"Cozy Warm And Bright Christmas"

Happy Tuesday, August 15, 2017.
Hello to all my friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
Toady is the second workday for this week not unless you went to work on the weekend or started your work week on Sunday.  Nevertheless, we are here sharing and interacting with one another.

The National Day Calendar for today reports that it is NATIONAL RELAXATION DAY and NATIONAL LEMON MERINGUE PIE DAY.
Here is the reason for celebrating:
"National Relaxation Day is  time to slow down, unwind and relax!
It is an important day as we all need a break from the fast-paced and often hectic lifestyles we live. Taking time to recuperate and rejuvenate our tired minds and bodies may help prevent many health risks.  Like the founder of this day suggested, too much work can make us sick, run down, tired and that’s just wrong.
Are you hungry? Pie lovers and lemon lovers from across the country get your forks ready. August 15th is National Lemon Meringue Pie Day."

I'm going to have a hard time trying to celebrate both of these.  My weekend was very relaxing as well as yesterday so I'm going to do something that needs to be done today.  It will not be stressful and my body will not get tired.  I have to skip the pie because I'm working on keeping my glucose level in the normal range.  My LAB report last week shows my A1C at a reasonable level and I want to keep it that way.  To work on being healthy can be challenging when certain foods are presented to you.  I see it but I have resistance to stay away from so many sweet treats.

I hope you are not tired of the holiday cards I have been making.  I'm considering making something different tomorrow but don't hold me to that consideration.  If I have an idea in my mind. I have to get it out and onto paper before it goes away.
This one will also be seen at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com  and
 http://themerrychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/08/challenge-29-anything-christmas-goes.html

Enabler's List:
Cardstock: Neenah white; Recollection black; Hunkydory Adorable Scorable "Penguin Party"
die: Cottage Cutz "Christmas Winter Night"
stamp: Hero Arts "Holiday Sentiments"
inks: Distress inks (scattered straw, cracked pistachio, peeled paint, pumice stone, hickory smoke, rusty hinge, ground espresso, fired brick); NUVO autumn red crystal drops; NUVO crystal glaze; black Archival ink;  iridescent glitter

Hoping, as you plan for the holidays, that it will be cozy, warm and bright!
Thanks so much for viewing.  Thanks for the lovely comments.  Come again and I hope something you see is not disappointing.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Celebrating My Birthday Today Along With Mickey Mouse"

Friday, November 18, 2016

Hello family, friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
Guess what day it is.
Yes, it is Friday but that is not the answer.
Try guessing again.  Do you want a hint?
You and I only have one of these each year and each year the numbers keep increasing.
Do you give up?
Okay, here it is....IT'S  MY  BIRTHDAY!   I'm celebrating along with Mickey Mouse.  On the TV, it was said that Mickey is 88 years old and still dancing.   Well, I'm not that old but I can still dance also.
I started doing the "happy dance" after I finished my client's order of Christmas cards.  I had said earlier this week that Thursday would be the official stopping day for that set of cards.  Did I work last evening to make sure they were finish?  Of course I did.
Here are the finished products.  I'm posting pictures only....

so I can go do something special for my "SPECIAL DAY":

Thanks for viewing.  Have a nice weekend.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Two More Holiday Cards"

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  
How often do you start on a project and nothing goes correct for you?  It could be anything (cooking, cleaning, writing, public speaking, knitting, card making,etc).
We think or verbally say, "it is not my day" or " the odds are stacking up against me".
What a morning it has been.  I started around 10 this morning working on cards.  I'm almost finish with the ones I'm doing for a client.  Tomorrow will probably be my last day if nothing goes wrong as it did today.  It is pass the lunch hour (that is if your lunch is at 12N).  I'm just getting around to typing this post.  You should (maybe not) see my trash can with all the cardstock I've torn up and die cuts I've shredded because of little problems that went wrong.  I don't know about you, but, I get a little more nervous when I'm making something for someone else.  One more day and I will be able to relax.
After numerous problems, here is what I want to share with you today:

Joy To The World

supplies:

• Neenah white...Recollection black...Bazzill red cardstock
• My Mind's Eye "Comfort and Joy paper pad
• printed copy of "Joy To The World" lyrics from Pinterest
• Spellbinders "lacy oval die"
• Sizzix "Caged Bird" die
• Sizzix "dots" embossing folder
• Martha Stewart faux pearls

The Meaning Of Christmas

supplies: Kraft cardstock; Recollection red and Neenah white cardstock

Recollection "Christmas Noel" paper

Sizzix "Holiday greens" die

mixture of Prima and Petaloo flowers.

Hope everything is going well for you today.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  You are so welcome to leave a comment.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"A Little Elegance"

Monday, November 14, 2016

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
We are back from a busy weekend. Trying to catch up on some of your posting and other things  today.  I did start last night and I have to tell you how great your projects are.  Beautiful, exquisite, stunning, awesome and some I will be casing for next year.
I'm still working on Christmas cards...not necessarily for myself but for an order for someone else.  Remember when I wrote about the little cards....how some people like what they see but would rather have something like what they would buy out of a card shop (5 x 7 size).... this is what I've been working on.
For the supplies on this first card...I've used

• Neenah white cardstock; Recollections Signature  Paper Pad (it looks like glitter paper but it is cardstock); white vellum paper; some speciality Kanban white paper
• the dies that were used are Sizzix thinlits "garden greens" and Spellbinders "poinsettia"
• Martha Stewart white faux pearls
• stamp and ink that was used: Hero Arts "Christmas sentiments" with Hampton Arts gold pigment ink

this will be entered in WordArtWednesday.blogspot.com
Anything Goes - Challenge Weeks #256 - 257

This second card is one that is still in the smaller size (it is not for my client).

Supplies that were used:

• Neenah white cardstock for the A2 base; Recollection black cardstock for layering; Recollections "Christmas" paper pad for focal layers 
• NUVO  "ruby slippers" crystal drops
• Offray ribbon

After a little relaxing today, I will get back to my order and hope to share some of those cards with you.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment.  I'll never know that you visited unless you tell be so.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Use A Christmas Sentiment"

Monday, November 7, 2016

Good morning to my friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  We have finished another weekend and into preparation for the upcoming week.  I enjoyed my time and hope you did also.  My daughter's BFF little boy had his #1 birthday party on Saturday.  Since she is like our third daughter she gave me the honor of being one of her son's grandmothers.  My daughter has an 8 years old girl and her BFF thought I will do well to have a grandson. (How nice of you, Carla.  I will do my best).

My granddaughter and I didn't have a chance to craft this weekend and she told me she really missed crafting with me.  However, she was happy when I gave her some things out of my craft room to take back home.  I won a nice package of crafting materials from Scrapbook.com (I encourage all of you to join this site and enter their challenges) and I picked out some of the items for her.  She was just beaming with joy!

I usually play along with the Outlawz ladies for their Monday Greetings.  This week their theme is to make a card using a Christmas sentiment.
Here is what I made... for the challenge and for my sister's box of cards that she requested:

entry for http://www.outlawzchallenges.ning.com
Monday Greetings Challenge - Use a Christmas Sentiment

Enablers List

• green Bazzill cardstock;  Neenah white cardstock;  Craft Christmas cardstock
• dies used: Sizzix thinlits "wildflowers" and "Holiday Greens:; Spellbinder's "Romantic Vines"; Our Daily Bread "stitched circle die:
• Michael's flower 
• free printable from Pinterest 

Enablers List

• green Bazzill cardstock; Neenah white cardstock; My Mind's Eye "Comfort and Joy" cardstock
• dies used: circle cut from CTMH flowers cricut cartridge; Spellbinder's "poinsettia" die; Sizzix thinlits "garden greens" die
• sentiment from K & Company "Christmas ephemera"
• Martha Stewart faux pearl

 Thanks for visiting today.  Leave a comment...I always enjoy hearing from you.

Please come again...I'm always busy creating something!

Hugs to you,

Lois

"One More Before The End Of July"

Happy Thursday, friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
How is your day going so far?  Are you busy putting the final touch on a project before Friday's deadline?  Are you just passing time away waiting for the weekend?  Are you just checking in before taking that swim in the pool, walking around the trail or shopping in the mall?  Maybe you are looking for Pokemon...
I used some time this morning to make one more Christmas card before the close of Christmas in July.  I told you earlier this week that I had not made as many Christmas cards during this month like I did last year.  So, since this is the final days of July, I made one more card for this category.
I have used Neenah white cardstock cut at 6 1/2 by 4 1/2.  I cut a topper using Spellbinders Cascading Grace die which was also cut in Neenah white cardstock.  I put a piece of Bazzill red cardstock between the base and the topper.  I used the Tim Holtz's Alterations caged bird die to cut out a birdhouse. The paper was a piece out of my stash.  The "branch" punch from Martha Stewart was used to cut out branches in the mint green color.  The darker leaf came from my stash as well as the poinsettia.  The sentiment and the bird came from eksuccess holiday glitter words and silhouettes stickers:

Entry for WordArtWednesday.blogspot.com

I may or may not sneak in a Christmas card every month before December gets here.  I've enjoyed making this one today.  The thought of Christmas takes my mind off of the heat outside to cooler and colder days in the winter.

Thanks for your time....come again and leave a comment.  I do enjoy hearing from you.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"

Hello Friends, Followers and Viewers on this rainy Monday.
 Well, it is raining  with an overcast sky where I am with cool temperatures.  What is going on where you are?  I talked to my daughter in Florida and they are expecting 87 degrees and it is very humid.  I know some places are having snow so therefore, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, somewhere!
I'm joining the Christmas card making challenge...  Christmas Reflections over at The Outlawz.
Last week while I was doing the "fancy fold cards"  I entered one of them on this site.

Woot, Woot! My entry was chosen: Here is what I received....
 Sandi Huggett, DT commented on your photo "GCC10262015" on The Outlawz Challenges
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Congratulations on being featured this week !
Love, Love, Love this.
Don't forget to grab the featured button from the left side of the main page.

Okay, let's get back to my card for today:

 

Supplies used:
Neenah Bright White cardstock;  DP from Simple Stories and a medium sheet of white tissue paper (almost like vellum); three Michael's red flowers; a red bauble chipboard mini frame; holiday greens from Tim Holtz's Alterations cut out using metallic foil from Craft Smith paper pad; Spellbinders Romantic Vines die was also used with the metallic foil; a small piece of gauze behind the flowers and the Merry Christmas sentiment from Recollections stickers.

As I stated above, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" if you could see the cards I've already made to give during the festive holiday seasons.
Going into the malls and seeing the holiday display just makes your heart a little more joyful.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please come again!

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois