SNOW GLOBE... a shape and shake card

my term with the cutting cafe is coming to an end. this coming month of august will be my last month. regina has asked us to stay but my november and december months are very busy at home and i rather sit this term out.

and talking about december we are asked to make a project with the snow globe or christmas cards. i chose the snow globe and despite is is a card you can use this file for christmas ornaments, banners, embellishments for albums and more.

Snow Globe Shape and Shaker Card 

4 inches tall

-today i just have one pic-

another very easy pdf file to cut by hand if you do not own a digital cutter.

the hollies are from another file which i re sized to this smaller size. here are more instructions and tips on how to customize these files.

you see i added the red beads inside the globe and that i used a layer of vellum.

you know you can win some files at the cutting cafe just for leaving a comment.

here is the link in case you want to participate:

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com

and another snow globe card for you to see and there will also be what w=else comes in this set.

again, my teammates are fabulous and you also might want to see what they made.

lots of inspiration at the cutting cafe.

thank you for stopping by, your visits are always appreciated.

HOLLY JOLLY

FINALLY BACK!

my son's thanksgiving break was awesome. we had a great time and a full house almost everyday. we loved every minute of it.

 we flew him back from Philadelphia to Boston and it took less than an hour for him to be in his dorm---:D

just fab!

anyhow,

 i am super late making my cards this year and this is a super simple project i think i can achieve and get them done and mail out this week, lol.  wish me luck!

Holly Jolly

5.25"  x 4"

the card base is from birthday bash, image #19 on the overlay. the holly is from winter woodland, image #10 and cut at 2.5.

the red cardstock was dry embossed using the cuttlebug and a sizzix plate called dot daisies. it is not a seasonal design but it did reminded me of stars, ornaments and snowflakes. 

the sentiment is from my pink stamper and you can see the whole set here. the dotted patterned paper was a piece of scrap paper. i love when i can incorporate some shaped scraps in my projects, don't you?

well, i hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving and already all trimmed for Christmas :D

see you soon!

note: i am trying to take things as they come and not get anxious if i can't make it over here. we all know how busy we get during the holidays and we should do what we can do, right? i love you all....want you to know that.

STOCKINGS GARLAND

Glad I am not the only one having days like yesterday, lol. It was awful...I was so edgy, grrr!

Anyway....we went to the play. It was short but cute. T wants to be a theater director and this was the first play she wrote and directed. It was about a senior being dumped on prom night via text messaging. Imagine that one!

Kuddos to T for her big accomplishment. Last night was her night and all the glamour that comes with it. I was so proud of her.

Anyway, I have been making this garland bit by bit since last week and, I finally finished it today.

 I want to share it with you. It is now part of my holiday decorations in my living room.

I might try to sell it on Etsy too. It came out so very pretty and I had a smooth ride with it.

 STOCKINGS GARLAND

you can make it as long as you want and the stockings any size you want to.

These ones are 5 inches high

 I used Simply Charmed for the stockings, image #35 on the overlay.

A view from the side and remember you can click on the photo for a larger view.

Here is a collage of every single one. 

They were embellished on the back too in case I wanted to use them on a doorway.

The holly leaves (image #10) are from Winter Woodland and so are the poinsettias (image#9).

The ribbons are from my stash and I used thick chipboard for the base, patterned papers are from 

Cloud Nine and the textures cardstock from American Crafts. The last stocking you see in the collage was stamped with a script rubber stamp on kraft cardstock. I then used my red glitter pen and went over all the berries on the patterned paper. The center of the poinsettias were made with a whole punch using DCWV glitter cardstock and so were the one berry on the holly leaves. You already noticed the inking.....I love inking. I mostly used the brown inks for it.

Have a good weekend and if you have time check out

TIM HOLTZ 

12 tags of Christmas. 

I have to try the first one, even I am loving them all. He explains everything so well. I never went to his site much but today I subscribed to his feed because I do not want to miss his work ever again. 

I think we have a bit in common.

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Just for the records:

I entered it at "cooking with cricut" challenge

http://cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/2010/12/challenge-7-and-25-days-of-cricut.html 

ANOTHER CHRISTMAS CARD

This one was inspired by a card I saw in a magazine.

The card base is 4-1/2" x 12", score at 3-1/4" and 7".

Cut two white small rectangles (2" x 3-3/4"), cut one more at 2-1/2" x 4-1/4".

Cut two lime green rectangles (2-1/4" x 4") and a thin strip 4-1/2" long (optional).

I embossed my card and attached all rectangles as seen on the photo, add sentiment and embellishment.

The Holly Leaves are cut from Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for looking!