Wiped out....

I can't believe that another weekend is over and another month too.  I can hardly believe how close we actually are to Christmas!  I still have NOT finished my shopping and haven't' wrapped much either...so that is what I need to do this week for sure and I feel way behind, but I simply can not do it as fast as I once did and get tired so easily!  ARGH!!


Luckily,  the rest of my shopping should be fairly easy and I should be able to buy here locally or on-line,   I do NOT plan to go near the Malls now that we are in the final weeks.  I'm not a huge fan of lines or crowds, so I HOPE I can stay in town.  But...t never, say never!  One thing I did notice on Friday, was how bad the economy still is...!   It's the first Black Friday that I've see such a small amount of people shopping and it was very easy to shop too.  I didn't have any problem at all with parking, lines or crowds, it could easily have been an average week day, but with fantastic deals.



Today, I started the project writing out my Christmas Cards and I made a huge dent in that project, only to realize that I did NOT make enough cards.  I make each card a bit different, so it takes me a long time to make the 40 or so, that I mail out.  I thought this year, I would make less and then mail store bought cards to some of my list, but I can't seem to do that.  Tomorrow, I will have to make another 5 or 6 cards and hopefully have them all in the mail by the end of the week.  I also made a card for my God-Daughter who turns 33 on December 1st.  Yikes!  I can still remember being at the hospital the night she was born and it sure does NOT seem like it was 33 years ago.  WOW!


 I have been really tired this week and also just realized that I did NOT do a Project 365 page this week, so I still need to get that done too!   I've been so good about make one every week and will not stop now.  I think this week will be another page about my Copics and the online coloring class I took, along with some Digi Stamps I have been practicing with.  I have found a NEW love in Digi Stamps and found a bunch of freebies, and then some super cute ones from Pink Cat Studio.  Melissa, (the owner) was very friendly and nice, so I know I will want tos  hop there again.  She has a Craft Store too, but right now I'm really into her Digi Stamps.  I bought them on Black Friday, and that day, as a bonus I received a super cute "Sugar Plum Fairy" stamp, (click here) for free.   Isn't she adorable.  I can tell I'll be looking more and more into this type of stamp.  Love them!!


  Here are a couple pics of some of the stamps I bought from Pink Cat Studio.  I have had a blast coloring them with my Copics and every image I color is more practice at shading and blending!  It's actually FUN and RELAXING too! 

And these cuties...

and this is the one I'm working on...

 

  I thing they all will be really awesome  for cards and I LOVE how easy it is to buy them and the fact that you have them "Instantly" and can also size to to any size you want!  Sure is easy!!  I really think this is something I will start to do more often!   This could very well become my newest craft obsession! 

 Well..that' sit for me...!

    Have a  good night and hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday Weekend!!

I LOVE Black Friday!!

....What a great day to SHOP and I had a wonderful day, even though I ONLY actually made it to two stores.

    I was up early and out early and left the house at 6AM headed to my LSS, I arrived there about 6:45, which was great, because the line wasn't too long and it was only going to be another 25 minutes before we could SHOP!!  There were only about 10 gals ahead of me in line, and we all managed to say under the overhang and avoid the heavy drizzle!   Within 5 minutes, the line quickly grew to about 30+ ladies and one Hubby that had came along with his wife! (What a great guy)!   Kate, the store owner appeared next to hand out Donut Holes, (a tradition) and also gave us each a Raffle ticket and drew a ticket for the first drawing of the morning.  Luckily, it was then time to open and we hit the "classroom" which is were all the BEST bargains are.

  I loaded up on shopping bag fairly quickly, and left that room to hand it off to the girls who work there.  They were holding our bags for us at the register, until we were ready to check out.  My next plan was to use my "Copic" chart and pick out 12 new colors.  They had a great Copic Special and with their Buy 5/Get 1 Free and an additional 20% off, it ended up being $3.96 for each Sketch Marker...a super price.  After I picked out my Copics I browsed around the front room and picked up some of the new things out from Prima.  I bought some of the Butterflies, some flowers and some bling.  I really love Prima, so that was a deal with the 20% off.   I then headed back into the backroom to get some more goodies.  By then it was a bit less crowded and I stocked up on Designer Papers, Bling, Acrylic and Rubber Stamps and anything that was a really great deal.  The designer papers were 10 cents or 15 for $1 ...a fabulous deal.  I bought over 60 sheets, 20 'something' Rubber Stamps, about 10 sets of Acrylic Stamps, a dozen new Sketch Copics and lots of other crafting goodies.   My grand total with all the discounts was only $141...and I'll bet I have at least $300-$400 worth of stuff, if NOT more.  I also earned a $20 off coupon for my next visit!  WooHOO!

 My next venture was to head to Michael's and see what I could find to use with my 25% off Coupon.  The best part about this coupon, was that it worked on Sale and Regular priced items, so that was better than normal.   I bought (4) Purple Iris Storage bins ofor only $3.99 each (before the discount).  Two sets of really cute organizers/boxes that were all bright pink with white, purple and black polka dots.  Then I even found the matching tote/organizer, which was really cute and that entire set/line was 55% off.  I also picked up some things from the $1 bin for stocking stuffers, some bling, some American Crafts card stock on Clearance and lastly, I bought a "Stretch Your Imagination" cartridge for my Cricut, which was on sale for $27.95.  They had everything in stock (amazing) and even the New Exclusive cartridges.  But, I had been wanting this one for a long time, so that was my choice.  I left there with a trunk full of goodies, a total of 7 large and stuffed bags and headed home.  I was happily home before 11 am and have a whole BUNCH of great new things and even a little cash to spare.

  I'm browsing my emails now to see if there are any really good deals before I stop shopping for the day.  I'm too tired to put away everything, but I want to organize it all and take some pics too to make a Project 365 page for the week.  I'll do a Black Friday Shopping page and includes some pics of my new goodies!

  All in all a very nice little spree and I had been saving for it for a while now, so I did NOT charge anything!  Yippee!  Tons of new STUFF and it didn't' break the bank!  I have always LOVED shopping on Black Friday and this year was kind of fun...since its' mostly ALL craft things, which means "Merry Christmas" to me!  Luckily, the rest of my Christmas Shopping is pretty much done and what isn't' done, will be gift certificates and/or money!  

   I HOPE everyone who went shopping today, founds some great deals like it did!  Even though I only managed two stores...I did well and I'm VERY HAPPY!  I can't wait to 'play' with all my new goodies all weekend!!

Happy Thanksgiiving!!

  Wishing everyone a nice Thanksgiving!

Are you ready?

Are you all ready for Thanksgiving?  Do you have your goodies all baked or are you going out this year?  Whatever you do, I really hope you enjoy it and that you are safe and well.

  We are staying home and will be cooking the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal, complete the Hot Apple pie and French Vanilla Ice cream for dessert.  I am actually looking forward to being able to sleep in tomorrow and catch up on some much needed rest.   I'm still not feeling great and really want to be okay to SHOP on Friday.  It'll be nice to have our quite little Thanksgiving tomorrow and take the day to rest and relax.  I'm actually happy that we do NOT have to go out this year.  Both DH and Alex are working on Friday and I'll be off at 6 AM to head to my LSS for their Annual Black Friday sale., something I really enjoy and have been looking forward to for weeks.

  I do HOPE that everyone who is traveling has a very safe and enjoyable trip and I also hope you all enjoy spending time in the company of family and friends.

   Hugs and Happy wishes to all - May it be a day full of smiles, fun and love!  Happy Thanksgiving!!

...Just another "Manic Monday"...

....And that's kind of how I am feeling today....Still wish it was Sunday!!

I did not want to get up and my whole body is aching!  ARGH!!  I have a feeling I will not be very productive or get much accomplished today! 

   The ONLY thing I really care about is my Copics Class and the new weekly class should be available later this morning.  Once I download the new files, I am simply going to relax and practice my coloring.  Luckily, I stamped a bunch of cute images over the weekend and I can color them, as practice for class.

  I bought some new stamps from Whipper Snapper Design and when they arrived on Saturday, I couldn't wait to stamp out some of the images.   Whipper Snapper is one of my many "stamp" stores where I like to shop for cute and whimsical stamps.  They also have a nice gallery for card ideas and the they color all their images with Copics too, which make it a great for me, now I have fallen in love with Copics.

    It's a typical cool gray November day here in Massachusetts, but luckily not too cold.  We really have had some warmer than normal temps, so I am very thankful for that and that I have not been freezing too much lately.  I haven't had to light a fire, which is a nice break too.  

   I hope you ALL have a WONDERFUL week and hope every one has a really nice Thanksgiving.  I sure hope I feel good on Friday, so I can make it to the huge Black Friday sale at my LSS, that's the ONE thing I really want to be able to do this week!  

Happy Saturday....

 Today is another day I plan to craft as much as I can.  Unfortunately, my Fibro is acting up and my right shoulder and back are both really sore today!  Grrrrr!!

 If it doesn't improve quickly, I think I'll plan on practicing coloring for my Copic Class!  I am loving this class and very happy I found it.  I also need to finish up the assignments we have for the week, before the new class starts on Monday.  It's been really fun and I've also learned a lot.  The best part is that I have now put together an entire 'sketch book' of instructions, tips, coloring charts and some samples of the assignment.  I plan to slow add some of the images I color and then in time, hope to go back and see how much I have 'hopefully' improved.

These are a few pics of some of the practice sheets I have in my book and a couple images I colored already -

 

 

 

    And that's it for now -- I'm off to try and work on page for my Project 365 book and then move on to coloring...!!

    Have a great Saturday and Happy Crafting!!

A fun day...

 Today I am determined to spend a lot of time making cards and organizing some things in my craft room.  I started early this morning and the first thing I did was to organize ALL my Copic Markers by colors/numbers and to make sure my color charts were all up-dated.   That went well and I'm glad I finally finished that project.  Now, I simply have to figure out what kind of cases or storage I really want to use.  I have been using the plastic cases from Copic and have two of these "clear box style" and one more on order from Cutters Creek, but I realized after I organized them today, that I will need at least ONE more or change to some other type storage.  I now have over 100 Markers!  YIPPEE!  I can't believe how fast my collection has grown and I think I'm pretty close to be done buying them  Alex came home while I was working on that (today was an early release day from school)..and he told me that he would buy me some more and/or a new case as my Christmas Gift.  We browsed a few sights and I found a really neat storage unit that I LOVE, but its' expensive.  I want to see if I can find one like this - CLICK HERE, but at a better price.  That case would be perfect and I could keep it right at my workstation and still be able to add a few more!  Hum?  I'll think about this more and then decide.

I then hung up my new hanging storage organizers that I ordered from HSN last week.  As soon as I started filling them with my stamps, I realized how great these are, so I went right back online and ordered two more sets.  They are currently only $19.99 (set of two) with FREE Shipping.  I had a 15% off code for one item and used that too!  These are going to make organizing ALL my stamps, so much easier.  Plus, it's so easy to see them all at a glance and pick out which one I want to use!  A great value and buy, thanks to the Gals in n my Craft Group who had recommended them!  I had a similar set (for shoes) that I am using in my craft room closet, but I prefer this size.  The pockets are smaller and much more sized for Stamps or embellishments!   Here is a picture of the the one I am working on quickly filling today.  I have this hanging on my craft room door, with a second one behind it.  The second one, has even smaller pockets, which is great for smaller stamps.  

 

 After that little project, I started making some cards.    I wanted to use some of the snowflakes I had cut on my Cricut with the NEW Mini cartridge and I also wanted to use some really pretty SU paper that I had bought.  I just LOVE using non-traditional colors on my Christmas cards.  There are some of the cards I made this morning.  All basically using the same set of SU Paper (I can't remember the name, but hopefully Cindy will, because I LOVE it and want to order more).  There are the cards I'm working on today....

 

  I ended up making a few every day cards, while I had this paper out...it's so pretty and I love how it can be used in so many ways.

  ...A very nice and productive day for me.  I'm off again to hopefully keep going and try some new colors.  I am feeling really good today, which with Fibro is something I can't say all that often.  I am taking full advantage of having a low pain day!  I hope it lasts ALL day!  It's so wonderful when you have a day that you feel this good, they don't come often with Fibro.  I feel very blessed when I do have a day this good!   It's so hard to describe to anyone who doesn't have this illness...but to actually feel good, is truly heavenly.  Today, I almost feel like my  'old self' again...like a normal person pretty much feels every day.  I love it!

A chilly and busy week....

Brrr....was it cold earlier this morning....only 24, which is already too cold  for me.  We had a very hard frost last night too and our deck was covered in ice this morning.  Not good!  Alex when out to start his Jeep and immediately feel...poor kid...,, poor kid.  But, then again, better him than me.  We'll need to get some of the de-icer out and have it ready again for these cold morning.  Our deck is always very slippery in the cold month!  YUK!

Today, I need to get organizing and working on some ongoing projects.  I did finish up three cards for the Two Peas - A Year In Cards challenge and here they are --

 And this is another "Tilda Card" I made over the weekend!

 

    I also found an online class that I am now taking to learn to Color and Blend a whole lot better with my Copic Markers.  The class is at a website called My Creative Classroom and I really LOVE it.  It's a sex segment class and I started a bit later, but since I have been using Copics for a while, I think I will be able to catch up.  The best part is that I can go to the "classroom" whenever I want and work at my own pace.  There are also tons of great handouts and I've already learned quiet a bit about blending and lots of other techniques you can do with the markers.  The instructor, Colleen Schaan is a Copic Certified Instructor and is awesome.  She also has a blog, called Distinctive Touches which is really nice.  I think I can learn a lot from her and I'm really excited to be trying this.  This is the first time I've ever tried an online class.   We have certain things to practice each week and then upload them to the student gallery.  There she will view them and help us discover how to fix our errors and gives us lots of inspiriting criticism.   Most of the classes with be winding down shortly for the Holidays, but will start again in February.

  It's really a great way to learn new craft ideas and techniques and I do plan to take other classes, down the road. This link will take you to a page that lists all the different classes that are offered and they are lots that I think I would like.  -Click Here-  to see the courses.   I think some of the Cricut Classes and  General Coloring classes would be really good.  I already have learned quite a bit from this class and I know it's will be well worth the price. 

  Now, I am off to try getting some things organized in my Craft Room, I bought some new Organizers from HSN and also a new printer, that arrived yesterday.  I've been so busy and tired, that I haven't even opened the boxes, but I do hope to get started today.  My Fibro has been acting up, so it's been hard to get much done, and that is frustrating, but it is also part of life for me.  

.....I just keep hoping for a CURE...

 

Snowflakes.....and Gift Tags!

Today I decided I am going to spend as much time as I can "crafting" and work on some challenges that I have printed out after blog hopping the past couple of days.

My first project was to create "Christmas Tags" for another Challenge being hosted by  Little C's.   After being the lucky winner of their challenge last week, I knew I wanted to try this one too.   This week the challenge is to create Christmas Gift tags and they have some adorable ideas posted on the site for inspiration.  You can find them HERE!

I thought this would be a fun project to start with and I started by cutting some shapes on my Cricut and then on my Cuttlebug.  I then embossed some of the layers with Cuttlebug Holiday folders and on two of the tags, I used snowmen images from Penny Black.  I LOVE to create a lot of my Christmas projects in non-traditional colors and always include some "Purple".  These are the three that I plan to submit for the challenge --

 

   I really had a great time with the Snowflake design and that was cut on my Cricut with one of the new Holiday Exclusive cartridges, called "When It's Cold Outside".  It's a limited edition for 2009-2010 and there are a  total of three cartridges.  I had originally bought two, this one with the Snowflakes and another one called "Snow Friends", which are all super cute snowmen.   I have now realized that I WANT them all, so I'm off to order the third one, more on that to follow.

     I have another really cute idea to do with these adorable snowflakes, that I have already cut from the same mini cartridge.  Check back later to see what I am making with them...!

  Happy Crafting!! 

Another weekend of rain....

Yuk!  Here we go again with another lousy weekend.  Thank goodness for the one good weekend we had this month, because the entire month of October it rained every weekend, at least one full day.  We certainly will not be having any water bans in the near future.  This whole year has been really rainy..starting back in the Spring and even into the Summer...once the worst we've had.  I sure hope this does not mean we are going to have a stormy snowy winter....!  I dread that evil "S" word....(SNOW)!!

 This is horrible weather for Fibro and I woke up with an aching neck and shoulder, so I won't be online too much today...it really does a number of me and I'll be very happy when the storm has passed by.  It's another Nor'easter rain storm, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida which has been doing to much damage to the East Coast.  Luckily, it's not a huge storm and other than lots of wind and rain, it should not be too bad here.  

On the upside, I have lots of projects to work on and that's exactly what I will do, as long as I can manage.  If I feel too sore, I'll concentrate on 'coloring" with my Copics and that will keep me busy and relaxed too.  I also need to get a few Thanksgiving cards ready to go out in the mail this week.  I don't send out  too many of these, but I do like to send a few to my Family and they always enjoy getting cards.    Here is one that will be for my son, Brian.  I created this with a super cute  Turkey Stamp and I have from a Great Impressions Card Class I took two years ago.  I've used this stamp many times and it's always a big hit --  The name of the Stamp is Henry the Turkey --

  And this is another card I also made using "Henry"....simply with different papers, and I also used different Cuttlebug embossing folders to create different textures. 

...Oh... and now my dryer is buzzing....time to get the laundry out...

WooHoo! I won a Challenge!!

This is the very first time I have ever won a Card Challenge and I could not be more happy.  I won the Card Challenge at Little C's Challenge Blog from last week and won it with a card I made last weekend using a Tilda Stamp along with my Cuttlebug.

Special thanks to the SSH Sisters for hosting the challenge on their blog.  I hope everyone stops over and tries out this week's  challenge will is to create some super cute Holiday tags.

What a nice way to end my Friday!   Like I said earlier, I don't mind that it's Friday the 13th at all, it's always kind of been a lucky day for me!

Yippee!!

PS:  I'm off now and  heading over to the Little C's Store  next to pick out some JJ Kidz images as my prize! 

My very first DH Layout....

  After lots of encouragement from my friend Sharon, I decided to work on a layout to submit to the Ch{all}enge Masters "Book of Him" Challenge.  She and her partner (Robin) are the two Design Team members for the "Book of Him" Challange.  The challenge in their group is to create a layout about that 'Special Him" in your life, whether it be your Hubby, boyfriend or even your children.

   My hubby, does NOT like having his picture take (who does)...so getting him to pose, was NOT an option.  I ended up going through some of our pictures and ended up choosing two from a wonderful trip we took to Punta Cana and also a picture from our Wedding Day.  I then began working on the Challenge and finally finished it yesterday.  This is my completed submission  --

 

  

  I named it "My Love" and really did have fun making it.  Scrap pages are a lot harder for me than care are,  but I am trying to learn and 'practice' is helping.  I'm going to use this page, as my Project 365 page for the week too and then use my weekend time to get my Christmas cards done...I am behind on that project! 

   I am glad I did it and it's now one of my favorites!

Happy Veteran's Day!!

....May we all take the time to BLESS all the members of our Military Service today, and honor all the men and women, both past and present, who proudly protect us each and every day.


    I pray they will all be SAFE from harm and be back home with their families soon.

    God Bless our Troops they are ALL our Heroes!!

I truly LOVE Card Challenges!

      .....and I found a really cute new Challenge blog this week too.  It's called 'Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii' and it's affiliated with 'Little C's Stamps n' Things', which a really cute online Stamp/Craft  Store.   I shopped there last week for two cute Magnolia Stamps (Tilda in Yule Hat and Tilda in Tights), along with a really cute 'Gretel' Stamp. 

While I was shopping, I found a link to their blog and that's where I found a new card challenge.  If you want to join in or see the challenge rules, please go to this link - Click Here!  

I picked one of my new Magnolia Stamps to use for me card and it was one that I had purchased from Little C's.  I decided to go with a pretty aqua cardstock and that was the beginning of my  "Embossed" card.  I chose "Tilda with Yule Hat" and this is my completed Challenge Card --

I think this stamp is super cute and will be perfect to make some of my Christmas Cards.  I colored "Tilda" in shades of blue, teal, greens and aqua and then added some "Stickles" to her tights to make her sparkle and shimmer!    I think it came out cute and I am now working on few more cards with the same image.  I am simply changing the colors and my papers for different looks!   I really LOVE cute, whimsical stamps and Little C's...has loads of stamps that will be perfect for me.  I hope to shop there again very soon and will plan to take part in more challenges too!

A fun card challenge!!

 I wanted to share a FUN card challenge I did today.  It was for a challenge from this blog - Create with Joy, which is owned by a new Fibro friend from  my Fibro Hope and Hugs Group.  She posted about her challenge in our group this morning with the idea that it might help to give us all creative inspiration.

 The challenge is called - Embellish Me Beautiful Challenge and the idea was to see how many embellishments you can you incorporate into a handmade card?  It definitely inspired me and I thought it would be fun to try it.   I also really loved the layout of her card, so I decided to also create a card with that type of design.  The best part is that it was a fun an easy card and a great way to use scraps.  

  I started by simply picking out some scraps of matching card stock and instead of having to cute each square, I decided to use an punch, to make it easy.  I punched three of each color with a hen adhered each square to a contrasting piece of card-stock.   Then I starting  looking for different embellishments for each.square.  I ended up using - Flowers, a Brad, Twinkle Jewels, a Button, Ribbon,  Stickles, and various other "Bling".  "Bling" is one of my favorite things, so it was a perfect challenge for me.  I had fun and found a lot of  different styles to match my little squares.    It went together very fast and I LOVE how it came out.  This is one card idea I know I will use again and think I may make some of my Christmas cards to look like this, simply using Holiday papers and matching BLING!  

  Thanks Ramona!  This was a fun challenge and a card that I really will enjoy making again!

Brrrr.....I'm cold today...!!

I want to start working on some more Christmas Cards today, but I can't seem to get warm.  I finally went downstairs and lit a fire in the woodstove and thought I would update my blog while I am waiting for it to warm up!

I've had a really good week and spent a lot of time creating!  The most creative project I did was the card submission I did for my entry to "hopefully" become a member of the NEW Cutters Creek Design Team.   I worked on my card last weekend and happily sent it off to Kim on Monday morning.   I have finally decided to upload it to my blog to share with my friends.  This was my submission card and I PRAY that Kim will LOVE it and offer me the opportunity to be part of the team --

    

   It's my 'Snow Lady' card and one of my favorite stamps.   I actually bought it at a Great Impressions class I took last year.  I decided that since I LOVE Christmas so much, that I wanted to submit a Christmas Card.  I also love 'snow people' and actually started a collection of them a few years ago that I use decorate our home each year.  I simply love them and that was another reason I chose this stamp.  Of course, pinks, lavenders and blues are my favorite colors, so I went with that theme, because this is ME and the way I LOVE to create.  

   I also have been busy all week working on Christmas Cards for a swap and also for my friends and family.  I plan to make ALL my cards this year and plan to made a lot of different styles and use lots of different colors.  I rarely ever create the exact same card twice and I rarely if ever us a sketch.  I'm simply pick out stamps, paper and colors and start creating, as that seems to be best for me.

  I also made these cards and two of them were for Challenges on the Challenge Master site.  I truly LOVE doing challenges and find it really helps me to learn new ideas and techniques.  This first card was for a card challenge --

 

  The challenge was to create a circular shaped card, with some blue, and ribbon; which I did, but at the very end, I realized it needed to be a holiday card, and I needed to start over!   I did however keep this card and then made another card for the challenge.  After I used this stamp, I realized how much I like it and made this "Thank You" card with the same stamp.

  I really love how it came out doing it in two or three colors and I used my Copics to color it and then added a hint of glitter.  I also used a EK Success punch on the bottom edge to make it a bit more unique.  I turned out to be one of my favorite cards all week.

  I also did one more Challenge that was a "Color" Challenge and although I did three cards, before I submitted any, I have to admit, I really don't even like this one much?  Oh well!!

   It does incorporate the colors that I needed to use - Brown, Olive Green, Turquoise Blue and a Salmon color...but I simply don't like how it turn out and after my third attempt, I decided it was time to move on.

   Well...my room is finally warming up and now I can get to work!  I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful weekend.

    I would like to send thoughts and prayers to my friend Dianna, who lost her Dad this week, after a brief battle with Cancer.  And also on a sad note, my heart goes out to all those who were affected by the terrible tragedy at Ft. Hood yesterday. 

   Just another sad reminder of how fragile life is and how we ALL need to CHERISH EVERY MOMENT!

   Hugs and love to all my friends and family....

Another Chance to Win some Goodies from DeNami!

DeNami Designs has a new "Give Away" for all you craftt gals to enter.   If you are interested in signing up, please check visit their blog at this link--  Click Here!   They are giving away three different prizes and all of them are awesome.

They are also offering FREE SHIPPING on any orders of $40 or more at the DeNami Designs Store - Click Here!

Be sure to enter PROMO CODE - SHIPPING at check out!

This offers expires on  November 10, 2009

Happy Shopping!!!

PS:  If DeNami ever hosts a "Card Class" as your LSS, be sure to take it.  

I have taken three so far and LOVED every one. 

New Creations...

  I have spent almost ALL my free time crafting lately and I simply LOVE it more and more each day.  If they ever find a cure for Fibro and I could ever go back to work, I know that I would LOVE to work in a field related to card marking, scrap-booking or paper-crafting.  But, I also know that right now, that is not likely to happen and that as much as I LOVE to create...even that can still wipe me out.

   After crafting almost ALL day Saturday....I was good for nothing yesterday and I am still actually sore today...that's the part of Fibro I hate so much.  Whenever I have FUN doing anything, I have to pay the price for a few days.  But...I am still so thankful that I do have crafts in my life and when I feel good.....being creative is good for me....!  I think without it...I'd be lost and very depressed!  It's a wonderful part of my life and I'm grateful for the days when I can create.

 ...and speaking of creations here a couple of my most recent Project 365 Pages.  I had fun making the Halloween page, which was my page for this week.

   This next layout  was from the week before and all kind of related to a "Great Impressions" card class I took that week with my friend Patty, and the goodies I also bought at my LSS that week.  I also has a picture of a card I made for Two Peas 'Finally Friday' challenge.  I LOVE challenges now and they really help me to learn new techniques and ideas!  

 

And this next card I made for the card challenge on the "Challenge Master" website.  This site is really awesome; it has several challenges in all kinds of different categories.  I may try the "Technique" or "Color" challenge next.

This Card Challenge was to create a Circular Card, with a holiday theme, that included the color blue, 

somewhere on the card.  This is the

card I submitted!  I LOVE

these new Snowflake Brads by Karen Foster,

they are gorgeous!

 

Today....I need to take it easy and heal a bit more!  I've already been to my Craft Group and watched a Craft Show on HSN this morning.  Now I think I'm rest a bit more and catch up on reading the posts in the gorup!

This afternoon, I may work on coloring some more images I have already stamped.  I am in LOVE in my Copics and coloring is a very calming and relaxing!

Hugs to all my wonderful friends!