It's Day 19 of my Countdown to Christmas Calendar for Jack ...... and today ......it's all about one of Jack's favorite dinners........ The old saying ...... the fastest way to a mans heart is through his stomach ......TOTALLY TRUE with Jack. And I know ALL of Jack's favorites. This seriously has to be his all time favorite dinner (next to Pork Chops). ENJOY your special dinner dear! Today, I will be sharing the exchange gifts that my VERY TALENTED SW Stampin' UP! demonstrators made for our Christmas Party last Tuesday. First up is the AMAZING gift that Sue made. Talk about WORK - This is one of those pieces of art that you can just look at OVER and OVER again and be amazed at the work that was put into it. WELL DONE SUE! I THINK (?????) this picture frame collection was done by Barb - (if one of my demonstrator friends out there knows I've messed up - PLEASE CORRECT ME!). When this frame came out of the bag I just fell in love with it. LOVE this stamp set and think I might just have to make this project one day. This Tissue Box was made by Karen and the extra special of this gift is that she has embossed all four sides with one of the SU Textured Impression Folders - and I have to tell you ....... You seriously have to see this one in person to appreciate it. She used White Ink over the embossed spots to help make them stand out .....OH SO PRETTY Karen! I have to say that the theme last Tuesday night might have been picture frames - and this frame was the most sparkly of them all. I also have to admit that I'm totally BLANKING on who made this gift. The lattice and the bird were both die but out using the new Glimmer Paper and the WOW FACTOR that both of these elements packed is SO AMAZING. Nicely done! Next up was made by my good buddie Mary Fish. She made this adorable notecard and candy holder (3x3 note cards on one side .....envelopes on the other (which the flaps were embossed) and three wrapped pieces of chocolate in the center). Mary used new SU product that will be released in January - and the entire project turned out AMAZING - Mary.....Your work always makes me SMILE! Next up is this AWESOME picture frame that Cathy Gray made. I seriously have the PERFECT SPOT for this little number to go - but - I didn't win this one. Cathy did an amazing job of lining everything up and adding all the extra little touches (embossing the trees and using vanilla velvet ribbon with bakers twine across the top) to bring lots of texture and dimension to this project. BEAUTIFUL Cathy - simply BEAUTIFUL! And finally I have this very charming cookie canister that Linda made. She decorated this canister and then made homemade shortbread cookies to stack on the inside of the canister. LOVE how this project turned out and I know for sure that Linda put LOTS of work into decorating the canister and even MORE TIME making the cookies. Know this gift will be appreciate by many Linda. Thanks for joining me today - I'm off to go play with my girlfriend Debbie today. We are taking a class down at our local scrapbooking store today and then running up to the Ranch to meet up with the Ranch gals to play this afternoon. Our good friend Kris is even going to join us for an afternoon of FUN.......Can't wait! I'll be back tomorrow to share more with you - Hope you can join me. Keep Living Your Dream!
Today's Thank You card incorporates the Faux Porcelain Technique with the Dainty Delight Bundle and is part of Kylie Bertuccis'
The alcohol technique is so much fun and honestly a little addicting.
Have you ever wondered how to use Designer Series Paper with a "white strip in the middle?" This post and video will show you just that.
The Delicate Desert Suite is ideal for making beautiful cards. Add a Southwestern touch using the Distinctive Stamp set and detailed dies.
Hello there... It's been awhile but I'm still here. Whilst I enjoy making cards, writing them and posting them takes forever. I've put ...
Hi everyone. This is my first successful shaker card. I have made a few others, but they didn't go together as nicely as this one and I had glue all over the place. :) This time, no glue ... just foam and adhesive strips. Works much better for me. :) I was looking for inspiration and saw the Jingle Belles challenge. They are wanting cards inspired by their BEAUTIFUL header ... I went with the silver, white and blue colours ... and silver snowflake! :) I bought this die-cut snowflake block not long ago and this is my first time using it (NBUS - never before used schtuff ... as Darnell would say!). I die-cut this twice ... once from white card (my card front) and a second time from silver foil. I inlaid the silver foil snowflakes into my card front and secured it with a piece of acetate on the inside. You probably can't see, but the acetate was dry embossed with falling snow. Added a foam frame at the back around my block and then filled it with different colours of sequins. Adhered a larger piece of white card stock on top of the sequins to hold everything in. ** I did add a few little drops of glue near the top of the block on the back of the acetate and secured a few sequins so they didn't all drop to the bottom). Placed my card front shaker over my card base and added a black with silver embossed sentiment banner to finish. Happy with how it turned out. :) Here's a close-up ... I still had the white die-cut snowflake block from when I cut it from the card front of the card above, so used it with a watercoloured background done in brushos that was in my stash. Here's the second card made with leftovers ... This went so well that I ended up make two of each card so I have one for my Christmas card stash and one to donate. Stamps: Banner Sentiments (Penny Black) Paper: White card base and front (Neenah 110 lb. card stock); Silver Foil (SU!); Black (SU!) Ink: Versamark Accessories & Tools: Snowflake Block die (Simon Says Stamp), Assorted colours of sequins, acetate, Falling Snow embossing folder, foam, silver embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool Challenges: Jingle Belles - Blog Banner Inspired
Another year is behind us and the end of last year was a busy one. I wasn’t sure I was going to do my annual Christmas card and CD calendar classes last year mainly due to the pandemic but I had so many people asking about them (and I make […]
Hello there... It's been awhile but I'm still here. Whilst I enjoy making cards, writing them and posting them takes forever. I've put ...
Hello crafty friends!Today I have a fun “Ho Ho Ho” Christmas card with the CZ Design Simple Ho die and the Santa’s Sleigh Ride Slider set.I started by stamping a cute image from t…
A Peaceful Christmas Card for the new Color Challenge at the Paper Players. Check in and link us with us. We love to see your designs.
Hello there. Today I’m sharing the August Spellbinders Small Die of the Month . This month’s Hex Kaleidoscope Tile die set consists of...
Hello! The July challenge at A Blog Named Hero is "repetition". I decided that take an alcohol ink background I wasn't entirely happy with and cut it up to create a repeating background! Thanks for visiting :)
Autumn is a time of rich warm colours but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more subtle tones.This card uses lovely warm Gray Granite for stamping, cardstock and ribbon and So Saffron, Soft Sea Foam and Crumb Cake for the colouring.I have used Time of Giving for the dots and the leaves, both stamped off to give a lighter impression. The leaves have been stamped once as a trio then inked up individually to allow for a more random pattern.I've coloured the leaves with Stampin' Blends and used
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