Sweet Stitches

I have so much to do and so little time.. ... Don't we all these days.. I cannot remember my mom being like this. Not that she wasn't busy with three girls (less then 2 years apart) and my dad, plus the house and animals... however, I do not recall her going as crazy as I have been recently trying to get things done... bizarre... right...?

Now, if I mixed sewing into my world it could get any busier? I love alot of fabrics I have seen lately.. I wish to be able to learn to quilt, but then its not really my style to decorate with it. Then I think of all the cool fabric items I could make with the fabric... but in the meantime, I will keep sewing to a  minimum..

The least I can do (in the meantime) is sew two buttons on a sweater and removing some applique design that someone didn't like off a sweatshirt... thank gosh for On Demand TV.. I could sit in front of the shows I missed and get some things accomplished. 

I put this card together..with limited supplies... this card has absolutely NO STAMPING. Its DSP! Cut & crystal effects - with corner rounders! YEAH!!!

 

 I really need to get some things accomplished this weekend for my  "CHOCOLATE COVERED FEBRUARY" debut.. of course there will be stamping and eatables! 

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Manly Merry Christmas

My BIGGEST FAN.. my most HONEST COACH.. and my OTHER HALF... ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wants my cards for whatever he needs... of course HE SHOULD!!!!...

He asks right after Thanksgiving.. not right after the big dinner, usually during the weekend that I am off my FT job, for his Christmas cards... he says" just do what you do.." and I always try to get just the right balance of masculine and holiday spirit.

This year I got it right - in two versions -

Version one:

Version two:

There are only 10 of these since I was running low on red buttons! The other version there is 20 cards, since I hoarded all the brushed silver brads in my stash! I got the idea from Tiffany Bauer. I changed the colors and didn't use ribbon, I used paper in Artichoke.

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She's a FOXy Lady!

When I saw FOX & FRIENDS in the Occasions Mini, I knew I had to have them... I mean, how cute are they?

They do not have sentiments with them, and the set is a fox, lion, giraffe, owl, turtle, whale & monkey... so I gave them a try in the clear-mount style. I figured if I had to have them, and I had to try the clear- mount - this would make me use them! SURPRISE, this wood mount girl loves the clear mount.

NOW- before you get all crazy and say "the clear stamps I have bought before... " blah blah blah. Listen to me.. they are still the high quality red rubber that you are already using from Stampin Up! with the foam. The Clear mount stamps still have the "image label" for them, if you are like me and have to SEE what I am doing.. its easy peasy! Your clear mount stamps arrive in a CD case like stamp case. Skinner storage! ... which means you can get more and more and more stamps!!!

Ok, with that all being out of my system, here is the Foxy lady, which is being shipped off to a friend just in time for Valentines day! She is a foxy lady... inside and out!

I stepped out of the norm for a Valentines card. I used the REAL RUST and KRAFT with a smidge of REAL RED and BLACK. I love it! I added a button to the Black ribbon for alittle pop to the card. She will be joining her Friends with cards for the rest of the family... how cool is that?

Happy Thursday!