Welcome back, sweet friends!  I have a little peek of a card that you'll find over at the Precious Remembrance blog.  I'm still working with the Christmas Stamp Set but have taken yet another approach to it this week with the ornament image...and this one's all about holiday 'sparkle and shine'... 

I tried my hand at 'painting' on this one and LOVED the results!  I used a total of 3 water color pencils on this image...a yellow and orange for the stars, and a single pink pencil for the rest...and look at all that color!!!  More water...less water...it's all up to you!  SO FUN!!!  I'll try to contain myself...you have other visiting to do!  Hope you'll make one of those visits the Precious Remembrance blog...you'll find the rest of the card there!
Hope you're enjoying your Christmas preparations and Christmas creating...I'm certainly enjoying mine!  So glad you stopped in!!!
~Geri~

There's nothing black about the Friday after Thanksgiving for me.  I'm not one to spend much time helping retailers get out of the red on this day...we just spend our time on a few traditions that celebrate that the Christmas season is finally and officially here!  We'll go pick out our Christrmas tree and get it in water, while listening to Christmas music that my favorite Christian radio station will begin playing 24/7 today!.  Our little town has the sweetest Christmas parade tonight.  Caleb will be marching with the band dressed up as Rudolph...he and his sax and all the other kids and their instruments will be decked out in battery operated lights!  My family drives up to join us for the parade and we all enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers together after.  Shortly after the parade, there are fireworks we can watch right out on our front porch, with hot cocoa and cranberry tea in hand!  AND...the lights are all on the house and ready to plug in as soon as it gets dark!!!  It's one of my favorite days of the year...nuttin' black about it...just merry and bright...

I have a card up on the Precious Remembrance blog celebrating this festive and bright Friday...

Zip on over if you would like to check it out.  If you care to leave a comment, you have to click on the post title, and that loads the page with the comment space at the bottom.  I've had a couple people ask on previous cards (and I had to ask myself!).  Whatever you are doing with your day...I hope you enjoy it!  People in the States...be careful...and BE NICE...you know somebody is watching!!!
Thanks for popping in!
~Geri~

Thanks for popping in this fine Saturday (before Thanksgiving!!!...Can it be???)!  Just a quick card I made with Andrea's most recent free image over at the Creative Paper Trade...

...couldn't let a sweet thought like that go to waste...HAD to create something with it!
I made 2 copies if it and chopped them up, adding foam as I 're-assembled'...

Then added some soft looking papers and a pop of color in the ribbon...

And there she is!  We've got a sweet little collection of free images gathered up there at the blog if you're interested!
Thanks so much for visiting...Happy Saturday!
~Geri~

Hey...Happy Friday, everyone!  Had just a little time to create this week...my kids have been taking turns being sick on me!  Same thing happened last year during this week...maybe I should just put it on the calendar for next year so I can plan ahead, ya think?  Anyway...It's 'Inspire Me Friday' at the Precious Remembrance blog as we continue a festive little journey with this set...

You see those little borders at the bottom?  One of them makes a perfectly sweet little candy cane...it's just barely long enough and 'bend-able' enough for just the right proportions...

I had fun creating that festive little cluster!  If you'd care to see the rest of the creation, visit the blog where you can find LOTS of really lovely creations using this set!  It's sure to put you in the Christmas spirit!  Thanks so much for visiting!
~Geri~

Hello, everyone!  Slowly getting back to a normal routine here, and happy to be able to have a bit of time to create again!  This is a special occasion for me as I have the opportunity to design with these sweet images...

So thankful to Dyane and her team at the Precious Remembrance Shop for inviting me to design alongside them with the {Christmas Stamp Set} through a good part of the holidays.  I'll be sharing a creation using this set every Friday, through December 14th.  I wanted to use several of the images on this first creation, and chose to center my card around the sweet little Christmas ornament image...

...a little masking, glittering and detailing...

...and a sneaky way to hide some 'loose ends', while emphasizing the main part of my sentiment.

I would love for you to check out the PR blog for the details of how I made it, and let me know what you think!
I sure do appreciate the opportunity Dyane has offered to me!  This is a really fun set to work with, and I look forward to sharing another Christmas creation using it next Friday!!  So glad you stopped in today!  (I think this weekend might actually allow for some fun visiting time...I sure have missed that, and have lots of you to catch up with!)

~Geri~