November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We are hopping again!

You should be coming from Traci Pasqualone’s blog, 

if not, keep hopping and you will make a complete circle.

This month’s stamp set is Cherish The Day!

See the red “tag” line around the January stamp?  

That means that you can cut out that shape with our Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge – 

and that’s just what I did!

I cut out a few white tags and a few letters out of Smoothie Cardstock with my Cricut and 

WALL – LA!

Man Card!

The card is for my Father’s Birthday.  

Every Saturday Night my parents go to the Moose Lodge to play Queen of Hearts – a game where you buy TICKETS and if your TICKET is called, you get to pick a card and can win money.  

A few months ago they won $7,000!!!  

My Dad’s Birthday is November 1st – how perfect is that?!?

We will be going with him this weekend to the Moose Lodge and buying him some tickets to put in the card for his birthday.

Here’s the inside of the card (I will be putting in a special message via computer & printer shortly).

I put the extra border piece across the top and bottom (you know, the piece that’s white and says CTMH on it, and the other side is a cute patterned border  - love them).

Thanks for looking and now you need to hop over to Angel Sawyer’s Blog to see what great artwork she’s created with this stamp set.  You can get this stamp set for only $5 with a purchase of $50 on My Site or for $17.95 – but only in the month of November!

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment!

200th Post

Yeah!  Just hit 200th Post with my last message!  Doing the happy dance! 
Been working on some new things – layouts and cards for the weekend retreat, goodie bags are stuffed.
Did a few Cricut Classes last week in Racine, Sheboygan and for the consultants at our last meeting in Franklin!
Had a great class doing the Snow Wall Hanging and a Post-It Note holder last night.
Going to bed early – thanks for reading!

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Holiday Magic

We are hopping again!

You should be coming from Pamela's Blog, if not, keep hopping and you will do a complete circle.

This month's stamp set is 

Holiday Magic

 

 I love these images!

This first card I was trying to do something soft and simple. 

I layered the sleigh and used foam squares. 

 I have Sparkles on the tree and corner of the card.

I second generation stamped snowflakes so that they are barely there

  If you click on the photo above you might be able to see the spritzed Create-A-Shade Paint 

that I added to a Spray Pen with a quarter of a tube of alcohol. It should be very shimmery. 

Must shake VERY well to mix the paint and alcohol.

 I sponged Crystal Blue ink at the bottom for the snow
and then I sponged around the whole card in Chocolate ink to distress it.

 This next card I wanted to take a shape and create something totally different than what it is - so the Christmas Tree was used to create a background stamped image.

 I stamped the stocking in Cotton Candy and the paper/green stamping is Pear Ink.

I added waxy flax for the top of the stocking and inside the button for the threads.

 Some soft pastel buttons finish off the card.

Thanks for looking!

Now hop over to Sarita's Blog to see some more great artwork with this stamp set!