Wishing You a Christmas Wrapped in Joy

Here's one of the first Christmas cards I've made so far. It's hard for me to get into the spirit of Christmas when I'm having a hard time transitioning into fall. Especially since we had maybe two weeks total of summer this year. And never more than 4 days at a time. :(

This card turned out super cute and I love all the kraft paper. I'm thinking about wrapping all my presents in kraft paper this year. But then I also need to use up all my regular paper. We'll see what happens. :)


Details:
Winter Frolic 2.75"
Recollections kraft & chocolate
DCWV Christmas Combo
Celebrate it ribbon
scraps
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

Challenges:
More Than Favors - Live Simply cartridge (I don't have this so I took the mouse from Winter Frolic instead)
OWH Stars & Stamps - sketch

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Here's a quick Christmas card I made. I used the tree from Winter Frolic and sanded the edges. Then I folded the trees in half and sanded the seam to give it a 3D effect.

Details:
Winter Frolic 3.75"
Value Pack kraft
Core'dinations Evergreen
American Traditional Designs - Holiday Words
twine
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

Challenges:
More than Favors - Christmas in July
More than Favors - Winter Wonderland (I used Winter Frolic)

Christmas card in July?!?

Have you been to Target, etc lately? They already have summer stuff on clearance and back to school stuff out. JoAnns and Michaels have Halloween and some Christmas stuff out. Where did summer go????

On a different note, I love that there's Christmas challenges out right now. I always say I'm going to start my Christmas cards early and this is a great motivation. :)


Details:
Winter Frolic 4.25"
DCWV Christmas Combo
scraps
eyelets
Divine Twine
Recollections red and kraft
Pink by Design 'Scripted Year'

Challenges:
The Paper Variety - Christmas in July
Pink by Design Message board - Christmas in July

Link Parties:
You Had Me At Craft

Pounds of Coffee

I wanted to make some batch cards (sets of 5) so I started with this coffee card I made for my friend Mallorie. I made 15 cards, 5 blue and 10 pink. One set of pink will be for me and the other two I'm going to sell at a craft show. Don't know when that'll be but I figured I should start making cards now.


Details:
Winter Frolic 4"
Bazzill Mud Pie
Recollections white & kraft
DCWV Blue #2
Core'dinations St Valentino
Fiskars corner punch
CB D'vine Swirls embossing folder
TPC Studio 'Coffee Cafe'

I was doing great until I realized that some of the coffee cups were smaller than the others. I somehow moved the size dial from 4" to 3.5"!! I had 9 cups that this happened too before I caught it. So I took these extras and altered the layout of the cards a little. I also found a 'Thanks a Latte' stamp hidden in my stack! So I used that on four of the cards.


Details:
Winter Frolic 3.5"
Bazzill Mud Pie
Recollections white & kraft
DCWV Blue #2
Creative Memories corner rounder
CB D'vine Swirls embossing folder
I like you a latte stamp - TPC Studio 'Coffee Cafe'
Thanks a latte stamp - Fiskars 'Latte Love'
twine

Cup o Joe

Mallorie... you know the drill... unless you got something today.







A friend of mine sent me an adorable card saying "how've you bean?" So I couldn't not send a card back. :) I LOVED the way this turned out. So much so, that I'm going to make some more as thank you cards to have on hand.

This qualifies for two challenges:
Cricut Cardz challenge: Cup image
Cooking with Cricut: Embossing

I also linked up to I Heart Naptime's Sunday Scoop

Details:
Winter Frolic 4"
Bazzill MudPie
White & kraft - Recollections
DCWV Blue #2
Fiskars corner punch
CB D'Vine Swirls embossing folder
TPC Studio 'Coffee Cafe'

1st Layout in a LONG time!

My goal this year was to catch up on my scrapbooking. I haven't scrapbooked in 20 months! AHH! So I found this sketch over at The Scrappiest. It worked perfectly with the next set of pictures that needed to be scrapped.


Close up of the sun


Rhinestones

Details:
Bazzill Chablis
Clouds - DCWV The Stack III
TPC Studios Buttercup Shimmer
Star border - Winter Frolic 2 1/4"
Sun - Create a Critter 5 1/2"
Circle - George & Basic Shapes 3 1/2"
DCWV Blue #2
Plaid - Paper Pizazz
Black & Dk Pink - scraps
Bird - Create a Critter 2 3/4"

Hopefully this is the start of a lot more scrapbooking! *fingers crossed*

Jumbo Cards

My mom's friend asked me to make three cards for the owners of the clinic she works for. But she had requirements. They needed to be 8.5x11 in size, not 'cutesy', and Christian-inspired.

I glued the top inch of two sheets of cardstock together and scored to make the cards as big as possible.

Winter Frolic
DCWV & scraps


Winter Frolic
DCWV


Wedding Solutions

It took a little bit to find ideas that weren't cutesy but I loved how they turned out.