Merry Christmas!

I hope you all are enjoying a lovely Christmas Day surrounded by loved ones! Today I am sleeping in, opening gifts and spending a wonderful morning with my husband, and then later today we are going to our friends' house to have a traditional English Christmas dinner.

This is the special card I made for my hubby this year. There is only one thing on my Christmas list this year and keeping the true meaning of Christmas (Jesus' birth) in my heart is it! May you all have a blessed day!

Supplies: Stamps - Seasons of Love Tags (WMS), Card Stock - Riding Hood Red (SU!), Ink - Gold Metallic (Encore), DP (Anna Griffin), Journal Card (October Afternoon), Twine (Crafta), Stickles

Happy Birthday

Today I'm taking a little break from the holidays to share a birthday card with you! My sister was in town last weekend, went through my card stash and declared "you need more birthday cards!"

I made this card with the first set I purchased from Lawn Fawn and paired it with some cute papers from Cosmo Cricket. Cutting out the banners was the most time consuming piece of this card but the effort was worth it given how nice the banner turned out.

Supplies: Stamps - Bannerific, Sophie's Sentiments (Lawn Fawn), DP - Wanted Collection (Cosmo Cricket), Card Stock - Chocolate Chip (SU!), Ink - Basic Black (SU!), Clothes Pins (Hero Arts), Twine (my stash), Stickles, Ribbon (Crafta)

Paris

Today I'm thrilled to share a card I made with a brand new set of stamps, French Vintage, from Stampin' D' Amour! I about died when I saw the images in the set and can't wait to show you more!

I chose the Marie Antoinette image from the set and coupled her with beautiful papers from a collection called Paris Nights. I distressed the edges of the paper to give it a vintage feel and finished the card with some bright red feathers to give it a whimsical touch and a pop of color.

Supplies: Stamps - French Vintage (SDA), DP - Paris Nights (GCD Designs), Card Stock - Vintage Cream (PTI), Ink - Basic Black (SU!), Die Cuts - Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, Edge Distressing Tool (Making Memories), Feathers (Michaels), Foam Squares

Papercraft Star Tags of Christmas Blog Hop

Happy Holidays and welcome to the Papercraft Star Tags (and more) of Christmas Blog Hop!! We are so happy you could join us for this special event! You should have arrived at my blog from Cecilia's blog; if not, head on over to Papercraft Star to get started!

During this hop we hope that you'll find a wealth of inspiration among the beautiful projects our Designers have created especially for you! To add to the fun, we've got fabulous prizes along the way at many of our Designer's blogs and you'll be entered to win a full month subscription to Club InBox by sponsor Catherine Pooler. To be eligible to win, you must leave a comment on all of our designer's blogs by midnight Eastern Time on Saturday December 25, 2010. We'll draw the winners of the prizes and announce them beginning on Sunday!

I've been quite intrigued by snowflakes this year and couldn't resist another opportunity to indulge myself! I made this tag out of a large punched snowflake which I embellished with a fun snowflake brad! How pretty is that?! I created a tag base from navy shimmer and white glittery papers and added extra rhinestones around the scallop for even more bling! The snowflake was attached to the tag base using foam squares to give it some dimension.

Happy Holidays to you and yours and thank you again for joining us for the Papercraft Star Tags of Christmas Blog Hop! Head on over to Kim's blog for more crafty inspiration!

Supplies: Snowflake Punch (Marvy Uchida), Brad (Karen Foster Design), Card Stock - Not Quite Navy (SU!), Navy Shimmer (PTI), White Glitter Paper (Martha Stewart), Rhinestones (Recollections), Die Cuts (Cuttlebug, Spellbinders), Twine (Crafta), Foam Squares

Dashing Through the Snow

Do you all have trouble using scraps? Or, do you buy things and wonder what the heck to do with them? Or, do you alter things for one project and it just doesn't work? Well, this card was made with some of those things!

I made the silver "tag" but didn't like it for one particular project, sponged a chipboard piece with white craft ink but didn't end up using it for a different project, and stamped the music background card base for a third project where it didn't make the cut. I looked at all of these items and thought with a bit of navy and a winter theme, I just might be able to pull it together.

I ended up stamping the chipboard piece with snowflakes and a fun sentiment, added more snowflakes to the silver tag, and sponged the edges of the card base with navy ink to tie it all together. What do you think? Better than the sum of its parts?

Supplies: Stamps - Christmas in the Air (Verve), Musical Backgrounds (WMS), Ink - Encore Silver, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White Craft (SU!), Rhinestones (Recollections), Hole Punch (PTI), Foam Squares

Ho Ho Ho

Welcome to another fantastic Papercraft Star challenge!! This week is all about photo inspiration and this yummy photo from Martha Stewart just can't be beat! Head on over to the blog for more details and play along with us. It is a fun time and YOU get to choose the winner - how cool is that?!?

The first thing I decided on was the red/green/white color palette and found some pretty Basic Gray papers that went perfectly together! As I was looking at the photo, I thought the scene looked like Santa had already visited and the packages were waiting patiently for wee ones to run downstairs and tear into them! So, I found a stamp and made a little medallion stamped with "Approved by the Chief Elf." The little ribbon tails are velvet and the white backing paper is glittery for a festive touch to the card.

I can't wait to see how you were inspired by this photo!

Supplies: Stamps - Secret Set 2009 (WMS), DP - Jovial (Basic Gray), Edge Punch (Fiskars), Ink - Riding Hood Red, Basic Black (SU!), Card Stock - Select White (PTI), Glitter Paper (Martha Stewart), Cuttlebug, Dies (PTI), Ribbon (Michaels)

So Sweet!

Today I'm happy to share a Valentine that I made using one of my favorite images from Stampin' D'Amour's Vintage Children set! I adore all of the vintage images in this set and am enjoying the variety of projects I can make with them! If you haven't checked all of the great stamps from SDA, take a look! And, I hear there are more coming out soon, too!

This is a clean and simple card using great MME papers and a journaling card. All I did was take the big scallop card and cover it with the stamped image I cut out using a circle die, popped it up for some dimension and added a big, white bow.

Supplies: Stamps - Vintage Children (SDA), DP/Journaling Card - Be Loved (MME), Ribbon (Crafta), Ink - Riding Hood Red (SU!)