Here it is....

Is everyone as excited as I am?

I found enough craft supplies to finish up cards for Barb's Whipper Snapper Christmas swap.....

I am sorry that I cant tell you exactly what I used for him, but at least I have some new craftiness on my blog!

Huggz to all,
April

Nope, I haven't....

fallen off the face of the Earth, but it feels like it.....

We have officially moved and now we are getting to the unpacking....

Bear with me ~ there will be a new post up here, with a card made and everything, on Monday!!

Huggz,
April

Happy Monday

Good Morning Friends~

Real quick post to show you a card I made for a friends anniversary!

The images are from Deedee's Digis; colored with my Copics.  I used a Fiskar's border punch and some pearls as embellies.

Speaking of Deedee's Digis - for those of you who hopped thru this past weekend, my lucky winner was

Kathy Czygan!

Thanks for stopping, sorry that this is so short - packing away our place for a move at the end of the week, so I am just happy to get something up here~

Creative Cowgirls Challenge

After much debate, I decided that I was going to rejoin the girls from the Posse to work with them on a fully sponsored challenge blog.  This week, our sponsor is

They have offered up some great images for us to use!

And,

is offering the WINNER the "All My Heart" Stamp Set

Top 3 will each receive an image from

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will stop by the challenge blog to see what has been created for your viewing pleasure and to offer up inspiration!

OOPS!

Guess you might want to see my card....lol....

I was treated to some awesome western scenery.

I printed it twice, colored it up with my Bic Mark Its and made a scene worthy of a western movie!

The paper is all from my scrap file and I inked the edges with Cocoa ink from CTMH.

I chose to use no bling, but did use multiple layers to bring dimension to my card.

Thanks for stopping,

Huggz,

April

Tis Better to Give Blog Hop

The holiday season is upon us -- a blessed time of love and laughter, precious moments spent with family, good food aplenty, and, for many of us, gifts and giving. Now, we can almost hear the chorus of groans at that last part -- LOL! Yes, holiday gift giving can be stressful, especially when budgets are tight, gift lists are long, and the pressure is on to "shop 'til you drop." Well, we of the Deedees Digis design team firmly believe that gift-giving should be a joyful experience all the way around. That's why we have come together today to share with you some ideas of fabulous gifts that you can make, so that your gifts this year are meaningful, affordable, and hopefully as stress-free as possible. Join us today on our blog hop as we show you why "'tis better to give" -- because not only will you have fun giving these gifts, but making them as well! :-)

If this is your first stop on the hop, be sure to visit the Crafting with Deedee's Digis blog, where you will find the directions for the hop, a chance to win the grand prize of a $15 credit to our store, AND a little gift for you!

Since our theme this hop is such a 'giving' one, I decided to make the favors for Kyle's holiday sledding party. Last year, a girl in his class had a 'party' at a local sledding hill and that is where the idea came from for a special winter day this season. We will be inviting his class and a few other special friends and cousins and Mike (my DH) and I will chaperone an afternoon of winter fun. The great part is that we will take the camping stove and heat kettles of water for cocoa (to go with some homemade cookies and snacks)! My project showcases their 'mugs' everyone will be able to take home with them!

I was going to make my own template, when I said "Hello - check the internet"!  I found a great template at Mirkwood Designs and it worked so well that I didn't even need to modify it because of the size of my cocoa mix. Gotta love that! I used Picasa to add the sentiment from Snowy Sentiments to the image from Let it Snow. I also added the greeting using this software. I printed in as a 4 by 6 and then cropped it down to the size I needed. This idea would all work great with the Just Chillin' and Warm Wishes sets!!

I colored the image with my Bics and then just added a bit of snow highlight with my white gel pen; and added a sequined snowflake and a clear rhinestone to the top of that - TA DA - easy peasy. The steam coming from the cocoa is just ric rac stapled to the top of the cocoa mix which is in this adorable mug! [FYI - the red background is just that; printed as the background to my little collage thru Picasa.]

Your next stop on the hop is CEAL!

Before you leave, please be sure to leave me a comment in order to be entered to win a free digi of your choice from the Deedee's Digis store! You have until 12 noon Eastern Time on Sunday to comment. All winners will be announced on Monday at Crafting with Deedee's Digis -- be sure to check back then to see if you've won. Thanks so much for joining us today, and happy holidays to you!

Huggz,
April

It's COMING

Hope you will all

STOP BY

on Friday

for

Who doesn't love a

BLOG HOP?

and a

FREEBIE?

Stop back Friday to see the inspiration from

the DT at Deedee's Digis!

Huggz,

April

Terrific Tuesday

Today I went for a bit of a non-traditional card. I live in an apartment and have the nicest neighbors. I try to change the decoration on my door with the season and this week I put up one to celebrate Thanksgiving, which is quickly approaching!!

I used two great items from the Deedee's Digis store ~ the image from Bountiful Blessings and one of the great verses from Words of Thanksgiving. The cornucopia is popped up above the fancy oval I put through my Cuttlebug. Since the challenge this week at Deedee's is to use the lovely late Autumn colors of red, yellow and brown, I used those as my primary papers - the DP is from my box o' paper and I no longer know that manufacturer. I colored the cornucopia with my Bics! There are two buttons holding my ribbon to my project and a floppy bow to hold it on my door. I will probably re-work the bow, but am not very good at them, so we will see...lol

Thanks for stopping here - I hope you are working on your challenge project, as we 'speak'. Deedee's Digis is sponsoring the challenge (Buttons and Bows) over at Tuesday Throwdown, so stop by there and see some more inspiration!

Huggz,
April