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Long Time No Posts and Candy Alerts

Hi all , if there is still anyone out there checkin in on me . It has been way too long since I posted anything on here . There has been a lot going on here , but I will not bore you with it right now . Just wanted to let you know I will be back soon hopefully in the next week or so . Also check out the candy post to the right in the candy dish in the side bar !
See ya soon !

Christmas in March

It has been a very long time since I posted , but my life has been full of turmoil for a while . I have been sick several times as well has going through extensive dental work , and that's not quite over yet . Also we have been going through some extremely difficult times with our teenage Autistic son , which has been physically and mentally draining . We are finally getting some much needed behavior & skills training and respite care for him , so we are optimistic that things will improve over time . I am going to try to be posting more often , but can not promise as to how often that will be . But I will do my best !

On to the cards , made this past Christmas , these are the 2 versions I made of this card and I made about 8 of each , they were lots of fun to make . Here is a list of supplies used :

Martha Stewart Christmas Stamps
Martha Stewart Punch
Nestabilities Oval and Scallop Oval
Nestabilities Ribbon Tags Trio
Ribbon , glitter, DCWV Christmas CS and textured CS , Sky Blue Blingz by Shimmerz , gingerbread stamped with Brilliance Coffee Bean , Copic Glitter pens also used to decorate the gingerbread . Gumdrops are stamped , hand cut , then glitter added to each and applied with pop dots as is the main image .
Thanks for stopping by , and don't forget to sign my guest book ! :)

Cards 4 Kids

I made about 28 of these for the Cards 4 Kids that Pat Adam had announced on her blog for Children's Hospital , for the kids to hand out to friends and family on valentines day , they are post card style . A friend of mine also added a handful for me to send as well . Hers are the pink ones . If you want to send her some cards , click on the link for details . Also Carolina is giving away some great blog candy if you send some cards , check it out by clicking on her name , and be sure to click here for her other blog candy, her contests end the 31st . Pat's deadline is Feb. 7th .

Better Late Then Never !

I was finally able to get the photos of my Christmas cards downloaded to my computer and edited , so I could post them . This card was made by embossing the stamped image in silver detailon dark blue CS , red panel is embossed with Ornaments Cuttlebug embossing folder , corners where punched with fiskars ticket corner punch and Martha Stewart branch punch was used for the pieces in the corners and the deer is also a Martha Stewart punch . Hope you like it !
Will have more Christmas cards tomorrow and maybe some Valentine ones too .
Thanks for stopping by , sorry it has been so long !

Blog Candy News !

Be sure to check out The Candy Dish at the top of my side bar for the latest blog candy posts that I have come accross , it can change from day to day !

Happy New Year !

Had to share this fun video I found on Embellished Dreams , only I had to change it to make it fun for me !

Merry Christmas 2 Days Late & Snow !

We ended up getting lots of snow here in Oregon , which is very rare where we live . This is the first time in the 20 years I have lived here that we have had this much snow all at once . These first 3 pics are of a fallen tree a few hundred feet up the road from where we live . As you can see the tree narrowly missed their van and it laid most of the way across the street . It took hours for them to get it all cleaned up and they and the people in the apartments across the street from the house did not get their power back til the next morning .

The rest of these pics are taken outside of our apartment complex , I took lots of pics , but these are some of my favorites . Along with all of this snow and being unable to leave the house , my DSL modem went out last Sunday and I had to wait til yesterday for the new one to arrive . But hey I got some cards made because I could not get online . I still need to take pics of them and edit them , then I should have some cards to post in a day or so .

Hope you all had a great Christmas and Thanks for dropping by !

Just something fun !

Your rainbow is intensely shaded blue, pink, and white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is says about you: You are a tranquil person. You appreciate quiet moments. People depend on you to make them feel secure. You are a good listener and your friends are glad to have you around in difficult times.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Will have some cards to post soon !

HELP WITH AUTISM RESEARCH !

As a mother of a 14 year old son with autism I know how important it is to support autism research . My blogging friend Nancy Panko is a runner and is doing a run for OAR(Organization for Autism Research) and really needs your help in sponsoring her with donations . You can read more about it on her blog here and here where you can also make a donation . My family thanks you for supporting Nancy and this great Organization !
I will be back in a couple of days with something pretty to look at .
Thanks for dropping by and have a great day !