Holiday Letters Snowflake

For this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast, I decided to CASE a snowflake.  It's made with paper from the Holiday Letters collection.  It's a wonderfully easy snowflake to make - I wanted a "large" snowflake, so chose to use 12x12 paper.  Don't know what I was thinking....the snowflake ended up being about 3 ft. in diameter!  We did manage to find a place to hang it - since we won't be socializing for the holidays, it looks good above our kitchen table.

Instruction for snowflake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7of1MSYHcw&t=51s

Winter Girl

Let's see what I made for this week's Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz.  I'm highlighting Winter Girl.  MED Illustrations has a bunch of cute images for winter - adorable!  I colored my image with GIMP, using digital papers from the There's No Place Like Home Collection from Digital Scrapbook Experts.

For Those Cold Days

Fell in love with a free file from Love SVG - here is what I created.

We Are 3 Christmas Card

Although I now live in the desert, there's still that strong connectin between snow and Christmas.  It even amuses me when I see desert natives thinking of snow as a symbol for Christmas.  For this Christmas card, I was inspired by the Color Challenge at The Outlawz - specifically using the Kerst Christmas Collection with a type of stained-glass design.  The wonderful background Toasty Warm from We Are 3 - may be difficult to see in my photo, but it has a knitted pattern - Toasty Warm!

      

January Release - Winter Sunshine and WOW Snowman

For today's card, I used the digital stamp Wow Snowman and digital papers Winter Sunshine - both from We Are 3. I added a Christmas tree freebie from Scraps of Mind.  For the background, I shrunk Blue Snowflakes to provide me with a small pattern of snowflakes.  Next I printed a larger version of Blue Snowflakes for the background circle - the fun little snowflakes were cut separately, glittered up, and popped up.  I used Primary Snowflakes to pattern the snowman's hat and scarf.

Anything Goes with Little Lila

Christmas is around the corner and Angie's Digital Stamps shares a challenge that will get you in the mood for this great holiday.  My design shows Little Lila getting ready for bed on Christmas Eve - pillow and all.  Take a look at all the designs by the Angie's team - and be sure to enter your card for a chance to win.  It's Anything Goes with an optional twist - Christmas.  You know you're making those Christmas cards today - be sure to share with us!

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.

Blue and White at Glitter 'n Sparkle

39 down - 88 to go!  Today I am creating blue and white cards for the current challenge at Glitter 'n Sparkle.  I am using amazing digital paper from Paprika and a Christmas freebie from Bross Art Addiction.

Get Inspired with Challenge Sketches

Need quick inspiration?  Consider sketches to give you some quick ideas.  Here I'm using the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - I decided to ad a Christmas twist.  I'm also sharing this Christmas card in Crazy Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge and Crazy Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Sunshine

Hi, Friends!

Hope you have had a good week! Today I am sharing a card featuring Tim Holtz's Snowflake Rosette Die, along with a favorite technique of mine!  The first time I needed a denim pocket, I couldn't find any denim paper!  I found a perfect substitute....took an old pair of jeans, cut a swatch, inked it up with blue ink, and used the fabric as a stamp. I scanned that (so I would always have a denim swatch handy).  Using Photoshop, I added a yellow pocket shape on top of the denim. 

I created the really cute sentiment using Word - and adhered it to the front of the card.  I finished this card off with a Prima flower and a "sun" rosette (rather than a snowflake)!  This card was made for a local SALSA swap with a "pocket" theme.

The swap also includes tags - this month's tag theme is "New Beginnings."  Here is my tag.

Making Last-Minute Christmas Cards

Running late getting Christmas cards made this year.  Last night's makes were these simple CAS cards.

Rustic Winter Challenge

Hello, Everybody!  Welcome to my blog - and my entry for Verve Stamps Inspiration Challenge - Rustic Winter.

I love this inspiration - and the concept of rustic winter.  The colors in the inspiration picture are special - and the idea of deer feeding in the woods is a wonderful way to celebrate winter - not to mention Christmas!

What stood out to me in the inspiration picture were the colors - white, brown, and aqua - and the deer and snowflakes.  While my deer are not so "rustic," I love the mixture of craft paper and mixture of colors - including the gold and silver.

Join in the fun at Verve Stamps.

Get a Jumpstart on Winter

Happy December, Scrappers!  I have a new goodie for you today!  A fellow scrapper from a local group was cleaning house and gave me three shaped mini albums - I made a little birthday gift for my daughter-in-law that was Oh, so fun!

Christmas Wishes

Fun, Easy, and Inexpensive - some of today's Christmas cards made from scraps and leftover snowflakes from years past.

Christmas Cards

Everywhere you look these days, people are talking about "chalkboard."  It's a style that takes us back to the good old days.  I'm not really a fan of this craze - I prefer clear crisp color.  However, in prepping for a class today, I found that Hobby Lobby replaced their crisp black Christmas stack with a chalkboard style.  Perfect!  If you like chalkboard.  So these are the cards I made along with the class - Christmas chalkboard style.

Great Challenge from Craft-Dee BowZ and Happy Little Stampers

Today's creation is a 2-1/4" x 4-1/4" 3D Christmas tag (doubles as a gift box) - with a handmade bow for Craft-Dee BowZ's November challenge - Anything with a Handmade Bow!  Am also entering the tag into Happy Little Stampers Christmas Tag Challenge

Christmas in August

Hobby Lobby - Tucson

5555 East Broadway

Christmas in August

Wednesday - August 12, 2015

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Price - $32 (includes all supplies)

Looking for a fun project? We have one for you!  Paper Studio's Blanc Boutique is perfect for this winter gazebo.  

Note

Paper patterns may vary from picture shown.

We will break for lunch.

To register, call or text me at 520-576-8465.

What other types of papercrafting classes are you interested in?  Any techniques you'd like to learn?  Please leave a comment below with your ideas.

Credit: SVG Cuts

Christmas Snowflakes

Still working on Christmas cards - 115 down - 56 to go!  

Today I'm excited to switch up my card a bit for Suzy Bee's Challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist - the twist this week being snowflakes.  So am substituting my poinsettias with this sweet and intricate snowflake from SVGCuts' free Snowflake Tag file.  This snowflake would be an awesome accent for a winter wedding invitation!

You've got to see the detail in this snowflake. So delicate - but unfortunately, because I chose a busy pattern for my stocking, had to include a shadow to show off the detail. Lovely, nonetheless.