Coloring Down the Lines - A Blessed Thank You

This post is the last of the "thank you's" for the month of November. It's hard to believe November is over now, and we are coming into the Christmas season. I sure hope December stays a while ... I want to get to enjoy it before it's over.

I wanted to create something simple for today's post. At first, I toiled over what stamp set to use, what colors I wanted, and then all of a sudden, it just came to me and I whipped it up in no time. Alleluhia!

You should have arrived here from Our Crafty Playdate, and if you missed Amanda's blog, don't forget to hop back one. Then when you're ready, take a leap forward to Joni in the Spotlight Stamping, as she most likely had her card ready before any of us!  lol.

Well, let's start with our inspirational photograph. I forgot to post it last week .... eek!

Now this is the card I created in a jiffy just for you ...

Well, that's it! Simple, but pretty. I"m glad it turned out the way I had envisioned.

Thank you for visiting us during the month of November, and I hope you will be delighted to visit us throughout December as well. It's because of you that we post our creations, and thank you for leaving your lovely comments for us.

See you in December.

Merry Christmas Tags

A friend of mine asked me to make some Christmas Tags for some gifts that her husband is giving to his customers. Of course I jumped at the chance .. and went to it creating the tags.

Here they are .. and I must say, they are so much prettier in person. Needless to say, they were pleased with the end result ... and me too!!!

Hope you like them as much as I do. They were a lot of work, but well worth it.

Season of Joy

One of the things I love about Christmas is the greenery. I love decorating with it and using it all over the house, both inside and out.

When I saw this stamp set, I knew I just had to have it. There are a lot of different uses for it, so this is the first one I made with it.

I used the copper foil paper for the pinecone, and a touch of gold glimmer paper for some bling, and it looks sweet. I love the embossing too - it finished the card off.

Hope you like it!

Happy Birthday Topiary

We always need birthday cards, and especially since I do all the birthday cards for my co-workers, it's always nice to have something when I'm in a pinch.

I thought this card was so pretty, and I love the topiary stamp set. You can use it in so many ways, and this one fit the occasion.

The color looks much better in person, as it's rich razzleberry. The card front is not a full card front, and the happy birthday pops out on the right hand side.

Ta ta for now!

Christmas Express

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this stamp set or not, but now that I have it, I like it. I love color, so once I stamped this, there isn't a whole lot of color you can use on it, but just the little you do use, it makes the card pop.

When our children were little, we used to read the Polar Express. This reminds me of that story, and warms my heart with the thought of Christmas.

All Aboard!

Hope you like it.

Getting Ready for Santa

I think I see Santa's reindeer in the distance .. no, wait, here is one of his eight!  He's ready to lead Santa's sleigh this year, and what would we do without him? I can just hear the sleigh bells ringing now, can't you?

Now, we have to look for Rudolph!

A Birthday Card for Suzanne

This is a card I made for my co-worker, Suzanne. I love making cards for our team. When I make a card, I try to think of what the recipient would like. Sometimes it's a little hard if I'm not familiar with what they like, but you can never go wrong when it comes to ice cream or cake.

This is what I made for Suzanne:

Love those accordion embellishments!

Hope you like it too.