Dec 22, 2011 | Cards, Christmas, family, My Digital Studio |
I wanted to share with you the 2011 Christmas Card that I made to send to our family. I created this in My Digital Studio after seeing a blog post on Mydigitalstudio.net about the Tri-Fold cards. I really liked how it was all laid out with both a spot for a family photo and then a page for photos of the kids and then on the back a place to write. In past years I would write a letter, print it out, fold it up and stick it inside our Christmas cards. But with My Digital Studio the letter part can become part of the card instead of being an insert. So that is what I decided to do for our family – I printed 35 of these – mailed out 34 and kept 1.
This is the card folded it up and it doesn’t look like much. This is the smaller size of the the tri-fold choices – I have to go back and look for sure but I think the other one was either bigger or it was just turned to be portrait orientation. It looks like a really small card but then when you unfold it you get this….
In the center panel I had a picture of our whole family and then the third panel has individual pictures of the boys plus a little note from us.
But there is more – turn it over to the back and you get this –
That is where my “letter” came in. I used two panels to write all of our 2011 memorable moments.
I sent hand-stamped cards to everyone else on my list. I still have a few more to get out. But so far I have used 80 stamps! I bought 2 packs of the Christmas stamps and used all those. Went to the store to get more this morning and they were out of Christmas ones so the rest of my card have regular stamps. I’ll finish up tomorrow with everyone on my list.
I hope everyone likes the MDS card and the hand-stamped cards.
Here is today’s Christmas activity –
Dec. 22 – Attend a Christmas Concert – I knew I had this one in the bunch. We already did this earlier though – I should have planned my days out better when making the countdown project. We went to the Etowah High School Band Concert. Ryan is in the percussion section – his section of the band played three songs – he played crash cymbals on one song, the wooden block on one and jingle bells on one.
IMPORTANT NOTE: we got word from Stampin’ Up! that the Stocking builder punch that is in the Holiday Mini catalog will be discontinued – so if you had your eye on that punch you better order it now. The Holiday Mini catalog end on Jan. 3rd but I don’t know how much stock they have left and there will not be any more once they run out. And remember the Clearance Rack sale – there are some great deals on other punches – current shapes but the older body style. And a steal on the GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlets die set – I use this a lot for scrapbooking titles.
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Have a productive day!
Dec 17, 2011 | Baby, Decor Elements, Stamper's Club |
You might wonder what Flower Garden Decor Elements have to do with a Diaper Genie. And no – I don’t have a diaper genie, and if you saw one at my house it wasn’t mine. Jamie brought me her diaper genie and I decorated it for her with the Flower Garden Decor Elements. And look at how cute it turned out.
I purchased two sets of the flowers and put them on all the way around.
And to finish it I added a piece of Pretty in Pink wide ribbon at the top and attached it with mini glue dots. Now it sits in the baby room at Jamie’s house and it fit in so perfectly. Here is a picture from Jamie –
See the diaper genie on the left side – it matched all her decor just perfectly. And who is the room for – well for Baby Chloe –
born on Dec. 15th! Congratulations to Jamie and her husband on welcoming their new little one into the world!
Hopefully Jamie will be back for stamp club in January.
Have a great weekend!
Dec 14, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
This card idea was based on a card that was shown on stage at Convention when Stampin’ Up! introduced the Holiday Mini catalog to us. I have two versions of the card – one was the first one I made – the simple version.
The card base is Cherry Cobbler. The front has a strip of Wild Wasabi and on either end a strip of Whisper White with a scalloped edge. I also stamped the Merry Christmas greeting on there – it is from the Many Merry Messages stamp set. I stamped one of the stockings from Stitched Stockings on Whisper White card stock using Wild Wasabi ink and punched it out with the Stocking Builder punch. I used my paper piercer to poke a tiny hole to one side of the stocking and threaded a piece of the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding through and tied on one of the mini jingle bells. I love those little jingle bells.
But then I go a few more items from the Holiday Mini catalog and decided that I wanted to “step up” my card just a little bit. So here is version two –
The first thing I added was the embossing on the top portion of the Wild Wasabi piece – Snow Burst Textured Embossing Folder is what I used. Then I switched out the border punch. Finally I punched out the stocking pieces from the Silver Glimmer Paper. Added those pieces to the stamped/punched stocking to give it just a little bling. Looking at it now I should have added a rhinestone to the center of the little snowflake.
Here is the activity for the day –
Dec. 14th – Visit Santa Claus and take pictures. As a mom you always remember taking your babies to see Santa and them screaming their heads off – I think Kyle was the worst of my three. He screamed when he saw Santa, he screamed when he saw the Easter Bunny, he even screamed at the doctors office the second they called his name – we weren’t even in the office yet. Tyler on the other hand would get a shot and not even shed a tear. They were at each end of the spectrum and Ryan always fell somewhere in between. And gosh now Kyle is 20, Tyler 18, and Ryan 15 – where did the time go.
and let me go ahead and post the next one too –
Dec. 15th – Stamp Christmas cards and mail them. I have some stamped cards and some that I made in My Digital Studio – most of those are going to our family since it includes pictures and memories of what we did all year. I’ll be posting it on my blog some time soon. Connie at the post office that I use said next Monday will be the busiest day for mailing but she has been busy all this week too.
One more thing to mention – mostly for me to keep track and I won’t do this every day. Today is Day 1 of radiation for Greg’s mom. And now there are 32 more to go. Tomorrow we go again.
Dec 13, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, UDI Color Challenge |
I took a little break from the UDI Color Challenge but I am back this week with a new card. Here is the inspiration picture for this week –
And it just so happened that I got my Paper Crafts Magazine in the mail this week too – and guess what they had – a section called Cure for the Winter Blues and it was full of ideas featuring the color blue. I came across one card that I wanted to try to make into an all Stampin’ Up! card. I always try to “make-over” the ideas that I like from the magazines. And this is what I came up with.
And the inside looks like this –
I tried to carry a few elements from the front onto the inside – since the card base was Basic Black I needed to add a Whisper White panel. I’m not really in love with the inside of the card but I do like how the front turned out. The front panel was punched on the edge, then stamped with the greeting and then embossed with the Stripes Embossing folder. I’m not sure that you can see it well in the picture I took but I like how it looks in real life.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Whisper White
- Ink: Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black
- Stamp sets: Clearly for You, Perfect Words
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Stripes Textured Impressions Folder, 1″ Square punch, Postage Stamp punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Corner Rounder punch, Subtles Designer Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Sponge.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Dec 12, 2011 | Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Do you need some quick cards for Christmas? Then the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt might just be the answer for you. Look at this cute card idea I found on Pinterest – the card was created by Jen Sannes. This is my version of her card –
I didn’t get pictures of the others but my Stamp Club made these at our meeting the other night and everyone had a different piece of the felt accents. The package has the mittens, a snowflake, a wreath and some holly. A quick easy accent to add on a card, tag, or scrapbook page. You can find them in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog.
I realized I forgot to put yesterday’s activity in my post – oops. So here are a couple more and I’ll try to stay on top of it.
Dec. 11 – Watch Classic Christmas Shows – I caught the end of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and I always like the Charlie Brown ones too.
Dec. 12 – Visit someone who could use some Christmas Cheer – maybe someone that can’t get out by themselves, visit the senior center – the scouts used to do that when my boys were younger.
and here is one more for tomorrow –
Dec. 13 – Make Hot Chocolate – Ryan has been making hot chocolate every night – I guess I better add that to my shopping list. Since I don’t drink coffee – if I drink something hot in the morning it is hot chocolate.
Have a good day!
Dec 11, 2011 | Cards, Christmas, Valentine's Day |
You can make this cute card if you come to my Card Maker’s Club class next week. I loved this little set when I first saw it in the Stampin’ Up! catalog. It is called Merry Winter and has these cute little marshmallow snowmen – at least that’s what I think of when I see them.
This could be a Christmas card, a winter card or even for Valentine’s day.
I hope you’ll come join me on Wednesday 12/21. The Card Maker’s Club is lots of fun and lets you choose the cards that you need/want to make. So come have some fun with me.
See you soon.
This is the card folded it up and it doesn’t look like much. This is the smaller size of the the tri-fold choices – I have to go back and look for sure but I think the other one was either bigger or it was just turned to be portrait orientation. It looks like a really small card but then when you unfold it you get this….
In the center panel I had a picture of our whole family and then the third panel has individual pictures of the boys plus a little note from us.
That is where my “letter” came in. I used two panels to write all of our 2011 memorable moments.
