Silver trees

I am absolutely NOT in love

with this card...but I wanted

to try the silver embossing on a dark blue

background.  It didn't turn

out as pretty as I thought it would.  

Oh, well, back to the craft desk.

And another thing.  Why in

the world am I making Christmas/winter

cards when I hate winter so much?

That is a question for the ages.

Card and candle set

This candle set is for a

hostess gift.  I  was invited for

Thanksgiving dinner and told

I couldn't bring anything but

my drink and a friendly smile....

Well, that doesn't really work for me!

So I hope she likes this.  I was

happy with how it turned out

except I wanted the back one

to turn out a little greener.  I was 

afraid if I played with it anymore

it would turn brown instead

of green so I settled for

greenish.

I was really happy with how this 

came out!  I'm not generally

good at blending, but on one of the

tutorials I watched, she used

a shiny paper instead of regular

cardstock.  And there was a beautiful

blend!  There are a couple

things I would change, but

as I told my little friend Grace,

if you don't point the

mistakes out, nobody notices!

So don't look too close.  But overall 

I am pretty happy with it.

Another certificate!

Class is over for now.  I will miss

going.  They start up again in

January, depending on

the weather, so I am looking

forward to that and to starting

level 2.  Actually, I've taken

level 1 twice, kind of...I started

out when they were about half way

through.  At my church, here

in Angola, they were about

half way through level two

when I started, so I have had

some of that too.  But

vocabulary is vocabulary no

matter where you jump in.

I'm finally feeling a bit better

from this cold.  I spent most

of yesterday ( after

class ) under my

memory quilt watching TV

and dozing on and off.  After

church today I probably will

do more of the same.  By

tomorrow I should be good

to go.  Hopefully it will be another

10 years before I get another cold...

Reindeer!

All the grandkids are getting a gift

bag with cute little goodies

inside.  This is one of them.  It's made with

peppermint patties between 

the two pieces of cardstock.

  The first one was a little messy 

because I was trying to do it before

everything was dry but I doubt

the kids will mind.

 

I made these prayer boxes a long

time ago, but I  just saw the picture and

decided to put it on the blog.

You write your prayer

request on a piece of paper and

put it into the box.  I thought

they were pretty cool.  The

church asked me to teach the ladies

how to make them.  That was interesting

as I am NOT a teacher...  But I

think they had fun.

Tis the season!

Christmas cards have arrived!  Well,

only one actually, as I'm not sending

them again this year. This is for

my cousin, Nancy, who specially 

requested a religious Christmas card.

Unfortunately the front

looks a little washed out as

that part of the stamp is lighter

than the other parts due to the 

design.  But I promise it looks a lot 

better in person!

I'm listening to the Christian station

and they are playing Laura Story's

"Blessings".  I love that song, but

it also brings tears as that is one

of the songs sung at John's memorial.  

It was beautifully sung by

a woman named Becky who played

in the church band.  She played

the piano and sang and if you

didn't know, you might have

thought it was Laura Story herself.

She has an amazing voice and uses

it to glorify God!

Sparkly flowers

I don't think I've posted these yet.  I made 

them a while back, but I love them, 

so thought I'd share. 

I think I'm getting a cold. This is

significant because I haven't been

sick in probably 10 years, maybe

more.  But note that I said 

I THINK I'm getting a cold.

I'm not really sure.  I have

such a good immune system that

sometimes I think I'm getting

sick and I don't.  I'm not complaining...

I'm getting together with a very good

friend tonight for dinner and looking

forward to it very much.  She's the one

who was in Florida for a week, so

I haven't seen her for a while.

We usually try to get together once

a week and have lunch or

dinner.  It's a good way

to keep a friendship going strong,

don't you think?  :)

 

And now I must get the 

oil changed in my car before

I blow up the engine.....

Man cards

I am not good at making cards

for men, but my dad and my

brother in law have birthdays this

month one day apart so I thought

I'd better get to it.  I always go

to Pinterest for ideas for this

type of card and found one

I liked.  Mine is way different from the one

I saw on the site, of course.  I didn't

have the stamp they used anyway

and good thing as I didn't like

that lighthouse stamp.  I happened

to have a lighthouse stamp, though,

that fit the bill just fine.

I added a bit of bakers twine

to make it look a little

more nautical.

It  looks like it's going to be a dreary

day today.  I don't mind that, but

I'm not crazy about the damp and

cold.  This is fall, after all, so I

guess it could be worse.  I'm ready for

another Indian summer, though.

Why in the world do they

call it Indian summer??