Snowman Birthday

This is a card I made for my good buddy in Florida. It might be the only snowman she will see this season. Althought it has been cold down there, but not enough for snow. I used the Big Shot and the Top Note Die using Old Olive for his hat and Whisper White for his face. I used the Northern Frost Decorative Strip for the snowflake on his hat and added a Green Circle Ice Rhinestone Brad. I used a Dauber for his rosy cheeks using Pink Pirouette. I saw this idea on another website by Shari Dudek.

JOLLY OLD SAINT NICK

This is a card I made for a swap this month. I used Real Red card stock for the basic card. I stamped Jolly Old Saint Nick on Whisper White with Basic Black ink.
I colored in his rosy cheeks and nose with the red watercolor pencil and blender pen.
I used 2-way glue pen and dazzling diamonds on his beard, eyebrows, mustache, and his hat. I layered Santa on Basic Black card stock and attached to the front of my card. The "Merry Christmas" is from the Christmas Greetings stamp set.

COASTER CALENDAR

I made coaster calendars for the speech teachers and this one is a sample of what I gave to each of them tonight. The coaster calendar is like an easel and can stand up on their desk. The idea of how to make them came from Gretchen Barron.

I used the glue sticks to attach the DSP to the coaster. Then I trimmed the excess DSP close to the coaster and used a sanding blocks to round off the corners. I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border and the Owl Punch. I made a stand for the back by cutting 2" x 11" piece of cardstock. Then they were scored at 3.5", 7", 8", 9 " and 10" Then I attached the mini calendar to the front.

Fall Leaves

This is a Holiday Mini swap that I was in and another card made with the French Foliage. I used Cajun Craze for the base of the card. I used Very Vanilla card stock to stamp the leaves with Cajun Craze and More Mustard ink. Then I put it in my Square Lattice Embossing Folder and ran it through my Big Shot. I loved the effect. I also used my Oval All stamp set for "Just for You" as well as my Scallop Oval Punch and my Large Oval Punch.

Happy Thanksgiving Card

This a card I made for a recent swap using the French Foliage stamp set in the Holiday Mini catalog. I love this stamp set and I've seen some really great samples that this set was used even for Christmas cards which I hope to create some of those soon. The base of my card is made with Crumb Cake card stock with Cajun Craze for the border. I used Very Vanilla card stock to stamp the leaves and the verse. The colors I used for the leaves were Cajun Craze, Old Olive, and More Mustard. For the background I also used Crumb Case. Of course, "Happy Thanksgiving" was stamped in Basic Black. It's a very simple, easy card to make.

Wicked Cool Tea Light Box

I've candle stamped before, but this was a great way to stamp the tea light candles.
I learned how to do this from Nicole Tugrul's website. The trick is to put tissue paper between two sheets of copy paper and punch out your circles with your circle punch. Stamp the image on the tissue and punch a small hole in the center so you can pull the wick through. Then you take the heat gun slightly to the candle until the tissue melts into the tea light candle. I hope to make some more of these in the next couple months for the holidays.

Anti-bacterial Hand Gel Holders for Halloween

These Halloween Holders were fun to make. I bought the anti-bacterial hand gels at Bath and Body Works (5 for $5)and got the idea from Erica Cerwin. I cut two pieces of cardstock. One is at 3" x 10" and the other one is 6" x 1 1/2".

Then I turned both pieces long ways in my cutter and scored the biggest piece at 1", 2", 5 1/2" and 6 1/2" with my scoring blade. The smaller piece was scored at 1/2", 1 1/2", 4 1/2" and 5 1/2". Use a Bone Folder to crease the scored lines. On the smaller piece, you will need to trim off the outside tabs (1 1/2" long on all 4 sides). The hole was made by using the medium oval punch, although it is too small a hole for the bottle of hand gel, so it needed to be punched twice by punching as close to the scored line at the top and bottom as possible to make the oval wider.
Then I applied Sticky Strip to the sides of the smaller piece as well as the side tabs. I peeled off the red tape only on the bottom tab and attached it to the inside of the bottom lip of the biggest piece. Then I peeled off the red tape on the tabs and taped them down to the bottom side of the biggest piece. Then, I removed the red tape from the other side and adhered it to the back part of the biggest piece. Now the gel should fit inside the hole and it can be decorated as desired inside and out.