Dear Santa......PPA120

Dear Santa,
     I hope you like this letter I am sending you!  I dressed it up with beautiful sparkles - just for you!  And I wouldn't mind at all if you left me something sparkly too!
                                   xoxoxo  Linda


                         
Pals Paper Arts is hosting a sketch challenge this week. Join us and dress that sketch up any way you'd like!

Truly Thankful.....FMS11

Doesn't this oval frame look like a turkey platter? It reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner - which reminds me of one more thing that I am thankful for this time of year.  My wonderful sister-in-law cooks a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner every year - and all I have to do is show up with dessert! "Freshly Made" of course!


                     

Pals (119) and Players (71)

There's a lot going on with this card - just like the holiday season! Pals Paper Arts challenged us this week to do a holiday card and I decided to follow the recipe at The Paper Players.  Let's check that list of ingredients:

3 Pieces of Designer Paper:  Silver Glimmer, Letters to Santa, Marina Mist Stripes

2 Ribbons:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Old Olive Narrow Taffeta

Punch:  Look carefully - there's the edge of of a one inch circle peeking out as a tab to open the card.

Glitter:  Hmm the silver cord is sparkly and how about the glittery paper?  And then there are those random bits of silver embossing powder scattered here and there where they aren't exactly supposed to be!  That definitely added extra sparkle!

'Tis the season to make a list and check it twice.....

Simple Joys.....FMS 10

Snowmen are definitely one of the simple joys of the season - and look how happy this one is to be in the middle of all that joy!  My Design Team friend Rita Wright designed a wonderful sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  Hundreds of Stampin' Up! demonstrators attended convention in Salt Lake City last July.  And out of all of those demonstrators I met Rita - and actually ran into her

more than once! We even managed to get in some quality chat time during a Make and Take session.  I find it amazing that a few months later we ended up on the same design team........simple joys.........