this fellow out back near our shed.  He was waiting for me to leave and I was ready to leave.  I think we have at least 2 of them in our yard as hubby came across a bigger one while cutting the grass.  At least we don't have any rodents or copper heads thanks to these guys.  I just don't want to see them very often. 

I've been hitting Lowe's Home Improvement and getting some great plants at a reduced price.  I love hitting their 50% off bin.  Just got another azalea and planted it yesterday before it got too hot.

Now to get on to some crafting for a while.  I'm  working now on the Brewed Awakenings kit from Club Scrap.  I will show some when I get them finished.

I have been doing a few crafty things lately.  I love making the rosettes and made these for the April Lottery over at PaperArtistsOnLine.com.  I have also been making scrap book pages to add photos to later.  I'll show some of them later.

So I have not been very good at keeping my blog up.  I really need to do some updating.  Just thought I would add a couple of photos from our gardens.  The top one is the first Iris blooming in April in my front flower bed.  The bottom photo show some of produce we have been enjoying from the veggie garden.  White Radishes and Spring Onions, love the white radishes much better than the red.

I have been busy with trying to get somewhat organized in my kitchen.  Getting rid of things and making better use of what I have.  I need to get working on my crafting space as it is way out of control.  My crafting space is also my genealogy space and I have been trying to improve on that area.  I hope to start on more of that later this week.  

Have a great day.

BUSY

I hope to start posting a little more.  There is just so much going on.  For now here is a card that I did last week.  This was completed using Club Scraps Dream in Color kit.  I also use the greeting from their Versailles kit.  Stickles is the finishing touch.  I'm trying to keep my cards simple and light weight so they don't cost too much to mail to someone.

Check these papers out

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