Making Merry and a few of my Favorite Things....

Happy Holidays everyone!  Are you ready?  Many have already been celebrating, and I'm in that final few days push before the big day on Thursday.  Still gifts to wrap and goodies to make, including those Christmas cards!  I got a few made last nite, and I have a few more I'd been working on.

Remember you can join us over at the Scrap It Girl blog, we shared some of our favorite gift/wrap items, and we'd love to have you share what you've made too! If you've made any kind of packaging or even a LO or card with gifts (like the one below) you can link up to our "Wrap It Up" challenge....you've got until Dec. 31st!!  Link up HERE.

Here are a couple of my favorites I've made so far:

It was made using Doodlebug's Santa Express goodies and this one as well:

I'm a huge fan of twine....can you tell?!!

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a wonderful day!  I have some quick and easy cards coming tomorrow!

Somethin's Cookin': Favorite Things Friday

Hey everyone!  TGIF!!!  Ready for a great weekend....and it's supposed to get a wee bit warmer again....wahoo!!

I'm sharing a little sneak of something I "cooked up" over at The Rubber Cafe':

If you want to see the entire card, and would love directions to make it.....stop on by The Rubber Cafe' blog HERE.

It's also Favorite Things Friday (FTF) over at Scrap It Girl.  We are sharing some of our favorite fall projects, and we'd love to see yours!  Link up over there, and share with us!

My favorite is a fall wall hanging I created a year ago at a crop and won a prize for:

It's made with LYB Acorn Hollow papers and chip.  Love the colors in this--I can't get enough of home decor altered item projects!

Thanks for stoppin' by today....always more inspiration to save for another day.....see you soon!

Favorite Things Friday---Belated! And a giveaway!!!

Hey everyone!!!  I have some fun today!!!  First up....a belated FTF for the Scrap It Girl DT!  We are sharing our favorite mini albums.....would love to see mini's you've created too!  You can link yours HERE.

I've done a lot of minis.....one of my faves was this one of my lil' cowpoke!  (who is now 21!!  yikes, how did THAT happen?!!):

And I've been promising a giveaway.....leave a comment.....let me know if you've made a mini album, and if so....what has been your favorite?  I've got a mini album and lots of goodies to go with it to give away!

Thanks for stoppin' by today!  I'll choose a winner on Monday!!

Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop--June and FTF!!

Hey all!  Are you hop, hop, hoppin' along?  Enjoying the awesome inspiration?  So fun to use up that stash!  If you hopped here from Cheryl's blog, you are right on track!  Want to start at the beginning?  Pop over to the Practical Scrapper blog HERE.

I'm using up some fun October Afternoon Cakewalk birthday stash today:

Here are a couple of close ups:

Have you tried using straws or some of the pretty colored doilies out now?  They are a fun accent, especially for a birthday page!

I also love using journal boxes as accents too....they tuck into a design to add a little extra something.

Thanks for hopping by today!  Next stop on your hop is Deborah's blog.  Hop on over to see the fun inspiration waiting for you over there!

PS: Just as a reminder....it's Friday so I'm up over at The Rubber Cafe'.....with a tutorial for a cute tie card for your favorite guy.  And also don't forget it's Favorite Things Friday over at Scrap It Girl!  We are all sharing our favorite die over there today.  What's yours?

Hop List--in case you get lost:

Practical Scrappers http://practicalscrappers.blogspot.com
Audrey http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/
Wendy C www.stampingrules.com
Erin http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.com
Majken  http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/
Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com
Ruth  http://paperandmusings.wordpress.com/
Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com
Bobbi http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/
Kerri http://kerrikr8tions.blogspot.com
Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/
Lisa http://www.snappinandscrappin.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com
Laura http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/
Deborah http://scrappinthelittlethings.blogspot.com/
Suzanna  http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

It's Time for a Few Faves!

Yep, it's that time....Favorite Things Friday!  If you stop over at Scrap It Girl, the entire team has shared their fave electric die cutter today.  You can link up for fun....we'd love to see your faves too! 

I like my Cricut, but love my Vagabond! 

Love the way it cuts and embosses my Tim Holtz dies....works for all type of dies and embossing folders....LOVE....and no cranking....DOUBLE LOVE!!! 

So let me know.....what is your favorite?

Friday Favorites and a Floral Flip

Happy Friday Everyone!!  Today is a new Favorite Things Friday post.....catching up with last Friday's too.....so I'll post both my favorite re-purposed item in my craft room:

This was a great find--a granite shop sample cabinet....they were getting rid of it!  Looking forward to filling it up *wink*

And for this week.....my favorite place to scrap, my scrappy desk in my scrappy room:

Show us your work space....link up over at Scrap It Girl--just for fun....and while you are there, don't forget our birthday challenge this month....you can find it HERE--great prize pack for that one!

As for the "Floral Flip".....head on over to The Rubber Cafe'!  I'm up today with a flip card tutorial that will give you a jump start on spring!  You can find it HERE.  But here's a peek:

Thanks for stoppin' by today....take some creative time for yourself....you'll be glad you did!

Time for Favorite Things Friday!

When you craft, scrap, make cards, work with mixed media......do you listen to music?  If you do....share your fave with us over at Scrap It Girl!  This week's Favorite Things Friday post and linky can be found HERE.

I love creating to music.....it gets those creative juices flowing!  I love all different music, soundtracks (like  Hairspray or Pitch Perfect), Christian (a few faves....Stephen Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, and Michael W Smith), current pop (Brittany, Pink, Gaga, just to name a few), but my go to I want peppy fun music that I can sing along with (yes, I am one of THOSE peeps....lol) is 80's music:

Pat Benetar, Michael Jackson, Journey, Madonna, Duran Duran, Wham.....the list is endless....as an 80's girl, I love 'em all!

So how about you.....what's your favorite type of music when you create?

And speaking of creating.....make sure to stop by and say "hi" over at The Rubber Cafe' today!  I'm over there with all the details on how to make this card:

Thanks for stoppin' by today, and don't forget to visit Scrap It Girl....let us know....what's your favorite?!