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.

Another Valentine Cutie!

Thank heavens for creative people who share! I can't seem to create anything original lately, just copy. The inspiration for this card came is HERE, on Vicki's blog, It's A Stamp Thing.
I kept the colors the same, Concord Crush and Blushing Bride but switched them around a little mostly because I only have Blushing Bride ribbon. The brad is a retired Stampin' Up! brad from the clearance rack. I pulled out my Coluzzle to cut the circles. To color the image I used blender pens and Stampin' Write markers. The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! set; the little girl is from Greeting Card Kids.
(Only 3 weeks until my son's wedding-hard to believe!) Anyone want to come help me make favor boxes????????

Valentine CASE

Look! I finally made something; even if it was a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of Vicki's card HERE. The main image is from the Stampin' Up! stamp set called Greeting Card Kids. I colored her with Stampin' Write markers.
The main panel is vellum embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up! hostess set.
Colors are Marina Mist and Pink Pirouette. Hard to believe but Valentines Day is just a little over a month away!

Christmas Ornament Swap

Some of my very creative friends and I had a girls' night out at a local restaurant and swapped Christmas ornaments. Here are the ones that I received. The first one was made by Kris (Collage Contessa) and the one below was made by Trisha (easily amused, hard to offend).

Aren't they beautiful?














They are all so unique! The only sad part is (hangs head in shame), I have not put up my Christmas tree and I don't think I will be able to this year. I just simply ran out of time. Oh well there is always next year right???















Here are the two ornaments I made to share. I used the Deck the Halls DSP and a stamp from Greeting Card Kids. I used blender pens and ink pads to color the image.

Greeting Card Kids Halloween Card

The images in this little stamp set called Greeting Card Kids are just toooo cute! Believe it or not I just purchased my first set of Stampin' Up! Watercolor Pencils. They are fabulous pencils. The colors are very vibrant and the pencils are strong and do not break easily. I stamped the image on Naturals White with Jet Black Stazon™ ink, colored the image and used blender pens. Then I covered the image with Crystal Effects™. I love using Crystal Effects but you must have patience and let it FULLY dry. I let mine dry overnight so I know it is dry and don't end up with a fingerprint on the image from checking. The paper is from the retired Cast-A-Spell Designer Series Paper. The pink ribbon is retired Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain.