Joy To The World

I recently won an awesome holiday stamp set from my favorite stamp company....CAS-ual Fridays and just had to ink it up nearly right away. I embossed my Joy To The World sentiment in silver embossing powder which unfortunately makes it a bit hard to see on the purple background paper. I also heat embossed snowflakes with a sparkly, glittery embossing powder called snowflake. Why is sparkle so hard to photograph??

I am entering this card in the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC #163 Glitter and Snowflakes

I used this awesome sketch from Sketch-n-Scrap:

And I am also entering this card in the monthly challenge over at Connie Can Crop. This month it is Baby, It's Cold Outside and the challenge is to use snowflakes or a snowman.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. I hope you have a wonderful week.

~~Sandi~~

Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day #4

Welcome to Day #4 of the Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop. I did something today that is very rare for me....I came home after a typical not-so-fun Monday and I got creative. I hardly ever get creative on a Monday but I am a woman on a mission....I want to have a card to share each day this week for the bloghop and I need just a few more Christmas cards to send out as well. I made my card tall and slim just for something different tonight.

I used some free digitals images from Julee Tilman of Verve Stamps (the coffee/tea cups are from last year) and the sentiment is a current freebie that you can get by clicking HERE

I have already been thinking about what card I am going to make tomorrow and I think I will have a fun one to share so put a note in your planner to stop back to see tomorrow's card. Thanks for coming by tonight.

~~Sandi~~

Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day #3

 Here I am back to share my card for day #4 of the
Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  Check out the blog HERE for tons of inspiration and chances to win prizes from a record number of top notch companies. AND you have all week to enter. The more you enter the better your chances at winning one of the awesome prizes.

I decided today to make a birthday card for a friend who's birthday is in January. She is a
Starbucks Latte lover just like me so the sentiment from My Favorite Things is perfect. Speaking of My Favorite Things, I used their awesome Sketch #310:

Thanks for stopping by tonight....I am hoping to continue making/entering a card every day this week for the blog hop so I hope to see you back here soon.

~~Sandi~~



Happy Holidays

I am down to my last few Christmas cards to make and I am savoring it because I really love making Christmas cards. I think they are my favorite thing to craft.  This is just a simple card that I made with the negative space after I die cut a snowflake. I thought it looked pretty with the rhinestones and a small pop of red. I am entering this card in the Baby It's Cold Outside challenge at Connie Can Crop
and

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Ice Inspiration Challenge.

I was inspired most by the picture in the lower right hand corner.

Thank you for stopping by.  Come back tomorrow as I share a card for Day #3 of the Coffee Lovers Winter Bloghop.

~~Sandi~~



Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day #2

Here I am with my card for day #2 of the Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop. I am just finishing my last few Christmas cards that I am making this year.  I used an awesome digital sentiment on my card which was a freebie from Julee Tilman the owner of Verve stamps last year.  She is offering another freebie this year through 12/31.  Click HERE to download it for free. Julee is a real sweetheart.

I used this sketch (also from Julee) from Mojo Monday (and am entering it in their sketch challenge):

That to go cup of joe is an awesome (believe it or not) sticky note that I got in a pad in one of my recent Cocoa Daisy kits. I just dressed it up for Christmas. :)

Thank you for stopping by my blog....please make sure to check out the blog hop where you will find loads of beautiful holiday projects, inspiration, freebies and prizes.

~~Sandi~~



Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day #1

Welcome to Day #1 of the Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop. I hope to post a coffee/winter/holiday themed card every day of this 8 day hop. I own loads of coffee themed stamp sets and I am determined to use them. Before I go any farther I want to thank Amy Tsuruta for all the hard work that goes into this blog hop. Amy has to be one of the sweetest, most generous people in the papercrafting community. She even sent me a card to brighten my day after my recent surgery. She also has a team of ladies who work hard with her to make this hop bigger and better each time.  There is even a group that comments on Every. Single. Submission.  They are all amazing.  I am hoping to see a new record number of entries this time....let's shoot for 1000!!!

Here is my card for day #1:

I will be sending this card along with a little holiday gift to a fellow coffee lover that I am in a card exchange with.....how fun is that?

So there, you have plenty of time.  The deadline for comments and submissions is next Friday night.  I would love to see you create a card and enter it. Just make sure it is coffee/cocoa/tea themed and also a winter/holiday card. There are loads of prizes. Some can be won by entering your creations and there are even comment to win giveaways. Many of the participants also have generous blog candy giveaways. So take some time for yourself this busy time of year, pour yourself a cuppa joe and get inspired from the most talented and creative coffee lovers you will come across.


I am also linking this card up to the December Sugar Pea Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes
and
Simon Says Stamp December Work It Wednesday Use a Die Challenge (that To Go cup is one of my favorite dies that I own.)

Thanks for stopping by....see you again tomorrow for day #2.

~~Sandi~~



Annual Tradition

Wow! I cannot believe that it has been 10 days since I last blogged.  This is such a busy time of year with shopping, decorating, Christmas cards, etc.  Add to all of that, we have been extremely busy at work with all the storm damage from Hurricane Matthew (I work for a roofing supply company) so many nights my hubby and I (we work together) come home so exhausted we don't even have the energy to eat dinner.  Luckily we have gotten some extra help at work this week so tonight I actually wandered into my scraproom and worked on this page. It came together quite quickly once I got started. The photo is from last weekend when my son and grandsons went to a Christmas tree farm in Indiana and cut down their own tree. They do this every year and I seriously have scrapped every year that they took a picture....I have at least 10 pages documenting this annual tradition. Our 15 year old Jacob actually agreed to get in the picture this year...love it!

I am entering this page in Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge -- Christmas
and
Scrap Our Stash Book Inspired Challenge

I was inspired by the masculine Christmas theme, I used big bold striped paper and some of by wood-look enamel dots that I have been hoarding at least 2-3 years.

Well all of a sudden I have been very sleepy so I better hit the sheets to prepare for another 10 hour day selling roofing.  Join me this weekend as I hope to share the last few of my Christmas cards for this year.

~~Sandi~~