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Tribute to Buster

Kit: Peppermint Stick by Arvita Mott
Font: Papyrus
Journaling: In Loving Memory of Buster 1989-2008

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Believe

Kit: Color Challenge Starter kit by Lori Staton

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Minty Snowmen

Kit: Holidays In My House Dec 2008 Mega Collab kit - In a Fog (paper), KatLen (ornament), ibdd (paper), cmd (paper), pandabear designs (candy border), Biebel's Scraps (stitch border), lizarddau designs (journaling paper), Michaelle Walcutt (holly and paper)
Font: Eurostile
Journaling:
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon mint extract
1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 drop blue food coloring
1 drop yellow food coloring
1 drop red food coloring
Colored sprinkles and cake decorating candies

Directions: In a small bowl, combine the butter, corn syrup, extract and salt. Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar. Knead by hand for 1-2 minutes or until mixture becomes pliable. To 1 tablespoon of dough, add blue food coloring; knead until blended. Add yellow food coloring to another tablespoon of dough and knead. Add red food coloring to another tablespoon of dough and knead. Leave remaining dough white. Roll white dough into a log; remove one-fourth of the log and set aside. For the snowmen's bodies, divide the remaining log into 8 pieces and roll into balls. For the snowmen's heads, divide the reserved dough into 8 pieces and roll into balls. Stack 1 smaller ball on top of each larger ball. Use the colored dough to form hats, scarves and earmuffs as desired. Use colored sprinkles and candies to make eyes, nose and buttons. Yield: 8 snowmen.

Holidays In My House Dec 2008 Mega Collab kit

Happy Holidays greeting card

Kit: Christmas Tyme by SandEz Creationz
Font: Kingsthings Christmas
Note: 6x4 greeting card/bragbook page size

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Bundles of JOY

Kit: White Christmas by AneczkaW (Anna Wierzbicka)
Fonts: Footlight MT Light, Harrington
Journaling: Joy is not in things; it is in us
Bundles of Joy
Note: The photo of Kenny and our twinsused for the extraction in this layout was taken 23 years ago . They were truly bundles of JOY and continue to be along with our other 3 children.

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Digital Arts Cafe Blog Party -- FREEBIES

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The Digital Arts Cafe Blog Party has begun, and you're invited to grab loads of FREEBIES from December 1 through 7, 2008. Click on the above image to download my part and then come back here to get a list of participating blogs by clicking here. Please show these scrap-fabulous people some appreciation for volunteering these freebies to you by leaving some great comments on their blogs when you visit them.

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By clicking on the above image you can grab these quickpages and bragbook pages that I made using KayJay's Digital Arts Cafe Blog Party freebie kit. Thanks, KayJay, for the use of your funtastic kit!

And if that's not enough, here's a quickpage I made using Adelina's Digital Arts Cafe Blog Party freebie kit and her "Must Be Santa" kit. Hop on over to Adelina's blog to grab it. Thanks, Adelina, for the use of your kits!

Happy Digital Arts Cafe blog hoppin'!!!

Merry Christmas greeting card & FREEBIES

Kit: Must Be Santa kit by Adelina Biswas

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Seashells

Kits: Fall Alpha by Jennifer Rassi; Club Deco July 2008 Indulgence - Paris Designs (paper), CAZ (stitches); Club Deco Nov 2008 Heritage Blessings - RoseMade Designs (lace), Lori Staton (frames), SherryScraps (string and tag), Carol Rupley (paper), Theta (paper)

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Sweet St. Nick

Kit: Plum Pudding by BooLand Designs
Font: Curlz MT (bold)
Journaling: While visions of sugarplums danced in his head

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Sand-Sculpting

Template: based on one by CDuffy_05
Kit: Pumpkin Spice by Dana Conditt & Lorene Hill
Fonts: Calisto MT (shadowed), Casua Shopsign
Journaling: Sand-sculpting requires a special blend of sand that's heavy with silt. It helps bind the tiny particles of sand together when mixed with water. Each competitor is allotted 10 tons, delivered from a local sand pit. The competition is a timed event. Sculptors have only 21 hours, spread over three days, to complete their work. Competitors are allowed to use their own carving tools. To achieve heights of up to 20 feet, sculptors build steps using temporary forms. Artists can use the lower forms to stand on as they carve downward and remove the forms as they go. No structural components are permitted in the completed work. The sculptures must endure whatever nature has in store throughout the competition. Wind is often a bigger obstacle than rain. Finished works can be sprayed with a mixture of glue and water to form a thin protective veneer.
Photographs: I received these photos in an email, so I am not sure who originally took them.

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K-Joi Studios has a new Creative Team member...

Wooo-hooo! I've been asked to be a Creative Team member for K-Joi Studios. It's truly an honor to create for this very talented group of designers! We have loads of fun in the plethora of challenges there, too. Hop on over to K-Joi and enjoy yourself. See you there...

Winter Chill

Kit: Winter Chill by Adelina Biswas
Font: Tempus Sans ITC

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Angels

This month's Lyrics Challenge at K-Joi Studios has us creating a layout using all or part of the song,"Faces" by Ed Leonard from the album "So This is Love;" 2006. This one was kind of a struggle for me, so I chose not to use photographs but instead used pictures of angels.

Title: Angels
Template: Rue Beinville by Rachael Hudnall
Kits: Rue Beinville by Rachael Hudnall, Club Daisie by SGE (angel pictures)
Font: Ruritania
Journaling: Excerpt from "Faces" by Ed Leonard from the album "So This is Love;" 2006
I see the stories of the ones that I love.
They're staring back at me through pictures I have.
In their eyes they're asking me to remember them and their
Standing ovations of love.

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Scripture Challenge - Isaiah 58:11

I truly enjoyed this month's Scripture Challenge at K-Joi Studios. The verse we worked with is awesome, and I always love including photos of my grandchildren in my layouts. I changed the quickpage color from green to blue and then embellished it with wintry items in icy blue colors. If you'd like to join in on this challenge, you'll find the link below in my data.

Title: Isaiah 58:11
Template: Scripture Challenge QP by Lori Imel (recolored)
Kit: Christmas Around the World 2007 by Blueys Creative Corner
Journaling: And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Isaiah 58:11

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