December Daily Day 3

December Daily Day 3, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Day 3 of playing along with Ali Edwards' December Daily finds me...

*eating a taco salad for dinner (It looks kinda gross in the photo, but it was DARNED GOOD!)

*doing laundry (Cuz it's Monday.)

*taking a photo of that CrAzY Santa thing, which tends to roam around the house getting into mischief (Kind of like those Elf on the Shelf things, but scarier.)

*tucking in a note that CrAzY Santa thing wrote while getting caught while doing mischief

*reveling in the WARM temperatures (Cell phone screen shot.)

*heading to Walmart for groceries (Cuz it's Monday.)

*and finding trash (the Fiskars tag) and hundreds of tiny silver stars scattered on the trail I hiked in the afternoon.

Now, seriously. Who thinks to themselves...I would like to go hiking today. Where are my tiny little silver stars?? =O

I spent quite a bit of time picking up what seems like a lifetime star supply thinking they would look AWESOME in my Dec Daily album. But if I ever run out....I know where to find more! ;-)


Oh, and yes, Jules, that is my handwriting! =D With all the mistakes and misspellings and everything else--you're so sweet!! =D




Thank you SO much for taking the time to stop by! I've really enjoyed checking out other crafters' Dec Daily pages too!


~Cynthia

December Daily Day 2

December Daily Day 2, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

**Scroll down for Day 1!**

Just catching up on the Dec Daily posts here. =D


Sunday was about...

going to worship

the First Sunday in Advent

watching an all-day-marathon of "NCIS"

watching birds in the backyard

drinking IBC Root Beer

enjoying beautiful weather

resting



~Cynthia

December Daily Day 1

December Daily Day 1, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And so it begins...

December Daily, Day 1

So today's big story was the missing Baby Jesus. My Mom was putting the Christmas lights on the bushes outside. (See how happy she is with that job???) I was putting up her nativity set inside. But I couldn't for the life of me find the Baby Jesus.

Now...you just CANNOT have a nativity scene without Jesus, can you??

So we went on a chase. I looked under stuff and in stuff and around stuff. No Baby Jesus.

My Mom was looking in the storage room where all the Christmas decorations are kept and just happened to move the vacuum cleaner.

And there was Baby Jesus.

Under the vacuum cleaner.

It was horrible and probably sacrilegious and hysterically funny all at the same time! I'm sure there's some sort of deep spiritual lesson God was trying to teach us with that. ;-)

So naturally, I had to document it with a photo. See the brown linoleum shot? That tiny wooden rectangle thing in the middle? That's the Baby Jesus.

He's currently hanging out with the angels, awaiting Christmas morning.

Safe and sound.



Thanks for stopping by today! Don't lose Baby Jesus in the midst of the holiday madness. He's the Reason for the Season! ;-)

~Cynthia

Tim's December Tags

Tim's December Tags, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

It's December first and you know what that means!! TIM TAG TIME!!! Woot woot!!

AND as if that weren't enough, Tim gave us TWO tags! He skipped January and is now "paying" us back! Awesome!!! =D

Check out Tim's blog for the low-down and technique goodness.

I'm super happy with the left one--those Metallic Distress Stains rock my world!!

The one on the right....meh. It has its good things (that background is so cool and the poinsettia came out awesome) and its bad things ( I don't have ANY charms, dang it!!) I ended up using jingle bells.....maybe after I think about it for a while I'll MacGyver something up!!



Thanks so much for stopping in to check out my tags! I appreciate your visit!!

And Merry Christmas!!!! =D


~Cynthia

Hanging of the Greens

Hanging of the Greens, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I always love that Sunday at church, usually the first Sunday of Advent, when all the "greens" would be hung--all the wreaths, the swags, the garlands, the trees would be placed around the sanctuary for Christmas.

So here's my nod to the traditional hanging of the greens. I'm not totally loving this card...I think I would make the wreath larger next time, but I like the rustic vibe going on.

I die cut two pinked circles--one within the other to create a wreath. I dusted it lightly with Picket Fence Distress Stain then brushed the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

I punched the bow and dusted it with Picket Fence too. Then I dusted the edges of the whole card with Picket Fence.

Finally I stamped the sentiment.

Super easy, but it's kind of cute in a really ski lodge/log cabin kind of way. ;-)


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (kraft card blank); Bazzill (green and red cardstock)
Stamp: Stampabilities (sentiment)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs); Distress Stain (Picket Fence)
ETC: Martha Stewart (bow punch); Nestabilities (Small Pinking Circles); Glue Glider Pro


I'm making headway with the cards. I managed to get my To Do List cleared off yesterday so I could spend a couple of hours making cards. No time crunch or pressure here. No, sir.


~Cynthia ;-)

The Sisters

The Sisters, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Two variations of the same card today. I got the inspiration from this card by MeeMee which was posted on the Addicted to CAS challenge blog.

I began with kraft card blanks and stamped snowflakes in Frost White. Love that color!

Then I die cut the trees from sparkly paper.

For the snow drifts, I roughly tore white cardstock so there would be bends in the paper to give some texture. Finally I stamped the sentiment.

These came together super quick. I think they would be great for assembly-line-style construction.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (kraft card blank); Neenah (Solar White cardstock); unknown source (sparkly paper)
Stamps: KaiserCraft (Christmas sentiment set); Penny Black (Winter Greens and Whites)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Color Box (Frost White)
ETC: Impression Obsession (DIE031-N Christmas tree); Glue Glider Pro


So the Christmas makes continue around here! I've got another 3 days or so to get them finished. How about you? Are you ready?? ;-)


~Cynthia

I'll have a Blue Christmas....

I'll have a Blue Christmas...., a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I so love using Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for Christmas cards. I think it's the most icy, snowy color out there!

I stamped the snowflakes in Tumbled Glass, then die cut the rectangle. While it was still in the die I dusted Tumbled Glass over the shape, with the more intense color on the edges and less in the middle.

I dusted more Tumbled Glass on white cardstock then die cut the fancy Christmas tree.

Instant color match! =D

Finally I die cut the second Christmas tree--the plain shape--out of white cardstock.  I added a bit of glitter to the star and then stamped the sentiment and...there's another Christmas card under the old belt!!


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white card blank); Neenah (Solar White cardstock)
Stamps: Studio G (snowflake); KaiserCraft (Christmas set sentiment)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass)
ETC: Impression Obsession (DIE031-N--Christmas trees); Nestabilities (Large Labels); Sakura Gelly Roll pen (Clear Star)


In between making cards, I've been checking out other crafters' December Daily albums. They're so fun, gorgeous, funky, beautiful, simple, layered...well, you get the picture! So much inspiration out there!!! =D


~Cynthia