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~Aurelia (Love Actually) First. Week. Of. December. Eeek!! I'm pretty much all done with my Christmas shopping, save for a few people who are hard to buy for. I made a bunch of cards, not nearly enough for everyone (but not everyone gets special handmade cards anyway). My mom loved Christmas, and she tried really hard to make it an awesome time for my sister and I. She succeeded. From decorating the tree, to gingerbread houses, and Christmas morning, she always made it so special. I miss her lots, but I will always have special Christmas memories. I'm sharing the treats I received from our card exchange at Card Club.  We have some awesomely talented ladies who attend the club! These are card fronts, so you can attach them to your own card. (See previous posting for my a photo of the card front that I made for the exchange). :)

Oh, Buddy the Elf! :) Made these for our Stampin' Up! Card Club Christmas party in December. We only had to make the face of the card, so that was super easy! This was one of my first projects with the Ornament Keepsakes bundle. I love this bundle!! There are so many different ways to use it. I have only begun to play!  Stay tuned... Supplies Used : - Dies: Top Note and Ornament Keepsakes (Stampin ' Up!) -Embossi ng f older: Perfect Polka Dots (Stampin ' Up!) -Stamp: Or nament Keepsakes and More Me rry Messages (Stampin' Up!) -Paper: Cher ry Cobbler and Whisper White (Stampin' Up!) -Embossing pow der: Go ld ( Recollections) - Top Boss ink    

Most "wonderful" Christmas movie of life!!  On Saturday past, I decided to get right down to it and make some Christmas cards. So I put on my dvd copy of Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version with Maureen O'Hara; I misplaced my copy of "It's a Wonderful Life" *sigh*) and got to work. All told, I got 12 Christmas cards finished. Which is fantastic, for me. I did one batch in the Stampin' Up! "Be Of Good Cheer/Festival of Prints" collection (6) and one batch of white cards. And voila... Supplies used : Cardstock: Recollections, Stampin' Up! (Very Vanilla, Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler) Patterned paper: Be of Good Cheer and Festival of Prints (Stampin' Up!) Dies:  Fancy Flourish (Die-Namics); Top Note Die and Ornament Keepsakes ( Stampin' Up!) Bling: Recollections Punches: Decorative label punch (Stampin' Up!) and Medium branch (Martha Stewart) Stamps:  Ornament Keepsakes, Greetings of the Season, Many Mer...

So, I went with the gold embossing on the circle (stamp: The Sounding Joy, Stampin' Up!), and popped it up with some dimensionals. I am happy-ish with the card... although I think it will take a little tweaking to find something I'm super happy with. Back to the drawing board! :) I should add that this card was inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

Ok so, I'm trying my hand at a white-on-white Christmas card. (Sorry for the poor quality pic...I'm just using my phone for right now...) But now I'm stuck. Where do I go from here?  I want to stamp on the circle. What colour? A friend of mine suggested changing the pearl out for something gold, and doing some gold embossed stamped image or greeting. I'll probably try that first... but if any of you out in the blog-o-sphere have any ideas...leave a comment and let me know what they are! I would appreciate any feedback. I love everything about this card though. Especially the fancy flourishes! I think they add so much to the card. Supplies : White card stock: Recollections Punch: Fiskars Threading Water Dies: Layered Poinsetta and Standard Circles, Spellbinders; Fancy Flourish, Die-Namics; Top Note Die, Stampin' Up! Pearl: Recollections Embossing folder: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding "Flowers" Have a fab day! :)

I went to Card Club last night, hoping that we would make some Christmas cards. And (yay!) 2 of the 3 cards we made were Christmas-y! :)  I'm not responsible for any of the design work, these are just make and take deals. But I think they are beautiful! All are made using Stampin' Up! materials. I really loved the sympathy card; it was simple to do (using overhead sheets with the squares precut and then rubbing ink on) but just so pretty. I also love the "bright and beautiful" one. The colours were ones I would not have picked for a Christmas card (River Rock and Elegant Eggplant) but together they make a really beautiful card. I am SUPER pumped to go to my hometown this weekend, not just to see the fam but also for a special scrapbook/card-making event. Kristy, from the Scrapbooking Cafe Online , will be there to keep us in plenty of supplies!  I've been excited about this ever since it was announced MONTHS ago! I've already got an order in to Kristy f...

Treats for my favourite little tricksters! I found these awesome Dollarama paper treat bags, but I just wanted to add something special. This is my first project using my new Top Note die (that I've had for a few months now).  I think they all turned out really cute...for a first time!  Supplies : Top Note die, Stampin Up Cardstock, Recollections Vampire, Haunted House and Boo! stamps, Michael's (you know, those random little $1.50 stamps :)) Letter stickers, various  Treat Bags, Dollarama Velcro tabs, Dollarama I have all of my regular treat bags full of such things as... Hershey's Halloween Drops, Angry Bird gummies, Halloween plastic rings, Spiderman candy sticks, Cadbury Screme Eggs...and much more! This is my very first time putting together my own Halloween treat bags, so I quite possibly overdid it :) Plus dbf bought some chips ("We have to get Doritos, not chips. I want to be the cool house that has Doritos!" says dbf). That's all for n...

It looks like I was busy on Thanksgiving Weekend! Since it was World Card-Making Day, I just had to celebrate by creating a little Christmas magic. Christmas cards are my favourite cards to make. And to be truthful, I make them all year round. I love love love the Sizzix Flip-It Square die! (Haven't seen it yet? Click here for a little taste of what you can do). I got it as soon as it came into the Scrapbooking Cafe Online ). The first time my boyfriend saw one of my Flip-It cards, I thought he was humoring me, but he was in awe of the card, and how it flipped. He said, "Is this what we went down to Ingramport for?" I nodded. "Well then," he said, "it was totally worth it!" He played with the Christmas cards I made yesterday for a good 2 minutes, watching the way the flip. Open. Close. Open. Close. Yep...typical man! Amused by the little things in life! :) Supplies : Sizzix Flip-It Square Die Very Vanilla and Gumball Green card stock, Be of...

(Coco Chanel) My best friend bought me a coffee mug last year for my birthday that says, "I'm not a shopaholic. I'm just really into stimulating the economy." Let's just say, that is so true! So when I came across this stamp set from Close to My Heart, I just had to have it.  This is my first card with the stamp set,  inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I remembered I had bought square cards from CTMH so, I got to work, and produced this. I'm really happy with the outcome. And I LOVE that stamp set just as much as I thought I would. Also, the plastic card was really fun (and super easy) to work with too. I don't usually like stamping with acrylic stamps...but CTMH produces an excellent product and I have absolutely no complaints! Supplies : Paper, Recollections paper (all) Stamp, Fashionista (CTMH) Clear square card, CTMH Embossing folder, Spots & Dots Spellbinders, Standard Circle and Lacey Circle Rub-on, Bazzill Basics...

 (To quote WJ Cameron) Yay! First project on my blog! It's a treat box, perfect for little Hershey's kisses!  I think I'm going to do a bunch for Thanksgiving dinner - perhaps as place cards?!  Who wouldn't enjoy this at the table? They are so cute and easy to do. The hardest part is deciding how you are going to decorate them. I'm planning to do a bunch for Christmas as well. I cannot wait to decorate those ones! I used the Flat-Backed Treat Box template from Splitcoaststampers (AWESOME resource!) Supplies : Ink - Stampin' Up, Crumb Cake Stamps - Recollections (Pumpkin vine), and Michael's Give Thanks Paper - Recollections Kraft Paper and Spice Market; Harvest printed paper, Wal-Mart;  Stampin' Up Very Vanilla Spellbinders Lacey Circles and Standard Circles Bling - Michael's

(OMG. I'm blogging.) Really, the only reason I created this blog is so I can enter a paper crafting challenge ! I've always liked to keep journals, so this will be like...my journal to the world! (it sounded a lot better in my head! hahaha) And who knows, maybe I can conquer the world, one handmade greeting card at a time! TL