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Here are a couple of the tags that we created at my Christmas Card and Tag class. All of the cards and tags were made using Echo Park's Season Greetings paper, chipboard and cardstock stickers.
Here are a few more cards.
Have a wonderful and safe New Year!
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I am so excited to share a layout with you that I created for an article written by Valerie Salmon-Got Sketch?, for Scrapbook Etc. Online. The article is called I Scrap U Scrap and it is a sketch based article. This particular sketch really inspired me and so I ended up creating one of my favorite layouts for this year. The page was created using Echo Park's line called Winter Park. I just love the colors and fun embellishments in this line.
So here is the direct link to the article. There are a many more takes on this same sketch by the other Got Sketch Master Designers. You can also see the original sketch and Valerie's own layout.
http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/blogs/iscrapuscrap/2011/12/16/valerie-salmons-lucky-13-sketch/
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I am taking a little bit of a break right now from my blog as I am visiting my family in Florida. But I've got a few cards to share with you from a class that I taught in early December.
I'll be back with a few more tomorrow. Have a wonderful week!!
Christine
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Just a quick post to show you my Anything Goes project for Simon Says Stamp challenge blog this week. I made this for one of the girls on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog team. Hopefully she has received it and has already seen it and I am not spoiling her surprise!
I cut this SVG Cuts file out on my Cricut. It is part of the Santa's Visit set. The paper I used is from the Christmas Wishes collection from Bella Blvd. I also used my beloved Petaloo flowers to decorate each side of the sleigh. They are from the Devon collection and are made of the softest mulberry paper. They also have little bits of glitter on them that are just beautiful.
Here is the sleigh filled with lots of fun goodies. It was very sturdy and I was able to load it up with a lot of fun sweet treats and crafty stuff!! For all of you Cricut lovers, Simon Says Stamp carries a bunch of Cricut cartridges, accessories and machines. They also have my favorite Cricut storage solution. It is made by Art Bin and it is fabulous. I have two!
So have fun and show us your project for this week. It's anything goes so upload anything crafty! There is a fantastic gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Online store to giveaway for one lucky winner picked randomly from all of the entries.
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Wow, the week's have just flown by. I can't believe Christmas is this weekend. So one last challenge for you before the holiday. So would ou like to play Bingo? This week your challenge is to complete a card using this Bingo card. Just pick three squares across, down, or diagonal and use these items on your card. Then link up your card on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.
For my card I used the top row, Ribbon, Gems, and Glitter. I also used two new Magnolia stamps from the 2011 Christmas collection. When I saw Tilda sitting there with her Teddy Bear I just new I needed to color her. It's she so sweet sitting on her large present?
I used Ranger Red Stickles on the bow and the red gems are from an old circle set from Heidi Swapp I think. The flowers and sequin centers are from Petaloo. I love these flowers for my cards.
So link up your card to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to have a chance to win this $50 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp! There are so many great things to get there. I can't wait to see your creation!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!
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Hello all. How are your preparations coming for the holiday season. I am getting very close to wrapping everything up. Just a couple more projects and some baking and I will be ready.
I love making cards but at Christmas I also love making gift tags. When I saw this cute little stocking I knew that it would be a perfect image for a tag. This sweet image is part of the Lollipop Chrstams Bundle. You can find it in Lori's Digi Shop on this page.
For this tag I colored the image with my Copics and then cut it out. Then I adhered it with foam dots to a oval Spellbinder die stack that I cut out of matching cardstock. The cute little white dots that you see were made with Rangers White Enamel Accents. It is so easy and fun to use.
This tag was so easy to make that I think that I will whip up a couple more so I will have one for each of my gifts. Don't forget to stop by Lori's blog to check out the other wonderful projects that the design team has created this week.
Have a wonderful day and be sure to stop back tomorrow. I'll have another fun challenge for you.
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Oh I know that I am a little late in posting this layout on my blog but I really don't want to wait until next fall. :)
These are some of my favorite pictures of my son Brett when he was small. I love the sunlight in his hair and those rosy cheeks. He is probably about a year old.
This layout was posted on the Petaloo blog for the hop between Petaloo and Core'dinations. I absolutely had a ball using all of the Color Me Crazy flowers that are colored to match the Core'dinations paper perfectly.
The Core'dinations paper you see in this picture was run through my Big Shot in a Cuttlebug folder called Swiss Dots. The white core of the paper shows through the embossing.
The flourish you see in the picture above was cut from a die by Tim Holtz. I love using flourishes as accents pieces to my flower groupings.
Well thanks for stopping by. I hope that you are getting all of your shopping done and are ready for the holidays. I still have some baking to do as well as some gifts to make for friends. I did take some time out today to take some pictures of Garrett. He is now 5 months old and such a happy baby. Do you think that he resembles Brett?
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Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Challenge! We've got a fun sketch for you this week. It's got lots of possibilities!!
Here is my take on the sketch. I used La La Land Crafts stamps this week. I just loved this little angel. She is so pretty and I decorated her in Gold and Diamond Stickles so she sparkles from head to toe beautifully. For the scalloped rows I used a QuicKutz border set that I have and layered them in different patterned papers. The patterned papers are from LilyBee Designs, called Jingle and they are so pretty. Then I stitched along the top of each row with my sewing machine.
Here is a close up of all that beautiful glitter. For the flower stack I used Petaloo flowers from their TieDye Collection. The color matched my patterned paper perfectly. (Say that 10 times fast!) Then I used Petaloo's Seguin Garland for the center of one flower and the Kaiser Pearls in Champagne for the others. The swirly die cut flourish that you see is from Memory Box. These dies are exquisite. They are so delicate and beautiful. The little leaf branches are a EK Success Slim Line Punch.
So link up your card to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to have a chance to win this $50 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp! There are so many great things to get there. I can't wait to see your creation!
So this little Santa (me) would love to hear what is on your crafty wish list. Leave me a comment telling me what is on top of your list and be entered to win a fun holiday prize.
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Hello and how is everyone today? Doing well I hope. I've been good but have been seriously thinking about a lot of things lately, specifically what I want to do when I grow up. :) I thought that I had it all figured out when I was younger but things change. Life changes, and all the things that I thought I had figured out changed. So now I find myself searching for answers again. Still, through it all, my fantastic and supportive family and my love for crafts keeps me going. 2013 is on it's way and I know it's going to bring a lot of changes. Hoping for some great ones.
Today I want to share a card I created for By LORi Designs. Her characters just make me smile. I love coloring them. This sweet little elf is part of the Lollipop collection called Christmas Bundle 1. It includes this little girl, a stocking full of gifts, a older girl in a Santa hat and a present. A huge bundle for just $5. The sentiment I used is from By LORi Designs too.
Here is a closeup of the digi image. I used R35 and R37 to color her hat and suit. For the black areas I used W1, W3, W5, and W7 and a little bit of 110(Special Black).
I also wanted to incorporate the green color from the patterned paper in the image so I created striped stockings on her. Please stop by Lori's blog for more inspiration from the other girls. I've had a sneak peek and their cards are amazing.
Christine
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Where does the time go? I can't believe it's already December and the year is almost over. I've been rushing around trying to get all of my holiday preperations going and wondering if I will get it all done. We decorated our tree last night so check that off the list and I'm going to try to get the kids to do their gingerbread house tonight. I love that even though they are older they still love to do all of the our tradional events each year.
So today I have a new challenge for you at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog. Our challenge to you is to make a card that is inspired by the pictures below. The grouping was done with Pinterest which by the way if you haven't yet signed up you should. Need an invite just leave me a comment and I'll get one out to you. :)
(Courtesy of Pinterest)
Here is my card for this week. I was inspired by the Christmas trees, the glitter and the antique colors. The paper by Authentique that I picked has that vintage feel to it too.
It's sort of hard to see but if you look closely you can see little raised dots around the image. I cut my image out with an oval Spellbinders die and then created little dots with Ranger's White Enamel Accents. It is the most amazing product. Much easier to use than Perfect Pearls I think. It dries really quick and leaves a beautiful shiny dimensional perfectly round dot.
I covered Tilda's dress with Stickles so there is a lot of shine onit and colored her little head band with a Clear Star Jelly Roll pen by Sakura.
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The tree was cut out on my Silhouette using the cut shown above. I also created an offset shape from it so that my tree had a matting around it. The sentiment came from a cardstock punchout in the Authentique Wonders line and I used punches for the mats around it.
Don't forget to link up your challenge card to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to be eligible to win a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store. If you haven't stopped by lately you really should. They have so many new items coming in weekly and carry everything for your stamping and scrapbooking needs. Just go to the top of the page and type in the search box what you are looking for and you will see.
See you next week!!
Supplies used. Click on the image to take you directly to each item.
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