Card Exchange 2012

This is the first card of the year for my card exchange group.  I got the idea from my Stampin Up Demonstrator, Bev.  She has some awesome ideas so I thought my friends would like it too.  I made it to fit into a regular size 6 1/2" envelop.  I used DCWV paper, along with Stampin Up stamps, punches and ribbon, with a misc. brad.  

Valentine's Day Gift Card holder

This is the Valentine's Day card I gave each of my kids.  The card insert has tabs so I was able to insert a "Dinner on Us" gift card for them.  I wrote my message to them on the inside of the card.  They all three loved them!

card wall

This is a set of three Creative Memories magnetic frames that I have hanging in my craft room.  They are currently displaying cards from the group of 7 of us.  We exchange each month and these are Oct, Nov and Dec.  I sent out a couple of them during the holidays so there are a few missing.  I love this group!

Hobby Lobby

Yes, we now have Hobby Lobby within a few miles of a drive for us.  I love the fact that I have several places to shop now.  I get emails now from all three of the craft stores so I can go where I need to go...love it!!  Thank you Hobby Lobby for seeing our need for you!

Cards I've made over the last couple months...

This was my card for August.

Recollections cardstock, misc. brad and ribbon and Create a Critter cricut cart for the owl.  I got to use my Crop a Dial corner rounder on these cards, what a great tool!

This is my card for September.

I love the tri-fold look so this simple card is made with DCWV card stack and recollections card stock.  The apple is cut from Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cricut cart.

Stamp is from a miscellaneous stamp set I've had for a while.

 This is my card for October

Recollections cardstock, Cloud 9 designs, Martha Stewart fence punch, Martha Stewart glitter for the moon and star, misc. stamp and thread.  The Bat was cut from the Happy Hauntings cricut cart.

This is my card for November

Recollections shimmer cardstock, Stampin Up brad and ribbon, recollections flowers, Martha Stewart punch,  Stampin Up punch, Creative Memories circle punch, Stampin Up stamp set and Tim Holtz embossing folder. This was the first card that I have sewn on, and it won't be the last.  It was a lot of fun and I look forward to doing more with different stitching.

This is my card for December.

Recollections card stock, Paper Studio paper pack (Hobby Lobby is now only 18 miles away, yippee!!)

Stampin Up snowflake punch, Creative memories snowflake punch, Stampin Up ribbon and misc. snowflake brads.  

Tangerine Tango

Hi Everyone!  It's been a long time since a posting!  I've been busy with lots of things.  We traveled to Washington DC for 15 days, learning lots about our history and visiting Smithsonian's.  We rented a home in Virginia, 15 minutes from the Vienna Metro.  What an experience that was...green to red to yellow, WOW!  It was a wonderful trip with some great friends!

Here is a  new posting.  I purchased this Tangerine Tango embossing powder in October and hadn't used it yet, so I pulled it out this morning and made this card.  Hope you like it.

The card stock is Stampin Up Calypso Coral, Black, and white.  The ink is Stampin Up Calypso Coral.  The ribbon is Organza from Stampin Up and a miscellaneous brad.

Americana Card

I got this idea from one of the blogs that I follow.  Americana is my style so this card was fun to make. I used a Michael's stamp, recollections cardstock, and older patterned paperpack that I had in my collection and the stamps are from Stampin Up.  The star is cut from Stand and Salute cricut cartridge.