Taking a Break!

I just wanted to let you know that I am taking a blogging break for the holiday season. Things at work are really hectic and I am not having a lot of time to spend in the craft room. I will be back in the new year, hopefully back to my regular daily posts. Have a great Christmas and a blessed New Year. See you in 2011!

Candy Cane Believe

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM)

Embellishments: Daisy D’s Rub-On, Liquid Applique, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Rudolph

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Christmas Melodies

Embellishments: White Mini Medleys, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Magic of Christmas

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Card Chatter-Christmas 

Embellishments: Twinkle Brads, White Crossgrain

Candy Cane What If

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Share The Magic (October 2010 SOTM), Peace On Earth

Embellishments: Spring Blossom Mini Medley, Cranberry Crossgrain, Glitz Glitter Glue

Candy Cane Chillin’

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Chillin’ (retired)

Embellishments: White Crossgrain

Candy Cane Christmas In The Heart

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Holiday Trinkets 

Embellishments: Red Sparkles, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Deck The Halls

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Christmas Melodies

Embellishments: Tulip Mini Medleys, Cranberry Crossgrain

Candy Cane Snow Friends

Supplies Used:

Paper: Candy Cane Christmas (SU!)

Stamps: Snow Friends

Embellishments: Red Sparkles, Cranberry Crossgrain

Merry Mug

I made this mug for Milenna Russell’s Christmas Gift Swap. I want to make them for my nieces and nephews for Christmas and give them to them with a tin of Snowman Soup. I stamped the elf with Staz-On and colored him in with permanent Jiffy markers.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Merry Pursuits

Embellishments: Daisy D’s Rub-on

Rudolph Noses

I made these packages of Rudolph Noses for a stocking stuffer swap that I am hosting. My kids asked what they were for and I stumbled for an answer, because we all know that Santa fills our stockings. So, I just told them that I was making them for my CTMH friends for Christmas.

Supplies Used:                                                                           

Paper: Jingle Creative Basics (retired)

Stamps: Private Eye Tiny Lowercase (retired), Share the Magic (October 2010 SOTM)

Embellishments: Liquid Applique, Red Stickles, Cloud Nine Design Rain Dots

Candy: Dare Cherry Sours

My Very First Blog Award! Yay!

  

I was nominated for my very first blog award yesterday! Thank you so much, Ruth! You should visit her blog. She is one creative lady! This particular award comes with a $5.00 gift certificate to digis with attitude.

The rules for accepting this award and gift certificate are:

• I must post the award and the link to the Digi's With Attitude site in my sidebar - done!
• I must tell you 3 things about me that makes me different from everyone else:
• I work in a bakery. I start work at 2am every day!
• Even as a grown-up, I still really desire to go to Disneyland. I have never been, but I really want to go.
• I am a sucker for Romantic comedies.

I must nominate 5 other blogs for this award

• Tina
• Lucy 
• Lori 
• Jayma
• Emily

Please visit the blogs of my friends. They are all very talented!

Lest We Forget

As Canadians, we take this day, November 11th, every year, to remember those who have given their all so that we can have freedom. A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘Canada’ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’

A Pittance of Time – 2 minutes for the fallen soldiers. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month:                         On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the stores PA, asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us. Terry was impressed with the stores leadership role in adopting the Legions two minutes of silence initiative. He felt that the stores contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable. When eleven oclock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the two minutes of silence to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.
Terrys anger towards the father for trying to engage the stores clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, A Pittance of Time. Terry later recorded A Pittance of Time and included it on his full-length music CD, The Power of the Dream.
Thank You to the Royal Canadian Legion Todmorden Branch #10 and Woodbine Height Branch #2 for their participation in the Video.

 

Nugget Boxes

I picked up some unfinished wooden boxes at Dollarama and had them sitiing around for awhile before deciding what to do with them. I finally decided to cover them in paper and make nugget treasure chests out of them.

Supplies Used:

Paper: Daydream Level 2 (retired), Serendipity (retired)

Paper Flowers, Opaques Pearls, sparkles

A Childhood Garden

I made this frame for my niece, for her third birthday. I love the way it turned out and I think it is a very pretty frame for a very pretty little girl. Auntie Twyla loves you, Kaylee!

Supplies Used:

Paper: Daydream Level 2 (retired)

Stamps: Flower Child

Embellishments: paper flowers, rhinestones, ribbon

All About Life

This is an accordion album I started making as a gift. But alas, I was not finished in time and had to go and buy the gift instead. That is alright, though, because it means I can keep the book for myself..tee hee. I used the CTMH 9x9 accordion album, Life’s Delights (retired) paper and stickers, and foundry frames.

Use Up My Scraps Round 5

Scraps:

Deneen Treble:

Marie-Claire Elliott:

Michelle Labelle:

Kim Pilchar:

Victoria Keith:

Twyla Norris:

Use Up My Scraps Round 4

Scraps (sorry about the lighting) There is a tiny Opaque Pearl:

Deneen Treble:

Tammy Hawryszko:

Michelle Labelle:

Victoria Keith:

Heather Hunt:

Twyla Norris:

Use Up My Scraps Round 3

Scraps:

Deneen Treble:

Tammy Hawryszko:

Beccy DeCriscio:

Michelle Labelle:

Kim Pilchar:

Twyla Norris:

Use Up My Scraps Round 2

Scraps:

Deneen Treble:

Michelle Labelle:

Beccy DeCriscio:

Kim Pilchar:

Victoria Keith:

Twyla Norris:

Use Up My Scraps Round 1

I recently hosted a “Use Up My Scraps” swap. I sent the exact same scraps to 5 different people and kept some for myself. It is really interesting to see what different ideas six different minds comes up with. Here are the results from round one.

Round One Scraps:

Deneen Treble:

Heather Hunt:

Marie-Claire Eliott

Beccy Decriscio:

Kim Pilchar:

Twyla Norris: