Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope your holidays are filled with good food, family and friends. May God bless you all.
Below is a picture of the deer in our backyard two winters ago when we had lots of snow. We would watch them every morning  and night. Sometimes we had up to fifty deer in our yard! It was so fun to watch them peacefully eating the piles of corn we put out for them. Our yellow lab (Boo Boo) just sat and watched them and the deer were not bothered one bit by him. Now we added a husky/shepard  (Smokey) to our family and he likes to chase them away. Here's the picture.

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Joan's Garden Challenge 12/13/12

This week at Joan's Garden the challenge is to decorate a box/container that you would use for a Christmas gift. I made a little box that will hold a gift certificate. It's really easy to make. And, here it is:

I used decorative Christmas cardstock to make this. I punched two holes in the inside top for the cords and then knotted them and let the ends hang outside the container. You could also just tie the ends together and clip...I added another design to the front of the little container and also made a bow using Impression Obsession's Fancy Ornament. You can find the die on Joan's site. For more challenge cards and to see the products on her site go to:
http://www.atjoansgardens.com/
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Joan's Challenge 12-6-12

Hello and happy day! This weeks challenge is to make a white and blue card, have an oval, use an embossing folder and use a bow. I missed a week or was it two? Our computor was down for over a week and well, this time of year can be busy. The shopping is finished. Amen. Some people get annoyed or troubled by our gift giving society. It's too commercial and on and on. I rather enjoy it. The act of giving a gift to someone, the right gift, the perfect gift and knowing they like it is gratifying to me. Ofcourse, I know "you can't take it with you". Enjoy it while you're here. And, here's my card and enjoy it!

Two folders were used on this card. The background "snow" comes as a two pack from Sizzix. The Tall Pine in the oval is also a two pack Tim Holtz, and  is also from Sizzix. The oval is a Spellbinders called Labels Ten (S5-022) And, finally the bow is a die from Impression Obsession, DIE026-Q and it's called Fancy Ornament. I ordered it just for the bow-you can use it on all kinds of cards.
The corners were punched out and white brads were also added.
You can find the IO die and the Spellbinders Labels Ten on Joan's site. You could also order the Sizzix folders.
For more challenge cards go to:
http://www.atjoansgardens.com/
Merry Christmas.
PH
                                                                            

Harry Potter Card

This is a just for fun card. My daughter is a BIG Harry Potter fan. She's read all the books numerous times-like over 10 times!!!! I started out reading the first three books to my daughter and son. And, then they grew up and are now college aged. When I was down after my feet surgery my daughter talked me into starting to read them again. I have only read the first three and it's been a few years. So, I have read the first book and will try and continue reading them all inbetween other books. While reading the first book I got the bright idea of making a Harry Potter card. And, here it is:

                        Inside the card it says, "Let the Magic Begin". A perfect saying for a Harry Potter card.
Have a magical day.
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Joan's Garden Tag Challenge

This week at Joan's Garden it's a Tag Challenge. I love making tags. I have a Christmas tag box. I go crazy when I start... Here's my tag.

          
I stamped an Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card Snowflake background onto white cardstock using a blue dye ink. Then I cut the mittens out with a Spellbinders die. I added some snowflakes from another Spellbinders die with a  silver brad keeping them together. I added a Memory Box Pepita Border at the top of the Mittens. Joan carries Memory Box Dies and one is neater than the next.... I added a To and From to the second mitten and stamped it in black dye ink. I also added some navy and silver sparkly threads. To see more tags and Joan's products go to:
         http://www.atjoansgardens.com/
I am so behind with everything Christmas. I'm hoping to catch up this week so I feel more prepared in the cooking and gift department. I love doing all these preperations.
Hope to see you all next time.
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Joan's Challenge 11-15-12

Happy Saturday. Hope everyone has wonderful plans for Thanksgiving. We're going to Grandma's house! I get out of cooking, tho I love to cook. My feet (after surgery) are not quite up to it. At my doctor appointment this week I was informed it could take months for the swelling to go down and I could wear my regular shoes. I ended up going out and buying a size bigger shoes to get me by. I may have to buy another pair...
This weeks challenge at Joan's Garden is to create a recycled card. They had a wonderful card made out of a paper bag as an example. Check it out. I ended up taking a card I had made awhile ago and revamped it. I had use a recycled Forever Stamp cover on this card, so I did use a recycled piece... In my new card I used some paper stuffing as a layer. A friend of mine gave it to me and told me I would know what to do with it. Apparently I did! Here's the card before and after.

                                                                    

The background stamps are both  Cover-A-Cards from Impression Obsession. The Pine Cone is also from Impression Obsession. The Pine Trees are a die from Sizzix. I used a Heart Corner punch at the top right corner. I also used a strip of Red cardstock and a Red ribbon underneath the Pine Trees. Hope you enjoyed the card. For more challenge cards and to see all of Joan's products go to:
http://www.atjoansgardens.com/

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Joan's Garden Challenge 11/8/12

Happy Saturday. It is just beautiful out today. Wish I could go for a walk in the woods... But, this is just as fun...making a card for this challenge. This week the card is to have a color theme of red, green and white. It is also to be a Christmas card. It is that time of year... to start on your Christmas cards. I know some people who make up to 100 homemade cards! I like to send a picture card. I always feel like I'm cheating, but I've done the picture card for years and I have each one in a frame. When you look at each one you can see how your family as changed over the years. Here's my card:

All of the stamps I used, the two background stamps,(Cover-A-Cards) and the Bethlehem scene are from Impression Obsession. The scene was stamped on a Spellbinders die. I also used a Pine Branch die from Impression Obsession and the Bow die at the top right, cut out in red, is from Memory Box. Hope you enjoyed the card.
PH