Joyful Thoughts of You

Hello stampers!
Oh my goodness!  We are getting close to Christmas now.  How are you doing with your "to-do" list?
Time is running out, so I hope you are almost finished.  Yesterday I crossed another item off my list--- I made two batches of rolled cookies, the most time-consuming kind to make. First I made some sugar cookies which I cut out in shapes (stars, bells, trees, reindeer, etc.) that the kiddos love to decorate with icing and then I also made a huge batch of gingerbread men that will be simpler to decorate with some piped-on icing and raisins and red-hots.  This afternoon I'll use my Cookie King to make some Spritz cookies.  Then I'll be finished with cookies for another year.... yay!

In keeping with my earlier promise to stop showing you Christmas cards, I have another non-Christmas card today.  I made this some time ago, but realized I'd never shown it to you, so here it is

 

 

This design is called a Joy fold card.  I'm not sure why, unless you think it brings joy to open the top card from the left-hand side instead of the right-hand side.  It's a pretty silly name for a pretty cool card!  The Whisper White card on the top opens from the left, with the fold on the right.  Then the next layer opens from the right, with the fold on the left.  It's just a little something different, but it adds interest to a simple card design.

Here's a very quick list of the products I used.

 

Stamps:  French Script, Betsey's Blossoms, Loving Thoughts

 

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso

 

Paper: Pink Pirouette card stock, Early Espresso card stock, Whisper White card stock

 

Accessories:

Fancy Fan embossing folder, basic pearls, stampin' sponge, Boho Blossom punch.

 

Must run now, friends!  And when I say "run" I'm talking about the COSTCO run.  I will go to the Wilsonville location in hopes of missing the horrendous crowds at the Tigard Costco.  I wish you could see the supply of groceries we unloaded here yesterday from Winco and Trader Joe's.  But when you're feeding 10 people for 5 days, you need a lot of food.  I think I'm going to be the little red hen that cooks all of those groceries up into actual meals, although I'm sure my daughters will offer their help.    With all that will be going on here, I don't think I'll be blogging again until after Christmas. May all of you have a Christmas blessed with the love of family and friends and I'll see you after the big day!  Merry Christmas to all!

Hugs, Susan