Wednesday, January 30, 2019

A post Christmas Thank You card

So this time I didn't color under the filigree.  I lifted the church on foam adhesive and kept the colors simple (except the red doors - Episcopal churches are "supposed" to have red doors).  The Thank You is stamped in Chocolate (outline of the church is, too).  Fairly simple!  

Monday, January 28, 2019

A Sympathy Card

This card was created with a retired CTMH stamp for the sentiment and two die cuts from LaLaLand.  The crescent moon shape caught my eye in early December (I was thinking Christmas cards - hahaha!) and I just got around to using it last week.  I used the "stencil" from the cut for a mask to stipple a light yellow ink (CTMH Buttercup) on.  The card base and filigree crescent moon are cut from a very heavy, creamy color cardstock that I had used to make my wedding invitations 7+ years ago and had some leftover!  The sentiment is Chocolate ink.  The star is buttercup rubbed over a white glitter paper punched star.  

So, not exactly CAS, but not as detailed as I usually get!  Hope you like it!  

Monday, January 21, 2019

What keeps me so busy?

This is one of the reasons I've been so busy - I spend at least one morning a week protesting with Indivisible Phoenix.  

My daughter and son-in-law came to visit (yes, I know that she is not holding Brian, but rather my cat - Mr. Bilbo Baggins).  Kristen made a friend for life with Bilbo - he loves to be brushed!  We went on many adventures and enjoyed our week together!  
This handsome man is my husband, Steve.  He got a solid milk-chocolate Walleye in his stocking this year and he thinks it's the best gift he's ever gotten!   
My sweet "kids".  Brian is a Medical Physicist (PhD level) and Kristen teaches middle-school (Masters degree) so I guess neither of them are kids, but they will always be that for me.  LOVE them to the Moon and Back!  

So, I believe that's the end of the "after New Year cards".  Hope you'll enjoy getting back to seasonal projects!  LOL



Sunday, January 20, 2019

More post Christmas cards.

These two cards were so much fun!  I used a small-ish paper doily cut in half, a pretty mat from red or green design paper, and the focal image from Simon Says Stamps of three darling fur-babies!  I had so much fun coloring them, and adding the cute scarf.  Again, I was trying to build up some stash to address my holiday card issue!  

Saturday, January 19, 2019

An OLD CTMH stamp!

I simply HAD TO HAVE this stamp set when it first came out (many years ago!) and it got FIRST ink on it just recently.  (deep sigh).  I really love how the cards came out.  I made two stampings for each card - one in green and one in red.  If I'd been really talented I might have been able to cut-paste the sections without needing to have a "throw-away" on the side.  But anyway - my first thought was to pop the opposite colors up on foam tape, but then thinking about mailing them made me reconsider.  I adhered them flat and popped the whole panel up with a slim foam tape.  I really like the touch of gold at the side.  That was left-over from an autumn paper pack.  It works! 

Friday, January 18, 2019

Another

This one is called a "Cathedral Windows card".  I used it for the early December technique card and prepped a lot more than who showed up! So, I got to make up the rest of the cards and use them for my own holiday greetings!  I changed the sentiment from Merry Christmas to Peace Love Joy after the new year - but the rest is the same.  This year I was so overwhelmed during the holidays that I only got about half of my Advent/Christmas cards out before New Year.  The other half - well, they were late.  Oops!

Thursday, January 17, 2019

More Christmas cards

I'm so far behind on posting - but I do have more cards to share!  I made some last minute cards AFTER Christmas but before Epiphany - so does that count?  This one is a shaker card made with a wreath!  I really love how it turned out!  And truly - it was very easy to put together!  The stamp for the wreath is a retired CTMH that came with a matching thin cut die.  I used Nuvo drops to add the red "berries".  Paper is from the Tis' The Season paper pack (now also retired!).