Snow Swirls at Christmas Time & Candy

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We have a wonderful challenge this month at Elphine House Australia and so appropriate for the season.  We want to see snow swirls on your card or project.  I filled the swirls in the DP with glue and added Polar White Flower Soft to the glue so it would look like snow and then added falling snowflakes with Stickles.  This adorable image,  newly released by Elphine House, Danny Boy Jingle Bells, was colored with Copics.  REMEMBER... YOU MUST USE AN ELISABETH BELL IMAGE to qualify for the challenge prizes.

Hope you day has been filled with lots of laughter, blessings, good food, family and friends.

Now hop on over to the EH Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful creations by the rest of the very talented  DT.

Challenges I'm entering:
Creatalicious Challenges - Sweet Christmas (avoid red & green)
Christmas Card Challenges - Jingle Bells
Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Christmas Candy
For my followers only!  
All you need to do to win this adorable newly released stamp by Elphine House is leave me a comment on this post and I'll let you know who the winner is January 1, 2013.  I found this extra one in my stamp drawer when I was organizing last week and just knew one of you would love to have it.

Thanks so very much for stopping and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Santa's On His Way - MERRY CHRISTMAS

This will probably be my last post until after Christmas so with that said I want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 

Things have been so wild around here lately with my health that I haven't been around to visit for a while.  Amazing how tests can really do more harm sometimes than good.....  Most of you know I haven't been well for about 9 months, no energy, not able to breath or be very active, etc., etc.  Finally, we have some info.  During the heart test I went into A-Fib which really knocked me for a loop and took 3 hours to get my heart back to normal, next step Cardiologist.  Yesterday I had the breathing tests and found out I have COPD (which I already knew) but now have Asthma too.  They gave me something in an inhaler and for the first time in months I actually felt great, could breathe, was in a wonderful mood, and had the best afternoon and evening.  Today, back to the same old stuff, so I'm calling the hospital tomorrow to find out what that good stuff was.  I WANT MORE!!!  LOL

Enough about me but wanted to let you know what's been going on..

Guess you can tell my DIL is here and designing some of her wonderful cards that I want to share with you for this challenge,  Sure wish I could get her to start blogging!!  The challenge this month at Christmas Cards All Year Round is that Santa must be the main focus of your card,  After all, Christmas is just 10 days away.  Oh yeah, I'm still not anywhere close to being ready.

Here are 2 more cards I hope will inspire you to play along with us this month.  You still have until December 30th to enter to win a wonderful prize.

My DT sisters have some really great cards to share with you so I hope you will hop on over to the CCAYR challenge blog to leave them some love and share your card with us.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

For the first time in several years I will have all 3 of my children together for Christmas, that in itself is a true Christmas Blessing.  May you and your family create wonderful memories this year, have lots of fun and laughter, and revel in the reason for the season.

"Blessing, Love and Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Holiday Tic-Tac-Toe with Ebony Christmas Snowflake

First I want to welcome my new followers and let you know how happy I am that you are here and hope you will find some inspiration and warmth from your visits.

What a fun time I had making this card with the adorable Ebony Christmas Snowflake by Elisabeth Bell.  She was colored with Copics, added crystal gems and Stickles to the snowflakes along with flocking to her muff.  She is just so sweet!  I got my great-granddaughter a coat and hat similar to this and it so reminds me of her.  They sent me a picture of her taken in her dress and new coat last weekend, what a little doll!!

Our challenge at Elphine House Australia is

HOLIDAY TIC-TAC-TOE

All you need to do is use 3 of the above elements in any row

I used Lace/Gems/Snowflakes

AND

You MUST use an Elisabeth Bell image

A peek at the inside:

So glad you stopped by and hope to see you back again soon.  Please stop by the Elphine House Challenge Blog and leave my wonderful design team sisters some love for the gorgeous cards and designs they have created especially for you.

Challenges I'm entering:

NMWC - Christmas

The Scrapbooking Queen - Christmas

Sending big hugs and lots of love to Lynda, baby Isabella Rose, and the rest of the family.

"Love & Hugs to all of you!" Carol (Granny)

The GRINCH Escaped AGAIN.....Help Us Find Him

Want to help find that pesky, green, thieving Grinch who escaped again this year?

Click on the link in my sidebar to join us in the chase.

You may just win an awesome prize!

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Santa's Soon To Be On His Way

Oh my gosh, can you believe it's December 1 and Christmas is only 24 days away.  Ready or not it's gonna be here soon and I've got soooooo much yet to do.  Bet your schedule is just as busy if not busier.

Our challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round this month is that Santa be the main focus of your card. That's about as eeesy peesy as it can get and I'm so hoping you will join in the challenge this month.

I must give credit to my dear DIL for these 2 adorable cards.  She and my son were visiting for a week around Thanksgiving and we took some time to play in the card shack.  Both cards were made with stickers  and DP I've had in my stash for a few years, I don't usually use stickers, Karla works wonders with them.  Thank you my dear DIL for all the help, not only in the card shack but for all you do when you come to visit.

Now hop on over to the CCAYR Challenge blog to leave my teamies some love for all all those Santa inspiration cards.

Card 2

Entering the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

Jingle Bells - Christmas to Remember

Crafty Sentiments - Red, White, and Green

IBSIC #37 - Inspiration Photo, Green, Red, and White

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Christmas With A Twist

Christmas is coming oh so very fast and I sure hope you all are further along with your shopping, decorating, and wrapping than I am.  The kids have been here since before Thanksgiving and today they decorated our front porch with lights and greenery, raked the yard, and then burned the waste.  Also got the graves at the cemetery decorated.  The weather has finally turned colder but still a long way from feeling like Winter.

The challenge today at Elphine House Australia is "Christmas With A Twist", and that means we want you to create a Christmas card using non-traditional colors.  I chose to use peach as the main color for this sweet image, Ebony Christmas Eve and you can her HERE.  Used dies by Cheery Lynn, Spellbinders, and Marianne's are embellished with gold gems.  The DP and peach card stock are from my stash.  Ebony is colored with Copics.  TH Distress Tea Rose was used for distressed edges.  Diamond Glaze was used on the bear nose, berries and bell gong.

My teamies have some wonderful cards to inspire you for this challenge so be sure you hop on over to EH to see these beauties and join us in this fun challenge.

Still have a lot of cards to get made and ready to mail.  I've been naughty and sick this year so I'm really way behind......  Would love to see you playing along with us at EH for this fun challenge. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

"Love & Hugs"

Carol (Granny)

Stitching & Distressing at Elphine House Australia

How exciting to be posting my first DT card for Elphine House Australia using this Christmas image by Elisabeth Bell named Danny Boy Jingle Bells.  The stamp was originally released in 2008 to Sugar Nellie and  just newly released at Elphine House.

The challenge this fortnight is to use stitching (Faux or real) and add some distressing.  Couldn't get my machine to sew 34 gauge gold wire so I used a gold metallic Uniball pen for the Faux stitching which is NOT showing up as I had hoped in this photo.  There's lots of shine and glitz and I'm hoping it's showing up for you.  Here is a list of what I used on the card:  Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink - Aqua, Silver, and Magenta Stickles - Diamond Glaze - Crushed Velvet Flock, MS Snowflake Punch - Gold Tuille - Snow Tex and Snow Crystals - Jingle Bells.  I used so many darn Copics thought it easier to just take a picture to share......lol  I added the Diamond Glaze to the Berries, bells on the sled, railing and skis.  Sentiment is computer generated.

Here's a sneak peek at the inside.

Sure hope you can play along with us for this fun challenge.  Be sure to stop by the Elphine House Challenge blog to see the wonderful inspiration by the amazing ladies on the team.  Their coloring and designs are so fantastic you won't want to miss them.

Entering Challenges:

CLP - Last Sketch of 2012 - #53

Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog - Glimmer, Shimmer, & Shine

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Colors of Fall with Willow

You all know how much I love Elisabeth Bell stamps and I have been blessed to have been invited to become a permanent design team member for Elphine House Australia.  I was shocked when I got the email from Lynda and have been bursting to let you all  know...  Believe me, this came totally out of the blue.  Being on one of Elisabeth's design teams has been one of my dreams since I started blogging, and now that dream has come true.  The Lord has a way of looking out for us and picking us up when we need it most.

Three new designers were chosen and I hope you will also welcome Vicki and Susan to the team along with popping in to see all the amazing designs by the multi-talented team.

This is my card for the October 31 challenge that will run until November 13.  I'm practicing for my first DT post November 14th......LOL  The challenge is, "What colors remind you of Fall/Autumn??"  Now it can't get much easier than that when most of us  just have to look out of the window to see those colors.  Of course, you must use an Elisabeth Bell image and that can be a digi image from HERE, or a stamp from ANY company.

Opened so that you can get a glimpse of the inside.

I have used Willlow Catching Leaves designed by Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy.   Colored with Copics, my favorite coloring medium:  Skin: E00, 000, 000, R21 - Dress/Hat/Bow: E99, 97, 95, 93, 000 - E37, 35, 31, 30, 0000 - Hair: YR24, 31 - Y21, 11, 00;  Leaves: YR22, E23, Y11
The DP, ribbon, flowers and leaves are from my stash.

I sure hope you will join us for this fun challenge as I will have something special for one of you that joins in our challenge, to be announced on November 14.  But, you must leave me a comment on this post to let me know that you have entered the challenge.  I will be checking too....LOL

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

CCAYR Card 2-Shapes or Fancy Folds

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CARD 1

Here is my second card for this month (amazing...LOL)  Yep, I'm back into blogging and having fun again.  Think I have fallen in love with this circular side stepped shape card that is so much fun to create.  I used another image by Beccy, our sponsor this month, titled Snowmen Fence, buy HERE.  I added a couple of reindeer's I'd cut out with my Cricut (and assembled a few years ago) along with a Christmas Tree die from Cheery Lynn..  Added Snow-Tex to the fence and the tree, sprinkled crystals, left over from my ceramic days, while the snow was still wet..

Prize from Beccy:
3 Digi Images

Challenges I'm Entering:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Get In Shape
Christmas Card Challenge - Pop It Up
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Die Cuts or Punches Pieces
Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Please stop over at the CCAYR blog to see the wonderful inspiration by my DT sisters.  You have a whole month to enter the challenge and we'd love to see your design.  We are hoping for 500 followers before the end of the year and are almost there (452) so please click on the "Join This Site" and play along with us.

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see  you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)

Shapes or/and Fancy Folds at CCAYR

You are gonna love the challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round this month and we can't wait to see what you have to share with us.  Our fearless leader Tracey chose this fun challenge:  "Shapes or Fancy Folds – Create a card that is a shape or incorporates a fancy fold.  You could do a circular card, step card, easel card, etc, so long as it is shaped or folded."


Prize from Beccy:
3 Digi Images

I chose to use one of my Go Create XXL Frilly Square dies for my shape along with an easel fold.  Our sponsor this month is Beccy from Beccy's Place and I chose this adorable Holly Fairy by Beccy.  You can get her HERE.  She is colored with Copics, added Gold Stickles to the bells and her hat.  The holly branch die is by Cheery Lynn and I've added 1/2 red pearls for the berries.  Spellbinders Scalloped Circle and a lace doily are attached behind the image and holly branch.  The sentiment is computer generated and the poinsettia and leaf are from my stash.  Here is a picture of the inside.

Phew, now that the deets are done I can visit for a few. Another crazy week around here with doctor appointments, etc.  Conley is having some dental implants done and stage 2 was completed this week.  Now we have to wait 4 months to make sure the bone doesn't reject the implants before the teeth can be attached.  It's only 2 teeth,,,,,,,,,,LOL  not like a whole mouth full.  I can't even imagine having that much metal in my mouth but if I ever need a lower plate I think I might, you notice I said "might"........lol  I have to have the gas and gums deadened to get them cleaned.

Challenges I'm Entering:
ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant
Christmas Card Challenge - Pop It Up
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Die Cuts or Punches Pieces
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Get In Shape

Please stop over at the CCAYR blog to see the wonderful inspiration by my DT sisters.  You have a whole month to enter the challenge and we'd love to see your design.  We are hoping for 500 followers before the end of the year and are almost there (452) so please click on the "Join This Site" and play along with us.

Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope to see  you again soon.

"Love & Hugs" Carol (Granny)