I am guilty...

...of blog neglect. This has turned into such a busy few weeks and being sick did not help. I spent my Thanksgiving on the couch with zero energy. Then the frenzy began: shopping, helping at school, laundry, etc. The only thing I have managed to complete in the last two weeks was the guest DT challenge from MFT and even that was at the very last minute. The theme this month was sewing...ugh! I am NOT a seamstress. I had to borrow a sewing needle from my MIL to complete this. I used the new Hearts A Plenty Die-namics and felt to make little puffy hearts.

That's all I have to share right now. Hopefully I will get some time soon to play again, but it is not looking good for this week. I have rehearsals for the Living Christmas Tree every night this week and three performances this weekend. Plus tomorrow is our 19th wedding anniversary.

Happy Holidays!

More Christmas Cards

I have been busy making Christmas cards and even one Hanukkah card. I really need to make a Christmas card list so I know how many cards to make this year. Well instead of babbling on about it, here they are.

Challenge: MFTWSC11172010
Sketch: SC307
Stamp: Peppermint Cats (MFT)
Die: Snowflake Die-namics

Sketch: SC307
Stamp: Snow Angel (MFT)
Paper: MFT, Basic Grey
Die: Snowflake Die-namics

Sketch: MTSC100
Stamp: A Gift for You (MFT)
Paper: MFT, Basic Grey

Sketch: Mojo165
Stamp: Hanukkah Riley
Paper: MFT, CTMH, Basic Grey
Die: Snowflake Die-namics, Small Open Scallop Die-namics

Sketch: CPS193
Stamp: Snowman Riley
Paper: MFT
Die: Decorative Doily Die-namics

This Week's Sketch Cards

No time to fill in all the details of the cards tonight as my battery is about to die, but here are the cards I finished this week.

Below: Mojo 164


Splitocoast Sketch Challenge 305

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge 133

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 99

Enjoy!

Falling for Fall

My boys had last week off from school so I took advantage of the last beautiful fall day and forced them to let me take their pictures outside. This picture was taken behind our house on the railroad tracks. It was a good thing I took it then because we got a storm the next day and now all of the beautiful leaves are gone.


One nice thing about the boys being off was that I got a chance to stamp while they played the Wii. The beautiful fall colors inspired this card for Wednesday Stamp Club 11032010. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge. I used MFT's Lil Pumpkin stamp set. The paper is from Close To My Heart. I used the reverse side to paper piece the pumpkin.

The second card is the Taylored Expressions sketch from two weeks ago. My boys have a bunch of birthday parties coming up and I needed to make some more boy cards. I used MFT's Super Boy along with some scraps of Basic Grey paper.

If there is some sun here tomorrow I will photograph the four cards I made this afternoon and post them here.

Wednesday Stamp Club 10/20/10

This week's Wednesday Stamp Club is called "In the Bag." I created a bag using MFT's Loveasaurus. I did not have a template for the bag so I decided to improvise. I used a snack bag inside to hold some paper grass and a gift card. I used some reverse image scraps of the Die-namics grass die and the scalloped scallop die.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

More Christmas, Plus One

Finally got some uninterrupted time in my stamp room and came out with three cards. There have been two sketches sitting on my table, but the mojo had departed for a bit. Today I just went downstairs and set to work anyway. The first card is finally not a Christmas card, but beware the next two are. I used the MFT set called Tea Party along with the Mojo161 sketch. The bits of design paper are scraps of Basic Grey that I had in my scrap box.


Now for the Christmas cards. I used the last two sketch challenges on Splitcoast for them. The first uses MFT''s Snow Angel. I have a thing for snowmen so this was a must have set for me. The ribbon is pleated ribbon from MFT's October VIP Kit. I embossed the base with my Cuttlebug snowflake plate and matted the images with glitter paper.

Next up is MFT's set Don't Open Until. This is a really cute set that can be used for birthdays or Christmas depending how you color the present. Again I used the pleated ribbon from MFT. I used two Die-namics sets on this card. The large snowflake from the snowflake die set and the rolled rose die. The design paper is a scrap of Basic Grey paper from my bin.

Well that's all for now. I will add the Wednesday Stamp Club project I finished in just a bit.

Christmas Cards

Be prepared! This is a long post. I have been in the Christmas card rut lately. It is fun pulling out stamps I don't get to play with the rest of the year. Up first is a new stamp from My Favorite Things called "Snow Bear." Isn't he cute? I used sketch 160 from Mojo Monday. The design paper is Basic Grey. The open scallops and bracket edge are both MFT's Die-namics.


Next is my card for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I used another new stamp set from MFT called "Sending You a Little Christmas." The design paper is also from Basic Grey. The snowflakes are made with MFT's Die-namics Snowflakes.

Next up is Polar Love. I got this stamp at the end of the winter season last year and did not have much of a chance to play with it. The layout is last week's sketch challenge on SCS. I pulled out some more Basic Grey paper and used some old pine tree buttons as an accent. The ribbon is twill ribbon from MFT and the snowflake is made with the Die-namics Snowflake die cut from felt.

Last is "Merry Kissmas" from MFT. This card uses last weeks sketch from Taylored Expressions. Again I used the Die-namics Snowflakes. The paper is a mix of Close to my Heart cardstock and MFT cardstock.

Enough Christmas cards for one day. Happy Tuesday!