Christmas Cards

Merry Christmas week to everybody! Are you ready to celebrate?? I'm getting a little bit more done every day. I can't wait!!
I was not able to make all of my Christmas cards this year, but I did crank out some multiples of a couple of designs. They are so much fun to make, but always more time consuming than it seems like they should be. =)

This card was inspired by a design for an invitation that I saw recently.

Most of the patterned paper is My Minds Eye, Laundry Line. It's all glittery and shiny! Perfect for standout trees. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. I splurged on theTPC Studios metal accents with glitter. =) Love the way they added some additional bling to my card.

The second card was inspired by Scrapbooks, Etc. I used a couple of different kinds of scrap paper. These are both from Echo Park.

 

I added a dry embossed background and used glitter paper for my snowflakes, along with the remaining TPC Studio metal snowflakes used on the previously shown card. The sentiment is one I got on clearance last year from Michaels.
And last, but not least is my own design. I was inspired by a tee-shirt! Do you ever get weird inspirations like that? It happens to me regularly, but I don't always have time to follow through on the idea.

Obviously, a very non-traditional color scheme, but I think it worked nicely with the retro look I was going for. I used glitter paper for the dove, which was cut from Sweethearts cartridge (Cricut). The peace symbol stamps are Inkadinkadoo and heat embossed with holographic embossing powder. The retro "peace" sentiment is Close to My Heart. I sponged some pink and green ink around the embossed peace symbols.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I just noticed on my blog stats page that I have surpassed 10,000 page views on my blog!!! Wow! Thanks for all of the views. I believe this deserves a nice giveaway after the holidays!!! =) Hmmmm.... What shall I give away?

Party Time 2009 layout

Here is a layout of my sons' birthday party and dinner out. My boys have the rare and "special" priviledge of sharing their special day with each other! Yes, they pretty much hate it, but my hubby and I sure think it's fun! Joel turned 19 and Jacob 17 last year. I can't believe how time has flown by. They're 6'4", extremely talented and charming, and they both make us so proud!
LEFT SIDE (close up)
RIGHT SIDE (close up)
I absolutely love the colorful and crazy ribbon. I stamped the peace signs (my inspiration for the layout) on the circles on the right side of page to tie in the birthday cake that I made for them that had a big peace sign on it (shown in picture on the left side of the layout. The black birthday cake was cut from my Cricut and of course I used stickles to glam up the candles a little. This was a fun layout to do. Hope it inspires you!