From a Workshop Card

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was so happy to have the day to stamp while listening to Christmas music (two of my favorite things!) I need to make Christmas cards, so jumped right in today.

About a month ago, I was lucky enough to attend one of my sister's Stamp-a-Stack workshops while visiting for my niece's birthday. We made this Christmas Tree Card (click here for more information on my sister's blog). I looked at the cut pieces from the scallop circle and just started playing around. I found that you can make a wreath with the leftover pieces! I connected them, glued them, and borrowed ribbon to make bows. I made a couple at the workshop and didn't have time to do anything with them until today.

I broke out all of my Christmas papers and looked for matching colors. This is what I came up with for one Christmas card. It is simple, but I like it. I hope you will too!

Remember, don't throw away the leftovers - you never know what can be created! Have a great weekend :)

2009 Thanksgiving Place Cards

Well, I decided to just go ahead and make some place cards for Thanksgiving. So, I broke out some Fall themed sets and this is what I came up with. First, I used a retired set (Fall Whimsy) and made a one sheet wonder. I used mostly new In-colors, but did use the retired Forest Foliage for one of the leaf stamps. I'm still sad that one retired. Anyway, I also used the Color Spritzer tool to add some color where there was too much white showing. I then started layering and used the new Mini Note kit stamp, where I'll write in the names. The Dusty Durango ribbon was a last minute addition :) Here are the two items that will be placed on each person's plate on Thanksgiving Day. It was a lot of work, but I think they'll be appreciated :) Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Thanksgiving Place Card Treat Box

Good morning! I like to make place cards for Thanksgiving. I decided to make a little treat box as well. I used the Big Shot envelope die with some old DSP (Four Seasons). I love that little turkey stamp. Instead of using the "Give Thanks" from that Gobble, Gobble stamp, I used the "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.

I think I'll print out names on the computer and place the names across the back. We'll see. I'm still debating about where to put the names... Anyway, I will place these on the plates and hope everyone likes them. I had fun with them :) Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Poor Penguin...

Hi everyone! I finally had a chance to stamp today and it was great! I have to share my fiasco from last week. I signed up for a winter themed swap and decided to use the penguin from the Cold and Cuddly set. So, I colored the little guy in with my markers and stamped out a bunch. I love Crystal Effects and thought how cool it would be to use on the iceberg and the penguin, to add a little dimension. WELL, that was *not* a good idea! Look what happened! I had to throw away a ton of these messed up penguins. I felt so bad and what a waste of time! Thank goodness I didn't CE all of them. So, I did use one of them to make this card. I don't love it, but I do love the CE and Dazzling Diamonds on the iceberg - it's so shimmery! Anyway, it was good to put that mess behind me. I ended up designing a totally different card for the swap, but can't share that one until they are swapped out on the 30th of this month. I'll post it then :) Thanks for looking!

A labor of love...

Since the weather has turned, I've started craving comfort foods :) I've never made Brunswick stew before and found this recipe that looked so good! I started it on Monday, cooking the chicken all day while at work. Then, I did the same with the pork on Tuesday. Yesterday, I put it all together and cooked it all day. It was so nice to come home from a long day and have this ready. It was very tasty. I have to admit that I cheated and used KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce instead of making the recipe's sauce. It made a huge amount and I was able to give my friend some yesterday, we ate it for dinner last night, I have some leftover in the fridge, and I've frozen two large containers full! Just had to share this - hope you'll try it and like it too!

Have a great day!

Kitty Pages

I finally had a chance to install MDS and play a little with it. I love it! I had to make a kitty page for each of my little fuzzies. I can't wait to play more with it.

Have a great day!

Happy Name Day, Dimitrios!

Today, is my husband's (and probably half of Greece!) Name Day. He is named after St. Dimitrios. There is some really good information on Name Days here, if you are interested.

We went to Dimitrios' parents' last night to celebrate his and his father's Name Day. These are the cards I made. The penguin is for my husband and the cat for my Father-in-Law. It was hard not to put a bunch of ribbon or bows on the cards, since that is my style, but the buttons and the punches really helped. Thanks goodness for the DSP too ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great rest of the day!