One More

Can you say "Over achiever?" I have made not one, but THREE cards for this Christmas season! I'm not even sure how I've had the time, but each time I needed some cards, I decided to create yet another design. I love the colors on this one. I started with Riding Hood Red and layered Simply Scrapping "I Wish" designer paper on it before using Kiwi Kiss and more Riding Hood Red to offset my stamped images. The flower stamp is from an old set called "Happiest of Holidays" and the Merry Christmas is from the more recent set, "Holidays & Wishes".

With this holiday season upon us, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy the holidays with your family and friends. Relax....rest....and enjoy!!

This one's for Sheldon

I was told by Sheldon that I needed to " get going" on the cards - she needed ideas! So, this one is for her! I wanted to make my Christmas cards this year, but knew I couldn't do all button cards for my list....so, this is my alternate card. I used Kraft and Red Riding Hood paper - my new favorite color! - and some DP that I got at a local scrapbook store. I used one of my Sell-a-bration sets from last year and my scallop punch for the snowflake, and Season of Joy for the tree. This really was an easy card to assemble, and now I can say that I made ALL my C-mas cards this year! My sister and I have decided that we'll make our cards every other year....we love the Lang cards too, so we do those on alternate years, and it gives us a break.
I know I've kinda skipped over Thanksgiving, but for anyone who keeps up with my little blog....Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Holidays

I love this time of the year. I love the fall....I love Halloween...Thanksgiving...and definitely Christmas! I have been having fun looking for ideas to make for the holidays and have come across some really cute things. This is an idea I cased from Lauren Meader from My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence (check out her great blog!). I followed her excellent online tutorial to make the cup holder and then just did my own take on the rest. This was a very fun and easy project to make, and I can't wait to see my sister's reaction b/c this one is for her! She made me the cutest Halloween gift....from Martha Stewart....a coffin with candy inside! It was soooo stinkin' cute. So, when I told her I had found a great idea for C-mas, she said, "Is it coffin good?" LOL.....we decided that was going to be our new saying, "coffin good". So I hope this does the trick!

It's "Coffin Good"

Well, the verdict is in -- the hot cocoa holder was coffin good! You'll have to read below to get that!! :-) But here is the infamous coffin that my sister made for me for Halloween (it WAS filled with candy.....). Isn't this just the most adorable thing ever?? I loved it! She got her idea from Martha Stewart, so you if you want to try & make these, check out her site. I just love these things!!!

Christmas Card

Here's my Christmas cards!! I sat down yesterday to figure out what I was going to do because I knew I'd need to get going on them. I got the idea to use the buttons on the tree from splitcoaststampers, and then I just created my own design. I used Riding Hood Red for my background and Old Olive to mount the images on. I used Seasons of Friendship and Many Merry Messages from S. Up! along with the coordinating colors. The snowflakes are stamped in Going Gray (which worked out surprising well I thought!). The designer paper is Figgy Pudding / Forest by Basic Grey (I love their stuff!!). The only potential issue I see is that w/ the added weight of the buttons, this card may cost me more to send....which wouldn't be a new thing for me....I've been known to make the square cards & forget about the added postage until they were all done! Guess it's just a small price to pay for a homemade card, right? :-) Now I just need to start mass producing....which means I need to get all my supplies stocked up. I'm off to church & then to shop!

Season of Friendship

This is one of the new sets from the mini catalog called Season of Friendship. I love that I can create a tree for any season. Seeing as it's fall, I had to make one with all my favorite colors (Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, & More Mustard). Can't wait to play with it some more!! Can't wait to order more from the mini catalog!! :-)
Happy Stamping!

Beate's Weekend Challenge

It's been for-ever since I've participated in one of these, but I figured since I was playing hookie from all things school this weekend (not really, but more so than usual!), that I'd try Beate's sketch. I chose to make a Halloween card with the layout.

A Flower for All Seasons

This is my new favorite set - a new one in this fall's catalog called "A Flower for All Seasons." It has the cutest images and they make great 4x4 cards. It's been so long since I've had time to work in my craft room, but today I decided to ditch my school work, and make some cards. It's fun to get back into it...I just wish I had more time. I used the new "In Colors" for these cards; I love the vibrant blue - it's so pretty! These two stamps are my favorites of the 4, but I'm sure I'll get use of all of them as the seasons go by. I also used my new scallop punch, which I just love!

I made a full set tonight - here are all 4 cards. I just love them!

Fall Card

This is a 5x5 card using Really Rust as the base and Always Artichoke as the layering colors. I cased this card layout from splitcoast, but put my own spin on it. It's a fun, easy card to do!

Weekend Creations

Happy Labor Day! I am excited to have tomorrow off, and have really enjoyed getting some of my scrapbook paper out this weekend to make some clipboards for some friends at school. These are just the easiest to do, and just about anyone loves to get them as gifts. I made 4 for my teammates, and then created one for myself for fall....actually Halloween! I just love how it turned out! I had gotten all this Martha Stewart paper last year in TN, and hadn't used it yet. It just worked out perfectly for a fall clipboard. Now I just have to wait a little bit until I can use it!!