Have I ever mentioned that this is my favorite time of year? I love Christmas. I love the music, the decorations, the shopping (okay, not really the shopping), and ALL THE CRAFTS. I feel like I always start the season wanting to do a lot more projects than I actually finish, but there’s always next year, right? My only absolute …
Holiday Sparkle: Glitter Ritz and Die Cuts
It’s been at least a couple of weeks since I shared a Glitter Ritz card. Lest you think I’m losing my touch, I’ve made a couple more. But this time, instead of using Peel-Off Stickers, I’ve used die cuts from Dee’s Distinctively Dies. Despite the grammatical travesty that is their brand name, these dies are very pretty and well made.I …
Post Card Card
Is there anything better than getting a package in the mail? I do more and more of my shopping online these days, and it’s always so much fun to come home to see a brown box on the doorstep. That was the inspiration for this card. I used two stamp sets from Pink Persimmon’s latest release: Parcel Post and Special …
Glitter Ritz Christmas Card
Coming up at the end of this month I’m starting a series of 4 Christmas card classes focusing on Glitter Ritz, Peel Off Stickers, and other products from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I love doing this series, because I think Glitter Ritz lends itself particularly well to Christmas Cards. I’m working on designing all of the cards now, but I have …
Penny Black Stickers
Last time I was in Memories Live On, they gave me a sheet of Penny Black stickers and asked me to make some sample cards with them. I don’t use a lot of stickers, so the sheet sat on the corner of my desk for days, taunting me. I finally decided, since many of the stickers were fairly large, to …
Two Things
I went shopping today as a means of procrastination, and finally got the yarn I need to make my Christmas stockings. As a bonus, my sister finally sent pictures of our existing stockings. Unfortunately, the Blogger servers keep rejecting my image uploads, so you can’t see them just yet. UPDATE: Blogger doesn’t hate me anymore! Joy asked for a snowlady …