Thursday, November 30, 2023

Christmas card

 

Well, it's the last day of November!  I can't believe that December is upon us.  WOW.  That was fast.  Seems like the first couple of months of school have flown by.  Pretty soon we will be in Spring!  well, that's pretty relative.  I mean, jan-feb can be cold in TX too.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Christmas in Blue

 Here's a simple and elegant looking Christmas card that I made using silver trees with gold stars and ribbon.  I did it with mulberry paper.  I have a bunch of wonderful handmade Christmas cards this year. I usually don't make much of them but decided to do so this year.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Christmas Penguin

Here's the cutest little penguin for a christmas theme card this year.  I just love these kits that i got. They didn't really have any models for making cards (or at least none that I followed).  But they did have a lot of wonderful mulberry paper pieces in different little shapes.  You will see so many different wonderful little ideas throughout the month of December.
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Monday, November 27, 2023

Holly&Jolly

 You all know that this gives me a little laugh.  Everything needs a little more HOLLY doesn't it.  Well, of course it's not really spelled like my name (HOLLEY) but it's like my name sounds and how everyone thinks my name is spelled anyways so I still get a laugh.

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Guest Designer Jan

 Here's a STUNNING card from Guest Designer Jan today.  She created this card in a class she took during the convention, Scrapbook Expo in Irving Texas. I wish I could tell you who taught her class but I have forgotten.  so sorry. I am sure Jan would leave a comment and let you know if possible.  Here's what she made:


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Saturday, November 25, 2023

two trees

 Happy Saturday y'all.  (Yep, I'm a Texan).  I am going to start sharing lots of fun christmas theme cards that I made for friends and family this year.  I hope you will enjoy them too.  Hopefully they are not too repetitive.  I had a ball making all of them with handmade paper and little paper embellishments.


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Friday, November 24, 2023

Black Friday

 My American Friends all know what black friday means, but for my friends out of the country, black friday is the day after thanksgiving typically when stores give some of their biggest sales of the year for Christmas time.  It's thought to be the time when stores go from being the red (not profitable) to black (profitable).  Black friday sales for Christmas are HUGE.  sometimes people get up in the middle of the night and camp out in front of stores to be the first one in the door for the sale or stores open up in the middle of the night!  As for me, I'm staying home.  Now that we have computer sales, much of the traditional black friday habits have changed.

So, I thought today good for the first christmas card 


this card is made on fancy handmade paper (not handmade by me) with cute little penguins and some wonderful Turkish lace!

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving

 Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving today!  Best Wishes. I hope you all have wonderful plans and get in a little bit of pumpkin pie :)  One thing I am thankful for this year is my amazing new job at the school that started last year in like February or so working part time with the 2 year olds.  What a delight.

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Thankful

 Here's a little PRE-Thanksgiving card.  Feeling very Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed.  I hope you are having a wonderful week. If  you live in the USA, you may get this day off given that tomorrow is Thanksgiving day.  Best wishes for your holiday.  I'm thankful for the weather getting cooler this month and I am thankful for things like heating and air conditioning.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Thankful for you! (And Brain Surgery)

One more thing I am thankful for this year is all of you!  I hope you are having a wonderful time before the holiday.  Just wanted to remind you all that there will be a HUGE celebration come February where everyone will get lots of wonderful prizes.  We will be celebrating 14 years?  Is that right?  how can it be.  WOW.  14 years post brain surgery.  AMEN.  I am very thankful for that!!
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Monday, November 20, 2023

Give Thanks

 So continuing on with the theme of Giving thanks this month.  here's a great card from Simple stories that says, "Give Thanks."  Huge thanks today for my dear bestie.  She's been a wonderful light in my life that helps me whenever I need her and more! I love her so much.  She's the sweetest person you ever did meet.  May God bless her and hear her prayers.

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Guest Designer Audrey

Here's a super cute Easter card from Audrey R of Austin TX.  I just love the bright and pretty colors she used to color the word easter.  How lovely.  Thanks so very much for sharing. I am sorry it took so long to get your card up on the blog!

If you would like to share something, please email it to me, htondre@aol.com

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Be Thankful

 There's always something to be Thankful for.  That's what this reflective card says.  I added some lovely Turkish lace to it as well.  I have been adding little comments this month about just a FEW of the things that I am thankful for...i mean I am leaving out the most obvious things that we are all thankful for, the roof over my head, the food on my table, the wonderful hubby, the fact that I have a job, that I live in a safe neighborhood, .....

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Woo Hoo

 Happy Friday everyone!  This a big one for us as we start on our Thanksgiving week break after today.  We are all looking forward to that.  Woo Hoo! I thought this card was funny, since I actually had a card kit that says WOO HOO!! (well, the kit itself didn't make a woo hoo card, I used the left over pieces after making the cards to create my own WOO HOO card)


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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Happy Birthday Ms K

 Happy Birthday to a staff member in the DHH department at my school. She's an awesome teacher. I have really enjoyed seeing her most recent students just blossom into amazing 5th and 4th graders.  WOW.  They are so lucky to have her.  I hope she has a very happy birthday today!

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Happy Birthday Ayana

Happy Birthday Ayana!  Huge hugs from Holley and John. I hope you have a very special day this year.  Many blessings to you.  I made this cute card just for you.  

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Give Thanks

 Here's a love fall/thanksgiving theme card in many lovely fall colors. I added some great Turkish Lace to the project.  How sweet is that?  I just love the beautiful "fall" days, which for us is anything but summer or winter.  Could be 80 could be 40?  Hmmm....but in Nov, closer to 80, lol.  For thanks today, let me give those to my DH who gives me just everything I ever want and dream of including amazing tickets to Turkiye every summer!

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Door or ?

 Here's a great card that I think you could use (as it looks like a doorway) or use as a Christmas themed card.  You choice.  What do you think it should be used for?  I added some great Turkish lace to it.

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Guest Designer Gayle

 Here's a wonderful card made by Gayle of Texas. I just love these cute cards from PhotoPlay.  We did this cute kit together at a convention. This card has lovely flowers and says Thank You.  Perfect for lots of occasions.  Thank you for sharing it so I could show everyone!

If you have cards you would like me to share on my blog? drop me a message, htondre@aol.com


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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Hello Fall, part 2

 Here's a lovely Hello Fall card in beautiful range of fall colors. I just loved this wonderful kit form Simple Stories.  The colors are just gorgeous.  What's your favorite color mix?  is it seasonal?  I think mine would be a fall mix like this, followed by a spring mix that includes that same colors but bright.

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Thankfulness thought of the day

So Many Reasons to be Thankful.  Here's a lovely card made with the extra pieces from a Simple Stories kit.  I used this die to go with some gorgeous Turkish lace.  More thoughts on Thankfulness today:  I am so thankful for all of you for visiting my blog/facebook/instagram and I hope that my little creations everyday give you a little smile or inspirtation
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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Gather

 Can you believe we are already on Thursday of the 2nd week of November?  just 6 more days of school until Thanksgiving break.  WOO HOO!!  Here's a card that makes me feel like fall time, it comes from Simple Stories

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Thankful


 Here's a wonderful Thankful card for today.  I will be sharing a number of Thankful cards over the month and I hope each time doing a little reflection about something that I am thankful about.  I am using some wonderful Turkish lace here, it's in the brown color family. I hope your November is off to a good start,  So, let's see, things I am thankful for:  I am so very thankful for all the medical personal that I have been seeing lately.  I know I seem to complain about it a lot, but the truth is these people are really wonderful and doing nothing but helping me better my life.  

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Happy Birthday Merve!

 Wishing my dear friend from Istanbul, Merve a very happy birthday today!  Best wishes for another happy year to you.  I wish I was there to take you out to dinner at you know where!!  I will owe you one when I come in summer time.

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Thankful

 Here's a wonderful tag combo with the word Thankful across it.  I just LOVE the colors of this kit from Simple Stories.  What are you all thankful for?  this month when I share a thankful card, I will be adding a message that says at least one thing that I am thankful for.  You will get to see a whole bunch of reasons.  Today's is something silly:  I am so thankful for Diet Dr Pepper.  Sounds crazy, but it's one pleasure that I just enjoy.  I like to have a diet dr pepper in the morning or the afternoon to enjoy.  I am also so thankful for Turkish Coffee.  WITH sugar.  I love their coffee.  

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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Guest Designer Jan

Here's a lovely HI! card from Jan E. I love the rounded corners on the opposite edges of the cards. How lovely is that?  I think the color combination is so interesting and very eye catching.

I'd love to see all your creations with your prizes!  Send them to me at htondre@aol.com

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Saturday, November 4, 2023

Woodland Animals

Here's a card with some great Turkish Lace and some cute woodland animals.  I just love these particular Jolees.  So pretty I think because they look stitched.  Gorgeous.  I hope you are having a happy FALL day today.  


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Friday, November 3, 2023

Hello Fall

 Well, now that November is here it's definitely fall time.  It actually becomes fall in September, but back then it still feels like summer.  Now that we are in NOV, it is starting to feel more like fall.  here's a sweet fall card from Simple Stories. I just love their card kits, you get enough goodies to make the 8 cards PLUS usually 4 or 5 more.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Happy Birthday Eric

 Happy Birthday to my brother in law Eric today.  You know you are special if your card is posted instead of a dia de los muertos card!! ha ha!!  Hope you have a very special day.  Hugs from Holley and John

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