Christmas catch-up pt 2

This is part 2 of my Christmas catch-up. These pages are a bit more plain than yesterdays pages, but they get the job done. Once again, I used the Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin' kit for these quick and easy pages.


I may add more to my pages later. Right now the goal is just to get my pictures on paper along with some journaling because I am sure I will forget the year and everything else the farther I get from the events of this day. You think you will remember it all for ever but you really don't...especially when you have more than one child.


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Christmas catch-up

This is part one of my Christmas catch-up. I am trying to catch up on my Christmas scrapbooking. I used the retired Simply Scrapping Christmas Cheer kit. This past Christmas I used some of the papers from this kit to create Christmas tags for our stockings. In January I went to an all day crop and didn't get any farther than my Halloween catch-up so now I am on to Christmas. These pages feature Christmas 2010. I still need to do 2009 and 2011. I chose to start with 2010 because I think our 2010 jammies fit this color combo best.

I stamped snowflakes on the Very Vanilla cardstock in cherry cobbler and marina mist. Then I sued the papers and cardstock adhesive punch outs from the kit. I love using these kits I can choose to stamp or not and still end up with pages that I love! These pages are going to go into our red linen scrapbook where I keep all of the pages from each Christmas. It is so much fun to look back on past Christmas all in one place.

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A Simple Thank You

Clean, fresh , and simple is what I was going for with this card. It took me all of twenty minutes to make this card and most of that time was on cutting out parts of the butterflies I layered on top. This is a great card for sharing Stampin' Up! with friends or new customers. I used ink pads but if you were going to carry a "stampin kit" (as introduced in Stampin' Success demonstrator magazine) around with you, you could easily use your markers in place of the pads.

Crad Recipe:
Stamp sets: Creative Elements, Trendy Trees
Paper: Whisper White
Ink: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, and Wisteria Wonder
Misc: Jewels Basic Rhinestones

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A Beau Chateau Birthday

Oh what fun it was to fiddle around to make this card! This is quite the layered card! I scrummaged around in my scrap box and found these papers and thought I'd put them together to make a birthday card. Turning, layering, cutting, and filing papers and finally adhering it altogether to make a card unlike my usual creations. I wanted to try out the envelope die and use it on a card. I am very proud of the outcome. I don't yet have a recipient for this card, I am going to file it away for someone special.

Inside the envelope I placed a little tag and stamped a birthday cake on it with a little candle. I used the glitter glue to make the cake shine a bit. I stapled some ribbon on my tag and stuck it in the envelope. Next, I added pearls to the envelope because pearls always add a special touch.

Card Recipe:
stamp set: Patterned Party and a sentiment from Easy Events
Paper: Pixie Pink, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, and Beau Chateau dsp
Misc: pearls, Vanilla Seam Binding, buttons

This One's For the Girls

Yesterday, I shared the male version of this card. Today, this one is for the girls! I absolutely LOVE these colors together. I thought of my youngest son's little female classmate/friend when I picked these colors. She is such a sweetheart and a real girlie girl. I could see her in an outfit made of these colors.I changed out the ribbon on these for variety...okay, really because I couldn't decide so I thought why make myself commit to one color. Story of my life actually. A quick little story. When I was planning my wedding I couldn't decide if I wanted my bridesmaids to wear lilac or sage...so guess what I did??? I chose both! Two of the ladies wore lilac while the other two wore sage. Our wedding pictures were so colorful. I'm glad I couldn't decide. It made everything that much better.

Here is what the finished card will look like once the number is placed on. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to make the 6 pop up.
His little friends are turning 6 and my middle son's friends are turning 8. I made a total of 6 of these cards. It's hard to just stop at one.

Card Recipe:
stamp set: Look Who's Turning
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and Sweetshop Specialty dsp
Ink: Concord Crush
Misc: Variety of ribbons
My daughter's friends are turning 11...I have a different idea for them.
Maureen

Look Who's Turning....

Isn't this a fun looking card? Super easy too! How easy you ask? So easy that I made 8 of them...yes, 8 of them. I am thinking long term here:-) My 8 year old was invited to a party for one of his very good friends. I created this card for the event and then thought...I should make a few more of these cards to keep on hand for the birthdays that come up. My boys get invited to so many birthday cards for their male friends that I thought it would be a great time saver to have some on hand. If you like these, check back tomorrow I'll have the female version of these here to share.
I used my Big Shot and cut out several numbers from 5-8, since we know lots of little boys turning 5, 6, 7, and 8.


This card uses paper from a retired Celebrations Designer Series Paper set. I got the idea for this card from page 91 in the Idea Book & Catalog. It also uses the Look Who's Talking stamp set found on the same page.
Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Look Who's Turning
Paper: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, and retired Celebrations dsp
Misc.: twine or linen thread

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Maureen

PPA 129 - Sketch Challenge

PPA 129 - Sketch Challenge


It's been awhile since I've done a challenge but I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring. Having a sketch really does get the juices flowing more quickly. I think I may have to make an effort to engage in challenges at least twice a month.
My daughter is invited to a sleepover for a friend of hers who's turning 11. Tuesday is her actual birthday but the party is this weekend...I am sooo ahead and loving this feeling! Thank you to Paper Pals for helping me to get an idea together quickly. I told my daughter that I wish I'd made this card for her birthday because I like it that much. She said she's happy with the card I made for her so I'm happy too....although I might make another one for her anyway as an extra and write in it 11 reasons why I love her. That will be a quick and easy list!
Card Recipe
stamp set: retired Sale-a-bration set So Happy For You
Paper: Pixie Pink, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Misc: White Seam Ribbon (I love this ribbon!)

Maureen