There is a good reason....

God gives us children when we are young. After a day of Gingerbread house makin', tree trimmin', and cookie bakin' with my granddaughter Olivia, this old girl is just worn out. I wouldn't trade it for anything though. Tomorrow we are going to craft and make some Christmas gifts. I better get to bed so I will be ready to go again in the morning. I hope you all are enjoying the preparations for the holidays too!

Happy Thanksgiving.....

Wishing all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving a safe and enjoyable holiday. My wish is that everyone has something to give thanks for, and that you will take a moment to reflect on your blessings and give thanks to our Creator. I have so many things to be thankful for, and the people I've met through my stamping and blog are definitely on that list. God bless and happy Thanksgiving.

Who comes up with these ideas?

Some people are so creative. I learned how to do this folded card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. Clicking on the link will take you to the video. Thank you so much for the video, Dawn and Georgia Giguere for the design! You need to make this card, it is serious fun! Mine was a big hit at the last workshop. It got "loved" a lot and the tree's trunk even got lost. I guess I need to make another.
Supplies used: Stampin' Up!'s Kraft, Whisper White, and Ruby Red card stock. Merry Moments Designer paper, Hemp twine, Garden Green Classic ink and the Season of Joy stamp set.
Here is a side view, now go, go watch the video and make the card!

Some more Christmas cards...............

This one is one of the workshop Make-N-Takes for this month. My Stampin' Up! "Dasher" stamp is really getting a workout lately. I love this little guy! No glitz this time. All supplies from Stampin' Up!. I chose the casual colors of Ruby Red, Kraft and Basic black card stock. A little strip of the Holiday Lounge designer paper gives it some pizazz. The ribbon is Kraft Taffeta. I used a white gel pen to add some faux stitching and some doodley-dots. The little Christmas greeting is from a retired set, "Best Yet".



This one is so simple. All I used is Stampin' Up!'s Real Red and Whisper White card stock. Christmas Cocoa Specialty designer paper, and the Ornament Punch, all from the Holiday Mini Catalog that you can see here.



The background was made with a CB embossing folder and some silver wired ribbon from my scrapping stash. I accomplished the faded effect on the embossing by putting a piece of chipboard in the middle of the folder, causing it to embossing deeper where the shape was placed. Easy-peasy!
I'll have some more to post tomorrow. Thanks for visiting!

I spent the afternoon work on a few Christmas cards for tomorrow's stamp club. They have several layers and I had a lot of cutting to do. I like what I designed, but I am really drawn to the clean look of this very simple Christmas card. Navy and green and white is one of my favorite color combos.



Supplies, all from Stampin' Up!
Stamps:Patterned Pines Hostess level 1 set and Season of Joy set
Ink: Handsome Hunter, Mellow Moss, Basic Black
Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive and Night of Navy.

I will post the other cards after the workshop. Right now I need to go clean up all the mess I made in the craft room. My creativity level is directly related to the amount of mess I make!

A cute little project share......

I had a little crafting time so I made myself a little customer Rolodex. I've got my customers on the computer and in Stampin' Up!'s Customer Manager, but sometimes I just want to look up a phone number or address without turning the computer on so I made this for myself.



I used the Stampin' Up! Rounded Label punch to make the alpha dividers of of various SU cardstock, stamping on the A-B and so on. I made a sunflower with Summer Sun card stock, Chocolate Chip card stock and the Scallop Circle and the 1 and 1/4 inch punch, Little Leaves Sizzlet and my Big Shot. The polka dot paper is from the Day and Night Designer paper pack. The polka dot ribbon is out of my scrapping stash. I am thinking this would be a cute Christmas gift. What do you think?

I love this technique!

You know how sometimes you find something that you are so tickled with you just can't stop sharing about it. Well, this is one of those things for me. This might be something you already know how to do, but for those of you who don't, I am going to hook you up with a really great video at Tami White's Blog that show you how to make this. Ta-Da, Diamond Crimped Background!
Here is my card: (sorry about the blurring, this one is tough to photograph)



Supplies: Stampin' Up!'s "Blooming Beautiful" stamp set, SU's Very Vanilla and Close to Cocoa card stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers, crimper and Stampin' Up! Dimensionals.
Now... run over to Tami's and learn how to make this background!
Stamping With Tami