Here’s a simple card for today.  It’s a remake of a card in December’s Card magazine.  I knew that I could easily remake it using Stampin’ Up! products. 

I also used a winter snowflake embossing folder (CB) done with the Big Shot on Baja Breeze cardstock.  Since SU cardstock does not have a white core, I’m not able to sand over the raised embossed areas.  To achieve the same look, I inked over the raised embossed areas with whisper white craft ink instead.  The dsp is from Holiday Treasures and felt snowflakes from Felt Flurries, the smaller collection.  Sentiment from Merry Messages, sponged in Real Red and raised with stampin’ dimensionals.

I hope you are all enjoying this amazing weather while you do your Christmas Shopping.  I got mine done weeks before Thanksgiving so that I could avoid driving in the Brandon area if I possibly could!  I did make it to Hyde Park last week after a fire alarm at the International Mall kept me from checking out at William Sonoma.  It took all my might to stay clear away from the Peppermint Bark!  Our oldest dog Oreo kept me up all night just a few weeks ago, after eating a half bucket of Costco’s Peppermint Bark.  Nick had left the candy opened on the dining room table and his chair pulled clear away so she jumped up and helped herself.  Wow, was she sick, and she’s so considerate, she goes outside to throw and go!  But we were very lucky, considering she’s only 21 lbs.   Well, flash forward to last Friday night, and I had  (5)-12 year old boys here all weekend for a Nerf Gun Territory War.  They got my 56 oz bag of M&M’s and brought it outside with them.  They left it opened in a pile of guns on the patio, which they periodically traded out, and in doing so, dumped the bag upside down on the ground and took off.  Snickers was the beneficiary this time, and she is not as considerate as Oreo. Then again, she’s half the size too.  So, I think she got sick a couple dozen times.  Again, we were pretty lucky she didn’t die too, but both dogs experienced terrible whole body tremors, and demanded pulling an all nighter for me twice in one month!  We’ve managed to avoid these kinds of issues for years while we’ve had the dogs and kids, usually I guess because we just don’t eat the stuff.  This year, I thought I would sell a number of altered containers filled with asst. candies at the Christmas Bizzarre, so I had a lot on hand.  Lesson Learned:  Don’t buy it, don’t bring it home, and don’t let your kids know where it is if you do. 

Enjoy the season!

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WOW!  it’s been a MONTH and a HALF since i posted….. a record.  I’ve been BUSY, but not with my blog!  lol 

Ok, catch up.  My eldest son of 23, moved back down to FL for couple of months.  I haven’t even completely finished packing the Halloween stuff up in attic.  I have tried learning Photoshop Premiere Elements 7.0 in order to combine 5 home videos of Halloween night and decorations as promised to some of my friends,  in order to put on you tube and post a link to my blog.  That hasn’t happened  yet.  Did a craft fair, which tooks weeks of shopping and preparation including a trip to IKEA and two all nighters without sleep.  It was a bomb.  Did i mention that one of my dogs ate a bucket of peppermint bark and almost died?  Nicholas had double and triple auditions with a talent agency in Orlando, and got picked to be represented.  I spent two days shopping for the clothes he needed.  The following weekend he had a 4 hour photoshoot.  My husband hasn’t been home since September (sometimes on the weekends he makes it home).  I finished my Christmas shopping 3 weeks ago.  I adopted  two orphaned boys from the Brandon Womens’ League for Christmas present adoption and shopped for them this past week.  I drove to Atlanta for 6 days for an awesome Thanksgiving with Dan’s brothers.  I booked and then didn’t get to go to Grease on Broadway; my idea for hubby’s 42nd birthday, which came and went this week.  My hubby was actually HOME for the first time this week, and yet he wasn’t.  He had to drive to Tampa by the airport every day instead of working from home, and was on call 24/7 for two weeks, including thanksgiving in Atlanta.  Hence we didn’t get to take our trip to NY yesterday through tomorrow.  I’m still upset.  He bought me flowers.  I informed him it’s gonna take a lot more sucking up than that to make it up to me, and that if i ever go to NY in December again, it will be with girls I love.  :-)  We assembled our tree  yesterday but it’s not decorated, and my boys started the outdoor lights tonight.  We’re on our way to see Madagascar 2 at Channelside (as I type).

OK, so that’s it.  You’re caught up.

I’ve got a picture, but it’s not of a card or paper project.  I’ve got my 3 girls dressed up for the holidays.  Here they are:

Aren’t they the cutest?   Oreo (on the right) is very embarrassed at her Mrs Clause outfit. 

ok boys are waiting in car now!  bye!  hopefully, I will talk to you soon.

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