Olympic Christmas

This month for Tracy's challenge she wanted us to use some of the Olympic colors. Well she does live in Canada after all and they are hosting this year. I have been enjoying watching the Olympics so much this year and so have the kids. There hasn't been much else on the TV for them to watch mind as I refuse to change the channel. LOL. This afternoon is very important to us both I think as Canada and USA are facing one another in ice hockey (one of my favorite sports to watch) to see who gets gold. So very exciting.

I am sneaking in last minute for this challenge once again as I have my one made but am rushing to finish my 5 so I can post a picture of them today. I will hopefully have that picture later and this post will be amended to show you. For now however here is my Olympic Christmas card.

*Here are my five cards. I managed to make them during the half times. Wow! what a match. Congratulations to Canada. I almost forgot, cardstock is pacific point, baja breeze and green galore. Stamp set is SU - Big on Christmas.

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Nic

Tatiana's Valentines

I just wanted to show you what I made for Valentines Day for Megan's best friend Tatiana. I made her and her little sister matching 3 x 3 cards using an image that my friend Renee sent me ages ago. They have been hiding away in a drawer so I wouldn't use them cause they are so cute (LOL). Anyway the little teddy bear with the heart on his mug made me smile so I decided it was time to give him to a good home.

I also made Megan and Tatiana matching 6 x 6 scrapbooks. Each one will have the same pages made for it as their friendship grows. For now I have just made the first page using a picture I took at Christmas. I will add to it as they have more and more fun. Everything used is either Stampin' Up or from Archivers.

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Nic

Cards for Delia

Wow 2 posts in 2 days, that's a record for me lately... but I just had to pop on and tell you guys about this though. I found it while blog hopping over at the wonderful Dustin Pike's blog. He has a request on behalf of a little 10 year old girl called Delia. Here is the info (taken from his blog entry):

I have a Special Request...
Jennifer from http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com asked if I could help and ask for card donations..
This is part of the email:
On Friday, December 11th, 2009 my friends daughter Delia was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She is 10 yrs old and is currently being treated at the Denver Children's Hospital.

She loves art, photography and really loves owls. I was hoping that there would be some wonderful women or men out there that would love to send her a card of encouragement. I thought it would bring a smile to Delia's face to be inundated with cards as a special Valentines Day gift from people around the world. Please find it in your heart to bring hope and love to this beautiful spirited girl. Any card will do..but if you have an owl that would be a bonus. Please pass this information around so we can thrill a little girl in her time of hardship!
She is on her second round of chemo and its been a struggle for her, although she is doing better today.

This touched my heart as she is the same age as my son and I cannot imagine what she must be going through. Her address if you want to send a card is available on Dustin's blog the link is in my inspiration list over on the right side of the page. Dustin is an awesome artist and has drawn these super owl images for you to download and use on your cards. They are so cute I could not resist using 2 of them.

I am a little late for making it in time for valentines day but I figure her fight is not going to end on valentines day and therefore she will need encouragement today and everyday until this nasty illness has been beaten. I used to be a Chemo-Angel and send cards to people just like her and know that everyday is a day that could do with a little extra happiness in it, snail mail for me is the best way I know how. I hope she likes my card.

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Hugs

Nic

Valentine Cards

I didn't get around to making many Valentine cards this year. My mojo is still very much in disarray. However I did join a swap on Joani's group (cards made by hand) to try and get the juices flowing. This is my Valentine swap card.

I did one of Joani's challenges while making the card which was to use pink, black and white. I made my own background paper by using 2 stamps from the SU set I {heart} hearts. The main image was from another SU set Whoo's your Valentine?

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Nic

Their Own T-Shirts

The kids had fun last weekend making their own T-shirts. I thought you might like to see their creations. Megan had a little help from me with the large heart and the words but after I drew a couple of cats for her she tried it for herself and off she went. Jake's is all about Star Wars and done all by himself. I got the iron out to heat set them (one of the rare occasions it comes out of hiding.LOL). I think they look awesome.

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Nic

Dropping A Line

I made this card for a sketch challenge on my friend Joani's group (Cards Made By Hand). The long front strip was perfect for this Whipper Snapper image. The cardstock is from Archivers so I am not sure of the color names. The DP was from my scraps box. The little fish charm I won in a blog candy a year or two ago . I have been reluctant to use them but they are perfect for this card and I have way to much stuff to keep them any longer.

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Hugs

Nic