I'm in the mood for Love.....

Simply because this set is too darn cute... I can't put it down... I'm working on some scrap pages as well, but here is my fun card...

Here is what I used: Love you Much Bundle (coming soon from SU)

Papers: Cardstock: Choc chip, Real Red Textrd, Pink Pirouette textrd, very vanilla and the Candy lane Designer paper (also part of the bundle)

Ink: Choc chip, close to cocoa, pink pirouette

Other: Stiped red and white ribbon, hearts punch(in the bundle too), 3/4" round punch, and boho blossoms punch behind birdies, scallop circle punch and 1 1/4" round for pink on scallop, stampin write markers to color large hearts in the background and used dimensionals to add height to the layers. 2way glue for the dazzling diamonds to add som bling. Aquapainter to fill in the word love with the pink ink.

Thanks for looking.

Give thanks unto the Lord

Is what was in my 10 year old's heart this evening as he got inspired to make his own card.... took him about 10 minutes to put it all together... I love it...

Love You Much ...swap

Ok ladies... ready or not here is my card for my lots of layers... borrowing from SC203 challenge on Splitcoast... the rest was easy... I will be embellishing to make sure I use ribbon and brads or something.... but wanted to show the prototype.... Hope you all like it.

TAH DAH... Here is the swap card... you can hardly see from the pic, but the center square is actually the Pink Flower paper from the dsp pack... sparkly hearts too...

Lots of Layers ... End of Year

And here they are ..... First up is Mona Rodriguez.... Love the colors and overall design like a package..


Next is... my pile of cards so far.....


Here is Sharon or aka Stampintotton ... Her Holy Tryptech is so beautiful and the lovely as a tree is just breathtaking.... You all are killing me with the Season of Simple Grace... Love it!!

Then we have Susan Miller aka See Susan Stamp ... love the snowflakes and the simplicity of the Spotlight on Christmas... I really like it... so much that I may case for my xmas card...

Lovely cards by Jen Rabago or aka Ohana93... with a tag! And what about those snow flakes in color?? with the knots?? Too cute Jen.

And Mary Rindal aka MaryR outdid herself with the Cracked Glass with the skaters... Love the trees!!! Very striking!!

A close up of this sparkly tree!!!

And then there is Joszette or Dailystamperof5kids... her groupof cards are way too much fun... Soooooooo loaded with everything...she was even worried that she forgot some brads... LOL... I wouldn't have even noticed!!!

Here is a close up ... Isn't This snow man just too much fun??

Love this one too...

What about this stunning card!!!

and here are JoAnn's or JoAnnHW entries... love the stripes...very cheerful...

Lisa Wellman or Biffsbee is just gonna make me order this paper... too cute...so cheerful!!

And then there is Bonnie's cards or Havetostamp... always in all the groups!! Go Bonnie... love the door and manger cards... just lovely....

Here is a closeup... love the gold emboss... worked wonders on this card... and that oval ornament???? How about them use of punches!!!! Go Bonnie!!

Again... the papers!!! Oh no!!! I'm gonna have to get some... love the snow man by Jenni Mouer or Jenmouer...

Oh so lovely Catherine's or Catxtr cards... so much fun with the felt snowflake and love the birdy...looks like mine!!

A closeup of the Bird and the snowflake....

Stay tuned... I'll be adding more pics as I receive them....

So here we are almost December and I have one last Lots of Layers Swap due next week to the post office.... so here are my entries to my own swap... there were three categories... Christmas, Holiday or Winter... or all three if you chose. I had 5 spots... 2 in Winter and Christmas and one in Holiday... so here are 4 out of 5... working on my last one now.. Hope you like them.

Tah Dah!!!!! Merry Christmas... here is my last card for the 5x5 Christmas spot... no matter which way you turn it... it's snow much fun!!!!!

This first one was the original intent... an upside down snow globe... love those.

Right side up works too....

Getting ahead for the Holidays

My upline asked me how to make these card folios, so I figured... ummm why not take some pics and post instructions... so here you go.. for the holiday card I made on my previous post...





Tell me how you like it or not...





Supplies:


Cardstock 8 1/2 x11


Sticky strip or strong adhesive


horizontal slit punch


ribbon


embellishments





Score cardstock at 5 1/2" along short side (like when you cut for a regular size card) and then at 2 1/2" along the long side. At center score line from bottom to the 2 1/2" score mark, cut the score and a tiny bit more. It'll look like this....




Add Sticky strip to both bottom flaps along sides only... as close to the edge as possible... this will form the pockets...

but don't stick yet

This is what it looks like closed....

With the slot punch and the book closed... measure from top along spine to 3 1/2"... make a small pencil mark and punch through the spine so you have two identical holes in the spine... see below... you will use this to feed the ribbon... then close again and mark the front side opening (while book is closed) so you now have matching holes to feed ribbon along opening of folio.... see below

Then I cut some designer series paper to line the inside of the folio... you can measure to your liking....

This is how you decorate the inside of the book, but don't stick til you feed the ribbon through... see below...

I used regular mono adhesive or SNAIL Tape....

I used the SU Big Shot machine by Sizzix to make my embellishments... I used the Peace, love and joy, top note, large snowflake and smaller snowflakes... gotta love this toy... I separated the words I wanted to use.... Oh, I used the textured cardstock.. I LOVE IT!!

See how nicely they come apart???






Feeding the ribbon through the outside of the folio through the middle holes first, then run through the side holes back out... see below... now you know why I cover the ribbon....

And Viola!! There you have it... Now to play with my embellishments....

I like to use SU's two way glue pen to adhere all these die cuts.. quick and easy and allows for repositioning because it has a temporary quality to it....

I lay down my large snowflake over the edge... glue and trim the excess....

Add a cute button from SU's in colors that match the folio perfectly ... using mini glue dots...easiest way is to take what you wanna stick... as in this case the button... to the strip where the glue dot is stuck and stick the item to the dot... then peel the item off and stick down where you wanted it....

This is what both sides look like and the ribbon covered by the designer paper....

You've now completed the book by sticking the flaps up and you can decorate the front and back if you like.

Here is my finished product... and my cards to go with it....

Thanks for looking... hope you had fun.

Thanks for looking....