I have been very busy this weekend making lots of cards. I made 80 cards on Saturday. I realized the deadline for the Operation Write Home organization was looming over my head and I had not made my Christmas cards for them. So I quickly found some simple designs and went to work. I will share them over the next few days. I will split the cards between Operation Write Home and my son-in-law’s troop.…
Happy Friday everyone! Well we all made it to the end of the week. Things are getting so busy around here. I guess everyone is gearing up for Christmas and getting just as busy as I am. It is important to take some time each day to do something you love to help with the stress. Since I love stamping, I took some time yesterday to make this card. I used the challenge from the…
Yeah, it’s Thursday! I have so much going on right now that sometimes I wonder where my day went. I made this card last night so I would have something to post today. I have to admit I was tired yesterday and had a hard time getting motivated to go to the craft room. I finally got up and headed in there after I had found my color and sketch challenge to use for my…
When I saw the colors for this challenge I did not think of Christmas. The Taken With Teal is not a color I would have used for Christmas, but it works on this card. I used the color challenge at Color Throwdown which was to use Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate, and Taken With Teal. I had the Big on Christmas set on my table from a previous card so I thought I could use the…
Second post, scroll down for the first! Well I dropped off the samples of the projects the ladies at the retirement home will have the opportunity to make. The manager loved them and felt the ladies would like them also. The first picture is an idea I got from Julia at Julia Bettencourt the blog. I t was just too cute to pass on and such a great idea for someone who reads. It is…
Today’s card did not start out to be a winter card. I saw Tracy’s sketch at the Eat Sleep Stamp blog. When I read her description she mentioned how she liked the bottom piece peeking out from behind the strip down the card. When I read this I thought it would cute to have something really peeking out from behind the strip. I knew I didn’t have any sets that had a person in it.…
