White Cardinal Christmas Card

  Today will be my last post for this year. I think this year went by faster than any before. It's been a tough year, especially with the passing of my mom. I'm glad that it's coming to an end. Hoping for better times in the new year ahead.

 I have one more Christmas card to share with you. I made four of these cards for my sisters.

I knew that I wanted to use this bird stamp for my cards this year but didn't want to take the time to color them in so I decided that I would just go with white embossing. 

Here is a list of supplies used

Stamps- S.U. Christmas Toile & S.U. Wonderland 

Cardstock- S.U. Real Red and Kraft

S.U. White embossing powder, Versa Mark 

Red sequins

Thought I would share another recipe with you all. This one is for Italian Cheese Bombs. These are pretty easy to make and goes well with spaghetti or your favorite Italian dish. They are also good alone just for a snack. 

Italian Cheese Bombs

 1 Can of biscuits (8 count)

8 mozzarella cheese sticks cut in half

4 TBS butter melted

1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning

1 tsp. garlic powder

Marinara sauce or pizza sauce for dipping 

Preheat oven to 375

Open and separate biscuits, flatten into round shape. (Using hands, or rolling pen) I use a tall plastic cup

Add 2 pieces of cheese to center of biscuits, wrap biscuits around cheese. pinch together. Make sure it's sealed good.

Place biscuits seam side down on lightly sprayed baking sheet or use parchment paper

They will expand so leave enough space between them.

In small bowl combine melted butter, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Mix well

Generously coat tops of each biscuit. Bake for 10-12 minutes until they are a golden brown.

Serve and enjoy.

That's going to be it for me today. Hoping each and every one of you has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New year!

Challenges Entered-

Classic Design #12 Dec/Jan Anything Goes w/ opt twist Happy

 Holidays

The Four Seasons December Anything Goes Winter

My Time to Craft #549 Something Snow - Related

Creative Fingers #291 Always Anything Goes

triple B December- Birds, Butterflies, Blooms

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2450 Anything Goes

Creatalicious #284 Anything Goes w/ opt Christmas or New Years

Word Art Wednesday weeks #679-680 Anything Goes & 5th annual Blog Hop

Crafty Gals Corner #262 & 10th Anniversary Blog Hop

Snowman Card

  Hello, hope you are doing well, Christmas is sneaking up on us.  Are you ready? I'm pretty much done just need to wrap presents.  For my card today I have made another Christmas card. 

For my Christmas cards this year I tried to keep them simple. This one will be going to a niece.

I think this one turned out cute, Hope they like their cards this year. Thanks for stopping by. 

Here is a list of supplies used-

Snowman, Sentiment and Snowflake Stamps from Studio G

Cardstock- Real Red, White

Ink- S.U. Bashful Blue, Memento Black, Jane Davenport pen (red)

Metal Dies and Wink of Stella

Challenges entered-

Crafty Gals Corner #262 Anything goes w/ optional twist- Make it Merry (10th Blogiversary)

Simply Ellibelle #21 Something for Christmas

Avenue613 -December Anything goes w/ optional twist Any Winter Holiday

The Sisterhood of Crafters December Christmas

Moving Along with the Times #173 Christmas Characters- reindeer, Elf, Santa, Snowman or Caroler's 

Cozy Christmas Card

  It's Friday, and I have another card share for you. I have made another simple Christmas card. I have shared two other simple cards if you would like to go back and take a look. 

This one is a 4x4 card, even though it's a simple card it seems like what takes the longest is figuring out the supplies that you want to use. 

Here is a list of the supplies-

Stamps- Recollections (Winter Wonderland), Sentiment-S.U. Cozy Christmas

Cardstock- Bashful Blue, White, Black

Inks- S.U. Cherry Cobbler, Alcohol Markers

Snowfall Die- In Love Arts Store

Thanks so much for stopping by. I will be posting more Christmas cards. Hope you can make it back. 

Challenges entered-

Dragon Fly Dreams - December- Christmas

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2448 Anything Goes - ended

Addicted to Stamps - #482 Christmas - ended

(PIN)spirational Challenge - #320 December Anything Goes

Deer & Tree Christmas Card

  Hello Crafter's, it's getting late at night but wanted to get this posted. It's pretty cold tonight. I think it's 23 degrees right now. I think the lows for the next two nights will be 16 and 14 degrees. Ugh! I hate cold weather but at least I have my electric blanket to warm me up.  

For today I am sharing another simple Christmas card with you. 

 While looking through my Christmas stamps, I remembered that I have a three-ring binder with the small Studio G stamps, and several are for Christmas. Most of them I have never used.

So, I decided that it was time for me to use some of them. 

Here is a list of supplies

Studio G- Deer and sentiment, Tree- Recollections (Winter Wonderland), Snowflakes Martha Stewart

Cardstock- Coredinations (evergreen) and white

Inks- S.U. Bashful Blue, Real Red, S.U. Stampin Write Markers, 

Alcohol Markers

Stitched dies, Wink of Stella and Red Satin Ribbon.

Ripped white cardstock for snow and used a corner rounder for the card base

I will be posting another card soon; hope you get a chance to visit again. 

Challenges entered 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Ribbon - ended

A Cut Above - December Anything Goes w/ a die cut

Double Trouble - #181 It's Up to You 

Make My Monday - #240 CAS Winter Card - ended

The Sisterhood of Crafters #27 Anything Goes - ended

Santa & Reindeer Card

 Today is the first day of December. This year has flown by, I have decided not to make a lot of Christmas cards this year. Will be making some for my sisters, daughter and nieces. 

For the cards that I am making for my nieces I wanted to go with more simple cards but all different. Here is the first one that I have made.

This card will be going to a home with little children, so I wanted to have a Santa on it. I used a stamp from Inkadinkado called Holiday Silhouettes. The sentiment is also from the same set. Cardstocks used to make the little square Santa outfit S.U. Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, White and black. Also used a little piece of white pipe cleaner.

Thanks for stopping by. I will have more Christmas cards in the upcoming days. If you get a chance, please come back. 

Challenges entered-

Stamping Sensations December- Anything Goes w/ the option of Winter

Peace on Earth Christmas #77 Christmas Theme 

We Love Stamping December- Winter or Anything Goes

Simply Ellibelle- #21 I spy with my little eye... Something for Christmas

Avenue 613- December Anything goes with optional twist -Any winter Holiday

Moving Along with the Times- #Christmas Characters Reindeer, Elf, Santa, Snowman or Carolers

PearlySparkles #102 Christmas

Sunflower Birthday Card

 Hello, thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog. Some of you may have seen my last post where I shared my mom's birthday card and also about my mom's illness. Sadly, she has passed away.  It's a very sad and difficult time right now for me and my family. But we find comfort in knowing that she is now home in heaven with her family that she missed so much and with Jesus. 

Her birthday is in a few days and I'm so glad that we had her an early birthday party and that she got to see the card that I had made for her.

Thank you to the one's that said a prayer for my mom and my family. 

Today I have a Birthday card to share with you all. This one is for my daughter Jade. She was actually due on my mom's birthday, but she was born a few days early. 

My daughter loves sunflowers, she plants some every year. So, I thought she would love this image. 

I colored it with alcohol markers. Used a sponge to add a little blue in the sky with Bashful Blue Ink from S.U.

Cardstocks used- S.U. Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Early Espresso and white

Embossing folder is called Forest Branches, sentiment from Spellbinders and tag die is from S.U.

Again, thank you for stopping by, Hope you have a blessed day.

Challenges entered-

I Love Promarkers #570 Anything Goes or Flowers - ended

Halloween Crafts all Year Round #20 Halloween and other Occasions - Top Pick

The Four Seasons Challenge November - Fall - ended

Triple B - November - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies - ended

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fall / Leaves- ended- Top Sister

Word Art Wednesday weeks #673-674 - ended

Pennys Challenges #584 Anything Goes using paper - ended

Cards Galore #129 Anything Goes - ended

Digi Choosday #40 Anything Goes - ended

Love to Scrap #170 Anything Goes

Birthday card for Mom

  Hello and thanks for stopping by. This is going to be hard post for me to write. 

Today I am sharing with you a birthday card for my mom. Her birthday isn't for a few more weeks but I had to make it early.

My Mom has been losing her appetite for several weeks now. We just recently found out that she has pancreatic cancer. She was admitted to the hospital. They tried several times to insert a feeding tube, but it didn't work because she has a large hernia blocking it. I'm sure that's part of the reason she stopped eating. She was sent home a few days ago to live out her days.

Alot of the family got together and had her an early birthday party. She opened her eyes for about a minute to see her card. She has always loved receiving my cards. It broke my heart knowing that this will be my last card that I make for her. 

I would appreciate if you all could keep my mom and my family in your prayers. The days ahead are going be tough for us. 

(I thank God for giving me such a wonderful Mom)

I had decided not to enter any challenges, but to celebrate my mom and her love of my cards I've decided to enter some.

Challenges entered-

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes- weeks #671-672 -ended

Aloha Friday Challenge #15 Pumpkins

As You Like it Challenge Ribbon or Twine and why (My Mom loves Ribbon)- ended

Craft Rocket #119 Autumn and or Halloween -ended

Tic TacToe - Fall-Ribbon/Twine- Embellishment - Designer's Choice

Double D - Pumpkin, Pumpkin who's got Pumpkins -ended

Creative Knockouts - Halloween or Fall -ended