What to do with all those Christmas cards.....

So I'm one of those people that keeps Christmas cards  (well, the ones with pictures anyways) and ends up stuffing them in a drawer. I've been wanting to do something with them so that we can look back and see how families have grown and changed over the years. Then it came to me!! Heidi Swapp!! She's known for her file folder scrapbooks and they would be perfect for my Christmas cards! 

This is actually the second one I've done. I didn't keep the cards the first Christmas we were married. :( When I'm done, I'll put them into one of Heidi Swapp's memory file boxes.

 Yeah, the left page is blank. I didn't plan ahead on how many pages I'd need. haha

 The truck card is our Christmas card for that year. When I started this I thought I was doing last years cards because that's the year I did a candy cane themed card. Oh well, I like how this turned out.

Details:

Heidi Swapp - Color Magic memory files

Recollections black

My Minds Eye - Peppermint

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Pink by Design - Big Thoughts, Everyday Banner, Large Banners, Beary Merry Christmas, Instantly & It's a Date

The Little Things in Life

The 13th and final challenge of Pink by Design's 2nd Anniversary was to find three things out of your junk drawer. There was also a sketch to use as a jumping off point, if you wanted (I turned the sketch on it's side). We don't have a junk drawer - there's no room for one - so I went to the next best thing... my purse! I was digging around in the bottom when I found these three pennies. I knew just the stamp to go with it and I love how it turned out. It's so much fun to add a little something different to a card.

 

Details:

DCWV - The Stack III and Green #1

Pink by Design - The Life you Imagined

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Challenges:

Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes, use a sentiment

You're all I Knead

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This card was for Pink by Design's 2nd Anniversary challenge #12. This challenge was to use something around your house as inspiration. My crafting area is in our informal dining room and it's right next to the kitchen. So when I saw this challenge, the first thing I saw when I looked up was my bread maker. I am in love with my bread maker and make at least one loaf a week. It's so easy to dump in all the ingredients and click start and then go about your day. :)

 

Details:

From my Kitchen 3"

DCWV - Nana's Kitchen

Core'dinations - Guava

Recollections - Chocolate & Kraft

Pink by Design - Kitchen Puns

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Creative Memories corner rounder

Go! Fight! Win!

Football season is here and I am loving it!!! My Seahawks are 3-0 in the preseason which hasn't happened in a LONG time. I actually am more of a football fan than my husband and he played in high school!

The 11th challenge for Pink by Design's 2nd Anniversary was to do a single layer card. Normally this would be super hard for me but I had these sports stamps staring at me and football on the brain so this is what I came up with.

 

Details:

Pink by Design - Got Game & Sports Fanatic

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You are Elephant-astic!

I'm back! Ok, so I scheduled this last night but still! Pink by Design's 10th challenge was to use an animal or animal print in your project. I've been wanting to do an elephant lately (don't know why) so this is what I came up with.

 

Details:

Nate's ABCs 3"

Core'dinations - Jet Stream

DCWV - Green #1

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Pink by Design - Jungle Fever

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1. Comment telling me one fun thing you've done this summer  (We bought a pool)

2. Comment again if you are a follower - just tell me you are

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You Are...

You are amazing for still coming back after I haven't posted regularly in FOREVER!!! Thank you so much for sticking with me! We finally had someone come out and it took him fixing FIVE things for the internet to boot back up. He said that if it goes out again, he'll have to put a new line from the power box into the house. Fun stuff, right?!?

Anyways, onto the card. I made this for the 9th challenge on Pink by Design's 2nd Anniversary celebration. This challenge was to use buttons somewhere in the project.

Details:

Studio Calico - Classic Calico #2

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Pink by Design - My Favorite Kind

PbD Ch#2 - Favorite Holiday

Here's the quick card I did for the second challenge. It's not my favorite that I did for that day but it turned out pretty cute.

Details:

Stretch Your Imagination 3.75"

Paper Pizazz - Christmas Lights

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Pink by Design - Christmas Wishes, Goodie Labels & Die