My FIRST Publication!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share that my first published card is available in the new edition of CARDS magazine - the January 2010 issue! Learn more about the magazine here - you can even order an online subscription for just $4.99 per month. My card is on page 26! So, so excited! :-)

Thanks for dropping by!

Christmas Cookies

Happy Friday folks!

Let's be clear about one thing ... peanut butter and chocolate are a winning combination! Case in point: peanut butter cookies with Hershey's kisses. These are the beauties that I made for my cookie exchange party last Friday night. And I so love the big fat polka dot ribbon and the tag tied on with baker's twine.

What's your favorite Christmas cookie recipe? Got any cute and easy packaging ideas?

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI Believe, Faux Ribbon
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate
Paper: PTI White, Pure Poppy, New Leaf
Accessories: ribbon from Wal-Mart; bakers twine from Shabby Green Door

Secret Santa Gift

Well Christmas is getting closer by the minute! Are you ready yet? I still have a long list of things to do!

This year I participate in a Secret Santa exchange at work. I happened to draw the teacher who is the testing coordinator and who has an office across from my room, so I had some ideas along with her list. For the first day, I included a dozen pencils and a post-it note pad. Any good teacher always has both of these items handy! I made a little wrapper and tag to dress it up using some patterned paper and the Stocking Prints stamp set. Love how cute it turned out. Sometimes a little something special in the wrapping can make a simple gift seem so much better!That's all for now ... keeping it short and sweet! Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI Stocking Prints
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Black
Paper: PTI Bitty Dots Pure Poppy, Holiday Vintage Prints, White & Pure Poppy card stock
Other: PTI Pure Poppy stitched grosgrain, Ripe Avocado button; bakers twine (Shabby Green Door)

Ornaments!

Hiya! Been awhile, but I finally got to make a few cards tonight. I had really better get on the ball if I want to send at least some handmade cards for Christmas. (Admittedly, I did get a box after Christmas at Target last year just in case! LOL)

Anyway, I tried out my All that Glitters set from Flourishes. LOVE it. LOVE it. LOVE it some more. I am way into vintage-y ornaments this year and so disappointed that the ones I saw in the Crate & Barrel catalog were sold out online and in the store. Dern it! Oh well. I found a few alternates, but not the ones I had hoped. On to my ornament cards ...


These are 3.5 x 5" cards. Love this little size. Note to self ... order more A1 envelopes! I used a Kraft base with Vintage Cream and Ripe Avocado layers. I stamped the leaves in Ripe Avocado and the bow and sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa. I colored the ornaments with Copics and added some glue with a 2-Way Glue Pen before dunking them in glitter! The ornaments are on foam tape to add a little dimension. Here's a purple one ... And a close up of the mauve-y colored one with the sparkly glitter!This one is my favorite and was my prototype for the others. I have 4 more to assemle (one of each of these plus a blue-grey ornament one. But I had to work on some more orders for my customers. Hope to get all those out this weekend so that I can relax and not worry about overnighting a bunch of stuff this year!

Well, off to bed. Only 2 more days left of school before break. And me and my students definitely need a break from each other! LOL Thanks for stopping by! I have some fun gifts that I made recently for a party and secret santa at work, so I will be posting those over the next couple of days.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: All that Glitters - Flourishes; Stocking Prints (sentiment) - PTI
Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado; Memento Rich Cocoa; Copics
Paper: PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado
Accessories: Taylored Expressions glitter; PTI Dark Chocolate twill

You're a Blessing

Hi - hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying the holiday season so far. I did get my trees up and the house decorated the day after Thanksgiving and have been busy finishing some orders for Christmas and then some.

I did have time to play with some stamps before Thanksgiving and broke out some new PTI sets from the November release. This card uses the Background Basics: Diamonds, Turning a New Leaf and Signature Greetings. Love them all!I stamped the diamonds on the bottom of the card front in Versamark ink and added the sentiment on top. The leaves were cut out and stuck down with some distressed paper circles and buttons for flowers. So much cuter in person! :-)

Well, its back to work ... I have a really big week at work and am hosting my sorority alumnae Christmas party on Friday night! Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, Signature Greetings, Background Basics: Diamonds
Ink: Chai, New Leaf, Chamomile; Versamark; SU! Chocolate Chip
Paper: White, Kraft, Lavender Moon
Other: Lavender Moon grosgrain, Lemon Tart buttons

Finally ... a card!

Hey everyone! Happy holiday week :-) Last night after getting home from work, I got my Thanksgiving break started off with some stamping. I haven't made anything in weeks because I have been too busy either lesson planning or working on sorority letter shirts for my side business, but I took a well-deserved break last night and got some new cards cranked out! Yippee!

This card is a 3.5 x 5 card - my new favorite size. :-) And this image is just too fun ... its from Unity's November KOTM and I think its adorable. It's kind of valentine-ish but I think its fun to send to a friend anytime.
I colored the type writer with some gray Copics and I roughed up the card stock frame with an edge distresser and some ink. Love how it turned out. It is hard to see in the photo, but the type writer is popped up on foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by! I am off to clean up my paper crafting mess and get to some cooking for tomorrow's feast with the family. If I have time, I will be back tonight for the monthly PTI blog hop ... although my project for last month is the perfect fit for this month's theme! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity Nov 09 KOTM
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip, Copic Markers; PTI Chai & Chamomile
Paper: PTI White; SU! Pink Pirouette
Other: PTI Hibiscus Burst grosgrain, foam tape, edge distresser tool

Birthday Wishes

Hiya! Sorry its been so long since I last posted! Things have been crazy in the letter shirt business world with many chapters of my sorority initiating new girls! Anyway, I have a few buddies who are celebrating their birthdays this month and this is one of the cards that I made. In fact, its the only card I have made in about 3 weeks! Ack! I am dying to take a break from sewing, but not much time until I meet some more shirt deadlines. Anywho ...
There has been a lot of heat embossing going on in the blog world and I have been itching to try it out. So much easier than I thought it would be. I added some embossed polka dots to the bottom half of the card using Versamark ink and some clear embossing powder. I stamped the "flowers" with a medallion from the Giga Guidelines set, cut them out and added some glitter using a 2-way glue pen. Love it! I stuck them up on foam tape around the stitched grosgrain bow. In general, I just love how quick and easy this was and how cute it turned out to be! A definite need-to-repeat in the future. How fun would it be to make a set in different color schemes? Maybe when I finish those shirts ...

Thanks for stopping by after such a long time between posts! Have a great week!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI Polka Dot Basics II, Giga Guidelines
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz; Versamark
Paper: PTI Sweet Blush, White
Other: PTI Raspberry Fizz stitched ribbon; clear embossing powder; 2-way glue pen; foam tape; glitter from Taylored Expressions