CAS250 and JAI389 Krafty Noel

Happy Monday, peeps!  What a great weekend!  It snowed a lovely snow, I got my Christmas tree up (not decorated though), I made cookies, Army won the Army-Navy game by one point (although I felt sad for the Navy kicker who missed), so my West Point nephew and his mom, my sister, were happy......and the Eagles won as well!  I am not a football fan really, but I like it when the teams that my family likes win!  I even squeaked in a tiny bit of crafting time for two challenges:  Just Add Ink and CAS(E) this Sketch:

I started with a thick white cardstock base, some kraft cardstock from last year's catalog, and Tranquil Tide cardstock for my greenery!  So here we go:

I diecut my kraft cardstock with a Lil'Inker stitched rectangle die, and although it's hard to see, I stamped a vintage Christmasy background on it with Crumb Cake ink, then added my greenery, diecut with a Tim Holtz die.  I sponged the Tranquil Tide greenery with white craft ink, then added some chunky cut glitter for "snow":

 

A Pretty Pink Posh diecut tag was stamped with a sentiment from Joyful Noel by Concord & 9th, then tied up with some Very Vanilla thick baker's twine.  I popped up the kraft piece with dimensionals to make up for the thickness of the twine.  I love this look!

And speaking of pines, the family went out and cut their tree yesterday:

Cassidy found just the right tree (check out the boots) with Mommy and Ganae:

And helped Wayne carry it back to the car:

Eden approved!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Background (Stampendous), Joyful Noel (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Tranquil Tide, Kraft (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Craft White
Accessories	Chunky Glitter (ret), Very Vanilla Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Die (Lil'Inker), Holiday Greens Die (Tim Holtz), Stitched Tags Die (Pretty Pink Posh), 1/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

GDP065 and MCC10 Cabin in the Woods

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Halfway through the week!  I was excited to see the color challenge at Global Design Project:

Of course, when I made my card, I used CHERRY COBBLER instead of Real Red....sigh.  I think I have Christmas overload brain!  But I like my card anyway, so I am entering it and that will be that! 

I have SO many Christmas stamps, sometimes I actually forget which ones I have!  This is one of them.....it's sort of a seasonal stamp that could be used for Christmas; it's from Inkadinkado, and I stamped it on Crumb Cake in Early Espresso and added some white watercolor pencil as well as white Craft ink in the snowy areas:

The background was stamped with a Stampendous Christmas background stamp in Tip Top Taupe, and I also stamped some pinecone images from an Artistic Outpost stamp set in Crumb Cake, then sponged the edges of everything!  I added some glitter to the snowy areas too:

For my glittery sprig, I diecut some Early Espresso cardstock with a Tim Holtz Greenery die, coated it with Versamark and Heat and Stick powder, heated it up,  then coated it with some Martha Stewart glitter:

Finally, I stamped a sentiment from Sweet & Sassy (Holiday Greetings) in the bottom corner!  

I am also entering this in the Merry Christmas Challenge, which is to make a snowy scene!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana has been doing some part-time waitressing, and one of her customers gave her some money for Cassidy to spend, so she did some shopping at a craft show last weekend.  Of course, a cookie was high on the list, and it is a cute cookie, as far as cookies go:

Having no front teeth does not stop her from eating around it until she got to the most important part:

Yum!

 Enjoy your day & be blessed!

WAW209 and IM224

Happy Thursday, peeps!  The weekend is almost here!  I am sharing a card today that I made as a “thank you” to a customer who ordered several Christmas cards.  I used a digital verse from Word Art Wednesday and the sketch that I LOVE from Inkspire Me; here it is:

And here’s my card:

I printed the verse on a sheet of parchment paper, diecut it and mounted it on a scallop panel of Lost Lagoon:

I thought it was a good verse for the Thanksgiving season!  The papers are all from a 6x6” Simple Stories stack called Harvest Lane; I added some crochet trim and stitched leaves from Lawn Fawn for my embellishments.  Paper Pumpkin provided the sentiment on the inside:

And here is the card she ordered; I printed out some sheet music from Old Design Shop, then stamped the Nativity scene in Stazon ink on top.  I added a gold glimmer star, a stitched mat in Bravo Burgundy and some gold trim.  I love how this turned out!

Thanks for visiting today!

Making oatmeal cookies with Grammy!  Cooking and baking seem to be real highlights for her…of course, she likes to lick the bowl afterwards!  (Some day I’ll figure out a new place in my tiny kitchen to hide my trash and recycle…it seems to be in every photo!)

SIP20 and SFF102315

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I wanted to title this post “The Saga of the Sad Christmas Children”…..but that would have been too long, LOL!  So here’s how it started; I wanted to use this interesting color combo featured at Stamp, Ink Paper this week:

along with the sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday:

I had it in my mind that I had to make a Christmas card….so I looked through my vast array of Christmas stamps, trying to find one that would support Blushing Bride..not an easy task!  I found these wee sisters on a sled in an Artistic Outpost set called Sleigh Ride.  I stamped a Christmas background from Stampendous on some Very Vanilla, then stamped the girls in Early Espresso on top.  I had diecut this “merry” from some Gold Foil paper, so I thought I would use that.  Put it on an Early Espresso horizontal panel, added a some gold embellishments and it was done.

But the more I looked at those somber little faces, the more incongruous that “merry” looked….finally, I just had to rip it off.  It just did not fit.  And I don’t know why they look so sad….maybe their wee little cheeks are cold from being out in the snow? Don't they realize CHRISTMAS is coming?

SO, I redid the panel; added some lace; heat embossed a vintage sentiment in Gold Glory embossing powder and changed the gold circle to a gold scallop oval:

So they’re still somber, but at least now they are not faking being merry!  And I just got some new PTI goodies, and this sentiment fit perfectly for the inside:

Enjoy your day!

Somehow, blue jello landed in my grocery cart this week, so we had a jello-making morning (and just for the record, I don’t think anyone, especially children, should eat anything colored blue….too much artificial stuff for my liking!).  But somehow I got coerced:

And it wasn’t just blue; it was FROZEN Chilled Berry blue!!!  AAAHHHHH!

KJ224 & MM

Happy Thursday, everyone!  The week is winding down….hope you’re having a good one.  I haven’t made a Christmas card lately, and I know come December, I’ll be scrambling!  The Merry Monday challenge this week is to create a card with a non-evergreen tree:

I also wanted to participate in the Kraft Journal’s Anything Goes-Vintage challenge, so I pulled out a pretty scene from an Artistic Outpost set called Midwinter and stamped it in Always Artichoke on some really, really old SU DSP:

I had some pretty maroon paper that was a gift, and I stamped some of the words from a Stampendous Christmas Background at the bottom:

and to finish it off, I stamped a sentiment from a Cornish Heritage Farm set called The Fir Tree:

I added a Neutral glimmer brad and some burlap twine for a rustic look.  I added some Wink of Stella glimmer to all the snowy areas, but you’ll have to take my word for how pretty it looks, as it is invisible in the photo!  Another card added to my stash!

Cassidy had her “official” pre-school graduation yesterday; her preschool class was in a local high school, and she was taught by Early Childhood Education sophomores, juniors and seniors who are considering being teachers in the future.  It’s a great program, the children get lots of attention and the teacher who is in charge does a great job of mentoring the “peer tutors”, as they are called, as well as the preschoolers themselves!  They shared some artwork, a couple songs and they recited a poem.  I will admit to a couple of tears while watching them!  So I will share a few pix today and the rest of the week too:

Cassidy with her diploma….”Look at the owl, Grammy!”

And with Grampy and Grammy in her classroom:

Enjoy your day!

FMS166 and CCMC50

A quick post today, although this card took me WAY longer than it should have!  Still stocking up on Christmas cards, using the Colour Me…! challenge colors of Night of Navy and Silver:

and the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from Karren:

I just got a new Stampendous background stamp and I paired it with a vintage sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms:

I stamped the background in Encore Silver, matted it on a Brushed silver mat and adhered it to a Night of Navy card.  The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy and I added a little seam binding and a silver bell diecut with a Lil’Inker’s die:

Another one for the stash!

Cassidy being goofy:

A recent conversation with her; she was sitting in Grampy’s chair and pulled an orange highlighter out from his Bible: 

Cassidy: “Grammy, what is this?”

Grammy:  “It’s a highlighter.”

Cassidy:  “Does real flame come out of it?”

Out of the mouths of babes!

Quick & Easy

I have a messy craft table. It had lots of DP and scraps and just bits & pieces floating around. I made up my mind that today I was not going to do any challenges, just make some cards, very simple, quick and easy, and use up the scraps on my table. And they had to be (mostly) men's cards. I tend to make them simple because what do you think they do with them? Right. So why spend the time? So here they are. Most are with Soft Sky, Old Olive, Kraft and Fall Flowers DP. There is one oddball with Purely Pomegranate. I'm not putting any recipes, it will be too long! Enjoy!