AWOL!

Hey all!
Sorry I've been AWOL!
Any paper crafting I did last week was related to more Christmas cards.... and I don't want to show them all on here.... cuz then there will be no surprises for those of you who will be receiving one!
I am making a few yearly calendars - as I did last year - I've had a few requests for a 2010 ----
here are a couple pics ...

Have to do some grocery shopping, and some preparation, for 2 different get togethers in the next 2 days ... so today will be a busy one!

I hope you don't let this season stress you - but that it will be a time of reflection and rest... and may you remember that "Jesus is the Reason for the Season!"

Blessings!

PPA17 and Guests...

Hi everyone!

Aren't you lovin' this weather? I sure am! The sun is shining bright and it currently is 9 degrees C. here. I hope we don't have to "pay" for it eventually by being snowed in!!! Oh well! Maybe that wouldn't be so bad either.

Here is my submission for Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge ... this sketch was a fun one to do. I used some retired DSP - I now have another Christmas card for my stash ... I'll eventually get them all done!

Here is the inside of the card....

We had Club the other night ... a couple of the girls brought some items they'd been working on .... here they are for you to see.

Debra is our "box" expert .... I think she has made every box going! :) Here she did the decorated tealights and a box to give them as a gift! Here is the Top Note Box that she made...

Debbie has been working on her Christmas cards - using family pics. - and you can see she loves her Cuttle Bug!Another of Debbie's cards!

I rec'd the ornament punch the other day from Stampin' Up! and decided to "play" with it... had seen a flower made with it .... here is what I came up with - the girls all had a chance to make one of these the other night. I've already shown you all the other things we did that night! Lots of fun!

Have a great weekend - We have family visiting this weekend! Can't wait to see them!

Blessings,

Ruthie

Magic Snowflake - PPA16

Hi Everyone!
This is a quick post before I leave the house for "Young Moms Coffee Break".... What a blessing these young moms are!
Here is a card I made using the technique "Magic Snowflake" - the only difference between it and Polished Stone tech. is that the embossing is done before anything else.

Here is a close up of the bow - a couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to use one of those "bow maker" contraptions - I can't remember the name of it .... at first it was quite confusing but once I got the hang of it ...Whoa! I love making bows! This bow was made using my fingers as the "prongs" for the ribbon to go around! How ingenious is that!!!! ( pats on back go here! :0)
Gotta run - have a great day!
*** HUGS ***

Non-Traditional!

Me Again...
I saw a card somewhere today that made me think of using non-Christams stamps to create a Christmas Card... here is what I did with this!
The 2 image stamps used are from the S. Up! set '24-7' .... one of my favs!!! and the sentiment is from 'A Cardinal Christmas'.

I used Real Red CS as background; V.Vanilla for the bird image and colored him with markers; Kraft CS for the fancy image - which is second generation stamping and then stamped the Merry Christmas with Black over the top of it. Edges of both images were sponged with Soft Suede.

This was very simple card to put together... I think I'll try a few more in different colors! Hope you're having a great day!

Ruthie

It's The Season! Isn't It?????

Hey!
It's sure hard to tell by the weather and the temperature that it is the middle of November and that Christmas is just a little more than a month away! But - That is the truth!!!!

I worked on a few more Christmas cards last Saturday and wanted to show them to you... I went with a "white on white" scheme with just a little color! It is hard to tell in this first card - but the mats are made using S. Up! gold paper.... it's much prettier in real life! I glittered and popped one tree - actually only stamped half of this particular stamp from Lovely As A Tree. It is hard to see but I sponged the sky with bashful blue!

here is the inside.....
Another one using glitter, the single tree from "Lovely as a Tree"... and some S. Up! ribbon.

I made a few more along the same lines as these two ....
Hope you enjoyed your peek today!

Have an awesome day!

***HUGS***