Christmas 2008

I got this 2 page layout, is absolutely beautiful, thanks to Melissa. She designed this for a gift exchange, And I was fortunate enough to receive it. I did notice when I got it done, there was a small oops on my part. I was working on my photos from 2008 and the layout on the top right corner said 2010. I did make the correction yesterday, luckily I had the same Storybook Cricut Cartridge to cut out the same font numbers.

Thank you again Melissa, You made such a beautiful layout. I think I might be able to finish 2008 by then end of this year. OK so I am still a little behind but I am trying LOL.

 I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Easy Christmas Treats

This is a very simple Christmas treat anyone can make. This would be fun to do with the kiddies.

There are 3 simple ingredients to this yummy treat.

You will need Almond Bark, which you can get at Wal-Mart in the baking isle.

Candy Canes

Last but not least, Holiday Shaped Pretzel.

All the ingredients were purchased at Wal-mart.

You will need a glass bowl,soup spoon,tongs,cookie sheet and foil paper.

In the glass bowl brake 3 blocks of the Almond Bark, microwave it to melt it to a Ketchup consistence. Crush 2 candy canes so that they are tiny pieces. My husband used a hammer to crush the candy canes, Silly guy.

Once the Almond Bark is melted, add the crushed candy canes and mix well.

Line a cookie sheet with foil so it won't stick to the cookie sheet.

Now put the pretzels in with the Almond bark and candy cane mix and cover pretzels completely. With the tongs take them our and place them on the foiled cookies sheet, and wait for it to harden.

Now enjoy your yummy treat.

This would be a good treat to put in my Snowman goody bags.

I hope you all enjoy it, let me know what you think.

BRRRR.......

Well, I worked on this yesterday. It's a kits I purchased a while ago, I just didn't know what pictures to put on it. I think I found the perfect ones. OK so I am a little behind on my scrapbooking, but I am trying to catch up. These pictures were taken 2 years ago when we actually had snow in Vegas ( Shocker) Really we did. The kits was simple to put together, the only thing I changed is that I added Stickles and Bling to the snowflakes. I think it came out cute. Glad I was able to finally use it.

These photos where taken as the snow was falling in our backyard.

The larger photo was not altered in any way, I think the picture came out perfect.

I hope you enjoy my layout. I was going to post another Christmas one , but on the layout it said 2010, but the photos where 2008, I have to make the correction. I had  duh moment. LOL
Have a great day

Snowman Topnote Goody Bag

Well this was a very fun project, I had to copy from http://stampinwitheerlinda.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowman-top-note-mini-album.html. This worked out perfect for my Husbands Christmas potluck lunch at work.

I first started by cutting the topnotes for the bags. 2 topnotes per bag are needed.

I used Stampin up TopNote die, The card stock I used was red by ARC Papers purchased at The Crafting Place.

Then I embossed the topnote with the Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder purchased at the crafting place @ 3560 East Russell Rd. Las Vegas Nv 89120

Then I cut out the box to sandwich between the top notes.

I assembled the box with red tacky tape.

From this point add the top notes to each side.

I also added some punch outs of snowflakes using Martha Stewart punches,I added some pop dots for dimension.

I also pieced snowmen using the Cricut Expression and the Christmas Cheer Cart.I also used Stickles on the hat and on the button holes. I cut the Snowman at 3".
I think it came out really cute, and a great office gift. I filled mine with a dozen mini Christmas tree cookies in Cello bags.

Sports Quilt for Anthony

Wow 2 posts in 1 day, OK so I'm being silly. But here is my latest quilt I have made. I made it for my son Anthony. This was supposed to be a Rail Fence Pattern, But I was cutting and piecing and putting together all in 1 shot. So I kind of changed it a bit. I use Wal-Mart fabric, because I am still learning how to sew. I don't want to make something and mess it up with expensive fabric. So I am still sewing with training wheels LOL. I got it last night from my quilter Di Chipman. She did a great job again.

Christmas Cards

Good morning all, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had a great one with lots of family and my kids had so much fun playing and laughing with my Uncle Hector and cousins. Today I am going to share some Christmas cards I made. These took me a little longer to make but I think the work was well worth it.

I used Stampin up Christmas stamp, SU Chocolate Chip ink and Card stock,SU Bravo Burgundy Card stock,Stickles, Cut the 25 and the Noel with Storybook Cartridge with my Cricut Expression, and colored pencils.

For the inside I also use the Choc. Chip ink, I used a Martha Stewart Dove punch I bought at Wal-Mart for $.75, it was on clearance and I couldn't pass it up. I also used  Smooch Spritz to add some texture.
I hope you like it.

Corrina's Quilt

One of my other hobbies, other than Paper crafting is quilting. I am just learning how to do this new hobby. I made this for my daughter. I wanted it to look very feminine and pretty. I purchased the fabric at Wal-Mart. The pattern I used was a Dresden Wedge. I had to cut 240 wedges and then put them together to form the circle. I am very proud of this quilt. It took me about 2 weeks to do it. I still have not done the binding. For some reason I am intimidated. I do need to get over that and finish it so she can use it. I hope you like it.

This is when I started to put some pieces together to see how it would look.



This is after Di quilted the top for me. I just loved how it came out. She did an excellent job.

This is what it looks like from the back, Just a lovely as the front.

It has been done since September, I hope to do the binding in the next week, before I get my sons quilt back to finish the binding as well.