More Recent Christmas Cards

these are some from today. this is an Inky Antics Snow Angel that came to me as part of my secret santa pif gift package from Diane. DSL881 (I'm probably going to do a separate post for the gift shots and Christmas Cards i am receiving closer to Christmas i think?) anyways its colored with pencils, the dotted pp is from Foofla, the green swirl is su old olive and the green base pp is Basic Grey. this is 5 1/2" square in real life.

Did this one first, it did not start out so distressed but, when i tried to layer the image to the scallops i got it crooked and when i pulled it apart the white piece got much thinner and crumpled so out came the old paper distress in an effort to "save it" so, the Merry Christmas is an Joanns 1$ stamp (this year) and the snowflake pp is from basic Grey. the cardbase is barely banana and the sentiment layer and scallop layer are So Safaron. this ones also 5 1/2" square in real life.

bling crop view.

This is an wish rak image, i think its whippersnapper but, it came to me in one of those envelopes with assortment packs and i put all the images together so, i don't know its name or who sent it to me. its colored with prisma pencils. the sentiments from hero arts. the pp is double sided Making Memories pp. this one is 5X7 in real life.

This one is an PIF image from Turtlescrapper, thanks Jaclyn! its colored with prisma pencils, some vintage lace over the daisy D's pp. this one is 5X7 also.

This is another PIF image (whippersnapper) I have to find my notebook and edit to say where it came from and what its name is, Ive had it colored for a very long time. the ruffle ribbon was from the short lived PIF ribbon swap and came to me from Leigh Anne. (I'm pretty sure) this ones is 4 1/2 X 6 in real life.

This Spirit of Christmas (kitty) is an PIF image from CatCrazy (Thanks Janice!) the sentiments an stampa rosa house mouse one, the green (PTI) cardstock was run through an script cuttlebug folder (twice) then just layered the mat over the seam. this one is 5X6 (something not quite 7 ) in real life. the mulberry is from an old mat stack the greens look a little better together in real life then the do on this lap top monitor.

This Deck the Halls kitty is an PIF image from Menolly13 (Thanks Melissa!) colored with prisma pencils, the pp is a double sided CTMH pp and the red cardstock is Bazzill. this is 4 1/2 X 6 in real life also.

Did this one today real quick as part of an personal challenge i have been thinking about doing for some time now, i make a lot of cards. and i own alot of stamps... lol

but some of my stamps (such as this one) i have only stamped them for other people...

this is an Lockhart Heart wreath, colored with Prisma Pencils. the Love tag is from the su set "love is in the air" teeny tiny eyelet is from MM as is the strip of red dot pp. the green dot pp is unknown (and was cut with the petite ovals) the circle mats are up on popdots and this is 4 1/2X6 in real life.

some quickie cards

Stampa Rosa "Ace of Hearts" stamped with India ink black on Georgia pacific 110# white cardstock and colored with prisma pencils. the sentiments from Stampin up, stamped with same ink on the back (smoother) side of a scrap of the bazzill cardstock used as the base. (this measures 5X7 in real life.) the polka dot printed paper is from Bo Bunny Press, the mat is also Bazzill cardstock.

this was done with the scraps of the card above, Northwoods Potted Poinsettia the Holiday hello is from Stampin up and is up on a pop dot. this ones 5" x 5 1/2"

I stamped this penny black image a while back on a scrap of stardream (shimmer) light blue cardstock with the India Ink black as an experiment and let it sit over night, then colored the hat and scarf with gelly roll glaze pens and let it sit again. stripe pp is from Basic Grey, these were die cut with spellbinders nestiblities mega Curved rectangle dies, the sentiments from su and up on a pop dot. this ones 4 1/2" X6" in real life.

hands are too cold to type properly so may come back and edit later.

Just saying Hello

This is 4 1/2 X6 inches in real life, the Daisy Swing (hedgehog) was diecut with nestibilities Petite Ovals (funny thing these are larger then the classic ovals YAY!) its colored with prisma pencils with some opal (Liquid Pearls) in the centers of the daisy's. this whole panel is up on pop dots. the vine pp is from K&Co. the yellow picot ribbon is from Making Memories the green loopy (ribbon) is from May Arts, the green sheer ribbon is unknown.

just another angle shot. ( I like to see these so that's why i shoot them) ;)

Season Of Thanks!

Just a little something on my mind lately...

American Home image is from Stamps Happen Stamped on GP110 and colored with prisma pencils. Season of thanks sentiment is from an old Stampin Up set (with the same name)die cut with the Spellbinders Nestibilities curved rectangles (smallest size) the mat was cut with scissors as they layers are not this close together. there is some Old Paper Distress ink on the edges of the GP110. White satin ribbon is unknown, and the blue sheer with stripes is May Arts. the Star PP is from Reminisce, the dots is from MM,

Cardbase is Papertrey Ink White and measures 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches in real life.

This Image just makes me feel so grateful to be an American and so Thankful for all our Military Families. Hope your all having a blessed Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving

I used the mega curved rectangles (nestiblities dies) on this card. (used some of the money my mom gave me for my birthday to order them and they just arrived in the mail the other day. (Thanks Mom) :) I'm planning to send you some samples of the die cuts because (they will work in your cuttlebug) Anyways this is 5X7 in real life. Penny Black "I'm So Cute" dog with an Inkadinkado Sentiment. the polka dot pp is from an scrap and i used some old paper distress along the edges of the white panel so they could blend a little better. the cream paper flower is from Bazzill (who knew they made flowers?) not I (this is also another birthday gift from Jan) red prima flower and button with dmc floss. Thought it would look cool with the layers sewn but, even going reallllyy SLLOOOOW i could not get the stitches to follow the curves exactly. (so harder to do then circles) :) yeppers those snowmen have the bodies to prove it too eh?

just messing around, i don't do much in the way of altered things very often. but these were fun. all of the pp (except the red check) is Basic Grey, the tags were cut with nestibility dies. (curved rectangles and scalloped rectangles) slimming chocolate sentiments from Inkadinkado, the worthwhile chocolate sentiments from Limited Editions, the Enjoy is from Hero Arts. these were stamped with Distress Inks (fired brick) brackets are die cuts from Quickutz. various ribbons. found you have to make these fit the bars though you cant just make wrappers and then go buy bars there are just so many size variations of chocolate.

just some things from yesterday afternoon...

Play room snap shots

Found this at an holiday craft bazaar yesterday... and it just screamed haul me home... It was hanging on a wall in the booth. but, it folds from the backside so can sit flat too...

Side view

late last night after moving some sentiments to it... If you have never seen photos of my space these are "re-arranged shots" last month the shelves fell down inside my closet so during the clean up and putting things back into the closet i was able to move all my tackle boxes of embellishments and all my punchies to the closet also, so the only thing that was left on one of the 6 foot tables was my sewing machine. so

Tim knocked the badly installed shelf that used to be in the corner of this space and i moved the short folding table to the corner and the desk out where the altered bakers rack of stamps used to be and parked my sewing machine on it. the photo boxes are holding spellbinders dies and embossing folders and such.

Main work space this is an 6Foot wide costco folding table set at counter height.

Had this on the wall for about a week maybe a week and a half, its just not deep enough to have round edge sentiments sit inside it. had it on the closet door for a day that didn't last long, then had it on the wall where the ink pads were moved to, that didn't work any better. So Tim says he can install some bracket things under this table so i can slide it in and out. (like a real drawer)

So, this meant moving the little black table i found this summer and because its on the end of this table I cannot put stamp boxes on it or cannot open the closet door... so a whole bunch of stamps are on the floor under the table in the corner.

flower jars, buttons etc.

table in the corner, the Stationery boxes in the center the two on the left are holding stamped images (that need colored) the box on the right is blank cardstock quarters, wish sheets, envelopes (things i use all the time stamping raks and trades)

look at the corner, moved all the paper closer together, still some on top of that table though but, its easier to pick the piece i want since its all mostly in one place now. cut cardstocks and pads are on the table.

moved this away from the door and up against the wall. the wall space between the two closet doors is actually wide enough that maybe maybe if i beg Tim could make me a similar kind of rack but, one where the trays are closer together and maybe three across... (this would keep me from crawling under the table so much) (well for a while till i bought more stamps again)

mostly the whole corner...