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So are you ready for Thanksgiving yet? Christmas? I am looking forward to spending time with friends for this Thursday and Friday. Did I mention that pedi that I’m getting on Friday?? Woot Woot!! To top it off, I am pretty close to being d-o-n-e with Christmas shopping..YAY me!

Before I get on with my card post, I want to share another Ellie story…

A couple weeks ago I was giving Ellie her bath and she asked if she could do something {I can’t even remember what}, but the answer was “no.” She looked at me and replied, “Don’t tell me that.” To which I replied, “Sweetie, sometimes the answer is just ‘no’.” While I could tell she wasn’t exactly pleased with this, she dealt with it. The next day she was drawing pictures and I asked if she would draw one of me. {Side note…she drew a picture of me a few weeks ago that had a big circle for the belly and I wanted her to draw another one}. She looked up and said “No.” “Awww, I wish you would” I said. She then put her marker down, looked at me and said, “Yea mom, sometimes the answer is just ‘no’.” Then went back to coloring. I just **love** it when my 3 year old uses my own logic on me!!

Ok, so onto the creative part of this post…

It’s TCP Tuesday {check out the sale info at the bottom of this post!} and Amy Rohl is challenging you to an embossing challenge. I chose to do a little of heat and dry embossing on this card…

Gotta love the penguins!!…

A couple detail shots…

I clear heat embossed “merry” {using the Coolvetica alpha} on red cardstock…

Close up of the bling bling and the American Crafts super spar-ka-lay glitter paper…

The Cat’s Pajamas is having an awesome sale this holiday weekend! Be sure to check out **everything** at a 25% discount! If you are playing along with us for this challenge, be sure to take a peek at the guidelines for uploading and such on Amy’s {or Alma’s} blog.