Red Hot Christmas Party

Well it's been one of those weeks for me...stressful!  I'm sure no one else has ever had a week like that. lol  As I'm writing this I can feel myself starting to relax a little because I know my busy week is almost done.  Whew...I survived!  I've enjoyed each thing I've done, but I think I need to slow down just a little.  Now on to today's cards.  Last night was our Red Hots' Christmas party and it's always a lot of fun!  We had great food, lots of laughs, games and of course gifts.  And this year we decided on a $5 gift exchange for our gifts.  All I can say is I am not a shopper so I decided to give a box of chocolates and make a few cards.  My last post shows a card that I made using gold snowflakes.  Well after cutting out the large snowflakes I could not throw away my scraps like I usually do because the glimmer paper is so pretty and I felt wasteful if I did.  So I set them aside then starting thinking that maybe I could use them somehow on a few cards for my gift and these are the cards I came up with...

I also decided to enter these into the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge since it's a monochromatic challenge and these seem perfect for it.  Plus I've been lacking in the challenge department this week!  

Of course I had to have a box to store them in too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Embossing Folder:  Lacey Brocade
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist

Celebrate Today

Today's card is for one of my December stamp a stacks.  Notice it doesn't say Merry Christmas or Season's Greetings, etc.  Some of the ladies just want winter cards that can still be used for birthdays, thanks yous or a thinking of you type of card.  I made one for a birthday and another for a thank you.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry

Embossing Folder:  Lacy Brocade

Glimmer Paper:  Champagne

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearl Large

RHSSC 65

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge card.  I really liked today's sketch because it was pretty simple and perfect for a Christmas stamp a stack card. :)  I was a little lazy and did the spotlighting technique.  Yup, I didn't want to color in the whole picture. lol  It's kind of hard to see the circle in my first picture, so I took a close up too.  **So I totally forgot to give you the link to the Red Hot Stampers Blog to check out the other cards when I first posted this.  Not only should you check out the other cards, but read the post too since we have a special gift for anyone who participates in the month of December.  Click here for all the details!**

There that's a little easier to see. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stamp Set:  Beautiful Season

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Watercolor Wonder Crayons:  More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy

Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso , Garden Green & Basic Gray

Punch:  1 3/4" Circle Punch

Embossing Folder:  Petals-a-Plenty

Ribbon:  3/4" Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler

Aqua Painter

Look Out Birdie...he he he!

Well, I'm finally back to blogging again after taking a couple of days off.  No excuse really because I have plenty of swap cards to show!  But today I decided to get busy and do the Color Me Beautiful challenge again before the linky closed. :)  I also found a new sketch challenge on a blog called Stamping and Blogging Blog (Saturday Sketch Challenge).  You'll have to check it out.  I already follow Sandi's personal blog because I love her cards...and I always love to follow more challenge blogs to help with some inspiration along the way. :)  So...the colors were really a challenge for me this time (boy were they ever!) and it's another card that definitely is not my normal stamping style, but I think it turned out pretty cute (look out little birdie...you're about to get pelted with a snowball! lol)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snow Much Fun

Card Stock:  Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Stampin' Write Markers:  Primrose Petals, Basic Gray,

Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder & Old Olive

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC - Merry Christmas

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Today I made two cards because I wasn't sure which ornament I liked better so I just used both. :)  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to check out a few more cards made with this challenge.  Remember you can give this challenge a try any time.  We'd love to see what you create.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes & Mandonna and Child (retired)

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Embossing Folders:  Vintage Wallpaper & Lacy Brocade

Ribbon:  3/8"  Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Christmas Card Swaps from Lansing Regionals - Part 2

Well, with Thanksgiving over the next holiday is ready to be seen and I figured I'd start it off by showing you a couple more cards that I swapped for at the Lansing regional...these two lovely Christmas cards. I'm not sure who made them, but I'll gladly give credit if I find out who did. :)  Just a reminder that I have made all of my swaps into cards, so if you happen to see your card on here it will be altered slightly.

The first card is a great way to use DSP.  I pretty much never buy it because I don't know what to do with it, or think I won't have enough to go around if I use it for a SAS.  This card definitely proves me wrong!  Hmm...guess I need to look into DSP after all. lol

I must confess with this second card I forgot to put the ribbon and bow back on when I attached it to more cardstock. :(  There's no getting the card apart again after burnishing it either...sigh!  Anyway, I love the cute gingerbread men and sparkly heart she added to the middle one...plus they are making me really hungry for gingerbread man cookies right now! lol

Thanks to both of you who swapped with me. :)



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Forever French Foliage

Let me start off by saying Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope that each of you who read this has a blessed day with family and friends, and remember to be thankful for the many blessings we have.  

Today's card came to mind as I was looking at a couple of challenges and wanting to use a fall set just one last time before the Christmas holiday hits full force.  I always like to do the Stampin' Celebration challenge and I've been thinking about it for a while.  Funny thing is this card is totally not what I was thinking at first, but the Paper Players sketch challenge kind of had a little sway in that choice.  They were all about gold and/or silver and Stampin' Celebration was a November/fall theme.  So I decided to combine them and this is what I came up with...  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set: French Foliage & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler & More Mustard

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges