Thursday, December 6, 2007

St. Nick's Day & My first Magnolia card!

St. Nick visits our house every year. So this year Kyle, who is 10 is somewhat questioning the validity of this whole thing. I think a huge part of him really believes in the magic of Christmas. So he put his shoes out. Since he couldn't find Cortney's shoes, he put my ONE white gym shoe out for her gift. He proceeded to place his stuffed animals' shoes out! (Along with the stuffed animals....maybe he thought they would act as spies? )
He placed a Pepsi and NERDS for St. Nick and wrote him a note asking him if he could leave a little something for his stuffed animals. (I am sure Santa had quite a bit more energy after drinking and eating Kyle's snack!)
When he awakened in the morning he had a movie and Cort had a book. He asked me why St. Nick didn't leave his animals anything. I told him Santa had billions of kids to leave gifts for and there was no way he could leave stuffed animals toys too. His reply? "Boy is he cheap!" I was cracking up!!!
I have seen these adorable Magnolia stamps on quite a few blogs. (Specifically Sophia Landry's over at Moonlight Inker ) I just fell in love with this sweet face. I used my Copic Air Brush system for the first time. (Thanks Carol and Simone!) I think I need to practice a little more with it. It was a bit splotchy! I used stickles on her dress. I cut the ovals with my Coluzzle and added the dew drops from Ellen Hutson's store. ( I love these soooo much! I bought 6 different colors). The patterned paper is from Mary Ann' s Etsy shop.


So, an update on Cortney's chair. We are arranging a meeting with her OT, PT, and the vendor next week. Hopefully something will get straightened out!



14 comments:

Alhambra Club said...

What a cute story, I love these stamps, the faces are so cute your card is great. Glad to hear that the chair issue is working toward a resolution.

Very Mary said...

That is SO cute! And the sheet music is en route, so be on the lookout!

Leann said...

love your Tilda!

& Kyle's note is so sweet =-)

Unknown said...

better get better at the airbrush so you can teach us! LOL
Max forgot to put the shoes out and boy was he mad. I didn't remind him either...oops! LOL

Anonymous said...

ah bless, Ilove this card,must take a look at these stamps:)

Kelly said...

Aww such and cute story and a cute card!!

Rose Ann said...

Your story is so cute, and your card is adorable!! Thanks for sharing!

jadadog said...

LOL how sweet he is!!! What a great tradition! Your card is adorable!

Michelle said...

Great little card. The stamps are so adorable, and you always do such a wonderful job coloring them in. Love your story.

joslyn said...

we also celebrate st. nick.

Fe-Fe said...

Great story, made me chuckle. Kids are great aren't they! Lovely card too!

Donna Baker said...

what a cute story about your son. I love your card, too sweet!

Deborah said...

Adorable St. Nick story! You did a fabulous job on your new Magnolia stamp! Deb

sophia landry said...

This is adorable!! I love the coloring you did. Great job, and how bout those dew drops, I bought 7 colors too during Ellens Sale. And your story is so sweet. Thanks for sharing. I have to apologize for not hopping by sooner, i'm out of town and borowing a computer for a couple short minutes.