i'm dreaming of a 'green' christmas

hiya chickies! yep ~ i've been dreaming of a 'green' christmas! looks like my wish is coming true. with only 2 more days left til christmas ~ and no white fluffy stuff in the forecast ~ i should be able to see those flowers still blooming outside when santa arrives!

last sunday... dh and i spent the day with our 2 daughters, 2 gks and 2 son-in-laws celebrating our christmas together. we had a great day ~ lots of pressies ~ lots of chitter chattering ~ and a wonderful christmas supper. everyone had a great time! 

here's a few pics of our family.

this is our youngest dd ~ melody jr. and myself

 REMEMBER THAT PINK SCARF I KNITTED

yep...that's our dd wearing it ~ she absolutely loves it!

 these are our three girlz ~ JUZ BEING SILLY!

our youngest ~ mel jr. ~ our granddaughter 'hayley' and

our oldest dd ~ juanita! that's their own signature faces!

i'll share some more pics after christmas!

anyhoo...onto to my scrappy happy goodies! 

for this week's challenge over at try it on tuesday the theme is ANYTHING GOES! i've been wanting to create a inchie mini book for quite some time...so here's the 1st 4 'inchies' of my book.
'beautiful ~ bright ~ delicate ~ mystical'

i've created this card using this week's sketch over at
 sweet sketch wednesday. 
'cherish the moment'

I'D LIKE TO WISH EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU A
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

MAY 2012 BE FILLED WITH LOTS OF LOVE, 
LAUGHTER AND SUNSHINE!
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SCRAPPY HAPPY BLOGGIN YEAR!

love and hugz,

happy holiday scrappin ~ pressie from zoe

wow ~ can you believe it's only 9 more days til christmas! i'm pretty well done all the 'christmassy' shopping...just a couple more cards and i'm done! i'm so looking forward to getting together with family and friends over the holidays and juz chillaxin! (and eating all that scrumptious food ~ diet can come later!)

this week over the try it on tuesday ~ the theme is 'tagtastic' ~ gift tags galore! i used the new stamp the received from the craft barn ~ from winning a challenge at try it on tuesday ~ isn't it adorable! i stamped ~ colored ~ layered and handstiched the stocking. thanks again for the scrumptious goodie.

i made a christmas card for dh's sister using sketch 132 over at sweet sketch wednesday. and again...the dt has some great inspiration ~ do check it out!

...and oh ~ this week i received a brown envie in the mail ~ all the way from the UK. i was so surprised..and didn't have a clue who it was from...as there was no return addy. ok...i opened it up and these were the goodies i received from 'zoe'...whoa... such scrumptious goodies! i've always admired her talent and creativy...and now ~ i've got a few goodies in hand! i'm honored! the altered canvas is absolutely gorgeous IRL...and those butterfly embellies are 3D and so yummy! i love butterflies. also, zoe made the necklance...ok.....like...WOWZA..that is just toally rawkin kewl! the colors are just beautiful. and it's funny...i have been searching for a necklace to go with my new blouse that i'm wearing at christmas...and this matches just perfect. THANK YOU SO MUCH ZOE! you're a sweetheart and i will cherish your gifts foreva! big hugz!

isn't that penquin card adorable!

 'thank you ~ thank you ~ thank you'

thanks everyone for popping by

hope you all have a fabulous scrappin happy week!

and hugz

'christmas spirit' ~ ssw 131

ah...the countdown is on! christmas ~ only 17 days away! 
and i've definitely been into the 'christmas spirit'!

 this past week ~ i've put up our tree ~ decorated ~ shopped ~ baked ~ wrapped pressies...wrapped, baked... shopped...and decorated! i made some homemade 'peanut butter cups', 'sweet fudge' and my fave ~ 'butter tarts'.  yummy! ok...now all i have to do is make sure those goodies stay hidden in the freezer so they don't disappear all too soon! i see dh sneak peeking one too many times! 
i also created another card using a sketch created by arlana
over at sweet sketch wednesday 
whohoo ~ another christmas card ~ done! (sorry for the card pics ~ it's really frosty out this morning ~ and i'm still in my pj's trying to snap pics...it was a quick one! bbrrr!)

'merry christmas' card and wrapped pressie

can ya tell i like 'lacey' things!

 this is how i wrapping my christmas pressies this year ~ just a lil bit of tissue paper or brown postal paper  ~ a paper doily ~ some rafia as the ribbon ~ twirled the ends ~ then added a pinecone or bell decoration! i love how it looks! so easy peasy and it really does look beautiful IRL!

here's our christmas tree all lite up

here's a few of the ornaments

i went with a country theme this year

i made all the bows from a roll of ribbon

~ gotta love the lantern ~

merry christmas ornament ~ pinecone ~ and plaid bauble

thanks for popping by and leaving some lovin!

hope this week brings you lots of 'christmas spirit', too

and hugz

....ah ~ a great week with some creating, too!

happy scrappy thursday everyone! 

well...after a busy week and a half here...i was able to get out my scrappy goodies yesterday and do a lil creating! i've had company from out of town (dh's aunt and uncle from across canada) ~ and been busy working on the rv ~ so my goodies have been tucked away and just beggin to come out and play! funny how a week or so can go by ~ when life gets in the way ....how much we miss our creative time ~ i sure did! i missed seeing everyone's creations and participating in the 

challenges ~ but...i'm here now!

for try it on tuesday's challenge this week...it's all about altering a can. i love altering ~ so it was a perfect challenge for me! dh and i had some canned corn with our sup...so instead sending it to recycling ~ i created my altered can for a few of my copics! why waste a good thing eh! 

 i think it turned out pretty kewl!

detail 

...and of course ~ i created another card using a great sketch #130 ~ created by arlana over at sweet sketch wedesday. thanks again chickie! i colored and handcut another sarah kay image ~ isn't she a doll!

oh...and speaking of altering ~ i altered a set of clothes pins! kewl eh! i'm gonna use these to hang my christmas cards this year ...instead of just hanging them on a piece of boring string. ah...this should spice it up a bit!  it's a great project and takes no time at all to create. 
hope you find some inspiration.

side view

thanks so much for popping by and leaving some loving! it is so apprecitated!
hope everyone has a fabulous week!

and hugz