Farm Fresh Friday SpyDay with Margie...

Good morning all. 
     Did you have a good week?  Are you ready for a nice fun or relaxing weekend?  Yes?  YES!  I have to work today, but I am going to have a great day so that I can have a great weekend.  I had wanted to wrap some gifts this weekend, but Mitchell told me that it would only make him want to open them sooner.  lol.  Just like his Mama...lol
     Well, as it is finally  Friday SpyDay and this week Margie has found the cutest card that Danielle Daws made with Cupcake Anya.   Isn't this just the cutest card?  I just love the way she used her ribbon and the vellum along with the jewels.  Great coloring as well.  I just had to make my card as close to Danielle's card as I could.  

Danielle's Awesome card!

     I grabbed Beanie Anya, as it is that time of year and went to town paper piecing together her whole outfit.  My sweet friend Amy sent me some of her Christmas papers and I had so much fun using some of the Christmas Kitsch from MME that she shared with me.  Thanks again Amy.  So sweet of you. 
     Be sure to head on over to the Farm Fresh Challenge blog and see what the rest of the girls have come up with for this week's Friday SpyDay.  As you know, if you play along you have a chance to win one of the Greeting Farm stamps and who wouldn't want that?  lol
     Have a great Friday everyone. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamp-Beanie Anya-TGF & Handy Christmas Greetings-AmyR
cs-Neenah & Spring Rain-PTI
dp-Christmas Kitsch-MME-AmyY
vellum-WorldWin Papers-med weight
ribbon-Offray
gems-Teresa Collins
boarder punch-MS
Copic Markers:
skin-E55-E51-E50-R20
hair-E37-E35-E33-E31
boots & tights-E77-E74-YG95

Rejoice in the Season...

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Open right side view..

Good morning everyone. 
     Thanks for all your well wishes.  For now my migraine has decided to calm down and I was actually able to go to work yesterday.  I just really really hate having a whole day waisted by being sick in bed.  I know I shouldn't be cranky as I am glad this one only lasted the one day .  So whining time is over.  lol...
      I have a quick card that I made up last weekend while watching some of my favorite YouTubers' videos.    I was watching Dawn making one of her cards and decided to give it a go with some of the supplies I have here at home.  Dawn makes awesome projects and cards with her Stampin Up supplies.  You can check her out here.   That is how I got the idea to try out a similar design with my Spellbinders.  This is really just a card for fun. I think next time I will go with a few more embellishments, but for just a test card I think it turned out ok.  lol.. 
      I hope you are all having a great week so far.  Today is my half day and I have some Baptism Cards to get done for my Cousin's God Son, so I am hoping to get crafty just as soon as I get home. 
Talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Handy Christmas Greetings-AmyR-ATS
Spellbinders-classic ovals large & scalloped classic ovals large
cs- Neenah & scarlet Jewell-PTI
dp-Saint Nick-fancy pants designs
perlen pen-Magic transparent-white-Viva
Momento ink-Desert Sand & Rich Cocoa

A Glee-Full Good Morning to Ya....

Good morning all.  

I would love to be able to tell you that I whipped up this card last night, but actually this is a picture of one that I  made last year.  I woke up this morning with a migraine, then proceeded to stay in bed all day.  The only time I came out of my bedroom was to say "Hi" to my M&Ms when they got home from school.  I did however come out to watch Glee at 8pm.... Finally my migraine had decided to easy off by then. 

So, the reason for my old card and my writing up a post today?  I just have to say that Glee was finally back on par with what we had been used to,  I won't give anything away as I know some don't watch it on Tuesdays.  Just suffice it to say that I really really enjoyed it. I also just love the songs that 'The New Directions' song.  They really did a good job,  I hope that it stays more on this line than what it has been these last couple of months,  :O) 

Ok,  I am heading off to bed in order to get better and head back to work in the morning.  Hope you all have a great Wednesday.  According to our count down calender as of tomorrow only  18 days left until Christmas!  I can not wait.  I am very excited to see what the M&Ms think of their gifts this year.  lol...

Hugs, Lisa G

Monday Funday-No Embellishments....

Good morning everyone.
     Did you all have a great weekend?  We managed to get the Christmas tree up and the house decorated. Jerry even went out and purchased some awesome outdoor lights to put up around our front door.  :O)  I think we are going to get some more for our front window.  We all really just love how it turned out.   I'm really not sure what is up with us this year, but for some reason all four of us are so so so happy that it is almost Christmas.  We spent most of yesterday watching a ton of our favorite Christmas movies as well.  I  had some cards to work on, (not done with my Christmas cards yet) but I have seen all our favorites so many times that all I need to do is listen anyway.  lol... Mitchell is just like me.  He could watch or listen to Christmas movies all the time.  One of my all time favorites is 'The Family Stone.'  I'm not even sure why, as it is a sad movie all in all.  I think it must be that the family just really get each other and just really except each person for who they are.   I am sure by now you all know how I feel about my M&Ms and Jerry and the rest of my family, so I wont go on too long. lol... Just know that everyone at work has heard me say that when it comes to how I feel about my M&Ms there is no such thing as logic.  hehee  Don't you feel sorry for my co-workers?  They have to listen to me all day long. 
     Ok, so lets get into Joni's Monday Funday.  No Embellishment allowed.  I had to think about what I wanted to do and then I decided that even though I don't like the idea of making a sympathy card it would be a good card to make that you really wouldn't want a bunch of lace, buttons or even ribbon on.  I can honestly say that until now I have never made a sympathy card. On a day to day basis  I just don't like going down that road.  When I first started coloring with my Copic Markers I purchased the Fancy Fleurs set from the Greeting Farm to practice coloring flowers.  I then fell in love with Ian and Anya and really haven't been good about practicing on any kind of flowers. Needless to say my poor 'Fancy Fleur' set has been in my binder until today.  So I decided that I wanted to just use papers and stamps to make this one.  I did use some Christmas papers on my card, but I just really liked the color combos and I felt it would keep within the overall theme of this card.  A couple of Spellbinders dies and one Die-namics die later and my card came together without any Embellishments as all.  :O) 
     So, if you feel like a challenge this week and 'No Embellishments' on your card sounds like something fun to do you can head on over to the FFF Challenge blog here.  My fellow DT girls have all made some wonderful cards that don't have any embellishments, but I promise you won't even miss them.  So be sure to give this a go this week.  It really was  fun to jump out of my comfort zone and try something new.  Happy crafting.  Talk at you later.
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Fancy Fleurs-TGF
cs-Neenah & Scarlet Jewel-PTI
dp-Lost & Found Christmas-MME
Spellbinders-classic ovals large & classic scalloped ovals large
Die-namics-Open Bracket boarder
Momento Ink-Desert Sand & Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers:
YG95-YG97-R39-R89

Decorating our house with Boo...

Good morning all.
     I hope that you are all having a great weekend.  We had an awesome family day yesterday.  Most of it was spent getting the Christmas tree up and the lights hung while we listened to my music player.  
     A couple of years after Jerry and I were married he surprised me with this beautiful music box for Christmas.    It has over twelve floppy records that are stored in the bottom drawer and I love it so much that it has now become our family tradition to decorate our house for Christmas while listening to it. 
     Because I only bring it our for the Holidays it is just as special to my M&M as it is to me.  Yesterday when we got ready to decorate of course Madison had to pull it out.  Well as you can see Boo seems to think it is interesting as well. You can lift the lid to make it louder or just leave it closed to have more of a background type of sound.  So, because Boo was so interested in it and because she sat on the arm of our couch the whole time watching while it turned,  I have to keep the lid down.  lol...
     I just really thought she looked so cute and we had so much fun yesterday that I wanted to share with you all. 

     Ok, now it's time for me to get busy and make some cards (not done with my Christmas cards yet) so that we can start wrapping those presents.  Have a great day everyone.  Talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

Cheryl's Awesome Give A Way.... Ends Dec. 31st....

Hi guys.Just wanted to make a quick post sharing some fun into.  Cheryl, whom is very very talented is having a big of a give-a-way...  My computer isn't letting me add pictures to the sidebars, so I thought I would just make a post about it. Cheryl is celebrating a few milestones on her blog this month, and in the Spirit of the Holiday Season she is  being very very sweet and giving away a lot of Awesome Stamps as well as a Tim Holtz Alterations die with some Distress Ink pads as well.  I mean WOW! The stamps would be enough, but she is really being generous.  So in order for you to have the chance to enjoy Cheryl's wonderful talent as well as her generosity you can check her out here.

    If you came over to see my latest card for the Farm Fresh Challenge blog you can scroll down.  I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Hugs, Lisa G

Farm Fresh Friday-Spy Day with Jacqueline & Sharette....

Hi Guys. 
     I know that most Fridays we all tend to start off our post by saying "TGIF", and as for this week it truly could not be more meaningful for me.  I won't even go into what kind of week we have had over here at the Gobea House.  lol,.. Just know that I really am happy that this week is coming to an end.  At last I've been able to get back onto my blog and my printer is finally decided to play along with my computer.  (I think they must have had a fight and just weren't on speaking terms, lol....)  So moving on....
     Today over on the Farm Fresh Challenge blog Sharette has spied Jacqueline's terrific card.



 As you can see it really is an adorable card.  I knew right away that I wanted to use Holiday Anya and some of my favorite BG design papers for this card. It all just came together so easy and I had so much fun working on it.   I don't know about you guys, but for me it really helps put me in a good mood to sit down and color while coming up with a card that will look good as I already have a blue print to go with.  I really really love how this card came together.

  I am sorry that I haven't been around to everyone's blogs this week.  I am hoping to get a chance tomorrow to spend some time ( I have it off! Can you hear me CHEERING?) and see all of the wonderful creations that everyone has been working on this week. We are planning on decorating our house this weekend and listening to Christmas CD.  I really can't wait. I am so excited for it to be Christmas.  Did I mention that I am all done with my shopping?  I know! ;O)  I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and I will talk at you later.  Don't forget that The Greeting Farm is having their THIRD ANNUAL CUSTOMER BLOG HOP on Monday December 19th.  To get in on all the details you can head over to TGF blog and read all about it.  Well guys that's all I have for today.
Hugs, Lisa G    

Check out the rest of the DT ladies:
Margie
Joni
Sharette
April


Supplies:
stamps-Holiday Anya & sentiment- TGF
cs-Neenah, Kraft-the Paper studio & scarlet jewel-PTI
dp-Eskimo Kisses-BG
Spellbinders
Die-Namics- mini rolled roses
label punch-ek.
Momento ink- Tuxedo Black & Desert Sand
lace-from Mercy
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-R20
hair-E77-E74-E71
dress & holly-R89-G85 - Glossy Accents & Liquid Applique