Winter Smiles & Saying Farewell

Wow, it has been a crazy, busy month, hasn't it!?!

I set aside the day yesterday to take down my Christmas tree 

and decorations.  Of course, in the process you must dust, vacuum

and fluff all of the old stuff that's coming back out onto the shelves again...

I always, always dread packing it all away so I'm glad it's over!

 Now my house looks so clean...and sparse LOL

This will probably be my last post for 2014, so I wanted to send a 

farewell to a few of the teams that I was so privileged to be a part of 

for the past year or two:

DOODLEBUG DESIGN

NEWTON'S NOOK DESIGN

PINK PAISLEE

TOP DOG DESIGNS

I have decided that it was time to cut back on my commitments going into

2015, but I do have a couple of surprise announcements to share once

they're made public...I can't wait to share them with you!

Here is one of my final projects made with Top Dog Dies

With the chilly winter months still ahead of us, warm someone's day with this cozy

 card using the Darling Deer Die Set...it's not just for Christmas projects! 

 I die-cut the deer image from brown cardstock and then a cute brown and white dot paper 

by Carta Bella.  The horns were snipped from the dot paper and then layered on top

 of the cardstock image.  Next, the Vintage A2 Mat Die was used to create a

 snowy background and the deer was added with foam adhesive. 

 The snowy hill (cut from white cardstock) was spritzed with an iridescent spray

 and also added at the bottom with foam adhesive.  A simple sentiment sticker

 from the same Carta Bella collection was attached, along with a small die-cut snowflake.

  The serene scene and color scheme will surely brighten anyone's winter day!

 

I cannot believe that the CHA Winter show is just a week and a few days away...

if you're going, I hope to see you there!  

Let me close by wishing you each a very Happy New Year...

Love and hugs to you all!