It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas,,,,,,,

Ok, so it's not looking like Christmas,,,,,,,,,,,,but it sure is FEELING that cold here in Central to South Florida!!

We had nothing but mild, gorgeous weather all winter long,,,,,,,,,and now that March is here,,,,,,what do we get????

FREEZING COLD! Go figure! LOL!

Well, it got me to thinking,,,,,,,,last Christmas I was TOTALLY unprepared for EVERYTHING! My shopping was behind,,,,,,I didn't have enough Christmas and Hanukkah cards to send (so I sent none).  Ugh,,,,,,,NEVER AGAIN!!!!! I've already started shopping for Christmas,,,,,,,,

and now I've begun my Christmas card making!

Here's a couple cards I made,,,,,,,,,,,

First,,,,,,,,,

Card Recipe:
Paper:Coordinations, The Paper Studio (gold mirror cs) and GA Pacific CS
Stamps: Justrite back ground stamp
Ink:Ranger clear embossing ink
Embossing Powder: Ranger Gold embossing powder
Dies and punches: Martha Stewart punch around the page eyelet lace punch, Spellbinders layered poinsettias and Resplendent Rectangles, Impression Obsession pine branch, MFT Let it Snowflake die
Ribbon: May ARts from Really Reasonable Ribbon
gems: REcollections


And the second card,,,,,,,,

Who's sick of window cards??? LOL, I can't help it, this window is darling!!!

Card Recipe:
Paper: MME Noel stack, Coordinations, The Paper Studio gold mirror cs, various scraps
Dies and punches:Poppy Stamps Grand Madison Window and shutter dies, MFT let it snowflake die, Martha Stewart winter branch punch, Big Bite, EK Success Threading water border punch
Stamps: NONE!!!!!!!!!!!! GASP!!!!!!!! FAINT!!!!!!!! (I'm sure I'll put one on the INSIDE!!)
Ribbon: Recollections


And now for some exciting news!

I have THE BEST husband in the WORLD!!!!! My birthday is coming up in a few days, and he's bought me the Silhouette Portrait AND the upgraded software for it AND a subscription for designs!!!!!!!

If my husband knows one thing, it's ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Crafty Wife=Happy Life!!!!!!

 So Expect to see some cards and projects using my new Silhouette as soon as it gets here (and I figure it out!!!)

Thanks for looking and I so appreciate your comments!!!!!

Cast All Your Cares,,,,,,,,,,

Good Evening!  It's time for another card, before the weekend is upon us.

It's been a very busy week,,,,,,,we had our cat spayed a week ago, and our dog to the vet for her annual shots, check up and heart worm meds,,,,,,,,and I spent a full day playing with paper with a lovely new friend and her sweet Daughter In Law,,,,,,,

I got to play with dies that I don't have,stamp some new stamps, try some new alcohol markers, and learn a new technique. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did!

Expect some new cards next week with some of the stamps and die cuts I used while at her house!

For tonight, I used a new set of stamps that I won several months back on the Justrite Friday Challenge,,,,,,so pretty!

Aren't those stamps gorgeous???? LOVE them!  She's going through a super tough time lately, and I wanted to send a card,,,,,

Here's a close up!

I hope she loves the card,,,,,,,,,,and I sure hope life gets easier for her in the coming months.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: Pink-Coordinations, white-Georgia Pacific
Ink: copics and Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps: Justrite "Cast all your cares" clear stamp set
Dies: Resplendent Rectangles
punch: Martha Stewart Butterfly
Embossing: Swiss Dots Folder, embossed largest Resplendent rectangles with second largest
ribbon: Hobby Lobby
Stick Pins: Handmade
Button:Bazzill

Thanks for looking,,,,,,I love your comments and I appreciate them more than you know! 

I hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend!

Justrite Stamps and a Sketch!

Hello!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I had SO much to do this weekend,,,,,,and I did none of it LOL.  I just happened to glance at the JustRite Stamps challenge for this week and fall in love with the sketch! Of course, I just had to join in!

I wanted a winter card (because SUPPOSEDLY we are still in winter,,,,even if my thermometer says 84 degrees), but I didn't want Christmassy,,,,,,so here's what I came up with!

 

 First I cut and embossed the bottom of my white 5x7 card base with a spellbinders Edgabilities.  Then I embossed my card stock base with a snowflake embossing folder.  I cut a 2010 snowflake pendant out of my base and then off set another die cut onto the negative and backed the negative with more winter blue paper. I used winter blue and white banners on the left,and Justrite Stamps for the center of my snow flake and the lower right for my sentiment.  Finally, I cut and embossed a strip of white cardstock with the same edgabilities and the same embossing folder and placed it across the top of my card. A bow, some blue dew drops and a hint of sparkle, and she's done!

You can click on the pictures to better see the detail.

Here's a close up of my snowflake and those gorgeous Justrite Stamps.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: white: Walmart white 110 lb card stock  PP: scraps
Stamps: Justrite "Just the right words" set
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders 2010 Snowflake Pendant, Circles Large, Picot Edge Circles, Classic Petal Edgabilities, Resplendent Rectangles
Embossing folder: Tim Holtz
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dew Drops: Robin's Nest

I hope you enjoyed the card, and I hope you run over to Justrite and join the fun!  Thanks for looking, and your comments are more appreciated than you know!