Double The Chance To Win A Prize!

I don't create to win prizes...I love the feeling of using my hands to make something out of bits of paper, glue, and ink. It is awesome! But...with that said...I love winning prizes too! Who don't!! So, with the new challenge over at Jingle Belles I get to create AND get not one, but TWO chances to win some awesome prizes! That's because they have teamed up with Sketchy Thursdays for this week and when you create a card with ST's sketch and make it into a Christmas card to post on JB, you can post the SAME card on two places!! Hence, doubling your chance to win a prize!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

That awesome background paper was sent to me along with a ton of other beautiful paper by Angie (auntangie on SCS). She is so sweet!! Thank you Angie!!

I love this chipboard snowflake!! I have a ton of stickers that I have not been using lately so, as an attempt to use up what I already have, I am trying to use more stickers.

These stamps are from the Unity set called "Let it Snow".

Now, I want to show you what my "craft area" looks like right now.

This space also doubles as one section of my counter and my stove. But, mostly, its my craft area! Oh, I cannot wait for the day to come when my craft room is completed down in the basement.

All of this stuff was dragged out of bedroom to make ONE card!

I am just glad that there is more counter space in case someone wants to, I don't know, MAKE FOOD in the kitchen!!

So that's it for today. I will have another post on Monday for the Hippity Hop. See you then!

Love, Patricia

Snow or no snow...that is the question!

So, to say the weather here has been crazy the last few weeks is an understatetment. It has been too warm for snow with the exception of one day. Typical for Newfoundland? Nope! Then the wind and the rain has been hitting us like MAD! My 8-year-olds school was closed for three days in a row due to wind...NUTS! It has been blowing up a storm with 150km/hr last week and 110 km/hr today. It do not seem like Christmas here at all. As much as I am not in love with snow, it would be nice to see some for Christmas. It makes it all the much magical.

My kids have different concerns about Santa's big arrival. Jarod (8) don't thing the sleigh is going to be able to get here without snow. I reminded him of all the places in the world that don't get snow and Santa still visits there. Problem number one solved. Nick (3) is a little harder to convince. He watches his dad in the basement putting wood into our furnace...he is afraid that Santa will come down the chimney and get burned. I reminded him of the movie "The Santa Clause" where Santa magically makes a fireplace in the living room if there is none and he don't go into the furnace. He is not convinced. He wants Santa to come through the front door....so we may have to leave a note or email Santa so he avoids the chimney this year.

Too bad the snow didn't stay...just until Boxong Day anyway. We had so much fun out in the snow!

I also got a little crafty this week and finished Jarod's little gifts to his classmates and teachers. He will give those out tomorrow at his last day of school before the Holidays.

 For some reason this picture would not go in right!! It keeps going sideways!

I am hoping to start making my Christmas cards for next year soon, all because of the Christmas Card Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers. I didn't have enough cards to go around this year, so hopefully this challenge will help kick my butt!

Anyways, that is the end of this post. I will hopefully be able to make another post before the holidays are gone.

Love, Patricia