TJ's 1st Birthday Card

On October 29th, my son turned One and this is the birthday card that I made him.

The patterned papers are from Doodlebug's Snips & Snails paper line and I used them with Bazzill Pacific, Intense Kiwi and a yellow cardstock.

To embellish this card, I used buttons from the Beaver Bay Quilt Shop, My Favorite Things Ribbon and embroidery floss from my stash.

I also used the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge, Don Juan Cricut Cartridge, Spellbinders Star Circles Nestability and Spellbinders Small & Large Circle Nestabilities.

The stamp sets I used are CTMH's Party Pennants and CC Designs Best Birthday Wishes.

I am also designing his 1st Birthday Album with the same paper line. I won't be posting it on my blog because I have already glued the photos onto the layouts and I don't post many photos on my blog.

So, if you would like to see what I have done so far on his album, just ask to see it the next time you are in the store.

Merry Christmas 2012 #5

This version of my Christmas Card is one of my favourites because it is so colourful and fun.

The patterned paper was from a mini Echo Park Christmas release this Fall with Bazzill cardstock.

The ribbon on the first card is from Vintage Pixie, the other ribbon is from American Crafts and again, I used an EK Success Tree Border Punch.

The stamps are CTMH's Holiday Wishes and Christmas Love.

This is my last version of this Christmas Card.

Merry Christmas 2012 #4

For this card, I used Stampin' Up ribbon and an EK Success border punch for the trees. 

The 3rd card front was the main patterned paper I was using from Basic Grey. I had then prepped too many card fronts and didn't have enough patterned paper to make up the cards.

So, for the 1st card front, I used some scrap paper from Shanna's scrap bin because that is where I was scrapbooking that day (Thank you Shanna!). For the 2nd card front, I used paper from BoBunny's 6 x 6 paper pad Rejoice Collection.

The stamps sets are CTMH's Christmas Love & another CTMH Stamp Set that I borrowed from Shanna, but forgot to write the name down.

Merry Christmas 2012 #3

For this Christmas Card, I used BoBunny Floral Double Dot Patterned Paper with Bazzill cardstock.

The ribbon is We R Memory Keepers and I used an EK Success border punch for the trees.

The stamp sets are CTMH's Holiday Wishes and Christmas Love.

Merry Christmas 2012 #2

I posted this same card, but with different papers a few months ago.

This is my main Christmas card this year. I have made 100 of these cards. I either made the card based on the patterned paper that I had or the ribbon that I had.

The next few posts are going to show you the different papers & ribbons that I used with the same design of card.

The patterned paper on this card is from Imaginisce's Hello Cupcake line with Bazzill cardstock.

I used We R Memory Keepers ribbon and an EK Success border punch for the trees.

The stamp sets are CTMH's Holiday Wishes & Christmas Love.

Inspire, Create, Imagine

I love playing with the "Washi" Tape. The pinwheel or flower on this card and the polk-a-dot border are all done with decorative tape. 

I used We R Memory Keepers Love 2 Craft 6 x 6 paper pack with Black Prismatic & a green Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used My Mind's Eye Indie Chic tape and a BoBunny Hello Sunshine Brad.

I have fallen so in love with decorative tape, that I now have a decent stash of it to go to when I feel the need to tape up a card or scrapbook page.

Trio Snowman Cards

After making the card on my previous post, I had exactly enough scraps to make these three cards. 

I used My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas Merry & Bright and Tinsel two-sided patterned papers with BoBunny Kiwi & Aquamarine Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used We R Memory Keepers Red Brads and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

The snowmen were water coloured with CTMH Water Colour Pencil Crayons and CTMH Holiday Red & Lagoon Ink.

I used CTMH's Flakey Friends Stamp Set (these are the 3 different snowmen that come in the stamp set) and Kraftin' Kimmie's Christmas Interior Sentiments Stamp Set.

Today is your last chance to take advantage of Close to My Heart's November Promotion by placing an order with Shanna.

Purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5.00 and you can purchase any stamp set for half price!

Oh Sparkly Christmas Tree!

I have been wanting to play with American Crafts Tinsel, but never found the right stamp to use it on until I got this tree stamp. Then I had inspiration for the tinsel.

I used My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas Merry & Bright & Tinsel two-sided patterned papers with Best Creations Olive Green Glitter Paper, Bazzill Intense Kiwi cardstock & Bazzill Grenadine cardstock.

To embellish this card, I used an EK Success Medium Snowflake Punch, Stamping Bella Pink Orchid 5mm Dots & American Crafts Cotton Candy Spark Tinsel with Flower Soft glue. I lightly tapped the tinsel after sprinkling it on the glue to make sure that all the tinsel pieces that were going to stick would stay.

I used CTMH's Holiday Wishes, Fill in the Blank - Holiday and Pear & Partridge Scrapbooking Workshop Stamp Sets with CTMH Topiary Ink.

Don't forget to take advantage of CTMH's Great Promotion this month by placing an order with Shanna this Friday, November 16th. 

If you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5.00, you can purchase any stamp set at Half Price. To purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5.00, you must spend $50.00 on anything in the catalogue before shipping & taxes.

Tomorrow's post is going to be a Snowman Card using the scrap papers leftover after making 6 of these cards for my stash.

Oh Christmas Tree!

I have been dying to play with this Close to My Heart Stamp Set for some time now. I had this idea in my head, but just needed to find the time.

Last week, I finally found the time to create the card & made 5 of them for my stash, but then trying to get it up on my blog was another story....but here I am.

I used KaiserCraft's Just Believe Collection: Remember & Hymn two-sided patterned papers with Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH buttons (an old line), CTMH Green Assortment Brads, CTMH Neutral Assortment Baker's Twine, Bazzill rub-ons (Merry Christmas) & embroidery floss from my stash.

I also used a Stampin' Up Border Punch and a Martha Stewart Border Punch for the strips down the side of the card.

The stamp sets I used were, CTMH's Pear & Partridge Scrapbooking Workshop Stamp Set (the tree & the snowflakes on the inside of the card) & Kraftin' Kimmie's Christmas Interior Sentiments Stamp Set with CTMH New England Ivy & Chocolate Ink and Momento Black Ink.

Shanna has a Close to My Heart order going in this Friday, November 16th. There is also a promotion going on that if you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5.00, you get to pick a stamp set from the catalogue for 50% off!

You can contact Shanna or myself to place an order.

Watch for tomorrow's post to see the another card made with this same tree stamp.

Happy Holidays

I used Bazzill cardstock that I had on hand, so I don't know what their names are except for the Bazzill Kraft cardstock.

To make the tree, I used My Mind's Eye Indie Chic tape. The black line was just drawn freehand. 

The "Happy Holidays" is a Bazzill rub-on and I used Karen Foster brads.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from Kraftin' Kimmie's Christmas Interior Sentiments Stamp Set.

TJ's First Birthday Invite

Yes, it's hard to believe, but TJ turned One on October 29, 2012.

This was the invite that I made for his party.

I used Doodlebug's Snips & Snails paper line with Bazzill Pacific & Intense Kiwi cardstock.

The image on the front of the card was made with the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge and for the number one, I used the Don Juan Cricut Cartridge.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH and Die Cuts with a View yellow brads.

I used CTMH's Party Pennants stamp set with Black Momento ink.

The inside of the card & Book Title Index Card were typed out on my computer. 

Buttercup Flower Card for My Stash #5

For my 5th and final installment of the BoBunny Buttercup Flowers, I used Basic Grey's Picadilly 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used BoBunny's Buttercup Dahlia Flower (new flower package from the other cards), Imaginisce Jasmine's Jewel Brads and My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Pictures Tape. I also used Stampin' Up punches for around the sentiment.

I used Stampin' Up's Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set with Black Momento ink.

Buttercup Flower Card for My Stash #4

For my 4th BoBunny Buttercup Flower Card, I used BoBunny Serenade 6 x 6 paper pad with Bazzill Black Prismatic and Bazzill Rope Swing Dotted Swiss Cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used one of BoBunny's Buttercup Zinnia Flowers, We R Memory Keepers Black Brads and Kaiser Craft Soft Yellow Rhinestones. I also used one of Stampin' Up's Border Punches on the inside of the card.

I used My Favorite Things Vertical Greetings II Stamp Set with Black Momento Ink.