Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Hello and Merry Christmas. It’s been quite a while - things became incredibly hectic there for a bit and I avoided my home computer because it seemed just a little too much like work - and when your fun stuff becomes work stuff - time to ease up.

I’m over that now and enjoying a lovely Christmas with family. Also spending a little time blog hopping about and catching up on a few of my favorite sites.

We’re having a green Christmas - still no snow on the ground. Unreal - anyone who questions global warming needs to have a close look at the changes in our climate here in Newfoundland. For the past couple weeks it’s been nothing but wind - vicious northeast winds at that - and rain. The wind has finally dropped out and today feels like March rather than January.

Here’s my Max exchanging a word with Santa. Looks like there might be a little magic in the air in addition to all that wind!

Now that I’m blog hopping again, I am finding plenty of inspiration. Have a beautiful day was a case. Very simple. Printed the sentiment on my computer, stamped the fluffy dandelion in the background and used my Big Shot to diecut the daisy. I scored the edges to jazz it up a little. The beautiful chunky brands were in a Christmas package and perfect for this card. Love it.

Have a beautiful day

Also came across this digi from Sassy Cheryl’s and turned it into a Valentine. Colored it up with my Copics and used the Kiss and XO stamps to embellish. Can see this being a favorite because of its oh so many possibilities. Thinking of you, here’s a hug - Beary Best Wishes - A Birthday hug, etc.

A Big Bear Hug

Snoopy was a free digi I downloaded. I stamped the background paper with paw prints and added the shoe embellishment to jazz it up a little.

Also trying to finish off a few cards I’ve had lying about in bits and pieces - like these baby cards.

Hello Baby

Came across a video on the bleaching technique so tried my hand at that this week. Found the sentiment online - cased that and the layout. Amazing - figured for sure I’d have a mess but the only thing bleached was the card.

Plan on a quiet day here. It’s back to work tomorrow and I need to do a little housecleaning. We had family for dinner yesterday and plenty of turkey and ham left so lunch - and dinner - are taken care of. DH is off moose hunting and I’m hoping he gets his moose this time.

Here are my two grandchildren once again with wishes for a great new year. Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Jean

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Guess I won’t be the only one having leftovers today. I can see the menu for the next few days already: turkey sandwiches, turkey casserole, turkey soup. Took both boys to church yesterday and they were as good as gold. The older had his dinkies and the younger had his nap. Here they are after supper, playing with Sam’s Christmas gifts - it’s okay - Sam won’t remember anyway.

Am headed off to a Stampin’ Up Convention in St. John’s Newfoundland this coming weekend - first time ever to something like this - and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve been preparing cards to swap but being a newbie I’m uncertain as to how mine will measure up. I had the baby cards, then I did the gingerbread cards and now I’m working on these. My sister Jackie is going along as a guest and she’s been preparing cards as well. Can’t wait to see you Jack!

Spent a few minutes this evening tidying away in the loft. I’ve been working on cards for a couple swaps and had quite the mess on my desk. In tucking things away - and there’s always a fair bit of tucking as space is ever an issue - I pushed this to one side and that to another and wondered, ” How much of this stuff do I really need?” All of it!

I love collecting stamps - especially those from the dollar bin. The cheaper the stamp, the easier it is to justify the purchase and the fact that you already have a bunch still in plastic doesn’t really matter now, does it?

So that’s the challenge this week. You have to use one of your bargain stamps! Be sure to tell us how much - or how little - you paid for this little treasure. Look forward to seeing your cards. I’m hoping to use some of my little gems too.

Congratulations to Hazel who won the blog candy for Challenge #20 Round and Red. Email me with your snail mail address, Hazel, at justscraps.ca@gmail.com and I’ll get a little something in the mail to you. Thanks for playing along.

Partridge berries are very much like cranberries, I think, Susan. They make great jam - my favorite - and if you don’t have cranberries for your turkey dinner - the partridgeberries are just as good if not better! We picked a few more today.

Be sure to sign on with Mr. Linky below. Mr. Linky closes again in two weeks, Sunday, October 17th,  at which time I’ll draw for a little candy.

Have a great week!