The names of these sets are Pat the Dog & Pat the Good Dog ~such fun sentiments and images. The little doggie behind sticking up in the air just cracks me right up! 
Supplies from i{heart}papers: 
Here are some lovely little flowers from a set called Spring Flowers by Our Craft Lounge. There are some wonderful images in this set ~ several flowers, a butterfly, snail, and some sentiments. It will also be perfect for scrapbooking!
Short & sweet today... see you tomorrow!
Happy Day-After Thanksgiving! I know I'm late today, but the pictures from YESTERDAY are hot off the printer. I just had to wait for some daylight to photograph the page.
Happy Inchie Friday! When I was planning my Inchie posts for this month, I knew today's post would be a Thanksgiving page. I actually made the page last week & planned out which pictures I wanted to take yesterday. I had a list of what size each block needed and which direction to take it. I wasn't thrilled with how many of my photos turned out, but I did manage to get a decent group shot.
My Inchie technique for today was to use a long fall border stamp from Lockhart Stamp Company across six white Inchie squares. I also used just a portion on one of the larger stamps on the Inchie square to bring the focus to the title and journaling. 
It's super easy to stamp a border images across several Inchie squares. Just make sure your Inchies are lined up property, ink up your stamp & GO...
Make sure you use plenty of pressure to get a good and complete image ~ but don't rock your stamp or it will blur.
These are pretty easy to line up because the stamp in narrow. The block was also the same size as the squares, so centering the image was easy peasy...
Woohooo... that's it for my fall Inchie posts! Now I'm on to Christmas and winter ~ won't that be fun?
I found a few cards in my archives to share today.
My Inchie Friday post will be up tomorrow; however, it will be late. We will be traveling back home on Thursday night and I won't be able to print my pictures for my page until Friday morning.
Are you making cards to send this year? I know many cardmakers who don't because it is too overwhelming. I also know many of you have probably already started working on your holiday cards. Today, I thought I'd share my tips for mass producing cards just to break-down the steps to save you some time. BTW ~ although these tips are great for this busy time of year, my tips would be useful any time you need to make a big batch of cards.
#9: Stamp and color all of your pieces at once. It's much easier to stamp all of your images at the same time.
#10: Use an assembly-line process when you put them together.
Oh ~ I can't forget to mention that Kate over at i{heart}papers will be having a special Black Friday sale this weekend! A $10 gift certificate for every $50 spent (code 10FOR50) & Free Shipping on orders over $25!
Here is a beautiful new set from Lizzie Anne Designs called Silent Night. With this first card, I really wanted to show a rustic side of the manger scene ~ after all, Jesus was born in a manger. The distressed edges and white ink help rough it up a bit. I also covered the entire ornament with glassy accents to make it look like glass.
The second image really called for a simple card. I dry embossed the oval onto the white cardstock panel and then stamped the image and sentiment in gold and heat embossed with gold powder. It's a super simple design, but it was a bit tricky to set up. I like the clean look of it.
Once again, there is a free shipping special over at Lizzie Anne Designs ~ just use the coupon code SANTALOVESME.
So here's a few easy Christmas cards & very little stamping included. I love this new paper from My Mind's Eye called Be Merry! It's from i{heart}papers (IHP) and it's so darn cute!
This week there is more blog candy from IHP ~ this time around it's Lori & Tracy's turn. The blog candy everyone is picking out from IHP has been OUTSTANDING! So make sure you go enter.
This was one of those projects that didn't turn out the way I planned. You know how that goes!
July's page is Matt eating homemade ice cream ~ we brought the supplies to do this with the kids this year & it was the perfect activity!
I know you keep seeing these pictures, but they are some of my favorites & I keep using them for projects.
And last but not least, for December I used the new Christmas paper from SU along with the scallop border punch and Riding Hood Red.
Quick reminder that today is the last day for blog candy ~ post until midnight (eastern time) & I'll post the winner tomorrow. (Blog Candy details are included in my posts from earlier this week).
I found the wood blocks at Hobby Lobby for $.79 each. They are 1 1/2" cubes. On the top of each block, I printed out pictures of our family. Make sure you print images that you don't need to crop much. Otherwise the subjects faces will be HUGE. I printed mine off so 6 photos would fit on one 4"x6" piece of photo paper. I just had to trim off the bottom of each photo and they were perfect. I picked out 4 current photos (within the last year) for this project.
After I attached the photos to the tops of the blocks, I added some textured cardstock to the opposite side. For the names, I used white Inchie squares from Inchie Arts. I added the Itty Bitty checked border stamp and then used my small Hero Arts alphabet to stamp the names of each family member. I added these to the front of each photo block.
On the back of each block, again I used white Inchie squares and added the same border with the date of the photos/projects. Don't forget to add dates to your projects & pages. It's makes things so much easier through the years when you try to identify the details of each photo.
These great images are both Itty Bitty stamps and large stamps from Lockhart Stamp Company & I colored all with my fabulous Copic Markers.
To use a large stamp on the Inchie squares it's super easy. Included with the Inchie Papers by Inchie Arts, there is a little yellow 1" square of tinted acetate. This handy little tool is perfect for determining which area of a stamp will show up on your Inchie square.
The next step is to ink up your stamp and lay the stamp rubber side up on a flat surface. Then carefully lay your Inchie square on top of your inked stamp and press gently.
Just a quick note about the white Inchie squares ~ White Inchie Squares are made of the highest grade Alphamat Artcare museum quality preservation matboard. The material has a solid white archival core and is acid free and lignin free, as well as fade and bleed resistant making it a very desirable art surface. Because it is a bright white it is well suited for direct application of many different art mediums including rubber stamping, markers, colored pencil, watercolor paints, embellishment or collage materials applied to it's surface and sides. 
Don't forget I'm having BLOG CANDY until tomorrow ~ Friday, November 21st at midnight (eastern time). Add comments to any of my posts and post as much as you like. Please include an email or blog address with your post so I can get in touch with you. I'll post the winner on Saturday, November 22nd. Thanks for playing! Go visit Loretta and Deb for their blog candy this week too.
These coordinating cards are both very simple to make and can easily be mass produced ~ isn't that what we all need during a very busy holiday season?
Don't forget ~ Now is a great time to purchase from Lizzie Anne Designs ~ they are running a special offer for November. All orders over $35 will have free shipping IF you enter this code HSFSNOV08.
Well here we are again ~ Wednesday! How did that get here so fast? 
This first card uses a Crafty Cling Rubber stamp set called Life is Sweet ~ and with this set, it sure is SWEET! I'm not sure you can see the brads I used but they have glitter on them. They are called Sugar Coated brads by Doodlebug ~ the perfect touch for this yummy card. I also thought this card fit in very well with my blog candy for this week.
First of all ~ Don't forget I'm having BLOG CANDY until Friday, November 21st at midnight (eastern time). You can add comments to any of my posts and post as much as you like. The candy will be sent directly from i{heart}papers after I've selected a winner. ONE RULE ~ you need to include an email or blog address with your post so I can get in touch with you. I'll post the winner on Saturday, November 22nd. Thanks for playing! Now go visit Loretta and Deb for their blog candy this week too ~ WOW! That's a lot of goodies ~ don't get a tummy ache!
And if you need more inspirations ~ check out Santa's Card Making Workshop over at Lizzie Anne Designs. I mentioned it on my blog back in October, but now that we are in full swing with making Christmas cards ~ I thought I'd let you know about it again.
Now is a great time to purchase some of your favorite things from Lizzie Anne Designs ~ they are running a special offer for November. All orders over $35 will have free shipping IF you enter this code HSFSNOV08. 
