Wordless Wednesday: This Little Piggy

Flaky

 

Ready for a new cue word challenge?  CASology has a beautiful one this week!  Despite the cold wind and gray sky that a typical snow storm brings with it, there is a beauty to those little flakes that drift down.  One of these days I'm going to get a close up photo of one!

Stamps:  Paper Trey, Verve (sentiment)

I started thinking about the paper snowflakes I used to make as a child.  Most of the time, I'd end up with triangles somewhere in the design!  Holding that thought, I went searching for triangle images in my stamp stash, remembering Paper Trey has a set full of triangles!  I stamped the triangles where the cut out holes would usually appear on a paper snowflake, adding the popped up circular sentiment to the middle.  I used silver Encore ink on the triangles and silver Stickles to outline the center circle.  And there you have it.

Be sure to go take a look at the inspiration the design team and our guest designer whipped up and leave them a little blog love!

Ardyth
Gillian 

Judy 

Kimberly 

Maureen 

Meghan 

Melissa 

(you're here!)

Rosemary 

Tracey

Guest Designer:  Lynn

 

Don't forget to link up your own snowflake creation on the challenge blog by Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (CST)!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

'Tis the Season

'Tis the season for more snow!  We got more of that fluffy white stuff yesterday and the boys couldn't be happier!  It makes for a pretty landscape this morning and now that the little ones and I have delivered DS1 & DS2 to school and DH to work, I'm settling in here at home enjoying the brightness of it all as the sun and blue sky smile down at us!  I do like the freshness of a new snow, undisturbed and peaceful.

Today is the beginning of a new Clean & Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers and I'm guest designing as a DT alumni.  The challenge this week is a Holiday Shopping/Party theme!  Whenever I think of this time of year, Santa hats always come to mind because they seem to appear everywhere!

Stamps:  Prickley Pear

This cat image from Prickley Pear was staring up at me for the occasion and so I inked him up to make a fun holiday card!  I paper pieced the hat and added clear Stickles before popping it up with foam dots.  I started out stamping just a trio of those little red ornaments and then couldn't stop myself from stamping more!  As you can see, the poor feline probably needs a heavy duty umbrella due to the ornament shower that I created!

I'm off to brew a second cup of coffee, decaf. this time.  My fingers need it.

Have a marvelous Monday!

Happiness is...

...little hands.

...kindness, no matter how small.

...the beauty of a snowflake.

...meaningful conversation with good friends.

...a peppermint mocha on a cold, winter morning.

...a surprise in the form of a cream filled doughnut.

...the love of family.

Too Much Excitement!

Another first for me today!  I can finally share with you my first published card!  Where?  The December issue of CARDS magazine!  Feeling a bit crazy with the excitement of such a thing!  I had created this quite a while ago and figured I'd submit it just for fun.  I guess someone liked it.

In other news, DD has turned another month older and probably wonders what all the fuss is about each month to get her photo taken in goofy outfits!  She'll thank me someday...I think.

The sun is shining here in our neck of the woods despite the frigid temperatures and I need to finish up some photo editing for my brother and family from Thanksgiving.  They'd probably appreciate having their photos before Christmas!  I need to set aside the perfectionist in me and just finish them up!  Wish me luck!

Have a fabulous Friday!