Cranberry Snowman

Good Friday Morning. I little seasonal snowman to get me in the card making mood. I actually used some of my new favorite fall/christmas Primas *gasp* I love these colors in the Primas.I purchased 2 bottles when my store had them (and I never do that) They are just great colors for me. I love my little Stampabilities snowman too. Naturally I used the Aida cloth Background stamp....its the new canvas for me LOL. Using the holiday designer paper in small amounts seems to be the way to go with this busy print. Happy Friday!

Tree CASE

I saw a card on SCS that I knew I had to case.......it was so pretty but it was in Night of Navy. I don't have NON ink so I had to change the colors. Mine is slightly different, but it is a close case. The card is by StampinFlo (AKA Maria Flores).Here is my card. It uses Lovely as A Tree, French script, Print Pattern, And a tag stamp. The CS is mellow moss, always artichoke and vanilla. Vanilla craft ink was used on the background and tag. Artichoke was used to ink the tree and french script on the vellum strip. The sponging is moss. Artichoke eyelets and a mellow moss eyelet were also used.

{ here are the 3 cards I made using this design. I tried using my NON marker on the middle card but it was really hard to do and I wasn't about to do more than one that way. I decided to stamp the Not Quite Navy card in versamark first then into the NQN ink. I then embossed it in the Ranger Rainbow Embossing powder to add a sparkle.The tags were stamped in white pigment ink, then embossed in the sparkle ep as well. It looks so much prettier in real life. I like the NQN card the best and may actually try mass producing these. }

The OSW foursome

Here is what I did yesterday with the One Sheet Wonder snowflake page. I still have a few pieces left that I plan to incorporate into a couple more cards if I can. OSW is a great way to crank out the cards for the holidays in a faster way than create a new card everytime.

wooohoooo its a ribbon fiesta!

Just had to post a picture of the ribbon I just received from a ribbon swap I was in. Texasjodylynn(aka Ribbon Addict) hosted a ribbon swap and we received 42 colors, 10 yards each color, of 1/4" grograin ribbon. Its beautiful....now where to hide, I mean store. LOL

Color Inspirations

Sometimes I get stuck on something I have seen and I get inspired by it. This is a picture from a Crate and Barrel catalogue I have. Its wrapping paper, but all I saw was an opportunity for a One Sheet Wonder to make some cards for the holidays. Now the first card isn't great , but I hope to improve them as I get going.I used Pink Passion, Green galore, and Real red, along with a silver Brilliance ink in the background. The stamp sets are Snowflake Spot and Tag Alongs. The ribbon is American Craft and I need to go get me some more because I emptied the ribbon spool in this color(the horror).

Stuck on Pink

Here is another version of my holiday card.........I am on a pink kick.

pink and red "oh my"

I have been seeing the pink and red colors in christmas wrapping paper lately and I got inspired by it. Its fun! For your Saturday viewing pleasure ........a little snowman. Enjoy!

Unveiling the new project

I have a new project I have been working on this week. I was at my LSS on Tuesday and saw that they were having a class on altering the Starbucks Frapuccino holders and filling them with sugar cookie mix. They wanted 25.00 for the class and I wasn't even wild about the paper they used. I decided to come home and make my own. After a trip to the store and force feeding my daughter to drink them, I began to make it myself. I used the holiday paper from Stampin' Up to make it. It was easy but time consumming trying to decide what should be covered and with what. But I am pleased with it in the end. The cookie cutter was from Hobby Lobby and they are 2/.50. The only thing I plan to change before handing these out to my friends/family is I plan to run out and see if I can find some sugar sprinkles and possibly a small wooden rolling pin. The mix is Krusteaz Holiday Sugar cookie mix and I got it at Costco. It comes in a huge box with about 8 pouches in it. Each pouch will fill 2 jars completely full (I had to pack it in there tight)

I plan to put in 4 jars per holder so that 2 batches can be made. Directions were put on a tag and tied on with the cutter. Hope you like my copy-cat project!

Sketch Challenge

Here is my card for the SCS sketch challenge this week. I have actually used this sketch before after seeing it in the Take Ten magazine months ago. I am struggling to like this blue and olive designer paper from Stampin' Up. It was in with the holiday paper. I really don't like the 2 colors together, I don't think they match but I went for it anyway. I also used the star shaped chipboard and covered it with the matching paper and inked the edges for definition. I hope you like it.

Major Award!

I am so excited......I won a major award from my friend Jennie. She had a contest on her blog ( Jennie ' s blog) and I won. She is a designer for 2jills.com and a talented scrapper. She also is a rep for Xyron and woohooo........I got a refill for my 510 and she gave me a sticker maker from xyron!!! Also included in my major award were a circle book kit from 2jills, candy, AC ribbon roll, and 2 adorable bunny rabbit stamps. She also made a card for me using basic grey paper, its one of those file shaped cards. Thank you Jennie.........you are the best!