Woohoo! The Shopping is done!!!

  I am very HAPPY to announce that I am now all done with my Christmas shopping.  Woohoo!!!   Today, Alex (my son), and I headed up to the Mall for what I hope will be my very last trip, until well after the Holidays.  We manged to hit three stores, which is great for me and we were back home with a trunk full of bags before 3 PM.   It's so awesome when you kids are grown and they can do all the driving and lifting and for me, that's a blessing!   

   I spent the first hour back home, with my feet up and Alex put away the bags and even did his wrapping.  That boy is good, but I was much to beat to wrap.  I'm just thrilled that we did so well today and that I think I'll be all set.  Of course, they will be more groceries to buy, but hubby does our shopping, so that is one less chore for me.    It was kind of fun to go with Alex and just spend time together.  We also have a nice casual lunch and had a few laughs at some of the fun toys and gadgets we saw.  Tomorrow, I'll be back to wrapping and will also take some time to create!

   And speaking of creating I have a few new cards to share that I made in the past couple of days, but have not had the energy to post.  I'm sharing them now and hope you'll enjoy them.  I'll slowly be winding down my Christmas Cards but have lots of fun new things coming up, so stay tuned!

  This is my first card and it's a cute little digi image that I found online.  Only problem is that with my awful memory (Fibro Fog) - I can not recall where I found it.  If anyone knows who the artist is, pleas share, so that I can give them their due credit!  It's a sweet little Christmas stock and was a lot of fun to color.

 
  My next car was created with another wonderful image from StampFairy, and if you LOVE them, then hurry on over to the store now and you can buy them ALL at 50% off!  Woohoo!   The magic word is SALE!!   Love it!!
   
 This is 'Ice Skating Donny'!   Isn't he just the cutest.....I keep telling Gerda that it's really easy to make fun sweet cards, when you have these adorable images to work with!!  I just LOVE them and as you know I have fallen in LOVE with Digital Stamps.  They are pretty much all I use and the storage and ease of use is awesome.   If you have never tried them...you can find a Friday Freebie HERE on the home page of the StampFairy World Blog to try!   Gerda also is very generous with her Freebies ,which you can find in the store -  HERE!!

  And here is another cute card I also created with one of my new StampFairy images, a sweet little Gingerbaby, who is happily hanging on to a big Candy Cane.  If you are a Gingerbread fan, you an find this a sweet collection of Gingerbabies and Candy Canes in the store HERE!!

  Update:  I realized that I had double posted one of my cards, so today (Thursday) and I making a correct, or two!!  LOL!!   That's 'Fibro Fog' for you and what happens when I write too long of a post, especially when I am tired!   Geesh!!

  On a fun note, I am now happy to be sharing a preview of the newest images that were added to StampFairy today.  I was so excited when I saw them and since I just LOVE teddy bears, I have already been over to the store and bought all five of the images below.   There is also a set of Sentiments that go along with them, that I may have to add later!   You can find out all about the new release Here!    I just love Lenny and think he may be one of my NEW favorite bears!!!

  And lastly, I have one ore card to share and this card was created for a Guest Designer Spot for Claudia &Company for their new challenge, which I thought had started today!  Update:  (My second correction tot his post) --  I found out that this challenge actually starts on Friday....!  Oops!!  Sssssh....don't tell anyone you saw it here first!   LOL.  My mistake!!    I had won their November challenge and then was asked to create a card using the Spotlight Technique for this month.  I picked this sweet digi from the store (Die Cuts R Us) and it's one of Lori Boyd's adorable Puddle Jumpers.   This cutie is Ella and you can find her HERE !! 

   And before I sign off, I wanted personally send out SPECIAL THANKS to all of my followers for all the wonderful comments and sweet notes you leave for me.  I'm not always able to get back around to all your blog, but I do read every message and I truly do appreciate you all !  Thank you!!

   Lastly, I also want to say thanks to those of you have have sent me a Blog Award...and I've been very fortunate to have received many, even in this past week.  My thanks for taking the time and effort to select my blog for the award.  Sadly, I have had to make it my personal choice,  not to accept ANY blog awards, simply because I can not keep up with the follow-up that is required to pass them along.  This week alone I received three of the same award and I'm deeply touched.  Thank you again and I do wish I could easily accept them, but I can't.  It's too difficult to keep up with all the work and typing needed to make it fair to all.  I don't feel right about taking them, if I can't follow up!  :(

  To me - my awards are the wonderful comments you all leave daily and they mean so much to me.  If I could easily accept the awards, I would, but I can't and that's why I decided to stop accepting them.  It's NOT at all personal, it's just too hard for me to do all the typing.  Many of my posts were scheduled in advance when I feel well and when I can type...many days it's too much!

  Thanks you all for being you and for stopping by and for being such good friends.  My friends are my greatest gifts and I am sending out a BIG HUG today to one of the best and that is Colleen Holmes!   I adore her and and I'm very sorry that she will no longer be hosting her wonderful Copic Challenges at SSC!  She will be missed, but I know she'll move on to bigger and better things and ultimately that's what matters!   She's a joy to know and create with and and I can't wait to see what wonderful plans she has coming up!!    Please stop over at her blog and show her some LOVE!!