Last Day of the Year 12-31-23

This was last years NYE picture that we celebrated! We are going to do it again this year! Again this year our dear friend, Carlene, will not be with us to celebrate as she is with her son and his family in Indiana. Happy New Year Carlene! I wanted to show everyone the favor I made for tonights festivities. I made the champagne bottle from Cricut Access. I just added the little box on the back with some Lindt's chocolate and fireball nip for each of us. The champagne bottle measures about 9 inches tall and the box on the back is 2 1/2 x 2 inches. We have some fun accesories for the party tonight and I'll post some pictures tomorrow. We will see her next year! Happy 2024 everyone!

Anniversary #43

My husband and I celebrated our 43rd Anniversary on the 27th of December. We had a nice dinner out with our daughter. It was a nice evening and delicious food! Just a quick post to show the card that I made for my husband.

This is a variation of a gatefold card with tabs to close it. I used Graphic 45 paper collection and dies for the happy anniversary. Sizzix champagne glasses were used for the images inside the card. I love how this card turned out.

Merry Christmas!

Here we are! Christmas weekend and everything is done except the cooking and some baking. We had our family Christmas celebration last weekend which was so fun! It will be a quiet Christmas Day this year with just my husband and daughter but it will be lovely and the weather will be terrific! Especially after this past week's storm, I feel terrible that so many towns mostly north of us have had devastating loss from the wind, rain and flooding. I did make a card for my hairdresser who always gets a kick out of my cards! He is the best! It is a gatefold with some closures.

One more card was for my brother-in-law's birthday. I love it when I can incorporate a photo in a card. This picture is from this summer at our 4th of July party in our pool. I had to use it for his birthday! It is hard to see in the picture but it is a pop up style card.

Also I wanted to share a photo of my daughter's pup, Ollie. He is not impressed with our Christmas tree...

Lastly, the reason for the season! Love my nativity set!

Christmas Cards 2023

My Christmas cards for this year have all been sent! There are a nativity scene this year. The style is a cascade, accordion card. I used gold, copper and silver foil for the nativity dies. The sentiment is from Stampin up and a lot of the paper is from Graphic 45. When my cards are sent out, it always feels like Christmas! Still have some shopping to do but mostly stocking stuffers. I made a Hanukkah card for my daughter in law's parents. It was made with my cricut from cricut access. The menorrah came out perfect. Love how it came out. Happy Hannukkah!