You're Sweet

My heart is really heavy right now.  There are no words to express the heartbreak and sorrow the families of the victims must feel in Newtown, CT.  All I can do is pray for them and hope that they can move on from this awful tragedy.  So many people's hearts are breaking...I wish there was more I could do.

Just sitting here, looking at my artwork I am posting...makes me feel like it isn't that important.  Why am I taking the time to post this, when people are hurting right now?!  It is hard to go about your day to day life, when all you think about is what happened.  Such a tough situation...I can't wrap my brain around it.  Like I said before...all you can do is PRAY.  Among all this sadness...you have to move on and put a smile on your face.  So...I hope that this little bit of artwork can put a little smile on your face.  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you stop by again soon.

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Cranberry, Hollyhock, and Silver Glitter paper (new in the Spring/Summer 2013 Ideabook)
Ink: Slate, Hollyhock, and Cranberry
Stamp set: D1548 Whooo's Your Valentine (National Papercrafting Month Campaign stamp set), D1527 Perfect Fit-Frames and D1482 Love Life
Accessories: Treat Tube (new in the Sping/Summer 2013 Ideabook), Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, sponge dauber, pop dots, corner rounder, and sand paper

Jolly Old St. Nick

Hello again!  I am popping in again this week to share a card I put together.  It is easy to keep posting after several days of it. ;)  I entered this card in the H2H Challenge for this week.

I have a pile of these cute doilies in my stash and thought I would break one out for this sweet card.  I cut the Santa out with one of my favorite Holiday Cricut cartridges, Joy of the Season.  There are so many elegant Christmas images to choose from.  The patterned paper is from an old CTMH paper packet called Evensong.  I used the Creative Basics paper that was available in this same line.  I am always trying to use up old paper....I just have too much in my stash!  I think that the sparkles add that little extra to the card too.  Thanks for stopping by today!  See you next time! :)





All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper: Evensong Creative Basics paper packet (retired)
Cardstock: White Daisy, Olive, and Cranberry, Flesh colored cardstock (unknown source)
Ink: Desert Sand
Stamp set: D1226 Magical Season (retired)
Accesories: Z1752 Clear Assorment Sparkles, Z1362 Red Assortment Sparkles, Red wired ribbon (Offray), White Doily (Wilson-baking section of craft store)
Tools: Joy of the Season Cricut Cartridge (Provo Craft), Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (circle shapes), sand paper, sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 12

Well...here we are on the last day of my 12 Days of Christmas!  It is a significant day too!  It's 12/12/12.  This only happens once in a lifetime.  And as I write this, the time is 12:12 pm.  Crazy, huh!  Anyways,  I quickly made this card.  It isn't my best work and I was hoping to go out with a BIG project for the last day.  Ah well!  It is a fun and easy card.  I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut out the shape of the present.  I was inspired by one of Allisa Chilton's cards seen here.  I changed up the paper to Believe from the 2011 Autumn/Winter Ideabook.  I love the bright and vibrant colors from this paper pack.

I want to thank everyone who visited my blog these last 12 days.  I really hope that you liked all of my cards and such.  Please keep visiting, I will post more often...I promise! :)  See you next time!





All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper: Believe Paper Pack (retired)
Cardstock: White Daisy, Topiary, and Sweet Leaf
Ink: Desert Sand
Stamp set: C1494 Card Word Puzzle
Accessories: Z1701 White Daisy Baker's Twine, Z1482 Silver Glitter Glitz
Tools:  Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, sand paper, and sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 11

Good day!  Here we are...the 11th day of my 12 Days of Christmas!  I have been seeing a lot of the chalkboard look on cards and layouts.  Close To My Heart is on board with this trend too.  In the newest Idea Book, you can purchase sheets of adhesive-backed chalkboard vinyl and use their chalk marker or real chalk.  It is a really fun technique.  I did not have these particular items on hand, so I decided to make my own version with what I had in my craft room.  I used Black cardstock and White Daisy pigment ink for the stamping.  I had some old Decorative Chalks and sponged white chalk around the stamps.  So...there are different ways to achieve this HOT new trend.  I found this card on Dawn McVey's blog and changed it a bit.  I thought this was a perfect themed card to give out to someone during the holidays.  Okay...one more day to go.  I just might have to start posting more...I really have been enjoying these last several days.  I hope to see you all back tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by. :)

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper:  Evensong Level 2 (retired)
Cardstock:  Kraft, Desert Sand, White Daisy, and Black
Ink: White Daisy Pigment ink
Stamp sets: C1427 I Believe (retired), D1361 Thank You (retired), and C1381 Card Chatter-Thank You
Accesories: Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles, Z1393 Black Mini-Medley Accents (button brad), Z1798 Black Tulle Ribbon, Z1089 Black Waxy Flax, Z1377 Color-Ready Kraft Borders (retired), and Black sparkle button (unknown source)
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (circles and pendent), Decorative chalks (retired), sponge dauber, and glue dots.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 10

It's Day 10 of my 12 Days of Christmas!  I can't believe how fast these past 10 days have gone!  Christmas is right around the corner...YIKES!!  I have yet to do any shopping.  I guess I have been too busy papercrafting.  Ah well, I love to do this more than I like to shop and fight the crowds.

This is another card that is a little bit out of my normal card making.  I kept making changes to it to make it look better in my eyes.  I hope that you think it is worth giving out to someone.

Looking forward to posting a couple more days and I hope to have you come visit again tomorrow.  :)

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper: Jingle Level 2 and Jingle Creative Basics (both retired)
Cardstock: Cocoa, White Daisy, and Juniper
Ink: Cocoa, Olive, and Tulip (retired)
Stamp sets: D1366 Holiday Trinkets (retired) and B1186 Ho, Ho, Ho! (retired)
Accessories: Z1752 Clear Assortment Sparkles, Z1482 Silver Glitter Glitz, Z1397 Canvas Badge Buttons (retired)
Tools: Artiste Cricut Cartridge (snowflake and snowflake border), Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (ticket shape and card shape), pop dots, sand paper, and sponge dauber.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 9

Good Evening!  Welcome to Day 9 of my 12 Days of Christmas!
I have been a busy girl today.  Yesterday I told you that I was going to be preparing for my Christmas Cookie Swap with my sister.  I completely spaced posting today until now.  We had a good ol' time visiting and sampling all of the YUMMY cookies.  Good times!

I made these tags/ornaments for the Christmas Cricut Class I had a week ago.  You can put them on the tree or even a gift.  I hope you enjoy them!  See you again tomorrow. :)

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Colonial White, and Cranberry
Ink: Desert Sand, New England Ivy, and Olive
Stamp sets: D1324 Christmas Melodies (retired) and D1527 Perfect Fit-Frames
Accessories: Z1484 Red Glitter Glitz, Z1769 Almond Glitter Glitz, Z1751 Cranberry Baker's Twine, and olive grosgrain ribbon (retired)
Tools:  Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (circle and scallop circle), Artiste Cricut Cartridge (ornament shape and doily shape), sand paper, sponge dauber, hole punch, glue dots, and pop dots.

2012--12 Days of Christmas--Day 8

Hello All!  It is Day 8 of my
12 Days of Christmas!  Only four more days to go.  This is not my usual kind of card.  I thought I would go outside my typical card making and do something a little different.  I found inspiration from this card.  Again, searching Pinterest for ideas.

Now, I am off to bake some yummy Christmas Cookies.  My sister and I are hosting our 3rd Annual Christmas Cookie Swap tomorrow.  So excited!  I thought I better get this posted before I get to that baking!

Hope to see you back here tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by!






All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Paper:  Jingle Level 2 (retired)
Cardstock: White Daisy, Kraft, Olive, Cranberry, Heavenly Blue (retired)
Ink: Desert Sand, Black, and White Daisy Pigment Ink
Stamp sets: D1243 Peace on Earth (sentiment), S1110 Holiday Magic (October 2011 SOTM), and D1481 Vintage Type
Accessories: Colonial White Waxy Flax
Tools: Corner punch, Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), scallop border punch (Fiskers), sand paper, and sponge dauber.

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