December Daily Album

Supplies- Paper: The Paper Loft; Stickers: Making Memories; Rubons: Pink PaisleeSupplies- Paper: The Paper Loft (cream), Pink Paislee (red & striped); Tag: Kodak; Number and Swatch: Making Memories; Ribbon: Stampin' Up!.Supplies- Paper: The Paper Loft (Backgrounds), Making Memories (green), Scenic Route (starbursty); Numbers: Making Memories. Supplies for below- Paper: Paink Paislee (blue & red), The Paper Loft (cream), Vellum quote: DCWV, Embellishment: Soft Spoken.Well I've officially jumped on the December Daily bandwagon! I made this little baby the other week using lots of The Paper Loft and Pink Paislee papers as long with a few micellaneous things i have. The back and front are covered chipboard sheets, and the inside pages are just single double sided papers. Every day this month I'll take a picture and add it to one page of this 6x6 album. I can't wait to see how it turns out! My hope is that it'll get me to use my camera in more creative ways. TFL! :)

December's Here!

December is finally here! That means the final Christmas Cards All Year 'Round challenge for this year, and the end of my Design Team participation. This month the Challenge is to create 5 cards using *1 word sentiment, *2 different embellies, *3 layers of paper. I made the above Tri-Shutter card - it is SOO fun to make! If you decide to participate, link your cards to this thread for a chance to win some goodies. And be sure to join us next year to make 5 cards a month and have ALL your cards done by next December! TFL :)

Thanksgiving Going-Ons

Why hello everyone! I just wanted to pop in and keep you all updated. I was very proud of myself last night and finished 2 layouts that have been on my desk for over a year just waiting for some journaling. This one is about last year's Thanksgiving. I love the orange iridescent ink that I recolored the stickers with and hand wrote the date with. It's the Smooch stuff I mentioned last month - this stuff is way cool (those stickers were originally pale green!)So there's that. Today my plans are to watch a little bit of the parade and go to my paternal grandparent's house. Then when I come home I can eat my maternal grandmother's pies, watch Miracle of 34th Street, and officially welcome the holiday season!! Here's grandma making the pies earlier today:

I adore my new camera!! Plus, as you've seen I have been fervently working on various Christmas related craftings. I just couldn't help myself this year! After school tonight, my lovely SU demonstrator was so kind as to drop off my latest order and I made these babies:

I made the by taking clear craft ornament balls from michael's, adding 10-15 drops of Ballet Blue reinker, swirling it around, draining it, coating the inside with Dazzling Diamonds, then finishing them off with SU's new Icicle rubons. They are so fun and sparkly!! The best part is that the sparkle is one the inside so there's no messy glitter rub off. Thanks for reading - now I'm off to work on completely stupid college papers - remind me next year to never take writing intensive courses during the fall - ugh!

10-minute ornament

Just a quick little thing I made for the Saturday Night Challenge... I literally just used stuff laying on my desk. If I had thought it out I would've used thread for the bottom portion so it dangled, but it doesn't look bad as is. I really made it as one of the decorations that I put on the bottom branches of the tree that Magic CAN play with in hopes of thwarting her attention from the nicer or more dangerous ones. TFL! :)

Christmas Card Reveal

I know all of you are on the edge of your seats waiting to see my Christmas card designs this year (har har). I've waited as long as I could to post them - here they are!! I've been working on Christmas cards since July... and I'm close to being finished. My design is the Santa Claus one - colored meticulously with Copics. The snowglobe one is mommy's. I used Crystal Effects and lots of glitter on hers. And finally - my Grandma Syanovitz's cards. I'm still working on those, but they are her Christmas present and I plan on giving them to her on Thanksgiving. She said she loves "Christmasy" designs, so I went with the classic red and green, and added lots of gold and heat embossing for the Spinner Card design. I think she's going to LOVE them! So that's it from me. I'm selling lots of my Christmas Cards on etsy if you are interested. After I finish these then I'm going to work on this year's Halloween mini book, and I have also decided to make a December Daily album (so for the month of December i will be posting nearly everyday!). TFL!! :)

Random

A few snapshots using my new camera and my new favorite song... :)
How freakin' sexy are these guys?? Sorry - haha! TFL! :)

Simple; Easy; Elegant;

That's what this month's Christmas Cards All Year 'Round challenge is! You must create 5 one-layer Christmas cards. You are allowed to add a single layer to your base if you must, and a few select embellies. You can see the other DT sample HERE. I went the 'purist' route and made myself use a SINGLE piece of cardstock! I used SU's Yuletide Christmas set to stamp the images in True Tyme and Cranberry Crisp (in colors '07), then I highlighted the leaves with some Crystal Effects, finished with the Blanket Stitch around the edge in some burgundy thread.I also used SU's mat pack to make the evenly spaced holes with a paper piercer before going in with my needle and stitching the sides. One layer cards can be so easy and understated! One of my favorite blogs uses one layer cards a lot and she really knows how to make them fabulous! So if you play along with this challenge, be sure to link to the CCAYR thread and you could win some goodies. Hope you all have a beautiful November - I've got to catch up on some school work then hopefully I can get back to scrapping.. i miss paper and glue! TFL! :)

A Very Nice Halloween

This year was a happy, albeit short, halloween. We only walked around the block but it was fun - we also saw our little fawns again! Here's a quick shot Scott took before he chased them away:And in other uber-excited news - no need to read on if you heard me screaming on the rooftops with excitment on facebook about this little baby:It was ordered yesterday and should be here in 7-10 days!!!! I got the 2 lens kit so I'll have a 14-42mm and a 40-150mm lens. I can't wait to start taking portraits and landscapes and all sorts of fancy looking pictures! I'm planning our Christmas Portraits for the 14th.. let's see how long it takes me to learn how to use one of these things. I've only been researching it obsessively for 2 months, lol! Thanks for letting me brag share my excitement and I hope you all had a pleasant Halloween. Now one more holiday before CHRISTMAS!!! Yes, I know I'm certifiably obsessed with the greatest holiday that is Christmas. Give yourself a month and you'll be right along with me :D

A sweet suprise from Robyn! :)

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word. Fun!

1. Where is your cell phone? nightstand
2. Your hair? blondish
3. Your mother? Laurie
4. Your father? Scott
5. Your favorite food? Italian
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? orange juice
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? unloved
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? married
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you're aren't? a liar
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. Wish list item? DSLR
17. Where did you grow up? Forked River, NJ
18. Last thing you did? charge batteries
19. What are you wearing? sweater
20. Your TV? off
21. Your Pets? cat
22. Friends? nice
23. Your life? content
24. Your mood? okay
25. Missing Someone? no
26. vehicle? none
27. Something your not wearing? contacts
28. Your favorite store? all of them :)
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? Sunday
32. Your best friend? idk
33. One place that I go to over and over? OCC
34. Facebook? obsessed
35. Favorite place to eat? red lobster

Now I have to pass this on to 5 people - I don't know who to choose, so I tag all of you! Be sure to post back to this post if you play along - I'd love to see your answers! And thank you very much Robyn - you are too sweet! :)