I believe this card turned out perfect. It is SU Rose Red base with a Paper Studio background. It has a small rectangle of black bling paper attached with pop dots for dimension and the sentiment is one I typed into Word and printed on a mystery piece of cardstock with Dark Red ink color. I cut out one diploma from the background and attached it with pop dots to give another dimension.
Getting braver! See y'all next time.

I really like this card that I am sending up north to my SIL and her family. They got a huge snowstorm and we'd like a little snow in SC!

Two different layout made with SU cardstock in Real Red and Whisper White with designer paper by Paper Studio. Both sentiments are from the Martha Stewart Joy clear stamp set. The ribbon is from Make It Christmas that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.

I got my blog candy from Debbie in the mail today. Gotta play with some of that later tonight.
I am working on a graduation card for my wonderful and ever so intelligent niece, Holly who will be graduating from college on the 14th of this month. I am very pleased with how it's looking! Come back to see it tomorrow.
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I bought some great snowflake glasses at Dollar Tree today. One for each member of my family. I was excited about such festive glasses for winter for $1.

When we got home and I unwrapped the glasses, they were wrapped in 6 sheets of color coordinated sheer paper. A bonus!

Here is the make-n-take that we made yesterday at Scrapbook Creations. The Bling paper really glares in photos! I liked the nontraditional colors. The JOY! were QuicKuts die cuts and the rhinestones were extra bling. I think these colors would make a good NEW BABY card since I know 4 pregnant ladies. And I am NOT drinking the water!

I got a replacement card reader from Radio Shack. It seems to be working great. I still have a couple more cards to post but I will do that tomorrow. Soooo come on back tomorrow!

Adam is proud of the tree that he helped Barry and Barron put up and decorate. There is madness in the stringing of the lights that can not be seen in this photo. IRL the lights are zig zagged all over the tree. That would drive my mom nuts! Her wires don't show and the all white lights are in perfect rows. The boys had a ball putting all of our ornaments on the tree. We have way too many!
Notice my Snoopy stocking holder in the background. We had two of those when I was in 9th grade--one for me and one for my teen years boyfriend. I shook him and kept the Snoopies. Now they belong to my sons! I should look into what they are worth since they are dated Hallmark stocking holders! I could be rich since we also have 2 Elves from the same year(1979)You see one of them as well.
Oh, well! I had some cards to upload but my new card reader just started melting while in my usb port so I had to abort or die in a devastating home fire while trying to post to my blog. Not a happy holiday headline! Good thing I have my receipt! And my home since this could have caused quite a bit of trouble had I not been home. Hint to all: don't buy an XD Card Reader-Writer made by Digital Concepts sold at Radio Shack!
And..... a reminder to give to your local fire department this Christmas. Firefighters go into buildings without sprinkler systems all over this country and some never make it out. All public buildings should have sprinkler systems installed no matter when they were built.
Come back later. I will upload the cards when I get back from Radio Shack Thursday!
Have a blessed day.

I WON BLOG CANDY FROM DEBBIE HARRIS AT STUDIO BEE CREATIONS! Please check out her blog in my blog roll . Yippee! This is quite a bit of loot. Thanks Debbie. I am looking forward to meeting you at Strossner's some day!

Here's my sweet Adam. He always "sneaks" on Barry's spot in the bed and man is he a bed hog!

Your Elf Name Is...

Freckles Tinsel Toes

What's" Your Elf Name?

How do they know I have freckles to name me that? Go get your Elf name and come right back!

Spent my day with my best bud, Shannon. Today is her birthday so we enjoyed a Cracker Barrel breakfast and then HOURS in Hobby Lobby. Got all my goodies spread out on my bed right now. It will take me hours to come up with one card. Barron is singing in the Christmas program tonight at his school. Isn't is nice that our school still recognize Christmas for what it is? It seems all stores have taken Christmas out of their sales ads. They are all calling it "Holiday" sales. I got news for them: WE are celebrating the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in our home. You can't take Christ out of OUR Christmas! So, I will be posting Christmas cards later this week. Stay tuned.

Here is a card that I put together a few days ago. I used Real Red SU cardstock for the base. The DP is from a Holiday Slab from Michaels as is the white cardstock. The stamped image and sentiment are from Martha Stewart's Joy stamp set. You can catch a glimmer atop the tree and that is just a rhinestone. A simple card to make but you would not believe how long it took me to assemble it. I played with the layout and changed it many times over. One down and many more to go!

Thanks for reading my blog today. Come back again. I will be working on some cards this week. I should get at least 2 more put together. No design confidence but I am working on it!