Simple Snowflake

Hey everyone! This week is so busy!! I'm sure it is for everyone out there. I've been working on more Christmas cards. Luckily I'm almost finished. I anticipate being finished by Sunday so they can be in the mail by Monday! I just wanted to make a very simple Christmas card so that I won't be spending my entire free time in my stamp room. My husband is away in another country for the next few months for work so I'm playing single mom and must keep the kids busy. I love the way this card turned out. It's so simple and sparkly. I debated about sponging white ink all around the edges but I really like the simplicity of the way it is. I used the Snowflake Additions stamp set by Papertrey ink. Cute cute set by the way! I embossed the sentiment "the world is your" in winter white embossing powder. I'm keeping it short because I've got 12 loaves of Pumpkin bread to make today. Each one of my close friends is getting a loaf for Thanksgiving...so I need to start baking. I hope each one of you have a very blessed Thanksgiving.

July Christmas card

Each year I have Christmas card classes for my customers that start in July and end in November. Each month we will make 10 cards so that in November they have completed 50 Christmas cards. It's something we look forward to each year!! I can't believe it's already that time that means Christmas really isn't too far ahead. YIKES! Here is July's Christmas card the girls will make. I bought this Penny Black stamp last year and had not used it yet so I decided to break him out. The stamp is called Warm & Cold. I love this image. Old Olive is the color I chose for the card base. Not Quite Navy is mounted on top. I used Bashful blue with my snowflakes cuttlebug embossing folder. I stamped the image on Whisper White cardstock and mounted him on Chocolate Chip. I used the ticket punch for the corners. Old Olive brads were used on front of the snowman for his buttons. I used Star Dust stickles under the snow to make it sparkle. I really hope the gals enjoy this card! Thanks for looking...

Merry & Bright snowflake

I browse Amy Rysavy's blog almost daily because she inspires me with a lot of her work. I came across this card she posted recently and loved it! I decided I would CASE (Copy And Steal Everything) it and change a few things. I love my cuttlebug it was probably one of the best paper crafting purchases I've bought so far. Card ingredients: Old Olive & Whisper White cardstock, Designer series paper, Snowflakes cuttlebug embossing folder, Merry & Bright stamp set, Close to Cocoa ink, silver brads & Scallop punch.

Holiday Happiness

I will be posting various between now and Christmas for inspiration because we all know Christmas is around the corner. I can't believe how fast each year goes as I get older. I love this

Merry & Bright Christmas set from SU's mini catalog. I knew when I saw the reindeer in the set I would go and buy some of the red gemstones to make him Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! Card ingredients: Old Olive, Real Red, & Very Vanilla cardstock, Old Olive & Close to Cocoa ink, Merry & Bright stamp set, So Many Sayings hostess stamp set, Dashing designer series paper, Coluzzle, Scallop punch, brads.