Festive Fluffles Extravaganza!

 Twas the day before Christmas..

HOLD ON A MINUTE!
Everyone needs to go here to the Some Odd Girl Blog and scroll down and look at MY card..I love seeing my work somewhere other than my own blog!  I was picked as a random winner from the Holiday Blog Hop.  I didn't win the category I entered...but winning a little something, and getting recognition is still WAY awesome!!

But now we've still got cards to show!
Well, you're in luck, because today we are having a just before Christmas Festive Fluffles Extravaganza!

I made Fluffles orange this time, the gray just didn't look right on the vanilla paper.  But Chippy has been pretty bad this year, so it's fitting. 

But Bean has by far been the worst.  

I love the sparkle!

I love this image, because I am a huge present shaker..and I'm pretty good at it.  Jon has had to get devious to hide things from me around Christmas time. 

I added a little bling with my iRock to this one. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday so far.  Tonight we're headed to my Grandmother's for dinner with the family, and a gift exchange.  Then tomorrow, it's more family...we love family. 

Merry Christmas!

Jessica

Oh Come Let Us Adore Him!

I know I've missed a couple days, but I have a plan, and we're going to get through all of these!  They are all completed, and man it was down to the wire. 

I made a card like this one before, but I really like it, so I made it again.  I used a brayer (read: rolly thing) to do the background.  It's on shiny paper.  

I embossed the images which is from the Come to Bethlehem stamp set from Stampin Up!

The set has a few sentiments, but I liked this one.

I do believe this is # 14, so 6 more on our journey to Christmas Day!

It's my Friday, and you can't know how happy I am about it.  I have managed to get myself a 4 day weekend.  So far, it's looking like every second of it is going to be filled.  Oh well.

Jessica

Deer Mae-Some Odd Girl Blog Hop

You know how we roll here..it's another card on my quest to 20!

But actually, today is a little bit different.  Some Odd Girl is having a blog hop..and they're going to let anyone play!  And today, that anyone is ME!  I'm entering my Deer Mae Card in the Hop as well as specifically the *Non Traditional* category.  I think it's out of the ordinary as far as Christmas cards go...I mean, it's not red and green, it's blue..and well brown, because deer are brown. 

I love the brown and lime green combo, and I wanted to use that in the papers as well.  The paper is from the 12 Days of Christmas pack by My Mind's Eye.  I can't get enough of their paper!  My sentiment is from a set that came from All That Scraps last year, or maybe the year before.  Hehe, Deer Freind..crafters are funny too!

I colored her with my Copics.  I am in love with these images, they are so fun, and they always turn out so cute. 

I kept is simple on the inside, as usual.  I used the same idea as far as the paper goes.

For those of you keeping track, this brings my tally up to lucky #13...maybe I'll be lucky enough to get picked to win the category..they are giving away some awesome stuff!  7 more to go!

Thanks for stopping by.

Jessica

Joy for Baby Jesus Card

Santa's got nothing on me.  I'm nearly finished..and it's going to be down to the wire.  I've got 4.5 more cards to make and only another day or so to do it in.

But I have several more to show you, so on let's get on with it. 

This is a stamp set I used last year.  I like it, it's simple and cute at the same time.  

Colored with Copics and punched out with a new Spellbinders die I got last weekend.  I think the star brad really makes it!

I kept with a pretty neutral sentiment.

Woot, #12, this means 8 more to go.

Jessica

Teal Snowflake Card

Another day, another Christmas card.  

It's the final card in my Snowflake Series. It sound designer and fancy that way.  This one is also different I assure you...it's teal.  

She also has a lot of bling that you can't really appreciate in a photo.  The lace behind her is also sort of shimmery.  

I came across some ink that matched the paper perfectly.  It's sort of like a small victory when I don't use Stampin Up products and find something that matches really well.

So, it's my weekend to work, but I'm still trying to make it through the last few cards.

This makes card #11, we're on the down hill slide with 9 more to go.

Jessica

Winter Mae Christmas Card

Guess what we've got going on today?  If your guess was another card, you are the winner!

This one actually turned out to be one of my favorites.  She was the hardest to color..I managed to limit myself to just 2 colors when I made my paper choices..I didn't realize this until I was half way through coloring her.  

The image is a digital image called Winter Mae from Some Odd Girl, and the paper is all from an Echo Park paper pad, Winter Park to be specific.  It has tons of blue paper...which as we all know is my favorite to do Christmas and winter cards from. 

I used the background paper on the inside, I figured you couldn't really appreciate it way in the back, and I really like it, so I brought it front and center here on the inside.

This marks card #10, which means we are half way!  10 more to go!

Have a happy Friday.

Jessica

Purple and Black Snowflake Card

It's been a very busy couple of days, but we must plow forward...with another card. 

 It's another snowflake card.  I mentioned that I had some more of these.  I know you're saying, hey this looks a lot like that other card..I assure you, it's different.  See, this one is purple.

 This one is way more sparkly.  I took some inspiration from one of our Christmas trees.  I love the purple and black combo.

A very witty snow sentiment on the inside.

This makes card #9, so that means 11 more to go.  I'm hopefully going to have a blog post a day, because there is only 10 days until Christmas...holy cow! Where did the time go?
Actually I'll probably have 2 on some days, because there is an Oliver update due...but more on that later.

It's almost Friday!

Jessica

Joy To The World, It's a Christmas Card

 I've got another mutie today!

It's mostly masculine, except for the poinsettia stickers...but men can like poinsettias too.

I used the stamp set The Sounding Joy from Stampin Up!  It's got all the words to Joy to The World..in case you forget this season, this card has your back!

My patterned paper came from Hobby Lobby.  And of course, as usual the solid paper is Stampin Up!I stamped everything in Chocolate Chip ink, as well as sponged the edges.  

The inside sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I'm working this weekend, which means that I get the next 2 days off..Oliver's recheck is tomorrow, but once we're done with that I'll be back here in the card shop..We're getting there.

This makes card #8....12 more to go.

Jessica

A Holly Jolly Christmas Card

I've got a slightly more traditional card today. Well it's red and green at least.

  The stamp is from Some Odd Girl. I'm officially addicted. These images are such fun to color, and they turn out so cute.

 

The paper came from Michael's. I wanted some red and green paper that wasn't necessarily Christmasy. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out.

  I kept the inside pretty simple. Simple is usually best. 

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.  I do believe this is lucky #7...13 more to go!

 Jessica

Pink Snowflake Card

Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I've got a very pink card for you today.



I am in love with these new stamps from All that Scraps. And I much prefer snowflakes to Christmas trees and holly..




I love sparkle!!



I kept the inside pretty plain, but I had some snowflake stamps that seemed perfect.

I've got a couple more of these stamps that I'm excited to use.

I think this is card #6, which means 14 more to go!

Jessica

Luxating Patella Surgery-Post Op Week 7

So we're taking a break from our Christmas programming.

If you're following along at home, you know that it's been 7 weeks since Oliver's luxating patella surgery. And if you've been to my home lately, you know that he is ready to go! He's definitely over being under recovery status.

We have 1 more week. Our recheck appointment is next Wednesday. Everyone here at Casa de Rodgers is excited, and hoping for full activity level status. Not that we don't love the Olliedog, but carrying him up and down the stairs, and inside, and outside, and up on the sofa, then off the sofa, then on the sofa, no wait, off the sofa...well you get the idea. We're all ready for things to get back to normal.

But before it was more normal, it wasn't quite right.

As I mentioned in one of my previous surgery posts, our discharge vet at MU, was well..less than helpful. She certainly put the fear into me. So, we haven't been letting Oliver do much of anything, except walk around the house. He hadn't been on walks or to PetSmart or to Grandma's or anything. At 5 weeks post surgery he still wasn't using his right leg. We're talking like 20% or less on his own around the house. So being the crazyfreakingoutdogowner that I am, I called the clinic to see if I was doing something wrong. I wanted to make sure that he wasn't damaging his left leg by only using it all the time. He was getting around just fine on 3 legs. Well of course MU wanted to see him right away (this is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving) so we didn't go. She wouldn't tell me anything over the phone. This left me to my own devices. We started walking him twice a day, super short at first, and now we're up to the entire street. It's been 2 weeks of this, and he's up to 90% usage on his own! I know, I'm awesome.






He has a skip step or two still. I know we have a long way to go, but this is real progress here. Once we get the activity level ok, we're going to work more on making his muscles stronger so we can get back to agility training. We all miss it very much. He'll be needing his agility getaway more than every I'm sure when little sister comes...



Jessica

Scenic Season Christmas Card

I've got another card today.

We had a pretty busy weekend. We did a fair amount of shopping. I'm almost completely finished..I can't say the same for Jon. He promises that he isn't going to wait until the 23rd, but I don't know that I believe him.

Anyway, I've got a sort of manly card for today.

It doesn't necessarily have to be manly..my mom calls them muties..like muted colors. I used the Scenic Season stamp set from Stampin' Up!. The paper is left over from last year. I sponged the edges...you know, for ruggedness. And added twine, because twin says, this is a man card, no sissy ribbon here.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

I used the same die cut for the inside. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I promised pictures of our trees and such, but I'm a few tree skirts short...and we can't have tree nakedness on the internet. I'm hoping to remedy the situation this week, so maybe later this week I can show you how our house has become a winter wonderland.

I do believe this is card number 5, which means 15 more to go!

Jessica

Sugarplums Ornament Card

Ok, we're back with another exciting edition of the Race to Finish the Christmas Cards.

I'm still in the single digits folks, this is bad news...but I'm working toward my goal of 20 cards..so on with the show.

I love this little fairy. I have the plain every day version as well. She's from All That Scraps, CC Designs Sugarplums. Some of the paper is left over from last year, and some of it is new this year from Hobby Lobby. The solid paper is my standard Stampin' Up cardstock.

I colored her with Copics to match the paper.

I kept the inside theme similar to the outside.

This is card number 4, 16 more to go!

Jessica