CAS Christmas

I needed some simple cards. This one is about as simple as it can get. But I loved it. Adding the stickles to the "berries" added just the needed touch along with the strip of DP. I love the size. It's 4.25" square.
This is the last of my cards from last year.
I will try to post more after the holidays.
Maybe.
If I am not back, you will know I am playing with my grand. {wink}
Blessings~
Angel

Snowflake in Pacific Point

I will use this "sketch" again and again!

Change out the snowflakes for flowers and what an easy thinking of you or ANY occasion card!

A birthday cake, balloons or candle and you've got a "clean and simple" birthday card!

Last year, I made several sets of layered snowflake embellishments which I hoped to sell at a craft fair, but sadly (or not) did not sell. SO, I came up with this easy Christmas card and used up many of them! I recommend Nina Solar White cardstock from Cutcardstock.com. It is sturdy enough for a card base whereas SU white is perfect for layering and not so much for a base!

Blessings~
Angel

2010 Christmas Favorite

This was definitely my favorite card from last year's Christmas. I ordered the baker's twine from Crate and Barrell. I've used a bunch and still have enough left to last me years and years!! This one wasn't as simple, but it was fun!
Let me know if you like it!
~Angel

More of Last Year's Christmas Cards

NOW...we have less than a week.
And I am working now.
YIKES!
Will I even be ready for Christmas?
Not if I write a post.
So here you go.... Another one of last year's cards! I made several of these. Great for scraps and no two were alike!

Blessings to you and yours!!!

Last Year's Christmas Cards

I started making this year's Christmas cards today. Yes, I know there are only 2 more weeks until Christmas.

WHAT?
THERE ARE ONLY TWO

{2}

yes,

T W O

more weeks until Christmas.
Will I ever learn?
I have 50 cards halfway done. I hope to finish them tomorrow. Wish me luck.

In the meantime, I never did post last year's cards.
I try to always make my Christmas cards CAS (clean and simple) and easy to reproduce. Why? Because I always start them too late to do anything else.

And my back likes it that way.
I usually make about 20 or so of one design and move onto another design so I am not too bored. I usually end up making over 100 cards.
This card design which I came up with last year was a scrap busting project.

I LOVE using scraps.
And no two were alike.

So, I didn't get bored making these.

I have a few more cards, so I guess I will be blogging this week.

Ha...who would have thought?

If you are reading this, I hope you are more prepared than I am and that you are remembering the reason for the season.

Blessings~
Angel

Snowflake Label

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I hope you're Christmas is filled with LOVE! That IS after all, what it's ALL about!
This is the last of my Christmas cards. One of the final designs. I made only about 6 or 7 of these because I ran out of Paper Trey Inc. white cardstock. I quickly remedied that situation! I love the PTI Stampers Select cardstock for a white card base! On some of the cards I used the scor bee and scored some dots in place of the strip of DP. The sentiment is from Verve and the blue is Baja Breeze. The snowflake is a Spellbinder Create a Flake die and the jewel centers were loose in my bin of "Confetti".
Enjoy your day!
Christmas Wishes~
Angel

Christmas Trees on Christmas Eve

A few weeks ago I went through my scraps of DP, picked out the Christmassy colors and cut out a million triangles because I had an idea for a Christmas card. THEN a week later I sat down to put the idea to paper. What a poor idea. A lesson learned though. Now I have a million triangles (- a few) to do something with. (Okay a million IS an exaggeration.)
But, because I wasn't crazy about the cards I came up with, I didn't make a lot of them. Here are a couple.

It's Christmas eve. I've scheduled all of my posts for this week, so I am not sure EXACTLY what I am doing now. Except I know I am enjoying my family. I hope you are too!
Blessings~
Angel

A CAS Christmas Sketch Revisited

Do you recognize this layout? I used it on the red/green holly card I posted here last week.
I changed it up with the black/red/grey combo and added a matching DP and snowflakes. I LOVE this sketch!
Jake and Megan should be here today.
I'm a happy mom!
Blessings~
Angel

Top Note Snowflakes

This card was not exactly what I envisioned. It bothered me a bit that the reds clashed. The card was a little bulky to mail, so it went to mostly local friends. I interchanged the Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi and Vanilla cardstock layers.
I hope everyone is ready for Christmas. It will be here whether we are or not, huh?

Blessings~
Angel

One of a Kind Christmas Cards

More of the Christmas cards I sent out last week!
These two cards were one of a kind. It was an idea that I had, but decided it wasn't one I wanted to make a dozen of.
Lots to do today. Brian and Katie will be here tonight!
Blessings~

CAS Poinsettia Blossom

The layout I used on this card was a sketch from last year's Christmas cards. It's a fabulous sketch and can be used so many ways! Katie and I made a dozen of this design. I was surprised that the piercing was actually a quick step and really added just the right touch! Two scored lines and rounding the bottom corners of the Riding Hood Red card was another little touch.
In place of ribbon, I used a strip of coordinating DP. I've done this on several of my cards this year. It makes it flatter AND more economical. If this were a birthday card or one I were making only one of, I would probably use ribbon instead. The DCWV Holiday stack has several of these fabulous tone on tone designs which were perfect for this purpose!
Please keep Brian and Katie in your prayers as they begin the journey here in the morning! Jake and Megan leave Tuesday to be here for Christmas. I am SO very excited...
Too much chit chat already.... Gotta go!
Blessings~
Angel

Red Birds on Logs

I recently began subscribing to Martha Stewart's magazine (due to a great offer). My very first magazine to arrive was the Christmas edition. I LOVE it. Full of some practical (and some unpractical) ideas. One of which was these adorable Yule Log Favor Boxes.

They came together pretty easily. The only thing that tripped me up a bit was the nests. Of course, the "log" is an empty toilet paper roll. I painted it brown inside and out. Not really necessary, but I think it gives it a finished look. Then it is covered in the clip art paper found here on Martha's site. I made my nests out of spanish moss instead of buying them as they were kinda pricey to buy as many as I wanted. I used the glue gun to glue it onto the "log" and the bird was glued on as well. A sprig of pine needles cut from a floral pick and tipped in a white paint/glue mix was added. I also touched the log with the white paint and glue and sprinkled glitter to the "snow". I did not add the wood discs to cover the ends as Martha did, but instead filled a cello tube with peppermint candy kisses and tied off the ends with curling ribbon.

For stability I added some twigs to the bottom so the logs wouldn't tip over. It keeps with the woodsy look and was Katie's idea.

After the candy is gone, it will still make a nice decoration. Don't you think?

I gave these to the girls at Bunco who didn't "win" so everyone went home with a prize. We made 6 total. I wanted to make a few more, but Michaels was out of the birds went we stopped by today on the way home from taking Katie to the airport.
Merry Christmas!!!
~Angel

Blue Bayou Christmas

More of the last of my Blue Bayou cardstock. :-(
And more snowflakes. :-)
More of that DCWV Holiday stack! :-)
And another CAS card to go!

ETA- A second version of this card. I forgot I had photgraphed it!Did I mention I sent out almost 150 cards? I don't think very many people send out cards any more. I have less than 10 cards on my mantel.
What do you do?
Take my quiz in the sidebar please?
If you do- then comment here.
I'll put your name in for an RAK...draw a name sometime after Christmas and let you know if you're a winner then!
Thanks for stopping by!
~Angel

Winter's Wonders

Snowflakes. They are so pretty.
Stickers, punches, brads, dies, rub-ons, snowflakes come in so may pretty shapes and sizes. The drawer I have devoted to snowflakes is nearly full. I just love em!
The Martha Stewart "Punch around the Page" snowflake punches are one of my favorite tools. The only problem is I have such a hard time throwing the little punchouts away. This card was one that I made for the SCS Product Focus. My last review as one of the Product Focus team. I shall miss that "job"!
The DP was part of the DCWV Holiday Stack... you'll be seeing more of that one!
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings~
Angel

CAS Christmas

I am not sure why I titled this post CAS Christmas. ALL of my Christmas cards were Clean and Simple for the most part. I am not even sure where I got this sketch or layout, but I used it for two of my Christmas card designs. This card was definitely one of my favorites! The sentiment comes from one of last year's ODBD sets and one of my personal favorites "Worship the Lord". The DPs came from a DCWV "Holiday" stack which was packed with fabulous papers! Oh my... I love this stack! Garden Green base, Scor-pal lines add a little somethin' and that border punch is from Martha. The holly leaves are also a punch.
Like I said before, I am keeping the gab to a minimum so I can post regularly. On today's agenda... the dreaded grocery shopping...UGH!
Have a good one!
~Angel

Simple Snowman

I've been neglecting Blogland for a while now. Busy doing this and that. Making Christmas cards and signing, stuffing and mailing them out was a process. I sent out almost 150 Christmas cards this year. I really think I need to narrow it down a bit next year or else start a little bit earlier. I like to have my cards out the first week of December. But this year I didn't get them out until yesterday. But, what a load off my shoulders to have them in the mail!

Katie and I made all of the cards, making a dozen of each design. Which means I've got several Christmas cards yet to post. Here was one of the smaller cards. I really like the 4 1/4" size and this one was too easy. The little snowman was punched from a piece of Basic Grey DP. The sentiment is a Just Rite stamp and the corners of the Basic Grey DP were punched with a Martha Stewart Snowflake corner punch. All of this was layered onto a piece of Bayou Blue CS. And that was about the last of my Blue Bayou. I didn't realize I would like that color so much or I would have ordered extra. I'm very sad that it is gone.
I'll be posting my Christmas cards from now until Christmas with little gabbing and no recipes. Then I will be taking some time off until the new year as my kiddos will be here and I want to take advantage of the time I can spend with them.
Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings~
Angel

Wedge Triangle Boxes

These "Wedge" or "Triangle" boxes are SO easy to make! Well, especially if you have an Ultimate Crafter's Companion.

Blessings!
Angel

RED Snowflakes

Just a quick post with a quick with an easy card. I love me some snowflakes and as I mentioned, I've been using red with them quite a bit.

I bought my postage stamps today. I still have about 25 more cards to make and I'll be finished making Christmas cards. Katie and I made almost 150 this year. I've gotten in touch with a lot of people through Facebook recently so my list has really grown! I'm hoping to get my cards out this weekend. Do I have your address?
Blessings~
Angel

Christmas Tag Tin

It's been a few years ago since I happened upon the clearance rack at Claire's and found these empty CD tins. They were only a dime and I got them all. They've been sitting in my alterables cabinet and this week I decided to finally use one.

And after seeing some cool stuff on Splitcoast, I decided to make it into a tin of gift tags. I wanted to add pockets to both sides but because of the way the tin closes, I could only add a pocket to one side. I asked my hubby if he had any ideas for the other side and he mentioned a notepad and pen. I thought it was perfect! The notepad was a little big, but I trimmed it down to fit and added the matching cover. A small piece of ribbon holds the pen in place.
Katie and I made a bunch of different tags out of various stamps and embellishments...10 in all.

I love layering snowflakes almost as much as I love layering flowers! For some reason I've been drawn to the color red for my snowflakes this year. It works!
December is here already. Can you believe it? November was an exciting month for us. It ended with my younger son's engagement announcement! We're going to have a wedding in 2010! I'm so excited. And happy for Brian and Alli (who I happen to adore!) YAY!
Thanks for visiting today.
Blessings~
Angel


Stamps: Joyeux Noel (CHF), Snowflake Circle (Hero Arts)
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, PTI White, DCWV Holiday Stack DP
Ink: Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Aspen Snowflake, Making Memories Shimmer Flourish Chipboard, Standard Circle Small Nesties, Create a Flake, Corner Rounder, Cuttlebug Snowflake Folders,Jewels, Button & Red Floss from Stash
TAGS- too much to mention!

Poinsettia Frame

I do love Real Red and Artichoke together for Christmas cards. SO pretty. And the Spellbinder Poinsettia Frameabilities called for this combination! Don't you think?

Oh, my Bow Easy made the bow... well... EASY! I pulled the ribbon through the back of the bow using tweezers to make it look like it was tied on. It's not.
Another Christmas card to add to my pile. I may have about half of them made already!
Blessings~
Angel

Card Recipe~
Stamps: Punches Three
Paper: Artichoke, Core'dinations ROGBIV collection red, Print Patterns DP (SU)
Ink: Artichoke, Real Red
Accessories: Spellbinders Poinsettia Frame, Scalloped Square Punch, HL Robert Stanley sheer white ribbon, Bow Easy (I got mine from Sharon)