Mothers and Others Cards

I am back!
Month of December  & into January was crazy between getting ready for Christmas, finish making and mailing my cards, and getting ready my vacation. I had a magnificent time visiting Thailand but life is so different there.  Since returning, I have an even more appreciation for USA!

So now I am back to crafting and it feels good!  Just in time to make my husbands 30 invites he needs each year.  I have been working on them for the past month.  First I cut and punched all the pieces out and piled them up.  I grabbed a pile and glued that piece down on all 30 cards.  Grabbed the next pile and started on that one.  All I can say is thank goodness for my Misty as stamping the "Your Invited" was so much faster.   I recently finished them and over a month earlier than he needed them. Go me!

The die set "Radiant Rectangles" was probably not the best choice to make this card with as it had so many tiny pieces that did not pop out well out of the die so after each and every cut, I had to sit and poke the pieces out.  I got a lot of binge watching shows doing these cards!   I guess it was worth it as I like the final results.

My job is done!  Now on to fun cards....

Have a great crafty day!

Manetta

Joy of the Season

Tonight I whipped up this card as I just HAD to try out my new tool...the Big Shot Plus!  My Big Shot died on me yesterday and that was a huge disappointment!  My biggest card making season and no way to use my Christmas dies and folders.  I headed straight to Amazon and was so lucky as it was on sale.  Talk about perfect timing.   Ordered it late yesterday and I received this morning!   The Big Shot plus is the same as the Big Shot but just wider.  An 8 1/2 wide sheet of paper fits in it with room to spare.  I am in heaven.

The dies I used came from Stampin Up Big Shot set called Pretty Pines Thinlits and Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles.  The verse came from Hero Arts Merry Christmas Messages.  The cardstock was leftovers.  

Tattered Lace Snowflake

Hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend!  Mine has been great.  Celebrated my 12th Anniversary, the sun is shining and there is a nice breeze blowing.  

I have been busy crafting today and decided to stop a moment to blog.  I wanted to show you a Christmas card I made this morning using a Tattered Lace Snowflake die and Spellbinders Oval Regalia die.   

The cardstock came from a DCWV Latte Matstack.  White is glittered and the grey is textured.  Hard to see both in the photo.  The red glitter is Xmas Red Stickles.  The inside was decorated to match the outside.

 It's was the first time these dies met up with cardstock so I was happy to show these neglected dies some love. 

I am off now to craft some more.  Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by!

Manetta

Cozy Warm & Bright

It is now Dec 1st and my favorite season has begun!  At work we started playing Christmas songs and the decorations are going up.  All year I have been making Christmas cards but the crunch time is upon us!  

Every year I vow to completely  finish a card-front, back and middle.  Every year I start out well and every year I fail.  The day I am trying to get them labeled and in the mail...I am also busy trying to stamp the inside.  Not a good situation at all.  Very stressful.  But....I am happy to say that this year it was and has been different!  I actually have each card completed!  It's a good feeling.   My labels are done too.  Just sign my name, make a personal note, peel sticker for addresses and done.  

The card was created by mostly dies.  For the Memory Box Glowing Candle die I had to cut it 3 times for each card (green glitter paper, gold glitter paper and cranberry). 

 The Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia 2 smallest dies was cut from glitter gold paper and cranberry.  

The cranberry background was cut using one of the dies from Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles.

Merry Christmas came from Stampin Up Good Greetings set.

Martha Stewart pine bunch was the last touch.

I do not normally make more than 2 or 3 cards the same but I made 20 of this card only because they were made for someone else.  Out of all the cards I have made, this one is my favorite.  I will have to make myself one as well.  It took me about an hour a piece to make from beginning to end.  The glitter paper I used did not cooperate and would not cut well.  If anyone knows where I can get glitter paper that is not so difficult to use, please leave me a message.  

 Last night putting the last of the pieces together and I broke my favorite evergreen punch.  Guess I will have to go shopping!  *S* 

Netta

Candy Stripe Christmas Card

I bought a new Spellbinders Nestabilities Die Set from Jo'Anne's called Radiant Rectangles.

This set was so much fun to play with.  I used some old Stampin Up striped red and cream paper to create this card with.  Some layers were raised and others were flat against the card.  

A little bling and a bow topped it off!  

Very cute..

thanks for stopping!

Netta

Golden Christmas Flower

I was playing around with two new craft items I got recently.

One is the Anna Griffin Cricut Winter Wonderland Cartridge.  I cut out the swirl leaves that you see here.  I used gold stickles to sparkle up the leaves.

The second is the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Layered Poinsetta Die which is the Poinsetta.  I only used two layers on this card.

I sponged gold ink along the edge.  This card is actually very pretty when you see it in person.  Sometimes photos just do not do it justice!

I have not stamped a Sentiment on it yet.  I am holding off until last minute as I am not sure what I want to put there yet.

Thanks for stopping by!

Netta