Three little trees

 Happy Monday everyone!  It's the first monday of December, just 16 more days to Christmas break lol.  Does it sound bad that I am counting?  lol, those of you who know me, know I love to count the days, esp when it comes to travel to Turkiye.  I haven't counted that up yet. I am afraid to do it.  HA HA.

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Guest Designer Margreet

 Margreet won this beautiful die cut set last February she created this amazing card with it. WOW.  I just LOVE it.  Thanks so much for sharing with us. It's just perfect for Christmas Margreet.

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Christmas

 sharing this fun Christmas card today using wonderful handmade paper and embellishments too!  I can't believe we have started December.  We are here in school almost all the way to Christmas this year.  SIGH. but it's just three more weeks to go.  WOO HOO to that.  I hope you all have wonderful upcoming plans

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween!  I wish like when I was a kid I could say all the kiddos got to come to school in costume, but my district doesn't allow that anymore.  I won't say I understand or even know the district policy so I am not criticizing either way on this policy only stating that I wish the kiddos could have memories like I did.

Here's a cutie from Pink & Main for Halloween

Hope it brings a smile to your face.  Check out the store and get some fun stuff from Turkiye! LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Happy Hallow's Eve

 Happy Monday everyone! I wanted to share this BLING today, it's a great skull, which you all know is one of my favorite things.  Happy Halloween Eve  I hope you love the black lace on this card as well.  Check out my lace store, link below for some great products!

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Guest Designer Taty

Here's a wonderful gift bag project created by Taty using the stamp set that she got from me that is shown in the photo.  How wonderful is her adorable project?  I love it.  I would love to get a present in a cute handmade bag like this. Thanks so much for sharing with us Taty!

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Halloween BOO!

Here's a great card from a halloween SEI card making kit.  The black looking card stock is actually a lovely suede type material.  the black stickers are chalkboard stickers.

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Happy Birthday Jan!

 Here's a darling three panel card from Rubber Necker to celebrate a dear friend's birthday this year.  HUGE HUGS and prayers for your special day this year.  I hope you get lots of stamps lol!  Just kidding.  But I do hope all your prayers are heard!

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Black Cat

 Here's a black cat card to celebrate the Halloween. This card comes from SEI. I just love their card kits.  They don't seem to work as much in the card making realm as they used to, but I LOVE their supplies, esp their beautiful papers.  Just five more nights to Halloween. I look forward to seeing the kiddos.

Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

You are Fang-Tastic!

 Happy Halloween...well, it's almost a week early for that, but here's a great Halloween Theme card from Pink & Main. I just love their fun kits and they make the most beautiful cards.  Halloween theme was one of the first cards that I just had to get.  Isn't it a cutie?

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Blessings

Your Friendship is a blessing to me!  huge hugs all of you for coming to my blog today to see this card. I am using leftover embellishment from a Photoplay card making kit and some wonderful Turkish lace.  I thought this card was great for Fall time, but I just wanted to put in my wishes to all of you now.  HUGS!!

 Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Trick or Treat!

Here's a super cute Halloween card from Pink&Main today to wish you a happy halloween.  Trick or Treats all around!  I hope you are having a great day.  Happy Monday everyone!

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Guest Designer Audrey R

 Guest Designer Audrey R created this beautiful Passover card using a wonderful stamp that she won last February from me made by Unity Stamps.  I love how colorful it turned out.  If you have any projects using your prizes, I'd love to share them on my blog!

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Happy Fall

 I guess a month into fall I should start showing some fall theme cards, lol.  My DH pointed that out to me and then laughed at why I don't think about it being fall because it's usually still 100 degrees outside in Texas at the end of September. I don't even begin thinking about fall until well into October. (Like about now, lol)

I made this card from leftovers from the Photoplay kit along with some yummy Turkish Lace.

Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Happy Haunting

 Sharing a great Halloween theme card today using a wonderful kit from Pink&Main.  Aren't these cards too cute? I just love them. This cutie says, "Happy Haunting"  Definitely makes me think of the kiddos at school. How perfect is that?  Have a great day everyone.

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I heart Fall

 Here's a cute card that I made from Embellishments by Simple Stories.  It's not from a card making kit rather just simple stories papers and sticker sets.  I recall making this at the last scrapbook convention where I worked like a maniac making something like 178 cards!  (4 days!)

Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Trick or Treat (I vote for Treat!)

 Trick or Treat everyone!  Wouldn't we all prefer a treat?  a crafting treat for that matter....speaking of crating treats keep me in mind for the month of February as I am coming upon year 14!!  WOW.  Can you believe that?!?  for those of you who are new. Year 14, means I am 14 years post 2 brain surgeries that saved my life!  WOO HOO and better yet I haven't had a seizure since.  AMEN.

Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Hello

 Here's a cute little wooden owl on a wooded embossed background.  I added a Hello theme sticker. I just love these cute wood embellishments. I bought a whole pack of coffee themed ones at the last scrapbook convention.  What fun!

Hope you will take a minute and go check out my store on Etsy, it's filled with wonderful lace from Turkiye, great embellishments for card making and other goodies: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Under your Spell

 Happy Monday everyone!  Thought I would share another Halloween themed card that I had made. This one comes from a kit by Pink & Main.  It's for my DH this year.  It says, "Under your Spell."  Lol, just your dear, I'm always under your spell.  Kisses to you.

check out my lace store for some wonderful pre-cut lace for your cards, some great embellishments and some yard long pieces, LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Guest Designer Jan E

Here's a sweet and simple card using two beautiful bottom edges from a kit made by PhotoPlay.  We had so much fun doing these cards together, This one was done by Jan E. How sweet is that?  Makes me smile.

If you have any cards you would like to share on my blog, please email me at htondre@aol.com

 check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace  LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy