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Christmas is less than two months away

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Shut up!  Really?  How did that happen?  Always are these thoughts filling my mind as the year goes by, so fast anymore it's hard to keep up.  I have to say I love Christmas Cards the best though and here they are...a few to share. this is a set of six that I made. Two of each design with My Mind's Eye Christmas 6x6 paper and Paper Trey ink card stock for the base. I made this set of four Christmas Cards using Crate Paper 6x6 Peppermint Collection.  The images I cut with my Cricut Expression using the Joys of the Season cartridge. Paper Trey ink card stock was used for the base. Both card sets were created using Tim Holtz distress inks and Paper Trey Ink dies for the labels.  I can't get enough of either product.  The way distress ink gives and aged look is not comparable to any other ink on the market and I use it on over half of all my projects. So, heads up!  If you ever need a Christmas Present for a fellow crafter, you can't go wrong with distress

My Space...no, it really is!

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This is my little corner of the house.  It's supposed to be the dining room but who has a "formal" dining room these days anyway?  Not me.  I have an albeit simply decorated, handmade table, displayed space full of crafting goodness that I'm grateful for each day I get the urge to just make something... and it's pretty awesome. This room has been a work in progress the last three years but so much more than I've ever had compared to the seven years I've been crafting.  It all started out with an invite to a Creative Memories party...Oh, I've heard that one before and not just because I'm the one who said it!  I like preserving memories in an acid free environment just like the best of 'em but can't help wonder if my penchant for paper and pens at the age of nine led me to this art filled space years before the invite.  I'm still an avid pen collector, although I realize now that having numerous colors of the same pen does not make