MY WISHES TO YOU ALL

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Well, it has almost been a year for me that I started this blog and I have loved every minute of it.  Now I need to take a break for the holidays with my family.  I am looking forward to catching up on all of your blogs when I return and I look forward to adding new friends as we all go along in this wonderful land of Blog!!  Hope all your dreams come true for the New Year - stay safe, create with love, and always have a smile in your heart!  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

TOGETHER

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I am trying to keep my card creations real simple so I can get them all done by this coming week.  After this week, I will have to stop because I have so many other pressing projects to complete - like watching our favorite holiday DVD's together at night after work.  Put on the popcorn and get some hot cocoa going!!

Some of my favorites are - A Christmas Carol,   The Bishop's Wife, March of the Wooden Soldiers, and Miracle on 34th Street, and my grand kids will want to watch  A Christmas Story and National Lampon's Christmas Vacation - to mention a few - do you have any family traditional movies to watch for the holidays?
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the holidays - breathe and enjoy the season as it will be gone before we know it for another year!

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CHRISTMAS FAIRY

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I hope my Sunday post finds you not going too crazy with the holiday rush.  I love amazon.com for the easy shopping options and here in upstate NY the malls are a big thing -  but not for me!  I like to shop locally and as I said, online I let my fingers do the walking - which gives me more time to be creative!!

So here is my card for today - this image is from Lili of the Valley and she is so cute. I colored her with Copics and in my faorite colors of pink and blue.  Some pretty lace and ribbon trim, snowflake punches and corner embellishments.  I like the holly that is in her hair and in her basket!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your Sunday!  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

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I LOVE SNOW DAYS - NOT

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Now I love this clear stamp image from Flourishes but I do not love snow days because if I was a cat or dog I would be shedding my skin (fur) thinking about driving to work!!  I am chickenlicken when it comes to snow even though I have a car that goes in snow!!  So I opt for the snow boots and hot cocoa all the way!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great "hot cocoa" type day;)  Hugs ~CaroleAnn

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BELIEVE

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Well, I am not doing any more challenges just trying to stay on top of my card making projects.  This image I did color and post on an earlier date but just had to color one more and design another card with this cute mouse - MoManning's digital image.  So here it is - hope you enjoy peeking at my creations.  I had today off from work for a doctor's appointment (I needed a cortisone shot for a trigger figure thumb)  but still managed to get in some crafting!!  Love these kind of days!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a creative weekend!  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

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WINTER FAIRY TALVA

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This is a card I will give someone for the holidays but I used very non-traditional colors and I think I like how it came out - still not sure.  Only one thing I am sure about is I love this image by Mo Manning - Winter Fairy Talva and just loved coloring her with my copic markers!  I can remember our kids eating snowballs and now I watch in wonder how this is truly a built in mechanism for kids of all ages as all my grandchildren did the same thing!!  Great memories!  I would like to enter this card in the following challenge.

DP2 Anything Goes - Peachy Perfect for me for this card;)
Fab N Funky - Non-Traditional Christmas - my colors;)

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Digi Image from DP2 - Winter Fairy Talva colored with Copic Markers, stardust
DP paper is from Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium
Word tags from stash and border punch and snowflake punches from MS
Flower and rhinestones from Recollections and leaves and berries from a berry branch I took apart

ICE SKATES AND SKATING MEMORIES

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Well, I have many memories of ice skating.  My Mom took me ice skating in Prospect Park when I was small and I loved it!  I had skates with red pom poms and I had a Ginny doll that had an ice skating outfit that I really loved to play with.  Now as a grown up, my knees and ankles would begin to tremble if I even think of putting on a pair of skates but I am thankful for those memories at the ice skating rink!!  So this image from Flourishes is perfect and I had fun putting this card together.  I would like to enter it for the following challenge
Addicted To Stamps Challenge #44 - Christmas - easy peasy again for me;)

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Image is a clear stamp by Flourishes colored with Copic Markers
Spellbinder die Oval label
DP is Simple Stories/Handmade and tag is from same with text stamp "twinkle & sparkle" from Lili of the Valley
Dimensional "joy" from Bo-Bunny and ribbon and twine from my stash
Berries and snowflakes from stash
Sparkle border and pearls from Recollections
Glitter snowflake ribbon from stash

WISHING AND WAITING

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Now this card is for my daughter as she loves the color purple.  But this is what it was like for her I am sure, on Christmas Eve!  And once she fell asleep, I would like to think she had "visions of sugar plums" in her dreams.  So this image from Lili of the Valley, Wishing and Waiting is perfect for her.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenge

Lili of the Valley - Pastel Colors - which is my purple bedding and slippers;)

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Image is a Rubber Stamp from Lili of the Valley colored with Copic Markers
Stardust and liquid pearls
DP from Graphic 45  Nutcracker Sweet  
Flower, rhinestones, and heart crystals from recollections
Small word tags from Simple Stores/Handmade Holiday

NOT EVEN A MOUSE

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Hope you have enjoyed your Sunday.  I spent almost the entire day putting together cards so here is my first for tonight.  My sister had a fascination with mice - not the real kind that scurry around - YIKES!!  But a collection of cute resin mice.  When she was very young, I convinced her that a cute mouse lived under our desk - I even put some small doll furniture under there for her to look at - remember sis?  After all, we grew up with Mighty Mouse!  Oops, I just dated myself.  :)  So I just thought this image from  Mo Manning's would be perfect for her!  He is just so cute with his little teabag pillow!
I would like to enter this card for the following challenge
No Matter Which Challenges - Christmas - Yeah!  Easy peasy since that is all I am doing;)

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Card Recipe
Image "Not Even A Mouse" from DP2 colored with my Copic Markers
Design paper and tickets are from Simple Stories/Homemade Holiday. Other papers used -  glitter red, red stripe,  and green polka dots - are from my stash.  Flowers are from Ribbon Girl. I used Glossy accents on the saucer rim and stardust and liquid pearls here and there!

SINGING TRIO

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That little count down label I have on my blog is making me nervous!! LOL  So I am putting my cards together with a flourish and trying not to get too embellish-y (I think that is a word) to save time - but that is so hard for me!! This is a card I am going to give my son and his wife as they have two cats that look like these - well kind of - Teddy and Sadie - so no further ado and I would like to enter this card in the following challenge
Fab N Funky - Three of something or the number 3 to celebrate their 3rd Birthday - Happy Birthday To You being sung to the tune of Jingle Bells! :)

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Image is from DP2 colored with my Copic Markers and the papers are from my stash.  I am digging deep into my mounds of holiday  papers and finding stuff I didn't know I had and falling in love with them all over again -- like a new surprise!! A piece of sparkle tulle is behind the image along with a ribbon trimmed in gold. The red berries are from a branch I cannibalized, the flower and rhinestones from Recollections.  Lots of stardust too!  Back to the drawing table to make another card!!!! Whew!

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