Merry Christmas Cyber Friends

I got this cute Link to a very nice christmas video card from my SIL for Christmas , it is aboutthe true meaning of Christmas I thought it was nice so I thought I would share it with my FRiends online...

Here is the link

MERRY CHRISTMAS

There is a link to the art work and music at the bottom of the first link... but my SIL works at a gallery that carries more work of the artist Liz Lemon Swindle, so If you are interested in looking at that after Seeing the video follow this Link...

Repartee Gallery

Pinks and Blues

I made quite a few Birthday and Anniversary cards for Dec. on Sat.! I havent found time to post. I thought I would take a few minutes to post them, sorry they might lack some info. I used my cuttle bug and SU Pocket Silhouettes and Wonderful Words.
I am so sorry that set is being retired. I stamped with clear embossing Ink and used Black Embossing powder on all images.


Then I began to play.



I either used
Pink Piruoette or Baja Blue for color. All the cards have Black and GP white. Most of the ribbon is Offray I purchased at Wal-mart.



2 of the cards use the DP from Me & My big Ideas"modern Milano" I used on the winter anniversary in my last post.



I finally had a chance to use my filigree brads set also. I glued down the large one and filled it with Clear tacky glue. The small one was secured to the cardstock with the ribbon.
I hope you like them they were simple because I dont have a lot of time.

I cant believe Christmas, the Wedding, and the reception are creeping up on me so quickly. I am so NOT ready to travel across the states in the winter. I hope we have better weather next week coming up...

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

A pair of Anniversary Cards

I needed to make some Anniversary cards I never realized so many people get married in Dec., until now... I did the Technique Lovers Challenge on SplitCoastStampers this week, number 199 to make a starburst out of the Tag punches from SU. It was a fun thing to do and I think it turned out great. I made it last night talked to a friend on the phone while I cut the assembled Star burst out. She recommened the white It turned out great. I used my martha Stewart fern/pine bough punch I am loving it... The Directions can be found HERE, its fun.

I used Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, and GP White. I shaped the circles with my MM Circle cutting system. I stamped MR & MRS from Taggers Dozen in Old olive. I like how it turned out. Its off in the mail to my Friend now.



The other Anniversary Card is also off in the mail now. I used Festive Favorites I liked how the two snowpeople in the center were looking at each other and thought I think I'll try it as an Anniversary Card. What do you think? I think It turned out cute, I also wrote happy Holidays inside. I got this great ribbon Set inthe mail a MM holiday assortment it had the great Snowflake trim so I used it to Accent the card. I cut out the "Couple" and raised them on dimensionals. I used glitter piant to frostify the snow and make them look "magical". the DP is from an assortment I picked up at either Michaels or Target...by Me & My BIG ideas, called Modern Milan. I have been using it ona few cards lately that I need to post still. It is so nice finding some time to Stamp...Its been FUN!

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Cards...I made some cards!!!

Tonight I finally got to use my new stamp set from There She Goes. I really liked the quotes and leaf patterns in her sets so I had to have...Butterfly Happiness... I also ordered a set of three Card boxes and covered them last Friday,...but I forgot to take a picture...heck I almost didnt get them covered...check out Jessicas Blog though she has some great samples there.

I used SU Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana cardstock. SU Certainly Celery, Barely Banana and Close to Cocoa Classic Ink. I used MM paper distressing kit to sand and rough edges, and a torn sponge to age the edges with Close to Cocoa.

I also Used the SU Canvas Backgrounder to stamp the Barely Banana Cardstock ...sorry to see it being retired..I use it alot. I used Offray brown ribbon from Wal-mart and some striped I got from Target dollar spot a year ago, rubbed with water and Close to Cocoa ink.

I hope you like the cards.

The past few months have kept me extremely busy. This morning I completed my 6 dresses...I would bore you to death telling you everything I finished up in the last few weeks but it was a lot..I will post some pictures later.

Until Later ... Happy Stamping!

Awesome Autumn Antics

During October I participated in an Awesome Antics Rak. I have been waiting to post the following for over a Month now...Since it is Thanksgiving I decided I would do it today.

The requirements required using the favorite fall colors of the recipient..I had a hard time with her colors Purple and Tan. This is what I came up with I hope she liked it.

I masked the Leaves from a Fall Folliage stamp set I got from a friend and stamped them with Timber Brown StazOn..then I colored with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Water Color pencils. I used Perfect Plum to matte the image and I cant remember the color of the base I think it was Very Vanilla or Sahara Sand. I used Argyle EF in my Cuttlebug to emboss and I used a little Acorn brad I picked up at Target $ spot last fall.

We also needed to make an altered item, so I made 2. One was this gratitude coaster book.

I made it so my Acorn could write down things she cherished or was thankful for this Thanksgiving. I used some Fall papers that had some tan and Purple and bound it with my bind it all I added the Purple tags and scalloped edge for more of her favorite fall colors.

Second I made some vanilla bath salts in light yellow and purple.. I found a bath salt tin at Michaels and discovered the Circle opening was the perfect size for the new SU large Crcle punch. so I wrote Bath Salats on a piece of Paper probably should have used my printer and then punched and slid it up into the opening. I put her initial on the label. I hope she likes it.

I am still frantically working on wedding stuff. I hoep to make another post to show some of that stuff this weekend.

Until Later Have a Great Thankssgiving and may you find Much in your life to be thnaksful for and ...Happy Stamping!

More VSN

I have been neglecting my blog lately only because I have been way too busy.

I did make some cards for VSN I posted a few, but not all so I thought I would play catch up today.



I made these 2 cards for an Anniversary and as a thank you.
The first used the Merry and Bright snowman, and Wonderful Words stamp sets.
the second used the Merry and Bright Tree.

I used my Snowflake Embossing folder on both and Dvine swirls for the black panel.
I used my Scallop circle punch to round off the edge on my trees after trimming them close. The VSN was too make a geometric Shape...I was attempting to make the trees look like a snow flake. Its a 4.25 by 4.25 square card.

I used Jet Black StazOn for staping and water color wonder crayons for painting. I used GP White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Ridinghood Red for the second and GP White, Ridinghood Red, Certainly Celery and a Black for the first. I hope you enjoy them.

Sorry I am late in posting. Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

VSN

I went to bed Thursday night with a knot in my neck and a slight headache..It wasnt any better hwen I woke up on Friday morning...I finally found sometime to create and I was sore and having a lot of pain...UGH!!

I had a terrible day Friday morning a dead battery in the car and I took a fall down the stairs dont ask me how I still dont know...I went to the chiropractor and came home and took a very long nap...Still had a pain on Saturday another very long nap and on Sunday , church and a long drive to a Memorial Service for my friends' father passed away last week...

My neck has felt a little better each day since and today its relatively pain free which is a good thing...the other good thing..that despite sleeping the weekend away i still managed to make 4 cards that I think turned out very cute... today I'll post the Birthday cards I made for my niece and Nephew they had a party Friday that was a lot of fun for my little boys...I used some old SU retired colors that I am uncertain of for the card bases...sorry! trying to use up some old supplies this year...

I also made them for a few VSN things this weekend the pink one use the thumping technique and the green one for Chorus Line...three of the same image in a row...the monkeys needed to look like they were swinging through the trees...I used the swiss dots and Birthday words EF's placement was determined by the big birthday word running up the one side. the sentiment came from Buirthday Whimsy..the Pink one used Bitty Blossoms Backgrounder retired and markers to thump with color after the whole image was inked up with Certainly Celery. I matted the image with CC also and decided it needed a notch. so I punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch. the ribbon was a buy from the $ bin at michaels this summer. The cake image is from So many Scallops...Keep forgetting I have that set...The EF is Floral Fantasy. I adde the metal dimensional spot in White and put the scallopped punched out matting up on dimesionals...It felt good to maek some cards againt hat werent wedding announcements...LOL

I have two more cards to post tomorrow.

Until later... Happy Stamping!