Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas! :<)

Wishing you all a most wonderful and happy day today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Take care and have a great holiday weekend!

Barbara Diane

A Much Thinner Snowman

Hello!

This snowman is quite a bit thinner! I love this Jumbo Snowman stamp and how you can change the shape! He is such a happy fellow!

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We have had a very bad ice storm here in WI. I have not gone out to see the damage done yet - but the plows were in our parking lots for hours very early this morning.

Wishing you all a good day - it is Christmas Eve! :<)

Barbara Diane

More Christmas Cards

Hello!

Another of my Christmas cards to share with you today. I find that I am barely getting them all completed in time this year! Everytime I think that I am done, it seems that I still need additional cards! It is getting so late in the season now that as each new batch is finished, the cards go directly into the envelopes and are mailed! :<)

I finally received my SU ornament punch and couldn't wait to use it to make a card! I didn't have a lot to time to make a complicated layout, but I liked the results! This seems to be my year for glitter! Both the white and the dotted papers used in making this card are glittered. It is everywhere in my work area! And on me!

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More cards tomorrow.

Wishing you a great day today!

Barbara Diane

Some of My Christmas Cards

Hello!

Lots of snow here again today! I see that schools are delayed but not closed, so the amount is not that of the blizzard. I have not seen the weather forecast yet but looking out the window, everything is covered in white again.

I have always loved the wonderful image of this great snowman and his reindeer friend, but did not own the stamp. My friend Michelle kindly lent it to me so that I could make some cards using this stamp this year.

Thank you Michelle! I hope that you enjoyed receiving one of the cards that I made using your stamp! :<)

I love these two guys - they just make me smile! :<)

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I have to get dressed now and go out to find my car under all that snow! Just heard the weather report - slide outs, spin offs, delays on the beltline. We had between 2-4" of snow. It is to taper off this morning but then the snowfall will start again tomorrow mixed with freezing rain into Thursday for Christmas eve.

Wishing you a good day today!

Barbara Diane

Another Split Negative

Hello!

Today I have another split negative card to share - the other half of a set I have made to send to my two good friends Doug and Sandra. I wanted to make them special cards. I had posted photos of Sandra's card on 12/9/09 and when Doug e-mailed me that he liked the card I had posted on my blog, I knew that I had made the right choice. :<)

Thank you Doug and Sandra for all that you do! Wishing you a both a wonderful Christmas with your families! I hope that you like the cards - they are each one of a kind! As are you both! :<)

Doug's card on the left and Sandra's on the right.

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Wishing you a good Monday!

Barbara Diane

Linda's Love Wreath

Hello!

I don't post on the weekends any longer, but I promised you a photo of the wreath that someone had created using my tutorial and here it is! :<)

The creator of this wreath is Linda (Linner) who lives in Georgia and she made this beautiful wreath for her only daughter and calls it her Love Wreath. Her use of the gold hearts and scallops, with the little gold brads, make this a very unique and wonderful gift for her very lucky daughter! Your moma loves you girl! :<)

Thank you for sending the photos Linda - and the very kind e-mails! Wishing you a very good weekend in Georgia! Where the sun is shining and it is warm - whilst we in WI have cold and snow and all those good things that accompany a winter here.

BUT we will be having a white Christmas! :<)

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I am still busy making my Christmas cards - will I never learn to start early! Like in June!

Barbara Diane

All White Card for Wreath

Hello!

When I had finished this all white card, the early morning sun was across my work table. The sunlight was hitting a suncatcher hanging in the window and it sent this lovely soft light across the card. The reflection across the card looked so pretty that I took the photographs of the card in this natural light.

I gave the card with this wreath to a friend.

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Tomorrow I have photos to share that a very nice woman sent to me of a origami wreath she made using my tutorial. I love hearing from others!

Barbara Diane