Winter Cheer for a Happy New Year -- for 3 Girl JAM

Happy Thursday, crafty friends! I'm pleased to be starting my second term for 3 Girl JAM today.  I love this team and working for Julie.  Crinkle ribbon is so versatile and FUN!  Plus, I enjoy the Flair buttons, jute, and muslin bags in the 3 Girl JAM store.

I remember almost a year ago when I first started on the 3 Girl JAM design team.  I was so scared!  I thought Julie had made a big mistake and she'd realize I was a fraud and kick me off.  I couldn't even tie a bow, for goodness sake! Thank goodness she had faith in me, because I've had soooooo much fun on this team and made some great friendships besides.

Oh? Am I supposed to post an inspirational project?  Well, let's get to it!

 

 

This little snowman, surrounded by 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon from the Hot & Cold Bundle, is bringing you Happy New Year's wishes.

The snowman is Snow Peep Grant (Let's Get Slushed) from Unity Stamp Company.  I colored him with Copic markers.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Hootenanny 6x6.

Need some of this fabulous crinkle ribbon? Use coupon code JO10 and get 10% off of your order at the 3 Girl JAM store!

I'm so excited to be starting another 6 months with this fabulous 3 Girl JAM team!

It's "Anything Goes" at Silhouette Challenges

It's the Jan. 8, and time 

for another inspiration post for Silhouette Challenges

Ch# 9 Anything Goes

Begins: Wednesday, January 1

Ends: Friday, January 31

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Sponsor this month is:

My Crafting Channel

Butterfly Kisses Stamp Set by My Craft Spot

Maybe it's the cold, cold weather here in NW Wisconsin (it was -28 degrees when I got up this morning), but when I thought about what to create for this month's challenge at Silhouette Challenges, all I could think about was hot chocolate.  So, I came up with a cute way to give a gift to a co-worker:

 

 

I cut this out on my Silhouette, of course, using a file from My Scrap Chick. There's a little 3 Girl JAM ribbon, in Hot Chocolate color on there, too. Here's a view with the hot chocolate tucked inside:

 

 

There, I feel warmer already!

Come join our "Anything Goes" challenge over at the Silhouette Challenges blog.  I'd love to see what you create!

 

New Year's Advice -- for The Cutting Cafe

We're a week into 2014, and I'm still offering advice!  It's in my nature, I guess!  I'm also thrilled to be posting my first card today for my second term with The Cutting Café.  I love this team, and the wonderful cutting files and printable stamps Regina Easter designs for us to use.  This week was a "free week" -- a chance for us to use anything from The Cutting Café that we wanted.  I knew right away what I wanted to use -- this very fun cutting file:

This high heeled shoe shaped card is just too much fun! I paired it with a Unity Sentiment stamp set, "I am Woman" to offer you a little advice for the New year.  Papers are from Close To My Heart.

Here's another slightly different angle so you can see that it is truly a card:

I embellished this card with a Close To My Heart brad & bling, ribbon from 3 Girl JAM, and a feather from Darice.

Remember to visit The Cutting Café blog for inspiration, and on Thursday, a chance to win 3 free sets of your choice. Pick this one! It's a riot!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/  anything goes

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ -- Sentiment is the focus

http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/2013/12/januarys-just-because-linky-party.html -- anything goes

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2014/01/dlart-thankful-thursday-january-linky.html  anything goes

A Little New Year's Advice -- for Pinque Peacock and Friends With Flair

Happy New Year, my scrappy friends! I hope you are all recovered from the big holiday and are having a little down time to "catch up' on things.  I am actually enjoying a couple days off, so I'm hiding in my craft room!

Since the year is so new, I thought I would start it out with some words of wisdom for all my blog readers with this card, using a Pinque Peacock large layered garden beauty.

That's Charlotte, a Unity Stamp Company Fashionista.  And her words of advice are from a Unity sentiment set, "I am Woman".  Isn't she fine? And the Pinque Peacock embellishment just makes the card.  Oh my.

So, sisters, as we start the new year, let's do it.  Let's keep our heels, heads, and standards high.  Or at least our heads and our standards.  I can't seem to do the heels anymore ;)  

New Year's Day - starting out Right!

Happy New Year, everyone!  I had the day off, after working 14 hours yesterday.  I spent some time this afternoon making some cards.  Here's one I made, just for fun!

 I used a sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp for the design. Here's what I started with:

 

 

I used 2 stamps from Great Impressions Stamps on this card. They're both Stickable stamps.  They cling wonderfully to an acrylic block, and have thick foam for a crisp, clean stamped image.

Of course, I had to use Timeless Twine on this card. Today's my first official day on the 2014 Timeless Twine design team! There's Lemonade Yellow Timeless Twine wrapped around and tied in bows.

 

There's some heat embossed UmWow Studios cloud chipboard on this card.  I used Deliquesce Metallic Copper embossing powder from Creative Inspirations Paint. The papers are My Mind's Eye Lime Twist 6x6.

Here's the Copic colors I used:

 

The Ciao marker color is BG13.

What a great way to start 2014 -- in my craft room, getting inky, with a get well card to add to my stash!

And, I wanted to let you know about a special celebration going on at The Cutting Café.  Regina Easter has been in business for 5 years now!  Today starts my second term working with her fabulous cutting files and digital stamps.  She has a great giveaway going on that you won't want to miss!

 

You can find out all the details here:

 

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2014/01/5-year-celebration-plus-a-big-giveaway.html

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Sunday Sketch and Stamp -- use Any Past Sketch

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

Just Be Creative Crazy -- Anything Goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- January Linky Party (anything goes)

 



A sleigh full of New Year's Blessings - for The Cutting Cafe

Happy New Year, everyone!  Here were are on the last day of 2013.  I'll be spending it with my nursing home family.  It's a regular work day for me, then we have a huge New Year's Eve party this evening.  I always tell the residents I'll party as long and as late as they want to.  We start at 6:30pm.  The latest we've ever partied is 8pm.  Party animals, for sure!  But we have great accordion music, bubbly, lots of refreshments (including shrimp, pickled herring, cheese & crackers), party hats and noise makers, and LOTS of door prizes for the attendees.  Great fun!

And now, for my last Cutting Café project of this term.  I'm back for a second term, so there'll be another project next week.

This week was a free week.  I searched and searched the various SVG stores for the perfect sleigh.  The first one I tried was so difficult to glue, it went straight into the waste basket.  It looked kind of like a rickshaw.  The second one was adorable, but so small, it would only hold one chocolate kiss.  Then, I found this, at The Cutting Café.

There, I found it!  The perfect treat box sleigh!  It holds a small bag of Hershey's kisses (or other delights) wonderfully. It's sturdy, and easy to assemble.  Plus, it's a joy to embellish.

Here's the other side:

I used Echo Park designer papers on this box.  All card stock is Close To My Heart.  The 3/4 inch fabric buttons are from Pinque Peacock.  The black crinkle ribbon is 3 Girl JAM, and so is the muslin bag.

I may be done with holiday projects for this year, but I'll definitely be making this again in the future!  It is one of my favorite cutting files EVER!

Happy New Year, everyone! May it be a healthy, crafty one.



I did it! 52 Weeks of FWF!

Last January, I made the new year's resolution to link up to Unity's Friends With Flair each week.  Well, 52 weeks later, I'm proud to say, I did it!

I have a few cards to share with you this week.  A couple were on my blog earlier this week, but haven't seen much traffic and they have great Unity stamps, so I'm showing them again, and I made a card today for the Unity "Be Inspired" Challenge.  I'll show you my challenge card first.

I used the card sketch, turned it sideways, and took a little artistic license with it to come up with this:

 

 

I used papers that I got for 99 cents from Unity Stamp Company.  The stamp is a Unity/Stephanie Ackerman co-brand called "Small Things/Great Love".  It is my New Year's advice to you, and a great motto to live by every day of the year! There's also some UmWow Studio chipboard that I embossed with Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce Fine Black embossing powder on this card. There's a little paper piecing on the heart.

 

Next, an anniversary card I made a couple weeks ago for my husband:

 

 

On the inside I wrote, "through snow or sleet, our love is complete."  How sappy is that? This card uses the Unity Itty Bitty stamp, Rain or Shine. There's some 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon and a 3 Girl JAM Real Life Flair button on this card, too.

 

And, a couple of New Year's cards for you. I made this one for this week's Cutting Café post, but it uses a Unity Fashionista, so I'm sharing it again here:

 

 

This is Anastasia, and she is ready for a party! 

The wine glass cutting file can be found HERE.  It is from The Cutting Café.

 



 

The sentiment is from the Unity Sassy Pants set.

 

I have one more card to leave you with.  No Unity Stamps here, but it's a great card to send you off with:

 

I used more UmWow chipboard, embossed with Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce Super Sparkle Gold.  The card is a cutting file from the Silhouette Online Store.  I painted some Gold Creative Inspirations Paint behind the sentiment.

My New Year's resolution for 2014?  I want to get more involved in the Unity FB Show & Tell Group.  I've been missing the fun! And, my more serious New Year's resolution?  I'd like to see if I can go all year without buying any new scrapbook paper.  I HAVE to use up my stash!  This'll be a tough one!!!

 

Happy New Year, everyone!