Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that Santa brought you everything you wanted and more.  I had a fun holiday season with my family in Texas.  I spent the holidays watching movies, eating lots & playing games. I learned to love my new GPS system and have named her “Sally”.  Sally helped us to not get lost as we drove from Tampa to Biloxi, Biloxi to Houston & Houston to Dallas.  Into between find us a good “Pho” place to fill our tummies.  I had great plans for our excursion to Dallas but unfortunately, it rained the whole time we were there.  We ate at “Taco Diner” in the West Village and watched “The Black Swan” at the Metropolitan Theater.  If anyone else saw this movie, please explain to me what happened.  I felt completed lost throughout the movie.  LOL While driving back to Tampa I was able to scrapbook using my MDS and created some layouts of photos from my trip.  How fun to scrapbook while passing through Louisiana!

 Here is my take on Mojo Monday Sketch:

 Have a safe & fun New Year's Eve!

Packing, Packing, Packing

Getting ready for our road trip tomorrow.  I'm excited that I purchased MDS because now I can scrapbook while on the road. yea!!!!  It is my Goddaughter Tillie's first Christmas and when I saw this photo I knew I had to scrapbook it pronto.  

isn't she adorable?  Santa could not have ask for a better helper!  I used the Christmas Jingle Line for MDS. 

And don't forget to take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s "Filled with Love" Promotion. 

I got this collection and did a card with it. (in previous post) I loved the free Bitty Buttons (64 in a case!)  Perfect for Valentine Cards, Wedding Layouts, Baby Layouts.... etc. 

My laptop of course will be going with me and hopefully I can share some photos, projects of my Holiday vacation.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Filled With Love

This past weekend we did cards made from Stampin' Up! Filled With Love promotion and I used my favorite punch: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch  I can't live without this punch.  (More info on this special on Friday.. you don't want to miss out on this deal!)

 

Last night I was feeling creative and trying to get some last minute gifts made.  I made this frame with Stampin' Up! Jolly Holiday Designer Series Papers, Season of Joy Stamp Set, A Cute Christmas Stamp Set, Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive Classic Ink Pad.

The cold weather is making me lazy and wanting to stay covered up in bed with a good book.  But I got to get everything ready and bags packed for our road trip this Saturday.  We will be heading to Texas to spend Christmas & New Year's with my sister and her family.  

another MDS Christmas Card

Baby it's Cold Outside.....  I spoke to my cousin this morning where it was -3 in Minnesota and here I am bundled up with the heat going and it's 45 degrees down in Tampa.  My fingers are sooo cold while I'm typing away.  But I guess I can't complain when my family is freezing up north but I can smile and send them warmth from Florida :-)

I did my last bit of Christmas shopping  this morning and need to send packages & cards out before we hit the road this weekend.  But in between all the shopping, I did make time to do another Christmas card using MDS and Christmas Cocoa II digital paper. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday's Sketch.  

Enjoy!

Happy Friday

It's starting to feel like Christmas.  It's so much fun getting boxes from the ups man and then getting to wrap them.  Today I got in some new products from Stampin' Up! little sneak peeks from a new mini catalog coming out soon.  Today I would like to share two 12x12 layouts I made with Studio Calico past kits. 

And I wanted to add my take on Sketchy Friday card.  I used Stampin' Up! MDS and the Love Impressions papers & stamps.

I wanted to play with something that wasn't Christmas related!  Hope you like.... a have a great weekend!

Dec 25 Card

I know it's been awhile since my last blog.  And blog writing (sharing) will be very low this month.  I'm getting ready for our monthly Scrapbooking Night this Saturday and next Saturday we head out to Houston. 

So, what have I been doing? 
Online Shopping
Making Christmas Cards
Wrapping Presents
Watching past "Harry Potter" movies so I can see the new movie
Playing with my new MDS (My Digital Software) 
Trying to stay warm!

It's been very cold here in Tampa, I even had to turn the heat on during the day.  (which I never do!)   Brrrr......

I wanted to share some Christmas Cards with you.  The above card & this card were both made using MDS.

There are new MDS downloads   Check out the 2011 Notable Desktop Calendar

Holly Jolly Christmas

I received my box of goodies from Stampin' Up! today and finally got o play with "My Digital Studio".  Above is my first project with MDS and of course it's a Christmas Card.  I think I found another toy to play with.... :-)

What did everyone else get during the online sale last week?