2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 7

 

 

 

 

Hi there!  Welcome to Day 7 of my 12 Days of Christmas!  I have spent all morning working on this layout.  I didn't want to do another card today...change it up a bit.  Wow!  Did this take me FOREVER!  I pinned this layout and used all Close To My Heart product to make it mine.  My photo of this isn't as good as it looks in person.  Layouts don't fit in my photo lighting cube very well.  Here are a couple close up shots for more detailed views:




Thanks for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow!

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwised noted:
Paper:  Mistletoe Level 2 (retired)
Cardstock:  Cranberry, Colonial White, Olive, Garden Green, New England Ivy, and Tulip
Ink:  Cocoa
Accessories: Z1330 Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment (retired), Colonial White Waxy flax, Z1482 Silver Glitter Glitz, and Z1313 Stardust Glitter Glitz
Tools:  Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (circles, holly leaves, and scallop circle), Artiste Cricut Cartridge (ornament), pine branch punch (Martha Stewart), corner rounder, sand paper, and sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 6

Fa-la-la-la-la---la-la-la-la!  Welcome to day 6 of my Merry and Bright
12 Days of Christmas!
I just, I mean, just finished this card.  I think I should plan ahead and have cards and such already to post...but no...not me, I procrastinate. I found this cute card here on Debbie Olson's blog.  I had saved it on good ol' Pinterest.  Man...I love that site!  I even hand-stitched all around the card.  I have a sewing machine, but I don't know how to use it.  One of these days I will take some lessons.  I hope you all have been following my blog everyday.  I hope you enjoyed this card and will see you back tomorrow.






All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper:  Mistletoe Level 2 (retired)
Cardstock:  Colonial White and Cranberry
Ink:  Cocoa, Cranberry, Olive, and New England Ivy
Stamp sets:  C1473 Remarkable Wreath and D1324 Christmas Melodies (retired)
Accesories: Z1326 Red Assortment Sparkles, Z1369 Cranberry button, Z1081 Colonial White            Waxy Flax, Z1732 Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon, and Green Embroidery Floss (DMC)
Tools:  Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (circle, tag, and decorative cranberry element), needle, sand paper, popdots, and sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 5

Happy Wednesday and welcome to my 5th day of my 12 Days of Christmas.  I have been playing around with the new alcohol based markers from Close To My Heart, but haven't prefected them yet...so I decided to use the old stand by, the blending pen.  I really love using this pen and so do my customers.  I like the fact that you can use it will all of your stamp pads with just one blending pen.  I very inexpensive way to color in your images.  I have only a select few of the new alcohol markers, so I didn't have the right colors to color in my images on this card. 

I usually find a card for inspiration, but this one was just put together easily without thinking too much.  I sure like the way it turned out. :)

I hope you all have been enjoying my posts.  I am really glad I am doing this.  I just hope I can keep going after the 12 days.  Thanks for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow!

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Cardstock: Colonial White, New England Ivy, and Cranberry
Ink: Archival Black, Black, Cranberry, New England Ivy, Olive, Smoothie, and Desert Sand
Stamp set: C1481 (stamp set from Believe Workshops on the Go, retired)
Accessories: Z1799 Shimmer Trim, Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles, Z1482 Silver Glitter Glitz, and Silver ribbon (Offray)
Tools: 3174 Blending pen, Z578 Corner rounder, sand paper, and sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 4

Hello, Hello!  Welcome to Day 4 of my
12 Days of Christmas.

I really like how this card turned out.  Simple and elegant.  The sentiment stamps from Christmas Joy-Holiday (C1520) are my new go to sayings stamp of the season.  The text is so pretty.

I have been finding a lot of really great card ideas from Pinterest.  I saw this card on Pinterest, pinned it, and viola!  Now I have a great card to share with you.  Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow. :)










All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper:  Pear & Partridge Paper Packet
Cardstock: Colonial White, Cranberry, Olive, Desert Sand, and Cocoa
Ink: Cranberry and Desert Sand
Stamp sets: A1115 A Holiday (holly berries), D1477 Universal Backgrounds, and C1520 Christmas Joy-Holiday
Accessories:  Z1313 Stardust Glitter Glitz
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (holly leaves), sand paper, sponge dauber, scallop punch, and pop dots.

2012--12 Days of Chistmas--Day 3

Hello!  Here we are again with the 3rd Day of my 12 Days of Christmas.  This card makes me want the snow to start falling.  Unfortunately, the beautiful snow, all 18" of it, has all melted away.  I hope it does snow before Christmas.

I found inspiration for this card by Teresa Kline from this post.  A simple, yet beautiful card.  Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow. :)

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwised noted:
Paper:  Wonderland Paper Packet (retired)
Cardstock:  White Daisy
Ink:  Chocolate
Stamp set: D1480 Snowflakes
Accessories:  Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles and Z1313 Stardust Glitter Glitz
Tools:  Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart) and sponge dauber

12 Days of Christmas 2012: Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas.  I meant to have this ready to post earlier today, but I had my Christmas Cricut Class this afternoon.  I was busy, busy, busy getting that all set up and completely forgot to get this posted.

I made this little box for a good friend of mine in one of my Hostess Clubs.  I filled it up with sweet peppermint Hershey kisses.  If you haven't tried these...you must!!  Yummy!  Thanks for stopping by!






All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper: Pear & Partridge Paper Packet
Cardstock:  Colonial White, Cranberry and White Daisy
Ink:  Desert Sand
Stamp set:  Sweet Treats (retired)
Accessories:  Z1751 Cranberry Baker's twine and Z1313 Stardust Glitter Glitz
Tools:  Artiste Cricut Cartridge (box shape and rosette flower), Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge (Provo Craft, peppermint shape), Art Philosophy Cartridge (circles), sand paper, popdots, and sponge dauber.




 

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 1

I am in the spirit again to do my
12 Days of Christmas.
I am super excited to share twelve Christmas themed cards, scrapbook pages or 3D projects with you!

I am one of those bloggers that posts here and there.  I wish I had more time to spend posting everything I make, but my sweet children and husband need to see me.  I think I would get in trouble if I was in my craft room 24-7. ;)  I really had a great time last year posting for 12 days straight.  It would be a miracle if I kept up that pace!

Here is my first post of the twelve.  I went to the trusty Mojo Monday blog and used their sketch for this round card.  This is sketch number 269.  I also used up some older winter/holiday paper-Wonderland.  I love this paper.  I still have a stash full...so I am glad I will not run out too soon.  Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow. :)

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper:  Wonderland Paper pack (retired)
Cardstock: White Daisy, Chocolate, and Grey Flannel (retired)
Ink: Chocolate
Stamps:  B1393 Joyful Jar (retired)
Accessories:  Z1799 Shimmer Trim, Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles, Z1210 Wonder Heartfelt snowflake (retired)
Tools:  Art Philosophy Circut Cartridge (scallop card shape and circles), sand paper, and sponge dauber