Holiday Box......

Hello everyone!  I hope your day is getting off to a good start.  Before I continue with my Suzi Homemaker chores, I just want to share a little box I finished.  It can hold many things from 3 X 3 note cards to a little treasure for someone special.  Lately this is all I want to do. (Make boxes)  For some reason MOJO is tip-toeing toward the door, asking to be let out.....and I'm refusing to let her go.  So I just sit here and make boxes and do a little coloring here and there.    I find that I'm whining a lot, so please forgive me if I don't sound enthusiastic.

Hope you enjoy the box!

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Card stock
Spellbinders Dies
JustRite Stamps
Ranger Distress Inks
Martha Stewart Punch
Scor-Tape
Gold Braid and Green Ribbon from my Stash
Ranger Stickles

Don't You Just Hate A Tease!

Well, I've been working on a project, but it is a deep dark secret!  I may be able to share with you after Christmas...I also have been working on some Christmas goodies, but nothing is finished!  I can't seem to get my head on straight and finish anything, so I have been coloring, pasting, cutting, groaning .....(A lot) and fidgeting here and there!  So I have absolutely nothing new to show you today.  But I do want to say, that I keep trying and will be back soon with something new.

It is only Tuesday and I have already had two repairmen at our house.  Seems like everything we own is broke or breaking and winter is coming.....so.....I have to deal with these guys.  I should have two more days of these guys coming and going and then hopefully, I can get my mind on what I want it to be on once again.

Have a great day and remember.....Breathe!!!

My Joy.......

Here is my Joy!  This is Spencer, my Grandson....He is the light of my life.  He will be 13 in February and is such a good kid!  He is now an inch or two taller than me and loves football.  He says he wants to play ball professionally or be an engineer.  He says he can do both....I think he can!  He spent the day with me while he was on Fall break from school and I got to really enjoy him.    I love spending time with  him whenever I can!  Nothing like a Grandson to melt your heart.....even if he is taller than me! 

Little Box...

Today is my birthday so my post will be a short one.  I'm going to do just what I want today and that will probably include lots of crafting and maybe I can share with you later.

I just want to quickly share a little box I made to hold the Christmas Ornament that I gave to my friend for her Birthday!

This little box is one you can find directions for anywhere on the Internet you look.  It holds 3 X3 cards and also lots of other goodies.  You can find really good directions on Splitcoast Stampers on the resource page.  I used ribbon , lace and DP from my stash and covered it.   A few strips of ribbon, a Prima Rose and the large flower is one I made myself that I think looks like a Prima Camelot Rose.  I colored it with Distress Inks and Stickles on the edges and added some stamen for a little more "pretty" and tucked the ornament inside and you have an instant Birthday gift for a friend.

Have a wonderful Sunday.....tomorrow is Monday again.....Sorry!

Supplies:
Card Stock from my Stash
DP from my Stash
Ribbon  (Stash)
Lace (Stash)
Score-tape
Homemade Flower
Prima Rose

Another Christmas Tag.....

Hello everyone, it is finally Saturday!  I hope your weekend is getting off to a good start.  Mine is going well.  It turned cold here so I'm not doing much outside. The wind is whipping outside and my wind chimes are just going to town.  It makes you feel warm and toasty inside.  The mountains had over 7" of snow at 6PM yesterday.  I just seem to shiver when I go out, so I'm hanging out inside these few days.  I've been coloring some more and I hope you enjoy this little Tilda.  She will make a wonderful tag for a gift or bag  or she could even be used for an ornament.  I just love the pink in her gown.  This little lovely was given to a friend that I used to work with.  We celebrate our birthdays close together and we had lunch yesterday to celebrate.  I gave her this little cutie tucked into a box that I will show you tomorrow.    I hope she enjoys her new home.  My friend seemed very pleased with her...

Now go and enjoy your weekend.....and remember to breathe!

Supplies:

Magnolia Stamp
Watercolor Paper
Ranger Distress Inks
Spellbinders Dies (No surprise here)
Dental Floss...unused...he.he
Crystal Stickles

Christmas Ornament....

Many years ago, when I used to do Parchment Craft, I had a lot of stencils that I used to do dry embossing onto papers.  Marianne Stencils had some of the most beautiful designs way back then.  Well today they are still around and have jumped on the band wagon like many other companies, and are now doing Dies!  Well, they are doing some beautiful designs.  I have had the opportunity to purchase one of their dies and I just love it.  The one I am using today reminds me of a doily. 

This little guy is from JustRite and is one of their 3 1/4 stamps.  I stamped it off and scanned in into my computer and resized so it would fit this little die. I used a Spellbinders Die to cut out the image; I have to use Spellbinders on every project I do.  I just love those dies.   I colored with Ranger Distress inks and then used Utee to add several layers of shine to him.  I adhered him to the doily die cut and tied dental floss onto the doily as a hanger.  I was so impressed with how this turned out!  I know it sounds like a lot of work, all that stamping and scanning and resizing, but I just love this image and this is what I envisioned using it, so all that work was well worth it I think. 

This little guy has already found a new home.  My hairdresser is  now in possession of him and he will be on her tree this year.

Supplies:

JustRite Stamps

Spellbinders dies

Marianne Design Creatables

Ranger Distress Inks

Gina K Designs card stock

UTEE

Dental Floss

Another Tilda.....

As you can see I'm really having so much fun with my Magnolia Stamps!  I've been wiping off the dust and using these little images to practice my coloring with Distress Inks.  This little Tilda with a puppy is one of my favorites.   Heck they are all my favorites.....They are great for Distress Ink coloring.

I am entering this card in the Mojo Monday Contest #163.  mojomonday.blogspot.com  and the weekly Challenge at Joan's Gardens joanscreations.blogspot.com  Joan's Challenge this week calls for:

A character ( preferably Magnolia or Sarah Kay)
Some thing that sparkles
Nestie by Spellbinders - New if you have one
Greeting

I covered all the bases on this one and my little shade pull has crystal stickles on the bell.
I seem to be doing a little better with the shading when I color.  I have a long way to go to get anywhere close to perfection, but I keep trying.  I left the inside of the card blank so she can be used from many occasions.

Supplies:
Magnolia Stamp
Spellbinders Dies (what else)
Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Card Stock
DP from my Stash
Ribbon from my Stash
Crystal Stickles
Ranger Distress Inks
Scor-Tape