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the holidays are here
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december daily 2010 preview
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| Finally am posting some pictures of my December Daily 2010.
If you want to see all of the pages, you can view them on my flickr page. I think this is my 3rd or 4th DD. Looking back, I learned 2 main things: 1. Don’t try to create the page ahead of time. Stick with the dates only and allow for creativity later. 2. I rarely have ever finished a DD once Christmas passes….so, I prepared up to day 25, added 2 more pages and that’s all. Obviously, I can always add more pages, if time allows. This year, i wanted a “vintage-feel”. Thanks for looking! |
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Christmas cards 2010 version 1.1
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| Well, I said I would never do it again, yet here I am.
Handmade Christmas cards. A few years ago, I made huge amounts & hated it. This year, I decided that if I see any cards that catch my eye, I will buy them. BUT, I will also make some. Usually, I send out about 60 cards…. we’ll see if I survive this year : ) Here we go! |
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| I decided to use embossed white paper as the main background.
So, last week, I sat on the couch with my paper-cutter, my white cardstock, and my embosser. |
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| Then, I decided to do some hand-stitching on them.
I have tried to use my sewing machine on paper with about 65% luck. Never guaranteed what the end result will be, so I decided to do it by hand. I absolutely LOVE how the snowflake turned out, however, of course, that one took the longest to make. |
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| On this card, I used my Tim Holtz edge thingy to give it a rough, frayed look.
I had bought pre-cut/scored Kraft cards & envelopes a while back on sale, so I decided to use those. I put a sheet of red cardstock behind the white…just so a tiny amount of the red showed around the edges. Weeks ago, I found the “Christmas Story” both the Bible story version and The Night Before Christmas version and pasted them into a word document. Then I changed the font color to red and printed it out on cardstock. I then took my Marvy punch (scalloped edge square–size purple) and cut a bunch of background squares. Then, I tied a ribbon around the white cardstock before adhering it to the page. I also took my Distress Ink and inked around the edge. I used my PapertreyInk stamp for the sentiment. Inked around the edges with white Brilliance ink. To make it more dimensional, I used foam dots to adhere the scalloped square. |
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| I stamped the inside, added some bling and inked around the edges (for that snowy feel). |
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| I added some snowflakes to the envelope. |
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| Here’s another version of the card.
On the inside of this one, I stamped first and then placed some cardstock on top of the words and inked a snowy edge around the sentiment. Thanks for looking! |
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saturday antiques
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| We visited a super huge antique store yesterday…
here are just a few pictures from our trip. In the alarm clock picture, my son (16 yr.old) is in the background… I snuck a picture of him when he wasn’t looking. The last picture is my DH & I. |
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frosty morning window
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| Opened my kitchen blind today and was happy with what I saw
….a frosty window… I love this time of year! |
more {typewritten words}
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| I’m enjoying this project.
Not much pressure. Doesn’t require much time. I should also be working on my December Daily for this year, and exercising. So much to do, So little motivation. |
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{typewritten words}
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| I joined a group over on Flickr, a fun project called Typewriter Words.
The only rules: One word / words daily. Write on a typewriter. How fun! How easy! Sounds like a fun way to journal, simply! For my journal base, I used my Bind-it-All and some library cards. That’s all! |
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card crazy
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| Well, I’m a week or so late on posting these. It was World Card Making Day last week….so I sat down and made a bunch of cards. These are a few of them. |
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| I messed around with a bunch of flowers that I had punched out with a Marvy punch. |
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| The birdie below was actually stamped and cut out of a Starbucks cardboard cup cozy. |
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| I love how the flower below turned out. It’s actually a scalloped circle then I just cut it and curled up the “petals”. |
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| The embellishments below is cut out of the same Starbucks cardboard cup sleeve. Thanks for looking! |
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embellishment swap
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| I made these journaling tags for an embellishment swap over on the studio calico site. It was a lot of fun, but it’s always hard to know if the person that will receive your items will like them!!! |
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| The “Cookies” tag word, and cookies were cut on my Cricut. |
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| The button wreath that I used on this tag, I made last year. |
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| I love how the white ink smudged along the edge looks like snow! |
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| All of the tags and tag pockets were cut on my Cricut also. I love the endless possibilities! |
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| I know it’s been a while since my last post, but I’m still here! |