SSS31 Button Ornaments

Here's my take on today's Sweet Stop Sketch #31. The twist for this particular sketch challenge is to have sewing on your card. Well..... I don't sew. Nope, not a lick. If any buttons need to be sewed on or pants need to be hemmed up, my hubby does that. Not me! :-) So I went with the next best thing - Faux Stitching.

It's easy to do faux stitching. Just use a white gel pen (or any color of marker) and start making little lines around the edges of your cardstock. You can see I did this on the oval sentiment layer, around the button ornaments layer, on the green designer paper strip, and on the two little tabs on the side.

Go check out what the Sugar Babies have created for this sketch by going to the Sweet Stop Sketches blog. Even if you don't sew, please consider playing along with this sketch by adding some faux stitching like I did. Please use keyword SSS31 when you upload your card to SCS or PCP.

Enjoy your weekend! Can you believe Thanksgiving is almost here?? Happy Early Thanksgiving!!


Stamps: Take a Bough, Holiday Button Bits (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (PTI)
CS: Chocolate Chip, White, Holiday Treasures dp (retired SU)
Other: FooFa La buttons, white gel pen, Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon (PTI), oval punches, word window punch

Pinecone Peace

I was inspired by some clean and simple cards that my Mom had recently made for a church Christmas bazaar. I loved the dark kraft paper that she had used, and I "borrowed" the green gingham ribbon from her stamping studio. Hee hee! When I was at a local crafting store yesterday, I found a package of the dark kraft cardstock just like the one Mom had used, so I had to snatch that up.

For these two cards, I stamped the pinecones from Cornish Heritage Farms' Evergreen Holiday stamp set in the middle of the card. Then I placed the "peace" sentiment directly below the pinecones and stamped it with the same Walnut Stain distress ink. I used the green ribbon on the first card, and then I wanted to see how it would look with the wider brown gingham ribbon.






Which one do you think looks better? :-)

Oh...... and I have a little bit of news to share with y'all. I was asked to join the Cornish Heritage Farms design team!!!!! I'm so excited and I'm just walking around on Cloud Nine! I can't wait to get started!


Stamps: Evergreen Holiday (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Ink: Walnut Stain distress ink
CS: The Paper Studio kraft notecards/envelopes
Other: May Arts ribbon

Last of the Christmas Card Kit sneak peeks

Here are the last two cards that I created using the Christmas Card Kit available from Creative Cuts and More. You don't want to wait to order your kit - there's a limited supply of these available, and you need to get your Christmas cards created so you can mail them out to family and friends this holiday season.


The card below doesn't look like much of a card, does it? It's actually a Standing Pop Up card. When you push down on the edges, the little card pops up from a slit in the middle. Too cool!!!



You don't want to add bulky brads or ribbons because you need the card to slide freely up and down in the little slit. Here, I used a rub-on in the center.




This last card is an A2 Purse Card with layer and gift card layer set. The purse is red and the inside layers are cream colored cardstock. I used the mittens stamp (included in the kit) and colored the cuffs with a red copic markers (my own). I stamped the mittens again onto some green designer paper that comes with the kit, cut them out and paper pieced them onto the mittens on the cream cardstock. Then I cut them out with my own Spellbinders Nestabilities circles. I used the red and black cardstocks that are included in the kit, and cut those layers with Nestabilities as well.




For the inside sentiment, I used a rub-on (included in the kit) directly on some designer paper that is part of the kit. Before I cut it out, I noticed the tree shape of the sentiment. So instead of cutting it out in a circle or a square, I used scissors to cut the sentiment out in a tree shape. Too fun! The other inside layer has some slits so you can stick a gift card inside. Perfect for the holidays, isn't it?





I hope you enjoyed all these sneak peeks over the past few days. This kit is so much fun to create with, and I still have a bunch of designer papers and cardstocks left over after making all 12 of the cards. Hurry on over to Creative Cuts and More and purchase your Christmas Card Kit today.

More Christmas Card Kit peeks!

I have three more cards from the Christmas Card Kit (available from Creative Cuts and More) to show you today. My goal was to show you the wide variety of cards you can create with this kit. You could go for clean and simple or you can go for eclectic and funky or you can even go for fun and cutesy. That's how versatile this card kit is.


For this card below, I kept it simple. Everything you need is included in the kit except for the red ink and the white cardstock. I just stamped the sentiment on the white cardstock and cut it out in a circle shape and adhered it to the red scallop circle which is in the kit. I love the designer paper that is included in this kit. Everything coordinates so well.



This is a larger card - 5" x 7". It's perfect for this larger rub-on that is in the kit. I stamped the mittens on some white cardstock, colored them with copic markers, and cut them out. I added some clear diva drops, or skittles, from the kit to each of the little scallops at the bottom of the card.



This card uses the large Tacky Tape snowflake that is included in the kit. All I had to do was take the backing off the snowflake, stick it down on the cardstock, remove the top layer of backing and then pour glitter all over it. The glitter sticks so well to this!

The glitter and the red Stickles are not included in the kit, but everything else is. I love the soft shimmer of this red card.



Come on back tomorrow to see the last two cards for this Christmas Card kit. Now run on over to Creative Cuts and More and have fun shopping. :-)

Sweet Stop Sketch - #30

Are you ready for the new Sweet Stop sketch? I confessed that I was still in Christmas mode for the card last week, and guess what? I'm still in that mode for this one! LOL Maybe by the time February rolls around, I'll be ready to stop making Christmas cards, huh?





I pulled out the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers and started playing around with the different patterns. I needed a good solid red, so after hunting around, I found one in the Lemonade papers (Basic Grey) that coordinates very well with these papers.

The snowman is stamped on Prism Smooth White cardstock (I got mine at Cornish Heritage Farms) and cut out. I stamped the snowman again on the red designer paper and cut out the scarf and paper pieced it onto the white snowman. Then I stamped the snowman again directly onto the little blue and green designer paper scene and glued the white snowman onto that.

Head on over to the Sweet Stop blog and see what the other Sugar Babies have created. I hope you play along with the sketch this week! :-)


Stamps: Heart Warmers ("noel") and Winter Trees (snowman) - both from Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
CS: Georgia Pacific white (layer and card base), Prism Smooth White cardstock
Other: Basic Grey Lemonade dp, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses dp, orange copic marker, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Basic Grey green pearl, Spellbinders oval Nestability die

More sneak peeks!

As promised, here are a few more sneak peeks for you. I created these from a new Christmas Card Kit that is now available from Creative Cuts and More. This kit includes die cut cards, cardstock, designer paper, ribbon, stamps, and Christmas rub-ons - everything you need to make 12 cards. All you need to supply is adhesive and inkpads.


Everything on this Felt Holly card is included in the kit except for the scalloped white cardstock. I added that just to jazz up my card. :-)



For this cocoa mug card, I stamped the cup of cocoa image (included in the kit) and colored it with copic markers. The image and the red mat was cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities. A package of hot cocoa mix fits perfectly inside this cool die cut mug.



The only thing I added to this adorable Be Merry Bear card is that I embossed the darker green cardstock with a snowflake Cuttlebug folder. I love the shimmer on this card! The sentiment and the bear are from the package of rub-ons that are included in the kit.



Be sure to check back on Sunday and Monday to see the rest of the cards I made from this Christmas Card Kit. You will love this kit, so don't wait. There's a limited supply of these kits, so go get yours now. You'll have 12 Christmas cards all done in no time and ready to send out for the holidays! :-)

Creative Cuts and More Holiday Blog Hop

Hello CC&M hoppers! Did you enjoy the eye candy over on Jennifer Beason's blog? If you didn't arrive here from her blog, please start at the beginning by going to the Creative Cuts and More blog. You don't want to miss any of the wonderful creations the designers have in store for you.

I have some exciting news to share with you today. If you've been reading my blog, you might have noticed a lot of pictures with die cuts from Creative Cuts and More. Guess what? Terry, the owner of CC&M, asked me to join the Design Team! Wheeeeee! I'm so excited, and I have just had a blast playing with all the different die cuts and boxes and cards. Thanks, Terry!

Now for another bit of exciting news. The two cards you see below are sneak peeks just for you! I created these from a new Christmas Card Kit that is now available from Creative Cuts and More.

Everything on this card is from the kit except for the Star Dust Stickles and the ovals. I also used a tiny piece of clear fishing wire from my hubby's tackle box to hang the snowflake with. :-)






For this card, I added some Star Dust Stickles and I used a gold paint pen to accent the Christmas lights. Everything else you see here comes directly from the new Christmas card kit from Creative Cuts and More.



Stay tuned for more sneak peeks from the new Christmas card kit over the next few days. If you'd like to see more sneak peeks today, check out Chris Dickinson's blog. She's created some great cards from this kit.


As part of our celebration, CC&M will be having a great sale. For the next three days, we will offer 15% off the entire store. But act quickly, it is only active for three days. This sale will end on Sunday, 11/15. Make sure you enter this code ccholidaybloghop1109 during checkout.

As a continuing part of the celebration CC&M will be giving away one new Christmas Card Kit! After you have finished the blog hop, return to the Die Cut Diva blog and follow the directions stated there. The winner will be announced at Die Cut Diva on 11/15.

Now to continue on with the hop, please hop on over to Sandi's blog.