Christmas spirit....

Sure.....NOW I feel like making Christmas cards!! Where was all this Christmas energy a few months ago, when I *really* needed to make them?? Now I'm just adding to my stash for next year, lol!!! **A note to all my friends**....I did NOT send out Christmas cards this year!!! No handmade cards....no store bought cards....no cards at all....I *know*....sigh....I just wasn't feelin' it...lol...




This adorable penguin image is called Penguin & Tree, & it's from Gillian Roberts for Stampavie. I got it at 7 Kids College Fund but she clearanced them out a few days ago & they were snatched up! No wonder why.....he's just the cutest!! I colored him with Prismas & gamsol, & added glitter to the ornaments & snow, Cotton Candy Stickles to the star, & Cotton Ball white Fun Flock to his hat. I used my Nesties Labels 3 dies to cut & matte the image. The papers are SU's Cranberry Crisp & Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. The snowflake in the corner was made with my Spellbinders & I used my Martha Stewart branch punch & doily lace border punch. Added silver cord.....& 3 faux Dew Drops.....which are just the cheapie clear baubles from Michael's.





Can you see his fun Fun Flock....lol....




A close up of the baubles from Michael's....I used my 1/4" hole punch to make the Cranberry dots.....then adhered them with Stickles to make them glittery....


Well I'm off to make cookies. The boys have friends over so they are out of my hair for a while....lol....

Christmas stocking

OK, I will definitely be retaking these pics tomorrow! Sometimes I like my homemade light box....sometimes....not so much. I've played around with the colors in PSP & I just can't get them to look right. So I'll try again tomorrow in the light of day!!





But I wanted to get this Xmas card posted before........well, before Christmas is over, lol!! This is another new stamp that I got from 7 Kids College Fund called Christmas Stocking by Gillian Roberts. And guess what?? This stamp is now on clearance in the store!! More on that later.....

This card started out well....I decided to stamp the image onto SU's Very Vanilla for a bit of a change. Colored it with my Prismas (not so much of a change) .....then I added TONS of glitter....to the flame....the ornament.....the cap....then it happened. I was testing different flowers to see which would look best, when I dragged my hand across the entire card. Not just a little bit....oh no....when I mess something up I mess it up BIG. So......I had a huge glittery mess.....but since I'd worked so hard on the coloring I was determined to fix it!! I think I did ok....just don't look too closely....notice my close up pic below is angled just so....lol..

The papers are Bazzill Bling & surprise!!! Not Basic Grey but Cosmo Cricket!! I forgot I had purchased a sheet....yes, just one sheet....at my LSS about a month ago. I used my Nestabilities Labels 1 to cut out the image & green matte....then hand cut the red layer, which is SU's Riding Hood Red. Don't look too closely at that either, lol!!! I finished it off with a strip of RHR punched with my Martha Stewart Lattice border punch....some cream colored organdy ribbon.....3 half pearls....& the dreaded Primas that got me into so much glittery trouble!!





So back to the clearance at 7 Kids College Fund......click HERE to see everything that has been clearanced out! This stamp, plus a ton of other Christmas items, have been reduced from already low prices (I sound like an appliance commercial lol).....also Gel-A-Tins embossing powders, some Spellbinders items, some retired Stampavie stamps....too much to list here so go check it out!!!!

Tab also has the brand new Basic Grey papers & accessories......Sugar Rush & Origins! You know how I feel about my Basic Grey....lol...a huge necessity in my life!!

Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see what the 9th day of Christmas special is!!!