Quick and easy 6X6 pages

I almost forgot about this quick and easy little scrapbook page I made this past month for our club meeting.  I used one of last year's Sale-a-Bration stamp sets.  I believe it is called Bliss.  I love the flourish and the butterfly in the stamp set especially. 

I tore a few pieces of the chicken wire page and sponged with Soft Suede.  I also had these leftover scallop envelopes that made a great journaling hiding spot.  The finishing touches were one of the Beau Chateau die cuts and a bitty button with a pink pirouette heart on the envelope.

Stamps:  Bliss

Ink:  Marina Mist, Soft Suede

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Beau Chateau

Accessories:  Bitty Buttons, 3-heart punch, Scallop Envelope die, Beau Chateau die cuts

Christmas cards from friends

I thought today would be a great day to share some more of the gorgeous Christmas cards I received from my stamping friends. 

The card above is made by my dear Creative Memories friend, Jenny West.  While the picture shows the green a bit brighter than the real card, it looks as if it might be Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi.  I can see the Punch Pals stamp set was used for the greeting and the Word Windowand scallop circle punches were used.  In addition, it looks like she used the Top Note die cut.  The other pieces I'm not sure about.  Maybe she used her cricut!

This card was made by my lovely Longaberger friend, Carol Manning.  I love this stamp set called Snow Much Fun and I think the greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Looks like she used the DSP from the mini catalogue as well as the modern label punch.   For colors, I think it looks like marina Mist paper and satin ribbon and Cherry Cobbler paper.

Here is a little mini card from my dear friend, Hannah.  She made this with Old Olive paper and Holly Jolly DSP.  She used the stocking punch to add the cute stocking.  By the way, in case you haven't heard, the stocking punch is being RETIRED on January 2!!!!  Get it while you can....once they are gone, they are gone!

Here is a snowflake card from my sweet Angel, who has moved far away from us in Pennsylvania.  ANGEL.....WE MISS YOU!!!!

I spy the peekaboo frame die cut here!

And, finally, a Cricut made card from our friend Dolli, who lives in Evansville, IN.  I love the way she accented the Christ in Christmas with her cut out.  AWESOME!

Aren't they lovely!  I am so fortunate to have such crafty friends!  I will keep these to admire for a few more years, too! ;)

Gift Card Holders

As many people really like gift cards, I had to make 3 gift card holders for family members.  Here are the three gift card holders I made.

This first gift card holder uses the Merry & Bright DSP from the big catalogue.

On the outside I stamped the snowman image from Tags 'Til Christmas and outlined the edge in Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details (coming out in the spring mini catalogue!).

Here is the way it looks on the inside - there is a gift card when you first open it.

Then the gift card pops up and there is a greeting below.

I used the Merry and Type stamp set for the greeting. Riding Hood Red Ink.

Here is another one just like it - I used some of last years' DSP.  Real Red paper with pewter embossing powder here.

I had to make this one slightly different because the Target card was not a standard sized gift card.

I used some retired DSP and Simply Scrappin' stickers along with Real Red Satin Ribbon.

As you can see, I didn't make this one a pop-up card.  I folded it more like a pocket with the gift card inside.  I added a few more stickers from the Simply Scrappin' kit and finished it off with a rhinestone and a modern label punch.

Easy and effective.

Stamps:  Merry and Type, Tags 'Til Christmas

Ink:  Marina Mist, Versamark, Riding Hood Red

Paper:  Merry and Type DSP, retired DSP, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories:  Retired Simply Scrappin' kit, rhinestones, 1 3/4" circle punch, modern label punch, Pewter Embossing Powder, sponges, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

December Daily Day 14

I decided that one of the things I wanted to include in my December Daily album was the ultrasound from our last doctor's appointment.  Since our last appointment did not include an ultrasound, I decided to use one of the ultrasounds from November. Our sweet little baby Owen's heart rate was 141 as indicated by the red numbers  I added a little Blushing Bride embossed heart and a Baja Breeze button just for a sweet touch of love.

Paper:  Letters to Santa DSP, Whisper White, Old Olive

Accessories:  Scalloped hearts embossing folder, button, number stickers (Jenni Bowlin Studio)

Makeover Monday Challenge and a sneak peek!

Here is the card that Andrea Walford made for the Makeover Monday Challenge.  I loved the simplicity of this card. Elegant and just a touch of bling.

Here is the card I made for the Makeover Monday challenge.  Almost everything on this card was free from the upcoming Sale-a-Bration catalogue.  I absolutely love this stamp set, called Elementary Elegance and this gorgeous Everyday Enchantment paper.  It is so elegant (go figure!) and vintage looking.  Soft and pretty.

Here is a closeup of the image I stamped.  I colored it with several of my Stampin' Write markers.  I cut around the image and decided to put it off center and a little lower than the image on the original card.  I stamped the hello image and punched it with the Curly Label punch and sponged that with Poppy Parade ink.  Both images have Stampin' Dimensionals underneath them.  I took a closeup so you could see the Dazzling Diamonds on the image.  I added it to the flower centers on the patterned paper as well. 

Stamps:  Elemenntary Elegance

Ink:  Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Pool Pary, Old Olive, Early Espresso

Paper:  Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Whisper White, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Accessories:  Dazzling Diamonds, Curly Label Punch, Sponges, Pool Party ribbon

Greeting Card Kids Christmas card

I got in the coloring mood recently and decided I wanted to color the Christmas girl image from the Greeting Card kids stamp set.  I saw a sample of a card from Lorri Heiling at Stampin' Connection, a forum for SU demos.  I changed up her idea quite a bit, but I liked the Baja Breeze/Crumb Cake color combo and the white snowflakes.

I watercolored this image using my blender pens and the ink from my stamp pads.  It was relatively easy and with a touch of Dazzling Diamonds, I thought it had quite a stunning effect.

So, since I was in the coloring mood, I decided to use my Copic markers for this image.  A very different effect, but nice and smooth shading here on the dress.  My tree was a bit greener than I wanted, but overall I like it. 

I added some Liquid Applique and flocking from CTMH on this one.  I like the fluffy effect, although you can't see it well.

I think my favorite is the Baja Breeze one.  What about you?

Stamps:  Greeting Card Kids, Serene Snowflakes

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, White craft, Copic markers

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Retired DSP

Accessories:  Dazzling Diamonds, ric rac, baja breeze grosgrain ribbon, tinsel (retired, but on the clearance rack right now!!)

December Daily Day 11

After scouring facebook for pictures of my daughter at the Christmas program this past Sunday, I came to the conclusion that probably everyone's pictures were just as awful as mine!  Not a single good picture from the day.   Santa.....someday.....I'd like a nice camera - and I promise not to break it! ;)

Anyway, I had this picture of her caroling with a homemade jingle bell.  I decided to put that in instead and just journal about the program.  I love this retired DSP from last year - it has glittery parts in it! 

This is a conglomeration of supplies here:

Paper:  SU, American Crafts, Pretty Little Studio

Ribbon:  Real Red Satin ribbon (SU)

Snowflakes:  Echo park

Button, twine, black journaling pen:  SU

Ticket:  making memories