Santa Ornaments

 

Good morning!  Hope you had a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving, I certainly did.  I had all five of my kids home plus my Dalton and got to talk with my brother and two of my sisters(the other one was out shopping when I called her). 

My project for today is a cute Santa(belly) ornament that I have been seeing around for a couple years.  They are made from the clear ornaments you find at craft stores, just add Pledge floor wax/Future Shine to the inside, drain, add glitter, and decorate the outside.  I found these tiny clear balls so had to give them a try as well.  I didn't notice that they were iridescent until I got them home which makes the glitter look a little different but they are still cute.  Thanks for stopping by!

Santa's Sleigh

Good morning!  Today's project will be one of the choices of my upcoming Bags & Tags class.  The sleigh was cut with a Sizzix die and then I added a few gifts made with the 1 inch square punch and the the Blossom punch.  Here is a close up of the tag, I used the Snowflake die and cut it with Silver Glimmer Paper.  The rosette is made from Be of Good Cheer DSP, a 1 1/4 scallop circle of Gumball Green, a 1 inch circle of Cherry Cobbler, and the sentiment is a 3/4 inch circle stamped from the Mixed Medley set.  The ribbon is Cherry Cobbler 3 1/4 inch Scalloped Tulle Ribbon.

The bottom of the bag is covered with Wool Felt and I added some chunky glitter to make it look like snow drifts but the sleigh ended up covering most of it up.  The top layer is DSP from Snow Festival.

Thanks for stopping by!

More Mittens

Good morning!  Today I have another mitten card to share.  I saw a card with this same design on Pinterest but with non SU products so I decided to make it using Stampin Up.  I love how it turned out!  I used some non-traditional colors(even some Halloween DSP) which is out of my comfort zone but the addition of the Cherry Cobbler made the difference.  The Mitten builder Punch will not carry over from the Holiday Mini catalog so if it is on your list, you better get it before Jan 3.  Thanks for stopping by!

Make a Mitten

 

  Good Monday morning!  Today I have a Christmas card using the Make a Mitten stamp set and the Mitten Builder Punch.  The card stock colors are Real Red, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White.  The DSP is retired and not sure f the name. 

Today starts a HUGE sale at Stampin Up, up to 50% on some items!  There are also 2 door buster days, today and Nov. 28th which is the last day of the sale.  I will be placing an order today if you need something or you can order online.  You can check out the promotion here.

Come to Bethlehem

Good Saturday afternoon!  Today I have a Christmas card to share using the stamp set Come to Bethlehem.  The DSP is retired and the card stock colors are Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla.  I also want to remind you that SU will have some very good specials going on next week, many things discounted some up to 50%.  You can see all the specials by going to the SU website.  Thanks for stopping by!

Winter Memories

Good morning!  Today I have one of the cards from my next Christmas card class (also my last one  for 2012).  The stamp is from the Winter Memories set.  I love all the images in this set but knew the amount of coloring involved would make using this image less attractive to some of my ladies.  So, I did a second card with just a little coloring.

Now, I don't know which one I like the most.  I am leaning toward  the second one which just might be the card I make as my family Christmas card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Deer Season

Good morning!  It is deer season in Southern Illinois and it was very obvious last evening, I went to the grocery store after Church and it was packed with men in camouflage.  I thought only women blocked gathered in the isles to talk, it was kind of funny to see  what they were buying too.   So, I was inspired to make a masculine Christmas card and of course it had to include a deer.  I used DSP from the Festival of Prints Paper Stack long with the deer image from Winter Post stamp set.  Thanks for stopping by!

Single Stamps

Good morning!  Do you ever see a stamp set and fall in love with one particular image but just don't care for the whole set?  Well Stampin' Up now has some single image stamps available.  They are only available until Jan 3rd so check them out.  Would be awesome stocking stuffers. 

I'll be back later with a card to show you, I can't seem to get my act together very well this week. 

Gratitude

Good afternoon!  Yesterday I had a pleasant surprise from a friend, she stopped by and was telling me about some Amish bread she had a starter for and offered me a starter.  When she returned a little later, she brought this bag with a beautiful card and two loaves of bread, two starters, recipes, and even the bags to divide my starter into.  The friends I have made through Stampin' Up are by far the best part of it.  We don't have any family closer than an 8 hour drive so I treasure every one of my stamping friends.  Thank you, Elaine, you made my day!

 

 

I got busy right away making a Thank You card for my awesome gift.  Thanks for stopping by!

Elegant Bird

Good Monday morning!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend, mine was full but good.  Last night I helped our GA(Girls in Action) group at church make these Elegant Bird ornaments.  We have been making ornaments that we will sell to raise money to donate to the Lottie Moon offering which funds Missions.  It was a lot of fun but loud, lots of girls all talking at once.  I took my Big shot and let them do everything from cutting out the bird to embossing and stamping the tag.  Some have crooked wings and the stamping isn't perfect but that is ok.  Thanks for stopping by!