Mother and Daughter Crafting with Cherie

Finishing up on all my Christmas cards.  Lots of cards made, since I started in September I am ready to be finished!  Got to finish up and get these in the mail!  Here are some close-ups: And the inside.... Do you remember the card I posted earlier that I punched out all the gold and silver trees?  Well I used some of them on these tags. I love to stamp and I love Christmas.  Happy Birthday Jesus!  A wonderful time with family and friends. God Bless and a very Merry Christmas!  :-) Paper pumpkin for December:   Happy Stampin!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I would make some place settings and then that led to some cards........     I used the Seasonally Scattered Stamp set and did the Baby Wipe technique.  I used Bermuda Bay, Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry re-inkers.  Found some use for my wine corks.  They make great holders for place cards.  And so it goes...... Thanks for stampin by!

This stuff is magic.  It shows up better in person, it is just so sparkly.  Love it - especially this time of year.  The picture below shows of the effect better. This idea was cased from The Stamp Camp, but I added the iridescent ice and gold embossing.  Quick and easy card.  Supplies used: Stamp:  Seasonally Scattered #135020 WM #135023 CM               Photopolymer Endless Wishes #136829 paper:  Pacific Point #111350; Whisper White #100730 Ink:  Metallic Gold Encore #132141; VersaMark #102283 Stampin Write Markers:  Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise and Marina Mist #119679 Other:  Big Shot #113439, Gold Embossing Powder #109129, Iridescent Ice #101930, Stamp-a-ma-jig #101049, and Filigree Frame Embossing Folder #135818 Question or comments are always welcome.  Have a great day!  :-)

Love these kits!  A video from Paper Pumpkin for November's kit 'Simple Snowflake' Love this!  Everything all in one kit.  What are you waiting for?  A surprise kit every month.

In central Florida we do not get the snow, but we have wonderful weather down south now!  No humidity and 60 - 70 degrees with our wonderful sun shinning.  Actually 78 degrees right now.  :-)  Love this time of year! I have been making more Christmas cards.  Let me show you what I have been up to: If you are wondering what all the gold and silver trees are, I will tell you my tip.  I used gold and silver foil paper to layer the cards, but before I put this together I punched out the trees with Stampin Up! tree punch and then embossed them.  You do not see this as the top layer covers this up and I saved on foil sheets.  Now I have lots of trees for a future card!  Yea! hmmmm, I wonder what I should make.  Ah a future post. I did use a retired stamp Watercolor Winter, but Stampin Up! has a new one called Christmas Wishes that can be used.  (I don't own that one because it is so similar to the one I have)  Now the flowers.....A process, but fun to do.  You will have to b

Halloween treat bags for my special buddies!    Up close..... I love my paper pumpkin.  It comes every month with everything you need to put projects or cards together.  This is September's.  Everything you see comes in the kit, including ink, punch outs and so much more.  Can't wait to see what November's is.  Love, love, love.  :-)

Saturday night Toni and I and our friends Christina and her mom Brenda did some serious stampin!  Lots of laughs and a lot of fun.  I finally finished my Gentle Peace:  So I finished four of them!  I saw this idea on Pinterest and added a little more.  Not sure who the original artist is, please let me know and I will give you credit.  I'm really happy how this turned out.  Yea!!  Love when that happens.  :-)  I found the original artist .  Elizabethscraftroom.com   The background are DSP scraps that I tore in an arch.  I stamped Lovely as a Tree on Vellum and glued Dazzling Diamonds and colored buttons with Cherry Cobler Blendabilities (the darkest shade).  I stamped the 'Merry Christmas' with the stamp set 'Endless Wished' - Love the fonts. Thanks for Stampin by..... :-)

Stampin Up! has a new stamp called Gentle Peace.  I tried the stained glass technique on this stamp.  I will have to work more on this, as working with vellum can be difficult, especially with glue.  Here is my version: I gold embossed on the vellum and then using our Stampin Up markers on the back side I colored this very pretty picture.  I put this on very vanilla cardstock so I could bend the vellum onto the back and glue.  I used dimensionals to pop it up.  The base is embossed with one of the new folders.  So what do you think?  It was tricky to work with and I made some mistakes, but overall I like it. Until next time.   :-)

Tri Fold Pocket Card The base of this card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 - Cherry Cobbler DSP is 12 x 4 Insert is 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 - Old Olive Insert is 3 x 3 1/4       - Whisper White 2 3/8 Scallop Punch - Cherry Cobbler 1 3/4 Scallop Punch - Old Olive Label Bracket Punch - Whisper White, stamped in Cherry Cobbler stamp set Tags 4 You (retired) Insert stamp set Festival of Trees I scored the DSP at 4 inches on both sides, folded the corners (on both sides) to the score line.  Glue the flaps down and the bottom of the pocket.  You can use this card for many different occations.  Yea! 

I am starting to work on my Christmas cards.  Yes, in September!  I want this to be fun and not stressful!  Here are two of them. One from a current stamp and one is retired. The kids on the bear are colored with stampin up markers & the snow is dazzling diamonds.  Who doesn't like coloring, right?! I used the circle card thinlit for the baby Jesus card which is retired. Still one of my favorites.

Here is a preview for Brody's Birthday which is tomorrow!  He will be turning eight.  This young man is growing up fast!! More details to follow.....Don't want to spoil the surprise before his birthday!  :-) The bag was made with paper pumpkin.  There is one day left to sign up and get two months at 1/2 off.  Great deal and the kits are great.   Just click on the icon on the right of this page.  Here is the card I made for my baseball player. I used the Circle Card Thinlits for this flip card.  The red arrows and the XOXO is also included with this thinlit.  Fun card to make.

Our nephew got married Labor Day Weekend.  Here is a picture of the card I made for them. Congratulations Eric and Taylor!  Mr. & Mrs.!!

These two are cased from Jillstamps. This one is mine.  I really love how this turned out.  It has a vintage look plus the color really pops.  You could put any sentiment on this.  Hmmmmmm, I am thinking of Merry Christmas.  This just might be the first Christmas card of the year.  So simple to do, here is how....... 1.  Use your embossing buddy.  So important.  Often I forget this and regret it.  It takes all oils off your card and allows the embossing only where you want it.  Worth the step. Embossing Buddy $5.95 2.  Use either white craft ink or VersaMark.  Stamp your image.  Use white embossing powder, with you heating tool, emboss your image. Heat Tool $29.95 3.  Now the secret!  Use stampin Up! white chalk marker.  Color image inside of the embossed stamp.  Give a few minutes to dry and then color with our Stampin Write Markers. 4. For my card, I used Old Olive and Real Red. 5.  Take a Q-tip, cotton ball or pape