Wish List Clipboard

For years, I have been wanting to make something like this for my two girls. Now that they're no longer toddlers, I finally made one. Wish I had made this 10 years ago! Every year I would put a piece of paper on the refrigerator with their names on it and had them write their Christmas Wish List on it -- how pathetic it looked! Anyway, this is going on the fridge today! It has a removable pencil under the tree and their lined paper can be changed every year. The tutorial on how to make this clipboard is on my other blog, Stampin' with Adela, under "Tutorials."

JOY!

Here are two fairly simple cards I made over the weekend. I'd been wanting to try the Love & Joy set for a while now, so I finally made a couple with the "joy" stamp. I'll be working on the "love" stamp another day.

Stamp Set: Love & Joy, Snow Burst
Paper: Very Vanilla, Purely Pomegranate, River Rock
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 1/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Bling, Cuttlebug Machine


Stamp Set: Love & Joy, Snow Burst
Paper: Very Vanilla, Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Always Artichoke, Holiday Harmony DSP
Ink: Purely Pomegranate, VersaMark
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Iridescent Ice EP, Heat Tool, Ticket Punch, Antique Brads, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug Machine

Peace, Love, Joy

Because of my slipped disc, I've been immobile for the last four days. But today, I was craving to create something -- anything! So, instead of laying on the couch all day, I actually sat up for a while and made some Christmas cards... yay!


I showed this card to my girls as soon as I finished it (they're my critics, and they're very honest with their opinions). Right away my ribbon choice was a thumbs down. From what I had available to me at home, it was my first choice, and I liked it... so I kept it. Needless to say, I ended up doing another version below which they really liked! Notice how I downplayed the ribbon on the 2nd card.

Stamp Set: All Holidays, Snow Burst
Paper: Soft Sky Regular and Textured, Whisper White, Brocade Blue, Brocade Blue DSP
Inks: Brocade Blue, Soft Sky, VersaMark
Accessories: Ribbons Original Flirty, Iridescent Ice EP, Heat Tool, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Coluzzle, Sticky Strip, Crystal Effects, Mini Dots, Dimensionals, Beads, Bling, Cuttlebug Machine


Stamp Set: All Holidays, Snow Flurries
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Blush Blossom, Whisper White
Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Blush Blossom, VersaMark
Accessories: Silver Cord, Iridescent Ice EP, Heat Tool, Ticket Corner Punch, Snow Burst Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Coluzzle, Sticky Strip, Crystal Effects, Mini Dots, Dimensionals, White Gel Pen, Charms, Bling, Cuttlebug Machine

Christmas Blessings

This card started out as a very simple card, but every time I looked at it, I thought it needed something else. First, there was the addition of the rhinestone brad with the dazzling diamond glitter. But somehow that wasn't enough for me. And then I saw my box of beads!! So here's the final product.

Stamps: Snow Burst, Star Studded Season, Love & Joy
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy
Ink: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy
Accessories: Rhinestone Ice Brad, Blue Taffeta Ribbon, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Silver Cord, Beads, Cuttlebug Machine

So Much To Be Thankful For

Although I injured my lower back yesterday and am stuck on the couch pretty much the whole day, I do have lots to be thankful for: family, friends, a comfortable home. I'm mostly grateful for my daughters. They took such good care of me last night while their dad was at work. They fed me and gave me my pain meds and what-nots. Today, my 14 year old even made 2 pumpkin pies all by herself from scratch and tomorrow she'll be making fresh cranberry sauce. Yes, I'm very blessed -- in constant pain, but very blessed!

Here's a card I made to send to a friend, but after injuring myself, it never made it to the mailbox. So, I thought I'd share it here.
Stamp set: Thankful Thoughts
Paper: Whisper White, River Rock Designer Paper, Always Artichoke
Ink: Stazon Black, Always Artichoke Craft, River Rock, Pumpkin Pie Marker, Really Rust Marker
Accessories: Grovy Guava Double Stitched Ribbon, Clear EP, Slot Punch, Blender Pens, 2-Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals

Treat Box

Here are two treat boxes inspired by Beate's tutorial. The red one is made with one sheet of Dashing Designer Series Paper and one 12x12 Real Red card stock. It can be filled with candies (as I have done here in this photo), or fill it with just about anything you'd like.


The Soft Blue mini version is made with an 8x8 piece of card stock and decorated with punches -- corner rounder and snowflake punches. This would make a very pretty votive holder, but, of course, that's probably not a good idea, unless you keep a close eye on it!

The tutorial by Beate can be found here.

Before & After

This mini album was in the $1 bin at Michael's, and it even has a magnetic latch! I couldn't resist buying 10 of these. The picture on it might be cute, but I wanted something more elegant. Using a strip of the River Rock Designer Series Paper, I glued it onto the front and back cover. The inside cover is covered with the coordinating paper design found on the other side of the DSP. The latch was covered with Always Artichoke DSP. I then added Stampin' Up!®'s Designer Theater Ribbon Originals. The metal embellishments are ones I found in my drawer collection.

This tin pail is another dollar item...I found it at Target last year and knew I would use it one day, so I bought a dozen! I covered it with the new SU! wrapping paper and tied coordinating ribbons on the handle. I had several pens left from a recent project, so I thought why not use the wrapping paper to decorate the pen with and fill the tin pail with matching note cards? Wouldn't this make a great little gift?

This scented candle tin is another dollar buy at Michael's -- what a bargain! Again I bought a dozen. All I did was cover it with Holiday Harmony and Always Artichoke DSPs, then added ribbon, brads and a few punched out flowers, ovals and scallop.

Tags

These are some of the Christmas tags that I'll be making to attach to presents this year. I used three different sets: the long "Christmas Blessings" tag is from Holy Triptych; the small mistletoe tag is from Tags for All; and the larger square tag is from Peaceful Wishes. These all have stickles for sparkle and I used Crystal Effects on the berries on the larger tag because I just love the way it looks on berries. Also in this picture is an altered candle tin, which I bought at Michael's for a buck! Holiday Harmony and Always Artichoke Designer Series Papers were used to cover the tin.

Criss-Cross Christmas Gift Card Holder

This version of the criss-cross card uses Designer Series Paper to make the pocket, as opposed to using traditional card stock. For this particular gift card holder, I decided to design a tall card, rather than wide. Because I wasn't too crazy about doubling the backing of a regular criss-cross card, I used the DSP, which is wide enough to use one whole piece, rather than gluing two pieces of card stock together. I will be making lots of these for Christmas! AND... November is a great month to take advantage of Stampin' Up!®'s special of "Buy 3 - Get 1 Free" of any Designer Series Paper packages (see my earlier post). I will have this design and two other ones in my "To-Go" Class kit, which I will be posting very soon on my other site Stampin' with Adela.

"A" Birthday Card

I have so many birthday cards to make this month, so I thought today was a good day to start, being that it was my niece's birthday. For this card, I started with rose red ink on whisper white card stock, using the floral background stamp and the rose red Designer Series paper. After embossing Avary's initial, using white EP, and adding the taffeta ribbons, glass heart charm and non-SU lace, one of my daughters said it looked like it was made for someone older. I guess she was right! After all, Avary is only one!

Back to the drawing board and another card started was using pretty in pink and whisper white card stock; pretty in pink and regal rose ink. The background stamps I used were the Floral and Tres Chic. I also used pink taffetta ribbon, silver cord and non-SU lace. Letter charms are non-SU. I was more pleased with the outcome of this pink card for Avary!