Happy Holidays!

Hello everyone

and

Happy Holidays

to y'all!

I think it is finally safe to post the Christmas card,

since they went out  in the mail a while back and

hopefully made it to their destinations.

Sorry it took so long but I didn't want to spoil 

the surprise for the recipients.

So with no further do here is our

Happy Holiday Snowflake Christmas card.

 Holly leaves are a Sizzix die and berries are different size red rhinestones.

 Snowflake is part of a Spellbinder die set called "Holiday" and the 

large and small back panels where dry embossed with 

Sizzix 3-D Winter Snowflake embossing folder.

 Sentiment stamped with Craft smart. 

I decided to simplify the cards a bit this year 

but I think they still turned out quiet well,

what do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hope you have a wonderful and safe

Holiday season!

Wishing you and yours

a very Merry Christmas

and a very

Happy New Year!

Diana

Holly Jolly Snowman Tag

Hello everyone!

I'm hoping you all enjoy the 

Holiday Season

and 

"YES" it's crunch time,

9 more days to

Christmas.

For us it's just 8 more days since

we keeping the German tradition alive

and celebrating Christmas on

Christmas Eve. 

It's sure been crazy busy in the stamp room

and I have to apologize for not posting

but there were to many projects and

non were quite ready jet to post.

 One of the projects was this

"Holly Jolly Snowman Tag"

which was made with

Novembers Spellbinder

Die of the Month kit.

 The Snowman Tag idea came from the 

Spellbinder Blog.

 Just a few rhinestones for a bit of sparkle.

 Sentiment is from the Recollections stamp set called "Christmas". 

 Perfect tag for a small gift of appreciation.

 Spellbinders November Die of the Month.

 Hope you have a Holly Jolly Christmas!

 Sadly in all this crazy crafting frenzy my 

Ara Shawl got put on hold.

Hoping to get it finished before the New Year,

keep the fingers crossed.  

Last but not least...

...another little crocheting project I been working on.

This one is a Star Baby Blanket.

Just a few more rows and it's done.

Still waiting on everyone to receive our 

Christmas cards before publishing it.

So please stay tuned

for the next post.

Wishing you all a

Holly Jolly Christmas Season!

Thank you so much for visiting!

Diana

Old Books and Silhouettes!

Hello everyone

and

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

I hope everyone had a blessed Holiday

with family and friends.

For us it was the traditional turkey dinner

with our oldest son and wife.

And no we did not join the Thanksgiving

shopping craze,

just enjoyed a few peaceful days at home, 

me in my stamp room,

working on Christmas cards and a little

project I had planned on doing last Christmas

"Old Books and Silhouettes"

You will need an old book,

mine is a discard from work, rescued before it went 

into the dumpster,

a little yellow and smelly but perfect for this project. 

 The fold is very easy, I found mine on Pinterest,

no glue needed, just tuck in the corners.

However I glued the upper corners of the

book pages together so they would not open up.

 Silhouettes were cut with Cricut cardritge

"A Child's Year".

 Ribbon and sparkly snowflake to decorate the tree.

 The bow was made with my bow maker.

A very simple but beautiful Christmas decoration made

out of a re-purposed old book.

What are you crafting for Christmas?

Hope you liked this little Christmas craft and try it yourself!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

have a wonderful week!

Diana

Thank a Soldier!

 Hello everyone

and

Happy Veterans Day!

Sorry, no craftsy post today!

Today I would like to take the opportunity

to thank all the Veterans

who proudly served this country

and defended our freedom,

and all the men and women in uniform who 

are still serving and are laying their live on the line

every day to maintain our freedom

 and keep us safe!

Thank you 

from the bottom of my heart

for your dedication and sacrifices!

My two favorite veterans,

my sweet husband of 28 years

and our youngest son!

Adding Army mom to my titles

after being an Army spouse for over

25 years was a very proud day,

however it also comes with lots of worries,

anguishes and a lot of other feelings 

which are hard to describe.

So, to all the Mom's, Dad's

and Spouses out there

Thank you for

supporting your soldier

 and all the sacrifices you have to endure 

by being a military family!

Thanks for stopping by

and 

don't forget

Thank a Soldier!

Happy Veterans Day!

Diana

Autumn Foliage Card

Hello

and

welcome to another

Fall blog post.

The Spellbinder October small die of the month

arrived in the mail last week, 

of course I was dying to try it out

and since it included some cute leave dies

out came another 

"Autumn Foliage" card.

 I kept the card very simple

with brown and off white colors. 

 Little leave dies.

 Center and background panels are dry embossed with

QuicKutz embossing folder "Leaves".

 I think they turned out nice for a quick and easy fall card.

 Spellbinders October small die set.

Still doing Pumpkins...

...LoL, they are a little addictive!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Wishing you a great week ahead 

and

a wonderful and safe

"Happy Halloween"!

Diana

If you dare...

...Beware...

Hello

and welcome to a

little taste of 

HALLOWEEN.

Halloween card production is in

full swing in my stamp-room,

hoping to get them all done today

and in the mail tomorrow

so they all make it to there destination,

as far as Germany, in time.

Happy Halloween with

"If you dare...".

 Spooky house was stamped with Recollections stamp set "Halloween".

 Scary cat was cut with Cricut cartridge "Chic and Scary".

 Sentiment from Recollections set "Halloween".

 Ornate fence from Cricut cartridge "Potions and Spells".

 Tree and crow were cut from Cricut cartridge

"Chic and Scary".

"If you dare..."

Would you ring that doorbell on trick or treat night

???

  Pumpkin knitting again this year.

I'm hocked on this adorable

fall decor.

They are wonderful stash busters

for all the leftover yarn I accumulated over time...

...And they make wonderful little fall gifts

for family and friends.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I hope you liked my Halloween preview.

Have a wonderful week! 

Diana

Happy Fall Y'all!

Hello

and

 welcome to my 

last day in September

blog post.

Wow, October 1st tomorrow,

how did that happen?

Not sure I'm ready for summer to end

but I thought maybe 

making some fall cards will get me in the 

mood for Autumn.

 I recently decided to join the Spellbinder 

"Die of the Month" club and

these cards were made with Septembers 

beautiful small die set, perfect for the fall season.

 A splash of gold paint on the acorns.

 Sentiment from Stampin'up set "Happy Fall Y'all".

"Happy Fall Y'all"

Thank you so much for stopping by,

hope you all have a beautiful weekend

and a great week!

Diana

Playing with Gators!

Hello

and

happy weekend to y'all!

If you read the title and thought

I was playing with real Alligators,

sorry I have to disappoint you,

this is a more tamed variety I was playing with.

  But nevertheless the little critters got me

a little frustrated at first

but I finally got the hang of these adorable

"Alligator Slippers"

aka

"Crocodile Booties". 

 I used Red Heart Soft yarn in colors white, off white,

dark leaf and guacamole.

 The pattern for the Crocodile booties can be found in the 

"Happy crochet book"

by Carolina Guzman.

Sorry,

I hope Carolina isn't to madd but

 I just had to rename them to "Alligator Slippers",

Gators are just a bit more common in our 

home state of Louisiana then Crocodiles.

Well, as Summer is coming to an end so did

my Summer knitting project.

I finished my Fade shawl.

 At the last minute I decided to change 

the last color from green to blue 

and I think the color switch turned out pretty good.

This was one of the biggest knitting projects I done

in quiet a while

but it was a so worth it

"Love my Fade"!

Thanks so much for taking time 

to visiting my blog!

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Diana