Save the Date!

I am so very excited to be joining a talented group of women for an upcoming blog hop over at Two Scrapbook Friends.

With the Christmas season starting, the Designers and friends (that's me!) at Two Scrapbook Friends will be participating in a Songs of Christmas Blog Hop starting this Friday, December 6th at 11:00 am!

Be inspired by twelve amazing Christmas projects that are based on some of your favourite Christmas Carols. If you hop from blog to blog, leaving a comment on each, you will qualify to be in a draw for a special prize from Two Scrapbook Friends!

The Hop will remain open from December 6th to December 9th at 11:59 pm (EST). You can join in at any time. The winner will be announce on December 10th on the Two Scrapbook Friend's Blog.

Watch the Two Scrapbook Friend blog on Friday, December 6th so you will know where to begin! Enjoy.

Tracy

Kiersten's Blog Take Over # 2

Hi, it's Kiersten and I took over my mom's blog again. This card is for my pen pal. She was one of my favourite daycare teachers now retired. This card is for the Two Scrapbooking Friends challenge.

This is my card:

Thank you for looking at my card. I hope you come back to look at my next blog post.

Challenge:
Two Scrapbooking Friend: November Craft Challenge

Kiersten

Christmas Bauble

I am still busy making Christmas cards. At some point I really should sit down and start addressing my cards and sending them out. This card I made using a cute image from Sassy Cheryl (here) called Christmas Bauble Trouble.

My husband has been trying to teach me a bit about photography and the latest results are the pictures below. I must say, I can create a card no problem, but trying to understand all the functions on my camera is not easy. I just want to push a button and have a pretty picture. Unfortunately it doesn't seem that easy. I hope he is patient with me. I will eventually get it.

This card was inspired by a fabulous sketch from Cardabilities.

Inspiration also came from the latest challenge over at the Little Red Wagon blog. There Joanne's challenge is to create a card in which an element or embellishment extends off the edge of the card.

For my card I used Simple Stories December Documented.

The inside is decorated with a couple of tags from Simple Stories.

The image is coloured with Copic markers.

I am submitting my card for the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon: #213 Off the Edge
Cardabilities: Sketch # 87
Sassy Cheryl: # 193 Winter/Cold Weather

Supplies:
Image: Sassy Cheryl Christmas Bauble Trouble
Paper: Simple Stories December Documented, Snap Christmas
MME Twine "All is Bright"
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Have a wonderful night. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my newest creation.

Tracy

Here Comes Santa Claus

It seems like such a long time since my last post. I have been very busy over the last week. Work has been crazy. I was part of the United Way committee at work. Last week we had our annual campaign so I was super busy with the kick off and events throughout the week. This was my first time volunteering for the United Way committee and I must say it was very rewarding and a lot of fun. Of course going into work tomorrow, I will have to catch up on everything I didn't get done last week.

I am still working on a number of Christmas projects. In addition to the many Christmas cards I am creating, my daughters and I have begun plans for this year's Christmas creations for their teachers and classmates. Stay tuned for more details.

This weekend I had the chance to use another of my Kraftin Kimmie stamps that I bought recently. This one is called Santa & Pup and it is super cute. I decided to use the stamp with the newest Deconstructing Jen sketch DS128.

Although I like the look of the square cards, I don't often make them, so I modified the sketch for my longer card. I used the Simple Stories December Documented collection. I love the colours in this collection.

I trimmed 1/2 inch from the right side of the card so you can see the striped paper added to the inside. I also love finding places to use the 3x4 cards in these collections. I don't do project life style scrapbooking, so I have a rather large collection of these cards.

The image is coloured with Copic markers. Crystal gems were added for buttons.

After applying glue (using my Zig two-way glue pen) to the trim of "Santa's" outfit, I added sparkling fluff. I also created the snow effect with the glue and Crystal Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter.

Using the Kraftin' Kimmie "Sleigh mail" stamp and Versa Mark ink, I heat embossed with Zing Chestnut embossing powder. I stamped the image on an open space of the Simple Stories paper so I knew it would match the rest of the papers I had used.

The inside of the card is decorated with a 4x6 card from the Simple Stories December Documented collection. The sentiments are from Your Next Stamp "Holiday Sentiments".

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie: # 206 "Let it Snow"
Deconstructing Jen: Sketch No. 128

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating.

Supplies:
Santa & Pup stamp, Sleigh Mail stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie
Holiday Sentiments stamp Your Next Stamp
Simple Stories December Documented
Our Craft Lounge Sparkling Fluff
Crystal Glitter Ritz white micro fine glitter
Recollection gem stones
Vintage photo brown distress ink
Versa Mark ink
Zing Chestnut embossing powder

Tracy

Decorate the Season

I decided to take a break from Copic colouring and make a Christmas card or two without an image on it. A bit more clean and simple.

The first card was inspired from a video I saw on YouTube from Annabelle stamps. The designer Kylie used a circle die as a template placing the rhinestones inside to create your Christmas bauble. I have so many gems in my stash this was a great card to try. Here is the card from Kylie's blog.

The bling I used was a set from Michaels (Recollections). There were both shiny and frosted gems in varying sizes. I used the largest size to create the outside and then filled in the circle.

I layered my white card stock onto red. I punched 2 holes above the bauble to run my ribbon through. I am still working on how to tie a nice bow. This was attempt 9 or 10. I drew in the "string" with a black fine tip marker.

With the green ribbon, added the additional green layer of card stock before adding it to my card base.

The second card was a quick throw together. Using kraft card stock. The centre of the card was embossed with a Sizzix Snowflake embossing folder. I used vintage photo Distress ink to highlight the snowflakes. I added the red paper behind the centre layer and the red ribbon for a bit of colour.

Challenge:
Little Red Wagon: #211 Keep In Trim
Ribbon Carousel: RCC87 Holidays & Celebrations Challenge

Happy creating.

Tracy

Snow Much Fun

We have already had a bit of snow sprinkling the area this fall; reeking havoc for those that forget how to drive. My snow tires are on the car (thanks hubby) so I am prepared. That said, I don't really want to see any further snow until just before Christmas. I know my kids are already disagreeing and they would be happy to see lots of snow. Maybe even have a snow day.

For me, I will settle for a snow themed card. I used My Favorite Things Pure Innocence stamp called "Heart Warmer Boy".

For my card I used this weeks MFT weekly sketch.

For my card I rotated the sketch.

The paper is from a Recollections (Michaels) 6x6 paper pad called Blue Christmas. The Twine is from My Minds Eye "Follow Your Heart". The snowflake border punch is EK success. The mitt charm was in my stash, I think it also came from Michaels.

The image is coloured with Copic markers. I also added glitter to the snowballs using white Glitter Ritz.

I decorated the inside of the card with some of the mini snowflakes that came from the punch used on the front, added some paper and stamped the "Heart Warmer Boy" again. The inside sentiment is from Your Next Stamp "Holiday Sentiments".

Thanks for taking a peek at my card.

Tracy

Baking Time

I can slowly feel myself getting more excited about the holidays as I continue to make Christmas cards. With all the stamps that I want to use, I hope that I have enough time to create. Working full time, family time and kids activities keeps me busy, so my creative window is small. I am sure it doesn't seem that way to my husband. This week I actually took my Copic markers and a few images to my daughter's dance lesson. The time just flew past.

This card features a stamp that I picked up last weekend. A local scrapbooking store was hosting a garage sale and I picked up a  lot of stamps for only $40.00. I was so excited. There were a few Kraftin' Kimmie stamps that I was so happy to give a good home.

I love the cute Baking Elf by Kraftin' Kimmie stamps.

For this card I used a Deconstructing Jen sketch DS124.

The image is coloured with Copic markers. My daughter thinks she looks like Strawberry Shortcake.

This stamp is also from Kraftin' Kimmie. It is the Built Your Own Trinket stamp combined with the sleigh mail (gingerbread man).

Challenges:
Two Scrapbooking Friend: November Craft Challenge (use a doily)
Kraftin Kimmie: Anything goes
Deconstructing Jen: Sketch DS 124

Supplies:
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie "Baking Elf", "Build Your Own Trinkets" and "Sleigh mail".
Paper: Recollections "Sugar Plum", Echo Park "This & That Christmas"
Die: Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling card
Other: MME twine "Follow Your Heart", Ranger White enamel accents, Recollections doily.

Thanks for taking a peek at my newest holiday card. Now I feel like I should be getting my baking to do list started.

Happy creating.

Tracy