Merry Christmas!

Hello - and welcome to my blog.  Today I'm thinking Christmas Eve . . . and getting ready for Santa's visit.  I decided to make a tray to carry Santa's treats - as well as Rudolph's treats.  I was Pinterest inspired - I was intrigued by the various tray ideas.  I found the wood circle at Target, handles at Lowes, and used the fun Cookies for Santa file from the SVG Shop, and I added a Wreath of Snowflakes from Love SVG.  Take a look!

I think it turned out quite pretty.  

Highlighting Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Hello!  I'm here today with a card that the highlights a Digi Stamp 4 Joy - Is Santa Here?  The Digi Stamps 4 Joy are fun - I had to do some real thinking out of the box when coloring this image.  I'm really happy with my results.

Challenge: Sketch using Garden Dance and Reindeer Silhouettes

I was preparing this card on November 15 - opening day of deer season.  So I had to play with these cute Reindeer Silhouettes from Miss Kate Cuttables.  My inspiration came from Tuesday Morning Sketch #432 that is being sponsored by We Are 3. When I made this card, my printer had died (RIP), so this is a purely digital card.  I used Garden Dance digital papers (We Are 3) and created four layers at different transparent levels.  I finished it off with a black border and Joy sentiment from Free Digital Scrapbooking.

Just a reminder that We Are 3 products provide an immediate download after purchase, so you can play immediately without having to wait for a shipment.

Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial - Stack-n-Cut Quilt Cards

As Christmas is so very close, your might be crunched for time to get all your cards made.  To this is a fun card idea - making five cards as a time!  Here is a link with specific instructions to the tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers for the Stack-and-Cut Quilt Cards . . . and the five cards I made.

We Are 3's Holiday Letters digital paper collection was used for this project.  Gorgeous papers.  As a nod to the hunters in my family, I embellished with Antler Christmas Words from Miss Kate Cuttables and Stacking Flower - Zebra from We Are 3.  Making these cards was such a fun project.

         

Pastel Gingham - Birthday Tag

This tag mixes and matches papers from We Are 3 - Pastel Gingham and Distressed Burlap - with intricate cutting and layering of borders, sentiments, and a flower (Stackable Flowers - We Are 3).

Paper Studio - CAS at The Outlawz

Good evening!  There are some fun CAS cards at The Outlawz CAS challenge - check them out.  The Outlawz Challenges are a lot of fun - and this CAS challenge with a Christmas theme is perfect for inspiring your in your Christmas card making.  

Dress Dummy

I belong to a local scrapbooking group that holds a number of swaps with monthly themes. This month's theme for tags is "Little Black Dress."

This tag uses the image Dress Dummy by Sarfraz Shoukat.  This isn't a great picture....the dress and hat are actually black glitter.  The background is Silver Foil digital paper, matting the tag with black.

We Are 3 Holiday Letters

It's been awhile since I've posted a card . . . some holiday gift making is keeping me busy.

It's a new month with new releases from We Are 3.  The papers this month are sensational!  The Holiday Letters had me drooling since I love pale green.  Here is what I came up with.  I not only used Holiday Letters for my card.  I embellished with Stackable Flower - Zebra, Christmas Sentiments, and In Stitches - all from We Are 3.

      

Birthday Card

The floral pattern on this card reminds me of sherbet! Raspberry, orange, lime, turquoise.  Mmmmm.

I love the gold and glitter on the floral cardstock.

Pot Holders, Vinyl, and Creative Fabrica

There are a lot of fun ideas for personalizing pot holders and oven mitts. Here's my take - a birthday gift for my sister.

You can't tell by the photograph - but I have a lot to learn yet when it comes to vinyl projects!  LOL!  Like remembering to peel off the scrap before using the iron!  Yikes!  

A Sleeping Boy - Tired from Trick-or-Treating

Halloween just passed - and my three-year-old grandson celebrated properly - Boo Zoo, Pre-School, pre-begging activities, and trick-or-treating - only to come home and pass out.  So I made this fun layout that will feature him sleeping.  As with the rest of his album, I used Vintage Carnival digital papers from We Are 3.

Vintage Carnival - Happy Halloween

We Are 3 has wonderful digital paper collections that I design with. I particularly enjoy using digital paper collections is because I can create an entire scrapbook with one paper collection without having to worry about running our (or buying too much) before I've completed the album. I just print what I need when I need it.  So here is another page for my oldest grandson's album, using Vintage Carnival.  The photos are of him in his dinosaur Halloween costume - thus Dinomite Kid.

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.

Hello, Baby!

I'm back today sharing an adorable baby gift using vinyl.  I am loving working with vinyl for a change.

Christmas Countdown

'Tis the Season!  Today I'm sharing a Christmas Countdown dry-erase board I made for my grands.  My project features Creative Fabrica's Christmas Countdown.  I am loving working with vinyl - just gotta get brave and start working with more colors and layering.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #430

Wow!  It's been weeks since I've had time to enter a challenge.  Challenge #430 at Tuesday Morning Sketches has a nice simple sketch, so here is my card.  I chose Distressed Burlap and Brick Fire Station for my card - both from We Are 3.  The border and matting is from the Spring Letters Collection - although you really can't see the pattern.  The original sketch is above.

  

For Those Cold Days

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

It's Time to Be Good!

I just love the current fad of a Santa Cam watching our kiddies to make sure they are good...Very unique idea.  Check out my take on the Santa Cam.  I love the accompanying box I made for the Santa Cam ornaments - embellished with paper pine cones and pine needles.