Sad day at our house

This morning after spending the last 11 1/2 years with our family, our dear dog, Hershey, a Lab/Collie mix died peacefully at home. He has been ill for several months and although all of us knew this was coming, our grief is still huge. I almost feel slightly guilty, grieving so much for a dog, but he has been one of the family, a friend to us all; a therapist you could tell all your troubles too, who would never divulge your secrets; someone you could always count on for attention and affection and unconditional love. We will all miss him terribly.

Last of the Christmas cards-I promise!

These were last minute cards. I call them "variations on a theme." I made a bunch of these with various Cricut and Cuttlebug cuts, lots of stickles, Studio G and Stampin' Up stamps and ribbon, but all have the same basic layout. Paper are from KI Memories, DCWV and the dark blue with snowflakes is unknown manufacturer (no name on reverse and can't remember where I got it).
Danielle

A few more Christmas cards

My first Acrylic card! I cut down packaging from a cologne gift set for the card base. It was a bit firmer than the transparency film I bought and I thought it would be great to recycle too. The pp is from DCWV Christmas glitter stack, silver paper from DCWV metallic stack, pink is from K & Co. The inside sentiment is from a clear stamp set by Inkadinkadoo, the outside sentiment on the tag is from Studio G. Reindeer cut on the Cricut with JOTS and Stickles added. The sentiments were heat embossed.


Outside




Inside


The lamb on this card was cut with the Cricut from PDDU cartridge, chalked and popped with foam tape. The "hills" were torn, chalked and mounted with foam tape. The star is cut from the JOTS cartridge and Stickles were added, and the "night wind is the "steam" from the mug on JOTS and the stem of one of the floral accents from JOTS, also with Stickles. Sentiment was computer generated and edges were inked. I think this is my favorite Christmas card from this year!

More Christmas cards

I thought I would post pics of a few of the cards I sent for Christmas this year. I tried to make several of each design.
This one is made with paper from K & I, snowflake cut with Cricut at 2 1/2" from AE cart (I think) and Stickles on the snowflake and around the sentiment. Stamp is from a dollar bin at M's or ACM-I don't remember which.

This one is basically the same design in different colors.

I used a Studio G stamp for the nativity, mounted on Scalloped circles cut with the Cricut using Mimi Monogram cartridge. Joy was cut with the Cricut from the Joys of the Season cartridge.

This card was made with K & I papers, mug cut with Cricut from Christmas Cheer cartridge. The sentiment is hand written (calligraphy) and says "Warm wishes" the inside reads, "for a wonderful holiday".

Another cut from the Cricut, this one also from Joys of the Season. The pointsettia was cut at graduated sizes in 3 different color cardstock, then outlined with Stickles and mounted on foam tape. The patterened paper is from K & Company. The sentiment was stamped and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I made a bunch more, and maybe I will post pics of them later, but that's it for now.
Danielle

Even though all my Christmas cards for this year were sent out a while ago, I've still been making a few Christmas cards. I will just send them next year! I'm trying to curb my spending on craft items this year so I got out my scraps and made a few cards from them. Here are 2 I did the last few days. This one was made with scraps of the blue pattered paper, a piece of transparency that I cut with my Cricut into the snowflake and then put Star Dust Stickles over it. I mounted the snowflake on clear "skittles" (an acrylic decorative accent that is 3-D), and added the piece of ribbon.

This one I had a few scraps of the patterened paper and plain cardstock so I used a piece of each and cut the gingerbread man with the Cricut. He has stickled accents. I love ribbon so I added the piece to complete the project.


Danielle

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!
Here's our Christmas tree. Our oldest daughter (22) has been in charge of decorating the tree for the past few years. She loves to decorate for Christmas and as soon as Thanksgiving is over she gets things rolling.

Welcome to my blog. I'm starting just a bit early on my 2009 New Year's Resolution to start a blog. I'll be sharing a bit about life in my house and what my family and I are doing. I'll be posting pictures of the crafts I create, and directions for making them. I'm also hoping to learn a bit as I do this. Wish me luck!