Snow Swirled

Hello there and hope you all had a great weekend.  Went too fast for me though.  Closer to school for the kids too. 

Today I wanted to share another christmas card with you that I also may demo in my card class in September. 

This one is simple but elegant.  I used Snow Swirled from Stampin' Up!   Embossed with silver and a glittered star on top with Iridescent Ice.  The silver layer under the navy that the tree is on was outlined with a silver marker.  Didn't have silver cardstock so I compromised.  A MS punch along the side of the card and a piece of silver elastic cord tied to the fold.  Keeps it elegant looking and easy for anyone to make.

Tonite I am going out with my two BF for dinner.  First time we've have gone out in a long time and well overdue for all of us.  Really looking forward to it.  I might even share some pictures.  They won't be as good as Kelli's (my friend and upline), but I will do my best.  We are going to Yama's which is my favorite Greek food restaurant.

Must go and get ready.  See you all tomorrow and thanks for dropping in.

Friends are like Sewing

My last journal to show you.  This stamp set is Out of Style, I think and is retired.  BUT I love it and is perfect for all my sewing friends.

Buttons are a perfect embellishment for this journal and the colors match perfectly.  A variety of ribbons and punches.  Colored the image with my markers and highlighted the patterns on the dress form with glitter gel pen.  Hard to capture in the photo though.  I can't remember where I got the DSP - I think the dollar store last year.

 

This would even make a great gift for the seamstress in your life to make notes on her sewing projects.

OK, I'm off to do a couple of little summer outfits.  Got some new patterns that I am dying to try out.  And some more purse patterns too.  Just like Christmas here!  LOL

Hope you are enjoying your summer vacation - another month to go:)  Thanks for dropping by.............

Coffee and friends

Another altered journal - I know but I love to do these.  And of course this stamp set is one of my favorites.  Coffee and friends, of course. 

Pretty straight forward.  A variety of papers, the brown strip on the right is Soft Suede and I used the Scallop trim border punch from Stampin' Up!  A couple of flowers with a little bling in the centres and lots of ribbon on the coil binding.  I love this color combo too. 

I have one more journal to show you tomorrow.  I've got to get some more of these done for the fair but I want to do different sizes too.  Hope you can drop by:)

The Bird Has a Song

Hello - the start of a new week.  I hope to get lots done this week if all goes well.  My To-do list is planned and ready:)

I made some Frameable Quotes for the May Days craft fair.  They are made from chipboard coasters and I just die cut a frame opening and layered using designer paper and embellishments.  The cool thing is they can be fridge magnets or sit up on a easel-type back on a desk or fireplace, etc.

The bird die cut and branches are from Stampin' Up!  The DSP is as well but retired.  Here is a side close up:

They were fun to do and I'm working on some more for September.

Thanks for stopping by:)

Wonderful Daughter

Obviously this isn't for my daughter since she is only 10, but I thought that parents need cards too to give to their daughter's on Mothers' day.  My dad always sent me one.  If the sentiment inside didn't say "Happy Mothers' Day" then I could give it to my daughter for her birthday.

So here is the card:

I don't often use Real Red, so I wanted to give it a try.  I think it looks clean & crisp with the black and white.  I had to color the pearls with a marker since I didn't have any black ones.  The larger flower layered with dimensionals and they are all clear embossed for a little pop. 

The picture I took of the inside was a little blurry so I didn't want to post it.  So what do you think?  I really like this one with the layout and the colors.

I'm off to do some baby outfit orders I got from the craft fair.  Gotta get caught up and while I'm at it, make some for the May Days on the May long weekend.

I'll check back tomorrow:)

Hugs

Flowers for MOM

I wanted to show you another card we did at our stamp class.  This is one of my favorite color combos.  I also tried to keep it "clean" which I'm not normally very good at.  I tend to want to keep adding.  I do love how it turned out though. 

We used one of my favorite sets Friends 24-7 and for the sentiment is one of the new sets called Well Scripted. They are available in wood mounted or acrylic. The girls were excited about the new fonts. The colors used were Old Olive, Whisper white and Taken with teal. The Designer paper is from the new series called Sweet Pea. I really love these papers. A larger size than what SU usually does and such an awesome variety of designs in this Designer paper stack. The punch down the side is the Scallop Trim border punch that was in the Sale-a-Bration mini. Both the designer paper and the Well Scripted are available in the Occasions mini until the end of April, as well as some other punches that you will love. I really hope that they all make it into the new catalogue.

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Hope you enjoyed this one.