Blast from the past.....

Blast from the past....it's Dasher!  This is another clean and simple card made with early espresso, whisper white and pool party cardstock.  The rhinestone was colored with a permanent marker.  The greeting is from Delightful Dozen. 

Clean and simple Christmas.....

Clean and simple in midnight muse and whisper white. The embossing folder is Holiday Frame. The ribbon is midnight muse stitched ribbon and of course the ornament image is from the Ornament Keepsakes and was cut out with the holiday ornaments framelits. 

Pink for Christmas....

This card features whisper white and primrose petals card stock.  The embossing folder is Northern Flurry.  The mittens are from the stamp set Make a Mitten and punched out with the mitten punch.  The ribbon is the primrose petals stitched. 

Embossed Cherry Cobbler

This clean and simple card was a class favorite.  It features cherry cobbler and whisper white cardstock.  It was embossed with the edge embossing folder.  The greeting is from Perfectly Penned stamp set and the ribbon is cherry cobbler scalloped tulle ribbon

9th Week of Christmas.....easy gift tags.....

Easy and quick handmade gift tags....

Supplies needed:  

Tags Til Christmas Stamp Set pg 11 $27.95 

Gumball Green Ink Pad pg152 $7.25

White Card stock pg 156 $9.25

Decorative Label Punch pg 182 $22.95

Simply stamp the image on white card stock and punch out with the modern label punch.  If you want to dress it up a bit...use markers to color the stamp- chocolate chip for the pine cone, gumball green for the branch and real red for the frame and words.  Add a bit of dazzling details to the branch for a glittery effect. 

Sunday Sketches.....

Here are this weeks sketch challenges: 

8th Week of Christmas...two easy gift ideas.....

On the 8th week of Christmas....my demonstrator showed me....how to recycle and make two really cute, fast, easy and inexpensive gifts for Christmas- tea light candle holder and tree ornaments with snowflake die! 

 

Supplies Needed: 

Aluminum Flashing or pop cans

Snowflake die

Big Shot

Tea light candles

Process:  

This is oh so simple...use your snowflake die to cut out two aluminum snowflakes- personally I prefer the pop cans as it adds a bit of color along with the silver color.  

Carefully bend and shape the snowflakes to accept the tea light. Use crystal effects to glue the two snowflakes together (I clamped them until they were dry.  Then I just placed the tea light in the center....this way when the candle has burned up, I can easily replace it. 

This is a very quick, inexpensive and lovely gift idea for the holiday season....who doesn't love a beautiful handmade with love gift. 

Another idea is that you can use two of the single snowflakes as tree decorations....just bend them together for a 3D effect and add some pretty ribbon to hang it on your tree. 

Tuesday's Tip...

Each Tuesday, I will be featuring a simple tip to make your scrapping and card making a little bit easier.  

Be sure to let me know what you think. 

If you have ever stamped a solid image (especially with the older felt pads) and  find that there are white spaces because the ink did not completely cover, I have a fix for that! 

Grab a blender pen...touch it to the side of the ink pad to pick up some ink and fill in your white spots- voila- no more "patchy" image. 

How easy is that?

Monday Madness.....

Hello Everyone!  

Yes, Monday's are usually a madhouse....but this one is particularly so as I am trying to play catch up with everything I did not get done yesterday. 

I must apologize for my weekly sketches being late....I was hit with a wicked headache yesterday, so bad I could not sit upright. 

Thankfully I am feeling a little better today...so here are your weekly sketch challenges: 

Scrapbook Challenge:

 Card Challenge:

I haven't received any of your challenges back in quite a while....c'mon ladies- share your pages so we can inspire others! 

Week of Scrap - Day Five

Week of Scrap- Day Four

Challenge:  Flourishes, Stickles and Pearl Pen

 Challenge:  Peek a Boo Window and Flag

Week of Scrap- Day 3

Challenge:  Filmstrip and Stars

 Challenge:  White Ink and Iridescent Glimmer Spray

Week of Scrap- Day Two

 A challenge to encorporate a zipper into layout: