Christmas Shaker Trio

 

Christmas Card Greetings my friends! 

Don't you love lazy days when nothing's scheduled, and your order from the 

Greetery was just waiting to be played with? Honestly, Betsy outdid herself

with her Holiday Release. Among the goodies were all the Hourglass sets. I 

set up an assembly line and played all day!

The sweet little cabin in the woods, complete with smoke billowing up was first. 

A few tips I'll share with you: I doubled the frame. Found it held up better. And if you're

doing a shaker, 4 cuts of the hourglass allows for movement with die cuts.

A closeup of my sweet little cabin. Hard to see, but every piece is shaded, and there's a 

glow (yellow card stock in the windows!

Christmas in the city... oh my, the details! An amazing skyline, a long majestic

tree reaching the entire length of the hourglass, stars and snowflakes... a feast for

the eyes! I went pastel with this one.

The 'Christmas Time embossed vellum is heat resistant. I think I found it online.

This photo shows it's edges, but nearly transparent IRL.

Also used my Poppystamps' Fairy Dust on rooftops and tree limbs.

And finally the manger scene. I kept it simple. Just so special. The sweet little manger

and banner sentiment conveys the true meaning of the joy of the season!

A bit of sparkly added to the elements here too.

The gold embossed banner. And you can see, the gold rubbed frame details. 

Honestly, Betsy makes us all look good!

My trio of shakers, and a day of fun in the craft room... is there anything better?

Lots of frames left over! Think I'll spend the day making more...

Be My Valentine

 

Hi there friends! I'm posting this Valentines card on the Poppystamps blog today,

Shake it up, Valentine by Nancy Penir 

Check it out, and while you do, visit the Poppystamps store for some new items.

Lots of darling Whittles!

Hope the rest of your week is full of happy crafting!

12 Kits of Occasions: January '17 'Snow Day'

I'm so glad you came by today for a visit. There's so much to see!

It's time for 12 Kits' January post, and our hostess this month is 

the fabulous Jeanne Jackna. (A Kept Life)

Jeanne's kit is all about winter, full of sweet happy papers, snowy 

images, and die cuts, and of course because it's 'Queen Jeanne', lots

of accessories! Honestly, she's the most generous crafter I know and a genius with dp!

So get cozy and let's take a look at Snow Day!

Oh those Memory Box skates! Love them to bits! Gave the blades a silvery tone with a pen,

and matched them with one of Jeannes' silver snowflake charms.

Poppystamps Wintertime Fairies fly over a PTI Mix & Mat: Snowflakes die.

Oh yes, Jeanne included the twine, a color I didn't have in my stash.

These sweet friends from Pretty Pink Posh just look better together.

See that little muffled bird on the banner? A piece of leftover dp Jeanne included, cut 

with a scrap from a Poppystamps die.

I guess you can imagine what fun it was getting this kit and putting everything together.

This sledding cub just seemed to go with the sentiment!

Memory Box snowflakes: Evangeline

No way did I use all the papers and elements and bling in Jeanne's kit.

Plenty leftovers for More!

Can't wait to see what my teammates made with their kit.

We have 2 guests this month, 

Cathy Weber from Empty Nests Crafter, an original member of the group that Jeanne

invited back.

Richard Breaks - That's Mister Cardmaker to You

and the winner of last month's comments: Marcia Hill - Marcia's Stampin' Pad.

Please go by for a visit and leave some love on their blogs! 

Thank You, Jeanne! Loved every single bit!

12 Kits of Occasions, Sept. 2014Use your leftovers & Tag You're It Challenge #7

Posting a couple of cards for 12 kits of  Occasions,

using our leftovers.

As a guest back in April, Jeanne Jackna sent out a treasure trove

of goodies, most of which I've used over the months.

Did have this beautiful script, floral paper, and frame, 

made it into a shaker.

The paper and ribbon was also leftovers from her box.

This was a die cut, sent in the card stock.

What to do with the actual die cut?

Simply showcased fern.

I loved being invited by this group of uber talented designers,

and enjoyed playing with all the fun fancies Jeanne included!

To see all the goodies over the months,

make a visit to Kara's blog,

 12 Kits Of Occasions {September 2014}

She takes you through the year with pictures! 

edited to add to:

Tag You're It! Challenge #7

Paper Sweeties August Release Party!

We're having a party at Paper Sweeties!

Today is the day we celebrate our 2nd Birthday!

And Paper Sweeties is celebrating in a BIG way with 

4 stamp sets and 2 die sets this month!

This shaker card uses stamps and dies from 3 of the new sets:

Be Happy, Party Time and Hello Friend.

Come back tomorrow to see the last set, You're Fab used with

one of the previously released sets.

(Pssst, Shhhhsh, Want to know a secret?

It's also Paper Sweeties' own Debbie Marcinkiewiez' Birthday!)

Told you it was a celebration! 

Happy Birthday, Debbie!

and

Happy Birthday, Paper Sweeties!

Check out the blog for the 

contests, giveaways, challenges, & prizes

Did you catch the rest of the design teams' brilliance?

Here's the list:

Amber Kroening
Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr
Larissa Heskett

Lesley Croghan

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

New Products & Links:

What's New

You Are Fab

Hello Friend

Party Time

Be Happy

Sweet Cuts - Party Time
Sweet Cuts - Be Happy

I'm also linking this card up to

Seize the Birthday challenge

Anything Goes Birthday!