Eleven Months Till Christmas

Image by Mo Manning 

Image by Molly Bloom

I have been away from my blog for  a couple of months. Life gets busy sometimes and you don't always have time for all the things that you love doing. Luckily right now things seem to be settling back down. Happy New Year by the way!!! The two cards I am showing off today are images from Mo manning and Molly Bloom stamps. I discovered Molly Bloom stamps this past October in a little craft store in Victoria. I love them. Its going to be hard to resist the temptation not to buy them all. Sometimes I think I need a support group. Hi I am Sandy I am addicted to rubber.  Truly my craft room is starting to look like a well stocked shop. The mo manning winter Fairy stamp is a divi that you can find at her online store mo's digital pencil. I love the images and the price point makes me feel a smidge less guilty than rubber. Just a smudge lol. As I write this I am sitting on my couch with my wee dog sleeping in my lap while the rest of the family is still sleeping soundly upstairs.  Its very peaceful!! Soon enough the house will be alive with sounds of "Mom whats for beakfast".  Just a side story my Bald Man has agreed to let me keep the Christmas tree up all year. Yes all year. Its not going to be Christmas decorated its going to be my year long seasonal tree challenge. so on a very small budget as the holidays or seasons change so must the tree. My jaw literally hit the ground when he said I could do this. I always think he is the sweetest man when he agrees to the christmas tree going up on the first Saturday of November every year. So right now my tree is decorated for Valentines day. Next will be St Pattys day then Easter and so on. I will post a picture soon maybe later today if I get a chance since the only pic I have at the moment is on my phone. Not sure how to upload phone pics to my blog yet. Need to ask a teenager. I hope that you have a great weekend with the people you love.
Hugs
Sandy

A card a Day for Christmas and today I did two!!!!

Today I got to play with one of my favourite Kraftin Kimmie Stamp Sets.

O Holy Night!

With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season I love that this stamp set reminds me what Christmas is really about.

Iam going to also enter one of the two in the Kraftin Kimmie Wednesday anything goes challenge .

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca

Card a Day for Christmas!!!

I made this cute non traditional coloured card as part of my card a day till Christmas!
Iam entering it into the Kraftin Kimmie Wednesday challenge.
Drove my daughter to a babysitting job tonight and was happy to see all the Christmas lights that are starting to pop up around the neighbourhood.

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs
Sandy

One month till Christmas!!!

Iam so excited that Christmas is in only a month!
My tree's are up, the stockings are hung and my three pound Chihuahua is wearing his very own mini Santa Suit.
He actually loves it.
Tries to bite me if I try and take it off.
I could see his name on Santa's naughty list if he wasn't so darn cute!
So this months Blog theme was silver and gold.
If you have arrived here from Sallys blog than you are in the right place.
If you have missed any here is the blog hop order.
I hope you enjoy all the creations and have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!

Blog Hope Order

 

 Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara

Sally 

Sandy thats me!!

My first card is a mo manning image Baby's First Christmas I used silver glitter accents and gold stickler in the stars on the ornament.

My second image is Molly Blooms penguin. I used silver and gold on the tree's and on the snowflake and gold on the stars.

 

It feels like Christmas!!

This past weekend my family and I decorated the house.
The tree in the living room and a second smaller tree in the dining room.
Nutcrackers on shelves.
Snowman on the mantle.
The Holy Family looking out at us all.
I love the feeling the house gets when its dressed up for Christmas.
Iam always surprised when people ask me if I get sick of it since I decorate so early.
Nope!
I wait all year long for it to get here.
Even leaving it up for two and a half months seems so short compared to the rest of the year I spend missing it.
Iam grateful that my Bald Man gets me and indulges me in my crazy Christmas love.
I have made two simple Christmas cards using the new Wee Stamps friendship is the greatest gift and winter friends.
Now I have to ask.
Who wouldn't want to go for a walk and get to have a penguin hold your hand.
That would be AMAZING!!!!
Iam entering these into the http://www.onecrazystampercom.blogspot.ca christmas card challenge.

I also made a snowy winter scene using a Kraftin Kimmie Stamp called Eva!
Iam entering her into this weeks anything goes challenge http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca

Thanks for stopping by to say hi!
Enjoy all the build up that leads to the big day.
The build up is really the best part.

Big Hugs
Sandy

Two Months Till Christmas Blog Hop!!!!!

Iam so excited that we are almost officially in the Christmas season!!
With all the decorations at Costco you would think we were already but we do need to enjoy Halloween too.
We had a great Thanksgiving this month at my Bald Man sister home with her kids and his parents.
I cooked a small turkey the next day at home because my daughter almost cried at the idea of no turkey left overs.
Now I have five hundred pieces of candy waiting for the army of goblins we get every Halloween.
Thats what I love about this time of year.
There is always something fun going on!
Today the fun is our monthly Christmas Blog Hop.
Myself and the other lovely ladies get a jump on our Christmas card making and share them with you on the 25 of every month.
Its my favourite day of the month!
I love hopping along and looking at all the beautiful cards/projects everyone creates.
They are all very inspiring.

If you have arrived from Sally's blog then welcome and Merry Two months till Christmas!
I will post the blog order in case you missed any.
Enjoy the hop! Iam also including the second card for the http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca anything goes challenge.
                                                             This Months Blog Hop Order:

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara 
Sally

Sandy

This months theme was inspired by a picture.

My first card I used a new Wee stamp called Friendship is the Greatest Gift.
I used the greens and the reds and finally used some of my new candy cane coloured paper flowers.

My second card I used my new Krafftin Kimmie Santa and Pup stamp from their September release.
I used the red and whites to bring out the candy theme from the mantle in the inspiration picture.
I added some holly printed card stock to bring out the wreath and the greenery.

I also played with my new Molly Bloom Polar Stamp!
I love Polar Bears at Christmas..........thanks Coke :)

Thanks for stopping by
Merry Early Christmas see you next month!!!
Hugs
Sandy

Three Months Till Christmas Blog Hop

Wow, wow, wow!!!
Three months till Christmas.
Its also ONLY just over  a month away until we put the tree up and settle into our families Christmas traditions.
When do you all start?
While working on this months blog cards I had Christmas with the Kranks playing in the background.
Skipping Christmas.........I just couldn't do it!
I am grateful and thrilled to be able to be part of this monthly Christmas Blog Hop to give me my Christmas fix.
I will admit it I am a jingle bell junkie lol.
It also allows us to get our cards prepared before the rush of the holiday season begins.
Thanks again to the lovely ladies of the blog that let me play with them and keep me inspired.
So today if you have arrived from Sara's blog than you are in the right spot.
If not I have the blog hop order listed so you can sit back with a coffee and hop around and enjoy all the Holiday creations. This months theme was Santa, Elves or Reindeer.
Also in the spirit of Christmas is my FAVOURITE craft supply store ONE CRAZY CRAFTER who is having a Christmas card challenge. So I think I shall enter these.
Check it out http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.ca

This Months Blog Hop Order:

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara 

Sandy

                                         

                          My first card I used Mo Mannings  Sticky! 

    My second card I used an adorable little Elf from Sassy Cheryls Stamps

      Couldn't help myself so I made a third after getting the idea for a Santa Card from Pintrest.

Hope you all have enjoyed all of our Christmas Creations!
Hugs
Sandy