Wednesday, December 28, 2016

* HAPPY NEW YEAR * 2017

Hello Everyone, We had a great Christmas, so much family, friends and love all around. as normal we all went to Jodee and Paul's home for Christmas Dinner. She is a wonderful cook. Hope you all had a really nice and Blessed Christmas.

 I enjoy creating each of my cards or other crafty things. I used cream cardstock music note paper and added Gold stars using my New star dies I embossed my stamp of a watch with liquid Platinum embossing power .I added Gold string and a gold spiral a tiny cream rose all from

Really Reasonable Ribbon.  
I added some of my New Washi tape" HAPPY NEW YEAR
and some pop dots.

I was very blessed this year I got many beautiful gifts and gift cards, all kind of crafting things, and some Annalee Dolls for my collection for our family room( only patriotic ones) from my loving generous Hubby.

Thank you for visiting my blog today it is always a blessing and honor. I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2017
 I figured since I just made my card today, its been real busy around here.  I am posting for both challenges.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge
Simon Says Monday Challenge 
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - anything goes  

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

CHEER SEASON GREATINGS 262 - 263

Hello Everyone, Happy to be home back home in Florida Had an amazing time with our Family in New Jersey, got all the Family Graves done, Boy was it cold, we went from upper 70* here in Fl down to low 30 & 40's..

I Enjoy playing along in all challenges and I love creating each of my cards,it is always a Blessing and Honor to have you stop by for a visit.


Today I used Craft color & Cream card stock and I also used Candy Cane Lane with Glitter by DCWV 

I added a Christmas Tree Embellishment and Christmas Ball embellishment from my stash. I added Ribbon and Bow using my Really Reasonable Ribbon from November Ribbon Club assortment.


I am sharing my card in the following challenge
Word Art Wednesday

God Bless
   Hugs
 Dottie   
I am the Guest DT for the month of December.
thank you Karen for having me it is always a Pleasure .

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Lets Be Sentimental

Welcome all I am a tad late posting, been on a mini vacation visiting Family & Friends in New Jersey. it was a wonderful time being with my Nephew and his family, cousins etc.

Hoping you are all having a wonderful week, Christmas is not far away, still Baking cookies and getting things all ready. .


I enjoy playing along in all challenges, I love making my cards and other crafty things. I used plaid card stock From my stash layered it with Music note Paper from Michaels Open stock.  


 I also used my die cut "Delightful Decorations #CBD118 & 2013Christmas Paper Collect  by Our Daily Bread designs.
lawn fawn Large stitched Rectangles # LF1026 
Silver string by RRR and a Die cut "dream" from SIMON SAYS STAMP.

Thank you for visiting it is always a Blessing and honor. I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you.I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge
ODBD - Lets Be Sentimental

God Bless
   Hugs
 Dottie 

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

A Gift for you .

Happy Wednesday, trying to catch up with us being away last week and visiting our Family and Friends in New Jersey.



Today I used White Card stock and a wood block stamp and  CRAYOLA colored pencils,  Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink. 
my Lawn Fawn die cut Rectangle large stitched

Thank you for Visiting my blog today it is always a Blessing and honor to have you stop by. I would love for you to become a new follower of my blog, and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Simon says Wednesday Challenge - Gift it.

God Bless
   Hugs
 Dottie

sharing just a few pix  We got the family graves done. one thing we never let not be done.

                             Joes Parents - Seubert

                                         My Dad
                              Grandma & Grandpa

                                   My Son Calvin.

 This was so important for us to get done,We take turns each year between FAMILY Members to make sure each one is taken care of. Each of them are missed everyday but around us always.May they Rest in Peace.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Let there be Snow


Happy Monday, wishing everyone a fun and safe week.


Today I used supplies from my stash, I used white card stock,CRAFT SMITH GOLD GIFT  card stock. make a Pinwheel and glued on, Ice skates  die by COTTAGE CUTZ . using my die cut, Small Snow Flake die Cuts, from Simon Says Stamp. 


Thank you for visiting today it is always a blessing and honor. I would love to have you become a new follower of my blog and I will be happy to do the same for you.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge. 
Simon Says Monday Challenge  - Let there be snow

God Bless
   Hugs
  Dottie



  Sharing some of the pix from our visit to New Jersey
 What a perfect visit with Family last week with our Family in New Jersey.Got some very special Family time together.
                             Frank, Barbara, & Gavin.


                                      Gavin

                                       Kevin


                                        Laurie


                               



             My Very Handsome and loving Hubby Joe  .


Not many of us left in the Family, was great to see Our Nephew Frank and his family, Kevin, Lynn, Kimberly and Laurie & Rick. and many others too. So many to see and not a lot of time.wish we could have gotten a bunch more pictures, but hubby forgot to put the card back in our camera. LOL


              
   

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Ice Inspiration

                            ****Ice Inspiration ****
 I enjoy playing along in all challenges & I love making my cards and other crafty things. I used White card stock, I used my fusing tool by We R Memories, White Glitter, used white, red & green felt for my Snowman and die cut.  
 Embellishments from my stash.
 Let it Snow Tag, and some Stickles White glitter Glue.


Happy Saturday, I guess better late then not at all, Hubby went for a Mini Vacation to visit our Family In New Jersey.
What a wonderful fun time we had.

Thank you for visiting my blog it is always a blessing and honor, I would love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you. I love making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Ice Inspiration

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie       









Christmas Celebrate Love

Happy Saturday Morning, just got home form our family Visit in New Jersey, what a wonderful time we had. Hope to see everyone again soon.
Today I used White card stock, printed card stock by My Minds Eye - HOLIDAY CHEER. Red ribbon from RRR
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - mowed lawn.

I also used A Pinwheel embellishment, from my stash.

Thank you so much for visiting,
It is always a blessing and Honor to have you stop by.
I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you.  I always enjoy making new blog friends.

Wishing everyone a very Blessed - Merry Christmas  &
Happy New Year 2017.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Mojo Monday- The Blog # 477 

God Bless
   Hugs
  Dottie

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

John 3:16

Happy Wednesday one and all, I am posting today From New Jersey not use to this Cold Weather, but  it is so worth visiting family. I am the GDT for Word Art Wednesday for December,
 it is always a Honor to work with Karen and the other DT members..


Thank you for visiting my blog today, It is always a Blessing to have you visit. Today I used, White card stock White Glitter paper & HOLIDAY CHEER  paper by My Minds Eye. I added white lace on the one side and also added a bow and white Spiral Stamens. from Really Reasonable Ribbon . I used my round die cut and large snow flake die. I added a Snow Flake embellishment from my stash.  

 The photo did turn out real well didn't have lighting and there is a  shadow on the picture from the bow.

 I am sharing my card  in the following Challenge.
Word Art Wednesday -# 260-261

 God Bless
    Hugs
  Dottie
 

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Something Crafty by Dottie: Silver & Blue

Something Crafty by Dottie: Silver & Blue: Good morning everyone, just a few day until we fly up to Jersey to visit our Family and take care of our family graves. I enjoy playi...

Silver & Blue

Good morning everyone, just a few day until we fly up to Jersey to visit our Family and take care of our family graves.

I enjoy playing along in all challenges, I love creating each of my cards and other crafty things. I used White  & light Blue card stock Darcie embossing folder " SNOWFLAKE" I used my snowflake die cut & Ice Skate die cut, I added silver string and Ribbon. I added some blue snowflakes from my stash.
I used BORDERING BLUE classic stampin' pad by STAMPIN 'UP! from my stash.
I also used my Copic C3 Cool Gray & Black #100  I also used my Merry Christmas die cut by Cherry Lynn Design
 Thank you for visiting my blog it is always a Blessing and Honor I hope you are all having a safe week. I'd love to have you become a new blog follower, and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.
Yesterday I changed my profile Picture, just updating, time goes by and many do not update. 


I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Happy Wednesday Everyone, Hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving last week, Ours was wonderful we have so much to be Thankful for... Nothing Like having our Family all around us.
On Monday December 5th We are flying up to New Jersey to spend time with more of our Family. it will be a short visit  sadly but we still have some things to get done here in Florida, We are coming home on the 5th. 


I enjoy playing along in all challenges and being crafty in many other ways. I love creating each of my cards. today I used everything to make my card from my stash.

I used Winter Green Card stock and layered it with a printed paper I also Used my round hand punch for my trees and added Red gems and a tad glittered with MERRY CHRISTMAS. 

This was a fun challenge  So easy and  simple to follow the requirements for this sketch.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit it is always a blessing. I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Freshly Made Sketches # 265

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie
 

Family and Snow



Happy Wednesday Everyone, Hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving last week, Ours was wonderful we have so much to be Thankful for... Nothing Like having our Family all around us.

On Monday December 5th We are flying up to New Jersey to spend time with more of our Family. it will be a short visit  sadly but we still have some things to get done here in Florida, We are coming home on the 5th.

 I enjoy playing along in all challenges, and I love creating my cards and many other things. I used white card stock, printed snowflake card stock by My Minds Eye - HOLIDAY CHEER. I added white branched using my hand punch.

I put our Lily's picture in a green frame and added glitter Mixed white and green.I added some bakers twin. and using  Green SHIMMER MIST I sprayed my wood embellishment FAMILY
It is always a blessing and Honor to have you stop by.
Thank you for visiting.I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I will be happy to do the same for you.I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie

Monday, November 28, 2016

O Christmas Tree

Happy Monday I Hope you all had a very special Thanksgiving. having all of our family and friends with us is always so amazing, our children grand children and great grand children and Friends too.

It is always a Blessing and Honor to have you stop in today.
I always enjoy being creative in many ways, &  I love creating all of my card for friends and family and all challenges. I used  my Sizzix Tree, Christmas # 2 die cut. I used Green felt and tiny red balls on my tree. I then added my red and white bakers twine, &  a sticker from my stash "O Christmas Tree". printed card stock with trees printed on it by My Minds Eye HOLIDAY CHEER

 Thank you again for visiting, I hope you all have a wonderful week.I'd love to have you become a new follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge
Simon Monday Challenge - O Christmas Tree

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie

Christmas Decoration in our home & more to come .

            Our N- Scale Christmas Train 2016 & tree
 We love Christmas and getting together with Family, in NJ and here in Fl...

JOY TO THE WORLD -- Mojo # 476

Happy Monday, Hoping you all had a wonderful memorable loving Thanksgiving With your Family & Friends. Ours was Amazing,  Our Family was here from 11AM to 11 PM ! what a Great day & Evening.



I enjoy playing along in all challenges, and I love being creative  designing my cards and making other crafty things..Cream card stock, Printed card stock  by My Minds Eye - HOLIDAY CHEER .   I used my circle punch and an embellishment from my stash.
It is always a blessing to have you stop by for a visit, and leave your comments. I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you.I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge
Mojo Monday # 476

God Bless
  Hugs
 Dottie

        Some decorations in side For Christmas Our Entry
Our Front door
Kitchen Christmas Tier with lights:
Our Christmas Tree and New N-scale Christmas train 2016


 More to come after Dec 9th.....

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

TIS THE SEASON

Happy Wednesday and a Very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. I am sure many of you are like me and really have a busy day getting ready for tomorrow, with Family all around what a wonderful loving family to have everyone together. Today we are doing an Italian Pre - Thanksgiving since my Grandson Austin has to work tomorrow so he his Daughter Arianna, and his Mom Ginny & Sister Isabella are here for dinner, yes Ginny will be here Tomorrow to. 
I love playing along in all challenges and creating each of my cards and decorating almost anything. today I used cream card stock with a lovely printed dear head pattern I used my Large oval die cut by Spellbinder I also Tim Holtz Flying deer die cut. and using my music note used my paper. I added a red ribbon and tiny bow to my deer. I also used Gold string from RRR.

I added a tag and gold string to the tag " TIS THE Season.. all from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, it is always a blessing to have you stop by. I would enjoy you becoming a new follower of my blog, and I will be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - A Christmas to Die for 

God Bless
   Hugs
  Dottie 

THANKS be unto god

Happy Wednesday and wishing everyone a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. today is a really busy day for me. I have so much to prepare for Tomorrow and with all of our Family coming it will a busy couple of days.
I always enjoy playing along in all challenges, I love creating each of my cards. I used blue craft stock , printed cards stock by My Minds Eye - Holiday Cheer.
 I added red and white gingham ribbon and bow, spiral Stamens and Red  Bead Berry spray cluster from RRR. I love their products and Ribbon club. 2 red gems and a hand made deep red rose.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you will have a Very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.  It is always a Blessing and Honor to have you stop by. I would love to have you become a new follower of my blog and I will be happy to so the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
Word Art Wednesday # 258 - 259

God Bless
   Hugs
  Dottie


Monday, November 21, 2016

Tags # 15 & 16


Happy Monday, Wising everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving with Family and Friends all around. I just put together 2 new  tags. it is always fun creating each of my Tags and cards. I used  Foam, Red and Blue,  bakers twine and other little embellishments from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today it is always a Blessing and Honor to have you stop by. I'd like it very much if you became a new follower of my blog, and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my tag in the following challenge.
  In My Creative Opinion  25days of tags

God Bless
   Hugs
  Dottie

Deer

Happy Monday just a few day and the turkey will be cooking and the house will be full of family and Friends. I love the Holidays they are so wonderful and Loving with everyone together. there is nothing Like Family, We never know what tomorrow will bring and who may not be with us any more so hold your Family tight and always love each other.

I love playing along in  all challenges, and I love decorating and creating each of my cards. I used craft color cardstock   & layered printed paper. ODBD. I used my Die cut "DREAM" &"Stars"from Simon Says Stamp  

used white Glitter card stock  for my stars and a Heart from mys stash used my TIM HOLTZ ALTERATIONS Reindeer Flight die  by Sizzix. I got On AMAZON
I added red, white, green, bakers twine &  a green bell a piece of Christmas tree Ribbon along with lace ribbon.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I'd love to have you become a follower of my blog and I would be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I'm sharing my card in the following challenge.
 Simon Says Monday - Trio - Tasic 

God Bless
Hugs
Dottie