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Monday, November 29, 2010

Cards from Card Club Night - Fall



This night we made fall inspired cards. The first one is an adorable version of Frankenstein! Isn't he so cute? He was a big hit!!! We also made the card with pink hair, and changed the eyelids to pink to make it into a Frankie Stein. LOL. No stamping on this one, all done with punches and the BigShot die, Top Note.
The second card you have seen before, I had so much fun making it that I had to include it into my card club! This one used French Foliage, and Day of Gratitude.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Cards from Recent Card Club night




I have been meaning to update with some of my recent cards that we've made at card club, but I just haven't gotten around to taking pictures. I finally sat down to do it today.
There will be a few posts of these cards, and so I tried to split them up into Occasions. So bear with me!!
The first set of cards were all using Elements of Style. I really like this set!! It is so versatile, and works for just about any occasion! I also love that you don't have to color the image, to still get a great result!
The colors used in the blue and white one (Night of Navy and Whisper White) remind me of that old metal blue and white tablewear. :)

Monday, November 22, 2010

WOW this deal is AMAZING!!!!!


Have you ever wanted to go into business for yourself? Do you love to stamp and scrapbook? Or maybe you have lots of items on your wish list? What about those of you looking for a Demonstrator, and can't find one? Then joining Stampin' Up is the PERFECT choice for you!!! Become your own Demonstrator!! You will receive a discount on your own purchases, as well as make money on any sales that you make! "Share what you love, and love what you do" that's Stampin' Up's motto, and it is so true!!
For a limited time only, until November 30th YOU can join the Stampin' Up family for the low price of only $87.50!!!!!! That is half the normal price, and there is over $310 of stamping and business supplies included! AMAZING!!
You CAN do this, and you can have fun, while making money! You don't need any special training, you don't need to know 100's of people, you just have to love to craft, and want to make money! That's all! Stampin' UP also offers resources for ideas and inspiration via it's own magazine, Stampin' Success, and a website, exclusive to Demonstrators!
If you'd like more information, please check the link http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/gina_thornton/startyourownbusiness. You can also contact me through that link.
Don't wait! Join us TODAY!

On sale now-LIMITED TIME ONLY

Stampin' Up has done it again! For a limited time only select items are on sale up to 50% off!!!!!
Also if you order online today, a minimum of $150 (total prior to tax) you will get FREE SHIPPING!!!!! How great is that!!! So pull out your wish lists, and shop from the comfort of your own home!!! Make sure Santa brings exactly what you want for Christmas.....STAMPS!!!!
This special is only available online! And will expire on November 30th!!!!
Click the picture above, or click this link:
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Card Fairy Army Thankful Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cricut Card Fairy Blog Hop. This month we are practicing being thankful for all the blessings in our lives. What are you thankful for? Do you stop daily and thank those around you for blessing you? Do you appreciate the small things in life? I sure hope so! With that in mind the wonderful fairies have put together some awesome THANKSGIVING/THANKFUL themed crafty items. Along the way there will be opportunities for inspiration, and blog candy. So make sure you hop all the way through, leave comments on every blog, and then a comment here on my blog when finished. I will be giving away a BNIP (Brand New In Package)Hello Kitty Greetings cart to a person that comments on ALL the blogs and here too! Happy hopping!

You should have arrived from Shellie's Creations, if you didn't you may want to start in the beginning and work your way through!!!

Here is the order in case you get lost along the way.

Caitlynsmommy: http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
ScrappingDeb; http://tidbitsplace.blogspot.com
AJoy713 http://adreatravis2008.blogspot.com
RachelMutchler http://trickut-rachelscrafts.blogspot.com/
Kisatrtle www.kisatrtleskreativekorner.blogspot.com
ScrappyJess http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com
PennyLight http://lightwhimsy.blogspot.com
KarelJcreations http://karelj.blogspot.com
Shellie shelliescreations.blogspot.com
GRKIDDO http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com YOU ARE HERE!
JamieFitzgerald http://www.jamieisacraftymomma.blogspot.com
Iluvsnowmen wandaswhimsicalwonders.blogspot.com
blondemommy26 http://blondemommy26.blogspot.com/
SherylGreene http://sherylscraftingcorner.blogspot.com

Ok so here is what I am Thankful for:

My wonderful Children Cheyenne is 7, Cameron is 4:





These are my 4 favorite kids!
First is my daughter, Cheyenne, My niece Savanna, My nephew William, and my son, Cameron



My Family (Minus my hubby who couldn't be there):

My sister Ginnese (in Purple), Her daughter Savanna (teal), My Sister-in-Law Bonnie (Bride), My Brother Duane (groom), My daughter Cheyenne (white shirt in front), my sister's son William (blue striped shirt), My Mom Ginnie (Blue with flowers) and me (purple shirt)and the littlest guy, my son, Cameron.

I am also VERY Thankful for my good friend Terri!! We text back and forth every day, almost all day long. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't make it through the day! LOL. My children always say "it's Miss Terri" whenever I get a text (and usually it is!). Here is Terri (in the black) at our recent Crop Weekend in Hamburg, with her sister Sherri.



Ok I would be lying if I didn't say that I am thankful for this:

CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Oh and there is so many other things I am thankful for! All of my card making supplies, RUBBER STAMPS, my friends, and so much more!!!!

Ok so here we go, my thankful project. Now I realize that most of the wonderful Fairies that have showcased their creations before me, most likely made layouts, but I have to be different! (It wouldn't be me if I wasn't!) And I am hands down more of a card maker then a scrapper, so here is what I have to show.

It features the French Foliage stamp set, in Clear Mount, by Stampin' Up. The colors are Kraft, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie and Soft Suede. The embossing is done with the Square Lattice embossing folder by Stampin' Up,I just flipped the already embossed cardstock over as I really like the Debossed image! Once it was embossed (debossed) I used my brayer and brayered some Pumpkin Pie Classic ink over it. The image was done using the "Bamming" technique. I saw this on a website, and sadly I can't remember who's idea it was. You ink up the whole image, with one color and then you take another color and bam an ink pad on it, one time only, which gives it some dimension. I love how the leaves look with this technique!! The great thing about using the Clear Mount is you can use a larger block, organize your smaller stamps on it in whatever pattern you'd like, and then you can make a larger image, or use it to make your own backgrounds! The sentiment is from Day of Gratitude, and it is matted using the Decorative Label punch by Stampin' Up. There is a way to layer the punches to make it look as though it is matted, and I do have a tutorial for that, but that is another project for another day!

When you are finished here, hop on over to Jamie's blog! And thanks for stopping by!!!!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Another Blog Hop!!!!

You heard it right, join us this weekend November 20-21 for the Cricut Card Fairy Army's Thankful Blog hop!

All the fun will begin at Crystal's blog here

Sunday, November 14, 2010