From my family to yours… Merry Christmas dear friends! May you have the most blessed of days!
Merry Christmas
Back To Bethlehem
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:11 Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, Which the Lord has told us about. Luke 2:15 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel back, over 2000 [...]
WOYWW: Make Your Own Coasters
It’s always amazing what you make – forget about – then find again when you finally get around to cleaning up your workspace. This week, I came across a project I completed awhile back. It’s an altered box filled with a set of coordinating holiday-themed coasters. As you might imagine, the cats – not me [...]
Amber Ink Elf On A Shelf Blog Hop
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Amber Ink Holiday Blog Hop! This year, 22 Amber Ink Alumni – including yours truly – are unveiling our Elves On The Shelves and providing you with a First Class Pass to the festivities! Elves On The Shelves, in case you’re wondering, are Santa’s Secret Helpers. They innocently sit on [...]
Merry Christmas – Oh Holy Night
May you have a safe and blessed holiday season, dear friends! I invite you to enjoy this beautiful video of Oh Holy Night, as song by Il Divo.
WOYWW 51: Christmas Cookies 2010
2010 Create With Joy Christmas Cookie Sampler 1 This week, Prince Charming and I have been creating Christmas delights for our family and friends! 2010 Create With Joy Christmas Cookie Sample 2 We have baked five wonderful cookies so far: Buttered Rum Meltaways (so delicious!) Cranberry & Oatmeal Cookies (so healthy!) Rum Balls (brings back [...]
Wordless Wed: Gifts For Your Kitties
Keep Your Kitties Happy – Treat Them Special This Christmas When you’re finalizing your Christmas lists and checking them twice – make sure you treat your furry friends to something fabulous so you’re not greeted by icy stares and loud cat wails on Christmas morning! Tsunami Loves His Leopard Print Tunnel One unique gift your [...]
Design Challenges & Christmas Cards
A Multi-Challenge Christmas Card – Created By The Paper Princess This week, participants of Dutch Dare Card Challenges DDCC 92 are busy making Christmas cards, tags, and ornaments. Now, if you’re still making (rather than mailing!) your Christmas cards, you need a good, flexible design that makes creating cards a snap. That’s why I was delighted [...]
Be Merry – Christmas Card Challenge
Happy Cyber Monday - I hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous! Now that the Christmas Season is upon us and the countdown to Christmas has begun, I thought I’d kick off the festivities with a Christmas card! I have to confess – all of the Thanksgiving turkey left me in a tryptophan induced haze this weekend, so [...]
My Vintage Christmas Giveaway
Digital Collage Sheet 1: Holiday Postcards Although we’re in the throes of summer, the holiday season is just around the corner – especially for those of us who make our cards and gifts! To help you get a head start on your projects – so that you can focus on your family and friends when the [...]
Multi-Challenge Christmas Card: Decorated Tree!
It’s hard to believe that three days before Valentine’s Day, I am sitting at home making Christmas cards – but who could resist Susie & Vickie’s Christmas Club Challenge #3, which called for cardmakers to feature Christmas Trees this week? And, as Samantha from ABC Christmas Challenge asks, “What’s a tree without Decorations (and a little Ribbon) too?” So, in my [...]
Bah Humbug #5: Holly
This week’s challenge at Bah Humbug is Holly. For some reason, this was my hardest card to create yet. I’m not sure if I was because I wasn’t feeling particularly Christmasy this week, or because holly elements seemed hard to come by, but I really scrounged through my stash to find elements for this week’s card! Once I found [...]
Bah Humbug #3 – All That Glitters
This week, the fine folk at Bah Humbug challenged participants in their year-long Christmas challenge to make a glittery Christmas card. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do at first – I was feeling a little glittered out – but then I came across a bag filled with scraps that I decided would be fun to [...]
Deck The Halls – Bah Humbug #2
This week, Bah Humbug followers were abuzz about their new Loyalty Program. If you participate in at least 30 challenges this year, not only will you have a nice supply of cards on hand come Christmas, but you’ll also be entered in a special prize drawing at the beginning of December! How’s that for motivation? Week 2′s [...]
Believe: Recycled Christmas Challenge
Now that the holidays are over, what comes to mind when you think about next Christmas? Do you jump with joy at the prospect of keeping the spirit of Christmas alive? Or, do you dread the thought because no matter how good your intentions are, you’re never prepared when the big day arrives? This year, I’ve decided to stay [...]