Use scraps for tags

The Sassy 'Lil Sketches forum had a tag and card making weekend the last 3 days, so tonight was the first moment I really had to do any scrapping for fun - I had club today and did a scrapbook class for the girls in the youth group yesterday, plus all of our other Christmas fun activities....it was a busy weekend!  Anyway, I missed the 3 o-clock deadline, but I got some cute tags made and some scraps off the table!

 All of the scraps were leftover from a little paper bag album I made as an example for the girls scrapbook class.   They seemed to enjoy getting to make a little paper bag scrapbook album!  I will show you my paper bag album tomorrow!

 I thought this tag was really cute - will you believe it is almost entirely from strips of paper that were 3/4" wide?  I almost always just go on and throw strips that thin away, but they really made a cute tag!

Here's the last one.  I put a little jewelry tag punch above the red strip to give a spot for the person's name for whom the gift will be given.  Now...to just finish buying presents and get them wrapped!  Eek!

Christmas card picture .... take 2!

 Okay....so here's a little tip from a blonde moment I had earlier.  I had this brainy idea to create a postcard with our picture in it to put inside of our Christmas cards.  Well....you know, it didn't exactly occur to me that if your postcard size in MDS is 4 1/2" X 9" it might just pixelate and look awful when it prints!  Thankfully Walgreens was very gracious and gave us another try.....

So...here's take 2.  I used a sketch I found on the Sassy Lil' Sketches forum - they are having a fun sketch contest this weekend.  So here is the new card that printed correctly.  If you are printing out a 4X6 or 4 X 5.3 picture, the regular A2 card size will print out just like a regular picture fine and not pixelate. 

Almost done with Christmas cards?!??! I hope!

I have about 60 cards made now....except I just realized that our Christmas card list grew by leaps and bounds since my husband is now a youth minister!  Eek!  It's great....until I realize that I may have to do 20-40 more cards!  Ack!

 Here is a quick and easy card I made based on another card by Ilina Crouse.  I used some retired Glorious Green paper for the base.  I simply stamped the sentiment and punched a snowflake.  To finish it off, I added some tiny rhinestones I got a long time ago and it was done as quickly as that! 

My daughter helped hold the punch and counted to make sure all the rhinestones were on the tips of the snowflakes!  She also inked up the stamp for the sentiment.  I can't take ALL the credit for this card!  Hee hee! 

Here's one last card.  I used some old Sage Shadow paper for this one.  I used the new scallop square die cut and put a little base of Candy Cane Lane paper as a base.  I added a quick ornament with a matching green pearl from the dollar store and a rub-on for the sentiment.  The color is nicer in person.....

Gingerbread house and CAS cards

 Here's a quick and easy little Christmas card.  All on one sheet of paper.  I just stamped the snowman and colored him in with black, white, and red!  That's it!

 Here's my daughter trying to bite into the gingerbread house already!  It wasn't even decorated yet!  She had a big time....of course, she ate more candy then she used to decorate it, but she did a fantastic job creating her house!  Super cute!

Don't let daddy fool you...it was mommy who helped make this!  :)

Okay, I've been trying this food setting on my camera....it has a white setting on it, so I thought from the preview on the camera that it was capturing the color well, but since this looks blue rather than Vanilla, I'm thinking....not so much! 

Anyway, the colors here are very Vanilla, Old Olive, and Bravo Burgundy.  It's actually much prettier than the picture shows! 

MDS Christmas card and mini album

Here's a little Christmas card I made using a picture of us hiking at Mammoth Cave this spring - we need a little warmth around here since it's only 7 degrees outside! 

Here is a little mini album I made for Halleigh's fourth birthday.  Golly, she is growing up quickly - but she sure is a doll.  We're only a little partial, you know!  :)

Sassy Lil Card sketch

Here's a little card I made using the sketch from the 14th over at Sassy lil Sketches.  I had a few sheets of Mellow Moss paper left, so I thought I would make a muted red/green color combo for a Christmas card.  I found those poinsettias by Making Memories at Tuesday Morning, so I thought they were perfect for a Christmas card!  So rich in color and great texture. 

Stamps:  Snow Swirled
Ink:  Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss, VersaMark
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Always Artichoke ribbon, Tasteful Trims die cut, brad, Flower/leaf (Making Memories)

Another baroque swirl card

I saw a trio of my markers together the other day and decided they might look good together, so I thought I'd make a card with the Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler and Wild Wasabi combo. 

I don't know why I love this swirly stamp from the Baroque Motif stamp set so much, but I really just adore it!  I had to try another card with it.  I punch an ornament through the base of the card and stamped another for the inside of the card.  This time I used the berry stamp from the Make Merry stamp set that retired last year and added little rhinestones to the center (you can't really see them, though).

For now, I am patiently awaiting the arrival of some new stuff.....our driveway elicited an emergency situation reply when I checked the status of my package to see why it wasn't here yet!  5 inches of snow in a wooded area will do that, I guess.....maybe it won't be so bad they can't deliver it today!  Pretty please?!?!?

Stamps:  Baroque Motif, Make Merry?, tags 'Til Christmas, Snow Swirled

Ink:  Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist

Paper:  Marina mist, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Wild Wasabi ribbon, red hemp twine, rhinestones, ornament punch, sponge dauber