Happy Holidays!

Since this is the only time of year I can use my Snowflake embossing folder I thought I would do another card with it. I used Real Red, Whisper White and Glorious Green cardstock. Real Red Ink, Glorious Green, Pumpkin Pie and Black Stampin' Write Markers. I used the Frosty stamp set and stamped Happy Holidays in Real Red on the Whisper White cardstock before running it through the Big Shot. I stamped Frosty in Black on Whisper White and then colored him in and added some stickles at the bottom for the snow and layered him on a piece of Glorious Green card stock. Very simple and easy!

Can you believe it is less than two weeks until Christmas! Where did this year go? If anyone finds out, please let me know, I'm curious! I am getting ready, but still a lot to do!

Tonight we go to my firm's Christmas party, so that should be fun!

Party Invitation

I wanted something very simple for our Christmas Party invites and decided to use my cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. I used Night of Navy cardstock and Night of Navy craft ink. I stamped the You're Invited (non SU) on Whisper White then ran it through my Big Shot using the embossing folder. Then I cut off the top portion at a diagonal and used the Scallop Edge punch. I made the snowflake using the Big Shot and the Snowflake Sizzlit. I used a pop dot to adhere the snowflake. I am pleased how they turned out.

On the inside (not shown) I stamped some snow flakes in Whisper White craft ink. And put the information about the party on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped some Night of Navy snowflakes. The inside is almost as cute as the outside!

It's Beginning to Look alot Like Christmas!

We got some snow this weekend! Not a lot, but it was the big fluffy kind so it was very pretty! And enough to make driving a bit of a hassle, but that's OK. Friday night I went to a crop at my LSS and they showed us how to make this snow flake:

This was made with 7 pieces of double sided scrapbook paper, I think they were 3x3. I am going to make a few more to put around the house as decorations. They are a good size. At first it was kind of hard to do, but after you get started it is easier. If anyone is interested in learning how to make these, let me know and I will attempt a tutorial!

Holidays

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We went out of town for the holiday and had a great time! I just wanted to check in and tell you I'm still here and don't give up on my blog! I have a ton of things to show you but can't because the recipients haven't received them yet! I am hoping to create something this week that will be postable! I try to post something creative at least once a week, sometimes more, but until Christmas is over I will probably not be able to post as much. But after Christmas, watch out! I will post everything! I guess it is good that the people I make gifts for read my blog, but I have some really cute things I can't wait to share!!

I can't post without a picture, so I will leave you with a picture of one of my favorite buildings in Chicago! DH and I celebrated our 11th anniversary in Chicago this year (in June!) and I took this picture. I believe this is the Wrigley Building.

Carousel Notes Card

This is actually the first card I have made with the Carousel Notes. I wasn't exactly sure what to do, but I like how it turned out. The Scalloped Carousel

Note is Groovy Guava. I used Green Tea DSP and my Creative Memories circle cutters. Then I made a smaller circle with more Groovy Guava and cut a half circle of DSP to make a pocket. I made a large tag and stamped Thinking of You. I used some hodgepodge on the end and tied some White Taffeta Ribbon to it. I punched holes at the top and tied a bow there as well.

Friendship Top Note Book

I have a very dear friend of mind with a birthday coming up. We do not see each other very often, but we had lunch this week and when I saw this blog with these little books, I knew exactly what I was going to do for my friend.

I used Green Tea DSP and Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze cardstock and ink. I used various stamp sets through out (the book was only 4 pages). All the stamps where friend related. On each page I wrote with a Stampin' Write marker 1 reason why I feel like my friend is a good friend to me. When I gave it to her I told her that this way she can look at it whenever she wants and know that I am her friend and will always be there for her, even though we don't talk all the time. She cried and was happy with the little book. I used chipboard for each page of the book and covered it with either DSP or cardstock and used my Bind it All to put it all together. Very simple project. Then I needed a gift bag for this and her other present (a gift card). So I made a little bag that I've been wanting to do since I saw it on this blog last year! Now these colors didn't match the DSP 100%, but very close.

For this I used the Carousel Notes I bought last year, so this is actually Sky Blue. I used the Garden Tea DSP again, Certainly Celery ribbon, Jumbo eyelets, misc flower and brad and Creative Memories Cutting system to cut the circle. I used my Crop A Dile too! this was the perfect little bag for her gifts and she loved it. This was very easy to make as well. It is funny, I see these projects that look like fun but I stay away from them or put them off because they sound a little complicated, then I do them and I think how easy it was, why didn't I do this sooner?!

Holiday Happening!

I spent Saturday at a local church making crafts. It was a day filled with crafts, food and a silent auction. I got a couple of Christmas presents taken care of and the best part is the proceeds benefit a local chairty. The morning is spent making smaller crafts and then after lunch we spent time making one large craft. This year I chose to make this snowman. I try to choose a craft that I wouldn't normally do on my own. This was really fun to make and very easy. The body of the snowman was already cut out and sewn for us, we just had to stuff it and decorate. He is just so cute! I was going to give him away, but I'm not sure I can... Isn't he just the cutest?

I guess this means the holiday season has started. Can you believe Thanksgiving is just over 2 weeks away? Where has this year gone? My blog posts may become less frequent through the holidays because a lot of my creations are going to be gifts and I don't want to spoil any suprises! I will at least post once a week. Then after Christmas I will be able to post all the fun stuff!