Christmas Cards

These cards were created using some OLD "retired" CTMH papers and the October SOM (Magical Season) I used flocking with liquid glass for Santa's Beard.

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Time for a Giveaway!

World Card Making Day

Today ~ The first Saturday in October is World Card Making Day. To celebrate I'm having a Giveaway.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post with your name and email address. I will use a random number generator to choose the winner. Leave your comment by Midnight CST Sunday, October 7th. I will email & post the winner Monday, October 8th in the evening.

The winner will receive via snail mail the following Blog Candy:

This is a Polk-a-Dot Themed Card Making Candy

It includes 20+ 6x6 sheets of Background & Texture paper, American Crafts Ribbon Round, Metallic Adhesive Dots, Chipboard Dots, Round Brads in 3 sizes, buttons in 3 sizes and four card/envelope blanks

Here is what I've found going on for this day:
World Card Making Day Stamping Up A Day in the Life

Inky Smiles The Technique Trail

A Bit of Free Spirit added to the mix

9x9 Scrapbook page using the Free Spirit paper pack, Legendary stamp set and Beautiful Buckles.

I had so much fun doing the foil technique on this page. I actually made 5 of these so I had to do 5 of the belt buckles as well. However, it went very fast and I enjoyed myself. It really does add dimension to the page.

Love the circular Clear Dimentions and the Foundry: Photo anchors.









So with those same sets and paper I created this 8x3.5 card.





I was actually trying for something more masculine with this card. I like how the patterns came through and the simple scissor distressing on the Cocoa rectangles gave it such rustic dimension.





I wasn't totally impressed with this card. It just fell short in comparison to the other items in this series.

Oh what fun I'm having playing with NEW TOYS! Bound to keep my mind off of Shelling Crabs, (thanks April * wink wink)

Card Sketch Challenge #1 ~ And Our Winner Is

I'm happy to announce that I have tallied our votes for the cards submitted for the challenge and the winning cards was Submission #4

Created by: Cheryl KVD of Engineered Expressions

Congratulations goes out to Cheryl for her winning Card Sketch Challenge Submission. Send me an email (nperrin3@yahoo.com) with your mailing address and I'll get those out to you right away.........

You will have to share what you end up creating with your Blog Candy!

Thank you all for playing...I had a great time getting to see your submissions and meeting you all. Awesome work ladies!!! Look for another Challenge coming in the near future.

Card Sketch Challenge ~ #1 {BLOG CANDY}

Alright, here is the blog candy being awarded for the "Vote" winning Card.

1. Michael's polka dot ribbon - 3 Yards
2. Darice Finishing Accents circular (matches the ribbon beautifully)
3. Darice Finishing Accents Square (also matches the ribbon beautifully)
4. American Crafts dimensional elements (including ribbon slides, frames and shapes)
5. American Crafts mini MARKS rub on's

Now I hope that whomever wins this blog candy shares what they end up creating with it.

Creative Card Making Group ~ Aug. Project

Last night this group met for the first time. We made 6 cards, 4 greeting cards and 2 gift cards. We used all Close to my Heart products. Everyone had a great time. We still have room if anyone wants to join us. We are meeting every other month at this point.

Floral Tapestry paper pack 3x3 Gift Card

Std. Card

I used the Faith, Hope, Charity stamp set on mine

Std. Card using Free Spirit stamp set.

A Simple Gift Card using Simple Pleasures paper pack and buttons

Aug. Stamp of the Month

Free Spirit with a single pewter brad

We had a lot of fun making these six cards. Hope you enjoy them!

Some New small creations

With the kids getting back into town and getting them 'both' registered for school things have been quite crazy around here. I have taken some time to do some creating. Here are the little things I've been doing. I can't wait to get back onto my schedule soon and really go full throttle back into the creative process.

I posted the journal part of this gift set I created for my CTMH Leadership Roomies but this is the complete package they each got. It is a Trash to Treasure (Crystal Light) tube with over 250 journaling prompts, the Journaling Journal - including tabs for each of the subjects I included and a book mark, The Once Upon A Family Traditions booklet - tab included in the journal for this as well and a organza bag complete with 5 tradition starter items.

This is a 3x3 gift card I made using CTMH's Majestic Blue paper pack and the Doodle Alphabet stamp set. I just love the diversity of this paper pack.

This is really a silly card. I took the Cutie Pie paper pack and used it for this card and a modern...what I like to call "IM lingo" saying again a 3x3 gift card.

These are mini composition books that covered. I included some matching golf mini pencils attached with waxy flax. The fun thing is the mini pencils match as I stamped some sticker paper and then adhered it to the pencils. I used liquid glass to pop out the names on the front of the composition books.

Well that is it for now. I hope to delve into some scrapbooking soon.

Sneek Peek & CTMH Friends Aug Card Challenge

Here is a card I just made using the Life Delights paper and the September Stamp of the Month Doodle Alphabet. I also used my water brush to add color to the flourishes. I'm in love with this incredibly versatile set. I used two of the i's and created a doodle border of my own.

These cards are for my three downline who took advantage of my Sweet Dreams Team Challenge last quarter. For participating I told them I'd create 5 items using a stamp of the month. Here is the first. This card was also submitted for the CTMHFriends August Card Challenge.