I think Winter is Coming.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I have lived my entire life in Western Canada (except Manitoba).  One would think I would be used to winter and be ready for it.......nope.......never....  It's COLD out there.

I made an egg bake and a serving of hashbrowns for breakfast this morning.  It was warm and delicious:

Then we watched a Christmas movie on the tele.

After lunch I started on one of the quilting projects that I picked up recently.  It is a panel that has cut outs to make the quilt 3 D.  There are probably several ways to do the cut outs, but I chose to cut the pieces with about a 1/4" border and press the border back:

Then I placed the tree shape on my batting and cut along the edges of half of the tree.  When I was done that I shifted 1/4" the entire tree cut out and cut the batting along the other side of the tree so that the batting would fit inside my folded edges:

I pressed all the edges down once again and then placed on the panel and appliqued around the entire tree:

TAH DAH a puffy tree on the quilt panel!

Then I decided I need a quilting break and my son, his dog and I took a walk down to the River Valley.  Not too long into our walk it started snowing:

It was a creepy feeling crossing the bridge today as we could hear the ice flows getting split as they came in contact with the bridge pillars 😓😓😓

The snow was starting to stick to the trails and drift by the time we crossed the bridge.

On the way back we could no longer see down town!  By the time we got back to the house the wind and snow were almost like blizzard conditions!!  I HATE winter.  Seriously.

After dinner we put the last few ornaments on the Christmas Tree and put the boxes back in the cupboard.  The last 2 ornaments to go on my tree:  

These two ornaments are the last two to go on every year because they require a special spot.  The Snowflake is an ornament that was made by a Grandmother of a patient that I looked after on ECMO fifteen years ago.  During her time on ECMO her Grandmother made these snowflakes for each of us to remember Bethany.  Bethany was originally from Nova Scotia.  I was given the Nova Scotia Angel by my mother in law who has now also crossed over.  I keep these two ornaments together so that the Angel is able to watch over the snowflake.  It makes me happy that way and it feels right.  

Now it's time to get prepared for tomorrow and maybe get some sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Countdown to Christmas

Did you realize that today means that there is only 11 more months until Christmas???  I LOVE Christmas, and this year, I do plan to be more organized for it than I was this past year.

It is going to start with finishing all the projects I did not this year, like for example, this cookie box.  

I started with a basic box that I got at the dollar store for a dollar.  I used Designer Series paper on the top and sides, and used my ink pad to sponge the edges of the box and paper.

The decoration on top is yet another of the Christmas ornaments made with the awesome Framelits and coordinating stamps from the Stampin Up winter catalogue. Big fun as my son would say.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

 

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

Yay!  A s"crap" card that I actually am proud of (sort of).

Today I used a piece of Baja Breeze scrap and left over scraps from my Snow Festival Designer Series Paper.

I used my Holiday Framelits, and my Ornaments Keepsakes stamp set along with foam dots to add dimension to the ornament and finally broke open the package of Stitched Satin Ribbon.

Pretty.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

A Red Eye Craft - Almost

Yesterday evening after work I attended Karina's class on how to make these ornaments.  If you think you've seen them, they are on the front of the Winter Mini Catalogue from Stampin Up!

I am so glad I attended the class as I probably could have made this on my own, however, it would have taken a lot of glue dots and sticky strip to achieve the same results!!

I think I will make more of these.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Edible Ornaments

This evening my whole family got involved with my crafting project of the evening!!  My husband and son put the gummy lifesavers on the licorice strings, and then we all got "stuck" making balls out of the Rice Krispie squares recipe (found on your own box of Rice Krispie's).   No, they will not hang on the tree as the dog will think that they are treats for him.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Christmas Paper Ornaments

Okay, so now that the cookies were baked I could focus on the task of the ornaments.  Hmmm, what to do at 2200 hours that would not require all night.  As I was flipping through a pack of paper that I bought a while back (thought organizing the craft room might help come up with an idea) I found 2 of these sheets of paper.  I took my 1 3/4 inch Stampin Up scallop punch and measured it against these trees and it fit!!!  So, I punched out a bunch of these circles, used the simply scored tool to fold the circles in half, alternated front and back sides, used lots of sticky strip and some hemp twine and made these little Christmas balls for the tree.  My son thought they were great and took them to school yesterday morning.  After school I found out that the tree had not arrived, so decorating will be on Monday.  Now, that I have a whole weekend to work on this, I might be able to come up with some really cool ornaments!!!  The challenge is on.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...


Kathy