Newest Christmas card

Here's my newest Christmas card that I made for: World Cardmaking Day, SplitCoast Stampers Scor-Pal challenge, Scrapbook Place Back to School A-B-C challenge,and my local scrapbooking store's card contest. It is a Verical Z-fold card (the tutorial is on SplitCoast Stampers), using paper and Memory Box stamps and embellies from the lss goody bag. I glanced at the tutorial, but when it came down to it, I made it last night (late) and didn't have the instructions in front of me, so I just winged it. I think it looks good, but I'm not sure of the image. Should I have cut it without the black inking? Anything else that stands out that I should change. Comments, please? A gift card from the lss is riding on this.

House Mouse Christmas Card

I just received some Christmas House Mouse images, and I couldn't wait to color them! Heres' my first attempt at coloring animals. I used Liquid Glass for the ornament, and colored with my Copics. I put mulberry paper to frame out the image, and my paper was CTMH. I have no idea where the candy cane-striped brads came from!

Here's ther inside front cover of my card, again using a colored image of the House Mouse. Below, the inside of the card. The sentiment is from Stampin Up, and the paper is from CTMH. The card is 6x6.

World Card Making Day (Part 2)

This card was the free Make & Take at my lss, Craft Fancy (Hi, Simone!). Not only did I get to make this great card, but she had a limited amount of goody bags with Clear stamps from Memory Box, a strip of adhesive-backed jewels, some assorted patterned paper, extra embellies, and the chance to enter a card-making contest. I have two weeks to enter. Winner receives a gift card and has her card displayed in the store--woohoo!

I always have difficulty coming up with ideas for masculine-themed birthday cards. I thought a rustic woods scene might be in line for saying Happy Birthday to a guy. The bear in the woods is actually an ATC from a swap (received years ago). I pepped up the coloring with Copics, inked the edges of my card base, and added teh sentiment along with a chipboard acorn.

It's almost time to start supper, so I might just have to end my lovely cardmaking session with myself, and be content with seven cards today.

World Cardmaking Day

I'm just a card-making fool today. It's a rainy, nippy, dark day and I've already been out and now I'm home to stay, playing in my craft room. The above card was made using vellum patterned paper from K & Co. I used a Fall-themed ATC and a sentiment whose edges I inked. The brown ribbon is from Joann's, and I just this week received some beautiful, tiny autumn buttons in a PIF on Scrapbook Place to finish off the card.

This card was made using Stampin Up's Costume Bear stamped image. I colored with Copics, added a scallop circle and lined it with adhesive-backed pearls. The two acorns on each end of the sentiment strip are from the tiny assortment of autum buttons like the once I used in the card above.

Fall Cards

Here's my newest Tilda card going Trick or Treating. I used COpics to color, Liquid Gkass to glitz!

With this card I colored an image I received in a swap, added the fall leaf tag and ribbon, then glitzed with gold pen.

Gah, conputer has no battery left--bye!

Anniversary Layout

In September we celebrated 33 years of marriage. The secret? I married him twice!! Long story short, we were both in the Army and I got papers to go overseas. We weren't married at the time, he was actually waiting on final divorce decree. So we up and went to Reno, got married (totally not legal) and turned in that paperwork so that he could re-enlist and get shipped out with me. Three weeks later the papers were signed, we got married (legally this time), but I still ended up in Germany without him.
Speaking of the Army, I just witnessed the formal swearing in of my son into Army Reserves today. His ship date isn't until February--even the Army feels the crunch of the economy and Chase's MOS (job choice) doesn't train until late April/early May, which is when his Basic Training ends and he starts job training. He went in as Military Police, which was his first choice, but the recruiter didn't think he could qualify for that position. I don't know why, since he has a two year degree in Law Enforcement.
Anyway, I had to take photos on my phone cause I got caught without my camera. I should have them printed and maybe I'll have some time to scrap his induction.
Funny thing, Chase thought I'd bust out crying, which I didn't. But unbeknownst to him, I had my cry earlier in the day with my best bud. I know, I know, it's not active duty, but if we don't get this Iraq thing over with soon, he WILL ship out after his first year.

New Layouts

Whew, I have been so busy I hadn't realized that it was ten days ago since my last post! Although work is keeping me hopping, I am beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel. And my home life allowed me to relax in the craft room recently, so here are the results from my R&R. With cold weather around the corner, we take Bella to the park as much as we can. She just started going down the big slide without her daddy (which doesn't stop him from going down as well). We bought her sand toys but she mostly wants to slide and swing.

I used the two pages I made at the convention at the StoryTellers Club Make & Take. Except for some DCWV Green Stack chipboard embellishments, and a tiny red bow glitzed with Stickles, everything is from the StoryTellers Club pack. Well, except for the free pack of White Chocolate chipboard alphas from Basic Grey. I took their card class and got a goody bag of Basic Grey goodness.

I joined the club and received mt first package of paper and embellies, but have stopped my membership. It just doesn't seem like a lot of stuff for the price, especially when I bargain shop around town.