it was Christmas morning and all through the house, all the creatures were stirring
...but not scamp!
...but not scamp!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
christmas cards yet to write and post!
i often feel my handmade cards express how i feel about someone and the occasion but people still expect something to be written inside their card, go figure! so i still have to write a sentiment inside and post...but my obsessive nature stops me as a have to match the perfect card and sentiment to each person on my list, not an easy task. perhaps next year i will buy boxed cards with a generic sentiment and just sign, my name! these are only 2 pictures, i will have more but now i have to write and post to mailbox
tiffany is going green
created for a dear friend who shares a passion for wandering through tiffany's and marveling at the fire and ice display of diamonds and then picking what we can afford...the free catalogue. i chose a page from the catalogue to cut snowflakes using the expression. i then chose the page of my friend's favourite charms and freehand cut a border. i still have lots of pages left to create monogrammed cards, birthday cards even a few ornaments! better get back to the studio!
by special request...a card with a monkey, girlie stuff and for what occasion? Christmas!!!
a co worker approached me and requested a card with a monkey, baking things and girlie girl objects. i asked for what occasion expecting birthday, just because, or anniversary however he responded Christmas!!! and then said he would get back to me with more details. amazingly as soon as the words were out of his mouth, i had a design in my head and went home and played with design studio and did a mock up of a monkey hanging from a Christmas tree trying to grab a cake from its stand! wow! i impressed myself!
next day my co worker came back and said forget about the baking aspect, that is what HE liked about his fiance, she really just liked girlie things shoes, purses, his words...again i knew how i would change my original design, i would have the monkey climbing down from the tree carrying away girlie stuff. i checked my stash for the few girlie items i had and pulled this together!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
still finding my mojo
still finding my mojo...i have posted the pictures however my comments are still being developed...and i am working to improve the picture quality, i think the kitchen lighting will be better. thanks for looking.
gift tag
i received this emailHi Helen …. We would LOVE it if you could design with our upcoming December Scrap Kit
You can design whatever you like with the kit – and feel free to add in some of your own do-dads if you like – we don’t mind at all.and i responded...YES YES YES i would LOVE that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will be waiting with designing cap on!
here are the results. (please bear with me, my photo skills need some work and i hope to swap out the poor photos for better ones tomorrow. i just wanted to get the photos up in time for the reveal).
thank you to sheila for allowing me another opportunity to create papercrafts using the highest quality of product that i have ever handled. thanks to all the creative staff at http://www.scrappingreatdeals.com/home.php for putting together a kit that contains paper and embellishments in a beautiful colour pallette with wonderful elegant designs.
my personal goal was to produce a variety of papercrafts that i could give as cards, hold small gifts, even use as home decor.i hope i have acheived some success and i still have more product left for a lot more ideas still to be crafted from this kit.
snowflake card
embossed with cuttlebug embossing folder. scrappingreatdeals has the best prices everyday on the folders and lots of styles to select. martha stewart glitter on chipboard snowflake from kit. stamped sentiment is from blog candy won from stampin' up demonstrator andrea in australia
acrylic tag
the tag was cut from an acrylic overlay that had thegold snowflake pattern which reminded me of some ribbon in my stash. i wrapped a gift box in kraft paper and then added the ribbon and tag. to complete this project i wanted to stamp white snowflakes on the wrapping but someone has my snowflake stamp...
cookie tower
looking to link instructions when i find owner of cutfile...found it! check out the talented kasey at her blog http://kaseyskreations.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-cookie-towers.html.
the cut file uses the cricut expression with the plantin or george cartridge.
cake instead of cracker
used tags bags boxes and more cartridge with my expression. the cake slice could be used in place of the traditional christmas cracker. the opening at the back end of the slice is where goodies or a small gift could be placed inside the slice. sweet surprise! 
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