Beginning my Christmas cards... finally!

I started.. One down, about a million to go! Geesh!

I am so late in the season this year for everything that I'm about to go CRAZY! I usually have all my shopping done, wrapping paper bought, etc., I have YET to buy ONE single present! ugh... I am ashamed...

So last night I really made it a point to stay up late and get at least one card done, and I did but the picture stinks! I am going to work on cleaning out my camera pics and posting some good pics, these BB pics are killing me!

So here it is...

White card stock for the base, I got this red printed paper on the sale rack at HL (which by the way is having another great sale this week, 50% paper and lots of other goodies!) White chipboard letters that I love!
The flower thing was cut from the cricut, an asteric, and three circles that I ended up trimming down with some crazy edges scissors... I added the black for a punch, I thought it would be different... These pics are really horrible.

The trees were cut from the cricut, I popped up the two on either side with some pop-dots. I roughed up the edges of the circles on the flower and the red paper, then I used my water paint pen (black) and went around the edges of almost everything. What do you think?

And my question for the day... How many cards do you typically send out every Christmas?

Thanks for reading and... Happy Crafting! :)

Blog candy over there!

Lots of blog candy swarming around these days... not here.. yet... it's a suprise, but go check out these spots for some great stuff!

Kristine over at Kristine's Cards and Photos is having a Blogaversary and giving out some great stuff!

Korin over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is giving out anniversary candy, gooood stuff too!

Kristin over at Scrap Creations is giving out candy for her 1,000 hits, great candy!

Heather over at Heather's Heavenly Stampations is giving some good stuff away too, she's celebrating 5,000 hits in 7 weeks! Craziness! :)

So, go on over to the links, show your love, be entered in their drawings and I hope you win! :)

Yikes! I won again.. I better go buy a lottery ticket!

I am really feeling the love and the LUCK! Geesh, I went from oogling over Carol's crazy luck for winning all things scrappy, to actually winning stuff myself. Last week I won a great prize over at Becky's blog and this weekend I won over at Pinky's blog at Much Ado About Nothing. I can't believe it.

This is the Christmas kit I won at Pinky's. It'll give me the kick in the pants I needed to start my Christmas cards.

And these are the goodies I'll be getting from Becky! Oh how I can't wait! Thanks ladies! YOU ARE AWESOME! :)

Nothing but nonsense

I have nothing to post about but I'm in the mood to write... so what shall we talk about? The upcoming holidays perhaps? Thanksgiving at my house! Christmas not planned yet, or maybe we should talk about the fact that Christmas is right around the corner and I have yet to buy presents, make cards, create a list, anything!!!

I am sooo behind. I am scared that I might not catch up. I'm usually done by now, DONE as in completely bought everything for everyone I was going to buy this year! Today, nothing bought, money is tight, so I hope my family likes Free Homemade Cookies for their presents. :) YUM

Maybe mine won't look this good but it's worth dreaming about! :) So my question to all of you (yeah all 2 of you that read this blog) is since the economy pretty much sucks right now and maybe it's not the best of financial times are you still going out and splurging for Christmas OR is it all cut back this year, crafty or homemade gifts?

Let me know, I'm anxious to get some ideas and don't forget if you leave a comment you will be entered in an upcoming out of the blue giveaway. :)

Veteran's Day Rememberance

I know.. A day late but I had some complications getting online yesterday, as in I didn't work, as in I was working on presents and as in we had a family emergency... So happy late Veteran's Day to all the Veteran, past and present, to all the active members of the military, and to all your families! As a vet I know that Veteran's Day is huge thanks! Giving a thank you to someone may not always be as easy to let out as everyone thinks. But how do you thank someone that has risked their life, their career, their future just so you can be free, so you don't have to fight?? It's hard and I never realized it until after I joined the military. I joined the Army in 1998 as a Junior in High School, even then I didn't realize the risk I was taking, I figured, college money, traveling, meeting new people--The End...

Wrong! I was in Germany when 9-11 happened and talk about a world turning upside down in a heartbeat! It was a day most of us will never soon forget. Being in the military at that time was the hardest part of being in the Military. I never imagined something like that happening. Before that day I never thought of my enlistment as a risk, I never thought that I would be affected by it like that. I was wrong and I realize that for whatever reason someone joins the military, they are 100% putting their lives into someone else's hands, they are risking everything for everyone else's freedom. After 9-11 everyone had a different point of view of the military and who served and I'm glad it was a huge eye-opener for everyone to see what the Soldiers do for them but I am sad that it took so many lives for everyone to wake up.

So a HUGE thank you to all that have served, that are serving and who will soon serve because we are eternally greatful for your contribution to OUR freedom and the futures of our children!

THANK YOU VETS!

Shopping and tiredness....

I did some shopping on Saturday and forgot to tell you all! Well I may have told you but I didn't add pictures. Not that these pictures are great but they're pictures. haha :) So Hobby Lobby had a great sale last week, as always and another one this week. But I hadn't purchased any scrapping stuff in a while so I loved what they had and I had the online 40% off coupon so this is what I got. Above are 20 sheets of alphabet chipboards, TWENTY! 2 sheets of each rainbow color, they were $9.95 but with my coupon got them at about $6.00! SCORE!

Next, was this paper pack, 180 sheets by The Paper Studio, I love these packs because you get so many all together without having to thumb through tons of paper stacks! Regular $19.95, my mom used a 40% off coupon for me and almost half price--ta-da!

I think this one has about 100 sheets I don't remember, ki Designs paper, regular $11, went back and used a 40% off coupon and about $5.50, woohoo! :) Then I went over to my in-laws and they had this bin of old ribbon that they won't be using anymore and they gave it all to me! :) FREE! I love free stuff! :) Thanks!Thennnn this happened! My girl, not paying attention (looking at the T.V.) decided to run into a half-way opened door and BOOM! a HUGE knot on her head, purple, red, blue, swollen, LOVELY! Way to go Mikayla, way to go!

So the tiredness comes from working around the clock on Christmas presents, I will post pics of them later, but they are a secret so not yet. :)

I WON!

I'm a winner! YAY, I'm so happy! The other day I told you all to go to Becky's over at Confession of a 20-Something Scrapbooking Mother, well I WON! I can't believe it!

Thanks so much BECKY! :)

I'll be posting all my goodies when I get them and as I use up the goodies, I'll post my creations! I can't wait! LOVE EM!

:)