Saturday, December 24, 2016

Christmas 2016

Happy Christmas Eve!
Popping in quickly to share some last minute cards I made. Too late to send them out but I will have them for next year!

 I had made this style card a few years ago but added some tiny details. I used a different ribbon that has more sparkle in it, added glitter to the brick background and to the cuffs on the stockings.

 I love, love, love the Stampin Up's Cable Knit embossing folder! I ran the stockings through my Big Shot using this folder. The cuff of the stocking was ran through the Big Shot using Stampin Up's Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

                                  

 Here is another card I made using the Cable Knit embossing folder. The pattern paper and chipboard piece is from Carta Bella's Christmas Wonderland - last years Christmas line.



                                    

                                      Below is a matchbook style gift card holder.



I used Stampin Up's Cherry Cobler & whisper white cardstock and Graphic 45's A Christmas Carol paper line and chipboard. The twine is from Michael's.


 
Lastly, I am sharing picture of my Grandson's very first visit to see Santa! He doesn't look very happy with the big man in a red suit!!


 
And to close this post with another Christmas photo!
Happy Holidays!
 
 
N~

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Swirly Scribbles

I hope you are staying indoors today and avoiding the frigid temperatures! I certainly am. Although the weather forecast said we were getting hit with 8-10" of snow, I barely got 2" but with the wind gusts, I have drifts about 2' high! That makes a wonderful day to craft!
I finally decided on my Christmas cards this year. I had ordered some new products and went to Pinterest for ideas.

 
This is my Swirly Scribble Snowman. I used an embossing folder on a piece of light blue cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. I used punches, dies, glitter, snow, ribbon and pearls. And a white pom pom was glued to the end of his hat.




 I used the same Swirly Scribble die for the wreaths, ribbons, embossing powders, stamped sentiments, ribbons, fuzzy trims and red stickles.






 
 
 Another set of cards using the same Swirly Scribble die along with a window pane die. I dry embossed a layer of white cardstock to get the brick look and the vellum behind the panes to resemble snow. I also die cut the 'merry' and 'peace'. I tied a bow from red/white twine and adhered it with a small glue dot.  Red stickles was added to the wreath after I took the picture.

One more card I made and this one is being sent to my boss in California. Her favorite color is pink...



I adhered pattern paper to a pink card base. I punched out the pine branches and glued 3 red gems for the berries on to the die cut ice skates. Using black and gray markers, I colored in the heels and skate blades. And using a light brown marker, I added "x's" for the faux laces. Everything was shaded using Tim Holz 'gathered twigs' distress ink.
 
Last but not least is my grandson's 4 month picture. At his Doctor visit this past Friday, he weighed in at almost 14 lbs.! This little guy wouldn't smile for his mommy since he just had 3 shots!
 
 
 
Have a good week ahead. And a blessed and very merry Christmas!
N~
 
 
 
 

 

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Beary 1st Christmas

Good Sunday morning!
Poppin' in to share a Christmas card I made for my grandson who will celebrate his first Christmas in just a few short weeks.
 I use the Baby Bear 3-step stamp set by Stampin Up. I used 2 different ink pads to get the right color for the teddy bear - crumb cake and soft suede.

 I traced the hat onto some pattern paper, cut it out and adhered a white pompom for the tassel and cuffed the hat with white cardstock and added glitter.

I use red stickles on the berries to make them pop but you can't tell from the picture.

We got about 3-4 inches of snow overnight so it's time for me to clear off the driveway and sidewalks before I have to go to work in the morning. And the forecast is calling for additional snow on Tuesday. Gotta love winter in the Midwest!
Enjoy your week ahead!
N~

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Framed Art

Good morning!
I'm planning to stay indoors and in my craft room today - all day! I was off work all last week and had every intention of cleaning out my craft room and "purging" - I mean there are pattern papers and packages of old and discontinued paper lines from companies that aren't in business anymore! I literally have no more room to put anything. Instead, I went Christmas shopping nearly everyday of the week, put up the Christmas tree and decorations. I never did make it into the craft room.

I did attend another workshop by my Stampin Up demonstrator - she holds workshops during the week in the mornings and afternoons. Since I was off, I signed up for this one - Framed Art.

 

 
 I don't think you can see it, but we used lots of glitter, gem stones, ribbons and pearls. We fussy cut images from the Candy Cane Lane pattern paper. We water colored, punched out shapes and stamped.
 

 

 


 This one is geared towards the New Year celebrations. We did a lot of embossing, stamping, used glitter and vellum papers. I love silver, black and gold together!

These were so easy to put together once all the shapes were cut out, punched out, stamped and embossed. The frames were purchased from Michaels craft store.

That's it from me. Enjoy your week ahead!
N~
 

 

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Post Thanksgiving and blog hop winner

Good Sunday morning! Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! Dropping in to share my grandson's first Thanksgiving picture-

He's just the cutest!

A few weeks ago I was the lucky winner of a beautiful fall pocket mini album by leaving a comment on Ginger Ropp's blog - My Sisters Scrapper. She had participated in "Thankful for Fall Blog Hop" on November 19th.



Thank you Ginger! You are such an inspiration to me - I will treasure this always!

I finally pulled out all my Christmas papers and embellishments. Now I just need to sketch out the design for this year's card and get to work!
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your week ahead~
N.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Candy Cane Lane

Hi folks,
Popping in this afternoon to share a window box I made at a Stampin Up workshop that I attended last week. Along with red cardstock to make the box and the dividers inside the box, we used one of their new Christmas design series papers Candy Cane Lane.


 
                       We used Stampin Up's acetate window sheets and washi tape for the lid.

We made 4 each of 2 different size tags that fit inside the different compartments inside the box
 

 
 We also made A2 cards to fit into one of the compartments
 
 For the cookie sheet, we cut out a rectangle from silver paper, scored at both ends and rounded the corners. We used a coordinating punch and stamp set for the 'cookies'.

 We fussy cut the gingerbread houses out of the pattern paper along with the peppermint candy and the gingerbread man.

 Love the embossing folder we used on this card along with the pattern paper and punched out gingerbread men!

 Another tag made to attach to the ribbon which was tied around the box to hold it closed.

I really enjoyed this workshop and plan to make more of these using some older Christmas papers and embellishments to match. They make a great gift too.
 
That's it from me. Enjoy your week ahead. And Happy Thanksgiving!
N~
 
 

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Good Ol Sport

Hey there! Happy Sunday to you all.
I finished the cover to my Christmas Carol tri-fold folio album. Here are a couple of photo's:

 


 
I wrapped a piece of ribbon from my stash around the green pattern paper and tied a bow to the right side and adhered it to the front cover. I mounted a chip board piece that came with the paper line to 2 gold doilies from Stampin Up. I fussy cut some stamps from one of the papers along with the title "A Christmas Carol" and added them to the upper left corner and lower right corner.

 
It's another co-worker's birthday this week at work , so I was put to the challenge of making a masculine card. I always turn to Graphic 45's "Good 'Ol Sport" paper line.


So appropriate since it's football season!


That's it from me this week. Enjoy your week ahead!
N~