Sassy & Sweet Notes

Merry Christmas to All!

Alan and I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and the happiest of new years! We hope you have a year of blessings coming your way! Cheers!!

Christmas Goose Wool Felt Ornament

The single most rewarding result of writing this blog is the people I've gotten to know through comments, emails, and crafty events (virtual and actual). Some of you have been reading my blog for years, and though we've never met, I consider you wonderful friends.

This beyond-adorable Christmas Goose wool felt ornament was a gift, handmade by long-time blog reader, and friend, Troy. I just *had* to share it with you!! In her letter to me she said she found the pattern in an old book and knew it was the perfect gift to make and share with me. How delightful! And how LUCKY for me!! This wool felt goose is truly remarkable.

Troy, your hand work is beautiful. Perfect little stitches, beads, and the flower detail is perfection.

I love, love, LOVE my new little goose, and look forward to her blessing our home for many years to come! THANK YOU!

Impression Obsession: Last Minute Holiday Gifts

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! The challenge is Last Minute Holiday Gifts! Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

I always think of consumables when I think of last minute gifts. It's quick and easy to whip up a batch of homemade cookies or snack mix. For my treat, I decided on a fresh batch of Puppy Chow! Great for not only holiday gift giving, but for any occasion!

I made a cute tag to embellish my bag of Puppy Chow. I used the recently released Christmas Tags, Christmas Icons, and Holly Leaf Cluster dies. It was easy to dress things up by simply using glittered cardstock for the bell. Oooooh, sparkles!

Puppy Chow (Muddy Buddies) recipe, here.

Find all the details on how to enter the challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. A random challenge entry will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing!

Now, get ready for a wonderful dose of inspiration and check out what the other team members created for the challenge. Have fun!!

Anna Wight (that's me!)
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Impression Obsession Blog

Sizzix Sweet Ornament Favors

Today I have a tutorial on the Sizzix blog for making these sweet peppermint treat ornaments. Check it out!

Sizzix Homespun Ornaments

Today I have a tutorial on the Sizzix blog for making these fun, homespun ornaments. Check it out!

Local Wild Elk Herd

My sweet neighbor lady gave me a quick phone call today and let me know that the wild elk herd was down from the mountains and viewable in one of the area fields. I grabbed my camera, hopped in the car, and made the mile or so drive to the area she identified.

You can click on the image for a larger view of the photo. Pretty neat! I could see that some were bulls with still two horns in place, and could see that others were bulls that had already lost one of their two horns. I never get tired of viewing wildlife!

Impression Obsession: Clean and Simple Holiday Greetings

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! The challenge is Clean and Simple Holiday Greetings! Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

In case you don't think my sample is quite clean and simple enough, how about this version?

Or this one!? *grin*

To make my card I used the beautiful Snowy Branch Cardinal image. I stamped the image on watercolor paper in black StazOn ink, and painted him with various colors of Distress Ink. I chose a pretty designer paper from my stash. I embellished the card with layers of die cut pine branches from the Pine Sprig Cluster die set, topped with a pinecone button. Oh! And I added a pretty white cyrstal glitter to the patches of snow caught on the tree branch. Oooooh, sparkles!

Find all the details on how to enter the challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. A random challenge entry will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing!

Now, get ready for a wonderful dose of inspiration and check out what the other team members created for the challenge. Have fun!!

Anna Wight (that's me!)
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett
Impression Obsession Blog

CardMaker and Impression Obsession Blog Hop

Welcome to the CardMaker and Impression Obsession Blog Hop!

Today the CardMaker Designers and the Impression Obsession Designers will be showing you some wonderful holiday projects featuring stamps and dies from Impression Obsession!

To create my frosty card, I used the Tree Frame die along with the snowman from the Christmas Icons die set. I cut the shapes from glitter paper, and added a hand cut snowy hill to complete my scene. To give some color to the snowman, I used a marker to color orange and black areas to a scrap piece of paper, and adhered it behind the die cut snowman.

Make sure and comment on each of the blogs in the hop! TWO winners will be randomly chosen to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! You have until Thursday December 4^th at Midnight Central time to enter. The winner will be chosen and announced on the Impression Obsession Blog on December 5th.

Here's the hop list to get you truly inspired! Have fun!

CardMaker

Anna Wight - That's me!

Piali Biswas

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Penny Ward

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Noelle McAdams

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher

Theresa Momber

Vicki Garrett

Mae Nazareth

Impression Obsession