I'm back and Alive

Whew!!! I can't believe I survived this year. Things have been so crazy--- crazy--- crazy---I just can not believe I survived it---another holiday---....but I don't know about you, we had a great time with everyone. It was nice to play catch up. And my goodness, our nieces and nephews are just growing like weeds. Our one nephew stands 6'6" or so. My goodness, I have no clue where he got all that height at either. But he's a cutie.

I just posted a tutorial over at Hallmark Ladybug Blog using the Krylon frosted and stained glass spray paints to make a transparency card with matching glass vase. Take a gander over and check it out. And don't forget to stop and check out the other tutorials from the other ladybugs. They are so creative and their tutorials are just the best step by step.

Well, I thought I'd leave you with a project that I made for our soon to be newest grandbaby this coming May. This year I made most of the bags that I gave away with everyone's gifts...which were a gift card and some other little gifts inside. So, for the baby's bag I had to make 2 seperate bags. We didn't know what the baby was going to be until 3 days before Christmas. So I went ahead and made a blue one and a pink one. And depending on what the test turned out to be, was the bag I used...did that make any sense? Anyway, here's a photo of the two bags...now mind you, I don't usually use "normal things" for things that I make...just call me wierd.....oh, and all of the bags were lunch paper sacks....

click on the photos for a better view...

( I added handles to these also after this photo was taken...)

on these bags I used those little plastic snowflakes from the dollar store...3pcs per pk for a buck...love the bank for your bucks kind of deal....lol...Chirstmas picks from craft store and a bag of those little silver pine cones and that wirey stars banner from dollar store....not to mention a glue gun...did I go through some glue these past couple of weeks...anywhooo...which bag do you think I used? I'll let you know which bag I gave them at Christmas....and share some of the gift bags I made for everyone....

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year....I'm just hangin out and relaxing....trying to catch up on some sleep...

Hugs from a wet Charm City

WooHoo...

Don't you just love Monday's..I do...I get to actually play most of the day...Congrats to the winners ( Donna and Becca) over at Bitten by the Bug that won the card contest...I'm glad I didn't have to judge the contest...there were some great cards posted... You have got to go and check out this tutorial over at Hallmark Ladybug blog...Sharon did an awesom job on showing us how to make a cute and inexpensive gift for the holidays...and while you're at it, check out her site as well...she's an awesom designer...I just love all of her creations...

Here's some cards I made for challenges over at Hallmark Scrapbook on the message board...we would love for you to come and join us there and play along...they are soo fun...

the first 2 are the snowman challenge...we were asked to use any snowman from any cricut cart...and this is what I came up with....

This first one I used Tim Holtz's techique he posted on his blog to make it...and I also used photo paper for all of the cute except the bottom layer with was chipboard...

This is just alittle fun one...

Here's a bag set that I made for a challenge over at Hallmark Scrapbook in the challenge message board...we were to use the ice skate from the Joys of the Season or Christmas solutions cart...

If you haven't stopped by the store at Hallmark Scrapbook, you might want to...they are having a huge sale....so go on over and get those goodies at a great price...

As always, thanks for stopping in...I hope everyone has a blessed week...try to stay warm...

Hugs from a very CHILLY Charm City

It can't be December already

Can youbelieve it...December first is already upon us...only 24 more shopping (or is it 23) days left until Christmas...I can't believe it...I am so far behind already...but as I see it, one day at a time...one decoration at a time...lol.... If you're in the market for some deals on Cricut carts you have got to go over to Hallmark Scrapbook's store and check out the deals...they have all of them on sale...and what great little gifts they would make for a friend or even add it to your gift list for dear ol' hubby... Here's a littly ditty I've been working on for the past couple weeks...it's a fun little paper mache house that I picked up at Recollections when they were closing at a awesom deal...I used those little miniature chasing light sets and road sign, some snow, added glittler and Dress it up buttons...the tree is from JOTS cart and added the Martha Stuart punched leaves... here's a bag and card set I made for the challenge over at Hallmark Message board...we were asked to use the holly or the poinsetta cut from the JOTS cart...I cut the poinsetta out onto white cardstock and colored them in with some Prisma pencils, added glitter and some odds and ends...

Here's another set for a different challenge at Hallmark Scrapbook to use the snowflake...the bag is actually a lunch bag cut down to size....

and last but not least, another bag set with the frame from the Storybook cart and stamped images using stamps from the dollar section at the craft store....

Thanks for stopping by...I hope everyone has a great week...

Hugs from a little rainy Charm City