Peaceful Angel

Here's a Christmas card I made for three challenges. First, the sketch is from Friday Sketchers:


Over at Charisma Cardz they're having a, "Red, Green, White and a choice of either White or Silver" challange. I chose white since I have a harder time working with silver. I hope it's okay, I added a dash of yellow, too!

Last, but not least I made a holiday themed card (Christmas), which is what Our Creative Corner was challenging everyone to do this week!

My yellow felt star with its glittery edges looks much cuter in person! :) Thanks for looking!

Two Projects

Sorry for my absence! I think I mentioned before that I'm in the middle of a move. It's getting to a busier point in the move, so that's why I haven't had as much crafty time. After everything is packed up I may have to take a 6-month break (more or less) from crafting. I'll sure miss it! I'm going to Nicaragua with my family for the winter. We may end up moving down there (we're putting everything in storage here until we're sure). My husband and I are farmers and would love to find an affordable place to farm year round, so that's mainly why we're considering moving to Nicaragua. Also, we could afford to hire a housekeeper (more time for crafting for me) and farm help for my husband. Anywho... all of that to say I may not be around as much! :o( I'm going to miss everyone, but I'll be back to crafting as soon as I can! I'll also be posting everything I'm able to make before everything is packed up, so this won't be my last post! :)

Here's a card I made for Creative Card Crew's challenge, "Christmas". Actually, I made six of these cards. They're very simple compared to most of my cards, but with Christmas just around the corner I had to make some quick ones!


The stamp is from The Angel Company, paper from Die Cuts With a View, I used Stampin' Up ink, and my petite oval Nestabilities, of course. I LOVE Nestabilities!

Next, I'm showing all of your the gift I made someone very dear to me - my mother:


I painted the unfinished mini dresser with acrylic paint, then covered the drawers, sides, and back with Die Cuts With a View paper from, "The Green Stack", I dabbed on a bunch of walnut ink on the knobs, then distressed all of the edges of paper! It was a fun project and I know my mom will love it, because she saw the one my friend, Melanie made me and wanted one of her own. My mom will use it to store her jewelry in. Oh, and I should definitely mention I got the idea from my friend, Melanie whose mini dresser turned out far better than mine! Melanie is a wonderful artist who will be coming out with her own line of digital stamps soon! I can't wait to show all of you!

Thanks for looking!

Gorjuss Christmas

I think I just figured out what has been wrong with my pictures lately; there are little fingerprints on the lense of my camera! I'm going to have to fix that before I make any more cards, because it's causing my photos to look foggy. The overcast sky isn't helping either.

Today I used Marlene's awesome sketch from The Sugar Bowl:

I also doodled some "zig-zag" for the second part of The Sugar Bowl challenge. The adorable Gorjuss Girl image is from Sugar Nellie, of course. I love those Gorjuss Girl stamps!

Well, back to crafting. I have a lot of Christmas cards to make still! I need to get them out before Christmas this time (haha). Thanks for taking the time to look! :) Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Tiny Packages

Here's a Christmas card I made today for Michelle Perkett Studio's 5th challenge over at Paper Craft Planet, "Blue, Green, White, and a Splash of Red". I had a good time playing with this little digital freebie from Michelle!

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Peace On Earth

Okay, I think this photo may be a little on the bright side, but the sun is down now and I don't want to wait until tomorrow to post it! :) I made this card using the inspiration from I Heart 2 Stamp (sketch) and Colour Create (color challenge: Green, Red, & White). Here's the sketch:

The adorable stamps are made by Flourishes (I bought them at Mark's Finest Papers), ribbon from Mark's Finest Papers, paper from Die Cuts With a View. Thanks for looking! :)

Gorjuss Peace on Earth

Can you tell I have just one Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl image? :o) This is a card I made for The Sugar Bowl challenge Christmas theme and sketch:

I used pink for my main color instead of the classic Christmas colors to participate in the Cute Daisy May challenge this week, "Pink Christmas". I used all Die Cuts With a View paper. I thought this card fit in great with the, "A Christmas Card for a Child" challenge over at Lili of the Valley since I had a little Gorjuss Girl on my card. Also, I added the cute little bells to play along with Winter Wonderland's challenge, "Sleigh Bells Ring". The little "peace on earth" stamp is from The Angel Company. Thanks for looking! By the way, I LOVE comments! :o) Thank you to all you gals to comment on my cards - it means a lot to me!

World Card Making Day Continued

Since I didn't get all of the card making done that I had planned yesterday, I finished up today. I got an unusually long crafty day today! With having four children 6 and under, I don't often find long periods of time to "play", so I found it truly amazing that I got to make cards from morning till 5 PM today. I did take meal breaks, of course, but still! It was about 5-6 hours of fun time! Anyway, onto the cards themselves... These cards were inspired by SCS World Card Making Day challenges.

I LOVE Gorjuss Girls stamps. I wish I had some! In case you're not familiar with Gorjuss Girl art, that lovely little stamp on my pink, black, and white card is a Gorjuss Girl (stamped image). A lovely gal on SCS traded stamped images with me and one of the ones she sent me was the one above. The little Gorjuss Girl makes me think of my sister, Kara. I'm not exactly sure why, but I think it may be the tights - Kara had a pair tights kind of like that when we were kids. So, I'm going to send this little "Thinking of You" card to her. :)
The stamps I used on this Thanksgiving card are from Close to My Heart. When I saw this set, I knew I had to have it. Not only are there those adorable pilgrim children in it, but there are also Native American children, a turkey, and a few others things in it. It's such a cute set!

This cute, Christmas card with that adorable little Penny Black hedgehog on the front was made to participate in a few SCS challenges as well as A Spoon Full of Sugar's "Christmas" challenge and Artful Inkables' "Something That Sparkles" challenges.

I used another adorable Penny Black stamp on this "Thank You" card. A good friend of mine got me this this new Micey Day clear stamp set for my birthday. I simply LOVE it!

I had poor lighting when I took the photo of this card. It has been so overcast here the past couple of days - it's hard to get a good photo sometimes! The image on this one is a "My Favorite Things" digital stamp. They were giving it away free to those entering their challenge on SCS this weekend. I thought that was real sweet of them! Anyway, this card looks far more "warm" in person.

That's all for now. What do you think of them? I love comments. :)