Happy New Year Everyone!

I don't have any photos to share yet as I don't quite yet have the photo-editing software up and running on my new computer but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy 2008! See you next year with lots of fun stuff to share!!

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Happy Holidays!

Hello! Hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I just had to share what I got for Christmas! The imac is a gift from my husband, Jeff. He knew my old mac ibook was getting bogged down with all my photos and music and that I would keep putting off buying myself a new one even though I really wanted to. Now I should be able to have tons of photos and projects on this guy! It's totally awesome!

And that's not it....I was so spoiled this year! Both my parents and Jeffs gave us awesome presents. I don't know what we did to get such cool stuff! Guess we were really good this year (he he he...yeah right!)

Here are a few holiday projects I made but with all the rush rush I didn't get a chance to post them earlier:

This tree is super easy and fun to make. It is made from one sheet of designer double-sided paper (I used Wintergreen from Stampin' Up!). You start with a Styrofoam cone and cut your paper into little strips. I think mine were 1/2" by 4" and then you just fold them into loops and poke into the cone using little pins (just the cheap ones from the sewing section at Wal-mart). Start at the bottom and work your way up to the top. I alternated which side of the paper was facing out for each row. Then add a bow to the top and you have a gorgeous Christmas tree! These are even cuter in person!

Here's another variation:



For this one I think I made the strips a little shorter...1/2" x 3" and instead of folding them, I curled them with a bone folder and then attached them with pins. Otherwise it's made the same as the top one. I'm not sure which one I like best, I love them both!

One more project--


Here is a variation of the 2-4-6-8 box. It's made from acetate and then I made the tops and bottoms with designer paper (I used Dashing from Stampin' Up). I will probably make more of these later for valentines day since I ran out of time to make them for Christmas! Seriously, I think Christmas came early this year! I didn't get any of my projects done!

Hope you enjoyed and I'll try to post my holiday cards next!

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New Catalog!!!

Check out what was in my mailbox last night!! I was so excited! Since the doesn't start until Jan 3rd, I was sure I wouldn't get my copy for a week or so yet! But to my surprise, It was waiting for me last night! There are some really cool new sets in here that I can't wait to order, plus a lot of my old favorites with new ideas! I just love seeing all the cards that Stampin' Up comes up with! I have also pre-orded a couple of boxes that should be here by Jan. so let me know if want to reserve a copy!

On a side note, sorry I haven't posted in forever! I do have some other fun projects and holiday stuff I've made to show you. I will try to take photos and get that stuff up soon!

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halloween kitty card...

Here is a fun simple card I made using the Haunting Halloween set. I started with a piece of river rock card stock for the base. Then I used a piece of patterned paper I got in a little 8x8 fall paper stack at Archivers (got this for free when I spent too much there a couple weeks ago purchasing my bind-it-all!). I stamped the witchy cat on some white card stock and colored it in with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I like how the coloring turned out on this one. Sometimes coloring is my favorite part...takes me back to being a kid when I loved coloring books! I used some purple and black card stock to mat the cat image and used the slit punch to make the black parts that pop over the top. Then I just added a little ribbon, the "witching you" sentiment and....done!

stamps: Haunting Halloween
ink: basic black, watercolor pencils
paper: river rock, whisper white, lovely lilac, basic black
other: patterned paper, pumpkin grosgrain ribbon, polka-dotted ribbon

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Pixie stix treats!

Halloween treats are so fun to make! This little pumpkin pixie stix holder is cute and easy. I started by cutting a piece of paper 3" x 11". Then fold it in half and fold down the top about 2 inches. I used the corner rounder on the corner and then stamped a pattern over it using the the circles from polka dots and petals. I stamped the pumpkin from Carved & Candlelit and layered it with black. Then I punched holes with the tiny hand held hole punch through all the layers and used brads to attach it all together. Now you should have a little pocket just big enough for some pixie stix or some Halloween pencils!

stamps: Carved & Candlelit, Polka dots & Petals
ink: pumpkin pie, basic black
paper: pumpkin pie, basic black, whisper white
other: black eyelets, hole punch

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Popcorn Halloween Treat

Here is a fun alternative to Halloween Sweets... a popcorn holder! These are super easy to make and so much fun to give. You just wrap card stock around your popcorn and adhere it in back (adhere the card stock together but don't adhere it to the popcorn, you want it to be able to slide out) Add some stamping first if you'd like. On this one I just used pumpkin pie card stock because it went best with the patterned paper. I made the scallops with black card stock using the slit punch and layered it with the patterned paper from the Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper . For the center image I stamped the pumpkin image from Batty for You.

To make it a slider, you need to punch a hole through the top of the holder, front and back, and then put your ribbon around the popcorn and up through the holes. Then tie it on top. If you pull on the ribbon, the popcorn should slide out.


stamps: batty for you
ink: pumpkin pie, basic black
paper: Creepy Crawly designer series paper, pumpkin pie, basic black, whisper white
other: black grosgrain ribbon, scallop punch, circle punch corner notch punch

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Witching you...

Another card with the Haunting Halloween Set. This set is so much fun to color! For this card I cut the paper the long way (at 4.25 on the 8.5" side) and folded it to make a card that opens the other direction. This is a fun way to vary a card layout.

The card base is wild wasabi and the other green is mellow moss. I stamped the stars on the mellow moss and then accented it by adding more dots with a white gel pen. For the main image I stamped the image on whisper white and colored in with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. Then I framed it with a piece of black card stock and assembled it, adding ribbons. The "witching you" is stamped on a piece of river rock and then I used the corner rounder to make the rounded corners.

Then after the card was finished I added green stickles glittle glue on the frog and the bubbles. here is a close up:

stamps: Haunting Halloween
ink: mellow moss, basic Black, watercolor pencils
paper: whisper white, basic black, wild wasabi, mellow moss
other: polka dot ribbon, green stickles, white gel pen

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