{ variation of card }

 

Don't you love when you sit down to stamp a card and the ideas just start rolling? Well, I stamped THIS card the other week and while I was at it, decided to add kraft paper. Now looking at my posted card I think I should repeat the white layer on the inside of the card.  STILL don't have my Christmas cards done yet this year.

     

Here is another Christmas Card that I am considering this year. I love the polka dot paper that I used to make the bulbs (do they look like bulbs to you??) but I'm not sure about it on the kraft paper. I bet it would look really cool on white paper! Again, loving the combo of aqua and red together.   The swirly doohickey at the top of the ornament is from a set from SEI and I never figured out what the stamp was supposed to be used for, but it seemed to work well to hang my ornament from my card.

I'm also linking to Paper Issues- click on that link for AWESOME holiday ideas. 

Card Recipe:

stamps- festive thoughts- CTMH, Alpine Frost- SEI

paper- kraft- Hobby Lobby, DP from SEI (I think)

other- circle punch- EK Success

{ simple christmas card }

 

Totally loving the Beyond Borders stamp set by Mint Motif. Here is a VERY simple card that is a contender for my cards this year. I could easily whip a bunch of these pups up and get them mailed out.

Also love the label punch that I got- hard to tell but it's popped off the card. Also loving the red/turquoise and white combo. 

Card Recipe:

stamps- beyond borders- Mint Motif, Alpine Frost- SEI

ink- lagoon, cranberry, chocolate- CTMH

other- punch from EK Success

{ hello......is there anybody out there? }

well hello there readers, that is if there are any left....I've been away from this space for quite awhile. Let me bore you with the details....

I was smacked over the head with a terrible virus that turned into bronchitis { truth be told I think it was bronchitis from the start, but what would I know, I only get it every year } that made me miss a week of work plus Thanksgiving. Yuck. I'm on the mend but would love for my ear to unplug any moment now. Not only is it plugged but you can even probably hear it ringing from where you live.

Then there were the issues of having to replace the water heater, fix the fuel injector on the car and buy a new laptop, all in about a 2 week period. Awesome. 

Before I was down and out for the count, I did make a couple of purchases:

This little gem.....

And then of course I needed this thanks to the enablers on twopeas  

And then there's the fun announcement that I've been named to the card design team over at Paper Issues!! It's a really fun blog and you absolutely have to head over right this minute to check them out for tons and tons of scrappy inspiration. I have a blinkie on the right side of my blog if you want to check it out!

I'll be back with a card when I can figure out where my pictures are downloading to on my new computer :)