December 2009

I have moved my posts from an old blog to this one and I have moved one month at a time.....I have been blogging far too long to post each one on a separate day. Enjoy the below post for the month mentioned in the tag line.

Nope, this is for me.....to you, the gift of a last minute idea.... and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2009

Use your stash tags

So I missed getting a post out yesterday because I was working on making some custom tags for my gifts for Christmas this year.  You get TWO today..yay.  I will warn you right now we do NOT have a lot of this material in the store available for sale...something similar yes, but the EXACT item...NO!

I used leftovers and scraps on the whole thing...what a wonderful way to use up your stuff.....to make room for NEW goodies!!!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2009

Altered Card

I was playing with more of my TIM stuff and came up with this all purpose card.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009

With Sympathy

I had a piece of cork....and I needed to find something to do with it....and here is a nice sympathy card that I created with it.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2009

Sympathy card

More playing.....and early this time....my late nights are getting the better of me!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009

May peace be with you

Coloring like in a color book....fun times!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009

Winter wonderland

 A chance to play with some of my winter borders from Cuttlebug.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009

Baby card

All shiny and blue.....

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009

Bright and Shiny Christmas

I got my hands on these cute cute cute ornament embellishments and decided to whip up a couple more cards to send out....if I get that far anyway.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009

Love

betcha thought I wasn't going to get to a post today....well, you were almost right....but I did it.

Simple card, but I was using up leftovers again.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

PEACE

PEACE, what is that and where can I get some?
But seriously, I love playing with my Just Rite stamps where I can spell any word in any configuration...can't beat that.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009

More TIM tag inspired tags...

Had to try this one even if I didn't have all the same materials.  Gotta make do with what you have right?

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009

More 12 TAGS inspiration....

I am working on all the tags that T!M is doing, but I am not doing them in order....who needs order right? Nor did I go witht he Christmas theme this time....I can only use so many Xmas tags. This tag is inspired by the day 9 tag here.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

More 12 TAGS inspiration....

Day 7 brought us this at the T!M blog.  I didn't have the same stamps, but you use what you have.  I thought my version of things was pretty nice too. 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009

12 Tags of Christmas inspiration

Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas tags are  a great source of inspiration for me and my huge collection of Tim Holtz products.  I only had to buy a small amount of extra goods to do Tim's tags.....hard to believe i actually DIDN'T have something.....I really have a LOT of stuff.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009

Llama Llama

I have been working on past vacation photos and I am getting caught up....finally.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009

Be Mine Valentine

Maybe I am getting ahead of myself, but since I have been working on Christmas cards since July, this doesn't seem too early...

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

Sweet page

Ok, I am biased, but this is a SWEET PAGE...really.  I love a good old fashioned candy store and I can't resist taking photos of the pretty treats all in a row.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009

Merry Christmas all shiny and bright

This one was hard to photograph so forgive me.  It is sunny here and the papers are MirriCard, so shiny and sunny make for a horrible glare.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009

Adventure

One of our adventures this summer.  We ventured over to Interstate Park, a really nice park to check out if you haven't done so. 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009

Get Well Soon...

So I kept my JUST Rite stamps intact from my last card and made this one, but removed the curved top sentiment. 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009

Scrapbook pages

I had a very productive weekend while the men were away hunting.  I finished 9 pages, so you will be seeing those sprinkled in with my card posts over the next few days.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009

Princess

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009

Precious

A fun page I created with my nieces photo.

Materials:
     Paper: My Mind's Eye "Penny Lane"
          TPC Studios paper
Brads: My Mind's Eye "Penny Lane"
Die Cuts: My Mind's Eye "Penny Lane"
Die Cuts: CLOUD 9 Design "Quote Cards: Sunrise Smoothie"
SIZZIX Die cut letter "K"
Flower: Heidi Grace

Simple layering with fun brads and die cut shape sheets.

November 2009

I have moved my posts from an old blog to this one and I have moved one month at a time.....I have been blogging far too long to post each one on a separate day. Enjoy the below post for the month mentioned in the tag line.

We have a friend in the hospital today, and this card is for her.
Some bright and cheery paper combined with some fun cuts with my Spellbinders Nesties.  I used my JUSTRite stamp with the Celebration Phrases Demi and then spelled out the "get well soon" sentiment with the alphabet letters that come with the stamper set.  It can be a little tedious, but you get the exact sentiment you want, where you want it.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Basic Grey Christmas

I love BASIC GREY!  The paper selection from their lines are just too hard to resist.






I have gotten to play with my Just Rite stamps a lot lately and they work so great with the NESTABILITIES dies.  The perfect combo.  

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Snowmen fall....

Pretty papers and a pretty stamp.
I have had this stamp in my collection for a weeks now and I finally am getting some use out of it. 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Something different

Ok, a different way to do a page.....but yes, another Cross Country page....

I like the idea of putting smaller photos in a photo album style page and doing smaller "pages" within that page. In this case I picked the 4X4 squares for the layout, cut my photos to fit and placed them in the order I thought worked best to relay the story. Then I took a sheet of paper with the trees on it, cut them out to fit in the spaces remaining (again 4X4) and put them in place. I added a few embellishments and was ready to roll in a few minutes flat! 

OH, and happy shopping......I am off to the store this BLACK FRIDAY morning.....see you out there....

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Cross Country....

...yes again....hey, it's all my kids do anymore....hunt and run! It was a lot more fun when they were little, so I have to scrap what they do....and this is it.

I liked the wood/road/trail effect on this paper, and the blues and greens, but didn't care for the little cars all over on the trails....so I covered up the ones you could see with little trees cut from the paper. All I did was take a circle punch and cut few "trees" out from areas where the photos would cover the "holes" I left on the paper. Using a pop-dot on each one I covered up those little cars! The stickers from SRM are see-through so the fun background shows through my title.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Big Fish

I am on a scrapbooking roll right now (that, and I need to catch up before my son graduates in two years....hey, that time will pass fast!)

Some fun things to work with for our fun little trip to Hayward this past summer. I outlined the edge of the paper with my marker to add a little black to the layout and tie it all together. The rest is a matter of layering some goodies together with the photos.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Team Bonding

Another page for my book (after being on the walls at the store of course!)

Cross Country again....

I thought this birthday paper from Bo-Bunny had the perfect blend of pattern and color for y photos. With some strategically placed photos and stickers and things, you can't even tell that birthday words are on that paper!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009

A Card

This one was fun, just some scraps...truly leftover bits that, if you saw the whole sheet, you would NOT think of a Christmas card when looking at it!

When cutting away all the other parts i needed for my othe p roject I was left with a little bit of blue and white...the other colors were red and bright yellow, blues and greens! But, this is what happens when you are left with just a little bit of something....you create and adapt. After adding a little embossed stuff to the card front and the stamped images, I completely transformed the paper from its original color scheme...and the receiver is none the wiser!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

One more

Two pages in Two days...unheard of! Ok, I am on a roll right now with these...I have a LOT of photos from the meets this year.

Again, all paper here, I want to focus on the words on the paper and the photos.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Pages...I did some pages

Some of you may remember that I actually scrapbook!! LOL

Others of you may remember I had a son who ran Cross Country...well, now I have two that do. This is only one of them, but look forward to seeing more pages of the same sport on display at the store...hehehe.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Age is only a number....

Changito love.....as well as TPC Studio love.....the papers are just too fun to not play with.

The little designs in the paper from TCP is perfect for card making. I just love these little leaves...and Changito is loving hanging out in the "Woods"....lol

Simple layering, cute stamps, fun and cute paper....perfect combo. These papers are leftovers from a project from a few days ago....gotta use them all up...nothing goes to waste!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Happy Birthday

More leftovers! I have all these bits and pieces of leftovers and I just have to use them. This patterned paper is from a mini album project I did almost a year ago...yes, I save stuff that long!

Since my patterned paper had a curve cut into it already I just went with that theme. I tucked an embossed piece under the patterned piece to add a little to the background and rubbed the embossing with a foam piece dipped in my "Broken China" and "Scattered Straw" inks. 

A cheery little card for a cheery Birthday.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Dude birthday

I can't resist playing with my Diamond Plate embosser...and more guy cards are being added to my collection.

We have this new paper in from a vendor we ran into at the Wausau show, it reminds me of an Oil Slick, so that is what I am calling it. It has a nice shiny surface along with the swirly oily coloring...very "manly". I used my little circles to create a raised layer of circles on the front of the card. Simple yet effective when popped up on Pop-Dots.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Happy Birthday to you

A new love....my JUST Rite stamps. Like I needed a new addiction!!

When I accidentally cut too much off the end of the card I went with it...why throw away a perfectly good piece of paper just because I messed up, RIGHT? I can make it work...that's what artists do....we NEVER make mistakes.....lol.

Since the circle below would stick out behind the scalloped one in front I made sure the inside of the card was pretty too. With the circles and scallops from NESTIES, it is easy to make the circles fit perfectly with the rest. Plus, with my new JUSTRite stamps, I had the perfect circles to fit my sentiments right inside...it all works out in the end right? I just love the STICKLES sprinkles on the frosting....looks good enough to eat.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Squirrels and trees

More playing with the newest folders from CUTTLEBUG. I love applying color to the inside of the embossing folders and then running the paper through.

I thought this little squirrel from the Holiday 2009 collection from A*Muse would be cute with this new folder from CUTTLEBUG. I used a brayer to ink up the inside of the RAISED side of the embossing folder. Just gently apply the color so you don't get any on areas you don't want to get color on. After applying it put your paper in place and then run it through the CUTTLEBUG as usual. The color transfers to the paper beautifully. Just rinse off what didn't go with some water and let the folder dry. I colored in the stamped image with COPIC markers.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Happy Holidays

I got my Santa from STAMPERS ANONYMOUS out...and got creating.

Ahhh, playing with ink and stamps....what can be better...? more ink and stamps!!

I stamped out my saying and Santa and then rubbed a little of the ink around to fill in some color. When I cut the "label" out, I kept the paper in the die and then inked up the exposed parts to add more color, but left the white edge. Then I took my black marker and added a simple line around the outside to tie the black paper to the front of the card.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Hedgehog love

I just dig this paper from TPC Studios. The whole line is just super cute!!

I have a stamp in mind for finishing this one off but I need to find it...in the meantime, here is the card. Just layers of fun papers from TPC Studios!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

By REQUEST

This is a card we took to the EXPO in Wausau this past weekend. It uses the new "Season's Greetings" embossing folder from CUTTLEBUG and Glimmer Mist.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009

THANK YOU

I great big thank you for those who serve and for those who have served.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Metallic Tree

A simple card of embossing on metallic cardstock

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Santa Baby

I made another card with a similar technique and thought that it would look cute in red and black to look like Santa's belt on his coat. A little silver buckle with a tree emblem and we are all set!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Trees at Christmas

A new way to use the LACE TREE embossing folder from CUTTLEBUG....

..use it as stamp!

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Car card

I have been having fun with this paper from Creative imaginations...with the addition of some checkered paper from the Cook Bookin' line

Add some stickles to the red parts of the car to give it a nice shiny appearance and you've got a fun card.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Christmas Tag

Not a great photo, but darn cute anyway. I love my little snowman die from CUTTLEBUG! 

I created a fun tag with some little bits of white paper and white metallic cardstock. Instead of using a swirl or snowflake pattern in the background, I went with the Victoria folder for a different look but still swirly pattern. The rest is just layering in a scenic design. Too much fun!