Close to my Heart mixed with Stampin' Up

This is another quick & easy card...all of the paper, ink, & the ribbon are from Close to My Heart. The flower stamp is from the Touch of nature set by Stampin' Up. The little thank you tag is just cut from a piece of paper that I first punched with the tab punch from Stampin' Up.

I have been trying to Blogg...Craft...do laundry, put my Christmas stuff away & e-mail a few times to my sister today...I think I may have to much on my plate???

Naaaaaaaaaa! At least I am not at work :-)

Something new to me!

I am so excited to have learned something new already from one of my new sisters, Kim! I did not know you could emboss with your crop-a -dial! Kim has allot of wonderful tips on her blogg that I happened to come across....so I thought I would give this one a try. The picture is not good...big surprise!... but you can kind of tell that I used it on the top & bottom of the yellow paper & all around the flower. All of the paper & sticker flowers are from stampin' up. I used my giga punch for the circle & the White ribbon is from Michael's craft store.

Another Thank you card done! Woot Woot!!

Thank You Flowers

Another very quick & simple card...The paper is from a 50 sheet pack from colorbok that I purchased at wall mart some time back...thought is was so bright & Cheery! The Flowers I punched from an old flower punch I have and the pearl centers are those cool flat sided pearls from Stampin' up's Pretties kit.
Again... quick...clean & simple!

Thank you Birds

I have many, many thank you cards to get out! So the next few posts will be very quick & simple cards.

This one is done with stampin' up pink & black paper...the birds are all one stamp from one of my fav. webs to shop...http://www.impressrubberstamps.com/ I stamped it on Stampin' up's whisper white (don't you just love that paper!) I did use Crystal lacquer on the words...just for fun...the ribbon is from Michael's, our local craft store. That's it...quick....and....easy!

My little tab punch purse!

I think this is so cute! I don't really like the card...but I think the purse is cute! It is made with the stampin' up tab punch and MM paper pack. The buckle is made from a punch I had to thread ribbon.The card is also made from MM paper.

Happy new Blogg!

I decided my blogg needed a new look for the new year! hope you like it...I do not have a picture to post as I am having some computer issues GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I am also re-doing my craft room today! what....a....mess!
we are also shopping for a new computer...so hopefully I will be back to blogging in no time flat! I do have a slide show of our Christmas Eve at the bottom of the page.... should you need a chuckle today. hope to be back later today! have a good one!

Gwen

Ho Ho Ho treats!

My last treat box!!! this one was pretty easy once I decided what I was going to do . I got the Idea from a card I admired from my friend Marge's blogg. The paper is from Provo Craft... the ho ho ho tags are made with stampin up's punch & real red paper as well as the Merry Christmas stamp, all other embellishments are from Michales.

I guess I had better get these filled & delivered!! nothing like waiting until the last minute!

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

Blue treat box

2 styles down one more to go! I actually had this one done yesterday afternoon but ended up having to take my daughter to the ER...spent several hours there, then to the pharmacy & back home about 10:30 pm :-( She is o.k. just a very bad case of strep throat. NASTY!

Note to self...do not purchase the brown boxes any more.... the white boxes are much more sturdy & easy to work with....plus I made a template of all the pieces so now I can just cut & paste any scrapbook paper is no time flat! we shall see how long it takes me to get the next one done.Ha!

I made the tag...just covered a tag from the office supply store with white paper...added an already made tag from Michles...just glitzed it up a little with some stickles & a bow.... the "from the kitchen" stamp is from stampin up...so is the brad. the ribbon is from Michales crafts & the paper is from provo Craft.

Treat time

This is my first treat box and UFF-DA!!! it took forever! I have lots of treats to pass out & wanted to try something other than a paper plate with plastic wrap on it :-) I think it turned out pretty good for a first try...all of the paper is from Stampin' up. the red bird & white snowflakes are buttons from Michales. The stamps & ink are from stampin up as well! The Red show flakes are punched with the Martha Stewart punch & the red Ribbon is from my scrap pile. The box I got from our local scrap book store.

Today is my Birthday!

Well yes today is my Birhday! How old am I you ask?...well I am younger than my husband...still in my 40's...my oldest child is 22...and I have 2 younger sisters. I have had...pixi short hair, long stick straight hair...Very BIG hair...feathered bangs (remember those) frizzy perm hair...red, brown, streaked, foiled & bleach blond hair. NOW...foiled to blend in the grey & short.
This very cute card came in the mail yesterday from my good friend Marge...I just love the way she did the ribbon...please check out her blogg to see all the detaileshttp://maricopastamper.blogspot.com/
Thanks Marge!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Tomorrow is my Birthday! and my friend Ilene invited me over to do cards on Sunday. We had such a day! it was awesome.....First we did cards for a while.....then we went out for lunch at the Olive Garden...then we shopped a little at our local beautiful scrapbook/craft store, Recollections. It was the best day! Just relaxing & catching up! PLUS...She gave me this totally cool scrap booking carry-all-tote & beautiful card. The bag is actually one that fits inside the other. It has more pockets & zippers than I can possibly fill. It will be great when we do our group get togethers. AND...when my craft room is to messy....I can just fill my bag with what I need & move to the kitchen or the dining room table!......what an invention!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH ILENE!!!

light up the tree

I like this simple looking card but it is a bit time consuming.

The Christmas lights along the edge is just a little 2 inch stamp I got on the clearance bin at Michales craft store....so that means I had to get out my stamp positioner and stamp 11 or 12 times all around the card. then I colored & stickled all the bulbs. The tree in the center is, I believe, from Stampin up. It was lent to me by a friend from work. I stamped it in green & then went around the whole image in green Stickles.

The merry Christmas stamp was also a clearance bin find. This one will be very easy to mail as it has no bumps or bulges.

Finished card is 4 1/2 x 6

same idea but a little different

Three cards...same paper...same ink...just a little different.

For those of you that know how much I like to scallop punch...this is my variation of it with a different corner punch. I have the punch in the picture but it is a little hard to see.

For the ink I used pomegranate & Wasabi from stampin up. The scallop edge is pomegranate paper & so is the ribbon. The gift stamp & Happy holidays stamps I ordered on-line from Impress rubber stamps. The Celebrate the season stamp is from Stampin up. Finished cards are 5 1/2 x 6

The 3 Snowmen

This was a very time consuming card to make as I paper-pieced all of the hats, scarves, & shoes to the snowmen instead of coloring them....It did not turn out as I had hoped (looks better in person)
The papers are Stampin' up...Pomegranate & celery & ivory... the hats & scarves are stamped & cut from scraps...the snowmen have diamond dust stickles on them...the edges are punched with Stampin' ups ticket punch. The ribbon is from Michale's craft store.
The shape/design is from one of my favorite bloggs to visithttp://stampingmoments.blogspot.com/
she always has the most unique designs.

Thanks a bunch

After the Christmas cards comes thank you cards.... This card is stamped from an unmounted stamp I bought from G-Rated stamps at our local stamping convention last year. I colored it with water color crayons the mounted it on chocolate chip card stock from Stampin' up. The corners were punched with an EK Success corner punch I just picked up at Joann's. (thanks Marge!) The red paper is a scrap I had and the little thank you is an old stamp from stampin up...the little frame I made with my sizzix & die with more chocolate chip card stock . Then used my crop-a-dile & brown eyelets from stampin' Up.

Holiday note holder

This looks like a Christmas card but it is actually an envelope with the top cut off & the front decorated......it is cute for holding shopping lists, notes, mail, tags....etc. This one I made actually held the maps to the location of our office Christmas party. The holder is something that was shared by my friend Marge at our last group make & take.

I do believe all of the papers are from stampin' up. The snowflakes are punched with my Martha Stewart punch, the tag is made with the stampin' up tag maker. The ribbon is from Michales craft store...& you can't see it well but snowflakes & snowman are finished with diamond dust stickles.

Merry Christmas

This is a card I thought I would try form the November issue of Paper Crafts Magazine, Page 55. Just changed it up a little with what I had in my crafty room.

The red paper is from scraps that I punched with 1" and 1& 1/2" circle punches & inked with stampin up's choc. chip ink. Punched out a couple of show flakes with my Martha Stewart punches & xyroned to a couple of the dots. popped dotted all the circles. The patterned paper is from aaaaaaaa.....not sure it was scrap also. The ribbon is from Michales & the little charm I ordered from Impress Rubber Stamps. A little time consuming, but very easy!!

Gingerbread House

I do like this card.....but it was not easy! I do not like to measure anything...kind of how I cook :-) so just sort of eyeballed the shape. Thought it turned out pretty good. The paper is stampin up's close to coco & vanilla. All the scaloppping is done with the Stampin up slit punch....I just love that! All other embellishments are of course from Michale's except the large brown eyelets, they are from Stampin up. This card fits into a 5 1/2 X 6" envelope.

Fa*la*la*la*la!

This card was quick & easy. I love the Christmas papers from stampin' up. The stamp is from the dollar bin at Michael's. I made the ornament with my sizzix...added a little sparkle her & there and some black velvet Ribbon.

I rounded the corners of the the card with a punch...I believe the Idea for this card came for the latest paper crafts magazine. finished size is...4 1/2 X 4 1/2

Skinny snowman

Wow I guess it has been a while since last post! Thanksgiving was great! all my kids were here, no food got burned...what else could you ask for?

This little guy is from the stampin' up set, wishing you cheer.

I think the papers are as well. I stamped the snowman on the blue paper the bleached him white & added a little crystal effects with a sprinkling of glitter. The pretty ribbon is from Joann's. It is a small card...4X5