CFS Christmas Cards

Here are a few pictures of the 700 Christmas cards that I made for our troops. I'm a bit disappointed in myself. I had commited to making 1000 cards and fell short by 300. Darn those two jobs and only 24 hours a day!

Frosty the Snowman Card and Treat Bags

Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you the super cute Frosty the Snowman cards and treat bags I made for my niece's school Christmas party. I got the idea for the Frosty cards from my upline, Dawn Griffith. She's the best!

Color Challenge Card

There I was, out of inspiration and wanting to make a card. So I hopped on to SCS and went to the current color challenge. Hmmm, Riding Hood Red, Taken With Teal and Baja Breeze. Interesting, so I decided to see what I would come up with. I'm really not loving this card but it did help me get back into the creative groove.

Sudsol Mystery Challenge

I'm a member of Sudsol, a SU! demonstrator only group. The other day I got an email with this teaser.

"Love mysteries? Love DSP and paper folding? Then I have a challenge for you."


One of the group organizers was looking for a few volunteers to make some samples for a folding/origami technique. As I'm pretty much always up for a challenge, I quickly replied that I would love to play along. Here is what I came up with. I hope you like it!

After I got the wreath made and the card mostly assembled I realized that I didn't like the "dead space" in the center of the wreath. So after some trial and error I came up with the ever popular scallop circle. I do like how the wreath design echoes the design of the Frosty Day DSP. This was so not what I had pictured in my head but I'm still happy with the result. Have a great day Stampers!

Supplies:

CS: Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Pattern Paper: Frosty Day DSP

Stamp: Best Yet Hostess Set

Ink: Kiwi Kiss

Misc.: Scallop Circle Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, light green ribbon

The Good News and The Bad News

Well I guess I will start off with the bad news, get it over with. I was looking for a certain book tonight for my brother and as I was taking books off the shelf to look at the back row (yes I have that many books that they are double and triple stacked) I found that water had leaked through the outside wall, through the bookshelf back wall and on to my books! There was mold!!!!! I almost cried! My books, my precious books! If you know me then you know how much I read and adore books. So needless to say that will be my project tomorrow. I will have to actually throw away some of the books. They are too far gone. I'm all choked up thinking about it now. :(

The good news is that I finally found my camera! YAY! YAY! I have been so lost without it. I was almost to the point where I was going to buy another one, so I'm really glad it finally showed back up.

The other good news is that we got our annual Christmas pictures in and now I can scrap them. These were by far our best pictures of the family and the kids. I love this new tradition we started 3 years ago. Just adds another layer to the family memories of the holidays, ya know?

Ok, time to sleep I think. Goodnight stampers!

A little bit late Birthday Card

Hi everyone! I still haven't found my camera but I borrowed my father's. What a pain! Anywhoo, my father asked me to make his step mother a birthday card. He neglected to mention, until I was almost done, that he forgot her birthday and was sending the card late. Oh well, I think I pulled it off. This was my first time making a corner punch medallion. Very interesting technique! The master of this technique is Becca Feeken, her blog is Amazing Paper Grace and I salivate over every card she makes! Check her out!












Supplies used:

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Paper: Bashful Blue Patterns Pack, Vellum
Inks: Night of Navy
Accessories: SU! Chalks, Versamark, Clear Embossing Powder, Nestabilities Circle Dies, Cuttlebug, EK Success Corner Ardorner, Marvy Uchida Scallop Corner Punch, White sheer ribbon



Thanks for looking. Have a great day!

C&C 146

This is my first Chat & Challenge card from Sudsol. The object is to chat while making a card using a sketch from previous Stampin' Success magazines. This was a quick card and I got to use my favorite things, the color pink and butterflies!

ISO: My camera

Ok, I'm trying not to panic here but I still can't find my camera. It was only a $100 dollar camera but still, it was mine! I had most of the pictures off of it but of course not the most recent ones. Including the ones of our family visit to my great aunt in Topeka. Grrrr! Soooo, if you see my camera wandering on the side of the road will you tell it to come home?

Where did I go?

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been absent for so long. Life, my two (make that sorta 3) jobs and a boyfriend have been keeping me very busy. Since I've pretty much gotten rid of the boyfriend I now have more time for crafting. Which is a good thing since I decided to become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Not that I've demonstrated anything yet; but I have plenty of supplies! LOL I will start posting some of the things I've made when I find my camera. I *know* I had it the other day after visiting my great aunt.....just where did I leave it? I swear I would lose my head.....

Be back soon, I promise!

Frankie Cards...Awwwwww

Aren't these Frankie cards adorable?! Once I saw the video that my upline, Dawn Griffith made; I knew I had to make these for my niece and her class. Too cute!