Christmas Card....WHAT????

Good Afternoon!
I have my first Christmas Card of 2012 to show you today!
Imagine that!
The DSP that will be available as of June 1st is awesome.... Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla .... I did all stamping with Early Espresso - using the Beautiful Season set. The ribbon is the new ribbon that will be available in all 5 of the 2012 -2014 In Colors.

I took these pictures outside... too much glare I think!

Most likely - in August - I will have a Christmas Stamp and Stack with this being one of cards we will make! More info will come as the summer progresses.
Have a wonderful weekend... for those of you that this is a long weekend - ENJOY the extra time off!
HUGS!!!
Ruthie

SnowBuddy Doodles

Good Morning!
Can you believe this weather? Sure is great for travelling... I just went to the city and back this past weekend .... no worry about snow and such! Got to love that!!! :)
I have a couple SNOWBUDDY doodles to show you ... don't have the cards put together yet! :) I really need to buckle down this week and get my cards finished!

And - here is a DASHER doodle... I'm not real happy with this one - may be a little "too busy" for my liking!

Thanks for stopping by today! It is an amazing 6 degrees out there at 9:30 - have some places to go so I must get a move on! Have a great day!
HUGS!
Ruthie

Coral And Navy Christmas

Good Morning!
Whoa! Is it ever windy out there!!!!! I'm some glad it isn't snowing!
I have a Christmas Card to show you today ... the colors are not the norm for Christmas but it works for me!
I used the retired slot punch to create slots for the ribbon to slide thru; used mica flakes at the base of the tree and glitter on the tree.

I have not made anymore Christmas cards (yet) - but I have been doodling and such.... so stay tuned ... I'm thinking that maybe we need to postpone Christmas by about one week so I can catch up! Being sick for a week or so put me behind! :(
oh well! It is what it is! Thanks for stopping by today - may today be a joyful one!
HUGS!
Ruthie

Snow Buddy - again!

Hey!
Are you getting tired of seeing these "snowbuddy" guys yet? Not me! They are soooooo darn cute!
Making this a quick post as I am going out soon - the first time in 6 days! Still coughing like crazy but do feel some better.... that is a plus!

 Don't yah love this guys yellow boots! :)

 here is the inside of both cards - actually I made about six of this design - each with different DSP...

Thanks for stopping by -
Stay warm! Avoid the germs if you can! And keep smiling! :)
HUGS!
Ruthie

"Blue" Christmas

Good Morning!
The sun  is shining, it is 6 degrees C - AND - it is December 1st! Go Figure!!! Hubby has Christmas music playing on the TV - right now I'm listening to Elvis - thought this would be a good time to show you a "Blue Christmas Card" ...

This is a card we made at our last Christmas Card class - the Doily is versa marked and then embossed with white embossing powder .... LOVE IT!!!! After embossing we sponged layers of ink over the embossing. The little French Knot is made by tying a knot in a piece of ribbon and rather than using the flat part of the knot (which is what we usually do) we used the backside... pulled the ends of the ribbon thru a hole in the center of the doily and adhered them to the back of the CS. I saw this online somewhere weeks ago ... don't remember who to give credit to - but - "Girl you rock"!!! Love this and I know I'll be using this again and again... Enjoy!

The "Stamping French Knot" ...

Here is another "BLUE" card for you ... before I did any sponging I masked with a straight edge of scrap CS and sponged so that I would have a perfectly straight line to stamp the message under... I then sponged the hills and did a little light sponging for the sky; then stamped the image with Early Espresso. Don't you love this one? I do. It would look really nice with glitter added to it! Ummmm - next one!

Have a wonderful day!
Blessings and HUGS!
Ruthie

Lineup

Good morning everyone!
What a beautiful day it is! The sun is shining brightly and the temp is around 10 degrees C .... Feels like spring!
I have been doing some "coloring" ... I like to stamp off some images and when hubby & I are sitting in front of the TV in the evening I color while he sleeps! LOL! Here are a couple cards I made using the Lineup stamp set...

Have a great day - enjoy this sunshine!
HUGS!
Ruthie

Snow Much Fun!

Hey!
What a gorgeous day ... sure gives one hope that summer is around for a while longer!
However, I have two snowman cards for you! Go Figure!!!

It's pretty basic - we'll be making these (along with others) at the Christmas Card events I'm holding on the last Saturday of the next 3 months - if interested - give me a call!

Now - take your mind off of the cold and wet and snow - and relish in this awesome day!!!
Having company for lunch - maybe we'll even go for a walk on the beach later!

Blessings.....

Bells & Boughs

Hi everyone!
Here is a pic of the relish I made the other day - this is a recipe from my Mom. She has been gone now for 22 years - but never gone from my memory! In fact - I just had a phone conversation with someone and Mom and her sisters were part of the conversation ... Miss you, Mom!

4 months from today is Christmas Day - can you believe it?

I have a couple Christmas cards to show you today - using the Bells and Boughs set... we will be making these at our Christmas get together this Saturday. I used the Mocha Morning DSP for both cards; the second card uses Concord Crush as the card base.

Thanks for stopping in! I trust you are finding some time to be creative...
Have a wonderful day!
I'm off soon to get some groceries - gotta get some cukes for more pickles! Next year I need to grow my own cucumbers, I think!
HUGS!

Christmas Medallions...

Hey! Hope you all had a great weekend!
MY - the time is flying by ... won't be long now and the kids will be back in school.
On that note ... I have been making Christams Cards in preparation for some Christmas Card Making Events I'm planning - so I have two Christmas Cards to show you today. I made both of these using the Medallion Stamp; turned it into a Christmas wreath ...

Thanks for stopping by this morning.
Have a great day -
I am going to get some cukes ready for pickling tomorrow - I LOVE to make pickles!
Blessings and HUGS!

SNOWMEN - in July!

Hey! How is today treating you?
I had a doctors appt at 2 this afternoon - rec'd a call at 1030 that he was unavailable today - so I decided to make a couple cards! Aren't you glad? I saw a couple sketch challenges I thought I might try - but - that didn't happen... seems I went down my own little track instead! That happens to me a lot it seems! :)

I used the new set... Snow Much Fun! Gotta love these snowmen! Also used the snowflakes from "Snow Swirled". This first card uses Concord Crush and Pear Pizzazz CS... you also see a piece of old olive scallop dotted ribbon! Ooohhh - soooo nice! Now that I look at this I see that I didn't "ground" him... should have  a shadow under his feet!

 This one uses Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade - and as I look at this I think the ribbon should have been shorter.... and he needs to be grounded too! Oh well! Next time!

And - Last but not least - I just have to show you a picture of the pooch.... here he is on the couch soaking up some "down time" - Oh! the life of a spoiled dog! :)

Have a wonderful day!

Maybe I'll get to those sketches yet!

Blessings and HUGS!

Ruthie

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christams! May your hearts and homes be filled with Love & Joy  & Peace!

Blessings on yah!
Ruthie

Cards We Have Rec'd!

Merry Christams Everyone!
2 more sleeps til the Big Day! 1 more sleep til my daughter, hubby, and granddaughter will be here! WoooHooo!
I want to share with you some of the joy we've received this season from "Stamper Friends"!

I still have gifts to wrap ... gotta go do that now! And a couple of deliveries to make! Then I can sit back and enjoy! I was in town yesterday - the traffic was terrible; and the grocery store was full - of people!
I am waiting on my pre-order from the new Occasions Mini - should be here on the 24th! I will return next week sometime after the "kids" leave - to give you a preview of what is to be found in the mini.
Till then -
Have a wonderful Merry Christmas!
May your hearts and homes be filled with HIS love and joy and peace!
Blessings,
Ruthie

MOJO #168

Hey peeps!
What do you think of this snow? I didn't know it was supposed to do this today!
Up and at it this morning... and actually participated in Mojo Monday today! I have not done that in a very long time!
Here is the sketch and following that is my take on the sketch...

Have a great day - stay warm and safe!
Blessings!
Ruthie

More Christmas...

Hi everyone!
Today is an absolutely beautiful day! 2 degrees C, sun shining, no wind!
Wooooo Hooooo!!!
I trust you are enjoying the day!
Here are two Christmas cards I made yesterday... clean and simple - using scraps I had on my craft table...

The crunch is on now! Only 27 days left til Christmas! Oh My! I can't believe it!
I did get my Mantle Manger and the Tree up yesterday! I made up my mind that this year I was going very simple! So far so good with that!

Have a wonderful day!
May the SON be shining in your heart!
Ruthie

Christmas Nativity!

Good afternoon!

So much to do and so little time it seems...

here is a simple card I made using a retired Stampin' Up! set...

I have a "thing for nativity scenes" - just couldn't part with this set after it retired!

and I love to color....

have a creative, peaceful day!

Ruthie

NOV. KLUB - finally

Hi everyone!
Guess what was sitting on my desk when I arrived home on Saturday? the attachment for my camera....Dah! I knew I had taken it out of the drawer - it just never got to the camera case!

I had a horrific drive home Saturday... ran into snow in the Valley - major storm; couldn't see anything; then hail and rain and sun! Go figure! and I don't know where the past few days have gone...

Here are the pics from our Klub night last Tuesday ... enjoy!

Hope you are having a great week!

Blessings!

Ruthie

Kreations Klub - November

Hi All!
I am at my daughter's in Lower Sackville (3 hours away from home)... have my computer with me, my camera with - lots of pics from Klub night.... and no cord to attach camera to computer...DAH!
I distinctly remember taking it out of the drawer but guess I was distracted and forgot to pack it .... go figure!!!!

So - no pics from KLUB night til I get back home in a couple days! However, here are the projects we did that night... I always love to see how everyone puts their own spin on each project.... you'll have to wait for that til I get home!

Have a great day!

See you in a few!

Blessings,

Ruthie

Kreations Klub

The Kreations Klub meets tonight ... can't show you any projects until after that!
Here is a card I made a while back when a bunch of gals were together - stampin' and coloring! What is any more fun than that? And what you see here is just the coloring part ... I guess I didn't take a pic of the whole card! Dah!

Have a great day!

Blessings!

Ruthie