25 Days Until Christmas - Days 1 & 2

I wanted to show you the first two pages that I did for my 25 Days Until Christmas book.


On December 1st, we decorated the fireplace a little bit. I always love hanging our stockings! (If you look in the lower right corner of the photo, you can see Princess! And yes, she has a stocking too!) I used the decorative element that I created and showed you in this post. It's one of the many sentiments from the huge Christmas Daily printable set at The Cutting Cafe'. You can click on the pages to see them larger. Most of both of these pages is Cosmo Cricket. Pretty simple pages, and that's just the way I like them!


On December 2nd, Emily and I ran to Target for some cold pills for me, and she got a much-needed new hat and gloves, so I took a pic of her once we got home. Isn't she cute!?! I also decorated a couple of shelves in the kitchen with my favorite miniatures. I love these shelves. I used awesome tags that my blogging friend Chris sent to me. She stained them and baked them. They're totally cool! I also added a gorgeous crocheted flower that Emily made for me. I thought it was appropriate to put it on a page that features Emily!

Well, I've been sick with a bad cough, and now I have an aching side from coughing all of the time. Hopefully this cough will go away already! I hope you had a very nice Thanksgiving and that you're doing well with Christmas preparations! Have a great day, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Get It While It's FREE!!

I told you a couple of days ago that Regina at The Cutting Cafe' is giving away the brand new CHRISTMAS DAILY printable stamp set away for FREE! You only have until Thursday night to get it for FREE! I created two title pieces for my 25 Days Until Christmas Book! I used the sentiments available in the free set, and I paired them up with Christmas Tags. I buy a lot of Christmas Tags in the after Christmas clearance sales! I have these two title pieces ready to go in my 25 Days Until Christmas book! What FUN!!


I cut this sentiment out with my oval Coluzzle template, and then I added a Christmas Tag to the center. I love this!

I hope you're having a great day! In case you missed my BIG NEWS yesterday, check out the Making Memories blog!! Woohoo! Thanks for stopping by!

Merry & Bright

This is a card that features an ornament and a sentiment from the fantastic NEW Bulbs For The Tree Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe'. I did some paper piecing with Basic Grey paper, and I used my Martha Stewart loopy punch. I added some sheer ribbon and a trio of red Kaiser Pearls. It's VERY gloomy here today, so the photo is not the best. I really love the way this turned out though! You can click on the photo to see it larger.

I hope you're having a great day. Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Eat!

Anyone who really knows me knows that I really love to eat! The sentiment "Let's Eat!" from the Happy Thanksgiving Huge Word Circle Word set available at The Cutting Cafe', just cracked me up, and I just had to feature it on a Thanksgiving card. Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for everything wonderful in our lives, but it is also a time to eat! I used My Mind's Eye papers, my Martha Stewart loopy punch, some raffia, a button trio, a maple leaf brad, and lots of distress ink. I love all of the colors on these papers! It's very gloomy outside today, so I had a tough time getting a good photo. You can click on the card to see it larger.

I hope you have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

Winner!

My winner for the Merry Christmas Background Printable Stamp from The Cutting Cafe' is: Brenda. Congratulations Brenda! Send me an email from my profile page, and I will send you the printable stamp! Enjoy!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Happy World Cardmaking Day! Go grab a cup of coffee, because I have a lot to tell you about today! I love this day . . . because, obviously, I love making cards!


This first card features an AWESOME printable background stamp created by the very talented Regina at The Cutting Cafe'. Here's what else is totally cool . . . I'm giving this Merry Christmas Background printable stamp away in a random drawing! So, if you love it, and you would like to have a chance to win it, leave me a comment! I will draw for it on Tuesday! So, I printed the background stamp directly on my Making Memories ledger paper, I added a crimped Christmas tag, a felt flower, a button threaded with twine (thanks for the twine Chris!), and a rhinestone trio. I love it!


Next, I created some crimped envelope cards for our World Cardmaking Day celebration at Paper Popsicles! If you're looking for some inspiration, please come hang out with us! There are tutorials, and PRIZES! The Paper Popsicles message board is such a great place to be! Come join us today!

This is a Halloween version of the crimped envelope card! Look, it has some candy inside!!

I also posted about color and design inspiration being found anywhere! I just so happen to find mine in Target! I love that store, and I love these pillows. I actually took a picture of them when I was shopping with my girls! I was inspired by both, but I used the rainbow pillow as inspiration for a card!

Here's my rainbow card! I used all paper scraps! I kept the sentiment simple with a Stampin' Up stamp which I cut out with my Coluzzle, and I added some sheer ribbon. I think this is a FUN card! So, check out more inspiration at Paper Popsicles today! There will also be a lot of posts on the blog throughout the day! Have fun!! Be inspired! Get creative!

Have a GREAT day! Thanks for stopping by!

What's Cookin' Good Lookin'

Is this cute or what!?! This is an apron shape and sentiment from The Cutting Cafe'. The apron is from the Apron Shaped Card Set. You get TWO aprons in the set! The sentiment is from the What's Cooking Huge Circle Word Printable Stamp Set. I cut the sentiment out with my Coluzzle and added a Kaiser pearl trio to it. My papers and chipboard are all Sassafrass. I added some CUTE Making Memories button brads to the apron. The ribbon is from my stash. I think this is really cute, and on the inside, I'll be adding "How's about cookin' something up with me?" I think my husband will LOVE this card!!

I hope you're having a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

Simple Pleasures

I finally did my card for Sketch #4 over at Sketch Girl! I love the sketches at Sketch Girl! I used Basic Grey Offbeat papers and did some paper piecing! I used two awesome printable sets from The Cutting Cafe'. The pumpkin and sentiment are from The Autumn Days set, and the background words are from the All About Fall Background set. I added some Love, Elsie ribbon and three rhinestones. I love fall cards!


I hope you're having a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Swap and Giveaway!

I have a couple of fun things to tell you about! First, Paper Popsicles does fun swaps on the message board. For September, we are swapping fall cards! Why don't you join us!?! Read about it on the blog! If you join and get someone else to join, you are eligible for a RAK from Melissa. I've been on the receiving end of RAKs from Melissa . . . they're GOOD! Plus, while you're at it, join the message board! I would LOVE to see you there!!

Next, Regina has an AWESOME special going on at The Cutting Cafe'. When you purchase the All About Cupcakes printable stamp set, you will receive ANY other set for FREE!! This special lasts until midnight on Saturday, September 12th! Check out my project that I created while using this set! Check out Regina's most recent project using this set! Fun stuff!

Winner!

The winner of the Big Stuff Sentiments set from The Cutting Cafe' is:

Cheri Howard said...
Beautiful!
September 7, 2009 9:21 PM

Congratulations Cheri!! Send me an email, and I will send you the set right away! I know you're going to enjoy it very much!

Big Stuff Sentiments Giveaway - #3

This is my third post showing you cards that I made with the AWESOME Big Stuff Sentiments set from The Cutting Cafe'. As you can tell, I really love this set! The bold sentiments are fantastic! I am giving the set away for FREE! Leave me a comment on any of the posts, and I will enter YOU into a random draw for the whole set! I will do the drawing to give away the set on Wednesday night! These two cards are all decked out in Basic Grey Granola!

Enjoy your Labor Day! Thanks for stopping by!!

Big Stuff Sentiments Giveaway - #2

Hi! This is my second post showing you cards that I made with the AWESOME Big Stuff Sentiments set from The Cutting Cafe'. I LOVE this set! The sentiments are so wonderful! I am giving the set away for FREE! Leave me a comment on any of the posts, and I will enter YOU into a random draw for the whole set! I will do the drawing to give away the set on Wednesday night! These two cards are all decked out in Basic Grey Ambrosia! I love the Ambrosia papers . . . the colors are just fantastic.

I hope you have a GREAT weekend! Thanks for stopping by!!

Big Stuff Sentiments Giveaway!

Hi Everyone! For the next three days, I'm going to show you cards that I made with the AWESOME Big Stuff Sentiments set from The Cutting Cafe'. I really LOVE this set! The sentiments make such an impact on a card! I am also giving the set away for FREE! Leave me a comment on any of the posts, and I will enter YOU into a random draw for the whole set! I will do the drawing to give away the set on Wednesday night! These two cards are all decked out in Basic Grey Offbeat. I recently got some 6x6 Basic Grey paper pads from Peachy Cheap, and I just love these papers pads for card making! It's just so easy to create an awesome card!!

I hope you have a GREAT weekend! Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Halloween

I just LOVE Halloween, fall, crisp cool air, leaves changing color, etc. It's the season of the year that makes me feel wonderful! I love creating Halloween cards! I finally used my wonderful, awesome, and fantastic Martha Stewart Halloween fence stamp. I got this at Michael's on clearance at the end of the season, and I was THRILLED! Isn't it the coolest? I used a Stampin' Up circle stamp to create the "moon". I then stamped the fence right over my moon, so that the bird was featured more prominently. I added a Martha Stewart punched bat to the sky. I sewed on amazing Maya Road grosgrain ribbon. I love that ribbon. The perfect finishing touch? A "Happy Halloween" sentiment from the AMAZING Halloween Labels printable set from The Cutting Cafe'. A trio of rhinestones was the last detail that I added. Spooky, huh?

I hope you have a great day, and as always, thanks for stopping by! BOO!

Did I Scare You?

I just had to create another Halloween card using the awesome Halloween Labels set from The Cutting Cafe'. I love these bracketed labels! I added a stamped image of Frankenstein's monster. He's from a Stampin' Up set called Booglie Eyes. The paper again is Rusty Pickle, the ribbon is from Michael's, and the button are from my stash. I added two strips of crazy sewing machine stitching. Very appropriate for my monster!

I hope you have a great day. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Halloween

Two posts in one day!! Woohoo! I just finished up this card, and I wanted to post it right away. Halloween is exactly two months from today, so I need to get started with my cards! This card features a FANTASTIC printable image from The Cutting Cafe'. I love the bracketed labels that Regina created for the Halloween Labels set! I'm going to be using more of them, so stay tuned! This card also features some of my favorite Halloween paper by Rusty Pickle. I also added a scrap piece of tulle, a fantastic button, and then an additional button trio. Last, I punched a little bat using a Martha Stewart punch that I got on clearance last year.


Here's a closeup of the fun stuff. I left the bat's wings popped up. Isn't that button on the tulle awesome!?!

I hope you are having a great day! I'll be featuring A LOT of projects using awesome printable images from The Cutting Cafe' this week! Regina is always putting out the coolest new sets. I swear, I don't know when she sleeps!! Thanks for stopping by!

WINNER!

The winner of the For the Love of Lemons printable set from The Cutting Cafe' is Mara!

Mara... said...
SO stinkin' cute!!! I love the set!!!

Well, the set is YOURS. Send me an email from my profile page, and I will send it to you immediately! Enjoy! Thanks to Regina at The Cutting Cafe' for the giveaway!

Lemonheads

Regina from The Cutting Cafe' is at it again! She just went LEMON crazy, and I'm embracing her craziness! All of these printable images are from a NEW set called For the Love of Lemons!


We LOVE lemonheads in this house, so I decided to create box wraps for them. These wraps just slip right off the box! I love the "super sour-licious" printable image, so I used it on both boxes! My box wraps ended up being a little too muted than what I really wanted, but I just don't have any BRIGHT yellow-print paper! Even though the colors are pale, I still think the box wraps turned out VERY cute! You can click on the photo to see it larger. It's VERY gloomy here today, so I had a hard time getting good photos!


Here's a close up of one of the boxes. I added a Prima, used my Nestabilities, and added a Maya Road chipboard arrow. The finishing touch was some yellow rhinestones.


Here's a close up on the second box. I think these turned out really CUTE!

So, are you LEMON CRAZY too? Would you love to create with this NEW printable set? If so, leave me a comment, and I'll be giving away the entire For the Love of Lemons printable set on Sunday!! Good luck!!

This is my second post today. Be sure to check out my earlier post too!! Thanks for stopping by!

School Days Pencil Box

This is the adorable Pencil Box from The Cutting Cafe'. The sentiment on the box is from the School Days Printable Stamp Set which is also from The Cutting Cafe'.


I used Jack's World papers from Cosmo Cricket. I also added a "school days" brad and a Prima to the lid, and I wrapped some American Crafts ribbon around the box. My niece is starting Kindergarten this year, so I'll be giving this to her when I see her!

I hope you're enjoying your Sunday. Thanks for stopping by!

Winner!

Brenda is my winner for the All Occasion Circle Word Set 2 from The Cutting Cafe'.

Brenda, you can send me an email from my profile page, and I will email you the free set. Thanks for the comments everyone!!