More Christmas...

Yes, it's yet another Christmas card! And, oh how I wish, you could see this one IRL. I used some Brushed Gold cardstock, and it's so beautiful, but doesn't show up well in the photo. I really adds some sparkle and elegance to this simple card. I used some of the new Sleigh Bells cotton ribbon from the Holiday Mini Catalog (download it here) - love this stuff! In fact, there's a lot of stuff I love in the mini...glittered chipboard, ornament punch, fabulous designer series papers, digital scrapbooking, and much, much more! You've GOT to check it out!

Well, I'll try to stop with the Christmas projects for a while. Although it has been nice to get a jump start on my holiday cards...

Thanks for stopping by! :-)


Stamps: Lovely As a Tree
Cardstock: Old Olive, Brushed Gold, Real Red, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: color spritzer tool, jumbo eyelet, Crop-a-dile, Sleigh Bells ribbon, sponges, stampin' dimensionals

Brag Book

This project was from my stamp club this month - a brag book made from Stampin' Up!'s clear envelopes. The best part of this kind of album is that you can make the exact number of pages perfect for your project. If you're making a brag book for a grandmother of 7, you can do that! If you're making a brag book for your child to collect 19 school friend photos, you can do that! Here's a link for a great tutorial on creating this project.

Have fun!

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Fifth Avenue Floral
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Old Olive
Accessories: crop-a-dile, Melon Mambo polka dot grosgrain ribbon, clear envelopes, corner rounder, stampin' dimensionals

Caitlin's birthday

A friend of mine asked me if I would design some projects for her daughter, Caitlin's, birthday party. She's just having 2 girls for a sleepover party and all the girls enjoy crafting.

I found this adorable paper bag purse on Becky Roberts' blog that I thought would be perfect. The girls can make their bags and then we'll do some other projects that will fit inside and that will become their party favor! We're thinking of covering tubes of lip balm, making 3x3 cards with envelopes, small stuff like that. When I showed Caitlin my prototype, she loved it! So now I'm excited to design the rest of the projects. :-)

Stamps: Best Yet
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Good Morning designer series paper, 1-3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, crop-a-dile, paper bag

Year-end teacher gfts

I've been busy working on year-end teacher gifts and wanted to make some card packs for my son's teachers. I still have lots of Delicate Dots designer series paper leftover from Sale-a-Bration, so I pulled my color scheme from that. I created 6 of the same card - just exchanging the sentiments (2 birthday, 2 get well, 2 thank you).

I used markers to color the flower image on the cards as well as the envelopes. After completing the cards, I was looking for a fun way to package them and came across this great video tutorial by Richard Garay and HAD to copy his fabulous idea! Here's a picture of the front of the package:


And here's the back where the envelopes are stored:

I hope his teachers like it!!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Wow Flowers, Garden Greetings
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Delicate Dots designer series paper (retired), scallop edge punch, eyelet border punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, jumbo eyelets, crop-a-dile, So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, sticky strip, stampin' dimensionals

Mini scrapbook

In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, I made a quick mini scrapbook using Stampin' Up!'s clear envelopes as the page protectors. The tutorial was featured on Splitcoaststampers and was so super simple and easy! I kept to a monochromatic look for the cover. You can simply slide your photos into the clear envelopes or make it a mini scrapbook, placing smaller pictures on an embellished page. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of the inside tomorrow (it's hard to take a picture at night when you get a glare off the clear envelopes because of the flash!).


Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment
Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Ink: Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Tangerine Tango striped grosgrain ribbon, Tangerine Tango designer series paper, crop-a-dile, scallop edge punch, filigree brads, stampin' dimensionals