cold hands...warm heart...

that's me....cold hands...warm heart.

My hands are always cold..I'm the girl that has to always wear a sweater at work...I also have 2 heating panels underneath my desk...okay onto business..

Just a quick card using Kazan's sketch 39:

For some reason I was challenged by it so I fell back on clean and crisp'ish. I have to say that Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly makes me, well, Jolly!

I'm still using my Stampin' Up Felt snowflakes...love them..

Now onto some happy mail!!!

Look at this cutie pie of a card I recently received from Sherry:

Isn't that owl just thee cutest??!!!!

Thanks Sherry...you rock!!!

Just a reminder that my blog candy is open until 11:59 PM Pacific tonight...

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wishing you a joyful christmas...

Caardvarks...another challenge site that I've been behind on....I had to join in on the fun for their latest challenge:

Round card with pizazz

Some of you Target fans might recognize the glitter snowflake..oh wait, aren't we ALL Target fans? Anyways, I picked up a couple bunches of the snowflake ornaments last year at Christmas. The paper and epoxy embellies are Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses...sheesh, I love that name...just makes me chuckle. The snowflake epoxy sticker is stacked on top of a button for a little more omph..or is that a little more postage...more on that later.

Check out my latest happy mail...all the way from Croatia!!!!

These have got to be thee most darling fimo buttons...Thanks Jane!!!!

{speaking of Jane, the girl is on FIRE...check her out at Squigglefly!!}

Okay back to the post office convo....why is it that most of my cards are considered parcels...darn embellies...any bumps and bam...up goes the postage...I spent some 'quality' time at the post office on Monday...$15 later and I was on my merry way...sigh. On a postive note, I actually did NOT have to wait in line...wwhhhaaattt???? I know...karma...

Have you popped over to 365 Cards? We're celebrating with Paper Popsicles week!!! I'll be back tomorrow with my Paper Popsicles project...

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{corky} Hi!

Hello!!!!

Happy Tuesday...the week is rolling on by, hard to believe that it is already November!

As I mentioned yesterday, I'll be sharing my takes on Laura and Kazan's DT call sketches. I couldn't be more happy with the new DT picks...they certainly created fabulously inspiring cards!!!

Surprisingly, when I first saw Kazan's sketch it had me stumped...but I ended up having a ball with it...

I incorporated a couple things that I love...poms, lollipop flowers and alpha letters! All the paper is MME...love the lanterns...sooo fun! The cork coaster is from the T $ spot. The alpha is MM velvet...mmmm...velvet. The poms are from my dear friend Susan...she was so sweet to give me a bag of goodies when she stayed with me a couple months ago..

You might not be able to tell but each of the panels are stitched...even that narrow green polka dotted one...did I mention that it is narrow...it's all I can do to keep calm and stitch straight!

No glitz or glam on this card...just pure fun and cute, well, I think so anyways...I made the card to reflect my style AND had fun doing it! Tomorrow I'll share my card based on Laura's sketch

Okay, onto some happy mail:

Yes, I know! Sweet Mother of Pearl is right....I received this oh-so-lovely card from the oh-so-lovely

Lauren Bergold

I 'met' her through Caardvarks and life has never been the same..LOL. She is filled with the energy and enthusiasm of 20 crafters...seriously...I love it when she stops by my blog...now that my friend, is blog love.

The photos cannot truly capture the beauty of this card...it is truly a treasure...

Thanks sooo much Lauren....you my dear, are a gem.

If you haven't noticed, this week I'm trying to be better about sharing my RAKs...I have a BUNCH of fabbie birthday RAKs that I'll slowly share...it's soooo much fun to receive stuff from other bloggers...I appreciate all their hard work on their cards/projects and heck, taking the time to go to the post office...sheesh, it's a miracle if I:

1. make a flat non-bumpy card

2. have stamps on hand

3. get to the post office

Is it just me or is the post office ALWAYS busy...the person in line behind me always intrudes on my personal space and during the 'lunch hour' there only seems to be 2 people working the counter???

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