Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Season's Greetings...

I'm getting ready for all kinds of fun stuff tomorrow, so this morning I wanted to sit down and make a super quick card using my Season's Greetings 12x12 paper pack by Echo Park.  



I love EP's 12x12 kits because you can do so many things with the pre-made embellishments (stickers, alphabets and journaling cards).  I also used two different Lifestyle Crafts embossing folders for some great texture ~ Polka Dots & the Whimsy 2-pack.  I framed the sticker with a great Nestability die and I added a bit of ribbon, a button and some Twine to finish the look.

Check in tomorrow for our month Gourmet Rubber Stamps Challenge and SNEAK PEEKS from Our Craft Lounge!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Merry Christmas from The Wietstock Family

Whew!  I'm finally finished with my Christmas cards for this year ~ all 80 of them!  This year's card was pretty simple & easy to put together, but I really like how it came out. 


As I was saving the photo of my card, I found our family card from the last 4 years and thought I'd share them again.   First is our card from last year ~ 2010.


Probably my favorite Christmas card that I've ever done was in 2009.  I took individual photos of each of us (including our pets) and put them on the inside panel so you could see it inside and out.  I may have to revisit this idea again!


2008 ~ Here's one with some non-traditional Christmas colors {which I love}.
I really like snowflakes I guess!


2007 ~ a photo from our last trip to Alaska.


I hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane ~ Merry Christmas to you.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sending Warm Wishes...

Happy Monday ~ wow what a weekend!  I spent the entire weekend doing things for Christmas and celebrating my daughter's 16th birthday.   Whew...It was BUSY!  I was so glad I found this card in my stash this morning because I totally forgot to get a blog post ready!

Here we a card we did from my last Stamp-A-Stack class I did at the LSS.  The Our Craft Lounge sets I used were  Mr. Frosty along with Frosty Flakes and a sentiment from Tweet Winter Wishes



OK ... off to finish my Christmas cards!  I'll share them soon!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Sew Happy ...



Today I used the Years Gone By stamp set by Our Craft Lounge  along with a journaling box and paper from the Echo Park Times & Seasons scrapbooking kit.  I just stamped my sewing machine in black Palette ink  and added some trim from May Arts. Another quick and easy card.

Friday, December 9, 2011

OCL Challenge #95...CAS Holiday

Welcome to Friday & the weekly OCL Challenge!  Today it's all about making simple Holiday cards.  We can all use a little bit of simple in our lives ~ am I right?


My card uses the Winter Wishes stamp set & let me tell you, it doesn't get much easier than this set.  When you think about making a super quick card ~ this is the set you want!  I simply stamped the image and sentiment in blue ink, trimmed it, added a scallop mat & plopped it on the card base.  Then I added some Stickles to the trees and snowflakes so they would shimmer. 



Now it's your turn to play along!  You might just win a gift certificate to OCL if you do ~ check out the OCL Blog for the details.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Clean and Simple ... Easy Peasy...

Hey Peeps ~ I have a super easy peasy card to show you today.  And...it was fun to make too.  Everything on the card (except the button) is from the Times & Season's kit by Echo Park.  Super cute huh?




Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Pattern Paper & Stickers ~ Echo Park (Times & Seasons)
Nestabilities
Linen Thread ~ May Arts

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

6 Reasons Why...

Happy December 7th!

I have so many reasons to be thankful today ...
here are my top six!



Every now and then I ask myself...
what would have happened if I hadn't gotten a mammogram 6 years ago? 
what would have happened if my tumor wasn't found?
what if I had ignored it or delayed going in? 
would I still be here, six years later?

It's ok if I don't know the answers to those questions because the point is, I did have a mammogram, I did find the tumor, I didn't delay treatment & I am here {with my family}six years later! 

One thing I do know ~ if I had delayed going in, my journey would have been much different {and not for the better}. 

On this day, I am so thankful...what about you?

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

i{heart}papers & Market Street Blog Hop!

 ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FUN??? 

Welcome to the i{heart}papers and Market Street Stamps design team blog hop! We're so excited to have you join us today ~ you're in for some AMAZING EYE CANDY!

You should have arrived here from Julie Day's blog. If not, no worries... just head over to the i{heart}papers blog to start from the beginning. You'll go from there to the blogs of our designers and finish up at the Market Street Stamps blog. If you get lost, both company blogs have the complete list of links.

Here's a little bit about i{heart}papers:
i {heart} papers is proud that we recently celebrated our 3rd anniversary in October. We’ve grown by leaps and bounds and have not strayed from our core principle of stellar customer service with FAST and FREE shipping options. You ALWAYS receive free shipping with your $50 US order/$150 CAN order with no restrictions and orders are almost always shipped within 24 business hours.

The IHP team is thrilled to be hopping along with the MSS team today and to be carrying the MSS line of stamps. If you’ve never ordered from us before, please mention that you learned about us on this hop for a free gift with your first order! Please visit us at http://www.iheartpapers.com, “like” us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/iheartpapers, where you'll find over 1900 other IHP fans!) and follow us on Twitter (@iheartpapers).   If you order by Wednesday midnight EST, all MSS sets are 15% off! Leave comments along the hop to be entered in a drawing to win one free MSS set. The more you comment, the more chances to win! You have until Wednesday night...winners will be announced on the ihp blog on Friday!  Enjoy the hop!

about Market Street Stamps:
Market Street Stamps, LLC, was founded in January 2010 by Angelica and Jorge Suarez, a husband and wife team who create unique stamps made from peach-tinted photopolymer, the best available on the market today! Market Street Stamps' goal is to produce durable, high quality designs that you'll turn to again and again! We are thrilled to be hopping with i {heart} papers and their incredibly talented design team today! Be sure to "like" us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/MarketStreetStamps) for the latest releases and project ideas from our Design Team!

Today's Project ~


For my fun project today, I made a scrapbook page.  When I received my new Honeycomb background stamp from Market Street Stamps, I immediately thought of bees.  So I started looking through my stash of paper and found these adorable bee stickers in the Echo Park Country Drive scrapbook kit.  That lead to the title of my page and photos of my BEE-uitiful daughter.    I stamped the Honeycomb background on the corners of my scrapbook page at the top and bottom with Palette Ink.  Then I stamped it on the yellow scallop borders as well.  I added a few bits of pattern paper, the page title and the cute flower and bee stickers all from the Echo Park kit.  Some buttons for the flowers and Stickles on the wings of each bee completed the page.  Too fun!


Here's a close up of my cute little title and bees ~ I wish you could see how the wings sparkle.




I had a few scraps of paper left that were already stamped with the Honeycomb Background, so I trimmed them up into this fun shape.  Then I added some coordinating pattern paper from the Echo Park kit, a sticker for the sentiment, and a big ol' button to complete this easy peasy 5 minute card!

From here, you're headed to Loretta Lock's blog. Enjoy the hop and make sure to leave some love along the way!   Don't forget that if you order your MSS from i{heart}papers before Wednesday, you'll get a 15% discount!

Monday, December 5, 2011

OCL Challenge #94...Tag, You're It!

I'm late, I'm late for a very important...CHALLENGE!  Yes, I almost ALWAYS post my OCL challenges on Friday, but I couldn't last week and then decided to wait until today.  Even though we have all week to do the challenges, I feel like I'm late!

This week the challenge is to make Christmas or Holiday tags ~ so fun!!!


I pulled out one of my older Christmas sets called Happy Holly-Days.  Then I used some of the journaling blocks from the Echo Park in the Season's Greetings paper pack collection.  I also added some 24-Kt Gold Sparkly Fluff to the center of each flower. 




Now it's your turn to play along.  You have until Thursday (12/8) to post your project link on the OCL Blog.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

just because {21}...

my goal in life ...
 
is to be as good of a person
that my dog already thinks i am...
author unknown


jazz ~ october 2005

Friday, December 2, 2011

GRS...Weekly Recipe

Happy Friday!  Today it's my turn to host the Weekly Recipe Sketch Challenge on the Gourmet Rubber Stamps blog.   Along with the sketch, another little twist is to use 2 coordinating pattern papers on your project.



I gave a little peek on the GRS Blog ~ but here is my whole card.  I used the December Diners Club set called Let's Celebrate and paper pieced the coffee pot with pattern paper ~ LOVE IT!



OK ~ now it's your turn to play along!  Make your card and leave a link on the GRS Facebook page so we can see what you came up with!

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Gourmet Rubber Stamps (Let's Celebrate)
Cardstock ~ Bazzill
Pattern Paper ~ October Afternoon (Modern Homemaker)
Ribbon ~ May Arts
Ink ~ Palette & Copics (R27)
Twine ~ The Twinery
Nestabilities

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Pretty Package Tags

Time for some tags ~ pretty, sparkly Christmas tags for my i{heart}papers!  I was having fun with my new Echo Park 12x12 Winter Park paper pack and they have a full sheet of journaling blocks.  I love cutting them apart and using them on cards or for tags. 

For my first tag, I trimmed the journaling block to fit inside the scalloped rectangle. Then I used the cocoa mug stamp from a cute Hero Arts set called Cozy Moments.  I paper pieced the mug and added the "warm cocoa" stickers from the Echo Park kit.  A few snips of ribbon, some Stickles, a button & VOILA ~ DONE! 



For my second tag, I stamped the snowflake tree from the Hero Arts Tree-Mendous stamp set using the Prussian Blue ink pad by Palette.  I added some stickers for the sentiment and some Stickles on the snowflakes.

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