12/30/2020
Paper tree ornament
Although I didn't get around to sewing handmade ornaments for my grandkids this year, I used double sided paper scraps to form pinwheels, which were then stacked and layered with metallic thread to make this paper tree ornament. If you don't have double-sided paper, you can always stamp on the plain side of patterned paper in a coordinating color. Clear pony beads separate the layers, and an organza bow is the topper.
12/29/2020
Doggie Santa Tags
I couldn't find any of my Christmas tags this year so I whipped these up for my 2 year old grandson's gifts. I used circle dies by Sizzix and MFT, and a dog stamp by Cardz TV. The Santa hat die is by Lawn Fawn. I attached each tag to one of his gifts, with his name on it. Since he can't read though, the dog gave him something to look for and identify as his gifts.
CHNC challenge 522
ABC Christmas challenge, Y is for your Favorite things..why puppies of course!
12/21/2020
Deck the Halls
Is is another gift card holder that I made. I used this adorable stamp set by Flora and Fauna, and a tag die by Pretty Pink Posh. The paper is by DCWV, and I used a sentiment by CTMH. The star stamp is by Autumn Leave, I think. I stamped the tiny stars and dots all over the tag, and masked the main image. This little penguin with his knit hat and sweater just made me laugh. I guess those are his wings hanging down, but they look like ear flaps to his hat, don't they?
SSS Wednesday, Christmas critters
12/20/2020
Santa's On His Way
Here is another gift card holder that I made last night. This one is for a cat lover, so I stamped an image by JustRite Stamps and added it to a tag die by Pretty Pink Posh. The sentiment is also by JustRite Stamps. I cut a strip of red dotted patterned paper and slipped it under a green staple to substitute as a piece of ribbon, just for fun. The tiny die cut snowflake is from a Crafters Companion die set.
SSS Wednesday challenge, Christmas Critters
2Crafty Critter Crazies, winter critter
ABC Christmas challenge, Y is for Your Favorite Thing. Whiskers on kittens, of course!
No Peeking!
I had to whip up several gift card holders (or in this case, a check holder) yesterday, to pop in the mail and I just hope they get there by Christmas. This year has been so crazy that I never know what day it is. I used some paper from a very old mat stack by DCWV, and a stamp set by Stampin' Up. This one is for a guy, so I went with bold, colors. the dies are by Sizzix and Spellbinders, with a stitched rectangle by Lawn Fawn.
Corgi Christmas
We had a tan corgi while I was growing up so when I saw this cute little corgi die by Spellbinders, I had to get it. I combined the die with an embossing folder by Park Lane (Snowflakes), with a tag die by Sizzix and Spellbinders die set, I Love Puppies. The snowflake die is also by Spellbinders. I made a batch of several of these cards for dog loving family and friends, and it was a great way to use up snippets of leftover card stock and paper. The snowflake is cut from upcycled gift boxes as well. I love my Sizzix Big Shot for quick and easy cards.
Let's Squash It challenge 3, any embossing folder and die
CHN challenge 521
ABC Christmas challenge, Y is for Your Favorite things. My favorite things include puppies!!
Double Trouble challenge 73. I did Thing 1, 2 and 3, and used my Sizzix Big Shot
12/19/2020
Poinsettia Greetings
More eyelets! Rather than use just one eyelet on my tag, I used two of them ...and then threaded some hemp twine through them both. This is the other half of the fussy cut doily from my DCWV paper, and the stamp is by Inkadinkado.
We Love Chocolate Baroque December challenge
Crafty Calendar December challenge, Christmas
Color Dare challenge 423, reds and green and neutrals
12/15/2020
Marshmallow World
When I saw that Day 7 of Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas challenge 2020 was inspired by the song, "A Marshmallow World", I wasn't familiar with it at all. However, after reading the lyrics, I knew exactly which stamp I wanted to use. This fun little snowman reminds me so much of two marshmallows stacked on top of each other that I made me laugh to color him. I popped him on a tag, and layered stitched dies by MFT for snow. The tag is embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder, and the heart die is by Spellbinders. I stamped the sentiment by Just Rite Stamps and added some cotton eyelet ribbon by May Arts ribbon.
Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2020, Day 7: A Marshmallow World
SSS Wednesday, Let it Snow
SSS Monday, Ice Cold
Can't Thank You Enough
I recently got the cutest trio of dog silhouette dies by Spellbinders, and I had to turn one of them into this bookmark and thank you card. The heart shaped bookmark die is by My Creative Time, and the heart is an overlay, with the same heart underneath. I attached it with double sided tape, only at the top, so the heart can slip over a book page to keep it in place as a marker. The sentiment is by Stampin' Up, and I used an old heart punch for the heart embellishment. Behind the bookmark is a mini-envelope. I wanted to tuck the bookmark into the envelope at first, but then you can't see the sentiment...so I went with this instead. Two eyelets are the finishing touch. This card will go to a friend who used to have a black pug.
2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge 45
12/14/2020
Here Comes Santa Claus
Here is another tag inspired by a Christmas carol for Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge. Day 3's song is "Here Comes Santa Claus", so I pulled out this vintage Santa image by Recollections and stamped it on kraft. The stitched oval dies are by Gina Marie, and I added two star eyelets and twine.
Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge. Day 3 is "Here Comes Santa Claus"
Joyride
When I saw the inspiration for Day 10 of Ellen Hutson's 12 Days of Christmas Tags 2020, which is the song "Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer", I was stumped at first. I started looking through my dies and when I found my VW bus die by Flora and Fauna, I knew what I would do. These little reindeer are the Whittle Deer dies by Poppystamps, and the sentiment is by Stampin' Up. I cut my VW bug out of glossy, candy apple red, upcycled packaging and popped on two silver eyelets as headlights. I also backed the windows with vellum, to mute the patterned paper coming through behind the reindeer heads. This was a fun one to make, and I can only hope these deer have driver's licenses!
Ellen Hutson's 12 Days of Christmas Tags 2020. Day 10, Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer
Die Cut Divas Dec. challenge, AG with dies
2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge 45, winter critter
Poppystamps challenge 75, anything but a card
SSS Monday, ice Cold
SSS Wednesday, Let it Snow
Double Trouble challenge 73. I did all 3 Things and used my Sizzix Big Shot
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Here is another tag that was inspired by a Christmas song. Day 12 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge showcases the song, "Twelve Days of Christmas", and this partridge in a pear tree was perfect for that. The stamp is a wood mounted design from 1999 that I've had forever. I colored the image with alcohol markers, and then colored the partridge with white colored pencil. Just for fun, I added a round eyelet at the tag top and a smaller star shaped eyelet at the bottom. It's been a lot of fun trying to figure out how to fit eyelets into my projects.
Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge. Day 12, Twelve Days of Christmas
12/13/2020
Falalalala
I have this old, wood mounted stamp in my stash that was just perfect for Day 11 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge. The inspiration for Day 11 is the song, "Deck the Halls", with its joyful Falalalala's all the way through. The tag is a manila tag that I inked with Distress Inks. Then I heat embossed the sentiment, and added die cut snowflakes by Spellbinders and Crafters Companion.
Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 challenge. Day 11, for Deck the Halls
White Christmas
Here is another tag that I made today for the Ellen Hutson challenge, 12 Tags of Christmas 2020. This one was inspired by Day 5, which is the song, White Christmas. I used a tag die by Sizzix, with a winter village die by Gina Marie. The embossed sentiment is from Close to my Heart, and I added snowflake eyelets and bakers twine.
Ellen Hutsons 2020 challenge, 12 Tags of Christmas
SSS Monday, favorite technique. My favorite technique is die cutting
Silver Bells
I've been so busy that I hadn't even gotten started on my Christmas tags, so I took the time today to make a few that are inspired by the Ellen Hutson 2020 12 Tags of Christmas challenge. The tag challenges are all inspired by Christmas songs, and this one is inspired by Silver Bells, for Day 1. The tag die is by Gina K Designs, with a bell die that was given to me (so I don't know who makes it). The bow and holly dies are from a set by Helen Fitzjohn. I added some silver cord that was recycled from a candy box. The stitched circle is by MFT and sentiment is Just Rite Stamps. I always use my trusty Big Shot by Sizzix to cut my dies. Don't know what I would do without it!
SSS Monday, favorite technique.. die cutting!
Allsorts challenge 602, Christmas
Crafty Calendar December challenge
Double Trouble challenge 73. I did all 3 Things, and I used my trusty Sizzix Big Shot die machine
12/07/2020
Noel
Continuing with my push to use some of those eyelets in my stash, I stamped these ornaments by SC Designs, and added an eyelet to each image. The cute little deer is the Whittle Deer die by Poppystamps, and the papers are are by DCWV. My trusty old Big Shot is my main die cutting machine and it's still going strong!
2Crafty Critter Crazies, challenge 45, use a critter
Bitten By the Bug December challenge, holiday season and a die
Die Cut Divas December challenge, die with AG
SSS Monday, favorite technique. I love stamping and die cutting!
ABC Christmas, Y is for Your Favorite things
Flower Birthday Greeting
I made several card bases awhile ago, using the fancy frame by Spellbinders, and heat embossed sentiments on black card. For this one, I used a Close to my Heart stamped flower and added a large flower eyelet. Trying to use eyelets on my projects this week, and especially the shaped ones that are often overlooked in my stash.
Word Art Wednesday 468-469
Cardz TV challenge 129
12/06/2020
Snowy Forest
I made this card with the intent to use at least a few of these snowflake eyelets that have languished in my stash for years. Although I sometimes use the regular round eyelets, I always pass over the shaped ones. So, I pulled out a beautiful die by Paper Roses (Reindeer Scene Frame) that I won in the Rudolph Challenge , and heat embossed a sentiment by Close to My Heart (Framed). I also used a poinsettia die by Poppystamps, which I cut out of an old gift box that I found in my closet. The snowflake eyelets are by Stampin'Up, and the embossing folder is Parklane. Two snowflake eyelets down and 98 to go, haha!
Double Trouble challenge 72. I did all three Things!
2Crafty Critter Crazies, use a critter
Cut It Up challenge 214, die and Christmas
12/05/2020
Happy Holidays!
If you're like me, you still have a lot of eyelets, and use them every now and then...but don't really get very creative. Another crafter on a forum I frequent challenged us to use those eyelets this week...and so I made this. Although I use the regular round eyelets often, I always skip over these shaped ones. The santa hat is a very old wood-mounted Stampin' Up stamp, and the sentiment is by Posh Impressions (also very, very, very old). I replaced the hat pom pom with a star eyelet, and added small silver ones to the sentiment mat. The snowflake die is by Spellbinders.
Double Trouble challenge 72. I did Thing 1 and Thing 2 (linked up to Retro Rubber)
Retro Rubber challenge 149, Christmas and old stamp. I used a stamp by Posh Impressions, from 1995.
ABC Christmas challenge, Y is for my favorite Things...Santa!!
CHNC challenge 519
11/28/2020
Peace at Christmas
Yes, it's another card using my old DCWV paper stack. I'm actually having a lot of fun limiting myself to this one paper pack, as it's making me look at my supplies in a new way. This one involved fussy cutting a tiny snow buddy and popping her up with foam tape. I used a stamp by Inkadinkado, and a snowflake die by Little B. A strip of paper from the same stack made a border that anchors my sentiment image and snowflake as well.
ABC Christmas, W is for winter wonderland
CHN November PP challenge
CHNC challenge 518
Christmas Kickstart challenge 43, the night before Christmas
Snowman Greetings
I sat down and made several Christmas cards today, since I really haven't been meeting my quota of at least a card a week lately. I donate a lot of cards to local nursing and retirement homes, and often end up with not enough for friends and family. So I pulled out my old DCWV Christmas and Winter Stack and made some frosty winter designs. The snowman stamp is by Imaginisce, and the sentiment stamp is by Papertrey Ink. I fussy cut and colored the snowman, then added a few enamel dots by Stampin' Up. This was a great way to use those papers with bold designs on them, and just add a focal point to create a scene.
Double D Challenge, winter blues
ABC Christmas challenge, W is for winter wonderland
CHN November PP challenge
Christmas Parade
I recently got this fun die by Spellbinders and just had to make several cards for my card stash. The sentiment is by Avocado Arts, and the papers are by DCWV. I cut strips and borders from some of the papers in the stack and adhered them to ground the die cut.The snowflake die is by Spellbinders as well, and the sentiment is from my stash. I'm working with the same DCWV paper stack (a very, very old stack at that) so this week's cards all seem to be blue!
My card stack doesn't seem to be increasing at the rate it should, so I'm determined to make myself work on holiday cards for the next several weeks. Now that Thanksgiving is past, I can truly get into the Christmas mood as I shop online and surround myself with snippets of paper and glue.
November Rudolph Days challenge
Double D Challenge, winter blues
CHN November PP challenge
ABC Christmas, W is for winter wonderland
Creative Inspirations, Winter Wonderland
Because my daughter and her family are completely social distancing from friends and other family members through this COVID year, we were able to have them over for Thanksgiving. They are the only ones we've seen since March, when our state went on COVID shut down. The granddaughters have distance learning online, and my son-in-law is able to work from home. I look forward to things improving next year and being able to see my family again. For now though, we are being safe.
Some of you know that my two granddaughters, Remi and Blair, love to make cards and all manner of crafts. They've participated in the Cat Lovers Hop each year, and love to borrow my craft supplies whenever I'm feeling generous. Here are our three generations of crafters on Thanksgiving Day! I hope you and yours are staying healthy, and that we can all hang in there until life returns to normal again.
11/24/2020
Winter Wonderland
My husband asked me to make a simple card for his brother's birthday next month, and so I pulled out my winter wilderness stamp by Sum More Fun stamp company. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and matted on solid blue card stock. To tell the truth, I wanted to add eyelets to the corners of the card but husband said, "No, keep it simple. He won't notice extra details anyway". Haha!, well okay then.
Creative Inspirations, winter wonderland
11/23/2020
Thanksgiving Blessings
I dug deep into my stash and used this fun, houndstooth paper, plus a really old Sizzix pie die to make this Thanksgiving card. The beautiful stamped image is by Mark's Finest Papaers, which is no longer in business. I even pulled out my crimper (which is at least 20 years old) to give the pie tin a little texture.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
CHN November PP challenge
SSS Monday challenge, food or drink
Double Trouble 71. I did thing 1 , Thing 2 and Thing 3
Paper funday November challenge, Thanksgiving
Double Trouble 71. I did Thing 1 (pumpkin, free, fall color), thing 2, and thing 3
Turkey Time
I can't believe Thanksgiving is nearly here, and I still needed to make a couple of Thanksgiving cards. So, I pulled out my Poppystamps Festive Turkey die and put this together. The tag is by Fresh Cuts, and the leaf dies are Whittle Maple Leaf and Whittle Oak Leaf, also by Poppystamps. I used scraps from my snippets stash for this card, which always makes me happy. Oh and an eyelet...even better, haha!
Poppystamps November challenge #74, autumn colors
Die Cut Divas November challenge, thanksgiving
Double Trouble 71. I did Thing 1 (frame, dies, fall color), Thing 2, and Thing 3
11/16/2020
Fall Greetings
I made several versions of this card, using a Spellbinders kit acorn die. I combined it with a Sizzix Tim Holtz alterations leaf die, which I inlaid into my card base. These two cards us the positive and negative leaf and backgrounds, along with a a distress inked card base. Die cutting from a card base and swapping out the negative and positive gives me two cards to work with, which is a great way to do multiples for holidays. I finished one of the acorns with an enamel square, tipped on its point and added a fiber knot to the other one. This is a great way to use up odds and ends from your stash. The first photo shows the two versions, using positive and negative die cuts. The second photo shows the sentiment stamped inside the cards.The sentiment is by Gina K Designs.
Die Cut Divas November challenge, Thanksgiving
Crafty Creations challenge 415, AG
Double Trouble 71. I did Thing 1 (dies, free space and dry embossing)thing 2 and Thing 3
11/15/2020
Birthday Pansies
I made several card bases awhile back, with white heat embossed sentiments, using Spellbinder fancy label dies. Yesterday, I pulled out an old stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers and stamped several pansy images. After coloring and fussy cutting, I added them to my card base and made this. Coloring and fussy cutting made me remember how relaxing that can be.
Virginia's November Show and Share
11/13/2020
Friends and Chocolate
I spent half the evening coloring this cute image, and had a terrible time with goofs and mishaps, argh! My marker ran on the mittens and candy box, so I had to fussy cut from another image...then glue and color the overlay. After changing the colors TWICE, I finally cut and adhered the image to my card base, and then realized it didn't have any coffee on it. Oh my goodness....what a ridiculous evening. Not to be thwarted, however, I dug around in my stamps and found a teeny coffee (or cocoa) cup image by Not 2 Shabby. Colored and fussy cut that...and popped it onto my main image. DONE!!
Virginia's November Show and Share
Coffee Break
I used a border stamp by Club Scrap for the leafy design, and heat embossed in silver. The sentiment is by Mark's Finest Papers, and the coffee cup die is by Cottage Cutz. I used paper by Stampin' Up for the coffee cup. This design let me dig deep into my scrap stash and use up bits of paper that most people would probably toss.
2020 Coffee Lovers Fall and Winter Hop
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