Merry Christmas FWF

Here is a couple of cards I made for this weeks FWF. One last Christmas card, and the second card is just a general card. It has been difficult finding time to stamp and also get ready for Christmas, having teenagers and toddlers and a deployed husband has been a bit stressful lately. I am however thankful for being here and being able to spend time with my kids every day, and I am thankful that Vaughn has a job that he loves even if it does take him far away from us for extended periods of time more often than I would like.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

 Love this stamp, and the paper too...

This bicycle itty bitty is so cute, and I can think of so many projects to use it on. Made this card to use up some papers that were laying around on my messy desk.

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FWF

This was another busy week, finally no sick kids though.  We had fun celebrating Vaughnies 2nd birthday, and was able to skype with dad in the morning and that was fun. I cannot wait for next summer when he will be home with us again.  Here is my card for FWF this week, and yes it is yet another card to send to my husband so he at least has some happy mail from home, when he has to spend Christmas so far away.

Love this snowman itty bitty from Unity.

Here is a picture of the birthday boy, I cannot beleive that he is two already, but it sure is fun watching him grow up.  And when I get upset about missing my husband, I remind myself that at least I am here with the kids, while he has to miss all of us every day.

TFL!

December 2 FWF

Made this for FWF this week...

The paper is from K&Co. and the stamp is from Unity.

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Peace Love Joy

Here are three cards I made using the same stamp and die for all three, just changed up the embellishments and paper a bit for each card.

 For these two cards I used paper and embellisments from K&Co.

The paper I used for this one is from Kaiser. The stamp is from Unitys Peace Love Joy kit.

Day Dream

The past four months have been hectic with very little time to craft, but this past weekend I decided that in order to stay sane until the end of this deployment, I have to make time for myself too, and take a break to stamp and just relax at least a few times each week. And I do need to make more cards to send to Vaughn, and Christmas cards need to be made too....  Made this little card to send to Vaughn in a care package this week, love all the stamps in this set, but "day dream" really fit, since I do a lot of that thinking about having our family together again.

The paper and butterfly are from DCWV and the stamp is from Unity.

Christmas Cards

Guess it is time to really start working on Christmas cards, I am finding it really difficult to get in the mood for the holidays this year, the prospect of celebrating without Vaughn is really making me sad, and I am sad for Vaughn that he has to be so far away from us during the holidays. Eight more months left of this deployment, and then hopefully he will be home for a while before the next one.  Here are a few of the Christmas cards I made this weekend.

This one does have a border of white glitter (difficult to see in the pic), and the stamp is from Unity.

Love this little penguin Itty Bitty from Unity that I just got, and I am sure that there will be many more cards using it.  I added glitter to the tinsel, but it is not showing up well in the picture.

November 18 FWF

This week I managed to finish two cards for FWF Friday, after a week with sick kids and trips to the ER it was nice to finally spend a little time stamping, and since it is the middle of November, I should probably get started on some Christmas cards soon too.

 The stamp is from "Merry Merry Merry" and paper is from Crate Paper.

This super cute owl is from Bella Blvd. "Finally Fall" and the sentiment is from Amuse.

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