Come Dance With Me!!

Hello everyone and a very happy Thursday to you all!  Suzanne is sickie-poo, yep I think the flu-eth cometh to suzann-eth via the teens or hubby and the “golden throne” has been my god for 2 days sadly!  So hoping to get both my energy and mojo back tomorrow so my decking the halls can begin—13 trees and outside decorations don’t put themselves up KWIM.  We are going tree hunting this weekend to find 2 perfect trees—one real one (at least 13 ft tall) for the family room and one for the rec room (usually a blue spruce).  One of our fave activities to do each year as a family, we go to a tree farm near the base of the Blue Ridge Mtns and its beautiful.  I am the official tree picker and most years I have both trees picked out within 20 mins—then James & Riley saw them down and haul them to the barn.  Alexa & I are responsible for getting everyone the hot cider and that they drill holes correctly in the trees LOL (yea we have the easier part but shhhh don’t tell).  Then we load them….err..James loads them on top of our SUV while we usually huddle inside warming up LOL, and then we bobble our way home to get them in the house.  I’m the light person—I do all the lights on all the trees and I HATE IT—it’s the worst part.  Usually when I’m done lighting them all I can barely move my hands as they cramp up quickly and look like the darn crypt keeper but with tree needles and glitter in her hair!  James’ main job is to help keep the lights untangled and hand them to me…that is when he’s paying attention to the job & not the tv, or dogs or whatever.  Getting up on top of a ladder…teetering & tottering to string lights on a 13 ft + tree can be a bit stressful.  Yeah me on top of a ladder (don’t lie I know you are picturing it right now & giggling---yep you are)?  Not a good thing at all…klutzy me on top singing carols and just generally being holiday annoying…can lead to disasters. BUT I will say I have yet to fall off LOL…don’t jinx me ok…I need NO injuries or my trees won’t get put up and trust me that is NOT GONNA MAKE A GOOD STORY PEOPLE!!! Cuz left up to James….yeah well he’d only have one tree up but we all know I am a tad XTREME and ODD and must over-do most things in my life for whatever reason (I’ll save the psycho analysis for another day when my brain is working ‘k).  So bring on decking the halls, singing carols, cooking cookies and drinking eggnog – RIGHT ON!  Now to get the flu-eth to leave the hous-eth...hmmmmmm

PS—yep Suzanne DID get her front tix to see Luke Bryan in March, yes I did and I’m a very happy girl! Now I’m stalking….errr…staking out the site to join the lottery for the meet-n-greet passes.  I know it might be scary for Luke but awwwwwwesome for me yes? hee hee hee!
PS2--Yes Alexa was aware of the post from yesterday about her blankie--it may be be shabby but she's a PROUD shabby blankie owner I guess LOL!  The kids always know what I'm writing on my blog trust me.....;)

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Come and Dance!!

Today I’m using 2 of the fabulous new stamp sets released by Gina K this week.  I didn’t receive one of the sets so I am using a new Stamp Duo in place of it today (but I cannot wait to get the beautiful “Dogwood” set as its stunning)!  You can see all the Stamp Duos here and I’m using “Because of You”.  I like to dance, yes I do and sing too, line dance & club dancing (so shhhhh lol) especially so I love this silhouette image of a dressed up couple having a night out! (my hubby does NOT dance though hee hee)  I didn’t use the sentiment but there is one included that’s beautiful.  All the papers are by Prima and I kept them distressed for a shabby chic look.  This image would work beautifully for a wedding, anniversary or Valentine’s Day project and more!



I dressed the card up with ribbon, Prima roses and flowers, Viva Décor Pearl Pen in black and black Stickles.  The leafy scroll die is by Marianne Designs.



The second card uses a new set by Tami Mayberry called “Label Borders” which is full of fun labels, border looks and sentiments to mix and match.  I chose to make an early Valentine’s Day card (yeah I must have it on the brain lol) using just cardstock.  I embossed my cardstock with a CB embossing folder, the black edging is made with a MS border punch and finished with some pearls.  I spritzed the whole card with some Smooch Spritz to make it really sparkle. 



Close up of the border—I colored the inside with a hot pink Copic (RV14) and then I used by Black Viva Décor Pearl Pen to add more dimension to the sentiment and border dots.

Ok that’s it from me today but make sure to keep hopping today to my DT-mates below for a chance to win some great grab bags of stamps if you leave comments as you hop!  And you’re sure to be inspired along the way too!

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Label Borders
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Dogwood and Butterfly
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean (that’s me, thank u all)