Guess It's Time to Start Thinking About Christmas Cards!

At the beginning of 2013 I had a goal to make one Christmas card each week.  Had I actually *kept* that goal, I would have lots of handmade Christmas cards ready to send out next month.  I think I kept up with my goal for one week.  So, guess what I'm going to be working on for the next few weeks!

PaperCrafts magazine had a cute Christmas card posted on their Facebook wall today.  I tweaked the design a little and came up with this card.

Supplies used:

Red cardstock - Stampin Up Riding Hood Red (same color ink also)

White cardstock - stash

Green paper - Authentique 6x6 Bundle - Festive Collection

Embossing folder - Stampin Up Snow Burst

Striped Ribbon - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red

Labels Die Cuts - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four

Sentiment - Inkadoo Holiday Expressions stamp set (which I found last year at T.J. Maxx for $1.49...set of 5 Christmas sentiments)

Christmas is coming!  Better get your craft on NOW!

Serene Sunday 11/3/2013

Welcome to November!

Here's a cross-stitch piece that I did several years ago.  I did one for each month of the year.   They hang on the mirror of an old washstand that is in our living room.  I switch them out each month; however sometimes it is mid-month before i remember to do so!  Guess I'm on the ball this month!

You can also see a little bit of one of the vintage cotton towels (did I mention that I collect vintage cotton towels....and also vintage linen towels) that hangs on the washstand too.  Maybe I'll have to do a post soon with some of my favorite vintage towels. 

Mission Accomplished!

The title to this blog post has two meanings.  The first is that I actually did it......I blogged every day this month. That is a big accomplishment seeing that the last blog post prior to October 1 was June 1.  Hopefully I can keep up with this daily blog schedule.  The holidays are coming up and it does get busy so I may miss a day or two along the way but maybe entire months won't go by without a post.

Now, the second meaning to today's blog title - I finished the cross-stitch project that I blogged about last week.  The hardest part for me was doing the blanket stitch around the felt leaf.  While a blanket stitch is an easy stitch, it is something that I have not done much of so it was slow going for me.  

I love the way it turned out.  I currently have the pillow stuffed with fiberfill until I can get to Joann's Crafts to get a 12x12 pillow form.  

Hope you likey!  Oh, one more thing.......Happy Halloween!

                              

Color My Wednesday

...........Brown

Tags & Bags!

The crafters over at Cas-ual Fridays have a two week challenge going on.  After mulling this challenge over for some time, I finally decided to enter.  The challenge ends tomorrow, so nothing like waiting until the last minute!  Here is my entry for the challenge CFC 118:  Tags & Bags

Supplies used:  

Treat bag - Pebbles, Inc. (purchased a pack of 24 bags @ Archivers)

Ribbon - Celebrate It 360 (Michaels)

Washi - stash

Tag - Graphic 45 Typography Collection (Typography)

Hmmmm.....wonder what goodies this little treat bag holds???

Two of My Favorites

I just finished making a card using two of my favorite products....1) Graphic 45 paper and 2) Lovely as a Tree stamp set from Stampin' Up.  I am entering this card in the October card challenge that Graphic 45 is having.

Supplies used:

Black cardstock - Bazzill Basics Paper

Cream cardstock - Core'dinations Premium Cardstock

Tree stamp - Stampin' Up Lovely as a Tree collection

Sentiment - Graphic 45 Typography Collection (Dream)