~*MERRY CHRISTMAS*~

Merry Christmas to everybody.. It has been a wonderful day.

I am in TN at my parents house and our oldest son has came in from LA for the holidays. The only person not here was my wonderful husband Steve.. he is in Iraq right now. We did get a surprise and got to enjoy a video from him. I posted it on my Facebook page.

This has been a whirlwind week.. on Monday we drove up to Missouri over where we used to be stationed at, Fort Leonard Wood.. my brother and his family are stationed there now. Being there felt so good, being back in Missouri felt so good, getting to visit with family was great!

It was flurrying here in TN this morning.. nothing stuck to anything and as fast as it started, it ended.. thank goodness. I am making the long drive back home in a few days, so I really hope that the weather stays nice.

I hope that everybody had a wonderful day today.. that you got to hug your family and friends and tell them how much you love them. That is what is important in life.. family and friends.

Cyber hugs to all my friends.. I look forward to making more cards when I get home.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

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have a great airborne day!


God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Hi Everybody.. on a little trip!

Hi Everybody.. just wanted to hop on here and say "hello" to everyone who might stop by.. I made some cards last week that I sent out to my hubby and forgot to take pictures of them.. I was making them late at night and then getting them in the mail before I went to bed, so I didn't forget in the morning to do so.. some were cards I had made a while back, but just added something to them before finishing them off.

We will be away for a while visiting with family and friends in TN and in MO.

I hope that everybody has a great day!!

Happy Stamping!

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God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

12/05 Holiday Wishes ~*Christmas Rose*~ card

I made this card earlier this morning. I love this stamp set: Christmas Cardinal.. it truly has to be one of my absolute favorite Stampin' UP! stamp sets.

I used some retired SU DSP paper on the card. The sentiment was stamped, the poinsettia was off stamped onto it, it was punched out, layered on a circle and then I took a scallop circle punch out and then glued a thin piece of paper to it and then put it back in the punch and repunched it off setting the scallops to create the pointed punched out piece.

I used some SU organza ribbon, tied it around the piece and into a bow. I then put a piece around the card to make it look kinda like a present.

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God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

12/04 Christmas Cardinal Embossed Christmas Card

I actually made this card last night.. but didn't get to load it.

I used the Stampin' UP! stamp set A Christmas Cardinal, inked in versamrk and then versafine black, heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored it in with some ink pads and an aquapainter.. not sure how much I really like the main image, but I still carried on to finish the card.

The card base layer has a scalloped edge I used a Stampin' UP! scallop border punch to create, the mistletoe was stamped in versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used some organza ribbon and the mini bowdabra to make the frilly bow for the card.

The saying was stamped, punched out and layered, layered, layered!

I used some retired SU DSP for the piece across the card.


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God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

.......... in dreams we catch glimpses .........

The bones of this card are from one I started for my husband the other night and I didn't like.. so tonight I see the stuff laying in the scrap box and decided to finish it up for a friend, who is serving in Iraq too.

The stamp set is a Tim Holtz set, I stamped the images and embossed with clear embossing powder.. I used nestabilities dies and the main images are on a Stampin' UP! Top Note Die-cut. The ribbon is Stampin' UP! organza.. I tied a bow and then used the Mini Bowdabra to make another bow to attach to it. I sponged all the edges and added some brads.. hope she likes it.

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God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

~*MONSTERS*~ card by my daughter

My daughter wanted to make a card for her friend... she said "mom, I want to make a card" I asked her what color she wanted it to be and she said Cameo Coral.. then she asked me what color went with it.. I said, I don't know! and she asked me for the color wheel ~ even her brother turned and said "you remembered that mom has a color wheel?" it was funny.

I get out the colors for her and after the monsters are stamped, she colors them in and then she started asking how she should do this and that.. I think her card ended up very nice.. she did a good job and asked me if I'd post it here for her and I said I would be proud to do so. She is 12.

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God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

It's like mad crazy stampingness going on here!!!!!

Stampingness... is that even a word! ha ha ~ tonight it is!

I made three cards last night after I stamped the same image three times.. and then cut all the same color cardstock, just made the cards look different ~ here they are:








then tonight, I made all these:









We are under a Tornado Watch right now.. earlier it was raining like crazy.. not sure what it's doing now. I have some doppler radar on so I can watch it.. not as good as the one at the news channel in Springfield, MO ~ back there you have to watch the weather closely with all the bad storms we had when we were at Fort Leonard Wood ~ even though at times the weather was a bit extreme, I cannot wait to get back there ~ and as soon as possible!

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have a great airborne day!


God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them