My upline Mindy Gray sent me this collection of cards made the Hearts Come Home bundle, one of my favorites. I just love them! They each look special, without being too complicated. The Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler cards use a standard card base – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored … Continue reading
“Merry Cafe” did not make the carryover list, but you can still get it while supplies last. The gorgeous Quilted Christmas Designer Paper, Ribbon and Stitched Felt Embellishments are also retiring. I love the cheery Real Red and Garden Green color they are providing this holiday season. Speaking of cheer, … Continue reading
I haven’t gotten a chance to make my own cards with “Christmas in the Making”, so I am sharing one that I received from my upline Mindy Gray. I love how Mindy used just a little color to highlight the image and the greeting. Isn’t it absolutely lovely?! From the … Continue reading
This time of year, I love the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits for gift cards and gift certificates. I created these two versions with plaids from Year of Cheer and Merry Little Christmas. Our two-sided designer series paper is especially great for these bags because you get a peek of a … Continue reading
Have I mentioned how much I love the Smitten Mitten bundle? 🙂 I may have featured it a few times on my blog, but here’s another example of why it is so great…this is a very easy card that ends up looking so special! I simply cut the mittens from … Continue reading
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Jackson HS Key Club Craft Show on Saturday! I showed you my favorite craft show item last week (the Santa fry box), but these Quilted Christmas favors sold fastest. They are square-bottomed bags that can be used as favors or as … Continue reading
First of all, what is a TIEF? It’s an embossing folder – the abbreviation stands for Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and this particular embossing folder is fabulous! It creates the lovely detailed snowflake that you see pressed into the Whisper White that makes up the background of this card. This … Continue reading
This is “Craft Show Week” for me, and this Santa fry box is probably my favorite new thing to make this year. Unfortunately, almost all of the pieces are made with old products! I still had to share, though – maybe you have a lot of these retired goodies, or … Continue reading
The Merry Little Christmas Suite offers a different look for Christmas with its bold black and white patterns, and it gives us patterns to use well beyond Christmas. I simply pulled together my favorite pieces and patterns from the suite to make this card. I added silver glimmer snowflakes cut … Continue reading
This is one of the cards we are making in class this week. It is a simple and striking holiday card. I CASEd this card from fellow demonstrator Jan McMullen; she presented it at an event in Columbus in September. The silver foil snowflake stands out beautifully against the Night … Continue reading