Merry Christmas

I participated in the Card Make Success Summit a few weeks ago - one of the best presentations was using ephemera.  My original thought was how easy....but once I got started, I realized I'm not great at choosing items that work well together.  I went a different direction using some foiled background....wish now I would have printed it in red or green.     

Design for the Kerst Christmas Challenge

Well, trying to get adjusted to adding the Kerst Christmas Challenges to my calendar.  You can see all the great inspiration HERE.  I just love that I now have inspiration to get my Christmas cards made throughout the year.

I love to frame my favorite images, so I used a wreath from Winter Frost (Hungry JPEG), along with Christmas Hugs from our sponsor.  It just so happens All Dressed Up is sponsoring the Kerst Christmas Challenge this month.  I sized the image to fit my frame.  Kind of a challenge because of her reindeer antlers, but aren't they cute?  I had a nice sentiment in my stash - and added the poinsettias.  My background paper is Moody Night (We Are 3) - the filigree is Lattice 50 from Monica's Creative Room.

I had a ball coloring her digitally.  If you like delicate and girlie images, be sure to check out All Dressed Up.

SVG Cuts 3D Wintergreens

This big poinsettia is from SVG Cuts - so much fun!

Sketch Fun

I made the following card using sketch #101 from Sketch ~N~ Scrap.

Christmas Cards using Scraps from my Stash

59 down - 68 to go.  These are just a couple of the 14 cards I made today...for all I used scraps from my stash.

Loving Scraps this Christmas!

Thanks so much for joining me this season so see my many Christmas cards (should be close to 160 this year if I finish my list).  Aren't Christmas cards fun?  I am now enjoying them that I'm on the downswing - about ten more to go.  I have a simple beauty for you today.  

The gold-glittered mulberry paper is paper I bought when I first began scrapping 11 years ago.  I knew eventually I would find the perfect use for it.  The poinsettia is one of many I have leftover from a scrapbooking class I taught at an assisted-living home years ago.  Today - a four-minute project...what a treat!

House of Cards Challenge

Well, Christmas is near.  EEK!!  I "only" have about 60 cards yet to make.  Yes, yes - I am freaking out!  This past year of full retirement has flown by!

But I do love this time of year!!  Most of my shopping is completed (thank you, Amazon!)  And by evening I continue work on my cards.  One of today's card is inspired by House of Cards challenge.  Here is the photo inspiration.

. . . and my take on it.

Christmas Frame Collection

Hi Everyone,

Greetings to you on this fine Monday morning.  Today I am bringing you a project that I thought I posted back in December....but can't find it.  So am posting today - and even if a repeat, I think worth repeating.  

My buddy shown in this project is my friend's grandson.  I have made her a Christmas globeframe each year since he was born.  I especially love this one - I found the Santa beard sucker in Hobby Lobby - gave it to him for a Thanksgiving treat - with camera in hand.  I love the pic!

The frame I made a year earlier can be seen here.  Can't seem to find a pic of the first frame I made....guess I'll have to take another pic during my next visit.  

Queen of Cards - Week 4

Morning, all!

For today’s card, I'm continuing with the Queen of Cards challenge from the Cardmaking Facebook Group.  I was intrigued with this week's challenge by all the requirements - specifically the requirement to be 3.5" x 5.5".

I used a Christmas paper pack I got on sale. I just love the colors in this pad.

This is the second Christmas card I made for 2014 already.  Second?  Yes, I made a similar card for the challenge - then more carefully read the instructions and see I missed a requirement.  The challenge was described as being a Tall & Skinny card, so I made a card to fit a business envelope.  Ooops....Wrong size!  But I'm sharing that card as well.

Winter Frame

Merry Christmas!

I just finished my one and only handmade gift this year...talk about waiting until the last minute.  I got up at 4 a.m. to get it made.  I think the results are beautiful...even though it was created in a hurry.  I hope it will inspire that creative genius within you.

Products Used on this Frame

• Globeframe (Globecraft Memories) - Bits and pieces left over from other projects
• Paper is paper I received in a Christmas exchange bag at Salsa.
• Tattered Poinsettia (Sizzix Die/Embossing Folder)
• Glitter Ritz - Ice Blue and Cool Highlights
• Lakeside Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest)

Poinsettia Flower

Still loving my new poinsettia folder - and dew drops from The Robin's Nest make the perfect center!

Scraps to Treasures - Tic-Tac-Toe

I just love picking out scraps and seeing what I can do with them, don't you?  I love wading through the wonderful textures, beautiful colors, gorgeous patterns and designs - oh, and the lovely memories I have thinking about original projects the papers were purchased for.  I usually buy more than I need...so I generally have more scraps than any one person needs - have you got the picture yet?  I'm a bit of a paper hoarder!!  

 

Our sponsor is Scraps to Treasures, and Robin Scott has a Close To My Heart stamp set to give away to a lucky winner - so give everyone crafty comments along the way.  Lots of really lovely projects made from scraps in this hop - be sure to join your favorite sites so you don't miss a thing!I am so excited to be part of this Tic Tac Toe Blog Hop.  Robin is offering blog candy - A Very Merry Christmas stamp set from Close to My Heart.  

To qualify, please leave a comment on each of the blogs. You are not required to follow our blogs but we would certainly love for you to. You don't want to miss out on everything we have planned throughout the  next year!!!.

If you just now stumbled upon this hop, then you need to start at the beginning. 

 Click here!

Our challenge today was to create a project using three "winning" elements on the Tic Tac Toe board above.  My card features the gorgeous Petite Poinsettia stamp from Heartfelt Creations and some Christmas ribbon I bought for pennies after Christmas last year...plus a couple tickets to represent my favorite Christmas story - The Polar Express.

The Tic-Tac-Toe elements in my project include a flower, ticket, and ribbon.  Even my poinsettia is leftover from last month's Scraps to Treasures hop of Christmas Tags.  

I added some bling to the center of the poinsettia to give a wonderful finished effect.  For a closer look of the Tic-Tac-Toe elements:

On a personal note...did you know the train in the movie Polar Express is fashioned after the 1225 steam engine kept in Owosso, Michigan...I had the good fortune of engineering this train several years back...just have to add this pic.  :D  Tickets, please!

Here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1.   Cicily - www.pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/ 

2.   Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/ 
3.   Lucy - http://love2createitall.com/ 
4.   Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/ 
5.   Robin S. - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/ 
6.   Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/ 
7.   Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com/ 
8.   Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/ 
9.   Robin C. - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/ 
10. Pam http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/ 
11. Liz Cline - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/ 
12. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/ 
13. Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Feliz Festive Friday, y'all!  I thought I'd share with you a simple Christmas card - another with a cowboy theme.  For the most part, as you can see, green slips of paper were ripped and placed around the card edge to form a "holly" frame...but look carefully, as some of those green pieces are holly leaves stamped with Heartfelt Creations Petite Poinsettia stamp set - embellished with red Stickles for berries.  All a great frame for horse and cowboy.

Be sure to visit all the Festive Friday bloggers for Christmas card ideas.

every 2nd & 4th Friday

1.	Terri Sproul~hostess
2.	Susan Brown {sbartist}
3.	Angela Bodas
4.	The Robin's Nest
5.	Cheryl Lindsay
6.	Peg Rounds
7.	Camille Short
8.	Maria

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Scraps to Treasures - Christmas Tag

Today's blog hop  will take your creativity to new heights. We are featuring Christmas tags.  Sponsored by Scraps to Treasure, be sure to visit the lineup at the end of this posting to view all the samples. These will inspire that creative genius within you.

For my Christmas tag, I cut the tag using a free svg bracket file (I think from the Adore Caption from SVG Cuts - if I'm wrong, please correct me).  The Poinsettia is from the Petite Poinsettia Stamp Set (Heartfelt Creations) - embossed in rust.

Of course, scraps are used to in this blog hop...so after I ran out of the paper seen above, I moved on to other scraps.  Below is a picture of the variety of tags I made using the same tag pattern - different scraps.

Be sure to visit everyone else to see all the cool tags!  Thanks for visiting!

1.  Ellen - http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/

2.  Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com

3.  Pam - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/

4. Robin Lane - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

5. Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com

6. Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

7. Robin C. - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

8. Liz Cline - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

9. Lucy Kelleher - http://love2createitall.com

10.Robin Scott - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/

11.Camille Short - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/ (You are here)

12.Jearise - http://lorbysoworld.blogspot.com