Holiday cards...

If you still have holiday cards to make, you will love this next card kit from Create My Keepsake! The card kit e-mail has been sent to members for purchasing, so if you would like to buy a membership, Lisa has opened up a few more memberships here. (You can view the kit contents in my last post.) I made 5 cards this time around and had a ton of product left...was having so much fun! (Will be in Paper Crafts, Holiday Cards and more, 2009.)

We experienced a power outage Thursday evening and all day Friday. Usually we are out of power for a good 3 days when we get an ice storm like that, but luckily our power came back on pretty quickly this time. We had a few trees down, this one is in our driveway.The family and I had fun just spending quality time together reading, doing puzzles and playing games. You don't realize how much you count on technology these days until it's gone. ha We hooked up the generator and had heat, at least. Hope you are enjoying your weekend,

Ornament inspiration...

Today I have one more ornament featured on the Pink Paislee blog made with their Tinsel Town line. I used a large Making Memories chipboard snowflake and covered it in snowflake paper and machine stitched down each arm to hold the paper on. On the edges, I used Coconut glitter (Pixee Stix) to create the look of snow. To add softness, the Tinsel Town ribbon was curled around the snowflake. The "Merry Christmas" was cut from the Postcards paper and a rub on swirl added. Another rub on snowflake was applied to a piece of a transparency and then cut out. The small chipboard snowflake is by Melissa Frances. I hated to give this one away, but it went to a great cause! The Pink Paislee gals raised money for charity with our ornaments to benefit Operation Christmas Child, you can read more about it on the blog here.

The next card kit is going to be available soon from Create My Keepsake. I'm so excited about this one! The papers are October Afternoon's Good Cheer line and are double sided...they are just so darn adorable. I'll show you my cards soon. If you haven't signed up for a card kit membership and wish to, let me know and I'll see if Lisa has any more memberships available. The kits have been selling fast and are usually gone by the time the card kit members shop. :) Lisa packs these kits so full! I LOVE them!!

(Only one snowflake stamp will be included in your kit.)

I'm working on my cards right now... just thought I'd pop in and show you the kit really quick. OK, back to work! Thanks for stopping in. Have a terrific day!

Let it snow...

Man, is it ever cold here! We woke up this morning to 6 degrees and got a dusting of snow this weekend. The girls woke up Sunday, and the first thing they did was to get dressed and run out and play in the snow! Their faces lit up so brightly when they looked out the window first thing in the morning, so cute! I wish I had that kind of excitement about snow. lol

I have a few Melissa Frances projects to share with you. The first is a styrofoam tree shape that I covered with Carol Ann paper by Melissa Frances. I tied a bow in some wide satin ribbon and stuck a pin through it to hold it onto the top of the styrofoam tree. Lastly added a chipboard snowflake and sticker by MF as well. I think these would be so cute with a few of them together on a silver tray with ornaments around them! You don't have to use Christmas paper either, I kindof like the shabby look this paper gives.

This little snowflake box was done for the Melissa Frances blog today. You can see directions on how to make it here: www.melissafrances.typepad.com. To create the snowflake on top of the box, I cut a styrofoam ball in half, painted it with white acrylic paints and then made some little arms for my snowflake out of white felt.
Wouldn't it be fun to add a hot cocoa mix or another wintery item like scarf/mitten set inside this box for a special someone? :)
The next card was for the "Design Team Inspiration" for this week over at CreateMyKeepsake. The challenge is to use fabric on a card, layout, or project. I layered some felt and material from my stash and hand-stitched around it. The rub on saying is added right onto the material.
It's a little Valentine-ish...but what the heck. It was fun to make! :) Have a good night!