Surprise!

I didn't think I would have time to post again this week, but I do!  

My parents stopped by our house yesterday on the way back from their trip to Washington. Since we are going to their house tonight (Tuesday), they took the boys with them on Monday.  I have this whole day by myself.  I slept in, went to the gym, packed, did  some Easter Bunny shopping and made a Christmas card.  Wow, from Easter to Christmas in one day!

When I get back from our trip, I won't be catching up on my Christmas stamping all year 'round.  YAY!

I think I am getting my creativity back, because I feel like playing with my copics.  They are packed for the five hour car ride.  

Here is my card for this week's Christmas challenge. I used crimson red embossing powder I got from my friend, Terese.  Thanks for the trade, Terese!

I used both the Evensong Level 2 and Basic Collections pattern paper.  The images are from the Vintage Christmas stamp set.

Materials used: All products are CTMh unless noted.  Paper - Evensong Level 2 and Basics Collection, white daisy cs; Stamp set - Vintage Christmas; ink - olive, versamark; Accessories - white gel pen (SU), white sparkles, 1 3/8" punch (SU), scallop punch (SU), pop dots (unknown), Christmas Designer ribbon, crimson red embossing powder (Whispers), concave corner punch (EK Success)

Until next week......

Happy Stamping!

Merry Christmas - sketch 5

I am getting caught up from not stamping at all last week.  I am three weeks behind on my Christmas Cards All Year Round group.  This sketch is from a couple of weeks ago.  Since I am playing catch up, I have opted not to use images I have to color in after stamping.  I like it when Maria used small circles, because it makes me use my Making Memories tag maker.  

I have another Christmas card to show you this week and I am taking my online digi classes, so I have another layout too.  I hope to post before I go to my sister's tomorrow, Friday.  YAY!  I can't wait to visit and stamp.

Here is my take on this sketch.  The recipe is below.

Supplies used: Paper - Evensong Creative Basics paper pack, cranberry cardstock, white daisy cardstock; Stamp set - Vintage Christmas; Accessories - white gel pen (SU), Making Memories tags, red bling (unknown)

Happy Stamping!

Holiday Card Workshop

I am going to hold a Holiday Card Workshop in November, so I have been busy creating some cards for this event. I wanted to keep them simple, but still have a wow factor! I used bling to accomplish that....LOL! Bling is AWESOME!

I used the new Creative Basics Evensong Collection for the paper and five different stamp sets.

• Vintage Christmas
• Victorian Snowflake
• Boutique Alphabet
• Christmas Scripts
• Holiday Joy

Which one is your favorite?

Happy Stamping!

Vintage Christmas theme

Here is one of the other themes I wrote about yesterday. This card and tag will be created at a gathering I have on December 3rd. I did not design the card. My upline, Chris Shouse, sent this out last year, and I used it as my inspiration for this theme. My stamp sets are Vintage Christmas and Victorian Snowflake. Oops! I think I called this Vintage Snowflake yesterday. Well, it is the one I said is a must, so make sure you scratch off Vintage Snowflake on your wish list and replace it with Victorian Snowflake...hee hee! Sorry!

Hope you like this theme! I still would like to hear more ideas for themes. Jeanne reminded me of little girls. I forgot to say I am going to make a princess layout, but I have to order the stamp set. I haven't had a need for little girl stamp sets until now.





Have a great weekend!

When In Doubt...Add Stickles

When I posted my Vintage Christmas cards yesterday, I thought they just needed something. I was talking to my sister about them and I told her I should have added stickles, so I DID! Here are the same cards with silver stickles added to the trees. The stickles look gold in the light, which is weird. When I was putting them on, they looked silver. Oh well, I like them A LOT better now!