How about a "Meowy Christmas"?

I was in a desperate need for some Christmas cards, so I grabbed some coloured images I had sitting on my work table. How about a "Meowy Christmas"?

I used this lovely snowflake patterned paper from Snowhaven, with a Whisper mat. I stamped a snowflake from a retired set on another piece of Whisper cardstock, then used "Christmas" from an image from, Merriest Christmas. I used the alphabet included with our Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge to stamp the "meowy". Both sentiments were stamped in Black ink and I flanked this piece with Silver Shimmer Trim.

The girl image is a Pure Innocence image from My Favorite Things. I coloured her with our Shin Han Alcohol markers on Colonial White cardstock and matted on Chocolate cardstock. I added some  Red Glitter Gems to complete this card.

All supplies are Close To My Heart, unless noted.
Paper: Snowhaven
Stamps: Merriest Christmas; Artfully Sent Alphabet
Cardstock: Whisper; Colonial White; Chocolate; White Daisy
Ink: Black; Shin Han Alcohol Markers
Embellishments: Silver Shimmer Trim; Red Glitter Gems
Tools: Artiste Cricut cartridge
Other: MFT Pure Innocence; Memento Black ink

Picture My Life with cards!

Okay, I'm getting mentally ready for a 4 day Christmas shopping getaway in Portland, this coming weekend. My husband, daughters and I will travel and shop without my son, again. He is starting a reading break from his Engineering program, but has projects and homework that still need to be completed. So, I guess we'll have to once again pick up the shopping slack....'cause that is hard to do....ha!

Other than that, I have been trying to stay on top of keeping my card supply, at the coffee shop, on a more level basis. Here is a quick card I made with a Picture My Life kit card, for the coffee shop.

This lovely card centerpiece is from, Chalk It Up Picture My Life. I mounted it on Flaxen cardstock then added accents of Lagoon and Black cardstock. The patterned paper is from Chalk It Up. I added a puffy arrow from the Chalk It Up Assortment, along with some Black Baker's Twine and called it done.


All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: Chalk It Up; Chalk It Up Picture My Life
Cardstock: White Daisy; Flaxen; Lagoon; Black
Embellishments: Black Baker's Twine; Chalk It Up Assortment

Happy November!

We had a very quiet Hallowe'en this year......the kids and I watched tv and ate most of the candy! We are lucky to get 20 kids at our door and we might have actually made it to 30 this year. That did, however, leave lots and lots of candy for the 4 of us!

My husband brought home 2 Hallowe'en sized boxes of chocolates and one of chips. I told him he had better take out whatever portion of each treat he wanted, as there was going to be a pig out session, while he was at work.

He was shocked when he got home to see that there were a mere 10ish mini chocolate bars left. We had a good night eating and enjoying the kids that came to the door. We even had a group of my youngest daughter's classmates, who all came dressed as Disney princesses with 1 prince! (Lucky boy!)

Since our weather is still in the teens, here is beautiful Victoria, BC...... I am still making a few Fall inspired cards. Here is a quick one.

I added Pathfinding patterned paper with some Olive cardstock to a Colonial White card base. I stamped the tree with second generation Barn Red ink, then added the sentiment with Lagoon ink, both from set, Always Grateful. I matted the stamped piece with Lagoon and Barn Red cardstock. I added a strip of our Cranberry striped twill ribbon and Gold Sequins.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: Pathfinding
Stamp: Always Grateful
Cardstock: Colonial White; Olive; Barn Red; Lagoon
Ink: Barn REd; Lagoon
Embellishments: Cranberry Striped Twill ribbon; Gold Sequins

Rolled Roses

Since Close To My Heart released their first Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy, I have loved making rolled flowers. These babies are actually from Artiste, which is our second cartridge that was released a few years ago.

I started with this gorgeous patterned paper from retired, Ariana. I added a strip of our Black Shimmer Trim, then a Black cardstock border. The sentiment piece is Creme Brulee cardstock cut with a great stitching die from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is stamped in Black, from a retired set.

The three flowers are cut from Sorbet cardstock, each cut at a different size. I added a Sparkle to the centre of each, although, one looks to be missing in this photo.

All supplies are Close To My Heart, unless noted.
Paper: retired Ariana
Cardstock: Colonial White; Creme Brulee; Sorbet
Embellishments: Sparkles; Black Shimmer Trim
Ink: Black
Tools: Artiste Cricut cartridge
Other: My Favorite Things Die-Namics Vertical Stitching Strips

A Photo Challenge

Since this past week has been a challenging one, I thought I might add a pleasant challenge from Just Us Girls. This is their "Photo Week #264" Challenge.

I lifted this design and put my own spin on it. I started with Lagoon cardstock and stamped with our new background stamp, Season of Thanks, in coordinating ink. I added a scalloped square of patterned paper from Pathfinding paper package and stamped the stitches with  Barn Red ink.

The centrepiece is an awesome chipboard piece from Pathfinding Complements. I mounted it on a scalloped circle cut from Autumn Terracotta cardstock.


Here is the photo inspiration for the Just Us Girls Photo Week #264 Challenge.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: Pathfinding
Stamp: retired
Cardstock: Lagoon; Autumn Terracotta
Ink: Barn Red; Lagoon
Embellishments: Pathfinding Complements

Another simple Christmas card

Here is another quick card using Hostess stamp, Sing Glory.

This card went together really fast with Whisper cardstock underneath some lovely polka dot paper and a zip strip from Snowhaven. I stamped this gorgeous angel with Glacier ink, then added Stardust Glitz. The sentiment is stamped with Black ink and the entire piece is matted with Black cardstock. I also edged the stamped piece with some Glacier ink. I tied the entire thing up with some Ruby Baker's Twine.

All supplies are Close to My Heart.
Stamp: Hostess Sing Glory
Paper: Snowhaven
Cardstock: Whisper; White Daisy; Black
Ink: Glacier; Black
Embellishments: Stardust Glitz; Ruby Baker's Twine

New Christmas

There are many new Christmas stamps in our Annual Inspirations Idea Book and I like to ink and try out new things. You know....like a crow to shiny things! So, that is what I have been doing.......this is a lovely new Hostess stamp, Sing Glory.

I stamped this spectacular angel with Crystal Blue ink and added Stardust Glitz for some sparkle. The sentiment is also from a new set, Merriest Christmas. I stamped it with Black ink and edges almost all of my pieces with Black ink, also.

I matted the stamped piece with Cranberry ink and the larger piece with Whisper cardstock. The patterns are both from Snowhaven paper.


All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamp: Merriest Christmas; Sing Glory
Paper: Snowhaven
Cardstock: Whisper; Cranberry; White Daisy
Ink: Crystal Blue; Black
Embellishments: Stardust Glitter