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.

A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU- GIFT/MONEY HOLDER CARD

did i tell you Lulu got sprayed by a skunk a couple of days back around 1:30AM? i did the tomato bath and i tell you,  it just masks the odor. she still smells around her neck and the laundry room is not the greatest place to be around right now, lol. today, she will get a bath with another homemade remedy i found on the net. let's see! and wish us luck :P

we all can write a book with anecdotes and it would fit between drama and comedy and some action with violence, parental control advice. perhaps, we can have our own reality tv show. :P

i bet we do, right?

anyway, here is a card i made

a little something for you

5 inch

(no skunk involved, i promise)

just a gift/money holder card

--LOL--

 the santa's hat is from winter woodland cricut cartridge and the cute sentiment from my pink stamper set called: winter treats & sayings.

 (the inspiration came from here)

the star brad acts as a hinge and connects the front and back.

when you cut the hat it already gives you a slit---the dollar sign is to show you where the gift card or money will go: is from the wild card cart. i added some green stickles for the bling in money...hehe

i cut this hat 4 times: 3 times in the red patterned paper and one time on the beige color. the fuzzy thread was added with double sided tape.

 this circle was added to hide the brad prongs.

 envelope made using the new arrival cart. 

the "from and to" are also from a my pink stamper clear stamp set.

 we are going to need lots of these gift card/money holders for the upcoming holidays. 

i wanted to share this one idea and how you can make it your own,  from many others in the web.

have a great one!

MY PINK STAMPER DESIGN TEAM MONTHLY PROJECT

 another month flew by and here we are sharing with you another monthly project using the awesome stamps from my pink stamper. i am using "winter treats & sayings" stamps set.

i will now introduce you to

 mr.g

---mr. gingerbread that is---

card is standard a2 size

4.25" x 5.5"

isn't mr. g so handsome and yummy at the same time?---;)

my pink stamper ---aka robyn--- has released some many different stamp sets with some many different themes you really won't need anything else in your stash ;P. this one i used---winter treats & sayings--is full of great sentiments/phrases for winter and/or the christmas holidays ahead of us. 

look how beautiful these fonts are too. love them!

"WARM WINTER WISHES AND GINGERBREAD KISSES"

how cool is that?

the base for the sentiment is a piece of chipboard i covered with patterned paper and distressed a bit. two tiny copper brads were added to each side.

i found mr. gingerbread hiding in an older cartridge. i found him in stretch your imagination. i only used the blackout feature at 2.40" to properly fit him on front of the sack of flour look alike, lol. i used joys of the season for that one...it is actually a frame.

the big romantic? eyes are a rub-on from sizzix i had like forever and never used them before. they were so very nice and easy to transfer despite being in my stash for a few years now, :D

so what do you think about mr. g? 

you just can't help but to love him at first sight, right? lol ---what about the sentiment?-- i say they were made for each other, hehe

i want to invite you stop at robyn's aka my pink stamper and see the whole post and enjoy the work of my team mates. 

this is my pink stamper link and clicking it will take you to her site.

it is highly recommended because i assure you do not want to miss any of it.

now, 

i want to thank you for stopping by my blog. 

i certainly hope i have inspired you with this my pink stamper monthly design team monthly project:

mr. gingerbread