Hi there

Well today is the first day of my holidays and I’m loving it. I am already starting to feel relaxed.  Yesterday afternoon we headed out to Kariotahi to catch up with Phil’s relatives that are over from the States.  It was so nice to see them again.

Here are that last of my Christmas cards for 2013.  Both these cards have been CASED from Deena Boos – I kept the first card pretty much the same as hers although I added a bow (love my bows tied with my bow maker) instead of tying a knot.

Supplies:
Card One
Stamp – Tag It
Card Stock – Gumball Green, Whisper White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
DSP – Season of Style Paper Stack
Other – Gumball Green Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Chalk Talk Framelits

Card Two
Stamp – Tag It, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock – Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
Other – Season of Style Washi Tape, Chalk Talk Framelits, Dimensionals

Well only two more sleeps till Christmas 🙂

Hi there

With Christmas just around the corner I thought I’d better blog two cards in the one post otherwise I’m never going to show you everything before THIS Christmas.  I think my New Years resolution will be to blog on a more regular basis.

Now I’m not sue who the original creator was of this layout as I’ve seen so many on the web – but whoever it was ‘thank you’ for such a cool use of the Mosaic Madness set and punch.  I used my colour coach to decide which ‘greens’ I’d use.

Supplies:
Stamp – Mosaic Madness, Wishing You
Card Stock – Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Ink – Gumball Green, Real Red Midnight Muse, Silver Metallic Encore
Other – Mosaic Punch, Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, Rhinestones

We’ve had beautiful weather this weekend – it’s been really hot.  This afternoon we had big crashes of thunder but no rain.

Well this is the last week of work for 2013 – I hope you all have a great week.

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Here’s another Christmas card I’ve made which I CASED from one of my favourite Australian demos – Marelle Taylor – Thanks Marelle for yet another great card idea.  I used the greeting from the Wishing You stamp set which has been my ‘go to’ set for this years Christmas cards.

Stamp – Wishing You
Card Stock – Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder
DSP – Season of Style DSP Paper Stack
Other – Apothecary Accents Framelits, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Crop-A-Dile (retired)

Hi there

Here we are at the beginning of the last month for 2013!  I must be getting older as the years just seem to be flying by.  It’s hard to believe there are only three more weeks of work till the Christmas break.  We have some family arriving from the US and Europe and I’m looking forward to spending time with them again.

Today’s card is a remake of one I did last year but using this years papers from the Season of Style Paper Stack.  I’ve really enjoyed using these papers for projects and I still have more to share.

To create this card I cut 12  1″ squares and stuck them on a piece of copy paper and ran it through the Big Shot with the Top Note Die, trimmed to the perforation and then ran it through the Big Shot with my favourite Embossing Folder – Square Lattice folder.  I then cut another Top Note from Cherry Cobbler card stock and adhered the two together before adding the sentiment and bow.

Supplies:
Stamp – Embellished Events
Card Stock – Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Naturals White
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
DSP – Season of Style DSP Paper Stack
Other – Top Note Die, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1″ Square Punch

I’ll be back soon with more Christmas creations.