Tags, tags, and more tags

I was fortunate enough to score the three new mini Cricut cartridges about two weeks ago. Now, I can hardly find time to do anything other than cut tags.....it is just nuts how much I'm smitten with this particular cartridge!

These tags were the first! The deer is cut from Blush cardstock and stamped in Blush with an image from Adorable Backgrounds. I added a tiny black brad for the deer's eye and mounted him on Chocolate cardstock.

For the negative image cut out with the deer on Blush cardstock, I mounted it on the coordinating tag cut in Tulip. First, I stamped the same image from Adorable Backgrounds and then added a clear sparkle for the eye.

I added hemp to each of the tags and they are now for sale on my etsy shop. I'll post some really glittery tags tomorrow!

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Stamps: Adorable Backgrounds

Cardstock: Tulip; Chocolate; Blush

Ink: Tulip and Blush

Embellishments: White Hemp; Bitty Black Brads; Clear Sparkles

Snow Friends

Sheesh, I have fallen behind AGAIN!!! I have been teaching and creating so many classes lately, I just have not had time for everything! Unfortunately, this means my blog has dropped down the ladder a few rungs. Please forgive me and I promise to try to post at least every few days!

These are some "oldy but goody" cards I discovered while cleaning up the other day. I must have precut all of the pieces for either a class or craft fair two years ago. Loved having the cutting done, I decided to make all of the cards that pieces were precut for!

Anyhow, I love my "Snow Friends" set every year more than any other Christmas set! I can not imagine these snowmen ever retiring!!! Okay, so my Cuttlebug folders were put to good use with these cards.

The first is Crystal Blue through my Cuttlebug with Twilight ink rubbed over top, before Stickles added. Snowfriend is stamped in Twilight on Colonial White, mounted on Crystal Blue and then mounted on Twilight cut out from Cricut! (whew, out of breath on that run-on sentence!)

Second card is Blush cardstock through Cuttlebug folder with Petal ink rubbed over top. Stamping in Petal ink with Petal snowman strip and patterned paper from Paper Garden. Blush brads and well, I sort of forgot to add glitter!

Okay, third Snow Friends card......White Daisy, Petal, Blush and Crystal Blue cardstock. Jingle Borders along with Snow Friends stamped in ink coordinating colours, except for sentiment. Twilight was used for the sentiment. Now this card may not show it, but prisma glitter was added to snowflakes stamped with sentiment.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Stamps: Snow Friends; Jingle Borders

Cardstock: Blush; Crystal Blue; Petal; Twilight; Colonial White and White Daisy

Ink: Blush; Crystal Blue; Petal; Twilight

Embellishments: Prisma Glitter; Blush brads; White Organdy ribbon

Rudolph is coming.....

Well, it always seems as soon as Hallowe'en is over, everything Christmas is everywhere! I was surprised to hear Christmas music today at Micheal's........I think the music should wait until Dec 1st! I guess since the decorations have been out for a few weeks, there is just no point in waiting any longer for the full force to land!

This was a card I added to one of my 20 cards for $25 workshops I recently did. It was so simple, I almost couldn't believe how sweet it looked.

I cut the deer from my Christmas Cricut cartridge and stamped it with an image from Adorable Backgrounds. The polka dot paper is from our new Jingle pack and the sentiment from our December word puzzle.

The deer is on foam dots and I drew a line of glue along the torn edge of the Blush cardstock. Then I added our prisma glitter once the glue became tacky.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps: Adorable Backgrounds; December Word Puzzle
Paper: Jingle
Cardstock: Chocolate and Blush
Ink: Chocolate and Blush
Prisma Glitter

Martha's punches are taking over.....

I was waiting for a friend who works at Micheal's to call me to tell me the Martha loopy punch I was salivating for had arrived. I got the call and drove out to the store, only to find it was not actually the punch I had wanted. Instead, it was a two pack of a double loop border and corner punch. As I had my Tim's while browsing in M's, I carried this package around, pondering whether I should buy it or not. After all, I still would "HAVE TO" get the other loopy punch I wanted, if it came back in stock!

So, I decided since I hadn't seen this pack before, I'd buy the punches. I'm so happy I did as they've become very hard to find in Victoria. I used both the border and corner punches to add interest to this card.

I used Amore patterned paper and cardstock in Tulip; Chocolate; Blush and Colonial White. I stamped with Tulip and Chocolate ink with the Priceless Love set. This is one of my all time favourite sets.....it has so many great LOVE images.



I also stamped the background with Spot On Backgrounds and added our wonderful Felt die cut hearts from our Whimsy set. I cut out the corners with my Fiskars Admit One punch and then added Colonial White brads.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Stamps: Spot On Backgrounds; Priceless Love

Cardstock: Tulip; Chocolate; Blush; Colonial White

Amore patterned paper

Ink: Tulip and Chocolate

Embellishments: Whimsy Felt die cuts; Colonial White brads

Sorry for being away for soooooo long!

This is the first Christmas Card workshop of the season for me. I created this for both my recreation centre and home class. The gals made 4 each of the following 5 cards.

For the first three cards, all of the patterned paper is from our great Jingle pack or it has been hand stamped. The colours are Tulip; Juniper; Creme Brulee; Twilight; and a little Hollyhock.

We stamped the stars from Shining Star and cut them out. They are all on foam dots for extra dimension.

This sweet snowman card was made with patterned paper from Aspen. This is still my favourite and only snowman stamp set, Snow Friends. We added stickles glitter to the snowflakes and the scalloped cirle is cut with my cricut.

Finally, this card was stamped with Outdoor Denim on Moonstruck cardstock with Jingle Borders. The snowflake was cut with my cricut and covered in liquid applique, then fluffed up with a craft heater.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps sets: Jingle Borders; Shining Star; Snow Flurries; Snow Friends
Cardstock: Tulip; Creme Brulee; White Daisy; Twilight; Hollyhock; Juniper; Moonstruck
Ink: Tulip; Hollyhock; Juniper; Outdoor Denim; Twilight
Embellishments: sparkles; liquid applique

More simple Christmas cards

These two cards are past the point of simple. I stamped the snowflakes from Snow Flurries in Tulip on Tulip cardstock. The sentiment is from Holiday Commentary stamped in Juniper on White Daisy.

I added three sparkles to the bottom for a little pizzaz.

This card is just turned the other way for a horizontal version of the first card.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Stamps: Holiday Commentary; Snow Flurries

Cardstock: Tulip and White Daisy

Jingle L2 paper pack

Ink: Tulip and Juniper

Embellishments: Sparkles

More Christmas cards...

So, here are the next two cards I made at my crop. I cut the Juniper cardstock and Jingle b&t paper together and used one piece of each on the cards.

For the first one I stamped with Snow Flurries on the Juniper in Tulip ink. I added the b&t paper and used my stickles to add some glitter. I tied white organdy ribbon around this layer, then stamped and added the sentiment.

For this card I used the backside of the Jingle b&t and stamped the sentiment directly on it with Tulip ink. I stamped in Juniper ink on the Juniper cardstock with the "Let it snow" from Snow Flurries.

From there I used my new Martha snowflake punch with White Daisy cardstock. Finally, I applied some sparkles to the centres of each snowflake.

All supplies are Close To My Heart except where mentioned.

Stamps: Snow Flurries; Holiday Commentary

Ink: Juniper; Tulip

Cardstock: Juniper; White Daisy

Embellishments: White Daisy Organdy ribbon; Sparkles

Other: Stickles