DeNami

My son has a birthday party to attend this Sunday.  While I will probably come up with something more masculine this one I made with a DeNami stamp and bright colors.  The background is embossed using the Happy Birthday folder and the Swiss Dots can be found on the red mat.  I used a Sizzix die for the yellow piece...Top Note cut in half.  With another 12-24 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow night into Wednesday chances are I'll have some more crating time on my hands.  It is a good thing...I'd rather be safe at home when it counts but I will be whining in June when I am still in school long after everyone else.

Save the Date Cards

A dear friend who I've had the privilege to watch grow up is getting married in the fall of 2011.  She wants to send out "Save the Date" cards.  She bought one of the invitation kits from Michaels/ACMoore and after looking at it I was pretty sure I could make something that would be in the same color scheme (black and white with a damask pattern).  She is thinking of having burgundy/maroon bridesmaid dresses so I wanted to tie that in, too.  Overall, the card is pretty simple...it conveys what it needs to and would lend itself to mass production.  The other card I've posted is a B&W birthday card I made at one of my friend Marge's workshops.  I like it a lot and while not complicated it does have several more steps than the other.  With a few changes it could easily be pressed into duty as well.

Snowy Creativity

Here is a page I put together highlighting some fall fun my son had in the leaves.  I am using my stash of stuff slowly but surely, including the sticker sheet that forms the majority of the page.  I added some brads that covered up the pictures of brads used in on the sticker sheet and matting and am pretty pleased with the outcome.  The title was cut with my Cricut Expression--Stretch Your Imagination.  I started the page Friday night and finished it up the next day.  Philadelphia and the surrounding area got whollopped with the second biggest snow storm ever.  Around here we got about 26 inches...we are expecting more Tuesday into Wednesday.  No work for me tomorrow...snow day!  Will enjoy the chance to get in some extra craft time.  Will be interesting to see if my son's school calls the day, too.

Farm Fever

My nephew had surgery on his knee last week and while he is recovering nicely it is still 4-6 weeks of staying off his feet.  Not good when you consider he is extremely athletic and used to being able to burn off all his excess energy.  I made him a simple card featruing SU's Farm Fever.  Those silly puns always crack me up and I hope he will get a chuckle out of it as well. 

I colored piggy with my Copics, used a piece of a DCWV pattern paper and a scrap of ribbon that I think I've had for four or five years that finally came in handy.  I used two punches, the scallop and the arrow is a punch that I doodled around to mimic the text in the image.

Disney Layout

My blogging friend Carol has been working on Disney layouts and since I have oodles of pictures from  the House of Mouse I figured I would gather up a bit of inspiration and get scrapping, especially since my husband is planning a return trip this coming summer if all goes well. 

Our first night was spent dining with Chef Mickey and his pals.  It was a great start to a wonderful vacation.

Ho Ho Ho???

My husband is a good sport.  This Christmas my son received a gift called MindFlex.  You use your brainwaves to control a fan motor that in-turn floats a little blue ball in the air...basic Bernoulli's principle at work.  Add to the head gear you have to wear to play the game a Santa T-shirt and you have a huge potential for a "bah humbug" kind of moment but instead Les put on the shirt Russ had picked out for him for Christmas Day and strapped on the headset for the game.  We all had a good time with the game even though it left a red mark on our foreheads where one of the sensors is located.

The paper is DCWV and the letters were cut from some chip board I had stashed away.  Santa is pieced together from a die I've had forever with a little chalk to spice him up.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy New Year! I hope that your celebrations were everything you hoped for and more. For those who don't celebrate the holiday I hope you enjoyed your day no mater how you spent it.

This is my poor dog Scully. She was not thrilled to be an elf but I couldn't resist. She is a sweet little dog who put up with the hat and neck piece for all of 30 seconds.

I have two cards to post today...the first is taken from one of my stamping magazines and altered. It was so simple to use a couple of embossing folders and a few scraps and I was set. I will probably make a few non-holiday variations of this card to put in a last minute gift I am working on. I won't see my friend until New Year's Day so I should have enough time to finish...good thing she doesn't read my blog, right?

The last card was a clearance stamp set I got at Michael's some time ago and some bling I had left over. I used a scrap of ribbon and colored with my beloved Copic markers. As I looked at this picture I see some ways to improve the coloring I did but since the five of these I made were mailed before Christmas I guess I'll put my changes into effect the next time I work on this image.