And the winner is...

Thank you all so much for participating in my drawing to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  Each of these slips of paper represents $5 donated and I was able to raise just over $900 for Cancer research, education, and care. 

 

SO...  The person whose name I drew from the box will now receive a certificate for an All-Day Scrapbooking Day (for herself AND 19 friends!!!) at Scrapbook Blessings in Newbury Park and a package of fun Stampin' Up! goodies from me.  Thank you again to Beth and Leo Creger, the owners of Scrapbook Blessings, for making this opportunity available!!!   I'm telling you, if you don't know Scrapbook Blessings, you SHOULD!!!  They can be found at 300 Giant Oak Avenue, Suite E.  It's a big, beautiful store with beautiful scrapbooking goodies and wonderful people! 

 

Drum roll, please!


And the winner is...

Congratulations, Lisa, and THANK YOU to everyone who donated!

Camarillo United Methodist"s Craft Day on November 4th

On Sunday, November 4th, from 2 - 5 there will be a Christmas Craft Day at Camarillo United Methodist Church. There will be a variety of projects from big gorgeous wreaths to enjoy year after year, to coasters, to marble necklaces to my cards and more.  To find out exactly what's available and the materials fee for each one, contact Dr. Lynn at the church (805) 482-4312. 

 

The day will be set up so you should be able to do more than one craft (make cards while your coasters are drying and such...).  Please sign up with Dr. Lynn or, if you only want to do card, with me. 

 

These are the two designs I'm making available for the day.   The fee to make both is $5.

 

 

 

Embossing is SO MUCH FUN!!!  :>)  I threw in some paper piercing, punching, sponging and

stamping for this relatively simple card.

 

 

Now this one is SUPER SIMPLE!  You can choose to make it like I did or use the other stamps in the set to change it up.  I thought this one might be easy enough for some of our younger set to manage but still cute enough for everyone. 

Christmas Card Class -- Sunday, October 21st

These are for the my class on October 21st.  It's a Sunday afternoon in Camarillo - 2pm.  The materials fee is $10.00 and we'll make all four cards.  All materials, tools, and instruction are provided.

 

If you'd like to join us, please let me know by Sunday, October 14th.

 

This one is made with Stampin' Up!'s new Scalloped Tulle Ribbon.  I stamped the bird and used the coordinating punch to punch him out. The sentiment is from the, "More  Merry Messages," set.

 

 

For this one I used the Early Espresson Core-dinations Cardstock, the Early Espresso Embossing Powder, and the "First Christmas," stamp set. 

I plan to send out a lot of these this year because this just says, "Christmas" to me.  It's not about gifts or parties.  It's about a little child, born in simple circumstances, and shone upon by a star.

These guys are just so darn cute I had to use them!  This is the single stamp, "Frosty Friends," coloredwith markers and Blender Pens.  I made it colder by adding the snowflakes with the, "Northern Flurry," Embossing Folder and some rhinestones to sparkle things up a bit. 

Anyone who knows me knows I love to sing and Christmas Carols are some of my favorite songs.  The stamp set, "Evergreen" was used here and contains the words to "Silent Night".  Again, I wanted this card to be relatively simple to go with the words of the song.

Here's the inside of the card above.  I love that I can make the trees so many ways with the same set.

So, those are the four cards for the class.  Please let me know if you plan to come.  I love sharing Christmassy stuff!

Christmas Cards starting in OCTOBER -- Cards for Card Buffet, Oct. 19th

Hi All. 

I came to a realization 2 years ago.  If I have Card Buffets in November or December, no one shows up.  We all get crazily busy around the holidays and I'm just going to save myself the stress and frustration by doing my Christmas Cards in October and very early November.  Please know I'm willing to schedule home parties during this time, just not my usual open-ended events.  I'm going to try to stay sane and devote my crafting time to helping Aaron with HIS Christmas projects.  :>) 

To that end, here are the designs I've come up with for the Christmas season this year. Please note, I'm listing them by the event at which I plan to use them.

Cards for my CARD BUFFET -- October 19th, 7pm until Midnight, Oxnard 

Please let me know if you'd like to come.  Each card will be $1.50 if you bring your own double-sided tape.  $2.00 if not (or buy a SNAIL from me for $7.00.  Refills are only $4.95!).

Sometimes I feel as if gold tones are overused for Christmas, so I wanted to make a card which used silver instead.  I used the Stampin' Up! Brushed Silver cardstock for this one and the new silver mini-brads.  I also used the new stamp set, "Watercolor Winter," as well as the, "More Merry Messages" set.

I try to make something out of the ordinary for at least one of my Christmas Cards.  Here's my "Outside the Box" card for 2012.    I used the "Good Cheer" roller with the "Merry Minis" stamp set and their matching punches.  Different.  I like it though.

Here's the inside

This is FAR easier than it looks.  A little time consuming, but it turns out really pretty.  I used our new Core'dinations Cardstock in Early Espresso and Gumball Green with my sander and some Victoria ribbon as well as the Candlelight Christmas Designer Series Paper.

This will only make sense to you if you live in Sunny SoCal.  ;>)  I used my, "My Digital Studio" program to print up appropriate wishes for the inside. 

 

Here's the Gumball Green Core'dintions cardstock used with a different embossing folder.  I used the 3 colors of our Glimmer paper for the "Light bulbs".  Maybe a few fewer in future cards.  I believe I may have gotten a bit overenthusiastic. 

Simple  with embossing, paper piercing, and coloring with the aquapainters.  I know it's difficult to see from the picture, but there are 4 tiny rhinestones in the corners.  The stamp set is, "Christmas Blessings".