Monday, December 31, 2012

It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #152 -” Anything Goes”

Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 6th.

One random drawn prize winner will receive a $12.00 voucher to Just Some Lines.


When I saw the Jenni Bowlin reproduction “Hotel Key Holder” my first thought was … Oh the possibilities! When I received this product the wheels started turning. I had so many ideas in my head I didn’t know what to do. My only regret is that I didn’t order 3 or 4 of them lol!

This little treasure measures 11 X 14 and is detailed with gold numbers with a little brass hook above each number. The hooks remove easily for placement of embellishments.

I just happened to have some old keys and all the other embellishments are from my scrappy stash.

 
 




Monday, December 24, 2012

It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #151 is Christmas/Holiday/New Year’s.

Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 30th.

One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Crop Stop.


 

Warmest Wishes: I card I made for a Christmas card swap.  Lots of layering and inking on this one.

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 17, 2012

It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #150 is Christmas/Holiday “anything goes”

Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 23rd.

One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Di’s Digi Downloads.


I actually found this idea on Pinterest and thought it was so cute. I cut my tags with my Cricut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. I went through my scrappy stash and found a ton of Christmas embellishments to use. So far I’ve made 16 of these tags for family and friends.




Saturday, December 15, 2012

Using the facts you read here may lead you to impress your friends with your knowledge about Reindeer this holiday season.

Did you know:

Reindeer are a species of deer whose natural habitat is the far northern areas of arctic Europe, Asia, and North America extending onto the tundra above the tree-line . The name for these deer found native to North America (including Greenland) is "Caribou", while in Europe it is known as the "Reindeer". They are the same species. The reindeer is thought to have first been domesticated by humans at least 3,000 years ago (and perhaps as long as 7,000 years ago) in northern Eurasia (Lapland), and still remains the only deer to be widely domesticated. Used as beasts of burden and farmed for milk, meat and their hides, reindeer have been the economic basis of the Lapp culture for centuries. However, because of their popularity, today they are raised in many areas of the world outside of their native arctic.

Reindeer are the only type of deer in which both male and female reindeer have antlers. Female reindeer retain their antlers until they give birth to their young in the spring. Keeping their antlers throughout the winter ensures they are able to compete for food while pregnant. Male reindeer shed their antlers each winter.

Male reindeer have much louder calls than females, especially during rutting season. When bellowing is necessary, they inflate a small pouch just under the skin of their throats.

Reindeer have a strong sense of smell, and it's that sense of smell that assist them in finding the lichen under the snow. They can sniff out the plant material easily, even through snow that is 60 centimeters deep.

Reindeer were built for the snow and cold. Their bodies react to changes in temperatures by making adjustments. When temperatures become frigid, they have the uncanny ability to lower the temperature in their legs to near freezing levels. This keeps their core body heat even.

For winter grazing they grow their facial hair long enough to cover their mouths, protecting their muzzles from the snow.

… and we all know Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but he actually wasn't in the original list of Santa's reindeer names in "Twas The Night Before Christmas". The classic Christmas poem, first published in 1823, calls out the following reindeer names:

1. Dasher
2. Dancer
3. Prancer
4. Vixen
5. Comet
6. Cupid
7. Dunder
8. Blixem

And I thought this idea was adorable “Reindeer Food”! There are several variations to this in cyber land. I mixed 1 large container of oatmeal with an 8oz jar of red glitter. I then filled recycled Starbucks Coffee bottles and decorated them.





The poem on the tag reads:

Be sure to take this
magic food and sprinkle
on the lawn,
On Christmas, Santa's
reindeer travel miles
before the dawn.
The smell of oats
and the glitter
path will guide them
on their way,
And you'll wake
up to Santa's
gifts next morn on
Christmas Day!

 
Be sure to check out this site:

Reindeer Cam “Santa’s Official Reindeer Live Feed”

Monday, December 10, 2012

It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #149 is to use the color “RED”.  How easy is this challenge?!

Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 16th.

One random drawn prize winner will receive a $5.00 voucher to Digital Delights.


Happy Holidays Card:

Monday, December 3, 2012

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!

And I think these little Christmas trees will make perfect teacher gifts.

They measure 7 inches tall and I made them out of scalloped circles cut with my Cricut using the Winter Woodland cartridge (image found on page 32).

The 17 scalloped circles range in size from 3 ½ inches to 1 ¼ inches. After cutting the circles out I made a base out of corrugated cardboard. I used a wooden skewer as the trunk of the tree and then punched a hole in the middle of each circle and threaded them onto the skewer from biggest to smallest gluing them in place.





It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #148 is to use “circles” in any way.


Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 9th.

One random drawn prize winner will receive 3 images from The Stamping Boutique.


Can’t wait to see what you come up with J

Saturday, December 1, 2012



Since Gracelynn arrived (October 21st..) I have been creating a fair number of girly scrapbook layouts.  Believe me I'm having no trouble finding (way to many) cute products to inspire my creativity.  In fact, my scrap room is overflowing with embellishments that fit the bill.

 

I'm hosting a challenge this month at My Sketch World and this is the layout I did for an example.
The challenge is to use a doily/doilies on a layout.  Hope you can find some time to check out the challenges by the other DT Members and participate.  Can't wait to see what you come up with!