My Happy Stamping Place

Hoilday Ornaments

We made this card at my stamp club last week.  We used a piece of the flocked vinyl from the Candlelight Christmas pack.  To make it stand out a little more I cut a piece of crumb cake to back it with.  I glued the vinyl in strategic places like behind some of the flocking on the edges and in the middle where the brown piece is.  The middle Espresso piece is cut from the Apothecary Accents framelits die set and the ornaments are from the Ornament Keepsakes and coordinating Holiday Ornaments framelits die cut set that cuts out the exact shape of the stamp set!

The kids are off to a great start in school!  Sam is loving Junior high, Nick is finishing up his last year at junior high and Rebecca is off to a great start at college!  Doug is getting restless and wants to get back to work. We hope to get him fitted for a boot next week for his ankle and then he could start putting weight on it. 

Thanks for stopping in today!

Kathleen

Halloween on a Stick!

I saw this adorable Halloween card on Pinterest and knew I had to give it a try, giving it a Stampin' Up! twist.

I love the whimsy of it!  The jar is stamped on the crumb cake cardstock and then I die cut the window sheet and placed it over the stamped jar.  I glued the clear jar down in strategic places that wouldn't show like under the greeting and the twine and button that is wrapped around the mouth of the jar.  The sticks are thin pieces of soft suede cardstock.  I adhered Stampin' Up!'s adhesive sheets to the Soft Suede cardstock first and then cut them into thin strips.  That way the adhesive was already on the thin cardstock and I didn't have to worry about adhesive or glue oozing out. 

My husband had a doctor's visit yesterday.  They unwrapped his soft cast and took some new x-rays. The ankle seems to be healing nicely.  It looks like surgery won't be necessary.  Yes!  We go back in in a couple of weeks and have another x-ray and if that looks good he will get a boot and start putting weight on it.  He is still in a wheelchair.  His ribs, back, and shoulder blades continue to heal. He's not sleeping well because it's hard to get comfortable. But the worst is behind us!  We have had some wonderful friends, neighbors and family bring over meals which has been such a great help! One less burden to worry about. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen