the end of the 2009 holiday cj...

and i'm so sad! it's always such a sad thing when the end of a circle journal comes to and end. it's a six month long project and so much work, but so worth it! i can't wait to get mine back! i kind of forgot what i did!! this is the entry for suzi's cj. i had a hard time doing it, because i didn't do very much that was exciting last christmas!!



a good christmas
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: three bugs in a rug pp
ink: cranberry crisp, onyx black
embellishments: stickles
font: ldj christmas troll

christmas cookies...

have i mentioned that i'm loving the holiday circle journal swap this year? everyone's cjs have been so unique. and challenging! traci's cj theme was favorite christmas cookie recipes. i don't usually make anything special that is cookie themed around christmas, so i just added two of my favorite cookie (well, only one, really...the other is a bar) recipes. and i just recently discovered this chocolate chip cookie recipe, thanks to my cousin, jana. my cute mom will probably be angry that i didn't include her favorite traditional holiday cookies from denmark: the kleiner, spritz cookie or pebbernodder. she's always trying to get me to continue the tradition, but i'm not a huge fan of any of the three treats! so i'll stick to my boring chocolate chip cookie and tasty peanut butter bars!





favorite christmas cookies
stamps: stampin up
cardstock: cranberry crisp, true thyme, imaginisce pp
ink: cranberry crisp, true thyme, chocolate chip
font: ck nitelite

christmas eve...

the holiday circle journal is making another round. joanne's theme is "all about the night before christmas" and what our christmas eve traditions are. i added my entry and wrote about the christmas eve tradition we did when i was little.




christmas eve
stamps: maryse carrier, purple onion designs, rubber stampede
cardstock: old olive, three bugs in a rug pp
ink: old olive, oynx black, versamark
embellishments: prismacolor markers, crystal effects, stickles
font: sf little star skinny

5 favorite things...

the end of the 2009 holiday circle journal is getting near. i can't believe how fast this one has gone by. i have loved seeing each one and trying to figure out what to do for each one! this entry is for sherri's holiday cj.




5 favorite things...
stamps: amuse, rubber stampede, my favorite things, maryse carrier, eat cake graphics, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: riding hood red, stampin up and deja views pp
ink: riding hood red, wild wasabi, cranberry crisp, onyx black
embellishments: glossy accents, xmas red & diamond stickles
other: bic & primsacolor markers

christmas favorites...

i can't believe that the latest circle journal swap i'm hosting is half way done. where has the time gone? it's been fun (and challenging!) doing this swap. here is my entry for ellie's cj. in it we were supposed to use our favorite christmas stamps. (and i think we were supposed to put why they were our favorite, but i forgot!)

christmas favorites
stamps: my favorite things, eat cake graphics, maryse carrier, rubber moon, stampin up, river city rubber works
cardstock: riding hood red, blue bayou, wild wasabi, my minds eye pp
ink: riding hood red, blue bayou, wild wasabi, onyx black
embellishments: stickles, liquid applique

all things christmas...

another circle journal headed out to continue on it's journey. this is my entry for patty's cj in the holiday cj swap. her theme was 'all things christmas'. i had a hard time with this one, trying to figure out what i wanted to do. i love christmas trees, so i grabbed my favorite christmas tree stamps and then decided to add little pieces of christmas to it. and this is what it evolved into.





all things christmas
stamps:amuse, rubber stampede, stampin up, stamps happen, river city rubberworks, cats pajamas, maryse carrier, purple onion designs
cardstock: riding hood red, glorious green, american crafts pp
ink: onyx black versafine, riding hood red, always artichoke
embellishments: glossy accents, stickles: stardust, diamond, christmas red
other: prismacolor and mark it markers

reindeer games...

this entry for chris's holiday circle journal was a love/hate thing. i loved how creative she was in thinking up her theme. and her entry. i hated having to figure out what to do for mine. after much debate and many editing sessions, this is what was created!






reindeer games
stamps: amuse, stamps happen
cardstock: riding hood red, garden green, three bugs in a rug pp
ink: onyx black versafine, riding hood red
embellishments: stickers, love elsie round gels, hot off the press brads
font: ld string bean

new circle journal in the house...

or out of the house, i should say. and just as the last cj ends, another one begins. this is sort of turning out to be a yearly tradition. the holiday circle journal swap has begun. here is my version this year.








christmas quotables
stamps: amuse, stampendous, rubber moon
cardstock: cranberry crisp, river rock, sei doodley doo holiday patterned paper
ink: onyx black, cranberry crisp, certainly celery
embellishments: sei doodley doo holiday stickers, rubons and buttons
fonts:ck wonderland, ck morgandorfer, ldj elf note, ldj shortbread hand, ld string bean, pea sam, pea stacy fancy, pea scrapbrandy thin, haettenschweiler