H2H Virtual Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to all of you! Enjoy your holidays and I'm hoping this wish finds you happy and healthy!

H2H Photo Inspiration Challenge

This is my entry for the Heart2Heart Photo Inspiration Challenge. We were to use the photo above as inspiration for our artwork. We could make whatever we wanted. I took the inspiration from the circles and the cluster of ornaments. I made my layout for some pics my friend Donna and I took on our Christmas celebration outing to the Village of Lancaster. We had lunch and shopped, took pics with Santa and got to see the vintage window displays that used to be in store windows in downtown Buffalo. Then we went back to Donna's house and scrapbooked for a bit; I worked on my layout and she worked on a card for a different challenge. It was a great day. The journalling is hidden behind the bottom left picture area. I'll add the pictures later when I place my next Snapfish order.

Welcome to December!

Great special starting December 19th! Rock the Block is a fantastic combo of an E-Sized stamp set and one of the new items coming out in the Idea Book released in February, My Creations Collage Cubes. So easy to get this one... if you spend just $25 on other products, you can purchase both of these products for only $15! That is a savings of almost $30! The stamp set is one of the large ones that would fit in a 3-ring binder. It has a fantastic group of stamps which include a beautifully embellished corner stamp, a border, sentiments, florals... and more! The Collage Cubes are a great, fast project to keep for yourself or give as a gift.

Also, congrats to Evelyn Mead who won the drawing for submitting a pic of her artwork in the "Everything Old is New Again" October challenge. Don't forget about November's challenge due at the end of this month. You can see the details here on my blog at the bottom right corner.

I should be uploading more artwork soon. Above is Evelyn's submission for November of a Christmas card she made. How pretty! She actually submitted a couple and I will post another pic of hers at a later date.

November Challenge Entry

I've received a couple entries already for November's challenge. This is the first one I received from Donna Davis. This beautiful card was made with paper that is an oldie but a goodie.

November's challenge is not due until December so you have lots of time to get me your pics!

And don't forget about October's challenge. Your chance to participate is coming to an end. Just send me a picture of something you created using stuff you bought from me a while ago and haven't used yet.

Felicity and Wishes

Here are the rest of the cards I worked on last weekend at Byrncliff. I just can't get enough of that old Felicity paper pack and stamp set. It is an oldy but a goody. I tried with these cards to make an assortment of masculine and feminine. Most of them lean towards the feminine side...lol... what can i say... i love bling and flourishes and glitter! I used a wide assortment of stamp sets and cricut cuts. Most cricut images are from Art Philosophy (such as the cupcake, stars, scallopped circle and border, leaves, flowers and dragonfly). Some are from other cartridges (Hoot N Holler for the owl and Wildlife for the eagle).

Another Wishes Card Workshop

Had a great time at Marsha and Linda's Byrncliff Resort weekend crop last weekend! I spent all weekend working on two 20-Card workshops. Here are some of the cards from one of the workshops. I used Wonderland Paper and all different stamp sets and Cricut cuts. I started this workshop with my friend Donna a couple weeks ago and finished the cards last weekend. I have all my Christmas cards done for this year! Earliest ever! These workshops really make it fun and easy to do a lot of different cards in a short period of time with detailed (yet very small-think magnifying glass) cutting instructions. They are designed to be decorated a little more simply, but of course I have to make everything a little more difficult..lol. The Wishes book is a great tool to use when you are designing cards. With a wide variety of different sizes and shapes of cards it's very versatile... as well as three different card workshops.

Reminder to my customers... you still have time to get your artwork submitted to me for the October Challenge. I know some of you have created artwork using old stuff you purchased quite a while ago and just need to take a pic and send it to me. What are you waiting for?!

H2H Color Challenge

Last week's Heart2Heart Challenge was a color challenge. We were to create something using Autumn Terracotta, Juniper and Bamboo. As has been the case I am a little behind, but here is my card. I used the old Felicity paper pack, the flourish from You and Me and the bird is from Bird Basics. Also, one of my new favorite sets, Universal Backgrounds is on the base. I have really been enjoying these challenges as they keep me creating at least once a week. The challenges are open to everyone and you can participate by clicking on the link above.