Holiday cards :-) and Merry Christmas!

As usual, Christmas just snuck up on me this year. I just wanted to share a few of the cards that I made that went out to friends and family. May you all have a very happy, healthy, and safe Holiday!

The 3x3 version of my That's Amore and Heartfelt Christmas card:

Here is the 4x6 version that was mailed out:


Here is the traditional card that went out-

And a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 version of the Elf card I made last year:


And some Holiday Cheer- my pups, Midori and Sauza:


Have a very happy holiday!

Christmas Cards for Charity!

I am so proud of my friend, Preet! As I am writing this, she is out walking... walking to train for the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk in November. Her goal is to raise a minimium of $2,300 for breast cancer research! WOW! Preet works full time (sometimes works TOO much :-) ), has a beautiful family, including her two amazing children (Hi Anthony and Shifali!!!), is working on her Masters Degree, and somehow finds time to train for the 3-Day and plan a huge fundraiser!

On October 10th, Preet is hosting the Save The Boobies Fundraiser (it's okay if you giggle). Several of our friends are setting up tables to sell Avon, Premiere Jewerly... an Indian Restaurant is donating delicious food, and people are making crafts to sell/raffle all to raise money for this cause! I have several fun cards/crafts I will be sharing here over the next few weeks as my friends and I get together to Create for the Cause!

Okay, so onto the fun stuff! Here is a set of Christmas Cards that will be for sale at the Save The Boobies event (hehehe, I just like saying it)! I used the Greetings Card Workshop from the Wishes Book (pg 110) to make 16 Christmas Cards out of one sheet of B&T Paper (from the Creative Basics Jingle pack) and one sheet of Juniper cardstock and a half sheet of White (plus card bases, of course). I jazzed them up with stamps, glitter, brads, etc.

Close ups: These use the December Word Puzzle stamp sets:

Mixed it up a little and used Ms. Holiday Cheer (no Ms, but the other stamps are so cute, too!)

Merry Pursuits, December Word Puzzle, and Magical Season:

Jingle Borders and December Word Puzzle:

Have a great weekend everyone!

Event Calendar: Part Four

Here is October, November, and December:


October- Boo-tiful, Enchanted Paper:

November: Four Seasons, Give Thanks (booking set), Autumn Terracotta/New England Ivy Textured cardstock:
December: Merry Pursuits, December Word Puzzle, Creative Basics Evensong paper, Markers:

On the THIRD Day of Christmas...

... my busy puppy-training consultant gave to me:

Another fun Gift Card holder! This is the VERY simple double-pocket gift card holder we made at the November Gathering! So easy to do, and it only uses one sheet of 6"x 8" paper!


This is what I love about the CTMH double-sided paper- it is perfect for this kind of project! I cannot take credit for this cute little template, but you can find a great video tutorial on fellow CTMH Consultant Nona Davenport's blog: http://www.nonapearl.blogspot.com/ (Scroll down on the left side, it will be the first video under "Classy Crafts" Tutorials).

For the one above, I used Evensong Creative Basics (B&T paper and the Olive grosgrain ribbon with it), Merry Pursuits, December Word Puzzle, and a Colonial White brad. I also used the Coluzzle circle template for the small holly berry circle on the front. Just slide a gift card in the back pocket, a tag in the front pocket, and viola, you are ready to give!

Happy Holidays!

Love these little elves!

The great thing about Football Sunday is that I can listen to the games and play with my stamps at the same time (not that I have a choice in listening... It is the only thing that is on in our house from pregame shows at 8:00 AM through the late game until at least 9:00 PM).

So on my last order, at the last minute, I bought the December Word Puzzle. I am not sure why I even bought it- I am not really into the word puzzles, but I am SO GLAD I DID! Oh My Gosh- I think this is my new favorite stamp set, I can see myself using this on everything and in so many different ways. It is definitely one of the most versital holiday sets I think CTMH came out with this year...

Of course, I also had to play with those cute little elves from Merry Pursuits =] Here are some of the cards I came up with today:



I embossed the little elf with black embossing powder and colored him in. Then I used liquid glass and glitter on the lights.
Inside the card:









This one is with the new Creative Basics Evensong paper. I embossed the elf again and colored him in. I also stamped on the ribbon. The full saying is on the inside of the card.





On this one I just stamped the elf and colored him in, and then cut him out (thank goodness for microtip scissors). He is on 3D foam squares, so it is "dimensional". I also used glitter on the snow and the Dec. Word Puzzle on the inside:



One more- real basic. I used Magical Season for this one:




That's all for tonight... I am going to watch the rest of the Cowboys game- it looks like they are going to win this one! GO ROMO!

Lots of Love,
-Erin-