Winter Thanks

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving weekend!  I had my fill of turkey and pumpkin pie and I'm ready to move on to Christmas!  Did you fight the crowds on Black Friday?  I got some great deals online!  Shopping-mania has begun!  We got our tree today and started decorating tonight.  It's a joy watching our 3-year-old start to understand what Christmas is all about.  The look on his face while watching the tree lights go on for the first time was priceless!  It's going to be a fun Christmas!

Now on with my card.  I've been playing around with this new PTI set called In the Meadow and it's especially great for making cards for guys.  I created this thank you card and loved it so much that I made tags as well.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Advent Calendar That Makes Me Smile

I got this advent calendar tree from Ben Franklin this weekend and started working on it right away.  Odd thing is it only has 24 boxes.  I thought most advent calendars have 25 days.  Oh, well, no big deal.  I covered the back, sides and fronts of the individual drawers with different patterned paper and Elmer's glue.  I used a sponge brush and brushed the glue on to coat the entire paper surface.  Brushing the glue evenly gave full coverage on the paper so there was no puckering or paper lifting off.  The glue also gave me some wiggle room to manipulate the paper before it dried completely.  I think using tape for this would have been a more difficult.  I cut out numbers from an old QuicKutz set (thanks Jenny) and glued them on.  The embellishments I used are gemstone brads and stickers.  I punched a hole in the boxes to secure the brads.  I added Tombow Mono Multi Glue (green & white bottle) to the stickers to give them some extra security since the drawers will be opened and closed a lot.  

Here's a close-up

The most time consuming parts of this project were cutting the numbers and figuring out the layout.  If you can find number stickers that would probably save you some time.  Overall, this project was simple and I was able to complete it in 2 days.  I will give this to my 5-year-old twin nieces and hope they have fun counting down to Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crazy About Flower Fusion

I am crazy about PTI's Flower Fusion sets because you can make all sorts of background patterns with them.  The stamps are only $5 and they also have coordinating dies for only $3.  For this card, I just stamped the flower and stems in a repeating pattern for the background.  This really makes you play with ink colors vs. trying to match DP and cardstock.   I used the Flower Fusion die and paired it with the Sending You stamps and dies for the focal point.  Fast and fun!

Supplies:

• Stamps: PTI Flower Fusion #4, PTI Sending You
• Dies:  PTI Flower Fusion #4, PTI Sending You
• Bakers Twine

Birthday Card - Boy Basic Circles

Making cards for men always tests my creativity and here's the latest birthday card I came up with.  I used PTI's Boy Basic Simple Circles die and the coordinating stamp set.  The circle stamps built a nice background and then I pulled out a bunch of different sets and used their tiny stamps to fill in the centers.   For the sentiment, I used PTI's Fillable Frames #6 and a sentiment from Inside & Out Birthday.  Simple and fun!

Supplies:

• Stamps: PTI Boy Basics Circles, PTI Inside & Out Birthday, PTI Fillable Frames #6, PTI Turning a New Leaf
• Dies: PTI Fillable Frames #6, PTI Simple Circles Border
• DP: Doodlebug

Sister Stamps Release #4 Winners - Ho Ho Ho Holiday Card

Thank you to all who joined in on the fun and participated in Sister Stamps Release #4!  These stamps are available today and a list of retailers are available on the sidebar of Sister Stamp's blog.  

And the winners of the stamps are:

KIYOKO winner:

MIMI said: what a cute idea! the kimono is gorgeous! TFS! ;)

LION DANCER winner:

SWEET said: Cute money holder card Debi and love the sentiment tag!

FIRECRACKERS winner:
JENI said: Awesome card! I think I need to try that layout!

Congrats to all the winners!  Please contact Jenny at sisterstampsllc@gmail.com by November 5 to claim your prize!

Here's another creation using one of Sister Stamp's Christmas images simply because I couldn't resist this cutie.  I tried my Copic pen on some seam binding to match the ribbon to the bag of loot.  It was easy and I love how it matches exactly.  I found the 1/2" seam binding online and you can order it HERE.   I used some Diamond Glaze on the stripes of the "ho ho ho" to make it look more like candy cane. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Sister Stamps Setsuna, PTI Photo Finishers, Dandelion Designs "Ho Ho Ho"
• Dies:  PTI Edgers #3, PTI Parisian Lace, PTI Tag #2
• DP: PTI Candy Cane Prints
• Hug Snug Seam Binding, Copics

Sister Stamps Release New Year's - Day 3 Firecrackers

This is day 3 of Sister Stamp's release and the three new images will be available tomorrow.  For retail locations, see Sister Stamp's blog. Today's project features a tri-fold New Year's card using the Firecrackers image.  I adore this stamp and it sure was fun to color!  This is a card I would send in lieu of a Christmas card and sometimes I think it would be nice to send holiday wishes at Thanksgiving or New Year's to avoid the the craziness of Christmas.

Here's what the card looks like when it's unfolded.  I used PTI's new tri-fold card (3-1/2" x 5") and these slip nicely into an A2 envelope. 

This is what the middle panel looks like with sentiment.

And here's the family photo.  

If you love this image and would like to win it, here's what you need to do:

• Follow this blog and post a comment on THIS POST
• Share your excitement about Sister Stamps with others (not required, but appreciated) 
• Grab the badge on my sidebar and post on your blog (not required, but appreciated)

Winners will announced tomorrow, November 1 and don't forget to come back to see if you've won.  Also check out guest designer Leanne Poe's blog and Sister Stamp's blog.

Check back tomorrow to see if you're a winner!  Happy Halloween!

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Sister Stamps Fireworks, PTI Photo Finishers, Lawn Fawn Harold's ABC's
• Die: PTI Mat Stack 1
• Copics, Stickles

Sister Stamps Release New Year's - Day 2 Lion Dancers

Thanks for stopping by on day 2 of Sister Stamp's release and today I'm featuring the wonderful Lion Dancers!  Don't they look like they're having so much fun?  I created a money holder card for the traditional gift giving of Chinese New Years.  I did some research and learned the envelope should be red which symbolizes good luck.  Gold is often used, too and and represents wealth.  I used these colors as the foundation of the card and really loved working with this cute image!

If you'd like to win the Lion Dancers stamp, here's how you do it:

• Follow this blog and post a comment on THIS POST
• Share your excitement about Sister Stamps with others (not required, but appreciated) 
• Grab the badge on my sidebar and post on your blog (not required, but appreciated)

Winners will announced on November 1 and don't forget to come back to see if you've won.  For more sweet inspiration, be sure to check out guest designer Leanne Poe's blog and Sister Stamp's blog.

I'll be back tomorrow with one more Sister Stamps post so come on back!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Sister Stamps Lion Dancers, Hero Arts Celebrate Everyday
• Die: Spellbinders Fancy Tags
• Copics, Stickles, Washi Paper