Thank You cards

Hi!

My DH and I came hoem from Fla on Sunday. Finally got things put away and laundry done and all the necessary things that I needed to do. 
I was checking blogs and looking at videos while I was gone.  I came across this one blog that I reallly liked.

 Here is her blog    http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com.  Stacey had made some very pretty Thank you cards that I loved. If you get a chance hop on over to her blog and check out what she does. 

I decided that I wanted to make some so I emailed her to get sizes and she  emailed me back with the measurements.

                                       The first picture is all 4 of my Thank You cards.

                       On this one I used my new Anna Griffin cuddlebug and the Matelasse folder.

                                               On this card I used MME Baker's Twine.

The pattern paper is from MME 6x6 paper pad called Breeze.  Its a double sided stack so I used for 2 of the cards one side and the other side for the other 2 cards. I used ribbon from my stash.

I used Essentials preloaded cart on my E2 for the Thank You mat.  The Stamp that I used I had gotten from  my friend Terri.  The paper flower that I used was from M's as the gems also.  My cards measure. 3.25x3.25.  I also rounded the bottom corners on my card.  I did ink around two of the cards for a little more dementions.

Tomorrow I will be making the envelopes to go with the cards and hopefully a box for the cards to go into.  These will be a set of 4.

Thanks for taking a look.

Vacation

My DH and I are still on vacation in Okeechobee Fla.  We will be here until FEB 1st.  We will be heading home then.  So until I get home I won't be posting any projects.   I have been watching videos and saving to my teqnique folder. I will have  lots to do when I return home.  I'm starting to get crafting withdrawals.  LOL  See ya soon.

Spinner card

First off I want to tell everyone a Happy New Year.  Hope 2013 is hopeful and properous for each and everyone of you.

I had seen this spinner card on She's A Sassy Lady's blogsite.  I went to another web site to get the directions on how to make this card.  I don't have the punch that this person used, So I cut it out by hand.  Sheila had made this card and it was from the Dallas Stampede Card that someone had made.  I'm not sure who.  I read the post, but forgot who.

I used CAC2 for the cookie and cut it at  "2.25."  The Happy Birthday was also  cut from CAC2.

I watched another video on how to cutout the piece for the penny to be able to slide the cut.  I'm going to make another one by watching ChicnScratch  (Angie)


Here is my spinner card;

 The inside of the card is the Gingerbreadhouse from CAC@  I had cut this before to use on a LO but it was to small. I thought it would work for my inside.  I also cut a bigger cookie for the inside.

Thanks for Looking   I'm going to enter this in http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com Laurie's challenge this week is "Freestyle"  If you get a chance hop on over there and take alook at her challenges.  She has a challenge starting every Saturday with a different theme for eat week. 
I also entered this in    http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com. Hop on over to this challenge and take a look at the challenges that they have. 
Thanks for Looking and have a Happy New year.

Hugs  Vickie

Christmas, Christmas Trees and of course Santa

Merry Christmas to all my blogger friends.  Hope everyone had a family filled day and you recieved what you wanted Santa to bring.

I also hope that all of our southern crafty friends are safe from the tornadoes.

My dbl page LO that I made goes with the Lasting Memeories challenge for this week. Here is the link for the last challenge of the new year. "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING" http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com  I'm entering this is the challenge.

I used three different carts for this LO. 

A Quilted Christmas -------   Santa
Winter Woodland------------  Sleigh
CAC2-------------------------   Gingerbreadmen Gingerbread House Tree

The picture mats will hold a 4x4 picture.  The pattern paper is from Cloud9 Designs Seasonal  from HL.
The ribbon I had in my stash.The base cardstock is from Recollections Holiday Shimmer Stack.

Thanks for looking.   Have a safe week. 
Vickie

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone.  Hope everyone is getting things done and not stressing too bad.  I got all my Chrismas shopping done but nothing is wrapped.  My youngest daughter and I are going to start wrapping tomorrow afternoon.  Going  grocery shopping in the morning for Christmas eve and Christmas day.  Plus trying to pack for Fla.  My DH and I are leaving at 2:30am on the 27th. 

I made this card that I saw on the back of CardMaker magazine.  The card was made by Latisha Yoast.  Mary  http://cardztv.blogspot.com Had made this card in her 12 Days of Christmas cards.

I used the same recipe that she had used. If you get a chance check out her blog. I love everything that she does.  I really like the way it came out.

The tree is cut from Lryical Letters @ 4"  You can find this on page 67.
Elegant Edges. I'm really glad that I got this cart. Page 38 Shadow feature and the oblong feature.
Textile cuddlebug embossing folder.
Banner was cut from Stand and Salute cart @ 3/4"

Thanks Mary for the video on how you made this and Thanks Latisha for the inspiration.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Vickie

Hi hope everyone had a great week and got most of your shopping done, baking done, and the gifts wrapped.  I for one haven't none any of it yet.  Planning on Christmas shopping this weekend.  Next week will do some baking since we don't have any Doctor appointments except Monday.  
I did get some Christmas cards done and will get them mailed out tomorrow. 

The challenge on the blog site CUT IT UP Is White on White with a touch of color. http://www.cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com  I'm going to enter this card.

My card is an A2 size card.  The window is cut from the Christmas Noel solution card (retired)  The Noel is cut from Theresa Collins December 25 cart. The cardinal is also from this cart.  I used the swiss dots cuddlebug embossing folder.  I also used the MS branch punch.  Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.

Beginning to look like Christmas

Hope everyone hada great day.  I finally got the tree all decorated.  I got 2 Christmas gifts made and one sent off today. The other one I will mail out tomorrow or Thursday.   Tomorrow I plan on working on my Christmas cards to I can get them all mailed by this weekend.

The challenge over on FCCB http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com this week is "Bells are Ringing". You are  to make a project with bells. I made this card with all scraps that I had.  The bells  are from one of the free cuts in the ccr.  I can't rememer  which one tho.   The Happy Holidays if from MS Seasonal cake art cart.  The red lace is from my stash.   The card is a 3.75x 9 card. The pattern paper is from Recollections the Christmas Stack. thanks for taking a look and hope everyone has a good week.

I'm also going to enter this in BBTB2  http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/