Happy Holiday's

This year's Christmas Cards..................

Material Girl Cards

Recipe:

PaperTrey Ink: Birthday Basics

Recollections: Cream Cardstock

Distress Ink: Tea Dyed

Clear Art Stamps: Material Girl

My Minds Eye: Lost & Found, Sunshine

Bazill: Dotted Swiss

Twine, Pearls, Brads

 

Pinterest Inspired, made these cards for my Mom's 70th birthday and had everyone fill out the funnies moment the remembered. 

 

Live, Laugh, Love

Recipe:

PaperTrey Ink: Vintage Cream

My Creative Time: Flower Petal Dies, Stitched Button Dies, Just Simply Live with Die, Vintage Stitched Label Die

Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamp: Material Girl

Burlap, Pearls, May Arts Jute

Memento: Rich Cocoa

Distress Ink: Tea Dye

My Minds Eye: Lost & Found, Sunshine

Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon

 

Envelope:

Martha Stewart ScoreBoard

Bazill Basics Paper: Dotted Swiss

My Minds Eye: Lost & Found, Sunshine

American Krafts: Mosaic Thickers

My Creative Time: Flower Petal Dies

Ek Tools: Dimensional Flower Punch

Buck Wild

Recipe:

Cricut: Wildlife buck cut @ 3.75

My Minds Eye: Miss Caroline, Fiddle Sticks

Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

My Creative Time: Things I Love

Memento: Rich Cocoa

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 Class Wrap Up

I Love the way this card and technique came out, especially after the 4th time.  The only reason why I had to try it so many times was the tape to mask the edges....it kept ripping the paper as I peeled it off.  Then when I finally got the hang of it, my embossing power didn't stick, so I had to do it again......I don't plan to make another one like this, so my Nephew will be the one and only.

 

 

Recipe
PaperTrey Ink: White Cardstock & Fresh Snow Ink

My Creative Time: Its a Magical Season & From our Family to Yours

Distress Ink: Broken China, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Black Soot

Ultra Detail Silver Embossing Powder, Versamark

My Pink Stamper: Biggie Christmas Sentiments

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 Day 5 His & Her's Holiday Cards

 

Recipe:

PaperTrey Ink: Vintage Cream Cardstock, Pure Poppy & Kraft

Memento Rich Cocoa

PaperTrey Ink: Pure Poppy Ink & Ribbon

PaperTrey Ink: Apothecary Labels Die & Holiday Photo Finishers

Holiday Card Workshop Day 4 Stretch your Holiday Stamps

 

Recipe:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Spectrum Noir Marker CR11

DCWV Cardstock

Versamark

Ultra Detail Silver Embossing Powder

Heidi Grace Holiday Sampler Stamp

Recollections Wooden Bird Embellishment

Day 3 Holiday Card Workshop Clean and Simple

Recipe:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

DCWV 2009 Holiday Collection Pattern Cardstock

Heidi Grace Holiday Sampler Stamp

My Creative Time From our Family to yours

Versamark

White Embossing Powder

Color Box Pigment ink in Cranberry & Evergreen

Hemp Cord 

Day 2 Holiday Card Workshop Die Cutting for Holiday Cards

Day 2 Holiday Card Workshop Die Cutting for Holiday Cards

I really wanted to try the Layered Die Cut Inlay shown by Jennifer, but when I pulled out the Die's I wanted to use they were attached and I couldn't pull them apart to Layer them.  What a bummer.....

So I decided to use my Snowman Die and use the Technique shown by Laurie Willison, Unique Die Cut folds.  Create a flap behind your Die Cut to reveal a special message.

Recipe:

PaperTrey Ink: Shape up Snowman Die & Stamp Set

Neenah White Cardstock

Distress Ink: Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Festive Berries

Hero Arts: Soft Pool

Spectrum Noir: EB5 for the arms

My Creative Time: It's a Magical Season

Simon Says Stamps: Outline Dahlia

Cuttlebug: Snowflakes

Tim Holtz Ribbon inked with Peacock Feathers

Day 1 Holiday Card Workshop 2013

I decided to take this years (my first)  Holiday Card Workshop 2013

Day 1- Creative Insides for Holiday Cards

I decided to go with the Z Fold Card shown by Jennifer McGuire and use the same concept she did with the banner going across the card.

My photo is not very good, looks like I have to learn to photograph White Cards.

 

Recipe:

Neenah: Solar White Cardstock

PaperTrey Ink: Holiday Wishes (Sentiment)

Heidi Grace: Holiday Sampler (border)

Cricut: Give a Hoot, Deer cut at 4"

Spectrum Noir: Cool Grays IG1

CuttleBug Folder:Snow Flakes

Sizzix: Dearly and Dots

Ribbon & Blue Pearl

 

Also Entered into the following Challenges:

BBB2: White on White Christmas

FCCB # 186: Ribbons & Bows

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving

I just can get enough of the Hexagon Die from PaperTrey Ink.  I love it and it looks so different each time depending on the pattern you choose to build.

  

 

 

Recipe:

My Creative Time: Inside Sentiment (sorry forgot to take photo)

Silhouette: Pumpkin

PaperTrey Ink: Full Card Hexagons, Kraft & Vintage Cream Cardstock

DCWV: The Pumpkin Patch Stack (Love this on)

 

 

 

More samples using different patterns

 

 

 

 

Spooky Treats

 

I love the chalkboard look craze that's going on right now.  It's perfect to go along with the Halloween Theme.  You can find several videos using this technique, I like the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers.

 

Challenges: Craftin Diva's Halloween

 

Recipe:

My Creative Time: Just for You

Recollections Papers

DCWV: The Spooky Time Stack

PaperTrey Ink: Fresh Snow

White embossing powder

Cricut: Happy Haunting's

Ribbons & Rhinestone's

 

Did someone say Hexagon?

Another Great Die from Papertrey Ink: Full Card Hexagons

Used with My Creative Time Stitched Curly Label Die & Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages

Autumn Leaves

Autumn is my favorite time of year.  I love the colors of the tree's and the smell in the air.  Although, living in Florida you do not see much of the colors or the cooler weather that it brings.  But, it's still my favorite. 

I love the Mighty Oak Stamp and Die set from PaperTrey Ink.  I was only going to post one photo but I love the variety of colors and ways you can use the set. 

 

 

Recipe:

PaperTrey Ink; Mighty Oak stamp and Die

Jennie Bowlin: Brown Sugar

PaperTrey Ink: White Cardstock & Kraft Cardstock

My Creative Time: Vintage Stitched Label die

My Craft Spot: Twine

Say What

 

Recipe:

Silhouette: Sized to fit A2 size card

Fancy Pants: Down by the Shore

PaperTry Ink: White Cardstock

My Creative Time: Stitched Square Speech Bubbles Die & Things I Love

Action Wobble, Glossy Accents, Scrap paper, Washi Tape

 

All Seasons Tree

 

Recipe:

Simon Says Stamps: All Seasons Tree

My Creative Time: Floral Sentiments

My Minds Eye: Dolled up 6x6 Paper Pad

PaperTry Ink: White Cardstock

Scraps of paper



Cruzin'

 

I love the way this card came out.  I used My Creative Times new Cloud background stamp on White cardstock and the Die set to make the 3D effect.  I just used a piece of scrap black paper for the road and used a white gel pen to draw the dotted line.

 

This card is a Thank You for our "Tour Guide" that drove us around Orange County California touring all the famous spots.  I don't know about you but I'm sure glad I do not live in that area, the traffic is horrendous.......I believe we spent more time in traffic our three days then we did anything else. (At least that's what if felt like)

 

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Nifty Fifties car cut @ 1.75"

PaperTrey Ink: Kraft Cardstock

Hero Arts: Soft Pool Shadow Ink

MyCreativeTime: Vintage Sentiments, Have Fun in the Sun, Stitched Round Speech Bubbles and Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies