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I did another card from this week's  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge  (sketch #469). This time, I did a Christmas card! I used Gina K's woodgraining technique (you can find a tutorial here ). I also used Distress Frosted Crystal embossing powder; here's a close-up of the effect: For the snowflakes and the sentiment, I cut the shapes out twice and glued them together to make them thicker. Very happy with how this one turned out! :) Supplies : Dies: Merry Christmas sentiment (unbranded), Tim Holtz Sizzix Holiday Greens Mini, Pink & Main Stitched Slimline, SU! Snowfall Thinlits Paper: SU! Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Very Vanilla cardstock, Recollections Gold Foil cardstock Ink: Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, SU! Crumb Cake Embellishments: Distress Frosted Crystal embossing powder, CTMH Gold Bling Gems

It has been awhile since I participated in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge , so yesterday I popped on to see what the sketch was this week. I need a graduation card for my niece who is graduating from elementary school this June, so I thought I'd allow this sketch to give me inspiration! This is what I came up with:  I made it in the school colours (red and gray).  This is also (I think) the first time I've ever made a slimline card. I like how it turned out! Supplies: Cardstock: Recollections Black and Gold Foil; SU! Real Red, Smokey Slate, and Whisper White; and Gina K Wild Dandelion Stamps: CTMH You Did It, Just a Little Something, and Time to Celebrate Dies: SU! Stitched Circles and unbranded slimline scalloped rectangle 

I was watching crafty YouTube videos before work one morning this past week and came across this simple gift box tutorial by PootlesPapercraft: How To Make a Gorgeous Be Dazzling Box using Stampin' Up! Supplies - YouTube I never try gift boxes, because they all look so complicated and I need things that look "easy" - I fully admit to being a lazy papercrafter some (most?) days.  But I had the SU! Be Dazzling specialty paper, so I thought, hey, why not try this out? I needed a birthday gift box for a little trinket and a gift card, so this was the perfect size. This box was super easy.  I switched out the cardstock that Sam used for Melon Mambo (my favourite pink!) Hot tip : Like Sam, I always have clothespins kicking around my craft area, but I think this is the first time I've actually had to use them for pinning something together until the glue dries. Very useful!!  I just used a glue runner on the cardstock base, because it was strong enough to hold together. On t...

Happy Wednesday! I have been meaning to post this card for the past week or so, but just didn't get around to it. This was my first attempt at playing with the Distress Frosted Crystal embossing powder and I love, love, love the effect. It's hard to get a good picture, but I tried! Here's a close-up: (PS - The best part about using Distress Oxide inks is that they stay wet long enough to emboss!) I've been playing with a lot of Tim Holtz products lately and I have no idea what took me so long to get on Tim's band wagon.  There's so much to learn about his products and he's always releasing something new. Here's the finished card. I think it looks lovely, and even better in person! Supplies: - Paper: SU! Very Vanilla and Mossy Meadow cardstock; This Christmas DSP - Dies: Sizzix Tim Holtz Christmas Ribbon and Poinsettia Pieces - Inks: Distress Oxide Fired Brick and Spiced Marmalade - Embossing powder: Tim Holtz Distress ...

It's been awhile, friends! I haven't stopped creating, I just haven't been posting.  I thought I'd kick off my first blog post in awhile with a funny story. You know...I have a lot of crafty things. Stamps, dies, embossing folders, inks, patterned paper, cardstock... I think ANY type of crafter can relate.  I buy things when they are on sale, or just in case I think I will use them.   Well, this story starts out with a new purchase... one of the new Tim Holtz Sizzix releases called " Cozy Winter ." I watched Tim's live release on YouTube and hemmed and hawed about getting it. I held out about 2 months before I got it. The dies allowed me to create these cute lil gems: The fact that the bear was holding a coffee cup was actually the part of the die collection that sold me.  The collection also came with some snowflakes and a woodpecker sitting on a limb - but the bear with the coffee cup - THAT did it. It honestly took awhile for me to put together all four...