A Merry Little Christmas

Here is another one of my Christmas cards that I am sending out this season. Very traditional colors for this one. I just love the embossing folder! It looks like little poinsettia leaves, and is so super elegant in white! The ribbon is double sided which makes it so versatile! The other side is polka dots!

The sentiment is embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing powder. Can't have a Christmas card without a little sparkle!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Christmas Punch

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Real Red Ribbon, Petals a plenty Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Dimesionals, Big Shot

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all! What a great day to thank all those wonderful people in your life! Today the meal is at my house. (come on by, I'm sure there will be lots of extra food!)

Hopefully these cards made it to everyone on time - they get mailed out a little late since we were out of town last weekend.

Shot of the inside. I rarely do the greeting on the inside, but think this works!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Falling Leaves
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Rust
Paper: Real Rust, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, (retired) DSP
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Linen Thread, Chocolate Chip Ribbon

Hope everyone has a great day! I know I have A LOT to be thankful for!

Online sale

Its the sale time of year! Check out the online extravaganza going on this weekend (and through November 30) here.

There is also a 'clearance rack' at SU! that can be found here. Lots of retired items at great prices!

Email me if you want to order!

Christmas stamp a stack class

This class is a perfect opportunity for those of you who want to send out homemade Christmas cards, but don't have the time, don't have the resources, or simply want someone else to design them. Well, this is the ticket.

Here is the skinny for the class: Will be held at my place on December 2, at 6:30 p.m. All you need to bring is your adhesive. (don't have any? I can help with that!). I will have supplies for you to make 4 each of the following designs. What is the cost? Only $16. Pretty cheap, huh? That is a buck a card!

RSVP to me by Sunday the 29th so I can get all the supplies ready! (you can make multiples if you want too!) Hope to see you there!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Sweet Season

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP

Accessories: Dimensionals, Old Olive Ribbon

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Big on Christmas

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Kraft

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Iridescent Ice EP, Corner Rounder, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Paper Piercer

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Winter Post, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kraft, Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Corner Rounder, Sponging, Iridescent Ice EP, Chocolate Chip Ribbon

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Dasher

Ink: Soft Suede, Versamark

Paper: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Word Window Punch, Melon Mambo Ribbon, Heat and Stick powder, Pink glitter, Brad

I hope you all can make it! Even if you are new to card making - this is a great starter!

Let it Snow

Here is a little Christmas card that I did. I just love this stamp set, and is so fun to color! I put a little Liquid Applique on the snowman and puffed it up with my embossing gun. Boy is that fun! I also ran the white layer through my Big Shot. You can't see real well in the photo, but it has little dots (like snowflakes).

Are you ready for Christmas cards yet?

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Big on Christmas

Ink: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Whisper White, Rose Red

Accessories: Dimensionas, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Liquid Applique, Big Shot Texturz die

Soup Can Gift

Do you have a member of your family that just can't keep their hands off the presents? Who just can't resist peeking and pulling at the paper? Well, that is my sister, believe it or not! We all love to guess our presents, and over the years she has gotten a bad rap for peeking and pulling before the big open.

So . . . . I wrapped her present in a soup can! Yep, a soup can. I have one of those 'safe' can openers that cut along the edge of the can and create a clean edge. So after I washed out the soup can, I inserted her present and then sealed the top with Crystal Effects (you could also use Tombo Adhesive, or another strong adhesive), and then decorated the can!


Here is a shot of the top of the can. I used my Circle Scissor Plus to cut the circle to fit inside the lid of the can. No peeking at this gift! :)

Recipe
Stamp Set: Sweet Season

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Old olive, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Ski Slope DSP (retired)

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Circle Scissor Plus, Crystal Effects

Beautiful Baby

We just had a couple of friends who had babies. Duane's cousin had a baby boy, and some friends had a baby girl. And no baby cards on hand! These were really fast to put together, and I just love how they look like baby onesies!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Beautiful Baby (retired)

Ink: Groovy Guava (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Groovy Guava DSP (retired)

Accessories: Metallic Eyelets, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Groovy Guava Ribbon

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Beautiful Baby (retired)
Ink: Blue Bayou (retired)
Paper: Whisper White, Blue Bayou DSP (retired)
Accessories: Metallic Eyelets, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Blue Bayou Ribbon

November Club

It's club time again! We have a great Thanksgiving card, and 2 cards that go with home-made gifts. Nothing better than a home-made gift these days!

Okay, so this first card really makes me smile. I just LOVE the 3-d pumpkin. I am not sure that it will mail well, but pop an extra stamp on it, and I bet it would! The bottom edges of each layer is torn (great therapy to tear paper) and sponged.


Here is a close up of the 3-d pumpkin. It is made up of 8 scallop oval punches that are sponged on the edges. And a litle piece of scrap Old Olive curled up for the stem. :)

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Falling Leaves

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: More Mustard, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Accessories: Soft Suede Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch

Technique: Sponging, Tearing

Anyone make home-made salsa, jelly, bread, cookies, pasta? Anything that you make and give as a gift would look great topped with this cute little apron, don't you think? Write the recipe on the card and makes a great gift topper. Make sure you fill in the yum factor! :)

Recipe:

Stamp Set: From the Kitchen of

Ink: Choclate Chip

Paper: choclate chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Old Olive Ribbon, Sleigh Bells Ribbon, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Jumbo Eyelets

And this last one is great packaging for those of you who gift photo cd's or dvd's for Christmas. This is a great CD case that I found a tutorial for here. Very easy tutorial to follow!

This is a shot of the back of the CD case.
Recipe:
Stamp Set: Sweet Celebrations (retired)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Cottage Wall DSP
Accessories: Velcro circle, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Build a Daisy Die, 5/8" Jumbo Brad

See ya gals tonight! Anyone want to join club? Contact me!

Crystal Lite anyone?

This would be a 're-claimed' Crystal Lite container that I have altered into gift packaging! Take advantage of items in your house that you would normally throw away and turn them into hand-crafted items!

This was easy to do - just wrap some DSP around your container, and then do some festive ribbon.

The best part, I think, of the whole package is the bow on top!! I am in love with it! You can find the tutorial here. Its WAY easy to make! This packaging AND bow used 1 sheet of designer paper. Looks quite fetching, don't you think? It already has a gift in it. Can you believe I already have a Christmas present ready and wrapped? me neither . . .

Recipe:
Paper: Ski Slope DSP (retired), Real Read
Accessories: Alpine Ribbon, Brad, Dimensional, Glue Dot

I think I will have to add a gift tag to it too. Don't want the recipient to already know what they are getting their gift in! :)

Merry Snowmen

Now, if these are the cutest little row of snowmen, I don't know what are! :) I love coloring their hats and scarves, and using the chunky glitter for the snow is perfect!

Yet another round of my Christmas cards. This one was super easy and very geometrical!

Recipe:

Stamp Set: The More the Merrier, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Dimesionals, Chunky Glitter, Sponging