Tuesday, December 27, 2011

One Card!!

I have one card for one challenge to share today!!
It's for The Friday Mashup!-sketch.

It seems that everyone has taken a much deserved
break on the challenge sites until after the holiday!!
Which has given me plenty of time to
do some layouts!! I am so loving doing
them again!! It's all thanks to Pat over
at sb dot com for hosting the past pagemaps
challenges!! I love using sketches so this has been perfect!!
Here's a couple I have done recently.



Plus this one for a sketch challenge at Scrap That!

And.... I have pictures from Christmas so I
will be scrapping even more layouts
in the next few day!!
Woo-Hoo!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I hope that each of you, and your families,
have a wonderful, love filled 2012!!

Until next time....................tootles!!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Christmas Eve Eve!!

Do you have something special planned for tonight??
We're making nacho's and watching Christmas movies!!
It should be fun!! I'm looking forward to it!!

Challenges:
Paper Pretties-snow inspiration.
Dutch Dare-make it shimmer.
Sir Stampsalot-punch, flower, pearls
The beautiful snowflake was made by my very
sweet friend, Bobbie!! She was so sweet to make me
snowflakes last year when I wanted snow and we didn't have any!!
I was asking everyone to send me some snow,
and she did!! Your the bomb, Miss Bobbie!! Thank you!!
 A close up of the snowflake:

Another layout for the pagemaps challenge
at SB dot com. Loving doing LO's again!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

**MERRY CHRISTMAS!!**

Until next time.................tootles!!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

It's Almost 2012!!

Can you believe it's almost 2012??
WOW!! Where has the time gone??

The challenge this week at Paper Sundaes
is "Celebrate!!"
So here's a fun project that will help
us celebrate New Years Eve!!


Then for Paper Cupcakes we are to use a bird,
which went great with a LO I was working on
for a challenge over at SB dot com. 

Thanks bunches for stopping!!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas,
and a fabulous 2012!!

Until next time.................tootles!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Lots of Challenges to Share!!

I'm here with several challenges
that I have had stacking up!!
Why do I wait so long before posting??

Here they are:
Dutch Dare-tic-tac-toe.
Bling, die cuts, ribbon.
The sleigh is a chippie from 3tailscraft!!
Thanks Faye!!

Friday Mashup!-chipboard.
Sweet Stop-chipboard and sketch.
Our Daily Bread-NOEL word play-
N-nestie, O-olive color, E-embellies, L-lace.

I Did It-thanks.
The bird cage is from 3tailscrafts!!

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-Jesus is the reason.
My Christmas cards this year!!

That's it for now. I will have a couple more tomorrow!!
They just need some finishing touches!!
I hope you'll stop back by and check them out!!
I hope that each of you and your family,
have a wonderful, love filled
Christmas!!
Until next time..................tootles!!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Blog Hop Winner!!

I'd like to say a BIG thank you
to everyone who hopped along with us
for Pattie's Creation's Blog Hop!!
I hope you enjoyed it and will become
a regular at Pattie's!!
Be sure to stop by there tomorrow and
find out who the winners of all
the prizes are!! Good Luck!!


I'm here today to post the winner of the
blog hop prize I was offering!!
And the winner is.........

Anji Pearson

Congratulations, Anji!!

I will be emailing you for your address in just a bit!!

Thanks again for playing along and becoming followers
of my blog!! I do hope that you will
visit again soon!!
Merry Christmas!!
Until next time....................tootles!!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Pattie's Blog Hop-Added for Sunday!!

It's Sunday and the last day of the hop!!
I wanted to share one more project I did
for the hop. I used Miss Pattie's Polar Bear
image to make a little box that holds 4 packages
of Hot Chocolate. It was fun to make and
a sweet little gift  for a friend who is always
doing something for someone!!
Thanks for joining in our blog hop!!
Merry Christmas!!

**MY GIVE AWAY FOR THE BLOG HOP
RUNS UNTIL 11:59 (EST) TONIGHT!!**
Scroll down to see!!
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Welcome to our Winter Fun Blog Hop!

We have a couple of sponsors PLUS some of our DT are offering a prize.
In order to qualify to win you MUST:

1- Join/Follow ALL blogs in this hop.

2- Leave a comment with an email so we can reach you if you are a winner.
Plus, mention that you have joined this blog.

Onto the prizes!

One winner will receive 3 images winners choice from Stef H. of Glitterbabe
One winner will receive 3 images from Digi Stamps 4 Joy

One winner will receive 3 Images from Nina of Paper Cupcakes

One winner will receive a Prize Pack of 7 Images or
 a $21 Value from Bugaboo Stamps
One winner will receive a $10.00 Gift Voucher
a Bonibleaux Designs Company!


And finally, one winner will receive $20 worth of images
 from Pattie of Pattie's Creations!

I am so excited to be offering a prize for the blog hop!!
The prize:
A pillow box, featuring Miss Pattie's Candy Canes digi stamp,
full of Making Memories Trims!!

Remember to leave me a comment and get an extra entry
by becoming a follower!! Just leave me a second note
in the comment section for the extra entry!!
Are you ready to start hopping?

Let's GO!










Melody (you are here!)

Next stop: Stephanie



The Hop will end at 1 P.M. (Central Standard Time)
on Sunday, December 18th,
and the winners will be announced on
Tuesday, December 20th sometime in the afternoon.
**MY GIVE AWAY FOR THE BLOG HOP

RUNS UNTIL 11:59 (EST) SUNDAY!!**
Our DT will have their own winners posted on their blogs!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!!
We hope you have fun!!
Make sure you check each blog's requirements
as some DT members might require additional info.

Merry Christmas!!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

10 More Days to Christmas!!

Are you ready??
We put our little tree up Sunday night. It's lovely!!
My shopping is finished, and
tonight I wrapped packages.

I've been doing the daily Christmas Devotions from
Bible Gateway, and they have been just wonderful!!
It's so important to remember the real reason
for Christmas. The birth of our Savior!!


A couple cards to share today!!
For the challenge at Gem of a Challenge-sketch:

And for Paper Pretties Wednesday-white plus 1:

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!
Don't forget to come back for
Pattie's Creations Blog Hop the 16th!!
Hope to see you soon!!
Merry Christmas!!
Until next time...................tootles!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Hello!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
I love to have you visit!!
I have 3 cards I just finished up to share with
you today!!

Paper Cupcakes-winter fun and bling.


Lollipop Crafts-happy holidays.




****NEWS FLASH****
Pattie's Creations has a blog hop starting the 16th,
and I'm super excited to be part of it!!
It's full of fun and prizes!!
You don't want to miss it!!

Hope to see you soon!!
Merry Christmas!!
Until next time.............tootles!!

Monday, December 12, 2011

One Card....

For 4 challenges!!
JUGS-center step card.
Paper Sundaes-anything Christmas.

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!
I hope you have a wonderful,
love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time................tootles!!

Last Day of Scrap That! 12 Days of Christmas

Kinda sad that its ending already!!
But so happy that I was able to keep up!!
So this is the last card for Scrap That!!
Also entering it in the challenge at
Our Daily Bread's sketch challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
I hope that each of you have a
wonderful, love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time............tootles!!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

More Scrap That!

Day 10 at Scrap That! was to feature Santa!!
I went with an old world Santa
and try distressing again!!
Here's my result:
Also entering this at the challenges at:
Sugar Creek Hollow-vintage Christmas tag.
I Did It-Santa.


Scarp That! for day 11 was to use gold, and
anything goes at Crafty Catz.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Please come by again soon!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time...............tootles!!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Scrap That! Stampin Sisters in Christ & more!!

So for day 8 at Scrap That!
 we were to use a doily!!
This card is also for the sketch
challenge at Paper Pretties Wednesday.
Dutch Dare-winged things!!

Flutter By Wednesday-angel, butterfly or fairy.

Scrap That! day 9- use corrugated board.
The first layer is the corrugated board, which I painted
white and then used TH ink on it to distress it some.
The next layer is actually a deep red, shimmer paper.
I don't know why it's showing up pink.
I distressed that too, along with the image.
Added the lace, trim pearls and flower!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Love having you visit!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time................tootles!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Scrap That! Day 7

Layers, layers, layers!!
Yep, use at least 3!!


I'm also entering this in the

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until next time...........tootles!!


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Scrap That! and More!!

Yeah!! I'm officially caught up
with the challenge at Scrap That!
I'm so happy!! I hope I can keep it up!!

So for day 4 we were to do stamping.
I stamped the Merry Christmas!!
Also for the challenge over at
The bells are form the fabulous Faye

Day 6-chipboard.
(The sleigh and reindeer.)
Both are from 3tailscrafts!!
Also for the sketch challenge at Dutch Dare.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Until tomorrow...........tootles!!

Monday, December 5, 2011

New Challenges

Happy Monday!!
It's all rainy and grey here today!!
But the Joy of Jesus is bright as ever!!

My very sweet friend, Lisa, invited me to play along
with the Christmas Challenge over at
Scrap That! I'm not sure yet if I'll post there
or just do it for myself. I'm not the best
at figuring out new places and such!!
So we'll just have to see.
But I do have them here to share along
with the other challenges for this week!!

Sweet Stop-sketch.
Paper Sundaes-die cuts, red and stitching.
The tree is from 3tailscrafts!!
Scrap That!-day 1- red and green.

Scrap That!-day 2-snowmen.

I Did It-flowers.
Scrap That!-day 3-handmade flower.

Scrap That!-day 5- bows.

Card Pattens-sketch.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!
I hope that each of you have a wonderful,
love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time.................tootles!!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It's December!!

Hello!!  I'm back!!
It's December already!! Where did this year go??
Only 24 days to Christmas!!
Are you ready??

2 cards to share today:
I got to use my awesome new punch for this!!
I love how it turned out!!
Even DH thinks it's cool!!
It is a labor of love. Lots of time and use of tweezers!!

Crafty Catz-snowmen.
Crafty Cardmakers-heat embossing.
The pink paper was plain when I started.
I stamped white snowflakes on it and added
white embossing powder to them!! I've wanted
paper like this for years, but could never find it.
Still can't believe it took me so long to come up
with my own!! Mercy!! Also, the pink on the
mittens, is pink paislee pixie stix.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I really enjoyed making these two projects!!
I hope that you enjoy them too!!

I hope you have a wonderful, love
filled week!!

Until next time............tootles!!