there's no place like home...there's no place like home...

Happy Friday!!!!

Is it just me or is December flying by....does it freak you out that there are only 15 days until Christmas?  Okay, I gotta confess...I use to ALWAYS get my Christmas cards out in the mail during Thanksgiving weekend.  As the years go by {translation: as I get older}...my cards go out later and later...what's up with that?  I managed to pop a bunch of international cards out the other day but I have to buckle down this weekend and write out all the rest so they can go postal on Monday...

Did you catch the challenge over on the Cosmo Cricket blog?

Make a christmas ornament, or make a layout or card with a home/house theme.

So I introduced my Mitten Weather...

to my

Jolly by Golly...

Ta-Da!

Hmmm....can you tell in the pic that there is tons...I mean tons of stitching?  All around the panel...the ground....the snow flurries....I love to sew...one of these days I'm going to transfer the paper for fabric and whip up something snappy:)

The house and trees are from the EAD Designs Little Houses Vinyl Rub-On set....You just gotta try them...they go on like butter and the vinyl reminds me of black patent...that's how fun & shiny they are...I finished off the card with some ZVA bling that I selectively snipped:)

I was inspired by the Cardabilities sketch 16:

I decided to throw together another project for Cosmo Cricket 'home' challenge using my Circa goodies that I picked up at Ellen's...

Check it out...I've had a couple bird houses on my work top...I was suppose to make faux cuckoo clocks out of them...but check out the little birdhouse:

It's totally covered in Circa goodies....the chippies are Circa too.  I'm a huge fan of the Cosmo Tiny Type...I used some Queen & Co yellow pearls and ZVA...

Yup, it is going on the 'ole Christmas Tree....Front & Center!

Thanks to Julie who reminded me about the current Paper Issues challenge...I've linked my altered birdhouse ornament to their Holiday Hook-up Challenge! 

 

Just a quick reminder that Flashback Friday 5.0 ends tonight at 11:59 pm PST...so link up your first new-to-you technique card! 

The randomly selected winner will win an assortment of wrinkle ribbon from our sponsor, Sherry from the Button Junkie blog.

The winner also gets to be the Guest Designer for Flashback Friday 6.0 AND gets to pick the challenge...that's the bonus!!  I already have a FABBIE sponsor lined up for Flashback 6.0:)  The winner of Flashback Friday 5.0 will be posted sometime tomorrow morning...so be on the lookout!