CardzTV color challenge!

Mary at CardzTV is having a color challenge and I am entering this simple valentines day card.  

The colors are red, black, and white.  

I used crisp white card stock and my Scoreboard to emboss outlines around the edges.  I added a black and red striped ribbon behind the three spellbinders squares.  On top of each square, I stamped various styles of hearts in black ink.  I added clear Stickles which made the middle heart look blue in the camera flash.

On the inside, I stamped a caged heart and added red Stickles for sparkle. 

I left the inside clean for a hand-written message.

  My inspiration came from a card published in CARDMAKER Magazine.

I hope everyone had a fabulous Holiday and here's hoping the New Year brings you health and happiness.

I will post a project very soon but right now I am picking up from the holiday and once I got on a roll, I started doing the whole house.  I like to start the new year out fresh!

Have a great day!

Lisa

(below is a photo of my husband and I when we went to Canada.  Royal Caribbean had this cool app to make this greeting card so I gave it a try.  Neat huh!)

LAST CHRISTMAS CARD FOR THIS YEAR!

My last Christmas Card of the season!

Rocking Snowman!

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION

SHAPING THE BODY

NEEDS SOMETHING...

NOW THAT'S A ROCKIN' SNOWMAN!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

AND A

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Rome Gorge, Rome NY 12-23-12

The snow covered Rome Gorge. So beautiful when it is fresh and clean!

Christmas Kitty

My Daughter's Kitty under the Christmas Tree!

Cookie Exchange

I was looking back and realized that I haven't posted in awhile so I thought you might be interested in my cookie exchange project.

Mother Lode Pretzel Rods  

They are loaded with caramel and three different chips.  Then to make them Christmasy, I added some red, green, and white candy sequins and Christmas trees.  I was told they were yummy but I wouldn't know as I don't like pretzels.  I always try to make something a little out of the ordinary for cookie exchanges.  I cringe at the mention of sugar cookies and thumbprints.  So blah!

Four dozen pretzel rods later!  

I was actually surprised at how quick and easy they were.  Wrapping them was the worst part of it all because some of them were bigger.  It got challenging to see if I could stuff the rod in a pretzel wrapper without breaking it.  I did it with no lose of rods!

UPDATE!

The girls did a good job on their cookies.  I received a good variety (Oatmeal, Italian bars, Ricotta cookies) and they are now my centerpiece on my table.  Not for long though!  My husband is a sugar hound!