Merry Christmas from Us to You!

Merry Christmas! From it's beginnings as this, our card turned into what you see here. Too much coloring, but I love how it turned out!

It is soooo cold here. Right now it is 14 degrees (I'm typing this on Monday, though it won't post until Wednesday). Yesterday it was 1. Tomorrow it is supposed to be around 30, so it will be thirty times as warm as it was yesterday. WOW! The wind chill is what is bad. I have no idea how cold that is making it, but I am sitting here shivering.

I hope you all have a nice and peaceful evening and wonderful day tomorrow. We are having the missionaries from our church over for Christmas Eve, so that will be fun. The boys always love having them over! When my brothers served their missions, I was always grateful to the families that took them in for dinners, especially around the different holidays. We want to do something special. Any fun ideas?

Nursing Home Cards

About every other month I go to a local nursing home and stamp with the residents there. Sometimes they do the stamping, but lately, it seems that they like to watch me stamp. Last week, I made lots of Christmas cards. This is one version I came up with for one of the men. I just take vanilla and white paper, so I dressed this one up a bit. I take scraps of ribbon that I have left over from classes or other projects. They think ribbon on their cards is the neatest thing EVER. If you ever need an ego boost, go and stamp with some elderly people. ;) They think everything you do is magical!

Holiday Raccoon

I haven't stamped for 2 1/2 weeks! For this card I combined the Under the Stars set with the Mr. Twigster set. I wanted to do something unusual, rather than just the normal Christmas card. I think the raccoon looks cute holding the lightbulbs! I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to place them perfectly, and then watercolored everything by using an Aquapainter and squeezing the ink pads and getting ink from the lid. The Kiwi "tree" paper is from the Frosty Designer Paper. YEAH - I stamped!

Christmas Card Preview

Here is a very tiny preview of what part of my Christmas cards will look like......if I get them finished. Watercoloring 80+ cards probably isn't the greatest idea ever! However, IF you decide to watercolor, I highly recommend our watercolor paper and an Aqua Painter. Two products that are simply awesome to work with! I'll share the full card when/if I get them all mailed out. That won't be anytime soon! ;)

If you need supplies for your cards, now would be a good time to order and start working on them. Don't forget the envelopes!

S.A.S. Preview!

OK ~ Stamp-A-Stack attendees, here is a quick preview of one of the cards we'll be making at the class this weekend. It uses the Punches Three Hostess Set. I've been cutting and packaging like crazy the last few days. I *think* I'll be ready by the time you start arriving! ;)