Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

Good morning!

(I did post a card at the end of my post today.  Keep on scrolling to the bottom to see it.....)

 Yesterday afternoon/evening we had Christmas with our kids at our home.

Here are some photos to share......

 We got the boys new sleds for one of their Christmas presents.
Guess both the big boys & little boys liked them!

Here is Nathan & Brayden trying out a sled.

They had LOTS of fun!

 It was slick!
We don't have much snow, but we do have lots of ice.

This is them just sliding down our driveway.

Them getting off the sled at the bottom.
If you could only have heard the laughing. 

Priceless memories!

Here is a photo of all 4 boys taken before we started opening gifts.

Jackson- 7 years (Nathan's girl friends son)

Brayden- 4 1/2 years

Brody & Drake- almost 16 months

 Here are they are opening their gifts!
Lot of tractors & lego's!

Here is the Seeley family as we were getting ready to leave to go to mass.
Steven, Brody, Manda & Drake

 This is a Christmas card that I've been working on the past couple of days!

'More Merry Messages' & 'Snowflake Soiree'
cs:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso & Real Red
Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Paper
ink:  Early Espresso
supplies:  Champagne Shimmer Paint/Mist spray, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details (glitter), dimensionals, glue dots, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch

We are off to my sisters soon to have my families Christmas.
This year we are doing a brunch!
Something new we are doing, as we usually do the traditional Christmas meal, but one of my nieces & Nathan couldn't be at 2 Christmas at the same time- so we are doing ours different this year.
 I'm taking bacon, home made cinnamon rolls & a hashbrown/sausage/egg casserole.

(We will have Christmas with Deke's family on Saturday evening.)

Merry Christmas!
Oh, come let us adore Him.....

Giving thanks for God's Gift of Love and the joy we share through Christ the Lord.

(I love this wording from our 'Come to Bethlehem' stamp set.)

Love & Blessings-

SUSIE, DEKE & family

Happy Christmas Eve to you all!

Oh how I love this snowflake die.  I have used it for tons & tons of projects.  

 

I cut out the snowflakes with the Aluminum flashing using the Big Shot & the Snow Flurry die; then added one of our upcoming NEW JUMBO RHINESTONES in the middle; attached the 3 snowflakes together with glue dots & put onto the glass candle votive with a dimensional.  

This is one of the gifts I made Christmas.

Oh- I have LOTS to do in the next few hours!!  I have to finish up signing Christmas cards & get them all in the mail box within the next few hours, so that they go out in today's mail. 

THEN-

We have our Christmas with our kids tonight.  So I have cleaning, cooking & wrapping of gifts to do before they get here.  We'll eat, unwrap gifts & go to mass together.  Looking forward to seeing how excited the boys are over their gifts.  I wonder if they will like the wrapping paper more or the presents???  

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

Another Stampin' UP! Sneak Peek from the Spring Catalog

Good morning!
I am running late today......so here is a quick post.

These are new products from the New Spring Catalog!

'Feel Goods'
cs:  Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
ink:  Black Stazon
supplies:  Big Shot, NEW- Card Base Pop 'n Cuts die, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, NEW Bitty Butterfly punch, Basic Pearls, dimensionals, glue dots

Lots to do today.....I just about have my Christmas cards done & want to make sure they go out tomorrow!

Sometime I'm going to squeeze hair cuts for the boys in to things this afternoon.  We have our Christmas with our kids tomorrow afternoon/evening......and I need to clean, cook & wrap the boys gifts!

 Note:  This is just the outside of the card.....in next few days I'll post the inside of it!

Gosh....I love the font & wording in this new saying set!

Hope you have a great day!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

Another Stampin' UP! Sneak Peek from the Spring Catalog

Good morning!!
Here is another sneak peek!  I love this designer paper & the hearts!  It is SO PRETTY! This heart stamp set has a coordinating framelit that goes with it!  Woohoo!!

'Hearts A  Flutter' & 'Fabulous Phrases'
cs:  Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla
More Amore Specialty Designer Paper
ink:  Pool Party & Primrose Petals
supplies:  Big Shot, Hearts A Flutter framelits, Jewelry Tag punch, dimensionals, glue dots 

Sycamore Street Pool Party Ribbon - 
This is in the new Sale-a-bration Flyer that starts on 1/22/13!

 Aren't you excited about all of the new things in the Spring Catalog???

There are so many cool new things!!

 I can't wait to share with all of you at my upcoming workshops in 2013!!

This card is one that we did at my downline meeting here last Saturday.

It was one of the shoe box swaps that the girls got to make.

Deke & I are off to a family friends visitation/funeral this morning.

Ford McFarlan has been a long time family friend of both our of families.

He & his wife Juanita never missed any of our families graduations, weddings or anything!

Ford & Juanita were best friends with my grandparents.

The twins & I went to visit Ford on his 92 birthday in October.

I'm so glad we got to see him that day!

I'm so glad he got to see the twins.

When we get home I'll be spending the rest of the day/night stamping!

I stamped all night last night.

I got alot done- but tons more to do.

My Stamp Studio is a disaster!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE