Hello My Friends, I have another card to share with you today, however I feel that it is not my style as I like to be a little more busy with my cards, never the less I am sharing it anyway. Very simple card, if your looking for simple. Outside:  Recipe:  Base of card/ Cherry Cobbler/Stampin Up White cardstock/Stampin Up Labels 14 Die/Spellbinders/two sizes used here Sentiment/Stampin Up Ribbon/ White/Walmart Border/In Spades/Spellbinders

Inside:
Top Note/Stampin Up
Sentiment/Papertrey

I hope you have enjoyed this card.  I will be in the craft room today working on a few
more cards.  I hope you all enjoy a great day!

Jodi

Good Morning,

Like I mentioned yesterday I have another card to share with you today.

This card was very simple, but very time consuming, but well worth the time I say.

I found the idea for the Christmas tree HERE, this ladys blog is very interesting and has great

ideas so I think you should check it out. 

Here is my card:

Outside:

Recipe for this card:

I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock/ Stampin Up

Cherry Cobbler Ink for sentiment/Stampin Up

Embossing folder/Stampin Up

Forgive me I do not know the name of the green cardstock for the tree,

it is not Old Olive, but that would work too or any green of your choice.

Gold Ribbon/Walmart

Branches for Tree/Martha Stewart Punch

Sentiment/Papertrey

INSIDE:

I used the same green paper as the tree for the sentiment

Sentiment/Papertrey

Same ribbon as the front

Spellbinders die Labels 5

I hope everyone enjoys the card, if you make this card let me know how it goes.

Mine was pretty big but I loved it just the same.  The tree would look awesome with

more decorations on it.

Well, everyone enjoy a wonderful day

Thanks for stopping by.

JODI

Christmas Tree Card



 Hello,

Well, I made a card finally.  Please bare with me as I try to find my motivation in the next few weeks.
I worked hours yesterday with my cousin Pam and she and I both had a little bit of a time trying to find our creative flare.  But I am thinking with a little time we will get our mojo back and be back to our creative selves.

Front of Card:

This card was very easy to make.  But I don't think I could have made anything that would create a challenge for me anyway.

Recipe:
Crumb Cake Paper for Base, tree base and flower, and Label (Stampin Up) or any tan cardstock
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock for layer (Stampin Up) or any red cardstock
Embossing folder for red cardstock (Stampin Up)
Tree Stamp and Happy Holiday Stamp (Papertrey)
Flower was made with punch
Red button (Stampin Up)
Decorative Corner Punch for corners of Red cardstock layer

I used paper punch to go around the tree base
Pop dotted the Happy Holiday label along with the flower.

INSIDE:

Recipe:
I used spellbinders Labels 10 for the inside and did a little edging with crumb cake ink (Stampin Up)
Sentiment was Papertrey in Crumb Cake ink

I hope you enjoy todays card.  I have a card for tomorrow, so see you then.


Jodi

Merry Christmas Greetings

Just wanted to wish all my blog fans, A Very Merry Christmas.  Wishing you wonderful Christmas Blessings.
Everyone be safe, enjoy your family and remember the real reason for this season.....Jesus!

Merry Christmas!

Snowflake Candle

Here I wanted to show you the difference between the regurlar embossing powder and the glittler powder.  When I made the snowflakes I used the regular powder, I think the glitter makes the candle stand out more.   You can see how these would make great gifts.
On the small candle I did go around the candle with snowflakes and added "Peace on Earth" to the front bottom.

Christmas Candle

Good Morning.  It is 6:30 here in Ohio and it is COLD, and SNOW on the ground that is isn't leaving anytime soon.  There is just so much to do this time of year.  With Christmas around the bend there just seems like there is no time for anything.  But I did find time to do a candle.  I saw this done someplace on the internet and I can't remember where but is you go to youtube and search "Stamping on a Candle" you will find a video to show you just how this is done.
For this I used the stamp from Stampin Up, called lovely as a tree, I actually used the center tree and the took the stamp that had a lot of trees and stamped it for the back.  I used gold glitter embossing powder for this and it made it stand out nicely.  I tied a ribbon around  the bottom. 
You basically stamp your imagine either with ink or if you are embossing, with versamark on to tissue paper, and who doesn't have tissue paper at this time of year......and then you cut your imagine out and then take a heat guy for embossing and melt the image on, you need to be careful to not over melt or your candle will look drippy...........I hope you all try this...It was actually fun.  I did another one with snowflakes I will add too.

Christmas Gift Box (2)

I made this box for a gift but realized it was a tad to small so made the bigger one.  I thought it would nice to go ahead and embellish it so it could be used ....I notched all 4 sides of this box so you could open it on any side.   I like making these little boxes.  I might use this one for my mail lady and put buckeyes inside it for a gift.

Christmas Gift Box

I made this box for a small Christmas Gift.  I got the instructions for the box from scor-pal in the basics section of the website.  But it is a 6x6 piece of cardstock and score each side at 1 1/2 and the the top of the box is 6 1/8 x 6 1/8...also scored at  1 1/2 on each side....then you just cut the corners to make a box.
I used K & Co. paper, along with Gina K cardstock for the base.....the stamp I used was from Stampin Up, and embossed it with glitter embossing powder.  I also used pearls.  Ribbon is fromWalmart.  Used a flower punch for the flower.  I also used a 1" circle punch for the notch on the lid.  This box I used 8x8 and 8 1/8x8 1/8  measurements.  You can use any measurements to make any size box.

The real reason for Christmas

Sometimes I am so wrapped up in making cards that I forget about other household things that needs to be done, but today I am letting all of that go and working here in the craft room and getting my Christmas Cards completed.
The meaing of Christmas....is the Birth of Christ, or so that is my opinion and I think I am allowed to have it for myself.  I decided to use this stamp set (Stampin Up)  on a pretty card for my mother in law.  I hope she will like this.
I used Gina K cardstock along with K & Company patterened paper.  A paper shapers punch made the flower and the

little leaves are from Stampin Up. I used pearls from Stampin Up and of course the top note.
On the front of the card I used Martha Stewart punches for the border on the front.  I like using the ticket punch from Stampin Up to cut the corners of my cards.

Dizzy for Christmas

It has snowed here in Ohio, not sure how many inches but I know its enough.  At 4 am this morning my husband and son went out to plow and salt local businesses so therefore I was up....well what do you do at 4 am?  You go to your craft room and make cards.  Just as I did this morning. "oh and you need something hot to drink". 

When putting this card together it turned out totally different then I thought it was going to be, it has made me half nauseated, it looks very busy...but yes that is the way I like my cards.  This one will make the person who receives it look twice.  In keeping the the "dizzy" theme, I made the "Merry Christmas" look blurry also...just for charm...

The inside I used some spellbinders dies and the little leaves cuttlebug die from Stampin Up.

the outside I used the Mitten stamps from Gina K, along with the spellbinders dies that goes with them.  I used Stampin Up cardstock, along with Gina K.  I always use Gina K as the base for my cards, it is very heavy and works great for a card.  The photo is of the front is of our house, I wanted to send more of those for Christmas Cards.  The greeting and the sentiment stamps is a set from Stampin Up.  I edged the papers with Aspargus ink from Stampin Up.  Inking the edges of the papers seems to add a bit of depth and it makes them look more vintage.  On the outside I used the topnote for the middle embellishment of paper. I stamped the white with snowflake stamps from Stampin Up with aspargus ink.

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Tree Collage

My favorite part about this card is the collage stamp from Stampin Up.  I love it.  It is so useful for any card no matter how you use it as long as it's Christmas.  I love the tree stamp also.  It too is good for several uses.  It is a great stamp and probably is one of the stamps that most people buy.
For this card I used as usual, Gina K paper, spellbinders dies, Stampin Up Stamps for greeting on the front,as well as the punches for the front greeting.. I used a stamp from Stampabilities on the inside, all my ink is Stampin Up as well as the ribbon.  I also used the branch punch from Martha Stewart.  Some bling also.

I think today has been a great day for me.  I got a lot done and feel happy now that I have posted a few things on my blog. I need to work on my camera, I think I should ask Santa for a new one but they are pretty pricey, especially the one I would like...so maybe my pics will be better.
 I told myself   when I started  the blog that I was going to keep it up to date, but with the holidays, my kids being home from college, and just life in general, I didn't met my goals.  But I plan to get busy again.  I have so many ideas running in my head that I just have to get them done before I explode...:)

Christmas Tree Greeting

First I want to apologize for the photo of the inside, it is blurry.  I am having fits with my camera and lens so bare with me.  I will retake the photo and repost it later.
This card I am using Gina K cardstock, Basic Gray paper pad, Stampin Up Crumb Cake cardstock, Lovely as a Tree by Stampin Up, bling is Hero Arts, punches are Marvy and Stampin Up.  I did you stickles and they haven't dried in this photo yet but when dry you will only see sparkle and not the glue globs.  I was in a hurry to get this posted so no time to dry.  I am also going to put stickles on the inside tree.  Then sentiments and greeting are also Stampin Up. Ribbon and brad also Stampin Up.

Get out your mittens

Since it is such a snowy chilly day here in Ohio, I thought that making a card with mittens seemed proper.  I really feel like I didn't get this right, but I will take what I can since I am needing more cards for myself.  I used stamps and paper from Gina K.  The mittens are cut from spellbinders, the ribbon is from Wal-mart and the inside leaves are Stampin up, little leaves also I used pearls from Stampin Up.  I have no idea where the paper is from, it was scraps in my scrap box.  The inside I also used the Stampin Up Christmas buttons.

Santa Claus

I am going to have to admit that this card really isn't my style at all.  But I wanted to make my daughters boyfriend a card with Santa on it, and this is what I came up with.  I embossed the santa and the swirl in the background.  I used a Martha Stewart border punch and Marvy scalloped circle punchs along with Gina K card stock.   The ribbon is some I picked up at Wal-mart in the Christmas section. 

Christmas Snowman Soup

I will have to say my favorite pass time (besides cardmaking) would be viewing blogs, especially in the evening when the family is watching TV and enjoying their favorite pass time.  I bought myself some earphones so that I can view blogs with tutorials and music so not to bother the family.  One of my favorite blogs is  Angie Kennedy Juda this lady is so great at what she does, and I love to watch her tutorials and her voice is so wonderful to listen too, she has the best accent and makes listening to her tutorials enjoyable.  I subscribed to her Christmas newletter and this project was the feature.  I made this up for a card party we were having to give to those who came but do to a death in the family we didn't get to have the party so I am going to use them for gifts for my friends.  It is just the cutest project there is.  Also on the blog you can order Stampin Up products so check it out and see what all she has to offer.  I am not sure this project is on her blog, but she has lots of other things to choose from.... Also I want to apologize for the photos here.  I need to change the lens on my camera, but need to locate the right lens.  I will work on that.  :)

Christmas Cocoa

I thought today would be a perfect day to share with you a "cup of cocoa".  It is snowing here today and the temps are very chilly, but I guess it is winter and who wants a Christmas without snow....I know we have several days to go, but I am hoping the snows sticks around for a while.
This little cup comes from a pattern I found at Scor-Pal November E-Zine.  It is so very simple to make and it is so cute.  The cup here is not the same size as the pattern as I wanted a bigger cup "mug" for my cocoa.  I have added a peppermint sick, "candy cane", mini marshmallows, cocoa and a Hershey's peppermint kiss to the package.  This makes a perfect gift for you mailman, or school bus driver or anyone you need a nice little gift for.  I used stampin up stamps, along with Gina K. stamps (her blog is listed on my blog).  I hope to be able to share with you a few more things today, so drop by later.

Calendar Easel Card

I wanted to make a card before the Thanksgiving Day festivities take me away from my crafting room. I saw on SCS a calendar card and thought how nice it would be to make one for a Christmas Card, where if the person you are sending it to wants to display the card longer then Christmas, they can use the calendar while it's on display.
I found the template to the calendars on SCS but you can go to this link and find a template there. It is in PDF form and very easy to use.
I need a couple more cards with our farm sketch on it so bare with me while I do a couple more.  Then if time allows I will get back to regular Christmas Cards.  The stamp with the sentiment is from Stampin Up and the paper is from an old pad of Christmas paper I had laying around.  I love using Martha Stewart punches and always ribbon and pearls will find a place on my cards.

This is the front of the Easel Card

This is the calendar that I added to the card.  It makes a perfect stop for the card to be displayed.

I have also added some sparkle to the farm scene since I took this photo.  I think it makes the sketch  stand out more.

Untraditonal Christmas

Have you had those days when you want to make cards but your brain decides it won't let you be creative?  Well, I must be having one of those days.  I have made 3 cards this morning and all three don't seem to suit me.  So don't be surprised if these cards come back altered.  I am not happy with them at all.
Anyway, this one is an easel card.  The only greeting is the "Merry Christmas" that is helping the card stand.  I feel like this one still needs help, I will work on that.  Thanks for looking.

Also I want to thank all of you who are leaving comments for your nice words.  I appreciate your comments and you following my blog.  I hope I don't disappoint you, I do have bad days of creativity.

Christmas on the Farm

This is another card featuring our farm.  I have several of these I would like to make for Christmas to send to friends.  I tend to be following the same path on these cards, so the next one I hope I can change around the format here.  I tend to repeat the things I like. :)

This is the inside of the card.  All stamps used on this card are from Stampin Up.

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.