Gift Bag and a little Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!! It has been a wonderful 2 days of Christmas here! We even had a little bit of a White Christmas here in St. Louis this morning! It was perfect! I have a few pictures to share after I show you a gift bag that I created for a stampin' friend of mine. I created a few of these last year for my mom and sisters. But I used red gifts bags last year.

Ok, now for a few pictures from our Christmas...

Here is our Christmas tree. It is decorated in white lights and silver beads.

There are a variety of ornaments that I love. I have a couple of Hallmark collections...Mischievous Kittens & Marjolein Bastin. Plus we have many Dallas Cowboys ornaments that we have collected over the years. Some year I would like to have a theme tree, but I do love my traditional tree.

Here is my sweet son on Christmas Eve! Love the chocolate on his face!!!

It has been so fun with him this year!! RJ left some yummy treats and chocolate milk (Santa's favorite) for Santa to enjoy when he delivered his presents. When RJ woke up on Christmas morning, he was so excited to see if Santa ate his treats! It only took him a few minutes to realize that Santa left him a few gifts!

Next is a picture of my stepson & stepdaughter with RJ on Christmas Eve. They all adore each other!

Finally, the last picture is of one of our cats, Gabby, playing with ribbon under the tree. She likes to get in on all the excitement too!!!

I hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas. I look forward to blogging with you in the New Year! It's been a crazy month here. With the Holidays and my Dad having open heart surgery (he did great and is at home recovering!!!), I haven't had much time for stamping in my life. But I'm hoping to get into the full swing of stampin' in the next week or so!! We have a ton of stuff coming up in the stampin' world next month...a new Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration!!! Can't wait!!!

Take care and I'll see you soon back here at the ole' blog!

Karen

DAY 1 - 12 Days of Christmas

Hi! Today is the first day of Stampin' Up's 12 Days of Christmas! For the next 12 days, Stampin' Up! is offering a discount on select Big Shot Dies and Materials. Go take a look at

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When you click on the promotion, you will see a "Regular Price" and a "Preferred Price". Both of these prices have been discounted, but you will want the "Preferred Price"! To get the "Preferred Prices", you will need to order through a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. So contact me today if you would like to order anything from the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS promotion. These specials will be offered until December 22nd.

Have a great weekend!

Karen

Sweet Day!

Hi! Here is another card that we stamped at my Day-Time Stampin' class this month. We stamped the cupcakes on Watercolor paper with Staz-On ink. Then we watercolored with blender pens and ink from an ink pad lid.

Supplies:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Real Red Marker, Going Grey, Jet Black Staz-On
Paper: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Blender Pens, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Dimensionals, Melon Mambo Polka-Dot Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Hi! It's been awhile, huh??? My last Day-Time Stampin' Class for 2009 was held this morning and here is one of the cards that we created. I was inspired by this card on Splitcoaststampers.

Supplies:
Stamps: Four Square
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Ballet Blue, Whisper White, Pawsitively Prints DSP
Accessories: Square Scallop Punch, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Boho Blossoms Punch, Silver Brads, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

I wanted to give a very special thanks to all the ladies who have been coming to my Day-Time Classes every month!! I look forward to seeing you each month. You are a great group of ladies and I appreciate you more than you know!! Looking forward to a new year of Day-Time Stampin'!

I have had a request or two to start a "Night-Time" Stampin' Class. I am thinking about adding a new class in the new year! More details coming soon!

Have a great day! I'll be back tomorrow with another card!

Karen