Gold Rimmed Teacup

   How about another cup of tea? This time I stamped the tea cup with Riding Hood Red on Whisper White and used  Gold Lame' Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink™ for the gold trim. The paper is Twitterpated from Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini. Card base is Island Indigo.  
 

     We are having the craziest weather this winter. I am not really complaining 'cause we've had very little snow or ice. However, Monday it was 67 and then Tuesday night it was 18 degrees. What a difference
a day makes huh? So how's your winter????

Tea Shoppe

 As soon as I saw this set in the Stampin' Up!™ Occasions Mini I knew I had to have it as well as the Paper Doily Sizzlets die-perfect combo! I stamped the  tea cup with White Craft Ink onto Island Indigo paper and cut it out. The card base is Riding Hood Red. The Designer Series Paper is Twitterpated (ok isn't that a cool name?). I trimmed the doily to make it fit the card.
  The Paper Doily Sizzlet is awesome. I did learn a little trick from my fellow demonstrators. To make it easier to remove the doily and to keep all the little
pieces from sticking in the die; first
stick packing tape or clear contact
paper over the die. Run through the
Big Shot with a piece of copy paper.
The tape/contact paper will stay on 
the die and most of the little pieces will not be stuck in the die.

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Advent Calendar

 This was so much fun to make and surprisingly easy. I used My Digital Studio™ and the download 25 & Counting by Stampin' Up!™ to create the days stamps. The stamp set was in the Holiday Mini but at $44.95 a little pricey; however the download was only $7.95. I used MDS to print a sheet with all 25 stamps on Whisper White using my inkjet printer. The 1" punch works perfect on these! 

The windows were made with the Peek-A-Boo window die. I used Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip and Real Red. Most of the embellishments were bits & pieces leftover from other projects.   

The base is a 12 x 12 piece of chipboard covered with some Whisper White.  I used the Eyelet Border Punch to create a frame.

Just A Little More Christmas

 So how was your Christmas? Is your tree down? Decorations packed away? Mine are but only just...

 I did find some time this Christmas to make a few gifts. These ornaments were for my 5th/6th grade Sunday School class and for an ornament exchange with some wonderful friends. 


I meant to take photos of the ornaments I rec'd but forgot and now they are  packed away. 

These are some tags I made for my stamp club members. I borrowed the idea from Vickie, Its A Stamp Thing.  The glitter is the fabulous silver glass glitter, stamps are from Stampin' Up!™ Bells and Boughs, Serene Snowflakes and Greeting Card Kids. I used blender pens and Stampin' Pastels™ to color the images. I think I need to make some more of these for next year.

A Little Birdie Card

 Confession time! I have several stamp sets in my possession that have never seen ink, have only been used once or even worse, have never been mounted. *sigh* When this Stampin' Up!™ set called Aviary first came out I just had to have it and alas this is the only card I have made with it. My first New Year's resolution is to use every current Stampin' Up! set I own!
The card base is Pool Party and that cute little brad is from the In-Color 
brads pack; the ribbon is Crumb Cake seam binding. I used a stamp from a hostess set called Happiest Birthday Wishes.
  Finally, my Christmas tree is up, my cards are mailed, and I only have 2 gifts left to purchase. Next project is wrapping!!!

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Spicy Day of Gratitude?

   Pulled out my Day of Gratitude set and used the medallion to make the main image. I inked the stamp using daubers because I wanted a softer stamped image. The middle is one of those lovely Antique brads. The lacy border was is a piece of DSP from

Spice Cake (again!) that was punched with the Lace Ribbon Border Punch and threaded some Chocolate Chip grosgrain through it. 
  I am making progress on my Christmas preparations in spite of working 8 days in a row!!!! My Christmas tree is still not up but my cards are ready for the Post Office, presents are purchased (not wrapped...) and anyone who knows me knows I don't bake (Mrs. Smith's pies are as close to home baked as I get). I still need to make some ornaments for an ornament exchange. And I really need to get that tree up.......