Have a blessed New Year Everyone!

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Have a wonderfully blessed Christmas!

Have a joyful Christmas day with family & friends & all you hold dear to your heart!

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A reluctant reindeer with teeth

This is Bella........our 6 month old Rottweiler. My granddaughter was trying to get her to pose with her reindeer antlers. You can see she wasn't too happy about being one of Santa's little helpers. LOL And see what big teeth she has........you'll see why I'm mentioning her teeth in a moment.......keep reading.........LOL.........

I just have to share what just happened................

I was taking a little break from Christmas cardmaking to have a bowl of chicken noodle soup & toast to calm my sore tummy (another story). After a little bit I realized it was just waaaaaay tooooooo quiet! Where is Bella??? I went to our bedroom door (which is normally closed when I'm not in it) & what do I see???????? My CARDSTOCK for my Christmas cards with doggie teeth marks all over it..........probably about 30 sheets destroyed. She tried to cut the corners off the paper herself........cute little bite mark corners! LOL Now why didn't she just ask to use my corner rounder? LOL

Now I know it's my fault..........I should have closed the door..........I should have put the cardstock away..........I should have.........I should have...........you get the idea!

But what was sooooooo funny & ironic was that this happened while I was watching a recorded show "It's Me or the Dog"...........a British dog obedience show about how to keep your dog from tearing up your house!!!!!! LOL I just had to laugh!!!

How funny is that!!!

Okay..........I'm back to cardmaking..........

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Pixie Cottage challenge

Hi Everyone! I hope that you are all ready for Christmas! I still have to wrap & bag prezzies but everything is hiding in my closet. Shhhhh! Don't tell the kids! LOL

I'm entering a challenge at Pixie Cottage using this sketch..........



I don't know why but this one was a challenge for me.........maybe that's why they call it a "challenge"..........DUH..........LOL. I just wasn't sure how that dark DP was working with the rest (even though it's part of the Heidi Grace DP collection listed on the post below). But after I added the snowflakes & glitter I decided that it was okay. I also think I was supposed to use ribbon where the dotted dark strip is but my ribbon is buried in my closet under all of those aforementioned prezzies. LOL So what do you think? Be honest! (but not brutally honest........you might hurt my little feelings.....LOL)

The card details are similar to those listed in the post below. Although I used Copic R22 on the heart nestled in the basket instead of R20 (I prefer the R20). And the Spellbinders Nestabilities is "Labels One" (don't you just love those Nesties!!!!).

This darling stamp................."Snowflurry Tilda" can be found at Diana's shoppe here. She offers great customer service & low shipping.

I pray that all is well with you & yours & you're enjoying this Christmas season when we take the time to celebrate our dear Savior's birth.

Thanks for looking!

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Winter Blessings

I finally got this card done..........whew! I don't know why it takes me soooo long to make one card when I see others create gorgeous cards daily. Anywho........this card is for 6 different challenges.

First Challenge is at Sketch Saturday. Simon Says Stamp is offering a fabulous $25 prize! I followed this sketch........(I flipped it on its side)


Second Challenge is at Stamp Something. They wanted a Winter Wonderland entry......I think this qualifies with all the snowflakes & snowy glitter I used. LOL The sponsor is In Style Stamps who are offering 4 digi images.

hird Challenge is at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge using a Snow theme. I think snowflakes count. LOL

Fourth Challenge is at Our Creative Corner again wanting something Christmasy. The prize will be a very generous gift of $25 from Totally Stampilicious.

Fifth Challenge is at Simon Says Stamp for a $25 prize! WooHoo!

And finally......the Sixth Challenge is at Creative Card Crew for a wonderful Simon Says Stamp prize of $20!

Such wonderful prizes. Hope, hope, hope I win! Keeping all fingers, toes & eyes crossed. LOL Wish me luck!

(I would have also joined in the Just Magnolia challenge but I missed the deadline by 45 minutes!!! OY I was stunned! :( I better pay closer attention to the deadline date next time. LOL)

This darling stamp................."Snowflurry Tilda" can be found at Diana's shoppe here. She offers great customer service & low shipping.

Copics used: E0000, E000, E00, E02, R20, G85, E30, E31, E41, B0000, B000, B00, W0 & W00.
Highlights done with white Sukura's Gelly Roll med. pen.
Martha Stewart Snowflake punch.
Chunky glitter & snow glitter found at Michael's.
DP is Heidi Grace Designs "Frost Blvd" line.
Spellbinders Nestabilities "Petite Ovals Large" & "Petite Scalloped Ovals Large".

Thanks a bunch for looking & for leaving your oh so wonderful comments.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Tilda for my Baby Girl

This is the card I made for my daughter's birthday yesterday (you can see my daughter's pretty face on the post right below this one). She loved seeing her name on the card. LOL And since pink is her favorite color.......Tilda just had to be pink too.

I used a Magnolia Tilda stamp (of course) called "Cross Stitch Tilda". This is the first time I've used her. She can be found at Diana's store HERE. She's colored with those marvelous Copic markers and I have to admit............I forgot AGAIN to add highlights to her. One of these days I'll remember! LOL (Maybe I can snag the card away from her & do it. LOL Naw...........I'd probably mess it up! LOL)

Thanks for taking a looksie. I sure appreciate your comments!

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

A Star was born!

Today is my Baby Girl's birthday (she's the pretty one on the right...LOL). I can't tell you how old she is because she'd kill me...LOL...but I just wanted to let her know how very much I love her! She is an awesome single mom & a joy in my life. She's the one I can always count on!

So bear with me as I sing Happy Birthday to her......huuuummm...okay........I'm done! LOL

Thanks for sharing in my special girl's day!

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Share the love............

I just realized how close Christmas is getting......is it just me or did it come way too fast this year? I feel like I got caught off guard & am trying to play catch up. I've got most of my shopping done. The tree is up but we have a new puppy who loves the ornies a little bit "too much" so our tree is bare on the bottom branches. LOL Oh well...........maybe next year...........

I'm working on my "Snowflurry Tilda" Christmas cards & hope to be able to share them with you soon. This is the cutie I'm working with...........


Isn't she just the sweetest. I'm coloring her with my Copic markers in pale blues. I'll be putting them all together this week (hopefully.......so don't hold me to it.....LOL). She can be found at Diana's shoppe HERE.

I hope & pray that you are all doing well & enjoying this Christmas season. We all (myself included) need to take a deep breathe........RELAX.........and remember that Jesus' birth is the true meaning of Christmas! Surround yourselves with those you hold dear & share the love.



Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Prayer of Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season. I thank the Lord for saving me so many years ago. I thank Him for my beautiful, loving family. I thank Him that even though we’re going through uncertain times that we can always count on the knowledge that He will never leave us. He will always provide. I also thank Him for my many friends and for all of my internet sisters who bring me so much joy.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? Whatever it may be…….I pray that you are blessed beyond measure with your cup overflowing with goodness and plenty and most of all……filled with God’s love.


You may remember this hymn………….
“We Gather Together to ask the Lord’s Blessing”

In the early 1600s, Dutch settlers brought the Prayer of Thanksgiving to the "New World". Music, based on a Netherlands folk hymn, was added and it became a favorite in the colonies and today is a traditional Thanksgiving hymn. This is a translation by Theodore Baker (1851-1934).

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
Sing praises to His name: He forgets not His own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, was at our side, all glory be Thine!

We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant,
And pray that Thou still our Defender wilt be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Amen

Have a blessed & joyous Thanksgiving!


Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Deja vu.......something for you........

Some of you might remember that I shared these Christmas tags with you last year when my blog was brand spankin' new. Since I didn't know many of you then I thought that I would share them again in honor of my one year blogoversary..............has it really been almost a year? Wowsers! Where does the time go.........

Anywho...........I used Trina Clark's darling graphics. You can find her designs HERE.





You can click on them to enlarge & then save them to your computer.

Enjoy! I may try to whip something else up in the next couple of weeks to share with you as well.........so keep an eye out for it.......LOL

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

My Dear Sister Girlfriends!

Charlene aka scrappygma (you can see the darling fall card she made on her blog) & Kathe aka Katz Designz & I (you know who I am...LOL) enjoyed some time together this past week. What a blast we had!!! Charlene came from Arizona & spent several days with me (I'm in southern California). Kathe joined us on the first 2 days....she just lives a hop, skip & a jump from me. We stamped & punched & used my new Nestabilities and had such a good time!!! Can't wait to do it again!

I just wanted to share my joy with you all! Wish we could have all been together! 'Course my house wouldn't hold all of you.......LOL.........but we could rent a huge hall or something. LOL

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Tilda in her pink party dress

I sure hope you're not getting "too" tired of seeing this adorable little girl named Tilda. She can be found at Diana's shoppe HERE. She is such a sweet little girl. I think she loves living at my house with all of us girls. LOL (My hubby is the lone male in our household........even the dog is female.......too bad, so sad for him.....LOL)

I really do own other Tilda stamps but we have had a ton of girlie October birthdays so I've been having some fun spreading her little cheer around.

I made this card for my granddaughter's 14th birthday. I can't believe our baby is 14 now! My goodness they sure grow up fast. Her sister is already 19! Wow! Does that make me ancient? LOL (don't answer that.....teeheehee)

Side note: I always forget to add the white highlights to her cheeks. So please......just use your imagination! LOL

Anywho.......as always.........thanks for looking & for leaving your wonderful comments.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Purple Durple Tilda

This is another birthday card that I made for a dear friend using the Tilda holding balloons stamp found at Diana Crick's Magnolia store HERE. As you can tell.......these little girls have captured my heart. I get such a kick out of coloring her with my Copic markers.

Thanks for looking.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

When you wish upon a star.............

What does that remind you of? Jiminy Cricket? Mickey Mouse? Donald Duck? Disneyland? ME? LOL Yep......you got it..........I'm going to Disneyland!


***UPDATE***.........we had a BLAST at Disneyland yesterday! So much fun! We laughed & giggled & laughed & giggled some more! LOL And guess what? It barely sprinkled......but it's pouring today! Thank You, Lord!!!!

I've had a love affair with Disneyland since I was a young girl & saw it open for the first time (yes........I'm THAT old......LOL)! I grew up next door to Disneyland & remember seeing the fireworks every night in the summertime. Such good memories!

My BFF & I are going to the Happiest Place on Earth tomorrow to celebrate my birthday. It's supposed to RAIN (figures...........the ONE day of rain we get this year just HAS to fall on my birthday........LOL) but it won't dampen our spirits! We'll have a ball!

YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing in my excitement!

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Sharing a Flower Tut..........

While blog surfing today I stumbled across a flower tut & an amazingly talented flower maker........would that make her a florist or a flower designer.........hhhhhmmmmm........not sure what to call her but her flowers are amazing.

The flower tut is on the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog HERE .

The oh so talented Michele has her own site.....My Little Space On The WWW. Scroll down to see her amazing floral creations. Just beautiful! I'm just going to HAVE to get one of those Sizzix Flower Layers dies. Oh great.........one more thing to add to my "MUST HAVE" list. LOL

Just wanted to share a wee bit of inspiration with you all.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

Button.........Button.........Button

This is my Mingle card that I made for my Magnolia-licious Yahoo group for September. The only requirement was to have a button on my project so I added these sweet little heart buttons. I'm getting it out a wee bit late due to our recent trip to New York & the horrible head cold I brought home with me. OY!

I'm entering this card in the Magnolia Down Under challenge #23 to use one or more Buttons along with a Magnolia image. I just love these sweet little girls named Tilda. She was colored with my Copic markers. I used Tilda holding a single flower found at Diana's shop here.

I just love using buttons on my cards. I believe the buttons are from the Jesse James collection found at Michael's.

Thanks for looking & I appreciate each & every comment.

Huggies & Blessings ~

Introducing Bella.........

Meet the newest addition to our family! She's the cutest little Rottie puppy that my granddaughter named "Bella". She's a "love" & only 3 months old with the longest legs. We've all fallen in love with her.

Our family dog is such an important member of our family. Chloe left a gigantic hole in our hearts that could only be filled by another furbaby to love.

Thanks for sharing in my joy!
Huggies & Blessings ~

Our beloved Golden is gone now............

We had to put our 5 yr old Golden Retriever "Chloe" to sleep this morning. She lost her battle with cancer. The doctor gave her 3 to 6 months to live back in May........she lasted 4 more months.

Such a sad day for our family. She was a beloved friend & companion to all of us. We will miss her so much........................

Another sweet Tilda card to share

I made this for another dear friend who's birthday is next week. I'm also entering 2 more challenges. YAY

The first challenge is Friday Sketchers #68. This is the sketch I followed (I turned it sideways).....


The second challenge is Pink Elephant #31.....a color challenge.....Red, Yellow, Black & White. There's just a splash of yellow in the flowers & brads.

I used the same Copics as the other Tilda holding balloons card. I just reversed the colors on her dress & the balloons.

Thanks for looking again!
Huggies & Blessings ~

Sweet Tilda holding balloons

I made this birthday card for a dear friend who's going through a rough patch right now so I thought it would perk her up a bit. She's very special to me.

I used Magnolia's Tilda holding balloons as my focal image. This stamp can be found at Diana's shoppe "Magnolia-licious" HERE. I have fallen in love with these precious little girls.

I am also using this card to enter 2 challenges. The first one is at the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog. We were to follow this darling sketch made by Mina.

The second challenge is at Charisma Cardz Challenge Blog using Challenge #35 Swirls, Curlz & hearts (I hope my one heart still qualifies me).

Wish me luck & Happy Birthday to my dear sweet friend (I can't say who she is until after her birthday......giggles)!

Card Recipe:
DP – Prima Studio D “The First Blush”
Prima flowers
“Best Occasions” Rhinestone Swirls
Versa Magic Chalk Ink “Wheat”
Copics: R20, R22, E000, E00, E02, E31, E33, E41, W0, W1, W3, G85

Huggies & Blessings ~

Best of Craft Critique coloring techniques & Giveaway

In case you haven't heard.........Craft Critique is a wonderful way to learn about new products, new techniques & get oodles of info on craft products........both old & new. You can sign up to receive these reviews right in your email Inbox.

One of the products they are showcasing in their "Best Of" article is the Copic Airbrush System. Ooooooohhhhhh I would love to get my hands on one of these. I recently saw Marianne Walker at I Like Markers use this system on a crafting show & it looks easy peasy........even I could do it. LOL

Anywho........they are also offering a wonderful giveaway of 3 full Basic Grey paper collections to three lucky winners. You can go HERE to enter & see these beautiful new collections.

Huggies & Blessings ~