Gingerbead Man

I have been working hard on Class samples and Stamp Club projects over the past couple of weeks. I am trying to be proactive about creating in advance rather than the night before. I have always been a procrastinator but adding the kids into the mix has made it worse. So I try to stay up late and create. I've had some good creative nights this past couple of weeks. Which means I am ahead of schedule for the most part on planning but not quite as far ahead as I would like to be. I will continue to work on it and go from there.

I said all that to say this, this is one of my late night creations from the past couple of weeks. Christmas will be here soon enough so getting a head start on those Christmas cards is always a good plan. Don't miss my Christmas Card Classes this season!

Items Used:
Stamp sets- Sensational Season
Ink- Early Espresso
Paper- Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler,Festival of Prints DSP
Other- Gumball Green Satin Ribbon, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 3" Circle Die, Big Shot, Embossing Folder

I did it!

I see card sketch challenges all the time on blogs and craft sites and I rarely participate because I just have a hard time seeing beyond the sketch picture. I have been wanting to try new layouts so this past Friday I decided to participate in the Fab Friday's first challenge. Amazingly my kids let me craft without grabbing at all my stuff so I went to work.

Here is the card sketch they had


This is what I created. Drum roll please.....

Can you tell I am a little proud of myself for this one. Normally when I have tried to participate in a card sketch challenge I have to look at people's samples first so that I can get an idea as how to use the sketch but not this time. I knew I wanted to use the No Peeking stamp set, so I pulled that out, I also used a piece of scrap DSP from the Festival of Prints paper pack. I used Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler. Underneath the cherry cobbler piece I used crochet trim. I didn't have any Gumball Green buttons but a Old Olive button coordinated very well.

Well I hope you all like my card. I am off to work on projects for this months Blog Hop.

Dasher, Dasher

Black isn't normally a color I use on a Christmas card but I really like the elegance of the Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black. I've also been dying to use my new embossing folder from the mini catalog.

The Dasher stamp isn't new and the wood block has the ink stains to prove it but he still is a favorite. This is another simple Christmas card but with a 9 month old baby, things have to be done quickly so this is great. Hope you enjoy it.

Items Use
Stamp Set: Dasher
Card Stock: Cherry Cobler, Basic Black, & Whisper White
Other: Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Basic Black Ribbon