Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps #9 Gift Card Holders & Pile It on #27 Tinsel Town

This week Pile it on is challenging us to use glitter on our cards! I combined that with Kraftin' Kimmies #9 Gift Card Holder challenge! I love this image of Charlotte from Kraftin' Kimmies stamps...she is just so cute and full of possible mischief! I made the card for my daughter whom I think is cute and different as Charlotte!

Paper is from DCWV stack and Making Memories Mistletoe. The green with red polka dots fabric is from JoAnn Fabrics. The sentiment was mounted on Inksentials glass squares, and the metal swirl and Christmas pins are also Making Memories! The clothes pin was from a bin at Michaels.

Cupcake Craft Challenge #69... Sing a Christmas Carol

This week Cupcake Craft Challenges is asking us to use our favorite Christmas Carol in our cards or Christmas projects. I choose this image (Step Sisters) from Mo's Digital Pencil because it reminded me of one of my favorites-Santa Claus is Comig to Town! Indeed he is! Don't those two look like they are naughty?

Ummmm...

Yep, I know I have Christmas songs on my playlist, and a witchy theme...but most of you know me and understand :)!

The very talented April of April Showers goes the credit for the new look on my blog!! Check her out, her link is on my sidebar!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #44

This week we are asking you use your favorite Christmas Color Combo! Our sponsor is Your Next Stamp and you have to check out their super cute images here!

My favorite Christmas color combo is Red, Cream, and Green. I used Designer paper from a DCWV mat. The ribbon is from Creative Impressions. The snow flake also from Creative Impressions. The stamp of course is from Your Next Stamp!

Happy Birthday little guy!

OMG! I watched the weather for sooo long to be sure that nothing was going to disturb Jude's 1st birthday and all was well! Not really, we woke up Saturday to 4 inches of snow! I had just emailed a DT pal how I wish we had some real winter weather and BAM! I didn't mean like right then, it could have waited till 5 on Sunday after the party! Next time I am going to be really specific! Like..."Okay I wish for Johnny Depp, in his Willy Wonka, no Pirates outfit at my front door ready to swoosh me (yes it's a technical term; swoosh) to his private island! Yes, my hubby is okay with JD doing this, he is the only many I am allowed to be swooshed away by! Little does he know Gerard Buttler is in love with me (he just doesn't know it yet)!

Okay okay, there I go straying somewhere else! Anyhow, so it snowed us in for my babies 1st b-day. Luckily we have a large garage and saved it! It was pretty interesting though, to see his big brother Scott (14) and daddy BBQ in the snow!

My favorite was the smash cake time! He was soooo tired by the time we got around to cake that he was falling asleep while digging into it! Of course for a one year old party... it seems that we have to do it in sessions...cause of naps ya know! We did the Hoedown Throwdown dance, he played musical chairs with mommies help, mommy and daddy made fools of themselves donut bobbing! It was a blast! Today the 30th is his actual birthday and he is still sooo tuckered out he hasn't gotten around to unwrapping all his gifts...Grandma and the aunties over did it! He had a mountain of gifts!Here are a few pictures I would love to share with you all!

My little Buckaroo... You can tell he is already getting tired and the party had not yet begun!

Me and the little guy... I swear I am not that big, they say that the camera adds 10lbs...and no there are not 10 cameras on me!

Daddy bobbing for donuts! Yes I did it too, but they don't dare catch that on camera!

Snow BBQ-in', yes my husbands 14 year old son is now taller than he! See what I have to look forward to!

From bottom to top to the right; Daddy (Chris), big brother Scott, big brother Christian, mommy, and big sister Rio!

Oooh gimmie that cake!

We asked him if he liked the cake and his party and all he had to say was, "YYeah!" Too funny!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #43

This week's Theme Challenge is; Color Me Wonderful! What's your favorite coloring medium? Our sponsor this week is C.C. Designs! She has the most adorable stamps available here!

My favorite coloring medium is Watercolor pencils! Although I have a lot of Copics and continue to add to my collection... I really enjoy the rich colors I get from my Prisma and Steadler water colors. I used all Prisma water colors on my Brigita Santa! Isn't it it just full of color! The designer paper is from an old Provo Craft Scrap Pad. The ribbon from JoAnn's, both stamp images are from C.C. Designs. The brads are from Karen Foster and the Candy Cane eyelet from Eyelet Outlet.