Christmas Cuties-The Stocking were Hung

#3 of 6 in the Christmas Cuties Atc swap.

Christmas Cuties

Noel-#2 in the Christmas Cuties ATC for a yahoo group swap.

Letter To Santa

First in a series of Christmas Cuties ATC's

Teaching class at Scrappers and Stampers Delight

If you plan on being in the Boise area on Saturday and need a break from all that Christmas shopping, I will be teaching a fun Christmas card class at the brand new Scrappers and Stampers Delight store in Boise. Its located on Ustick and Cole (the old Joann's store) Time 1-4. We'll make 4 yummy large cards using the awesome new collage set from I Brake for Stamps. You can sign up by calling 287-4696.
Hope to see you there!

Artistic Outpost Thanksgiving Sale 20% Off

I hope everyone is ready for Thanksgiving. I know I am! I had some time today to tackle some more Christmas cards. Here's one using the Snowy woods images from Artistic OutpostI used the new Antiqued Glimmers tech fromTJ new Dec/Jan. issue for the background. Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. Everyone else have a Great weekend!!!

Here's a little News from Artistic Outpost about their upcoming sale.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! We hope you are fortunate enough to be with friends and family this Thanksgiving. We will be enjoying the traditional green bean casserole, corn bread dressing (that's what we eat in the South), pecan pie....and lots of shopping!!

We hope Artistic Outpost becomes one of your stops this weekend.

20% off all rubber stamp collections, mounted, and unmounted, as well as individuals.

Just use the coupon code holiday2009 when you check out. Remember, free shipping on orders over $50 in the US and $150 for international. Our free shipping "kicks" in prior to calculating discounts, so you could end up with free shipping and only spend $40!!! Awesome, huh?

Tag Tuesday- Green, Red and pale gold

It seems like just yesterday I was posting for tag Tuesday, Ohhhhh I guess it was!!LOL, This week I'm right on time. The tag challenge suggested by Nancy is to use green,red and pale gold in your Christmas tag.My stamped image is from Stamp Francisco
See the rest here Kard Krazy. Thanks Louise for another great challenge.

A Few Christmas cards

I am seem to be running way behind this year but managed to whip out a few Christmas cards along with a few challenges. Christmas Cone- Using the Pine cone collage from I Brake For Stamps and the new Antiqued Glimmer tutorial from TJ Dec/Jan newsletter.You should see the shimmer of this one IRL. The beautiful papers are by Paper Temptress The sponsor this month at
Gingersnap Creations


For the new challenge at Ink On My Fingers Hels has a "The Holly and the Ivy" challenge going on this week. be sure to check them out. I did a card using a omni gel transfer,crackle paint- I kind of overdid it with that but it sure was fun.

O.K. I will admit it,I have stars on my mind and made the background star from music paper. Along with a few rolls. No I don't mean Santa's belly! LOL. The stamped image is the darling Santa from I Brake For Stamps If you use code SAVE10LYNN when ordering you can save 10%.
Happy Holidays!

# Redraw blog giveaway

I'm sorry to say after 72 hours I was unable to reach one of my winners of my Blogaversary giveaway.
Sorry Kim from Star shine chic. I used the random # generator and #239 Tammy of Art & Inspiration is the new winner. I will move all the other up one space since Tammy is now the last # drawn. If I don't have a response in 72 hours i will redraw again!

OMG- Woooo Hoooooo

I had one of the hardest weeks working this last week. Faux painting till 2 or 3 in the a.m. Every day. But I feel so much better now!! Imagine my Surprise to come home and find this complimentary issue on my table. I still can't believe my little Halloween pendant made it into such an Inspirational Magazine as Somerset Studios GALLERY !!! This is my First for this wonderful publication.It is chock full of Fantastic art by such talented artists. You can find this magazine and other publications at .Stampington
My little piece features images by Artchix Studios

Blogaversary Winners!!!!!!!

Thank you all for participating in my Blog party! I have visited several of your blogs and am amazed at the talent out in blogland. I will continue to make my rounds as time permits. Thank you all so much!
Well I finally had time to post the winners. Here's how it works. The first # drawn will get to select 1st, the second # drawn selects second, etc. I used the random # Generator to select the #'s.If for some reason I cannot reach any winners or they do not contact me within 72 hours I will redraw #'s

First is my RAK- #104- This will be a surprise gift and it goes to RHONDA- from Lost in Cardland

Prize winners
1St - #31- Katina
2nd - #282 -Paula- Teaberry Cottage
3rd - #302- Kim- Star shine chic
4th - #128 -Bonnie
5th - #111- Sundownbead Designs
6th- #219- Erin glee
7th - #17- Louise- Kard Krazy
8th - #48 - Hels
9th- #41 - Jonni
10th- #240 Gayle Page Robak

Congrats Ladies. Please contact me for information.

Closed!!! Lets Get This Party Started- More Added! This post will remain on top until the 18th Scroll down for newer posts

My final gift - A necklace I made from Watch parts ,etc.
Wow my one year Blogaversary!! It has passed so quickly. I have met so many wonderful people. I can't begin to Thank everyone one for all the encouragement and kind words from the past year. Also those who have followed along and check my blog regularly an Extra big THANK YOU. Well whats a party without presents!!! Some sweet little Fairy earrings?
A little Snow Angel Ornament
How about a fun bracelet with some cool charms?

A wall hanging collage with vintage goodies.

A How about a matchbox shrine pin/pendant?
Some clear stamps from My Sentiments Exactly, Jolees Snowflakes and some trees with bling.
A cold cast metal necklace I made.

Our Family Tree Art Journal
Idaho Archery print "Calm Before The Storm"
"The Ridge"

One of my S/N Limited Edition print. The winner will have their choice from several S/N prints I have available. I will send the winner several images to pick from.

Here's the scoop.
1. Just leave a comment at the end of this post for one entry. Be sure you leave a way for me to contact you.
2 If you'd like to post on your blog and link back here then I'll put your name in twice. Be sure and let me know with another comment.

For every 50 comments I will add more gifts. So spread the word! I figured out by adding a new gift after every 50 comments your odds are 1 in 25. Better than the lottery!!! I also will be sending out a RAK for one of my regular followers.But thats a surprise!! The party will be open till Nov. 18th. midnight MST. The next morning I will post all the winners with the first name drawn gets first choice, second name next and so on.If I am unable to reach any winner I will redraw after 3 days. Good Luck !!

Advent Boxes

I guess I can show these now. I made these advent boxes for two DF of mine. I gave them to them a couple of days ago so they could begin opening them Dec 1st. Of course in each little box is a special wrapped present. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to fill all these spots with things they didn't already have. I so enjoyed making them and the best part is they get to have a surprise every day in December! How fun is that?

Christmas Past

I used the beautiful stamps from Snowy Woods available atArtistic Outpost for my Christmas card.

Old Time Christmas

I had so much fun making this little Christmas card.
I used the Santa collage from I Brake for Stamps and the collage image is from
Collagevisions I added some distress rock candy and Stickles.

Tag Tuesday- Photo

At Kard Krazy this week the theme is to use a photo. I followed Louise's lead by using a family photo and Christmas theme The photos are my brother and myself with Santa. The funny thing is we both had black eyes at that time.I wish it showed better in the pictures but there too small. I always wondered what Santa thought when he saw our black eyes? The stamps are from Stampers Anonymous and Inka Stamps.

Artistic Outpost- Christmas tin

I was playing around yesterday with a stash of tins. (my DH loves kipper snacks) you should see the stack it just keep growing. So I figured I had better start using some. So I started with the gorgeous paper from Paper Temptress for my background. It reminds me of swirling snowflakes. My Stamps are from Artistic Outpost. One down a ton more to go!

Gothic Arches

Gothic Arches this week has a challenge with using images from Lord Fredrick Leighton. Heres mine. Stamps by Inka Stamps. Butterfly by Artchix Studios. See all the amazing work at Gothic Arches

The Holidays are upon us.

With my first card for November I thought I'd kick it off with a Christmas card. I'm really pleased with how this came out. The stamp is from I Brake For Stamps The new Snowflake collage. The technique is from TJ the splatter technique from the June 09 issue and the papers are from the new sponsor this month atGingersnap Creations
Paper Temptress Her papers are so yummy. The Lustre Vintage Silver Lustre was perfect for the background of my snowflakes ,it looks as if they are swirling about. I also used the Retro Black Glossy Lustre to frame it all. Be sure and check out all those gorgeous papers.