My Last Post of 2011…

Another year…whoosh! Thanks to all who have stopped by!

I managed to catch this cute little guy chowing down corn before he skittered away! They’re so fun to watch.

I have to share a couple of Christmas pics too, mostly to annoy my oldest granddaughter! She’s such a rebel, out of the entire family who cheers on OSU…she follows Michigan! So, for Christmas I made her puppy, Keeper… a Boxer, several sweatshirts. After all, Boxers don’t have much hair and he gets cold when he has to go outside! And yes, he’s still growing…he’s only 9 months old!

Before the festivities started, I kept Carmen busy while her mom and uncle dressed Keeper in his ‘casual’ sweatshirt.

Of course Carm had to run put on her ‘M’ sweatshirt! I also made Keeper a more stylish one for when he wants to dress up.

Can’t wait to see him in this one! LOL

I think he’s happy with it! LOL… smart dog!

Another surprise was a new puppy for Benjamin…just too cute! A Beagle-Blue Heeler mix. Awwww

And……………… a card to share too! Another look at what’s being released tomorrow, Jan 1 from ODBD!

This is Never Give Up combined with Grunge Cross Background, and the Grunge Cross with Grunge Cross Die! I love the grunge look…the more distressing, the better!

All the DP is Prima Moulin Rouge, dry embossed, sponged, distressed and over-stamped! The Grunge Cross Background is on the green layer, stamped in Distress Pumice Stone.
The Churchill quote is also in Pumice Stone on the cross layer.

This is a Z-fold card. The card measures 5x5. The top was scored at 2.5 and folded back toward the fold…then the grunge front was attached just to that part.

Kind of fun to break out of the normal side or top fold card! *Note to self*… do it more often!
I stamped the Churchill quote again in Pumice Stone on the inside strip then stamped the verse in black.

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for the release blog hop! Lots of awesome creations!

Have a safe New Year’s Eve!!

Thanks for stopping…
one more time!

Dawn

Sandhill Cranes and a Cheery Pocket Window

The other day I stepped outside and heard this ruckus in the sky… a huge flock of Sandhill Cranes was flying over! Luckily I had my camera and snapped this shot before they flew out of view. We could hear them long after they were just specks in the sky! There were probably this many more in the flock, but I zoomed in as much as possible and cut them out. Cool!

So, here’s a Pocket with Window & Tag card from Creative Cuts and More I made yesterday. And another peek at the set, God’s Love, from Our Daily Bread designs. The pocket is  dry embossed with Swiss Dots.

It’s colored with Copics.

A fun card to bring some cheer to
someone’s mailbox I thought!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn Lusk

Without Regret…

This is a peek at some fabulous new stuff coming from ODBD! I love the ‘grunge’ look and that’s just what will be released in a few days…this is Grunge Butterfly Background, God’s Love, 2 Step Butterfly and matching Butterfly 2 Die.

This is also the Sketch (flipped) this week at Splitcoast, where my dear super talented friend Roxie, the challenge hostess who has been doing the SC for 6 years, is stepping down. She’s given us some awesome sketches. Big HUGS Rox!

I used My Mind’s Eye Vanity Fair for this card. The Grunge Butterfly Background is stamped in Distress Victorian Velvet, the grungy butterfly flourish from God’s Love is stamped with Distress Spun Sugar and the 2 Step Butterfly is done with them both.

The one piece is dry embossed with the Victoria folder, then lightly sanded for more grunge! I love that 2 Step Butterfly too…don’t need to color!! And the die makes fussy cutting so easy!

Don’t forget to pop back on the
1st for the big release!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

God’s Gift, Merry Christmas

Little baby on the hay,
soon there’ll be another day
when nails shall pierce
Your hands and feet
as You provide our sin’s defeat.
Risen Jesus on the throne,
we lift our praise to You alone
for You’re the gift that we receive
the moment that our hearts believe.
Roy Lessin

 

This Christmas, as you consider all the awesome things that have come to you through Jesus, God’s perfect gift, remember that it is but a taste of all the good things that are yet to come.

Merry Christmas

Dawn

Merry Christmas to my Mail Carrier!

Merry Christmas!
Do you have everything wrapped and ready?!

I’m done, done, done!

Every year I do up a little ‘something’ for our mail carrier…this year, Lisa will get this… filled with a chocolate mint cappuccino mix, a white hot chocolate mix and candy!

It’s a French Fry Box from
Creative Cuts and More.

I thought Sally’s Letter from Sassy Cheryl’s was the perfect image! She’s colored with Copics, with a little airbrush ‘splatter’ in the background. I used Elmer’s Paint pen for the polka dots and snowflakes. I also added some Stickles for snowflakes.

Merry Christmas is from the set Holiday Ornaments, Our Daily Bread designs.

I thought the inside of the Cheery Lynn Designs Dainty Dutch Deco doily, looked like a snowflake…it’s cut in half and sandwiched between the layers. This is such a cool die because you get 2 actual dies!

And of course I had to add some Polar White Flower Soft!

Hope your Christmas is merry and bright! It’s possible ours could be WHITE!! woohooo!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn 

 

I Love My Snowmen…#95 a Sassy Challenge!

Our Sassy Challenge today is from Sassy Judy, Snowman with a die cut. I just loooove snowmen and Cheryl’s are just the cutest!

The sassy gals will be taking a bit of a much needed break to celebrate the holidays with their families. So this challenge will be our last for 2011.. AND, it will last for two weeks, so you'll have plenty of time to get your creation made and uploaded to join us in our challenge.

I needed a birthday card for a very good, but snarky friend…. Sassy Sally Plays a Trick is just perfect! LOL 

It’s colored with Copics then sponged while still in the Spellbinders Labels 21 die with Distress Weathered Wood.
The sentiment, also perfect, is by Art Impressions. I used Spellbinders Small Labels and just cut it down. Classic Ric Rac, another Spellbinders die was also used. The DP is by DCWV.

I added Polar White Flower Soft to her hat, dress and on the ground. For extra fun I added some Baker’s Twine to the buttons & scarves.
{don’t forget, right-clicking on a picture can open it larger in a new window}

For more fun,
see what the other gals did.

Ann English ~ Cathy Edgar
Pat Frank ~ Judy Kreucher ~ Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!
Merry Christmas!!

Dawn

A Card…A New DT…and A Sale!

I did this card last week but waited to blog it until now. On a lark, just a whim…. I sent a couple samples into the Flower Soft team for the 2012 DT.

Lo and behold………………….
I made it!! Woohoo!!

This isn’t the card I sent in..I’ll share that in a minute. This card was for the Free For All challenge on Splitcoast…to use flowers. I stamped Daisy from Our Daily Bread designs, masked it and stamped 2 more times, colored with Copics and did some fussy cutting! Then I added Nut Brown Flower Soft to the centers and set it aside to dry while I stamped Simple Things, also from ODBD.

Here is the card I sent in, using Christmas Vintage Post Box and Polar White. I used a Martha punch for the corners.

Lots of fun in store for sure!!

Now, the sale!

ODBD is having an inventory reduction sale on select stamp sets. From now until December 24 these sets will be discounted 30% off!

And that's not all! For every $50.00 purchase in the ODBD store you will receive $10.00 in Daily Dough Dollars! These DDD's can be redeemed in the online store (or by phone order) from January 1-March 15th! You will receive your Daily Dough Dollars code with your order!

Check out the ODBD Blog for the details! Happy shopping!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Christmas Baking and a Cookie Party!

Yes, it’s that time of year that so many are busy baking all those goodies for the holidays! Me? The older I get the lazier I get!! Plus I figure if I bake it… I’m gonna EAT it! My waistline doesn’t need all that! LOL!!

A friend always has a “Cookie Exchange” party… bring 6 dozen cookies and everybody shares! Makes my job that much easier!

I made ‘snowballs’, a recipe my mom always made only at Christmas. You might know them as Mexican Wedding Cookies… I like SNOWballs…lol, you knew that!

Here they are just out of the oven….cool a little then pop in powdered sugar. I like to coat them once, let them cool some more then give them another dusting of powdered sugar.

I also made some Almond Roca, a little dish to take to the hostess and the rest for our pleasure and entertaining. I’m thinking though, I should have taken a bigger portion to the party…. it is soooo good I’m afraid how much I’ll eat!

Almond Roca to me is special… growing up it was something we only had at Christmas. After I got married, moved away from home, had children and mom would come to visit, many times she’d bring a can of Almond Roca! In fact one of the kids said tonight, “Gee, Grandma always used to bring this!”

Mine wasn’t quite as pretty as the picture where I got the recipe… I had to hurry mine along a bit in order to leave for the party…but it sure tasted YUMMY!!
I toasted the almonds in the oven as it was warming up to bake the snowballs…I can still multitask!

Anyhoo, it was a hit at the party! This is where I got the recipe… and just a warning, once you visit you better have time cause you’ll get lost in there, and find lots of recipes you’ll want to try! Just sayin!

It was a nice evening of food, fellowship and fun…just us girls! Here are a few pics of the house, it looks like out of a magazine!

This wasn’t part of the exchange…
this was dessert! Yum

Everybody brings a fun container, we play a game passing our container left or right as the hostess reads a funny story with the words ‘left’ ‘right’ in it and everyone ends up with a different container. It’s a lot of fun….slap happy fun!

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Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

It’s a Blizzard out there! #94…a Sassy Challenge

Our Sassy Challenge this week, again comes from our sassy pencil queen, Judy… It’s a Blizzard…White on White!  Unfortunately, it’s rain for us this week! Ugh! I hate mud!!!

I don’t know where Cheryl got my picture to go by for this one called, “Winter”!

Come the first good snowfall you’re going to see me out in the yard enjoying it just like this darling image!! LOL

A little coloring with Copics, some white gel pen, Marvy snow marker (with some Stickles added)…a little too much sponging with Pumice Stone Distress ink (it was done, what was I to do! lol), and some Blizzard Mudd Puddles! (perfect for the challenge! lol) Mudd Puddles goes on wet and dries hard yet still pliable!

For more fun,
see what the other gals did.

Ann English ~ Cathy Edgar
Pat Frank ~ Judy Kreucher ~ Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Simply Done…a Birthday Bag

My dear daughter-in-law’s birthday is coming up, Dec. 25 to be exact!
I always try to make her card or whatever as far away from looking
‘Christmasy’ as possible.
This year I’m going with this bag!

This is a Tuck & Close Bag from Creative Cuts & More. The die cut comes pre-scored, all you have to do is assemble and decorate!

I stamped the sentiment from Simple Things by Our Daily Bread designs on the ribbon in black, adhered to the bag and added my embellishments! Voila! Beautiful, elegant gift bag in no time!

There is just one seam to stick together, the rest are these cute flaps.

I know… simple things amuse me! LOL

I’ll be tucking a check or gift card inside, but it’s plenty big enough to hold a variety of things.

Maybe you need a bag or box for that special someone too… check out Creative Cuts & More. Easy peasy projects in no time, leaving you MORE time to create!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn