It's an old fashioned 'Father Christmas'!

This is clean & simple card, yet it is elegant too!!  I just love this old fashioned Santa!  

I have been working on creating cards for my upcoming Christmas Card Class & my Holiday Extravaganza.  This is one of my Christmas Card Class options & it may be a Holiday Extravaganza card too!   

This Santa would be beautiful all colored.....although in my crazy/busy life (and I know others of you are so busy too), I don't have time to do all of the coloring.  I know that when I'm mass producing & making many of the same card- I want something that is simple, yet a wow too & so I think this card turned out just perfect!  

Sometime in the next few days I'll also be sharing 2 other 'Father Christmas' cards that I made too....and neither of them are colored & I think they are both very pretty too! 

stamp set:'Father Christmas'
card stock:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla
ink:  Early Espresso
other:  1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

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It was a busy day with the boys yesterday.  Drake had a temp yesterday morning.  We think it was from his flu shot that he got on Thursday afternoon.  So he had to stay home & missed pre-school.  Brody got to go to school alone.  I think that it was the first time ever that they'd been split up for that long of a time period.  Drake was very sad that he had to miss school- which it is great that he likes it so well.  But I had a good day with just Drake, Trey & Masen all together.  

When the boys left I stamped until it was time for us to walk out the door & head to the races.  We got there just as the Stock Car heats were beginning.  Nathan won his heat & got 2nd in the main.  He looked great & the races were all good.  There were about 10 cautions in the Stock Car main- which is what caused Nathan to get 2nd place.  Nathan lead about 18 of the 20 total laps.  It was such a bummer that he didn't win.  There were over 120 cars there though for all 5 classes, so that is awesome that Nathan did so well & I shouldn't be complaining about a 2nd place position. 

Masen came home with Deke & I after the races to spend the night.  Everyone else is camping at the race track.  Nathan will come get Masen this morning sometime, as I have LOTS of stamping to get done today!  I am praying for good mojo! 

Tonight we'll all head back to the races for the 2nd night of the Fall Challenge.  I hope Nathan has a good night of racing again tonight.  

Gotta run......

Wishing you all a SENSATIONAL Saturday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

A little treat!

I made this little treat a couple of weeks ago......it was what I took to give to everyone that was with me last week when I was in Wisconsin.  

I think it turned out super cute!!  It was a fun & simple little treat holder to make.  And of course I filled a cello bag full of chocolates & tied it with a our Kraft Rope Twine.

It is a diaper fold done with a 6x6 piece of designer paper.  Super easy to fold & make! 

stamp set:   'Acorny Thank You'
card stock:  Early Espresso, Delightful Dijon
designer paper:  Petals & Paisleys Specialty DSP (12x12- cut to 6x6)
ink:  Early Espresso
other:  3x6 Gusseted Cello Bag, Kraft Rope Twine, 5/8" Burlap Ribbon, Acorn Builder Punch, Classic Label Punch, Glue Dots, Dimensionals 

How did I do this?

1.  6x6" designer paper

2.  Fold in half to form triangle.

3.  Fold top flap down & then lift back up for now.

4.  Fold right flap in to CENTER.

5.  Fold left flap in to CENTER.

6.  Fold top flap back downward
7.  Your treat holder is finished!
 

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Yesterday was a busy day with all of the boys!  The weather wasn't the nicest, but we did play outside for a little while in the afternoon.  Brayden was here too after school, so it was great to get to see him!  Last night when they were all gone I burnt the midnight oil stamping! 

This morning I'm off to go get the boys ready & take the twins to pre-school.  Trey & Masen will spend their day with me!  Tonight we'll all be headed to Osky to the first night of the Fall Challenge.  I hope Nathan & the 52 Racing Team have good luck!!  I know the boys are super excited to go racing this weekend.  

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Santa's Sleigh'

Here is a pretty card that my downline Dawn made for our last team meeting.  I love her style! 

• Check out the cool Cable Knit Embossing folder!  
• Look at the little pine cone embellishments!
• Notice how she stamped directly onto the designer paper!

stamp set:  'Santa's Sleigh' & 'Wonderful Year'
card stock:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Garden Green
designer paper:  Warmth & Cheer Paper Stack (6x6)
ink:  Black Memento, Garden Green
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Blender Pens, Linen Thread, Mini Pinecones (embellishments), Dimenionals, Glue Dots

I hope you have a WONDERFUL THURSDAY!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

A beautiful TREE!

OH I love this card!

Check it out, as it is a clean & simple holiday card!  This is totally a 'me' card.  These 2 colors together are just awesome. 

I've been working on creating cards for next month Christmas Card Class & this just might be one of the cards I offer for it.  

Have you noticed this awesome background stamp in the Holiday Catalog?  It is called- 'Merry Medley' on page 30.  I love all of the words in this collage stamp. 

This is a z fold card.....check out how it opens up.

stamp sets:  'Merry Medley' & 'Greetings from Santa'
card stock:  Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke
other:  1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, 5/8" Burlap Ribbon, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

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Yesterday was busy day with all of my boys.  We had a fun day & played outside, enjoying the beautiful weather some too.

Last night I was a farmer & helped Deke on the farm with the pigs.  When we got in I sorted orders & worked on stamp stuff.

This morning Deke is off early to chore & head to the office for the morning.  I'm off early to go to Manda's, as she has an early meeting.  I'll get the boys up, fed & the twins off to pre-school for the day.  I'll spend my day with Trey & Masen.  Tonight when the boys go home I'm a farmer again, helping Deke sell hogs & move pigs.  We are getting ready for new baby piggies that we'll be getting next week!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!
Happy Stamping!!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Check out these little pumpkins!

Check out these little pumpkins!  They hold 2 chocolate nuggets.  Aren't they cute!

Dawn shared this while we were in Wisconsin last weekend with all of us to make.   I am not sure where Dawn found the idea, but I know my friend BJ has made them & posted them.  I just think they are adorable!!  They are just a fun little Halloween Treat!

stamp set:  'Jar of Haunts', 'Jar of Love' & 'Hardwood' background stamp
card stock:  Pumpkin Pie & Smoky Slate
ink:  Black Memento
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Glue Dots, Halloween Night Baker's Twine, Paper Snips, Scoring Tool

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I sure enjoyed my day with all of my boys yesterday!  I know that G'ma missed them.  I think they missed me too!  They were so good all day long!  We played outside alot.  It was a beautiful fall day!! 

When the boys all went home last night..... I then burnt the midnight oil catching up on laundry & farm bookwork.  Deke had his weekly board meeting in the morning, came home for lunch & to chore & then head out to another meeting in Fairfield last night, so it was late when he got home.

I'm off this morning to go pick up all of the boys & take Brayden to school.  I'm hoping the weather is nice again & we can play outside again.  Tonight when the boys leave I'm a farmer- helping Deke sort pigs.  I hope to get to do some stamping too before I go to bed.  

Gotta run.....

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Designer Papers on SALE this month!

Home Sweet Home!

I got home last night!!  I had a great time in Door County with some dear friends, seeing some of the beautiful sites & doing lots of stamping!!  

You all know I love fall!!  And each year I add fall things to our yard.   Deke & I did this a couple of weeks ago & some of you have asked what my fall decorations look like & wanted me to share photos with you!!

Well- here is our home all decorated for fall!  I hung corn on all of the fence posts & have little pumpkins sitting on top of each fence post too! 

Check out our old scarecrow, cornstalk husk, corn & pumpkins along our fence.  

The scarecrow has an old pair of my Grandpa Cox's bib overalls on & the hankie around his neck was my dads. 

And here is a close up of our family room door & our new new brick!  We just love it & are so happy we did it!  I searched high & low for the right brick & we looked at LOTS of different brick homes the past 4 months- trying to find the perfect one for us.  I wanted it to look 'old' & match the stained siding we have from when we built our home 23 years ago.  Ben (our brick layer) did a great job making it look like it has always been there from the beginning when our home was built.  Check out how he did the "Soldier" layout along the top of the brick.  

The bottom 3 feet of our siding & sheeting were rotten & had to be replaced.  We checked into replacing it last fall, but it was going to cost more than we had in our budget to be able to do.  We had put a brick ledge in when we built our home & a family friend (Ben) is a farmer & a brick layer & he offered to do it for us.  Boy are we glad we waited & had him brick it instead of just replacing the rotten siding.  As we spent less than 1/2 of what the bid was we got last fall for putting a fake stone siding on it. 

The brick layer is all finished laying the brick....but the house is not all done.  We are waiting on the carpenter to come back to finish up some trim around the doors & put my storm door back on & then caulk around all of the windows.  And the brick layer has to come back & caulk between the brick & the siding.  And I have to re-paint the porch & then I'm going to put another coat of stain on the top part (siding) of our house.  Hopefully we get this all done before it gets too cold out.  We'll see if it all gets done or not!   It might not all happen until Spring! 

We love how it all turned out though!!  And I can't wait until it is all completely done!

Cute gift bag!

Check out the cute gift I made for a friend using a Glassine Bag! 

This bag is on page 176- #141700-10 for $4.00!

stamp set:  'Here's to Cheer'
card stock:  Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
designer paper:  Petal & Paisleys Sepcialty DSP
ink:  Soft Suede
other:  Layering Circles Framelits, Glue Dots, Dimensionals & Kraft Rope Trim

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I am HOME!  

 

Will try to get more caught up here later today or tomorrow forsure!!

 

Have a MARVELOUS Monday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Stampin' Up!- 'Detailed Santa Thinlits'

Wow- Check out this sparkly card!  I used the new Detailed Santa Thinlit Dies & coordinating stamp set- 'Greetings from Santa' to make it.  Don't you love the Real Red Glimmer Paper sparkling under Santa!

 To me this is clean, simple & elegant!  Can all of those words really go together to represent just one card?  It is stunning in person with all of the sparkle & I really like it!

stamp set:  'Greetings from Santa'
card stock:  Real Red, Whisper White, 12x12 Real Red Glimmer Paper
ink:  Real Red
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Precision Plate, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape, Foam Adhesive Strips, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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I had a full day with all 4 boys yesterday.  We did fun things with coloring spiders, bats & Halloween things.  They just love to color & cut!  Drake discovered Glue Dots yesterday too!  Oh my gosh....he loves tape & now love Glue Dots better!  It was so cute to see them using them on their projects.  When the boys were all gone last night I burnt the midnight oil stamping!!  

Today is going to be a really long day.....as we're up early this morning & are headed out to load hogs.  The semi will be here about 5:30 a.m.  So yep- I'm a farmer again this morning helping Deke.

Then Deke will chore & head to the office for the morning.  I'm off to go get the boys up, fed & ready for school.  I'll take the twins to pre-school & then Trey, Masen & I will head home to our house.  I'll be packing & getting things ready to leave at  noon.  Deke will be keeping the 2 boys for me for the afternoon.  I'm headed to Wisconsin for the next 5 days with 6 demonstrator friends.  We're going to be doing lots of stamping & enjoying the beautiful fall colors at Door County.  I have never been there before & it has been on my bucket list for years.  I'm excited & I can't wait!  I know I'll come home with tons of new ideas & things to share with all of you!

NOTE:  I just wanted you to know that I will not have internet access while I'm gone, so I will not have access to my email & I will not be posting anything after today on my blog until next Monday- 10/3.  We get home late on Sunday night & I'll get back on track to doing my daily posts next week. 

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

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Another 'Cookie Cutter Halloween'

Here is another cute little mummy!  I stamped him in Crumb Cake!  And then I used the Wink of Stella over him to make him glimmer!

Check out his little heart that I punched out of the Red Glimmer Paper.

And check out the Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper strip I used along the bottom.

stamp set:   'Cookie Cutter Halloween' & 'Spooky Fun'
card stock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
designer paper:  Halloween Night Specialty DSP (12x12), Red Glimmer Paper (12x12), Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper (12x12)
ink:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Ovals Frameltis, Duet Banner Punch, Tip Top Taupe Striped Ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

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We went to Brayden's football game last night.  WOW- his team won & did a great job!  Brayden made 2 touchdowns too!  We then came home & I got supper & then burnt the midnight oil stamping!

This morning I'm off early to go pick up the boys, as Manda has an early meeting.  When they all go home tonight I'll be a stamping fool, burning the midnight oil again.

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!

Happy Stamping!

Hugs-
SUSIE

Mummy= 'Cookie Cutter Halloween'

I love this mummy!!  He is from the 'Cookie Cutter Halloween' set.  I think he is super cute!

Check out this cool dioramic fold card!  It pops out when standing up!

Doesn't it look like the mummy is coming out through the hole in the wall?

stamp set:  'Cookie Cutter Halloween', 'Spooky Fun', 'Jar of Haunts' & 'Ghoulish Grunge'
card stock:  Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
ink:  Archival Basic Black
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Paper Snips, Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Halloween Night Bakers Twine, Simply Scored Scoring Tool

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I had another great day of stamping at my 2nd Halloween Treats class yesterday with the group that joined me!  

Last night we went to Nathan & Sarah's for supper.  Then came home & worked on the farm.  We loaded hogs & walked in the door about 12:45.  I'm doing this post & headed to bed.

We'll be up early today.  Deke will chore & head to the office for his weekly board meeting.  I'm off to go to Manda's to get the boys up, fed & take the twins to pre-school.  Tonight I'll be putting stuff away from my weekends stamping classes. 

I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

A little Skelton- 'Cookie Cutter Halloween'

Here is the last of my Halloween Treats to share.   It is a pocket treat holder.....you just slide your candy (or gift) into it. 

I fussy cute out this little skeleton, as I thought he was too fat without trimming him down.

Check out his eyes.  I used the Perfect White Accents & a sharpie black marker to make him have googly eyes.

stamp set:
card stock:
designer paper:
ink:
marker:
other:

Yesterday was a long day!!!  It was about 8:15 when I got home last night.  I stopped & picked up a pizza on my home for our supper.  But wow- we had a great day of stamping together at my 'Halloween Treats' class in Hiawatha!  Bless Mary, Nancy, Dena & Terri for helping me clean up.  Bless Leslie for bringing some snacks & helping me set up everything!  I enjoyed my day & I think everyone else did too!

I'm up this morning to get things set up & ready for another full day of stamping here at our home with my local 'Halloween Treats' class.  I am excited I have so many joining me this year & I can't wait to spend my day stamping with all of them.

I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Stampin' Up! - 'Jar of Haunts'

This is one of the treat boxes everyone joining me for my 'Halloween Treats' classes today & tomorrow will be making!!  This little pumpkin is super cute!  

stamp set:  'Jar of Haunts' & 'Spooky Fun'
card stock:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
designer paper:  Halloween Night Specialty DSP (12x12)
ink:  Black Memento
markers:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
other:  Paper Snips, Pumpkin Pie ribbon (on clearance rack), Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Dimensionals, Glue dots, 2" Circle Punch

It was a short night, as I was cutting, cutting & cutting more!  Thankfully Deke did lots of the Big Shot cutting for me for hours last night to help me out!

I'm off this morning for Hiawatha to host one of my 'Halloween Treats' classes there!  When I get home tonight I'll be finishing getting ready for my class I'm having again tomorrow, which is here at our home.

Gotta run.....
I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE