Tuesday, December 13, 2011

He’s Makin’ A List

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I have another Christmas card using a Whimsy & Stars Studio digital image to share with you. I love this jolly looking Santa. He looks like he is pretty happy with all the names on the “Nice” list this year.

I only used part of the image for my card, so here is a look at the full image. (Of course when you purchase this image you will receive a high resolution image with out the watermark.)

If you are looking a head to Valentine’s Day, Mabelle will be putting Valentine themed digis into the store later this week. I got to take an early look at them and I warn you, they are cute!

Before I go, I thought I would share a picture of one of the glitter ornaments my daughter and I made. They were so easy and look gorgeous. It was fun making these and my daughter wants to make some more.

If you would like to give these a try, HERE is the tutorial from Greenbean’s Craftrole that we used.

I hope all your holiday preparations are progressing smoothly. I’m happy to say that my checklist of “Things To Do” is getting shorter. (Although I think I will still have the last minute rush to finish things up before Christmas.)

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Santa (digital stamp) from Whimsy & Stars Studio, Signature Christmas & Just the Ticket from Papertrey
  • Inks: Close To My Heart Cranberry & Olive, Distress Inks Antique Linen
  • Papers: Papertrey kraft and poppy CS, Neenah Crest solar white CS, Authentique Wonder paper pad, misc green scrap CS
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Papertrey Edgers collection #4 die, Just the Ticket die & pine boughs die, Copic markers
  • Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Ranger Malted Milk paint dabber, Inkssentials Glossy Accents, Hug Snug ivory seam binding, misc. bakers twine & button, Stampendous Fun Flock, Starbucks coffee sleeve

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Christmas Cardinal

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Oh my goodness! 12 more days until Christmas! Thankfully my checklist of things to get done before Christmas is getting shorter.

This is one of the Christmas cards that I made especially for easy mailing. I am having issues with the colors in my photos again. The bakers twine in the photo looks pink but IRL it is red. The cardinal is embossed on a shimmery background.

I am trying to use up this old Stampin’ Up DP. I used up all the papers that I really loved out the collection and now want to use up the next. I think this I the 4th year using it. The stamp set is also pretty old and had never been used. I am so glad I finally inked it up.

I was inspired by 2 gorgeous cards by Lucy’s Cards. I CASE’d the design from this card and, although it doesn’t show up well in this photo, I CASE’d the shimmer background from this card.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Inkadinkado Winter Trails, Papertrey Tree Trimming Trio
  • Inks: Versa Mark, Stampin’ Up Real Red, Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Stampin’ Up Real Red CS, Stampin’ Up….. DP
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Heat tool,
  • Embellishments: xxx Shimmer Mist, Embossing powder, The Twinery baker’s twine, misc. vintage button

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They Say It’s Your Bee-Day!

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Today I am still on a break from Christmas and have another birthday card to show to you using Meljen’s Designs Birthday Bee. As I mentioned before I have sooooo many December birthdays so I am trying to get some cards ready to mail.

Are you ready for some serious cuteness? Check out the new digis Melissa is releasing to the store. I love them so!

The new Meljen’s Designs challenge is Use Green! You can use any shade and as much as you want as long as you use green on your project. You can see the challenge rules, the DT projects, and the linky tool on the Meljen’s Designs blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Birthday Bee (digital stamp) from Meljen’s Designs
  • Inks: None
  • Papers: Papertrey white CS, misc. gray CS, October Afternoon Farmhouse paper pad
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Copic markers, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Stampin’ Up edge punch
  • Embellishments: Twinery Bakers twine, misc. ribbon & button, tag template from Alenka’s printables
  • Techniques: Paper piecing, computer generated sentiment using Cutie Pop free font

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

We Interrupt Our Christmas Programming….

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To bring you a birthday card. I went to my card stash and found that I am almost out of birthday cards. How did that happen? So I will be popping in some birthday cards as much as I can over the next few weeks because my have lots of friends and family members with December birthdays.

For this card I used Balloon Girl from Whimsy & Stars Studio. The colors in the photo are off a bit. In real life her dress closely matches the pink sheet music paper on the card. I tried messing around in Photoshop but I don’t know what I am doing. Why does this happen with some photos?

I’m going to keep this short. I had meeting in Chicago today (Monday) and I am tired. I’m going to go prop up my foot and chill out.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Balloon Girl (digital stamp) from Whimsy & Stars Studio
  • Inks: Copic ink refill
  • Papers: Papertrey white CS, Neenah Crest solar white, misc. prawn CS, My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found Market Street paper pad
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Copic markers
  • Embellishments: Ivory Hug Snug seam binding, The Twinery bakers twine, misc. lace & button, tag template from Alenka’s printables, Close To My Heart Stardust glitz, Marvy Twinklette gold glitter pen, white Sakura Gellyroll pen, Paperstudio pearls, Epoxy flower from Pick Your Plum
  • Sentiment computer generated

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Hand Warmers for the Amber Ink Pinny Party

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I’m coming in just under the wire for this week’s Amber Ink Pinny party. Every week, Amber is hosting a Pinny Party (you could also call it a challenge) to make something inspired by a photo you saw on Pinterest. Since I am a Pinterest addict and see lots of things I would like to try, this weekly party is perfect to give me the kick that I need to actually make some of the stuff I pin.

I decided to try my hand at making these cute pocket hand warmers. The photo shows 2 ivory hand warmers and how I packaged them up.

With my fleece hand warmers, I include these instructions. You can just see the corner under the hearts. I think I might print the rest on kraft.

Pocket Hand Warmers

Microwave for up to 25 seconds.

Slip into pockets, gloves or socks

for gentle warmth for up to an hour.

Reusable

This was a stretch for me. I can sew on card stock but NEVER on fabric of any kind. It took me a few trials to get a new needle install properly and work out the correct stitch length and tension.

Based on some internet research that I did, I read that brown rice retains the heat longer than white rice. Since all I had had my house was brown rice, it worked out perfectly. If you would like them to be scented, I read that you could add a few drops of an essential oil to the rice too. Since I didn’t have any on hand, mine have the plain ol’ rice scent.

I was inspired by this pin.

Once again, I am keeping this post short so that I can get it posted before the end of the party and get started putting up the Christmas tree.

If you are still looking for a Christmas gift for some one, check out Purse Bling. For a discount click on the icon in my right hand tool bar.

Have a great week!

P.S. Don’t forget to stop back tomorrow for the Amber Ink 2nd Annual Holiday blog hop. There are LOTS of prizes to win.

Supplies:

Hand Warmers

  • Fleece, heart template (used at 80%), card board (to make template), brown rice (supposed to keep the heat longer), Sewing machine

Gift Tags:

  • Stamps: None (printed using MS Word)
  • Inks: None
  • Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey Doily Details die & Holly Jolly die, Spellbinders Nestabilties
  • Papers: Papertrey kraft CS all the rest is misc. from my scrap bin
  • Embellishments: Misc bakers twine & button & Tuskineko Psst Shimmer spray

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Woodsy Snowman & Music Saves My Soul

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Chalk up another card to my weakness for snowmen. I saw this image on sale last summer and had to buy it. Not only was it cute but it was on sale. How could a girl walk away from that? I am finally getting the chance to ink him up.

I haven’t had a chance to play along with Marcea’s Music Saves My Soul Saturday for a few weeks. Here is a song that I have been listing to in my Christmas playlist over the past week. If you like the song, there is a link below the video on YouTube to download it for free.

If you would like to play along and share a song, stop by Marcea’s blog to link up!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Stampendous Woody Snowman, Papertrey Holiday Treats
  • Inks: Stampin’ Up Real Red, Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Stampin’ Up Real Red CS, Neenah Crest solar white, Echo Park Season’s Greetings paper pad, misc. green scrap CS
  • Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey Holly Jolly die set,Papertrey edgers collection #1, Provocraft Swiss Dots embossing folder, Copic markers
  • Embellishments: Papertrey bakers twine, misc button, lace & pearls, Frosted Lace & Crystal Stickles

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Dashing Through the Snow!

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I broke out my Christmas songs playlist this week and have been listening to it every day. My daughter has also been practicing a couple Christmas songs the piano. She is going to play 2 songs during the Christmas program at school and is really excited about it.

This week Melissa is releasing a new set of digital images based on Christmas carols. I used “Jingle Bells” because the song has been running through my head. I also wanted to tie some bells on my card but decided to leave them off so that my card would still be easily mailed.

Here is a look at the complete new release which will be in the Meljen’s Designs store today.

The new challenge coordinates perfectly with the new digis. This week we are asking you to be inspired by a Christmas song. How fun is that? Check the Meljen’s Designs blog for the rules and to link up your project.

While you are at the Meljen’s Designs blog, you might want to check out the projects from our new DT members. This is their first project as teamies and I know they would love for you to stop by their blogs and leave a comment.

I hope your holiday preparations are going smoothly. Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Supplies:

  • Stamps: Jingle Bells (digital stamp) from Meljen’s Designs
  • Inks: Old Paper & Tea Dye Distress Inks
  • Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Lily Bee Designs Jingle paper pad, misc. scraps of cranberry CS, Neenah Crest solar white CS
  • Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Seeing Spots Provo Craft embossing folder, Copic markers
  • Embellishments: Doily, Tattered Angels Snow Queen glimmer mist, Marvy Twinklette gold glitter pen, Papertrey bakers twine

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