Christmas "Card" Undelivered!!

Well Happy New Year All!!  I hope that everyone was able to enjoy quality time with family and friends!

Our Christmas was a little wacky this year and I was unable to finish and deliver my "cards" for my two best friends!!

Today I want to show you my friend Dianne's who has been my BFF forever...literally as she has known me since I was born!  Di has a pink Christmas tree (not the tree...the ornaments) so I decided to make an ornament using white/pink/a touch of red...

 



I used a large glass ball that I found in Homesense...I added White Texture Effect and glamour dust to create the snow on top...
please click on first picture for a slideshow...

 

I made a Christmas tree by forming a cone with white card stock and covering it with white feathers...

 

I topped it with two snowflake charms back to back and added pink pearls and some tiny red rhinestones...

 

then I made gifts out of cardstock for Tildas to sit on...

 

this is Tilda with Little Rudolph (this is one of my most favourite Magnolia stamps) from the Christmas Story 2012 collection...

 

here is Jolly Elf Tilda...I believe she's from the Merry Christmas 2010 collection...



 

and this is Tilda with Little Gift...sorry not sure what collection... 

 

 

And that completes Dianne's "card" which I will give to her today...so now I just have one left to do...then I guess it's time to start 2014 cards...LOL!!!

 

Materials Used:

Glass ball-Homesense

Stamps-all listed above were purchased from Magnolia-licious

Snowflake charms-Ribbon Girl

Feathers, pearls, rhinestones, ribbon, glamour dust, fake snow-from my stash
White Texture Effect-Martha Stewart

Challenges I will enter:
Magnolia Mania-Challenge # 82 Gifts
Simply Magnolia-Favourite (Tilda with Little Rudolph) or Newest Magnolia
Time for Magnolia-Christmas Challenge #42 Winter Wonderland
Midweek Magnolia-Challenge #79 White Christmas
Tildas Town-Challenge #85 Anything Goes

Well until next time...thank you so very much for taking the time to stop by!!  I really do appreciate your visits and comments!!!
 

 

 



Belated Christmas Post!! Featuring a Christmas Snow Ball Fight!

Well it is Boxing Day...

I missed posting Holiday Wishes to you all so I am sending out belated Christmas Wishes to everyone and hopes that your New Year is Healthy and Happy!!!

A huge ice storm hit us here in Ontario and thousands of people were...and some still are...without power!!!  Our house was without power for three days but we were lucky enough to get ours back in the evening on Christmas Eve!!  As I said before Christmas comes whether we are prepared or not!!!  A HUGE THANK YOU to all the service personal at our hydro companies who had to give up their Christmas vacations just to get everything up and going!!!!!!

It sure makes a person appreciate all that we have!!!  It got so cold in here that I was wrapping (during daylight hours) with four layers on, hood up and half gloves!!  My golden retriever wasn't fazed by it all but my poor little hound couldn't get any further under the blankets let me tell ya!!!

When all was said and done my family enjoyed a WONDERFUL Christmas Day together!!!!  We really do have so much to be thankful for!!

Okay so after listening to me babble I will get on with the post that was to go out on Christmas Eve day...

 

Christmas "card" for my friend Christine...

please click on first image for a slide show...

In the Snow Scarf Tilda and In the Snow Ski Tilda (Winter Wonderland 2013 collection) having a friendly Christmas snow ball fight...

the trees are Magnolia Winter Forest stamp stamped on green cardstock, cut out and decorated with Shabby White Frantage...

I added Liquid Applique and Glamour Dust to the snowballs and hat pom-poms...

ferns are the Magnolia Doo Hickey Sprawling Ferns...

 

and the back with fake snow gathering around the trees...

sentiment with a white bow and silver flowers ....

 

Thankfully I was able to get this to Christine a few days before Christmas...before the nasty weather set in!!

Materials Used:
Glass Bowl and fake snow-Michael's
Stamps-Magnolia Winter Wonderland 2013 and sorry not sure which collection the Winter Forest is from-Magnolia-licious
White Texture Effect-Martha Stewart
Silver Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts
Frantage-Live and Love Crafts
Ribbon and Glamour Dust-from my stash

Challenge that I will enter:
Fashionista Challenge-Winter Snowflakes
Magnolias Down Under-Challenge #226 Anything Goes
Marvelous Magnolias-Challenge #58 Anything Goes
Time for Magnolias-Challenge #41 Anything Goes
Tildas Town-Challenge #84 Anything Goes 
Totally Tilda-Challenge #87 Anything Goes


Well that is it for my belated Christmas post...I hope that everyone enjoyed their time with family and friends!!!  And thank you to all who sent me Christmas wishes...they are much appreciated!!!!

Once again thank you for taking the time to stop by...your visits and comments are very much appreciated!!!

Christmas Love!!

Hello all!!

Are you ready yet??!!  I myself am still way behind...but then I think every year I say the same thing!  The big day arrives no matter what and magically everything falls into place...I HOPE!!!

Today I would like to share a "card" made for one of my very dear friends!!

I think that this should be called "Tilda's Cozy Living Room"!

I started off by lining the bottom of the bowl with a doilie...it sort of got covered with snow...

 

Puppy Love Tilda and Puppy Love Wiola in front of the Peaceful Christmas Tree...all from the Winter Wonderland 2013 collection...

please click on the first image for a slideshow...



 from the outside looking in...

 and another...

 a closer look...I made a little table using Maja paper...it sits on a rug (complete with fringes) made from Maja as well ...

 I finished off the base with another doilie, ribbon and berry clusters...

 

 

Well another "card" done and safely delivered!!!  On to the next!

 

Materials Used:

DP-Maja Design Christmas Time-Live and Love Crafts

Stamps-named above-Magnolia-licious

Die Cuts-Magnolia Doohickeys Sprawling Ferns and Poppy Stamps Small Madison Window

Berry Clusters and doilies-Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon, pearls and acetate-from my stash

Glass bowl/stand-Homesense

 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Magnolia-licious Challenge-Doilies

Midweek Magnolia-I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas (use snow or snow image)

Time for Magnolia-Christmas Challenge #40 Anything but a Square

Marvelous Magnolias-Challenge #58 Anything Goes

Totally Tilda-Challenge #87 Anything Goes

 

Well that is it for now!!  Thank you for taking the time to stop by...your visits and comments are very much appreciated!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 



Fussy and Fancy Chocolate Challenge!!

Good Friday Morning!!

Today starts the "Chocolate" Challenge at Fussy and Fancy...now who doesn't LOVE chocolate??!!   You can use the colour chocolate or create something for/with chocolate!!

As we have only one challenge in December our lovely leader Sheryl invited both teams to play along for this challenge so we have a few extra projects to share this time...hop on over to Fussy and Fancy for a peek at what my talented teammates have come up with!!!

This challenge is sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs so I thought that I would try my hand at one of their cute little digis..."Cookies for Santa"!!

Here he is...



thought I'd have him "looking" out the window waiting for Santa...

the front is decorated with a Memory Box die Holiday Goodie Border...

mini heart, ginger bread and star buttons and cookie cutters...

 

the inside window decorated with Christmas lights, chocolate bows, heart and stars...

chocolate matts are frosted with Shabby White Frantage...

 

the image is dusted with Shabby Taupe Frantage...

our little guy is drinking chocolate milk of course...

 

 

So...the "Cookies for Santa" are set out a little early this year...LOL!!!

 

Materials Used:

DP-Imaginisce Polar Expressions Comfy Cozy (front...it has hot chocolate on it) and Pine and Peppermint (inside)

Digi-Fresh Brewed Designs "Cookies for Santa"

Dies-Memory Box Holiday Goodie Border, Poppy Stamps Grand Madison Window, Spellbinders  Gold Circles One S4-390 and Ribbon Banner LG S5-122

Stamps-Quick Kutz "Merry Christmas" and "wishing you joy" Kollette Hall

Buttons, lights, ribbon, embroidery floss are from my stash

Frantage,crystal stick pin and end-Live and Love Crafts

Snowflake charm-Ribbon Girl

Berry clusters-Wild Orchid Crafts

 

Thank you so much for stopping by...your visits and comments are very much appreciated!!

 

 

 



White Christmas Wishes!!

Good Evening!!

Can you believe that we only have two weeks until the big day??!!

Well I have one of my "major " Christmas "cards" ready to go!!!  I can't give it to her yet... lucky lady is on a nice warm southern cruise while we here in Ontario have freezing temps and gusty winds!!!

So...as she bathes in the sun all that is on my mind is SNOW!!!

It is also her birthday today...how much better can it get than lounging around in the sun for your birthday while we at home FREEZE!!

Here is my "White Christmas Wishes" to her...

 

I made her a "cupcake" decorated all in white with roses, pearls and ribbon and set on a mini cake stand...
click on the first picture for a closer view and slideshow...

 

Cozy Christmas Tilda (Winter Wonderland 2013) here to wish her a Merry Christmas...

 

the sentiment tag decorated with Shabby White Frantage and attached with a ribbon...

 

view from the top with a snowflake charm tucked under a white rose...

 

a closer view...the snowflake charm is anchored with a crystal stick pin...the thinner white ribbons are all anchored with the crystal stick pins as well but none of the pictures captured them very well...

 

Well...that is it for another "card"!!!

 

Materials Used:

From my stash-3" ball,ribbon, lace, fake snow and Gesso sprinkled with glamour dust

Stamp-Cozy Christmas Tilda (WW 2013) Magnolia-licious

Die Cut-Spellbinders 2012 Snowflake Pendant-S5-117
Punch-Martha Stewart Fern Branch

Pearl strings, flowers, babies breath, berry clusters and pearl brads-Wild Orchid Crafts
Snowflake charm-Ribbon Girl

Crystal stick pins and Frantage-Live and Love Crafts

 

Challenges I will enter:
Fashionista Challenge #4-Winter Snowflakes
Live and Love Crafts Challenge #18-Stardust
Lovely hAnglar or sweet Magnolia Challenge #84-Winter Wonderland

Time for Magnolia Challenge #38-White Christmas Card/Creation
Tildas Town Challenge #82-Winter Wonderland
Totally Tilda Challenge #86-Anything But a Card

Time to sign off for tonight!!

Thanks so much for stopping by...your visits and comments are VERY much appreciated!!




 

 

 

 



Snow Friends!!

Is everyone ready for Christmas??!!

Isn't it a crazy (in a good way) time of year!!!!  Decorating...still working on that, shopping...getting close, baking...need to start and Christmas cards...still wading through...LOL!!!!

Well I'm down to the "special" friends who I get together with and hand deliver...this one is for a friend that I have a coffee date with...

 

the front of the card with the darling Polar Bear from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013(click on first image for slideshow)... 

 

opened we meet Pingy and Rudolph  (also from WW 2013)...if you look closely at the DP written on it is polar bears, penguins and reindeer...how perfect is that...

 

the smaller flap...I used a crocheted doilie for the center flower...

 

close up of Polar Bear mounted on a die cut snowflake...

 

Pingy...also mounted on snowflake...

 

Rudolph and North Pole sign (WW 2013)...mounted on a paper doilie...

 

"Let it Snow" tag from Whimsy Stamps tucked into a crocheted doilie with snowflake and cheesecloth bow...

 

flowers are touched with Gesso for snow effect and sprinkled with Glamour Dust..

So that's another down...SIGH...so many more to go!!!

Materials Used:
DP-Martha Stewart Holidays Pad
Stamps-Polar Bear, Rudolph, Pingy and North Pole Sign from the Winter Wonderland Collection and Whimsy Sentiments all available at Magnolia-Licious
Die Cuts-Spellbinders 2012 Snowflake Pendant-S5-117 and Crealies Creative Flowers-CL CF 18
Crochet Dolies-Kaisercraft
Crystal stick pin and end piece, Frantage and snowflake charm-Live and Love Crafts
Flowers, medium pearl brads and paper dollies-Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon, cheesecloth, gesso and glamour dust-from my stash

Challenges I will enter:
Magnolia-licious-Doilies
Marvelous Magnolias-Anything Goes
Midweek Magnolias-I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas (add snow or snow image)
Tilda's Town-Winter Wonderland

Well I'm off to bed to get a few hours much needed sleep!!!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by...your visits and comments are very much appreciated!!

I MADE TOP 5!!!

I'M SO EXCITED!!!

I made Top 5 at the Fashionista Challenge Blog!!!

So...please hop on over and check out all of the lovely projects and YES vote!!

I'll just give you another quick peek of the ornaments that I made for my Grandchildren!!  The complete post was on Friday November 29 2013 (Fussy and Fancy Challenge # 103-Hearts) if you want to check it out!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by...I really appreciate your visits and comments!!