The Best Gift of All--CPS #148

Wow!  I just figured out how to update my blog with the new blogger editor so I can post multiple photos with text in between!  Amazing the things we "old dogs" can learn!  LOL!    So the sketch above is from Card Positioning Systems, sketch #148.  My goal this week is to try to use up all of a certain paper pack that I ordered for a workshop that all my customers cancelled on!  Oh, well--I'll get even with them!  I will have all my Christmas cards for 2010 done before Valentine's Day, and they won't have made any!  Ha, ha!  The card below is now my THIRD design using this same sketch.

The front reads, "This season the best gift of all..." and inside:  "is your friendship."  All supplies are from Close To My Heart:  tulip and creme brulee ink and cardstock, Jingle paper, Festive Thoughts and Somethin' Special stamp sets.  I love the little present stamps--they come in three pieces so you can mix and match colors.  And our fabulous My Acrylix® clear stamps make stamping in the exact right spot a cinch!  Stand by for more cards to come!  I think I'm on a roll here!  

Peace on Earth--CPS Sketch 148

Here's a whole new look using the SAME paper pack as yesterday's card! And you can see that I did it several different ways to use up all my scraps. How OCD is that?!!! LOL! All products are CTMH: Juniper ink and cardstock, Jingle paper, Snow Flurries and Shining Star stamp sets. The Shining Star stamp set is one of my favorites!

Card Positioning Systems Sketch 148

This is my first ever post to the Card Positioning Systems gallery! I was inspired, not by the sketch or any altruistic reasons, but because I do NOT like this paper and I wanted to use it all up! LOL! It is called Jingle, by Close To My Heart, and it has two shades of green that really clash in my opinion. So I used the dimensional element to cover one of the two greens, and now I really like my card! All products used are Close To My Heart: tulip ink, olive marker, olive cardstock, and gold emossing powder. Paper is Jingle. Stamp set is Holiday Trinkets. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Merry Christmas Wreath

This is the wreath that I made at a class at Violette's Art Stamp and Scrapbook Store in Lakeland on Sunday. We used Graphic 45 Christmas paper on a star wreath from Kaiser Craft and embellished with ribbons, tags, buttons, and other stuff.

Love, Praise, Live

I made this card using the CTMH stamp set "Treasure Life" and paper from the Club Scrap "Natural Resources" kit. I LOVE this stamp set and it went perfectly with this paper.

Wholly Cats!

I was busy scrapbooking last night, and when I turned around, look who decided to make himself at home on the desk! That's my baby!

Smooth Sailing

Just made this card for my brother. It's one of my favorite CTMH patterns--"Log Cabin" on page 84 of our Originals how-to book. I used Back Country paper, and the center stamp is from Stampin' Up. My brother always loved boats and fishing. Our family spent lots of time at the beach when we were kids. Jay would take off in the morning with his fishing rod and a sandwich, and we wouldn't see him again until supper time. He was a commercial fisherman for a while (with a college degree in ocean engineering!) before entering the business world. Now he is going to be 50! He and his beautiful wife Lisa have raised three great girls, and he still has a boat and loves to fish.