Santa Claus is Coming...

Merry Christmas Eve!

365 Cards, Day 349: Warm Wishes

Happy Thursday and one more day until Christmas vacation!! Can you tell I'm excited?! 

When I stamped over Thanksgiving break (a mere 3 weeks ago), I made extra embossed deers from the Stampin' Up! Remembering Christmas set and saved them for some future cards, like this one! I loved this Day 349: Super Sketchy Sunday, so I whipped this little card up. I see more cardmaking in my very near future! hehe!

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Recipe

Stamps: SU Remembering Christmas, Glad Tiding (retired)

Cardstock: SU Crumb Cake, Basic Black, & Cherry Cobbler; Lily Bee Design Christmas Cheer Santa patterned paper.

Ink: Versamark.

Accessories: Heat Tool, Winter White Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Circle Die, SU Chalk Talk Die & Modern Label Punch; Studio Calico stars.

STS#10: Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday! Hope you are having a great weekend! I taught Saturday school this morning with a very small attendance, only 3 students! Yikes! But we had a wonderful time anyway! :)

Earlier this week I had a request for a card from a lovely teacher friend of mine. I think of her as the New Girl. Well, she's New Girl at appearance, but tough and no nonsense with her students at the same time, a great combination! She needed a "floral, vintage" birthday card for her mom, so this is what I came up with using Seize the Sketch #10. I also used my envelope maker, LOVE that thing! Most of the goodies I used are from October Afternoon Thrift Shop or 5 & Dime.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Gift Bows & Bells

Happy Friday! Hope you've had a good week and stayed in safe in winter weather!

Earlier this week I played with my new Big Shot Gift Bows die, love that thing! I'm looking forward to making more for special gift packages this weekend. For now, I attached my first bow to this little Santa card, along with a few happy bells and paper from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas pad.

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Thanks Dear

Happy Saturday!

I used Unscripted Sketches #233 for this little sweetie!

Hope you're warm and safe! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Give Thanks

Happy Tuesday! While on fall break last week, I finally got a chance to play with my new and first Reverse Confetti stamp set, Forever Fall! I heart it big-time! Of course, did I get around to sending out Thanksgiving cards? Sigh, no. But there's always next year! 

I stamped with some friends on Monday and played along with the Retro Sketch #91, which is now closed, haha! I'm a little late getting this posted. )I'm blaming it on learning how to use my new phone and transfer photos!) Anyway, I had limited supplies at my friend's house, so I used my washi tape to cover my rectangles. I love the washi tape and may have a problem! 

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Santa Claus

Happy December! 

I'm up today on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog, yay!

I played with the Naughty or Nice stamp set, one of my faves. Considering the amount of pie I've eaten the last two days, I definitely fall into the naughty category! 

I embossed that great sentiment in red and splashed some Heidi Swapp Tinsel Color Shine on it. The patterned paper is from Studio Calico. Doesn't it make you think of Santa coming down the chimney?!  I was inspired by the Cardabilities Sketch #88. The top tab worked out well for a removable "list"...you know he's checking it twice, right?!

I hope your holiday card production is coming along better than mine, yikes! If you need some inspiration, head over to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps to check out Michele's great holiday sets!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Naughty or Nice

Cardstock: SU Smoky Slate, brick paper Studio Calico Cuppa Card Kit.

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black, Heidi Swapp Tinsel Color Shine

Accessories: Heat Gun, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder & Baker's Twine, SU Hung Up Cute Clips, Clear Button, The Paper Studio Embossing Folder, Big Shot.

Mr. & Mrs.

Happy Sunday!

I haven't done a lot of paper crafting the past two weeks with school craziness, but I did make this wedding card and envelope for an awesome teacher (now teacher trainer) I work with, Katie Q, now Mrs. Fleck. This is sized a little larger at 5" x 7" so plenty of staff members would have space to sign. I used lots of goodies, old and new, from my stash on this one.

My fab sister-in-law gave me an envelope maker for my birthday back in July, so I, ummm, finally broke it open to make this coordinating envelope. I'll be using it ALL the time now! It's so easy! I used my (old) Basic Grey magnets for the closure and it turned out so nicely!

I'm officially on Fall Break, so you should be seeing a lot from me this week! *smile*

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: November Sneak Peek #3

Happy Wednesday and Happy CAS-ual Fridays Stamps November Sneak Peek #3!

We've already had two great new stamp sets shown so far this week, but this is my favorite because it's texty goodness!! Swoon! I love everything texty! This new set is called Out Loud and it has 4 text blocks in different fonts and 2 sentiments in different fonts. This set is so versatile, I know it'll be a "go to" set for me constantly!

For my card today I used the text to create little feathers. I'm crazy mad about feathers right now! And texty feathers are the best! :) I should have 'spiked' my feather edges out a little better, it's kind of hard to tell in the photo. I also branched out with a bright color this time! lol! Shredding that burlap ribbon was really fun too! hehe!

Head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog now because you won't believe all the different styles and looks the design team came up with Out Loud. You'll want to leave a comment there for a chance to win the set for yourself, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: November Sneak Peek #2

Happy Tuesday!

I hope your week is off to a great start!

I'm back with the second sneak peek of the November release for CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, yay! Today's new stamp set is called Wallflower, and you are going to love it! It has great sentiments and stamps that coordinate with the 4 Petal Set Fri-Die! So many possibilities!

Up first, I couldn't resist heat embossing this great sentiment in white inside the perfectly-sized frame on this patterned paper. I finished it off with a little button and some chevron ribbon that I've been hoarding! lol! Super quick card! 

For my second card, I was envisioning the four petal stamp covered with red flocking! I added the "my friend" sentiment but you could totally "holiday" this card up! I stamped first with red ink, then applied some clear glue and covered it with Martha Stewart's red flocking. I admit I lost control of the sewing machine a few times, so don't judge too harshly! ha!

Be sure and head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to see the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team and leave a comment for a chance to win the new Wallflower stamp set! 

p.s. Michele is showing an image of the whole stamp set, which I really appreciate in a sneak peek! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!