Merry Christmas Eve!

I have a couple more Christmas cards to share with you today. I made this one using the Home set from Artistic Outpost. The image is stamped in Fired Brick and the edges were sponged with Vintage Photo. For the greeting I used Walnut Stain. I tried to make the barn look like it was covered in a blanket of snow by adding some Diamond Dust. For the finishing touch I wrapped some Ecru floss around the card and added a button and some punched branches.

The second card is a 4 1/4 inch square card with no dimensionals because I wanted to make something that would go through the mail easily and not cost extra postage. I will just use a regular invitation size envelope.

I'm glad that I did my grocery shopping last night before the blizzard hit. We don't have too much snow on the ground yet but they're forecasting snow all day today and 6-8 more inches tomorrow with really high winds so at least I don't have to worry about getting to the store.

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope you all have safe travels! Thanks so much for stopping.


Supplies (top card):

• Stamps: Artistic Outpost
• Paper: Kraft, Vanilla, Creative Imaginations Winter Woodland
• Ink: Distress Inks Fired brick, Vintage photo, Walnut stain
• Misc: Edge distresser, Embroidery floss, Button, Martha Stewart branch punch, Diamond dust
  

Supplies (second card):

• Stamps: SU Bud Basics, Papertrey Ink sentiment
• Paper: Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Creative Imaginations Winter Woodland
• Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Distress Ink Vintage photo
• Misc: Circle punch, Paper piercer, Twinklette clear
  

Paper Stockings

All of the older nieces and nephews get money for Christmas so each year I try to come up with a way to package the money other than just putting it in a card. This year I tried making paper stockings. I cut out two stocking shapes, sewed them together and then added a faux fur top. The create the faux fur top I cut white cardstock to 2 x 4, ran it through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder, rounded the corners and then attached it to the stocking with scor-tape.

For my assistant I went with an iTunes card and a chocolate Santa. To accommodate them I had to make the stocking a little wider.

These went together pretty quickly which is great because I still have 8 more to make. Happy Holidays!

More birthdays

One of my dearest friends had a birthday this week and when I saw this adorable image with the huge bottle of wine/champange I knew I had to use it for her birthday card. She is a huge lover of wine so I'm sure this will make her smile.

My girlfriend is in Vegas at the Lady Gaga concert celebrating her birthday. Can't wait to hear all about it.

Supplies:

• Digital image: GoMakeSomething.com
• Paper: Kraft, K&Co Ancestry collection
• Misc: Slit punch (to create scalloped border), Ribbon, Flower, Button, Tracing wheel
  

Bacon & Eggs

Yesterday I came across this blog post on Lick The Bowl Good and it inspired me to make some bacon and eggs this morning. All you need are pretzel sticks, almond bark, and yellow M&M's.

Happy Friday!

Feeling Stressed?

 I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and just make a couple of fun cards. I love these ladies from American Art Stamp. They were stamped on Neenah white and colored with Copics. The layouts are the same so they went together pretty quickly. 

Hope you're all having a wonderful week and not getting too stressed with holiday prep. If so, maybe a glass of wine is in order. Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

• Stamps: American Art Stamp (Emerson Quillin line)
  
• Paper: Neenah white, Stampin Up Rich Razzleberry, K&Co Black & Ivory Fusion
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Misc: Copics, Pop dots
  

Holiday Thank you cards

Last night I made a set of 12 holiday thank you cards for a friend. The Be Merry paper collection from My Mind's Eye was perfect for this project. I punched 2 inch circles from 4 of the different papers and adhered them across the bottom of the cards. Next I cut out trees from another sheet in the collection and mounted them to the cards with pop dots. Finally I stamped thank you in Memento Rich Cocoa just above the circles.

I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I hope my friend likes them. Now if I could just get motivated to finish my Christmas cards and get them in the mail. Maybe I should just start making New Year's cards and send those out instead. Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Stampin Up Very Vanilla
• Designer Paper: My Mind's Eye Be Merry
• Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps
• Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
• Misc: 2 inch circle punch, pop dots

with Sympathy

I was in need of a sympathy card the other day so I pulled out the K & Company Black & Ivory Fusion paper pack that I bought a couple of weeks ago and Anna Wight's Wildflower Silhouette set from Whipper Snapper Designs and put this card together. I love how it turned out.

I'm totally not ready for the holidays. Thankfully my family and friends will understand when their card is late and I don't bring a big tray of cookies to each gathering to share. I did manage to do some shopping for myself. I was in need of a new printer so I asked around and decided to go with an Epson Artisan 810 and since it qualified for free shipping from Amazon I had to place an order. According to FedEx it's on the way!

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're all having a great week and things aren't too hectic.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs Wildflower Silhouette
• Paper: SU Vanilla, Black; K&Company Black & Ivory Fusion
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Vintage Photo (sponged on edges)
• Misc: SU Scallop edge punch, Flower, Gem
  

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my Dad's 70th Birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!