A Little Elf Wishing You Warmest Holiday Wishes!

Good morning! Well, this is the last design of the ornament cards I made. Isn't he too cute? This image is from CTMH "Merry Pursuits" and he's one of my favourite Christmas stamp sets. Now I can tell you that these little cards were for our scrapbook group. My friend Kelli and I run a scrapbooking group and we meet once a mth and each mth the girls make a CTMH order. So, at the end of the year, Kelli and I do something special at Christmas for the girls. This year we wanted to do something different, so we invited everyone to my place for a catered dinner, which was VERY tasty!! We did a secret santa gift exchange and everyone really enjoyed themselves. So, to ALL our scrapbooking gals who have become wonderful friends..."Cheers to another great yr and many more ahead! Look forward to more laughs, creativity and inspiration from every one of you in 2010!" We also look foward to seeing those of you are re-joining in 2010 and to those who are joining new!! It's going to be a great inspirational year girls!

It's A Snow Day In Huntsville..WOW!

These are pics from my girlfriend in Huntsville...crazy huh?

Stamps and Smiles Digi Release - Blog Hop TONIGHT!

Here's what's happening at Stamps and Smiles today! You HAVE to hop over and see what the DT has done with the images!! WOW! We're talking iron on towels, shirts...lots of creativity!!

Digi Project - December Release
Hello SAS friends and thanks for stopping by all week!! We have a few project samples to show you today. A little later tonight, our Blog Hop will start at 7 pm and end at 9 pm CST. We hope you will stop by and play along, we have some fun giveaways and more samples by the Design Team. After our Blog Hop, the NEW Holiday Digi Release will be available for puchase at 9 pm CST.

Holly Style Warm Holiday Wishes - Joys Of The Season Cricut Cartridge

Good morning! Wow, it's COLD out there! The snow seems to have stopped here, but it is freezing. A friend of mine lives in Huntsville, which is about 2 hours from here and I saw on the news this morning that they got hammered with snow overnight and woke to a METRE of snow on the ground!! The mayor has declared a state of emergency and asked everyone to stay home to make it easier for them to plow the roads and get cleaned up. They're expecting another 40cms. Holy cow. Great Canadian Winters!!

Today's Christmas card is another using my 'Joys of the Season' cricut cartridge and you can find the instructions here. I used another image from my CTMH (retired) "Christmas Greetings" stamp set and colored the berries with stickles. I hope you like it!

Warm Holiday Wishes - Joys Of The Season Cricut Cartridge

I FINALLY got started on my Christmas cards!! Always a little late, but they arrive on time and that's what's important, right? For this card, I used my "Joys Of The Season" cricut cartridge. It started as a little experiment and I ended up really liking the finished product. The Santa Face is from a retired CTMH stamp set called "Christmas Greetings" and I added some stickles and some fun flock to him to dazzle him up!! The snowflake is from a Martha Stewart punch and I just added some glitter to dazzle it up as well.

Want to try one yourself? Here's what I did:

On the bottom right of your Joys Of The Season pad, you'll see "foundation" with the ornament shape. This is the only button I used, but I added in different 'function' keys. So, to make the ornament card, you hit 'shadow', 'shift', 'foundation' and I cut it at 4". If you 'auto fill' you'll get 2 out of a 12x12 pg, but if you turn that pg once it's finished, you can actually get one more card. Now, to do the circles, you hit 'ornament', 'foundation' and I cut those at 3.5". Auto fill on a 12x12 sheet gives you 9 circles.

Now it's your turn! Have fun and stay tuned for more Christmas card samples coming your way!

Stamps and Smiles Digi Release - Day 4 of Sneak Peeks

Good morning! Well, we woke to a blanket of white again this morning. It's quite pretty outside, but was chilly! Today is Day 4 of the sneak peaks at Stamps and Smiles and what a great set! Make sure you hop over to see what the DT did with this digi set, I was in awe. They've really outdone themselves once again. Don't forget, today is also the last day to get your free "Joys Of The Season" digi. You can dl it here and then if you want to play, click here to go to my Play Along Monday challenge for this week, which is to create something using "Joys Of The Season"!

Want to win the set above? Play along using the sketch below and be sure to link your creation in Mister Linky here! Winner will be announced on the Stamps and Smiles blog next Thursday!

Only ONE Day Left To Get Your FREE SAS Digi!!

Only one day left to get your free digi image!! Click here for all the details and then hope you "play along" this week!!

Stamps and Smiles Digi Release - Day 3 of Sneak Peeks "Believe In Magic"

We are on day 3 of Stamps and Smiles NEW Holiday Digi Release. These sneak peeks will continue until Friday. Don't forget to hop on over to the Stamps and Smiles blog for a chance to win some great prizes AND see what the DT created with today's release! Today's game is a word scramble and the winner wins today's digi release, "Believe In Magic"!! Hurry on over for your chance to win!

Flutter By Wednesday # 87 - Winter Theme!

Good morning!! Today's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is to create a winter themed card with a butterfly, fairy or an angel on it. I decided to go with an angel as I was starting to work on some Christmas cards. For this card, I used my cricut "Joys Of Christmas" cartridge.

Be sure to stop by Danni's Dream's to see what the rest of the Flutter By DT came up with, you can find all their names in her sidebar on the lefthand side and we also link our own creations in Mister Linky to make it even easier for you to find us! Don't forget to link your creation in Mister Linky while you're there! Have fun and happy creating! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

HO HO HO - Stamps and Smiles Digi Release - Day 2 of Sneak Peeks

Good morning! Be sure to hop on over to Stamps and Smiles blog to see what the DT did with today's new digi release!! There's also a fun game going on today!

"HO HO HO... Santa just stopped by each of the Design Teams Blogs. He has left some presents for the girls. Find out who has been naughty or nice!! Stop by each of the Design Teams blog's and collect the presents that Santa left. Count them up and email us your answer. Don't forget to sign your name with Mr Linky so we can easily keep track. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, December 9th."

So hurry and hop on over to Stamps and Smiles and have fun!