A card for the puke pile and an upcoming class

Okay so I seriously debated on wether or not to even post this card or not as it seems to me to belong in to what I have recently named the "puke pile" or that pile of cards that you look at and say wow that is really not good. Now sometimes I have a love/hate relationship with my cards but this card not so much with the love, however lest you think I have not been crafting lately I have, it just might not be working out for me. I also have been working on this super simple, plain Jane event calendar which will be for my next class held on Tuesday December 14th at 6:00 pm. I will be sending out an e-mail to my customers with the exact info but if you are interested in attending shoot me an e-mail as this will make an excellent Christmas gift and the cost is only $12.00 per calendar. So here are the details on the card, I used the Mojo Monday sketch and Making Memories Paper, the poinsetta is "The Best Gift Of All" CTMH, sentiment is also CTMH, I also used gold stickles for the dots.

Boxed sets and a tag

Well here is my picture of some of my boxed sets from my craft fair last weekend. The picture is horrible but my light was quickly fading. These are super simple cards and all of them except for the blue ones held 5 cards and matching envelopes. Next up is a little tag I made today using that new MS punch I bought yesterday, and My Minds Eye paper, the stamp is a freebie from Unity that was in my papercrafts magazine(score for me)and I stamped in Cocoa the bunny and snowflake were also MS punches, the pearls, twill and button are CTMH, the ribbon is American Crafts and I used MFT'S rolled flower die and some felt for the flower. Everything was distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.

Out Of Shape?

Don't answer that question! Just kidding today is Monday so that means it is time for the next Heart2Heart Challenge. This week the challenge is to make a shaped card, any shape other than a square or rectangle how fun is that? I knew right away what I wanted to do, I bought the cutest bird shaped chipboard album at Michael's for a buck, so I just folded a piece of cardstock in half, traced one of the chipboard pages, cut it out and voila a bird shaped card. Then using the wonderful new "Mistletoe" paper I covered my card and decorated it uo. That fabulous ribbon is from the Cocoa collection and I made that wonderfull flower out of cardstock, inked the edges in Desert Sand and added a cocoa button and some hemp. The sentiment was stamped from the Everlasting Life stamp set. For the eye I cut out a New England Ivy circle and took a brad from the center of a poinsetta in the "Mistletoe" Mini-Medley collection and put it through the center. I also used a scalloped border punch and a rhinestone flourish from Zva Creations and did some simple stiching along the edge. This challenge really inspired me and I hope it does you as well because it is another 4 for 40 week which means if we get 40 players this week one lucky player will win 4 cards handmade by the incrediably talented Andrea Ewen. So to play along just go to Heart2Heart see what the rest of the design team has come up with(you won't be dissapointed)and get working on your project using mostly CTMH products and then link back so we can see what you have made.

All Decked Out

Here is a card I got to make today during naptime, The paper is Mitten Weather from Cosmo, and the SS is All Decked Out from CTMH. I got that fabulous punch from MS at Michaels today that I used on the bottom of the card and that lovely sparkly purple ribbon. I punched the snowflakes out of the paper with the MS snowflake punch and added the little purple buttons. I also added glitz glue to all the snowflakes for added sparkle and liquid glass on the snowman nose but it is hard to see in the picture. Hopefully later today I will be able to post all the stuff from my craft fair yesterday, but for now this is it!

A pretty girl reindeer-Clarice perhaps?

Oh how cute, can you guess what the title "Clarice perhaps" is referring too? I just love this paper from Basic Grey it's last years line but I love it! So that's what I used for this card, my little girl reindeer was just cut out from one of the papers, I added a little Glitz glue(CTMH) on her eyelashes and spots and a sparkle on her nose! A satin bow, a button, a stick pin and some white sassy strands complete the arrangement on the side. A couple snowflakes from the MS snowflake punch, some blue sparkles(CTMH) and voila another card for the stash! Hopefully after my craft fair this weekend I will get back to posting more regularly. Have a great night!

Everlasting Life

A quick post to share a card I made last night using CTMH'S Everlasting Life and Let Us Adore Him stamp sets and paper from I have no idea-sorry, the pretty gold ribbon is from Offray and all the Opaques(pearls) are from CTMH. I also wanted to share a couple cone gift bags I decorated for my upcoming vendor fair this weekend, I packaged hot cocoa and mini marshmellows and made little tags for them, they would make the cutest little stocking stuffers or teacher gifts!

A color challenge for H2H

It's Monday again already, where does the time go? The challenge this week at H2H challenges is to use 3 colors, Sunset, Brown Bag, and Indian Corn Blue. I must admit I was at first stumped- hence why it's called a challenge, but in the end I really like it! All you have to do to play along is make any project using these 3 colors and mostly CTMH products, then head on over to the H2H blog and link it up! I made a simple tag, that would look great added to a gift bag, I used only cardstock on this tag, and the amazing November SOTM-A Little Thanks and A Sip stamp sets. I made the flower using Sunset added some pearls and finished it off with twill and Sunset ribbon, as Sunset button and natural hemp. I also used three punches on this tag, corner punch and tab punch from SU and border punh from MS. I can't wait to see what you can come up with!