My 2011 Top 10 Crafty Creations

 

Today I'm sharing my top 10 favorite projects from 2011.  If you want to create a top 10 ten list for 2011 you can link it to Kellie Winnell's blog  HERE.

I hope you're enjoying the last couple days of 2011.  Honestly, I'm really looking forward to 2012 and a fresh NEW Year!!!  Looking back on my projects from 2011 was fun.  Here are my favorites:

First card I ever sewed on

Love the fun colors on this one.

Gift set I made for my Twin Sister

Teacher Gifts, Magnetic Clothes Pins

Love this Easel Card

Totally Adorable Turtle

Advent Calendar Muffin Tin with Chocolates behind each day

The most ribbons I have ever put on one card!

Adorable Halloween card - Love the layout of this one.

Love the colors and layout of this super cool Rockin' Frawg card!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my favorite projects from 2011!  If you want to play along, just link your favorites to Kellie's blog  HERE!

Snowflake Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!!  

This is the Christmas card that I sent out to my friends and family this year.  I always say I'm going to start making my cards in the summer and then I never do.  This year was no exception.  I didn't even start making them until this past Tuesday.  I made 50 of them in 2 days.  That has to be some kind of a record for me.  I mailed them out on December 22nd.  Hopefully most of them will arrive in time for Christmas.  I think next year I will try for a more Clean and Simple design.  Even though this card doesn't look too fancy there were a lot of layers.  The sentiment is heat embossed in sliver embossing powder.  The snowflakes are punched from a Sizzix Snowflake die using a white paper with silver specks.  On the inside I printed out Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  I used MS Word to format the sentiment on the inside.  I also signed it from Scott, Emily and myself.  That saved me from having to hand write our signatures on 50 cards.  It's not as personal but I think that the handmade card makes up for the fact that I didn't personally sign it.

Side View

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my 2011 Christmas Card!


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It's a BOY!!! Welcome Baby Dreux!!!

Today I'm sharing this adorable It's a BOY card!  One of my very best friends and her husband just had a little boy before Thanksgiving and this is the card I made for them.  I made the boat from scraps of retired SU Designer Paper.  For the bottom of the boat I just punched 3/4 of a circle leaving the straight edge.  For the sails I made two triangles from a square and then trimmed one shorter than the other.  I cut free hand the flag at the top.  The boat shape itself was inspired by the boat in the Stampin Up set Nursery Necessities.  The It's a boy sentiment was printed from SU My Digital Studio.  I love the Chocolate Chip Bakers Twine!  It makes a perfect accent to the nautical theme of this card.


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my baby boy card!  I'll be back on Sunday with my 2011 Christmas Card!


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SPARKLE Challenge!!

This week's Totally Stampalicious challenge is to add SPARKLE to your creation!  I used red glitter paper and stickles for my sparkle.  The red glitter paper is from Stampin Up.  I ended up having to use sticky tape to get the green striped layer to stick to the sparkle paper.  The image is Deacon and Ava HoHo from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Sparkle card!!!

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