pointsetta

poinsette card i did for a swap.

embossing folder by stampin up
holly by a stamp in the hand
pointsetta by a stamp in the hand.

sprayed with shimmer by stampin up.

reindeer tag

reindeer tag

done at my stampin up demonstrator's club. all product is stampin up. looks like this one lost his little red nose though dang it. it was a rhinestone colored with a sharpie clever

gift card and treat holder

a gift card and treat holder done at my stampin up club. don't ask me how to score and cut it because I have no idea. lol love it but these things can make me mental.

all products stampin up except the kisses of course.

reindeer card

isn't this the cutest little reindeer ever??

done by a friend at my stampin up club "Deb" she used the owl and the swirls die.

creative time again

I had put this blog on hold because I was concentrating on my photo blog but have decided to bring it back to jump start some creativity and reshare what I make and what others have made for me.

today's creation was done at my demonstrator Sunny's club night.

All product by stampin up. ink color soft suede done with white embossing and the ink sponged over top. elegant and beautiful. the inside is embossed with a merry christmas



ps I don't think my older posts will show as the pictures have been archived.

you brighten my day

simple design with close to my heart paper and stamps. added the ribbon to give it some dimension. last of the close to my heart cards from my card class. thanks Shannon

torn flower

paper torn and color added. brad on large flower which is stamped and cut out

stitching

Faux stitching on this card done with mostly strips of papers large flower is 3d. all stamps by close to my heart

boarding

did this for an under 18 birthday swap on one of my groups. At first I had the bottom image but then decided I really didn't like that slide on there so didn't put it on for the rest of them. which do you prefer??

love and laughter

another close to my heart card (almost done) I like the added touch of the ribbon to break up the card a bit.

happy birthday

simple card done with close to my heart paper and some cutting out of hte large flower.

woman power

i love sponging I think its my favorite thing to do. did this for a women's swap. stamped images by close to my heart in black, sponged with yellow, added some stencil punching (I made the stencils using stampin up punches) and the slide that has the words live fast and stay pretty. You can't see it but there is some sparklies in there too that were added.

poetic

one of my favorite cards and so simple. all stamps are by close to my heart (went to a card making class recently can you tell? ) some of the flowers are pop dotted on there and edging in brown on the paper for an added touch

dream

Done with Close to my heart paper and stamps. Large flower is cut out and 3d'd to card the rest are direct to paper. some edging around the card stock and paper for an added affect

elanor roosevelt

love this staying. pretty straight forward card. the strip of flowers is stamped and teh large flower is cut out.

gold

hopefully the people in this swap aren't reading my blog. but I wanted to post something since it had been so long since I had posted. I have been working on this swap for our color swap which is cold.

Its both a card and a bookmark
the card as it stands alone.
And the tag. the tag proved to take longer than I expected. Its a tag with some chipboard glued to it. in the above case an S and a star. I did the letter for each person in the swap. then I took some gold metal paper and covered the top. then burnished it so the letters popped out. then I took alchol ink and smeared it on there. In this case eggplant.

This is where my problems began. this gold well it wore off in spots making it silvery looking. I let it dry overnight and looked at it again. well I guess I like it enough and I kept it that way. but then the back showed the manila tag. I didn't like this so I cut more of the purple and glued it on there but it looked tacky. so I found in my stash (lord knows I have enough of it) some gold foil tape. I did the edges in that and then did a tassel with this really expensive embroidery floss. Oh well use it up it isn't doing any good just sitting there right?? I really like how they turned out. I have to finish doing the tassels on the rest of the swap cards then in the mail they go on Monday.

close up of the tag.