Christmas Card 8 of 8

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Christmas Card 7 of 8

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Christmas Card 6 of 8

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Christmas Card 5 of 8

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Christmas Card 4 of 8

The Basic Grey papers I used from the Nordic Holiday collection. The paper and the cordinating stamps are all available from Hero Arts. Those of you that keep up with the news on Hero Arts should go take a look at the digital images of the newest catalog. There are some super cute stamps coming out in 2012 from Hero Arts and some new fun items like Sizzix dies.

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Christmas Card 3 of 8

The sentiment on these cards was punched out using a McGill Craftivity large punch called Tall Ticket. I love this punch despite the fact that its impossible to store and its one of those "lay on the table and then push really hard to get the punch to operate" punches. I got it on clearance from Craft Warehouse years ago and I am glad I am putting it to go use.

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Christmas Card 2 of 8

The SU! Santa I colored using my Stampin Up! markers. While I am slowly growing my collection of Copic markers I still find myself using my SU! markers more than any other coloring medium I own.

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Christmas Card 1 of 8

Another upcycled card, one in a set of eight. The orginal was this 80's style invitation card. All the paper is Basic Grey, except for the white cardstock which is from Walmart. The sentiment and Santa image are from an older SU! set called Star Santa.


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Random Card

How many of you have seen a pack or two of those older ugly looking thank you or invitation cards at a second hand store? I buy those cards if the price is right. My reason is that I love to recycle or repurpose those cards. Too many times I have seen second hand stores just toss them because they don't sell. What I do with them is I upcyle/repurpose the cards into something that is a whole lot prettier and nicer looking. So below is a card that I upcycled. Originally it was a hideous birthday party invitation. I covered it with DCWV paper and a flower made with my Tim Holtz Tattered Flower die. The sentiment is from Stampin Up! and was punched out with an SU! punch. I used a paint dabber around the edges.






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Teresa's Mini Album

This is the mini album that I did for my friend Teresa for Christmas. The inside paper is from K & Company. The outside paper is from Basic Grey. The flowers were made using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die and a jeweled brad from Recollections.

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Merry Yule!

Image credit: http://belladonnasgifts.com/media-gallery/detail/16/152

Have a merry and happy Yule!

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GNI - Card Tutorial

Often for Girls Night In we do themes. During a recent themed night we ladies did a card tutorial led by Dawn. She put everything together in kits to give to each of us. The fabric flower on the front is one of her creations to help embellish the card.









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Just a Card

To kill time on Thanksgiving Day while waiting for the turkey to be done and the shopping madness to commence I decided to make some simple cards. However I only ended up getting one made because of child interuptions and family dynamics. Paper is Basic Grey, sentiment is SU!.

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Logan's Mini Album

This is the mini album that I made for Logan for Christmas.

Cardstock: Sierra Pacific
Outside Paper: Basic Grey
Inside Paper: K & Company
Image: ???
Colored With: Stampin Up! markers

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Dennis's Mini Album

This is the mini album that I made for Dennis for Christmas. The outside cover is from Basic Grey. The cardstock base is from Sierra Pacific. I am not sure who the stamped image is from but it was stamped using Hero Arts Memories dye ink in black on linen ivory cardstock. The inside patterned paper is from K & Company.

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Blessings of Family

I have been very blessed to have such an amazing extended family. My in-laws, Sabine and Tim,came over this afternoon with a little graduation surprise for me. What I wanted to show you all though was the cute little flip tag that Sabine put the gift in. She even brought me German chocolate!










I love seeing the creativity of my family members!

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Graduation Day!

Today at 10am I finally graduated from Boise State University with my Bachelors in Communication and my Dispute Resolution Certificate. The question I get asked alot these days is what am I planning to do now that I am done with school. My answer seems to shock alot of people. Before I had to give up my design/art business I was making ok money at it. The job just wasn't enough steady income to make ends meet with where I was during that time in my life.

With the way my life is now I can commit again to my design/art business and not worry if I will make enough in the month to pay all my bills because I am no longer the primary bread winner. So all of you be prepared for some big news after the new year!

Jason's Mini Album

This is the mini album I made Jason for Christmas. Jason loves Sponge Bob and it has become the running joke in the family to get him Sponge Bob related items for Jason. The cardstock is from Sierra Pacific, which can be found at Craft Warehouse. The outside patterned paper for the cover is from Basic Grey. The image of Sponge Bob was cut from some wall paper boarder that I got off of Craigslist. The inside patterned paper is from K & Company.

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Jill's Mini Album

This is the mini album that I did for my sister Jill for Chrismas. The cardstock base is from Sierra Pacific. The outer patterned paper for the cover is from Basic Grey. The flower on the front was done out of Basic Grey papers with my Tattered Floral die from Tim Holtz. The florishes are from an older Sizzix die and were also done out of Basic Grey paper. The brad is from a discontinued line of jeweled brads. The inner paper is from K & Company.







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Callie's Mini Album

Warning this post is image heavy:

This is the mini album I made for Callie for Christmas. The cardstock base is from Sierra Pacific and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey. The tag pulls are dyed raffia and the flowers were made using SU! and EK Success punches.















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