Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a very very merry Christmas!

Enjoy the day!

{made with this month's "Ribbon Candy" kit from Noel Mignon}

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The countdown is on!

3 more days!

I am knee deep in wrapping paper, tape, and bows.

And I love it!

I hope you are enjoying your Christmas season!

{i actually do enjoy wrapping...i know that's weird but i do!}

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Here are some cards I've made recently.

And, yes, I even sent a few out!

:)

{made with the "Ribbon Candy" kit from Noel Mignon}

{made with KI Memories papers, bling, & twine and a Jillibean Soup doily}

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Merry Christmas!

:)

gretchen

Gift bag ideas

OK raise your hand if you are thrifty {coughcoughcheapcough} like me and hate to pay more than like $1 for gift bags??! 

They are out there if you look hard enough but inexpensive gift bags aren't around every turn.

So sometimes I resort to just making my own. 

And it does not have to take a lot of time!

{time is money, right??!}

Here are a couple of plain paper bags that I dressed up with some of the paper, stickers, & ribbon from the "Ribbon Candy" kit from Noel Mignon. 

Fold the top of the bag to close it.

Then all you need is hole punch & a little adhesive to attach everything to the bag. 

Punch 2 holes at the top and thread your ribbon through the holes. 

Decorate at will!

Cheap, easy, and cute!

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Merry Christmas!

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!!

Confession:

I still have lots of Christmas pictures from last year that I have not scrapped yet. 

But surely I am not the only one with that problem!

;)

The silver lining, though, is that I get to use the new "Ribbon Candy" kit from Noel Mignon to get them scrapped!

Boom!

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Here is a picture of Lee with his mom, brother, & sister from last year's Christmas in Chattanooga. 

Sorry for the lack of detailed shots!

When it is dark when you leave for work and dark when you get home, there no good light for pics.

Oh well...first world problem!

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Have a great day folks and I hope your holidays are off to a great start! 

Thankful

I'm a week ahead of Thanksgiving but hey, 'tis the season!

I used my "Union Square" kit from Noel Mignon and the November sketch by the fabulous Julie Bonner to make this "Thankful" layout. 

Here are a few close up shots of the page.  

I did a bit of fussy cutting to get the leaves to embellish around the pictures.

And it seems that I just couldn't quit so I cut out a few hearts too!

Happy day folks!
Have a good one!
:)

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match...

Catch me a catch.

Find me a find. 

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OK OK I digress!

However I am 1 for 1 in the matchmaking department!

I set up my friends Justin & Jennifer ~2 1/2 years ago.

Lee & I went with them on their first date. 

And they got married a couple weekends ago.

Boom!

I think I will quit while I am ahead.

No more matchmaking for me!

:)

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I scrapped a few pictures from the wedding with my "Union Square" kit from Noel Mignon.

This kit was perfect to scrap these fall wedding pics!

I did quite a bit of fussy cutting this one!
I was watching the Alabama-LSU game while trying to make this page. 

I was too nervous during the 1st 3 quarters of the game to actually put the page together.

But I could fussy-cut some hearts and flowers no problem!

Roll Tide!

:)

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Have a great day!

A night of comedy

So I went and saw Pauly Shore at the comedy club here in town earlier this summer. 

{can you believe that guy is still around?!}

The thing is, though, I didn't really go to see Pauly Shore.

Nope, I was there to see the guy who opened up for him.
His name is John Crist and he is one of my brother's best friends from college.

And y'all, he is seriously funny! 

After the show I went and took an obligatory pic with Pauly just so I could really get a pic with John!

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Then I used my Union Square kit from Noel Mignon to scrap it!

{oops...looks like a strip of my journaling slipped a bit & i didn't catch it before i scanned the page}*****
Here are a couple close up shots of the layout. 

Happy day folks!

:)

Happy Halloween!

In honor of the day, I've made a couple Halloween cards with the Union Square kit from Noel Mignon.

It's not a Halloween kit per say.

BUT there are a couple stickers in there and some fun patterned papers that make it work!

Who says Halloween has to be just orange, black, and purple anyway??!

Don't you just love the sparkle that these Thickers have?!

One more!

I did throw a little orange on this one just for fun!

:)

What am I going to do if this twine trend ever dies??!

Thanks for stopping by today!

And I hope your Halloween is fun and a little bit spooky too!

Smile!

Just a couple of fun cards to share this morning!

I made both of these using my "Union Square" kit from Noel Mignon. 

I love the variety in this kit and you can really see it in these 2 cards!

I started off making these cards with the same basic design.

Somewhere along the way I got off track!

:)

Have an awesome day!

:)

You & Me

Hi there!

I've got another layout to share with you using my "Union Square" kit from Noel Mignon.
I really tried hard to embrace the white space on this page. 

It's tough for me though!

Literally I had to just walk away to keep from adding more stuff!

:)

I used the American Crafts "&" stamp with the gold ink from the kit.
This gold ink is awesome!
This pic doesn't do it justice but it is really radiant and shimmery.
Just what you want in gold ink!

I did  a bit of fussy cutting on this page.
I cut out the flowers & hearts from different patterned papers in the kit. 

I had forgotten how much I love rub-ons! 

And these rub-ons from Jenni Bowlin are to die for!

Thanks for stopping by today!

October sketch

The October sketch at Noel Mignon is up!

Julie does such a great job with these! 

Cool one, huh??!

So I took this sketch along with the "Union Square" kit and made this...

I changed it up just a little bit since I had so much journaling that I wanted to add.

I put the pics a bit lower than the sketch and that left me some room above the pics to journal.

Then I let my arrows run horizontally instead of vertically. 

Hey, it's a very versatile sketch!

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Here are a few detailed shots of the page.

I *love* those gold, glittery Thickers!

Of course I had to use this "sweet ride" paper to make a layout about bikes! 

I am pretty sure Noel put that paper in the kit just for me!

;)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a good one!

True love

It's my first layout with the new & gorgeous "Union Square" kit from Noel Mignon!

It's a great "fall-ish" kit with a bit of glam mixed it!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

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So here is my first layout!

My parents vacationed in Maine a couple of weeks ago and they sent me this picture one day.

I got this pic via text while I was buried in my 8 hour work day.

I am very jealous of their life right now!

But they have earned it and I am glad they still enjoy each other after 40-something years of marriage!

Here are a couple close up shots of some of the details on the page. 

FYI:

Monthly subscriptions for Noel's kits are available now if you want to get in on the goodness!!

Go {here} to see all the details and sign up to get yours!!

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Thanks for stopping by today!