2nd Green Snow Flurry Card

This is the Third one of the Snow Flurry stamps set from Sweet & Sassy. This is the last one for a while of the glue and New England Ivy reinker. This is the other die cut I got from Sweet & Sassy. On the snow flake this time I used half pearls. I used tiny ones on the tiny flakes. The inside of the card says "Snowflaeds of one of nature's most fragile things., but just look at what they do when they stick together."

Today I started some new cards. This time I tryed this technique the way it's suppose to be and I don't really like how it turned out, but I'll be using it anyway.

Last night my husband and I went to a dinner/auction for a friend of ours that has Cancer. I'm always amazed at the turn out for these things and the generosity of the community for donations. This one was no different. Of course we ended up spending more than we should have, but I got a beautiful Pink Ice Diamond Black Hills gold ring. I'd tried it on and for once it fit. I started to bid on it, then got chicken, so my husband went $20 more than my bid and got it. I'm very excited, Merry Christmas to me. Anyway back to what I was saying. We raised $8700 plus for this family. She hasn't been doing well and worries alot, so I know this will help with all the Medical bills. In this day and economy I'm so proud of people donating to others. Makes my heart feel good to give.

Now talking about giving, if you happen to by a Giving Tree pick a name. Some little kid would love for Santa to visit. I picked mine for this year. It's really quite fun buying for someone you don't know. We did this last year and felt real good about our Christmas.

Until next time,
Hugs,
Bobbi

#2 of the Snow Flurrys

Here it is the second card I made using the Snow Flurries card and the die cut from Sweet & Sassy. The stamp is just stamped with New England Ivy ink from Close to My Heart. I glued clear cut rhinestones in the center of the snowflakes. On the ribbon die cut I ran silver ribbon through it. This card is so simple yet looks very elegant.

I haven't yet gotten into the Christmas spirit, but will soon. Have 10 Christmas cards made, still need a bunch. I hate to buy them. Need to go through my boxes and see if I have any left overs. That way I'll get an idea how many more I'll need. Don't forget when your making you card, you can also decorate the envelope. On the snowflake cards I put a small snowflake on the envelope. Also if your cards a bigger than the normal size you'll need extra postage. When mailing gifts sometimes using the post office boxes and evelopes are cheaper than your own boxes. I can cram alot in a $11.95 box.

Enjoy your day, hit as many Bazaars as you can. Remember if you see something you like don't say, "Oh! I can make that". Just buy one you'll never get a round to making it.

Hugs,

Bobbi

My New Favorite Stamp

Your not going to believe this stamp. I saw it on a blog hop and fell in love with it. I'm not a big fan of winter, but this snowflake stamp takes the cake, for all time beautiful. I really hope everyone likes the cards I did with it. Most are totally different from what I usually do. The first one is totally not in Christmas colors, it started out to be Holiday Red from Close to My Heart, but I'm not sure what happened. The technique is Elmers glue pounced on cardstock, then a few drops of Holiday Red with some Platium Silver. For some reason it separated and became oily. I used a heat gun to dry it, which didn't work so I used a paper towel to dry it off. This is the background, we had a hard time getting the tape to stick. The stamp is from Sweet & Sassy and called "Snow Flurry". It turned out kind of orange and yellow, so that's the color of paper and ink I used. Not quite Christmas colors but I like it. The white brad worked real will the the spot that didn't have ink on them. When you see the other card I made with this stamp you'll see why I love it. It can be as elegant as you want it or like this card, just kinda plain. I have 2 more cards I'll share tomorrow with the same background technique only done differently.

Until then, take care and stay warm.

Hugs,

Bobbi

New Share

Bet you all thought I quit making anything. I did make some stuff, just been busy with school and visiting for Thanksgiving.

Before we left I made this card for a technique swap I was in. The lace is called double ruffle and was made with a new die cut from Sweet & Sassy Stamps. Not sure you can see it, but there are two ruffles, the bottom one is purple. The stamps are from a retired set from Close to My Heart. The placement of the horn is out of the box ( because it's not inside the backing). The "Give Thanks" is done with thin silver tread, it's call Sprilli. The edges are sponged with ink. I really love doing the Sprilli, makes things look fancy.

For Thanksgiving we went to my brothers and sister-in-laws in Nevada. Had a wonderful dinner with some of their friends. Kim and I made 4 pies for the dinner. She tried a recipe for pumpkin pie she found in a magazine. It was made with Bailey's (she used Carolines). Made the filling richer than the regular pumpkin pie, was very good. I did a Mincemeat pie and Apple. Some of the guests had never had meat in their mince and was surprised at the flavor. My little sister-in-law is great for trying new recipes, she also made a delicious stuffing. It had sausage, peppers and a bunch of stuff I don't normally put in stuffing, was very yummy. My brother did the turkey on the rotisserie, was very moist. We had a wonderful time while we were there, we always do. Kim and I made Christmas cards, so I'll be posting some of the ones I made along with a technique we did. Not sure if it has a name but it turned out pretty cool. I'm going to try it the right way and see if I like it better.

Until I post again, hugs,
Bobbi

Happy Halloween

It's Trick or Treat Day, wonder if we'll get any treaters. I used to love it when we lived in town and I could decorate and have the little guys come. It's been almost 30 years since I moved to the sticks, now town is coming to us. The only ones that Trick or Treat us are the great nephew and grandson. We have a neighbor girl now wonder if she'll make her way over or if she's to old for that.

Here's my card for today. Made this for my card making buddy, Yara. We do a one on one swap, with different people, she was my person this month. The layers are a stripped designer paper from one of my old discontinued packs. Then is Smokey Plum and Sunflower. Everything on this card is Close to My Heart. The stamp is from a set called Thriller, it was last years September Stamp of the Month. I stamped in embossing ink and used black embossing powder on him and the words. The brads at the top are black also. The words say "Happy Hauntings!". The whole set is scrolly, very cute. I got it on the scanner a little crooked. Cute, easy card.

Chuck and I did up 20 apple pie fillings during the Seahawk game yesterday. It kept him from throwing something at the tv. Not sure why he keeps picking them to win. The one time he didn't they won. Just glad we got the apples done. Now I need to pick some to eat. They are so good, their called Honey Crisp, you can't find a juicier apple.

Until later, no tricking tonight, just hand out goodies and enjoy the little kids in their costumes.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Card #6 Last of this swap

Good Morning, It's going to be a great day, can feel it in my bones. We finished up 2 of Patty's projects yesterday and have one to go. They are posted on my facebook page. Since it's back to school tomorrow I have to do the Walmart thing. Have to make a stop at Home Depot too. Thinking about going to Safeway they have a 2 for one sale in the meat department. Then get to defrost the fridge, didn't get that done and it's bad.

On to today's share, it was a pretty easy card to do. Sunflower are wonderful for fall cards and I have a single sunflower stamp but nothing like this. I used markers again. Seems to be my favorite way of coloring. All the markers I use are Close to my Heart. The leaves were done with Pear and Olive. The flower pedals were done with Sunflower and Autumn Terricotta. I looked at the center and decided to use Desert Sand and Chocolate. The behind the flowers looked like fencing so that's what I went with. It's colored with the Chocolate and trimmed with the Terricotta. The layout is called "Out of the box" from the Technique Junkies Newletter. (I get one every 2 months). The background layers are Chocolate, Olive and Sunflower. The 3 brads at the top are Chocolate. The center of the flower is colored with Brown Stickles. Everything is hand cut.

This is the end of my part of the swap. I'll be getting my cards back soon, the image I sent was kind of funky. It was a brand new stamp and I had no clue what to do with it. I'll share the image later. Tomorrow is Halloween, so I'll be sharing a card I made for a one on one swap for Halloween. I hope you enjoyed this swap, it was alot of fun. Until tomorrow have a fun Sunday. Relax and enjoy the day.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Card # 5

And a nice frosty morning to you all. It's a balmy 26 degrees outside. I'm so glad the furnace works. Fall looks to be here to stay, with no Indian Summer. The weather is crazy here, you go from one extreme to the other. Hot, hot to cold, cold.

I really like this card and it was super easy to do. Here's the image. The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the prairie. Wagons are brown, right? So I colored it with 2 browns, Chocolate & Desert Sand. The grass was done in Topiery. All CTMH marker colors. I then cut it out by hand, the spokes had to be cut with a cutting knife. Let me tell you that wasn't easy. The background is all done with a sponge. There's purple, pink, orange, blue and green all sponged on. The layering is Topiery, then Chocolate. In the corner are Chocolate brown brads. I think it's pretty cool, probably could have used some yellow in the green to make it look more like the prairie.

Today is going to be a short post. Have to help Chuck finish up his project for Patty. I'll post pictures on facebook of what he's been making as soon as this ones finished. He's done a beautiful job. They go to her shop this morning to be set up.

Until tomorrow, keep warm and have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Bobbi