Silent Night....

Good morning friends! I hope you had a great weekend! We've had a wonderful one...we had a bunch of family at my parent's house last night for Suday dinner and it started snowing!! My kids were so excited! It is still snowing...and a prefect lead into a Holiday week!! We've been having a really great time with cousins and family...such a wonderful blessing to have a wonderful family!!

I wanted to share a fun card with you. I think it is one of my favorite Christmas cards to date. I love Christmas cards that are about Christ and His birth...the whole meaning of why we have this wonderful holiday time!! The stamp is one from the new LAD December Monthly Mix. I love this image!! Around the snow globe it says, "Silent Night, Holy Night all is calm all is bright, sleep in heavenly peace." Love, Love, Love!
I started my card with an olive card. Oh, I used the TESC 91 for my inspiration for the layout of this one. I used three different patterned papers, all from SU. I tied the ribbon round, a May Arts polka dot organdy ribbon and 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain. I stamped my snow globe image with black palette ink, then colored it in with copic markers. I used my circle nestabilites to cut the globe and the olive circles. I used some polar white flower soft to add some freshly fallen snow to my little church scene...and am so happy with the result!

My mom just decided she'd like to order a few....so that will be a fun thing to work on when I get home. Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make it a great one!!

Thank You Box

Hello friends!! Happy Saturday to you! I'm glad to have a few mintues to share...we are at my parents house and having a wonderful time. My niece's wedding was awesome and we're really loving the time spent with family! We had an exciting time getting here...we were stuck in bad snow for a while, had to turn around and go home, then wait until the snow was under control! We were happy to find clear roads, thank goodness for road cameras!! We made it here, safe and with bare pavement....what a blessing!

I wanted to share a little fun box I made with my Crafters' Companion. I had a great time reviewing this product, you can read the full review and what the other DT thought about the product here, on SCS.
It was SUPER quick and easy. All you have to do is decide on what paper you want, and use the same size squares. I love that the "Companion" takes all the guess work and figuring where to make the score lines and such. It is a great product.

I used some beautiful Making Memories glittered paper for the top of the box. It is from an an autumn paper pack. The ribbon is Aqua Mist from PTI. I used the bowmaker on the companon to tie the bow, I'm excited to get more use of that bow maker! The bottom of the box is a piece of SU Really Rust. The sentiment is from PTI and stamped with Really Rust ink. I used my large oval scalloped oval and wide oval punches to make a home for my "thank you" and then mounted it with dimensionals.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back Monday and will have more fun to post next week! Make it a wonderful one!!

Happy Birthday Butterfly

Good morning friends! I hope you've having a great day! We're in the car for most of the day today...fun, fun, fun! Here's to hoping all goes well!!

I wanted to share this butterfly card that I made with my Crafters' Companion...for the product focus review on SCS. It was much less effort than I thought it would be...so I think there will be more of these to come! This is the insdie of the card and the lower photo is the front of the card. The colors of this card were inspired by the American Crafts paper...it's delicious! I'm excited to get more use of these great patterned papers! I used PTI stamps and a MS crown border punch...the butterfly punch on the outside is MS too.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you have a great one!!

Mojo Sketch 113

Good morning friends! Happy Wednesday! I'm getting us all ready to have a great weekend...packing suitcases and finishing up laundry. My niece is getting married on Friday and we're so excited to be able to get together with my family!! We'll also be able to spend a few days with my husband's family...YEA!! There aren't many things better than being with your family during the holidays, don't you agree!?

This morning I'd like to share my take on MOJO113. I love getting this little jump start of creative juice every Monday morning! I'm sharing some fun new stamps from the LAD December Mix too...fun!!
My card is a real red card base. I mounted a layer of chocolate chip dsp and then laid a flat 5/8" chocolate chip ribbon across the mid-ish...of the card. My olive dsp is from The Write Stuff paper set from SU. I stamped my "ornaments" with chocolate chip ink...they are really a flower...but work as a hanging ornament too, don't you think!? I punched some olive and red dsp and with my 1" punch and added them to my ornaments. I stamped a snowflake, also from the mix, with olive and red inks and then colored in the little circles with my SU makers. I used my 3/4" punch to get just the center of the snowflake, and make a fun little ornament!

My sentiment is from the Love and Joy Labels stamp set. I just colored in the sentiment with my chocolate chip marker, omitting the border that is part of the stamp, allowing me to punch it out with a circle punch. I then stamped it again, in red ink, and then used my 1/4" circle punch to punch out the little red flower, and attached it to the sentiment with a mini glue dot. I mounted my sentiment on a real red circle scallop punch.

I'm excited about these new stamps...hope you are too!! Have a great day!! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make it great and take care!!

Happy Winter

Happy Winter friends! Walking my son to school today brought my mind to knowing that yes, WINTER is here! It's cold and brisk outside and for now, we've got a quick break in the rain...so here's to happy winter thoughts! And speaking of winter, because we'll be out of town for a few days for my niece's wedding, we put up our Christmas tree! We just thought we'd get a jump start...on enjoying the Christmas season while in our home. So, with that, here's a little happy winter offering!

This cute little birdie is a cute new stamp from the December Monthly Mix from Lizzie Anne Designs. It's a super fun mix of stamps that are sure to get your juices flowing!! If you have any desire on these stamps, I'd recommend signing up for the Monthly Mix kits, there are some great benefits to signing up for the monthly kit. I also used the LAD sketch of the week for the inspiration for the layout of my card, you can find the sketch here.

Hope you have a great day today!! Bundle up and keep warm!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Just For You

Happy Friday friends....where in the world did this week go!? I think this week has passed faster than any week on record in my life! I can't even believe that it's already the weekend again! Wow, how time flies!! We've been enjoying fantastic weather today...sunshine and 45 degrees outside! Perfect fall weather!

I made this card a few weeks ago and wanted to share it before it goes on it's merry way! I had a fun time with my red glitter and double sided sticky sheets!! I believe that this sketch was actually from the PPA challenge a few weeks ago...but I didn't get it uploaded in time to play along, but thought it was a fun sketch to work with!
The paper is from KI Memories, one of my fun Amy Butler patterns. I mounted the patterned paper on Bashful Blue cardstock and put them on a vanilla card. I used my SU butterfly die and my Big Shot to make the fun butterflies...love the glittered effect! I used a double sided sticky sheet, so the glitter isn't going to go anywhere! I used a few MS rhinestones for the body of my butterfly. My ribbon is 5/8" grosgrain and tied up with a vanilla button and a bit of embossing floss. My sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I stamped it in Old Olive ink and punched out with my word window punch. I mounted it on a modern label punch that had been punched from the patterned paper. Another little rhinestone made a perfect little detail.

Hope you have a great weekend friends!! Thanks so much for stopping by! I've had some new names coming into the comments sections and I appreciate it so much!! I love hearing what you have to say! Make it a great one!!

Hello!

Hello friends! Wow, can someone please tell me how to make time slow down just a bit?! I can't believe it's already Thursday!! I had a great fun day yesterday, we had another round of "Just for Girls" and had a great class! We had a couple of new facesa and the girls all had a great time!! I'll work on getting the fun treats we made posted...it was great fun.

Today I want to share a card that was published in the November Issue of Cards Magazine...it made me happy to get the mail the day that magazine came in the mail!!
I hope you have a great day!! Take care and I'll be back tomorrow with more fun!! Make it a great one! Thanks for stopping by!