This week's Belli Challenge was to use things that start with R. The color red, round brads, ric rac... 
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your day was a fantastic one! My family has been talking about being thankful, for the past few weeks we've randomly said, "I'm thankful for..." throughout the day. My youngest came inside this morning & said, "I am so thankful that I have shoes!" Yes, we have so many things to be thankful for. 
The Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger this week has lots of texture & frills. I went with the red & black & the texture. Isn't this penguin just adorable???!!! 
This week's Timeless Tuesday challenge was to Get Those Christmas Cards done. I'm trying to keep my cards a little more simple so they not only go together faster, but also don't require any extra postage to mail. It's amazing how fast the postage adds up!
We have a new hunter in our family! Devin spent Saturday morning taking his Hunter's Safety Class & then the test. He passed!!! He was so excited!!! More than going hunting, he wants to be able to take 2 classes in 4-H... air rifle & bow hunting. Both of them are competitive sports & require you to have passed the Hunter's Safety Test. He has to be 9... he will turn 9 in just a few weeks. Look out world!!!
This week's Crazy 4 Challenges theme was to make a Christmas project. I love, love this poinsettia!! 
I only have one more card & the 31 card challenge is over!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I know the white part looks a little plain, I was afraid that another pattern from a cuttlebug would be too many patterns. (I found out later, by good authority no less... that you can never have too many patterns! *wink* ) 
I found out today that a friend of mine's husband died yesterday. The tears have been falling very easily since I found out. My thoughts & prayers have been going out to her & her kids. They do have the comfort that he knew Christ as his personal Savior & is in heaven. 
This card is for this week's sketch challenge on Stamptv. I made one card & absolutely hated it. I ended up trashing it & went a completely different direction with this one. I told Lee I should have just gone with my "go-to daisy" to start with! *wink*
One of the new release challenges on Stamptv was to create a card & incorporate odd numbers. I had a friend call in desperation. She is in charge of thank you notes for a major fund-raiser. She is going to need 120 thank you notes. Her request was quick & easy. I paired this challenge with the Crazy 4 Challenges which was to create a square card. This is a 4 x 4 card. 
My friend Lee, challenged a few of us to a sketch card with 3 different types of bling. She was nice enough to count stickles & ribbon as bling! I put stickles on the frosting, but I don't know if you can see it.
This is card #24 in my 31 card challenge. I used my pansies as inspiration. I have only had to bring my plants inside 1 night so far. I may have to bring them in one night this week, but the rest of the week looks good. I'm not ready for my dining room to be filled with flower pots of plants.