Ribbon Card

Playing with ribbon and my Big Shot and the Top Note die. I love all the great new dies that Stampin Up has available.


Here is the front view. This card has lots of dimension and some bling! The Top Note die is cut out of cardboard and DS paper and then mounted on dimensionals. I the curly label punch works great as well with the Top Note die.

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It's Adding Up!

Wow, I am noticing my Blog Counter and it is really adding up. I think I am going to hit 10 000 hits very soon....maybe even before December. So, I will be having Blog Candy for sure...I am not sure what it will be yet, I want it to be really nice. I also need to decide if I will have just one winner or more than one. I do know it will be from those who leave comments. I may include everyone who has ever left a comment, since there are not that many...still deciding. Thanks you all so much for checking out my Blog and getting it to this milestone, I look forward to celebrating with you.
So be on the lookout...there is candy coming!

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Project Fund Raiser

A Friend of mine who coaches several local Cheer leading groups saw my word books and said it would be nice to do one for Cheer leading, and I suggested she could sell them to raise money for cheer leading. Parents could buy them as keepsakes for their children involved in Cheer leading. It will give the cheer leaders a keepsake and also provide funding for the teams. She liked the idea and here is the book I came up with. It will only be available through my friend and only for those involved in cheer leading. It is ready for pictures and journaling.



Here is one of the inside pages to give you a bit of an idea what the inside is like.The letters on the cover are the school initials...which, yes I need to change one because it is lower case...oops..already have it to replace but the book is with my friend, she will be getting the replacement tomorrow before she shows it to anyone. It is hard to tell but the third color is Night of Navy.

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Sneak Peek!

I could not wait until after the swap to show off my card...I am just so pleased at how it turned out. I get nervous for swaps because I feel like my card has to be perfect for it. Well, this card is not perfect...as I was making it, I noticed things that I would change if making again...like the bling gem I would put on the upper snowflake instead of down by the ribbon, because it almost got covered by the ribbon. as you can see below...

I included a verse inside, which I often do not do, simply because I do not have a wide variety of inside verses. It is also stamped on the back with an Angel policy stamp and my web address.That I always do!

I was completely inspired by Beate's card shown here. The colors are very similar, although I used Basic black for my Top Note die cut. I felt black worked well for a Santa card. I got the Santa Collage stamp after searching and searching off of E-Bay. I love this stamp!

This card looks so much better in person. Santa is stamped on Glossy white. I ran out of the wide Old Olive grosgrain so used the narrow for the knotted piece...I think it works! I pierced each of the scallops on the Riding Hood Red piece. Hmmm, I think that explains the little details I did to this card. I also stamped a reindeer from Winter Post on the flap and on the lower left corner of each envelope. I was going to put a snowflake, but when I saw the reindeer, I knew that was a much better choice for the Santa card.

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Easy and Quick!

This was a gift bag with card I made for a friend's birthday. The mini envelope is attached to the outside front of the bag and the 3 x3 card simply goes inside. The envelope flap is stamped with an image so it looks cute when sealed and the white space below is perfect for writing the recipients name. The bag is tied shut with raffia.

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Club Card

I am part of a group that meets monthly to share ideas and learn new ones. We each take a turn for the year being the "hostess" and receiving the Hostess benefits. It is sooo much fun. Well, I have been helping with ideas for the class projects and this was one we did for October. I had so much fun doing this card.

the final card had a small piece of DS paper from Urban Garden in matching green alont the bottom white area., but I don't have a picture of that. We used a mask to create the moon image and Stazon ink for the sihouette image. The whole card is done on Glossy white so the ink blends well.

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Craft Show Table Display

Well here is what my table looked like for my first craft show this past weekend. When I called to book a table it was advertised as a Flea Market, Craft , Bake Sale with Canteen, but when I got there the sign by the road said Flee Market. It was a beautiful fall day...perfect for attendance..or so one would think. It was not overly busy maybe 100 people all day. Very few visited our table, but overall we had a good day. Tables were not expensive, but there were some who attended who did not even cover table rental and we did way better than that.

Next time I will be sure to sign up for "a Craft Show". When I was getting ready for this show I was worried I would not have enough to fill the table, but I had plenty.

The card display holders I got from a local hardware store worked great for showing my cards and card candy. I know next time I need to take something to work at while I sit there.

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