Are you enjoying the Find your style stamp? I know that I have been!
Another card from the Find your Style stamp. This stamp will be available in January 2011.
Did you miss me? I sure missed you, but I sure did need a break! I am caught up for now, but soon I will need to start preparing for the new CTMH catalog release! Do to some changes at CTMH the new catalog/idea book and products wont be released until February, in the meantime January is full of great NEW products! One of my favorite is the January Stamp of the Month-Find your style. I love dress forms, they seem to be popular right now and this stamp has one! 
I started my Christmas vacation today! I don't have to go back to work till next year! I slept late this morning, read the paper and had my coffee in a non-rushed mode! I thought I would show you a few things around my house today. The temp outside is already 68, and it should get up to almost 80 today which makes it hard to get into the Christmas spirit, but you would never know inside!
Here are the yearly collection-starting in 2002.
I have one set of glass cabinets in the kitchen, and this year I added my grandmothers Santa pitcher and cups. They are all chipped and the paint is worn off, but that because she let us play with them when we were little.
Not sure if I will be back before Christmas, if not--Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy this blessed season!
I made a really yummy treat today--I like to think that it is healthy, you know, cause it has nuts and cranberries in it. ;) That's just how I justify eating my fair share!
Nothings wrong, I just have a ton of things to get done, and the ol' blog is going to have to take a back seat for a bit. I will still be posting some things and I will for sure be doing my shows on Sundays, but I am way behind on things and need a week or so to get caught up.
I got these cute bottles at World Market and then added some paper and ribbon to dress them up. (NOTE: I still have Vanilla left....... it only took 2 jugs of Vanilla to fill up these 5 glass bottles)
This is my card for this weeks color Challenge over at Jeanette Lyntons blog-be sure to see all the pretty things she created. I used a great technique taught by Tresa Black to make those cute little berries on the branch. Head over to here blog to see that.
{Christmas brings Joy Card Supplies}
Two things have really sparked my interest lately-tags and what can I cut with my new Cricut? Tags, I can cut tags!! Also take a look at that snow-the top layer is a piece of the foam mat that comes with a CTMH stamps. How fun is that?
This is a really bad picture, but the card is too sweet not to share. I enjoy adding things from the yard to my cards-this card has a tiny branch on it. Its modeled after one of my own cards, you can see that here.
This is a project that I made over the summer for a Magazine submission, it didn't make it, but I still thinks cute and useful. I took a paper flower and cut it apart and turned the petals the opposite direction to create the poinsettia flower.
For this card I used some vintage Christmas Sheet Music and stamped over it with some cranberry flourishes-I really like how it frames the focal point. That sweet little dear is popped up on foam dots to accommodate the wreath. I created the wreath with a scrap of Christmas twig from Michael's. I just bent it in a circle and hot glued it together.
{Reindeer Card Supplies}
If you missed the live show, you can watch the recording here.
{Happy Birthday Card Supplies}
I am well on my way to being finished with my Christmas Cards-just a few more left. Here is a quick one that I made over the weekend. I paired some desert sand cardstock with the bright colors of the jingle paper.
There is nothing better with peppermint than chocolate-these sweet little treats combine both of those 2 flavors! These are so simple and quick to make-I got the idea and directions from this video. I used my new Cricut to cut the labels-I think I am going to love this machine!
The time is back to 2pm****
At the end of my last online class I asked if anyone had any ideas for my next show, a suggestion was made to use fabric--I pulled out some scraps and started working. You will have to watch on Sunday to see what else I came up with, but for today I wanted to show you some fun Christmas tags and a little gift sack to put them in.
We all have those people we will be seeing just once before Christmas like the hair dresser or the dry cleaner that we need a simple little gift for-this is just it! A few tags packaged up that can be used for Christmas gifts or on a quick card.
I used a scallop punch and a hole punch to make a cute tag for the front of the bag (I hung it with a fishing lure and it can be removed and used as an additional Christmas tag!)
Below you can see each of the tags that are tucked inside of the packaging! That snowflake is a sticker that I picked up at Michael's in the dollar section.
These super cute mittens are glitter rub-ons from Close to My Heart and of course paper ruffles add the perfect element to the tag.
