Another post for me:)

Well these are the cards that I started with this season. I think the term is that I CASED this idea from Anita over at The Hovey Hut. She had been talking about a small stamp set that she really liked but couldn't think of how to use it and I was in the same situation:)

I can see the end in sight:)

Wow! I can't believe I did it:) Well yes I can..LOL. I've got all of my mailing Christmas cards done and in the envelopes and stamped just need the pictures that I forgot to print to put in most of them:) So I'm doing that tomorrow when I go into work for a couple of hours and then when I get home in the envies they go! Presto chango in the mail Thursday! Not to far behind schedule:) YEAH!! Don't get me wrong I still have about 35 to make for my locals but now that the MOJO is flowing it shouldn't be a problem.

This year I did quite a few workshop type cards, you know the kind that you use 3 sheets of paper and get 16 cards (I may have done that one twice, but in different colours or course:) And then there was the one that you used 6 sheets of 12x12 five different ones and you got 20 cards. Anywho enough talking more showing:)

A modest start

Ok, ok, I'm no where near done my Christmas cards yet but I do have about 30-40 done:) One group I did, I cased from Anita over at The Hovey Hut from about a month ago. The latest set is a card workshop from my new "Wishes" book from CTMH. I'm still not quite done with them so I'll be posting them in a day or so. I'm hoping to have a card making day tomorrow, actually I'm not planning on doing anything else tomorrow except that;) Wish me luck!

sorry I haven't figured out how to link you to Anita's site:(

OK don't panic....just breathe...

OK I don't have any Christmas cards even started!!! Breathe...Ahhhh!...I went to a make and take at SP's last week but just couldn't find the time to get anything done here at home:P ...... OK, OK, I'll button down tomorrow (err today I guess...) and at least get a layout thought of:) There that's not so bad now...LOL....

Christmas is coming!!!

So I don't have any pictures to post yet but I will. I have hand made all of my Christmas cards for at least the past 5 years. The first year I was local and the last 4 years I've lived across the country....this will be year 6 for me:) I make around 120 cards every year....and I usually start at the beginning of November so as of today I'm running behind schedule:) LOL! So keep your fingers crossed for me because I need at least 60 - 70 by the first of December so I can mail them:) I can already feel the rush coming...... I'm sooo not going to be able to sleep tonight:)

Treat Bags:)

So I'd been to an Embellished Memories technique Friday and learned how to do what I call a crayon box and I knew right then that was what I was going to use for my Halloween treats. I did a few variations (10 in total) and then I did 30 bag toppers.

So here they are. My bag topper was super simple just a 3x3 card with the Mummy stamped on white card stock and then quickly stapled to the black card.

The crayon box was an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, scored and cut in the right spots. Super simple to do and I would have done more but I ran out of Halloween colours and I'm trying to use up a lot of my paper stash because really don't we all just have too much! LOL!

And Halloween just continued for me

Well it seems like a just couldn't stop after I got my groove on with those cards for my DH. I continued on with a ton more.... There were even ones that I did and then just didn't care for and then I remembered my Stickles and boom off I went. A couple of them even got made into Birthday cards because they were so dang cute and close to Halloween.

The first one is a 41/4x3 and I made it specially for one of my friends far away because Halloween is not really her thing, so I just slipped it into a Thinking of you card.

The next two photos were before and after Stickles. (who doesn't love Stickles?!)

Don't you just love those monsters! I do:) and I thought with the EEK that it made a really funny b-day card for my girlfriend. (at least I thought it was funny ;)

The last card here is for my cousin, his birthday is the day before Halloween and I did a little burnished velvet technique here.


So once I got all the cards I needed out of the way then there was the question.... What to do for treat bags? :) hmmm