I think this may be my last Christmas card I put together that I haven't posted yet. I was going through my pictures and realized I didn't post this one.
This card is just like the one I did earlier. It is 6x6. The only difference is I changed the character. I did a mouse this time instead of the penguin. This little guy went to my niece.
I finally finished my scrapbook pages over the weekend from our camping trip last year. I started them and then got side tracked by the holidays. So they were never finished. I am proud to say they are now completed.
Lulu
Good Afternoon! Here is another Christmas project I did for my brother. The story behind this is that my brother is preparing for a natural disaster. In his basement he built a pantry and is stocking it with canned goods and everything he would need if a disaster hit. You would laugh if you saw this room because he has enough food to feed an entire town. Last time I saw the pantry I asked him where the can opener was. He replied upstairs in the kitchen. And I told him that is not going to help if he is stuck down in the basement. So for Christmas I made him a shadow box with a can opener in it. Here is my work in progress...
I etched on the glass...
I can't wait to give it to him. Due to some unforeseen illnesses we haven't been able to get together for Christmas yet. Hopefully soon. My sister-in-law knows what I did and she is looking forward to seeing it.
Lulu
Good Morning!
I am so excited today. We are going on a family vacation this year. It has been eight years since we have gone on a family vacation that did not involve sports. I can't wait. I think 2013 is going to be a good year for us. We decided to do this trip for a couple of reasons. One, it will be our 20th wedding anniversary this year. WOW! Second, this may be our last opportunity to take a family vacation before MJ goes off to college. This all started with friends of ours who got a great deal on a cruise. Told us about the deal and we thought let's do it. It will be fun to have our two families together on a cruise. We have a lot of fun together.
Now onto my card. I made this card for the onesie gift I talked about yesterday.
I made this card 6x6. Then added a 5.5x5.5 red background. I ran the red paper through my Cuttlebug for the snowflakes on the top 3/4 of the paper. Using the Winter Frolics Cricut Cartridge for the penguin I cut him at 4.5 in and then pop dot him on the card. And used the sentiment Merry Christmas from a Reflections Stamp set.
Can anyone suggest to me a good stamp cleaner? I have to admit I am clueless in that area and don't want to end up buying something that doesn't work.
Lulu
I remembered to upload some pictures of a couple of Christmas presents that I made this year. Yea...which is a miracle because half the time I forget to take a picture.
Let's start with a onesie I created for my kid's hitting coach. The story behind the gift is that he just became a dad and he graduated high school from the rival to my son's school. My son and him pick on each all the time over the two schools. So, I found a brown onesie (my son's school color) and used white t-shirt vinyl to create this...
This is my son's school and colors. He is going to hate it and love it which is why it is so funny! We will see him next week. I am going to have him send me a picture of his son wearing it. Too cute!
Lulu
Part of me can't believe it's been two weeks since I've been on my blog but let's face it...I can believe it. What have I been up to? Well, we spent the week of Christmas sick. Then the week of New Year's being lazy because none of us had any energy. This week we came back to life just in time for reality to set in. The kids went back to school and we went back to working full weeks. The holiday season is so nice for work with the extra days off for the holidays but it makes for a long week when you have to go back to five days a week.
In the past week we pretty much tried to put our house back to normal. I am sad to say it is still not done. Our Christmas tree is still up...sad I know. All the Christmas decorations are packed up and ready to go back into the attic we just have to get them up there. So the tree is bare. I'm hoping to get all that done this weekend but you never know with us.
I did get a couple of crafting items done this week. That felt nice to get back to my desk. But I feel bad crafting when my home is a disaster zone. It's pretty bad when last week's laundry is still not folded. And I have to start this week's laundry. UGH!!!
Oh and we celebrated a birthday! MJ turned 16 and got his driver's license. He's been researching cars online for the past week. Giving "great" suggestions on what we should buy him :)
Lulu
