It's the Holiday Season!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! We had a fabulous time! We had family over for traditional Thanksgiving Dinner and we went out for a movie afterwards. Heidi and I had a fantastic time shopping on Black Friday, but we missed Bethany tremendously!!! It's just not the same without you girl!! We bought our Christmas Tree and it is tall and majestically standing in our living room!! We still have to put ornaments on it, but that will come! I am so excited that we are in the midst of the Holiday Season. I just love Christmas!!! Everything about it!!! The music, the giving, the decorating....you name it, I love it!!! I wish you all a blessed Holiday Season from the Bottom of my heart!!! I hope you enjoy each and every minute of it!!!

Today I was supposed to go back to work, but I just wasn't feeling well this morning, so I went back to bed. Going back to bed was just what the doctor ordered and I am doing much better this evening!!! It stinks being sick!!!

I am so excited to post my new projects!!!! Over the holidays, I was a very busy little beaver!!! I have been hard at work on three new classes for the Christmas Season!!! Here is a quick peek

at all three of them!

The first class is a set of six cards made with the wonderful October Afternoon Very Merry Collection!!! This set of papers is so much fun, I just couldn't stop at four cards. I believe that you could make a dozen cards out of one set of these papers!!!

The second is a set of 4 cards made with Webster's Pages Home for the Holidays collection. I used Vintage Christmas images, some Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle Paint, and lots of glitter with this set of cards!! You will have to see them in person!!

I also have a set of three Vintage Santa ornaments made with lots of glitter and pearls and of course, Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle Paint.

I will have a kit description and prices up this weekend! Please email me at klockart@msn.com if you are interested!

Thanks for stopping by!!! I appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Merry Christmas,

Kristii

Sending you

Jingle Bell Hop!!!

Welcome to the AC Bailey Jingle Bell Hop! With the holidays literally around the corner, the AC Bailey Design Team has decided to help Santa (and you) out this year with some fun and easy projects to help make the holiday gift season a bit easier. And just like Santa, we've also gotten some extra help this year and asked some additional elves to help out and post some of their cool projects too! And if that isn't enough help...we've also arranged for some early Black Friday sales just in case you need some products to get the projects completed.

come out and meet our Elves...check out their projects...leave a comment on their blogs and be eligible for a prize - upload some of your completed projects from any of the tutorials into the AC Bailey gallery and be eligible for another prize! Projects need to be completed and uploaded into the gallery by Tuesday, November 24th at Midnight Eastern to be eligible for a prize.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!! I have a special treat for you all…..

A visit from the Jolly Old Head Elf Himself!!!

Here is a quick and easy tutorial to make your very own Santa Ornament:

Supplies:

Patterned Paper cut in a quarter circle:

I used American Crafts Papers from AC Bailey (See the Black Friday sale at AC Bailey!!! All American Crafts are on sale!!!)

Wood Beads

Curly Doll Hair

Pom Poms

Felt

Decorative Cording or Ribbon

Markers

I used American Crafts Slick Writers also available from AC Bailey

Hot Glue Gun

Holly punch

Stickles as desired which are also available at AC Bailey

1. Draw a face on your wooden bead with a marker. It doesn’t have to be perfect as most of the face will be covered with the Jolly Old Elf’s beard.

2. Attach decorative cording folded in a loop to the top of the bead with hot glue. Make sure your cording is longer than the length of the Old Man’s hat with enough at the end to hang. (see picture for reference). Be sure to use your hot glue liberally so that the bond will support the bead.

3. Roll your quarter circle into a cone and glue with hot glue. Attach to the bead with hot glue.

4. Cut up the doll hair and attach to the bead in sections with hot glue. This is a very random process; keep adding hair until you like the results. Straighten a little piece of hair and add a little glue above his mouth and fill in his mustache. Trim beard as desired.

5. Embellish with a little felt, holly leaves and berries and a white pompom

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!! Now head on over to Jenn's blog for more Jingle Hop Fun!!!

Catching up!!!

What a whirlwind week!!! I just want to say a great big Thank You to those who attended my Santa's Workshop Crop!!! I had a blast with each and every one of you and I just gotta say, " You all rock"!!! Your projects all turned out amazing and I am so very proud of those of you who "got out of your box"!!!! You all are such a blessing to me and I thank you!!! Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

I love you all!!! You rock!!!

Little Red Scrapbook!!

I just loved these papers from SEI!!! They were so perfect for fall layouts and projects!! Here are a few of my November goodies:

Ben and I traveled to Seattle to visit Matt and Beth and we missed Heidi so much I just had to document it...hence the title, Missing (1)!!

This layout is based on one of my favorite sketches. Check out the Challenge at LRS!!!

I just had a blast with these papers making this fall banner!!! Here are a few close-ups...

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Stay tuned for the AC Bailey Jingle Bell hop!!!

Kristii

I love you all!!! You rock!!!

Little Red Scrapbook Sneaks!!!

Wow!!! What a whirlwind this weekend has been!!! I finally have my Little Red Scrapbook Sneaks ready to post!!! Here is the beautiful kit full of SEI papers and fun embellies!!!And here are my sneaks!!!!

Thanks for taking a peek!!!

Have a wonderful evening!!

Kristii

Santa's Workshop Crop!!!

The Santa's Workshop Crop begins today!!!

If you didn't get signed up for the crop...feel free to stop by and shop!!!

All Bazzill Cardstock will be 10% off and I have stocked up on lots Red and Green for your Christmas needs!! I also have new Prima florals for you to choose from. So come on over and join in the fun!!!

Friday 4-???

Saturday 9-???

Have a scrappy day!!

Kristii

Thank You!!!

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and to those who are serving our great nation. Thank you for your courage and dedication.

Thank you for our freedom!!!!

We just can’t say it enough.

To our son.....

We are so very proud of you! May God protect you and keep you safe as you serve to protect our great nation!

You are our hero!!

Wishing everyone a Happy Veteran's day!!

Please remember to pray for our troops!!!

Kristii

Seattle bound!!!

We are off to Seattle for a nice long weekend!!! I can't wait to see my girl!!!

Isn't she the cutest????

We are going to have a party and scrap and maybe take the ferry into the city. It doesn't matter, we will be together!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Santa's Workshop Crop!!!

I've been having some fun with MME's Be Merry line of papers. These snowmen are just way too cute!!! I will be featuring this card set at my Santa's Workshop Crop coming November 13th and 14th! I hope to see you there!!!!

If you are interested in a card kit or attending the crop, please contact me at klockart@msn.com

Thanks for looking!!!

Have a wonderful evening!!

Kristii

Another Year older...

Wow, it is hard to believe another year has gone by! The older you become the faster the years go by...at least that's how it feels. It has been such a difficult year, but I am proud to say that we are making it through the rough times and are looking ahead to brighter days for sure! My family took me out for breakfast and baked me a Chocolate Cake, my favorite!!! My sweetie gave me the best present ever!!!! A brand new pair of Uggs!!!!

I am so into comfort, and these boots are the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn!!! Thanks Sweetie! I love them!!!

My son and I were able to take time yesterday to try to take pictures for the Yearbook and by george, I think we did it!!! I just love this picture taken along the old railroad!! Isn't he just handsome!!! What do you all think, is it a keeper?

The pictures are due to the Annual Staff by November 2. I think we made it just in time!!!

Yesterday I also finished up my Scrapping the Music layout for the week. I was not pleased with it however. I typed some journaling on a transparency and it did not photograph well at all! I didn't get a chance to change it on the STM blog, but when we got home from taking pictures I went to work and stamped out my journaling instead. This is the end result and I like it so much better. You never know when the camera just won't like your work!! At least you can read the journaling now!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!!!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!!!

Kristii

Freaky Friday Challenge at AC Bailey

Friday means its Freaky Friday over at AC Bailey and it's my week to post the Freaky Friday Challenge!!! This week's challenge is easy peasy for sure!!! Do a LO using fall colors( brown, orange, yellow, green) or use Basic Grey's Indian Summer Papers, It also has to have a pumpkin

and/or leaves on it. No sweat!!! You will have until next Friday to post your layout in the AC Bailey gallery and also leave a link in the forum. I will pick a winner next Friday!!!

Here's my example:

That's Bethany in the fall of 1991. Whew that was a long time ago!!! We used to rake up all the leaves for the kids to play in. They always had so much fun!!! When we moved to a house that had no trees, we went to a friends house and bagged up some leaves for the kids to jump in! You can't mess with tradition!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great day,

Kristii

Indian Summer Fun

I posted a new card class featuring Basic Grey's Indian Summer papers today on the AC Bailey Blog. I just loved working with these rich, beautiful papers. The matching embellies are fantastic too. Felt Woolies, rub-ons and Element stickers add dimension and character to each card. I also used my new Sizzix Texture Boutique to create the swiss dot papers. What a wonderful tool and so fun to play with too!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Kristii

The end to a Beautiful Season

Good morning everyone!!! I hope this Tuesday finds you healthy and happy! Who can believe that it is October 20th? Where has the time gone? Soccer Season has kept us very busy and I am very sad to say that our record breaking season has ended. The playoff game was one of the hardest games of any sport I have ever witnessed. Our boys played so well!! They controlled the game and played to the best of their ability. However, things happen. Ten minutes into the game, our amazing goalie, was hit in the face with a direct shot off the foot. The poor guy went

down and did not come back into the game.

Who is that with his hands on the ball with the red jersey???

Yes, that is Benny. How many games has he played goalie......0, absolutely none, nada, never. Bless his heart for the courage he had to face the opponent!! He played his heart out. Our guys scored a goal and we were well on our way to the semi finals. Our boys controlled the whole game. They gave it everything they had!!

We were down to the final two minutes of the game and wouldn't you know Corvalis scored. Benny was devastated. We went into over-time and Corvalis scored on him again. I can't tell you the pain in my heart for my son. What a difficult defeat!!! The next day I talked to him and he said you know, "I just didn't imagine my last game in front of the net. I imagined falling to the turf in complete exhaustion after the game from running as hard and as fast as I could the entire game. It wasn't the way I wanted to end my season." My heart still aches for my son. Now it is time to focus on all the records they broke this year. It was a beautiful season!!!

Fun with Basic Grey

Today is my day to post a Technique Tuesday Tutorial at AC Bailey and this is what I came up with:

Basic Grey Thank You Shaped Card

Materials from AC Bailey:

Basic Grey Indian Summer Paper Pack

Basic Grey Take Note Journaling Cards with transparencies

Basic Grey Indian Summer Woolies

Bazzill Paper Pack – Indian Summer

Flora Doodles Paper Florettes – For the Guy

Kaiser Craft Bling

Maya Road Chipboard Letters – Noah

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick

Stickles – Fruit Punch

From my stash:

Ribbon

I started with Basic Grey Take Note Journaling Cards with transparencies for the shape of the card. I folded a piece of 6 x 12 cardstock in half and placed the fold to the left.

I traced the journaling card onto the cardstock.

I cut around the card leaving the fold intact.

Then I cut the brown edge off of the journaling card, so that, when I glue the journaling card to my cardstock base, I will have a nice red edge around my card.

I traced the inside of the brown border on a piece of white cardstock to use as the inside of my card.

I glued the Journaling Card and Transparency to the front of the card and I added some Flora Doodles, Woolies, and ribbon embellishments.

I inked The Maya Road Chipboard Alphas with Worn Lipstick

and then added Fruit Punch Stickles to create the glittered alphas.

I cut out the white card insert and glued to the inside of the card and added a Flora Doodle.

(Note: the Flora Doodles gem is green in color, so I carefully removed the green gem and

added a clear gem for color matching purposes.)

I had a blast with these beautiful goodies from AC Bailey!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

Kristii