Christmas Wreath

Good Morning to all you card makers.  Christmas seems to be the best time for us to fullfill our creative talents, this morning at 6 am, I decided to get up and hit the scrapbook room and do something.  I saw the wreath design being made on Dawn's Stamping Blog, I have a link to her blog there, you should check it out. So I decided to give it a try.  I love trying new things and I enjoy when I have completed what I think I can't do. 
Things I used for this card:
Stampin Up Stamps
Christmas Collage
Autumn Days
Welcome Christmas
Perfect Punches
Stampin Up Punches
Boho Blossums for wreath
Top Note for inside
Stampin Up Ink
Crumb Cake
Gina K Paper
Cranberry Tart
Vanilla layering stock

This is the inside of the Card.

Anniversary

My sister in-law called and wanted an anniversary card for some friends of hers celebrating their 40th Wedding anniversary.  So I thought up this card.  It is not the traditional card this one measures 5x7.  I thought it would be a better size for a card that most people keep for a keepsake.

I used punches from Martha Stewart, Nestibilities,Pearls (of course) ribbon from Walmart, and the paper was given to me by a friend.  Stampin Up can take credit for the "congratulations" stamp.

This is the inside of the Anniversary card.  I used Nestibilites for the label.

Merry Christmas Trees

I put this card together in just a few minutes.  I had this all put together in my mind so it came together rather quickley.  I used all Stampin Up stamps and the cardstock is some I picked up while out shopping.

Top Note Christmas Easel Card

Good Monday moring.  I made this card this morning and realized that I really need to stop using this paper and pearls.  For some reason I really enjoy using pearls on everything, and going over board at the same time.  This card I used the Top Note from Stampin Up, on the top of the card to top it off with something different.  I then used the negative  of the top Note to make the red border at the bottom, it made something different for that area.  I used another border punch with the green border above the red.  The Merry Christmas stamp I also believe is Stampin Up, the sentiment at the bottom of this card actually holds the card in the standing position.  I used K & Company Christmas Paper that I purchased from Michael's.

This is the bottom of the card that actually helps this card stand.  I pop dotted the piece in order to help it raise up to catch the bottom of the top of the card.  The sentiment I think...is Stampin Up.  Hope you enjoyed this card.  Today is my laundry day so if time allows I will make a another card today to share with you. I will post a new card soon.



Masculine Birthday Card

This card I made yesterday for my daughter to give to her boyfriend for his birthday.  It is all Stampin Up stamps and the paper is in a pad that I found.  Masculine cards are so hard to make but I was hoping this one would work well, he likes hunting so I thought this was good.

This is the inside of the card.  The stamp I used here was from Gina K.  I always add a tag for the person who is giving the card to sign it.  That way the card will stay nice.  And it always gives the person receiving it a chance to recylce it and give it to someone they want a card for......

Pink Birthday Card

Well, I did make it back to the blog to post a few cards.  I have days where I am so busy it is hard to make a card, but yesterday I had a few minutes to make a couple.  This card started out as a Christmas Card and ended up being a birthday card.  I was putting this together when my daughter came in and asked for a Birthday card, I was using Christmas Paper but it wasn't really the traditional colors, I was using K &Company Christmas paper and realized that it would work for a Birthday Card, so I had to change gears and get in birthday mode.  I think it turned out nice.  I love to make the easel cards for christmas, so that it is easier for those who receive them to display them. I really think this card turned out better as a Birthday Card, I think this might be my favorite one.

Thanksgiving Treat Card

Good Monday Morning. With the time change it is hard to wake up on Monday morning and feel great, not sure why one hour makes such a difference in our lives but it does.
I found this card tutorial on Sunday and just had to try it.  This is called a " Treat Box Card" the tutorial I used is Here, I just love this card.  I wanted to fill this card with candy corn but I couldn't find any at the store, you would think it would be on clearance some place, but anyway.  The box side I did add a piece of clear cling so that the candy would not fall out.  I used a piece from an old cricut matt, if you plan to use that too you will need some tuff adhesive to make it stick, I used score tape.  I used a slot punch on the top on both flaps and they connect to keep it shut.

This is the inside of the card.  The center is not yet completed.  I cut out the flower mediallion and I pop dotted it, but I wanted to emboss the edge for a little more embellishment but my heat embosser is not working so I will do that later.  I used Stampin UP stamps for this card. Hope you like it.  This will complete my Thanksgiving cards.  Since we are so close now to Thanksgiving I think I have several now for that occasion.

Thankful card

OK, so this might be my last card for the day, maybe the weekend......or maybe not!  who knows what I might do next.  I made this card a few minutes ago and really enjoyed  seeing this come together.  I have been wanting to try gathering ribbon and I think it turned out ok, but with some practice I could do better.  I used a Stampin UP stamp for the Thankful.....it is really a stamp that says "Thankful for...."  but I took a marker and just marked the Thankful part....the rest is Stampin Up except for the Label in the center...and that stamp comes from Stamp TV...or Gina K...and I cut it with the nestabilitites Label 14 die set.  Love...Love...Love this stamp set and the paper for Thanksgiving.....

This is the inside of the card.  I used the Label 14 die set to cut out the labels and the sentiment is Stampin Up along with the leaves here which are stamped and cut out....so is the acorn. 

Thanksgiving Gatefold

I have been so concentrated on making Christmas Cards that I seemed to have let Thanksgiving go. So I decided that I didn't want to be like most stores in the area and forget Thanksgiving for Christmas.  I made this card today with Stampin Up products.  Everything here was Stampin Up.  I used a magnet to close the card since the gatefold card tends to stay open, which might be good if you like to display your cards.

This is the inside of the gatefold card.  All Stampin Up.

Thanksgiving Top Note Boxes

Pam and I were busy yesterday working on these boxes for our Stampin Up Party.

These are going to be our party favors, we will be adding a nice little treat inside them for each one of our guests.  These are so easy to make.  If you would like a pattern for making these just go to

Youtube and search for "Top Note Boxes" there are several videos there to help you make these.

We really enjoyed seeing them come together.  We used Stampin Up products for the boxes.