Sunday, January 31, 2010

January card club

Hope everyone is staying warm!! :) This was our image for January card club, from SU's Happy Heart Day. I have the set but never really use it so it was nice to use it this year. There are 6 of us total so we make 6 cards using the selected image. I knew that I wanted to use hat pins - this is my new thing! I saw on a blog where someone was making their own so I thought hmmmmm I can do that! It just so happened to be J's big jewelry making sale the weekend this great idea popped into my head so off I went! I really like how it turned out, and it was really easy to do! The layout on the card was an idea I got from a swap. I kept the card I received as a rough draft that I could measure, etc to re-create. Here is the entire card. Here you can see the layers to the card. It is a really cool layout!

I used Basic Grey's Bittersweet paper pad and since the pad was only 6x6 I had to make 2 of each designer paper in order to make my 6 cards. Here you can my group of cards. Hope you like them! I think I am going to head to my room & create something! Hope everyone has a great day!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

December club card

Hello! I am part of a card club, not your normal card club this one is for actually making cards! We get together the last Tuesday of every month & swap the cards we made with the previous months image & also do a project. We decided to skip our swap in December & swapped them last night. This image is from Whipper Snapper. The embossing folder is one of my new ones from the holiday/winter bundle I got off HSN. This was the first time I used it & am very happy with it. I love that the flakes are bigger than the other folders. I have a question for all you bloggers out there. How do I get a "template" so to speak of the recipes so I can post it at the bottom of each of my entries? Is there a way to save it & then just go in & paste it or?? I am new to this so any help is appreciated! :)

Sunday, January 24, 2010

CCEE Stampers challenge

Hi everyone! I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in Ohio it is raining which makes it a great day to stay in & create! I played along with the CCEE Stampers challenge CCEE1003. I wasn't real excited on this one, I threw away my first attempt & started over w/ new colors. I am loving these button bits stamp sets by PTI! I was in need of some more sympathy cards to add to my stash & this stamp was perfect. The sentiment is from PTI's Wishing You set. I wish their buttons came in a variety of all the colors so I could have a little of each to play with (I know they do have a variety set but it doesn't include ALL the colors). :(

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Taylored Expressions Challenge

Here I am with a TE challenge (TESC97). I wanted to ink up this PTI set that I bought back when it came out a few months ago! Sad isn't it??! LOL I even bought this paper specifically to go with it & brought it back on the motorcycle all the way from Pigeon Forge, TN! Even worse huh!! ;) I didn't have any red button that matched so I used some round brads instead, I actually like the look of it with the brads.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

I am back!

Hello everyone! Here I am with another project I did for Christmas. I made these for all the girls in my office & also my secret santa in card club. You can find the tutorial on how to make these here I filled them with hot chocolate, marshmallows, a candy cane & little paper shreds as a filler.

Friday, January 1, 2010

I finally did it!

My New Year's resolution was to start a stamping blog, so here I am & it's only Jan 1! :) I have a few projects to share today, all of them I made for Christmas gifts. My 1st project is a card box that I made for my Grandma. Since Grandma's have everything I always try to get/make her something she will use. So, I made 2 of these little boxes & packed them full of all ocassion cards & even a book of stamps! You can find the instructions here
I also made a stocking gift card holder. Instructions here