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(Sorry for the glare on the pic! Still taking Smartphone pics...) I am not generally a fan of pre-fab card kits. I don't know if that makes me a "handmade card snob" but I don't care. I love designing cards from scratch. It is my preference. That being said, I did order CTMH's Cut Above Christmas card kit (Z2064) and the coordinating Merriest Christmas stamp set (B1468). I decided to put the cards together last night, while watching television. Included in the kit are : 10 – 7" × 5" Printed Card Bases (very nice quality!) 10 – Printed Banners 10 – Colonial White Deer 10 – Red Sparkles 12 – 3-D Foam Squares 10 – Glitter Paper Pieces 10 – Coordinating Envelopes 4 yards Red and White Baker's Twine (more than enough to make the 10 cards!) Supplies I used (in addition to what was in the kit): - Adhesive : I used Liquid Glass (Z679) to adhere Rudolph to the glitter cardstock, as I find most other adhesives don't hold well to the glitte...

I attended an all-day crop on Saturday, so I had to have a fun project to work on. The majority of my cardmaking supplies are currently in storage... so I had to make a quick trip to Michael's to get some of my supplies for this project. I decided to make Halloween treat cups. Inspired by some Pinterest projects I have seen, this is what I came up with: I got the coffee cups at Dollarama (package of 10 for $2). I peeled the brown wraps that they came with off (easily), and covered them with my own cardstock/patterned paper. I just traced the outline of the wrap and cut the card stock to fit. I was very lucky that a fellow CTMH consultants let me borrow their Halloween stamp sets to complete the project: Eek and Shriek (B1429); Halloween Greeting (D1605); Creepy Creatures (C1522); and Frightfully Fun (B1453). I absolutely LOVE the Frightfully Fun set. The "greetings" are too cute and the images are fantastic for colouring. On page 41 of Annual Inspirations...

Just finished working on my For Always card kit...about a year after I got it... :) I cut out all the pieces when I first got the kit... but I was so wrapped up in other projects that I just never got around to stamping and putting the cards together! I love how the smokey plum looks with For Always. Glad I got an extra paper pack when it was available. I'm very excited about the new CTMH Annual Inspirations catalogue. Not-so-patiently waiting for July 1st and the consultant preview period! :) I do know that we have new markers, all NEW paper packs, and a brand new Cricut cartridge!!! 192 pages of paper crafting awesomeness! I'm disappointed that the Canadian prices have to increase...but it's understandable. 10% is not that bad... AND the good thing is that for a $50 order, you still qualify for the Stamp of the Month, so that threshold is not increasing. I can't wait to make some Christmas cards with the new stamps and papers! That is always what excites me m...