More Christmas cards

Here are 3 more Christmas cards that I have made. They are all very pretty cards - unfortunately the pictures just do not do it justice.

This card is an Iris fold Xmas tree. I used Emporium paper using different sweet leaf papers. I used crystal blue cardstock to secure the tree on. We will be doing this at card club on Tuesday. I promise it actually looks very pretty in person.


This is another card that I did using ribbon I got at Michael's which matches CTMH's crystal blue ink.

My husband thinks this card looks like something our young son would do. I am asking your opinion on it. It is created on textured white paper and the edges are all distressed with an edge distressor. The centre piece is 2 layers. The top layer is embossed with white embossing powder, and daubed with crystal blue ink. The bottom sentiment is a bit crooked but other than that I really do like the card.

Always remember that your comments and opinions are always welcome.

Hmmm, need your opinion

I have made a couple more Christmas cards. The first one is the one that I need HONEST opinions on. What should be different on this card? Change the colour of the bottom cuttlebug part? I used Jingle paper and Juniper ink.

I think this card turned out so cute. It is simple yet warm. Give your opinions on this one too please

I made a criss cross card and am going to use it for gift cards. I will attach the gift card with repositional adhesive so it won't wreck the card when it comes off. I used Evensong paper on this one.

Christmas pictures

This is a fun little card that I just finished. I will be doing it at card club next month. It is a shaker card. As this is my first I don't think I put enough "shaker" stuff in it. Also, it seems to be needing something else. I was thinking 3 silver brads under the peace on earth. Any other ideas? I'd love to hear them.

This was a card that I was playing with a couple days ago. I think it turned out pretty cute. It is very basic but still a lot of fun. It would be great for a teacher. I have over 80 Xmas cards to make and send out so I am looking for simple and easy. Good thing I am starting now - lol.

I used Evensong on this card with Colonial white base. It is such a simple card yet so pretty. The snowflakes are from the new CTMH stamp set Snow Flurries. I just got it today and LOVE it already.

This is the card that I am going to do for a friend's woman's club at her church. It needed to be a simple card that could be finished in 20 min. I think this one is pretty and can do the trick. We will see if I end up going for sure and how it goes. I will keep you posted.

I am in Heaven......

I have been wanting to try stamping on tile to create coasters for a while, however I didn't have the confidence in myself to try it. I ran across a different technique where you combine a specially printed picture with stamping. They turned out amazing. This was my first attempt at these (and I will be keeping these ones) so the pics aren't what I would normally use (heads won't be so cut off). I just got impatient to see if I can do it. I almost don't even want to tell you how easy they are to create and also very quick. I will be making these for Christmas presents for several people. The total cost for me was maybe $0.50 - yes fifty cents. I will put them into packs of 4, wrap them with a pretty ribbon and put them into a crafted holder that I will make. I can't wait to get these finished. PLEASE let me know what you think. Would you like to get one of these as a gift (or 4)? Is it is good gift idea or not?

Card Club projects

Here are the projects we will be making for Sept card club. The first is a little project that goes over a water bottle and holds individual juice packages. They are so easy and really fun. This one is in a kind of halloween theme (I really don't have much halloween). I used Enchanted paper for this. These would make a great little teachers gift for Christmas or any quick gift idea.

This was such a fun little card to make. It is made with Animal Cookies Creative Basics (and one of the pinwheels is from Animal Cookies paper packet). I ran out of white brads but that would be my preference.

Let me know what you think - I always welcome comments.

deciding to get organized

I finally did it! Several weeks ago I spent several hours (28 to be exact) sorting my pictures online into years, occassions, months, family member etc. It took forever and I have actually been keeping up with it pretty good. My intention was to get them all in one place so I could back them up. Well tonight we were looking for a disk and came across several CD's with photos on them. Oh boy, now I need to go through them all. So needless to say I took on the project and went through several disks ensuring I don't duplicate pictures....... But FINALLY it is all (well almost) finished. All my photos are now backed up onto a flash drive - even though there are a few left to be sorted. All this stemmed from us losing some pictures of my son's 3rd birthday. How do you ever get those back? What do you do when they are gone? We managed to recover 11 of them out of about 40. At least there will be some for future scrapbooking and reference.

If you are looking to get your photos organized and want some pointers on how I did it, feel free to ask. I am always happy to share my techniques with everyone.

Trying something new - Iris fold

I am not much of a Halloween fan, but I really wanted to try our iris folding. I can't believe how easy it is. The name of the website where I got this template from escapes me at the moment (it is bookmarked on our other computer) but they have several free templates. I can honestly say that the picture doesn't do it justice. I thought it was such a cute card until I uploaded it. Trust me when I say that it looks better in person. However, I can't believe how easy iris folding is and how much fun it is also. I used Enchanted paper from CTMH. I have some Christmas cards that I would like to do. I think I am going to share this technique with my card club.

All comments welcome.

Twitterpated WOTG cards

I have to admit that Twitterpated was not one of my favourite WOTG packages UNTIL I started working with it. I have to say it is such a cute paper pack and really versatile. These are 3 of the cards that are from the workshop guide for the Twitterpated WOTG. What do you think of them?

Christmas Cards for workshops and club cards

These are some of the Christmas cards I have made for upcoming card clubs and a Christmas card workshop that I am having in early November. Please provide any comments that you think would help to make them better.

I scraplifted this and can't remember who it was from - if you know who created this card I would love to give credit where it is due. I made a few alterations to it and really like it. Mel, this is the barn red - just for you!

This is a scraplifted card - I thought it was so cute. I made a couple alterations to it but just love how it turned out. It is such a great effect to paper piece.

This is my CTMH version of the Snow Friends cards (one with SU paper is in a previous post).

These are such fun cards and I think they are really cute.....how about you?
This is the CTMH version of the Christmas Tree balls (the SU one that I did is in a previous post). Before it goes to a card club or workshop I may do some alterations to it. For the time being.....This is it. Give me your opinions - what else should I do to it to make it better?