It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Hello Friends! I hope you had a great weekend! Mine was pretty low-key, I think I'm still recovering from the Silhouette conference! LOL! But, it's the start of another work week so I better get it together. I can't believe that the holidays are almost here! I get so excited right after Halloween because I love seeing all of the Christmas decorations at the malls and in the stores. I'm going to try REALLY hard to get my shopping done early this year. I think I say that every year, but this year I mean it!

So, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my craft room! I've been making Christmas cards like no one's business. Here's what I've done so far:

Believe it or not, I haven't made Christmas cards in two years so when I got started, I couldn't stop!! I cranked up the Christmas tunes on Pandora and went to work! I used my Silhouette for a few of the cards and I busted out my Christmas stamps as well. Ahhh, I love the holidays!

Well, I hope you're getting into the holiday spirit and I also hope you have a great day and a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

All Things Silhouette Conference

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday! Do you have any good plans for the weekend? I know the temperature is starting to drop across the country, and speaking of that I spoke to my mom yesterday who lives in Ohio and she said it snowed! What's up with that? It's been unseasonably warm here, it was 88 yesterday but today it's overcast and not quite as warm.

So, I wanted to pop in to tell you about this awesome conference I attended last weekend. It was the All Things Silhouette Conference and it took place in Peachtree City, GA. It was hosted by Terri Johnson of Terri Johnson Creates and it was awesome! She had some heavy hitters in the Silhouette world teaching classes and helping us get the most out of our Silhouette Cameo's. There were roughly 400 people there and we met a few women who had not taken the machine out of the box yet. I'm sure after the weekend was over they immediately went home and powered that sucker up!

I attended the conference with my crafty friend Leslie. We haven't seen each other in two years (she lives in Michigan) so it was a great girls weekend! We both learned a lot and I don't know about her, but I was on overload! We were literally in class for 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday and it was A LOT of information, but hopefully I retained some of it! LOL! Here's a pic of us at the conference.

They also had a vendor fair with lots and lots of "stuff" to purchase! We were both very good and spent a minimal amount, but it was nice to shop none-the-less! The hotel was a HUGE conference center, and one of our classes was in an amphitheater that held 200 people. The seats even had outlets to plug in your laptop it was a really top notch location. Also, while we were there one of the presenters, who just happens to my Silhouette Idol was there...Lori Whitlock! She is awesome and she is SO nice! Here's a pic of us.

Needless to say, I had a great time! I felt that I learned something in all of the classes we took and now it's just a matter of me getting in my craft room and cutting something!

 

I hope you have a great weekend, and thank you for stopping by!

 

Carol

Happy Halloween!

Hello Friends and Happy Halloween! I can't wait to get Paige all dressed to go trick-or-treating this evening! My girlfriend's mom and sister made her the cutest little pumpkin costume! She's going to be adorable!

Can you believe that I did not make one craft for Halloween? I guess time just got away from me this year so unfortunately I don't have anything Halloweenish to share. But, I do have a random card, I always have a card. LOL!

So, my co-worker asked me to make a card for a friend who recently adopted a puppy. I immediately went to my LSS to look for some cute patterned paper, and I was not disappointed. I found this lovely paper from Authentique and it was absolutely perfect for this project. I decided to let the paper be the star of the show, so I did no stamping whatsoever. I found that sweet little puppy in the Silhouette Design store, I added a coordinating bow and that was it! I really love how it turned out.

 

Well, it's time for me get a nice hot cup of coffee to get my day started and watch cartoons with Paige. We have a lunch date with my friend later today (we're celebrating my birthday a little early) and meeting at California Pizza Kitchen - I love it there! I hope you all have a nice weekend, and a fun, happy, and safe Halloween.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

Just Because

Hello Friends! Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a lovely weekend. We stayed home for most of the day yesterday and then we visited my mother-in-law which was nice because she loves spending time with Paige. After that we met some friends for dinner and let me tell you our dinner was the bomb! We went to a seafood restaurant that has the most incredible salad bar ever. I had macadamia nut encrusted snapper with a mango & strawberry salsa...DELICIOUS!

I was also able to get a little crafting time in as well. I continued making my Christmas cards and I'm having so much fun because I listen to Christmas music on Pandora while I'm working. It truly puts a smile on my face. I absolutely LOVE the holidays! My plan is to take photos of the cards today so I can share them with you soon.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for a co-worker. I think I really need to make a stash of these cards so I can have them on hand for any occasion.

This card came together really easily because the patterned paper is so darn pretty! It's from PTI and it's called Vintage Linens. I didn't do much except add the beautiful script die cut, also from PTI called Scripted and I picked up that cute button from my local craft store. Quick, easy and I think really pretty. Note to Self: I seriously need to take 30 minutes and just whip up a bunch of these. LOL!

 

I hope the rest of your day is great, and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Welcome little one

Hello Friends! I hope you're having a great weekend! Oh my goodness, life has been a whirlwind over here! Things have been crazy busy at work, and just as busy at home. Paige wasn't feel well last week so I had to pick her up from "school" and bring her home. Thank goodness my honey was able to stay home with her the following day. She's feeling much better now, she's so sweet even when she doesn't feel good!

So, yesterday we had a family outing to the bowling alley. We had such a fun time and Paige almost beat me! LOL! After that, we took a drive down to Ft. Lauderdale for lunch and just relaxed, talked, and enjoyed ourselves. It's so nice that my husband is finally off on the weekends because now we can actually make plans and enjoy our weekends together!

I didn't even realize that's it's been so LONG since my last post and I truly apologize. But, I do have a card to share today. I made this one for the mother of one of Paige's classmates, she recently had a baby girl.

This card is little bigger than the standard A2 cards I normally make, I believe it was 5.25x5.25. I used Simple Stories Vintage Bliss patterned paper and I found the stork in the Silhouette Design Store. I added some enamel dots and few stamped hearts to finish off the card. I tucked a little gift card to Babies R Us inside because all mom's need STUFF! LOL!

 

Well, today I'm getting started on my Christmas cards - yup the holiday season is upon us, YAY! I hope to have a few ready to go by the end of the day. Have a great Sunday, and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Birthday card

Hello Friends! How are you this beautiful Sunday morning? Although fall isn't in the air in south Florida, I sure do love all of the pumpkin spice goodies being offered EVERYWHERE! I love me some punkin! Once the delicious pumpkin muffins are back at Dunkin Donuts I know the rest of the year is going to fly by! So, while I enjoy my pumpkin Belvita crackers this morning, in the back of mind I'm thinking that Christmas will be here soon!

Well, today I'm sharing a card I made for a co-worker,(I believe her mother is turning 75). I have so many things in my head these days with Paige's birthday coming it's hard for me to keep everything straight! LOL!

For this card I used the Rosie Posie stamp set from PTI to create my own patterned paper. Those flowers are so pretty I love how they just fill in the paper so effortlessly. I added a strip of cardstock to the bottom and added the birthday sentiment. I cut out 75th using my Silhouette and gold foil paper. Have I mentioned that I'm in love with the gold foil?? I swear I wish I could use that stuff on every card I create!

Well, I think I hear my little one waking up so I better get in there so we can get her day started. I hope you have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

Congrats

Hello Friends! Happy Monday! I hope you had a nice weekend. My weekend was very good and even more productive. I spent the entire day on Saturday hanging out with Paige. We went to an indoor playground (I think I mentioned this place before), then we had lunch at Cheesecake Factory. We did some shopping after that and just had an all-around great day together.

Yesterday, I finished Paige's birthday invitations - woohoo!! I think they came out pretty cute, I'll be posting them soon. I also had the opportunity to get started on birthday invitations for my nephew, his birthday is a couple of weeks after Paige. His entire invitation is being cut with my Silhouette, so now that I have everything cut out I'm prepped and ready to go. Hopefully, I'll get those done by the end of the week.

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for my co-worker. Her nephew recently got his driver's license so she asked me to make a congrats card.

This card was so fun to make! I used the stamp set Enjoy the Ride from PTI for the car and the license plate. I made a faux hill by cutting out some green cardstock, then I added those cute trees just to add a little more interest. I really love when I get to make cards that I normally wouldn't have the opportunity to make because it really gets the creative juices flowing.

 

I still can't believe it's Monday already, but here we are with another start to the work week. I hope you have a great week and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol