Cowboy Christmas

Hello friends

It's time to start making Christmas Cards for this year. What! I hear you cry, LOL. I am going to try and keep up with Tracy's challenges (http://tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com/) again this year to avoid the last minute rush. So far I am on track with that but then again it is only January.

This months challenge was to make 5 easel cards. They could be all the same or different. I stuck with making them all the same. It was easier. I finally got around to using my cowboy snowman from High Hopes. You can't live in Texas and not want this cute fella in your collection.

I used blue bayou and close to cocoa cardstock and Heidi Grace designer papers.The stars on the close to cocoa are from Starstruck and Delightful Decorations. I heat embossed them to standout and shine with clear embossing powder. An SU brad on the inside of the card makes the perfect stopper for the top to lean against. I was pretty chuffed with it once it was finished. Not bad for a first attempt at this style. I may just have to try this again.

An optional extra to the challenges this year is to make a 3D item (Christmas themed) also. I like to make handmade gifts for certain friends and found last year I had no time to make them so I hope to try this part of the challenge also. This month I kind of cheated as I had these glass coasters hanging around just gathering dust. Well Tracy sent me some lovely poinsettia images when I won one of her challenges last year and I have been holding on to them every since because they were so nice I didn't want to use them. Well I gave in and trimmed a few of them down and put them in the coasters. They look real pretty now and will make an awesome gift for someone this year.

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Nic

Sewing for a Friend

I have just a little something sewing related to show you today. My friend Sandra asked me to make her a little tablecloth. She wanted to match her curtains in her kitchen and had some fabric left over for it. Turns out it was just enough. No fancy stitching involved just straight lines but I wanted to show it to you because when we put it on the table in front of the curtains it looked awesome.

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Nic

Birthday Cupcake

Here is a card I made for my Mum for her birthday. She was tickled pink with it and envisioned the girl on the cupcake to be her which tickled me.LOL. I have been planning this card for some time. Since before Christmas in fact but alas my beloved mojo went walkabout and it has been sitting on my desk ever since.

Well I sat down and finished it the other day and got it in the mail in time to reach my mum on her birthday yesterday. Cardstock used is Close to Cocoa and Purely Pomegranate. DP is Stampin Up and the cute image is from the breast cancer digi set from Nutcrafters. As it turns out their challenge blog this week has a color challenge of pink and brown (challenge #7) which fits this card perfectly so I am gonna enter it for that.

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Nic

Racing Time

I know it's not a card and my part in it was very small this year but I wanted to show you Jake's car for the Pinewood Derby this year. He and Paul decided they wanted to make it look like an I-phone. So here for your enjoyment is the App-mobile.

Ruby Anniversary

Here's a card. My first of the year, I made it for my in-laws. They are celebrating their Ruby Wedding Anniversary tomorrow. I made a similar card last year for an Aunt and Uncle and followed the same pattern. They probably have had the card by now but they do not have a computer so will not be looking on here to spoil the surprise.

We sent them a BIG bouquet of flowers for the occasion. I am hoping they took a picture of them though as we won't get to see them otherwise due to being an ocean away.

Cardstock is Purely Pomegranate. I thought this made for a pretty close to Ruby color. The cake is a sticker and the sentiment has been embossed.

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Nic

Happy New Year

I have been very dormant over the Christmas season and because of that I am finding it very hard to get back into the swing of things. However cards and such won't make themselves so hopefully I will be back soon with something new to show you.

In the meantime I want to show you one or our Christmas presents. It is from my wonderful friend Lucy (aka The Quilting Queen) You can find her sewing up a storm on her blog. She sent us the most awesome quilt. I love this quilt so much I won't even let my cats on it for fear they will snag it with their claws. Thank you Lucy!!!!!!!

One thing I did find a renewed passion for over Christmas was jigsaws. I came across some in my attempts to tidy my craft room (this endeavour is not going so well). I set about this one between Christmas and New Years and finished it last weekend. It was only 500 pieces but pretty tough as a lot of the pieces looked exactly the same, nightmare. Still it's finished, question is, what do I do with it now?

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Nic