Even with all of the stress over the economy, the world catastrophes and personal challenges, we are so fortunate!

It seems like the months fly by so quickly and here we are at the beginning of our holiday season when it seemed just like yesterday that a new year had just begun.

I posted a couple of my Thanksgiving cards created for family members. I made a variety this year because none of our family will be here and I know they will compare cards and I didn't want them to all look alike.

We are blessed with wonderful friends who will share Thanksgiving dinner with us and we look forward to a great day and hope yours is equally happy.

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I forgot to mention that we have a new puppy, named Peaches. She was a rescue from a family that was no longer able to keep her. She is almost six months old and has the energy like none I've seen. We have spent a good deal of time working with her to break old habits, setting new boundaries and teaching her that shoes, papers and eyeglasses are not good to eat.

Our existing Golden Retriever was not thrilled but is also learning to cope with a new buddy sharing her space. On the positive side, she is better leash trained and loves water. I am grateful that we have a fenced yard; otherwise, she would be in the pond continually. She has already had three baths because of her dips to chase after the ducks. In time she will have us trained and we will all get along much better.

Isn't she pretty? (In a matter of days we went from a beautiful, sunny day to a cold foggy one.)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Wendy, POSTAL ORPHAN, provided me with her mailing address just in time to win my blog candy -- the beautiful poinsettia image and the verses, all by Inka Stamps.

Thanks to all who participated in the Inka Design Team celebration and for posting comments to my blog.

I hope you will return again soon.

Carolyn

Postal Orphan was the winner of my blog candy; HOWEVER, she did not include an email address in her comment. I have attempted to contact her by leaving a message on her own blog and also posting below her comment on my blog to no avail. She is either out-of-town or has not been able to access her computer.

Thus, I will wait until Sunday evening, November 23rd. If I do not hear from her a new winner will be selected.

The images from Inka Stamps would make terrific holiday cards so I am eager to send out the blog candy so the stamps can be used this season.

PLEASE REVIEW PREVIOUS POSTS.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Carolyn

The lucky winner of the Poinsettia and Holidays UM rubber stamps was selected using the random number generator.



The celebration to honor the newest member of the Inka Stamps Design Team, Jen Crossley, has been a big success and I was delighted to participate and offer two of my favorite rubber stamps by Inka Stamps as blog candy.

The lucky winner is:

Postal Orphan

Please contact me with your full name and address so that the rubber stamps can be mailed to you. If I don't receive a response within 5 days, another person who left a comment will win.

AND, the celebration is still on so visit Inka Stamps, let her know that you were part of the blogger celebration for a discount on your order as outlined in my earlier post.

Carolyn

Another experiment...I added foil to an embossed design to make this thank you card for a friend.

As you know, obtaining copies of glitter, glimmer, foils and shimmer are difficult. In real life, the background and border are a light blue-grey and the foil was done in copper.

At least you get the idea.

REMINDER: A few more days to leave a comment for my BLOG CANDY which will go to the lucky winner of the draw on Saturday. (See previous posts in honor of Jen Crossley joining Inka Stamps Design Team)

Carolyn

The weather has gone from a colorful "Indian Summer" to a cold winter day almost overnight. The snow is half way down the mountains and I know it will freeze tonight so I went out and picked the last of my roses.

Hopefully, this is just an early sign of winter and warmer days will return. I don't know if that is wishful thinking or not but we could use a few more days to complete our fall yard cleanup.

ENJOY!

And, there are ten days remaining to win the blog candy outlined in the previous post. If you haven't left a comment under that post, now is the time.

HOPE EVERYONE VOTED!

Jen Crossley from Australia has joined the Design Team for INKA STAMPS.

To celebrate and welcome Jen, Inka Stamps is offering a special discount to those who read this blog. If you will put the word "JEN" in the seller box when you place your order at Inka Stamps, you will receive a 40% rebate with the exception of sale items, grab bags or items on the found items page.

In addition, I am offering BLOG CANDY -- the two red rubber images that I used on my first Christmas card for 2008 shown in the previous post. All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog prior to Midnight, November 14,2008, and I will draw a name from those who left a comment on November 15th. Please make certain to provide me with your email address so that I may contact you.

Here are photos of the two red rubber UM images:




Note that the Holidays UM image contains several verses, not just Merry Christmas. Also, some of the other members of Inka Stamps Design Team are offering BLOG CANDY. You might want to check out their blogs and post a comment. Their blogs are listed on the right-hand side of my blog. Just scroll down.

THANKS TO INKA STAMPS for her generosity in honor of Jen Crossley. WELCOME JEN