Marcia gave me this beautiful card and I want to share it with you. 

Close to My Heart Workshop

Close to My Heart  has an Inspirations mini catalog and today I went to a workshop where we made cards with the Stamp of the Month - Find Your Style.  I bought the stamp set!  When you see these pictures you will agree there was no way I could pass it up.

To make the skirt we sprayed a strip of decorative cardstock with water, wrinkled it into a ball stretched it out and pleated..  Little sparkling beads make the necklace. Adorable!  

The background is stamped, notice the button brad on the shoe.

Homemade with Love

Once in a while the family decides to have a Homemade Christmas and 2010 was one of those times.  I used the Ikea framed mirror to create my homemade craft by covering the frame with decorative paper from the Graphic 45 line, doing some creative cuttings here and there, pop up dots and a little bling.

              Quote:  Well behaved women rarely make history -  Ulrich

Quote:  Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

-Picasso

A VERY MERRY DAY

'Twas days before Christmas when from towns far and near the Inky Fingers gathered filled with laughter and cheer.
Most lights they came on, and the tables were set as we all settled down for a nice winter fest. 
When what to our wondering eyes there appeared but a nice little treat full of  warm winter cheer!

With dishes to share and tags yet to make we were all ready of this fun to partake. 

Since I am not a poet I'll  just end it here and wish you all a Christmas full of Good Cheer.

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Here at the dishes and recipe cards.

Barry

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Marcia

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Monique

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Cari

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Dawn

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Claudia

 A long distance Inky Finger

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Christine

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Caryl

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Thank you Barry and Jerome for hosting our gathering.   The Potato Soup was fabulous!

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Sneak Peek....

Here is a sneak peek at our Inky Fingers December fun where we each brought a gift tag for everyone to make. Christine made a garland of the tags and hung them on her fireplace.  Double click on the picture to see it larger.

More pictures to come.......

Ta-dah!

 Ok, my necklace is not as clean as Angelas you can see bubbles and rough edges but the idea is there for you all to see.  All you need is a washer, a punch the size of the washer, pretty paper and Crystal Effects, both Stampin Up and Close to My Heart sell it.  When making it be sure your tape covers the whole washer otherwise the edges will lift when covered with the Crystal Effects.  The cord and bead you can find at any craft store.  So get to making......

Sunday Fun

 Sunday was Customer Appreciation  Day at Angela's house, our Close to My Heart consultant,everyone made four free projects I am posting two of them I am still working on the necklace and will post later depending on how well it turns out, I know Angela's was beautiful.  The gift card holder is specially cute and very easy to make. The picture does not do justice to the peacock card it is embossed in white and it sparkles in just the right places