Contractors

We finally found contractors that would come and extend the patio. Can't believe we struggled all summer with this and now that Fall is just a few days away the work started. Here you see an addition to the concrete patio. We are having it extended to go to even with the kitchen window.

Also having the concrete extended in front of the storage room behind the garage. They have the gravel and wire mesh down. Tomorrow they are coming to pour the concrete.

Here you see a picture of the side of the driveway. We are also having that extended.

When completed we will have a walkway next to the garage. Looking forward to it being completed.

Jack of all Trades Candy Wrapper

So I was just playing around in the stamp room this weekend, and came up with this cute little candy wrapper. I haven't made one of these in years.

The ribbon goes through the holes at the top and then around the candy bar. To get the candy out just pull the ribbon.

I used Frightful designer paper, and the zig zag trim from the Tasteful Trim die to wrap around the confetti base. Then added the pumpkin, and hat with pop dots.

Here you can see how the candy bar comes out at the top.

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Karen

Stocking Box

I've seen others making this stocking gift box using the Box 2 die from SU. So I wanted to try one since I had that die. Before attaching the finished box to the stocking front and back I removed the short side of one end of the box. This allows the box to be filled at the top.

I used Pines and Poinsettias with white craft ink to stamp the front and back on stocking. The white shows up really well against the Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Also used white gel pen to make the little stitch lines. Holly and berries were made using the die from the Holiday mini catalog. Added quilted cherry cobbler ribbon, and a scrap of victoria lace. Oh the holly and berries were added using pop dots.

Side view.

Weather was beautiful yesterday. Sunny and 73 degrees. Me and Skip took advantage of the great day and went biking. Won't have many more of these days so have to use them when we get them.

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Karen

Who is a Lucky Girl?

I am!!!! I'm a lucky girl. Look at what I got in the mail on Friday. A box packed full of fabric! Kat sent me an early birthday box. I had been wishing for sewing stuff as I wanted to get back into sewing, and now I have a ton of fabric to work with.

I just can't believe how much fabric she got into this box!!!

And more birthday cards!!! Love this one! Colors are just so Fall!

Lattice die is great on this card layered over Lattice square embossing folder.

Big thanks Kat!!!! All I can say is WOW!!!!!

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Karen

SU Stars Blog Hop

Welcome to the SU Stars Blog Hop. Theme for this weekend's hop is scrapbooking. I decided to make a little mini album using the stocking die found in the Holiday mini catalog. Using the Big Shot I cut chipboard and frostwood lodge designer paper. I also cut 8 crumb cake pieces of cardstock from the stocking. Tombo liquid glue was used to adhere the designer paper stocking to the chipboard. The tree from Christmas Lodge stamp set was stamped on Shimmery white cardstock using garden green, and espresso ink. Tree was then cut out, sponged, and popped on the stocking front. I added some rhinestones just to perk it up a bit.

The lodge was stamped with espresso ink, and I used a white gel pen to add the snow to the roof. Trimmed down some Christmas tree photos for the inside pages. Seems like I have a ton of photos that I've taken with just the Christmas tree over the years. I thought a fun way to showcase them was to punch parts of the tree with the scallop square punch and use them randomly throughout the book.

Thanks for stopping by. Next up on the Hop is Robin Messenheimer you can see her blog HERE

If you'd like to start at the beginning of the HOP visit HERE

Trick or Treat Owl

While I was video chatting with Kat yesterday I found the frame I had been looking for stuck in a drawer. I used Warmest of Wishes Hostess set from the Holiday mini, and Grateful Greetings. The frame was a pearl color so I sponged it with Pumpkin Pie and Black ink. Owl was stamped on Pumpkin Pie cardstock using black ink. I used the Owl builder punch and black and white cardstock for the eyes. He is layered on Frightful Sight designer paper.

Couldn't stop with just the frame I had to make another owl to top off the 1 x 8 inch cello bags that are also in the holiday mini. I used the pennant die as a base.

Big thanks to Kat's hubby Joe, and my son John for setting up Skype for us. Now me and Kat can video chat on the computers. We may even get to do some stamping together since both of our computers are in our craft rooms. How COOL!!!!!

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Karen

Christmas Lodge

Lovely as a Tree stamp set was just made go with Christmas Lodge. Love the two of these stamp sets together. Base card and ink Not Quite Navy. Images were stamped on Shimmery White cardstock. Top was punched with eyelet border punch. I then used white cord to thread through the holes and tied a bow. For the bottom I tore three layers of Shimmery white cardstock and layered them sponging the middle layer and bottom with Not Quite Navy. Rhinestones finished it off. Simple, but pretty.

Its not even going to get out of the 50's today. I may have to wear pants today instead of shorts. OH NO!!! Not at all ready!!!!

Another Oh No! I'll be 51 in 15 days, and I think at this point I'll still have birthdays.....I just won't assign numbers to them.

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Karen