Bootiful Christmas

Do you ever start working on a card and come up with an idea for a totally different card?  This happens to me all the time, which is why I often have such a mess of a craft desk.  I always seem to have 2 or 3 projects in the works...but at least I finish them and clean my desk off before the day is done.  (Only to mess it up again the next day!)

I was working on a birthday card for my dear friend DeeDee, when the idea struck me to make a Christmas card using the cowboy boot from Bootiful Occasions. Yee Haw!!  Maybe I was still in non-traditional holiday stamp mode from the latest challenge over at The Friday Mashup. :)

I kept this very simple, adding just a bit of sparkle along the stitching on the boot and the brads to give a little extra western touch.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Bootiful Occasions, Merry Minis, Sweet Essentials

Other Supplies ~ Simply Scored, Metallic Brads, Merry Minis {star} Punch, Dazzling Details

I think I may have to make a few more of these to send out to all of my horse loving friends this Christmas!

Happy Stamping!

Framed Ornaments

I needed a bit of a break from my Bridal Fair and Holiday Bazaar projects, so I decided to find a couple of fun challenges this morning.  After a little bit of searching, I was inspired by the CAS sketch over at Pals Paper Arts.  I also found a fun little challenge going on over at The Paper Players...to create a CAS project featuring frames.  The perfect idea struck me and I got to work!



I recently earned two free stamp sets for reaching my Stampin' Start goals...yay!!!  Papaya Collage was one of the sets I got and I finally had the chance to ink it up this morning.  Love it!  I did a little bit of fussy cutting around the outer edge of the frame, cut the center out and popped it up with some dimensionals to create a bit a shadow box effect.  Fun!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Real Red, Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Greetings of the Season, Papaya Collage

Other Supplies ~ Finishing Touches Edgelits, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

I love, love, love this DSP...so beautiful!  It was fun to create each little ornament with this paper.

Ok, time to get back to my other projects!  The Bridal Fair is Saturday and I still have few more things to get done...time is running short!

Happy Stamping!

Retro Christmas

What a Monday!  It's a good thing I got a little extra rest over the weekend because this week is shaping up to kick my booty!  If the rest of the week is anything like today, I'll be lucky to make it to the weekend ;)

My dear friend Katie, over at Sweet N Spiffy, has turned me on to Retro Sketches.  (Thank you Katie...another challenge site for me to be addicted to!)The sketches they have each week are great!  You will find me playing over here more often for sure!

I knew right away when I saw this sketch that I wanted to use the cute little ornament from Merry Minis.  I am in love with the Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo color combo for my Christmas creations, so I apologize for the numerous posts with these colors.  The Festival of Prints DSP stack has some great paper in these colors, which I used for my ornaments...check it out!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Festival of Print DSP

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Set ~ Chock Full o' Cheer

Other Supplies ~ Merry Minis Punch Pack, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Island Indigo Bakers Twine

Don't you just love how bright and cheerful these colors are together?  I'm thinking of decorating my tree in these colors this year :)

Hoping I get a good night of sleep tonight so I can gear up for the rest of the crazy, busy week.  So much to do, never enough hours in the day :)

Happy Stamping!

Christmas Banners

Happy Monday!  Did you know there are only 99 days left until Christmas? How crazy is that?!?  Time for me to get in gear and get some Christmas cards made so they are all done when it comes time to get them in the mail :)

Banners are so "in" right now in the world of card making and I love them!  So many different things you do with them to give your card just the right added touch.  And if you haven't guessed, I am in love with the Christmas stamp from the Seasonal Sayings set...I have used it on so many different Christmas cards!

Sorry the quality of this picture isn't great.  My patch cord for my camera broke, so I'm having to use my phone for now.  Works in a pinch, right?

So, after I put this card all together, I realized that Raspberry Ripple wasn't one of the colors that coordinated with the cute Snow Festival DSP, but I went with it anyway (and tried not to freak out about it!).

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP

Ink ~ Raspberry Ripple

Stamp Sets ~ Seasonal Sayings, Merry Minis

Other Supplies ~ Merry Minis Punch Pack, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Mini Brads

Very CAS card, but lots of fun, bright colors for the holiday!

Back to work I go...MUST FINISH MY SWAPS for Tacoma Regional!

Happy Stamping!