'Twas 5 days 'til Christmas. . .

'Twas 5 days 'til Christmas and all through the house,

I was in a mad rush and scurrying about;

Though I tried hard to get everyone on my list,

there were some cards I seem to have missed!

I dashed to my craft room, and whipped up a few;

-It's a good thing they're easy, I needed a slew!

I am over at the CardMaker Blog today with simple and easy steps to quickly create these two cards:

Supplies used for card 1: Festive Flurry and Christmas Messages stamp sets; Encore Metallic Gold and Basic Black; Whisper White and Gold Foil cardstock; Linen Thread.

Supplies used for card 2:  A Banner Christmas stamp set; Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and Old Olive Classic Stampin' pads; Whisper White and Crumb Cake cardstock; Season of Style DSP.

Sweet Little Gifts!

8/5/14 If you have problems downloading the pattern, PLEASE leave a comment or contact me with your email address! I will email you the PDF! There seems to be problems downloading this pattern from Scribd at the moment. . . 

Hello Everyone! Today I am over at CardMaker sharing a sweet little gift idea!

I cased the idea from my good friend Katie She, but since she doesn't have a blog, she gave me permission to share her pattern on mine!

Katie surprised me at our Card Club swap with this super cute mug and cocoa (she knows I LOVE anything warm and cozy in this super cold winter weather)!

Here is my rendition of this cute and cozy gift idea:

You can download the pattern free here. (may require a FREE subscription to scribd).

Supplies used: MugPattern (by Katie Shea); Festive Flurry and Snow Day stamp sets; VersaMark and Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad; Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, and Champagne Glimmer cardstock; Season of Style DSP; Festive Flurry Framelits; Naturals Designer Buttons, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, and Linen Thread; Heat Tool and Big Shot, Other: cocoa mix and candy cane.

A Simple Technique

Good Morning! Today I am sharing a card I created for the CardMaker blog  using a simple technique: second generation stamping. Pretty basic, many of you already know it, but if you don't, be sure to stop by CardMaker to view the quick and easy how-to!

Artisan FaceBook Project Blog Hop

Yes, I know. Today isn't Wednesday, but today is the day the Artisan Design Team is sharing their Facebook Projects because we have another great PNP hop going on Wednesday!

Though I am not a fan of the cold, I can't resist the sparkle of freshly fallen snow! Perhaps that is why I just can't resist the Festive Flurry stamp set and matching dies out of the Holiday Catalog! What better way to celebrate the coming of winter than with some fun gifts for all your friends!

Have you been wondering what is in the box? (By the way, this cute little box was created using the Envelope Punch Board! Yes, it is for MORE than just envelopes!)

Perfect winter gift, dontcha think?!

Now, let's continue this inspirational hop by heading over to The Cat Cave!

Supplies used for frame: Festive Flurry and Love & Joy stamp sets; VersaMark and Encore Silver Metallic ink pads; Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, and Whisper White cardstock; Winter Frost DPS; Frosted Finishes Embellishments; Linen Thread; White Stampn' Emboss Powder; Heat Tool; Hears Collection and Festive Flurry Framelits; Big Shot. Other: frame.

Supplies used for earrings and gift box: Festive Flurry and Undefined stamp sets (for you carved by me); Encore Silver Metallic, Pool Party, and Island Indigo Ink pads; Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Whisper White, and Silver Glimmer cardstock; Frosted Finishes embellishments and Vintage Faceted buttons; Whisper White Baker's Twine and Soft Sky seam binding; Festive Flurry Framelits; Big Shot; Envelope punch board (used to create box). Other: earring hooks and jump rings.