Some "quickies"

Its that time of year again when gifts of cards become part of my Christmas giving.  I have a team of five hispanic ladies who clean for me and they love my cards....so I am again, fixing them each a group of five. (I will show you the finished product when they are complete)

I needed some quick cards, as my supplies are low....so having seen this layout on another site, I thought it would be perfect for a couple of ideas.  The graphics are from DAISY Co. and pcCrafters.

The card stock is from SU, and the greeting was computer generated.  The bling is from my drawer!

Cards for Gift Boxes

I have finished my sets of cards for my Hispanic cleaning ladies. All I have to do now is box them and wrap these to give them on Tuesday. It feels good to have one big project finished.

I will be out of commission for several days recovering from mouth surgery, so I feel doubly blessed to have these finished and ready to go.


I also learned that I get much truer color if I take my pictures in the kitchen--perhaps it is having an over head light, rather than a table light.

And here they are, packaged and ready for gifting tomorrow..

I've been making Christmas cards.

Several sets of cards are done now and I decided to share them. Most are done with SU papers. The insides are computer generated, and some of the stamps are from Craft Warehouse and other places. Some of my inspiration comes from machamama, and other great sites listed on my blog.











I think my background choice of a patterned napkin is a little too busy, but I'm without time to retake the pictures....so bear with me. Sorry. The insides of some of the cards follow the card they go with.

SIMPLE SOMETHING Challenge

At Stamp Something Friday, we were asked to do a simple card with no cardstock layering. It took a little thinking, but here is mine. Do visit the Stamp Something website to see all of the great examples.

These singing snowmen are from the Ooh La La Christmas CD. The cardstock is white and my not so subtle sponging on the edges is Real Red from SU. I stamped the stars and they are embossed with SU silver. The ribbon is from SU and the greeting is computer generated.

Below is the inside of the card. I have often put verse, etc. on the inside, but have been doing it pretty consistently lately and I like the finish it gives a card.

sketch by Tamara (Thursday)

Card sketch by Tamara for Thursday. Mine is below.


Stampin' Up stamp set, Season of Joy
The textured colored cardstock is from a big Christmas book on sale this week at Michaels.
The brads and snowflakes are from my collection of stuff.
The paper lace is from a local scrapping shop. (I sponged it for color.)
The scallop edge is from a brand new Martha Stewart punch.
The white ink is heat embossed and you will notice in that textured paper it was hard to get out all of the fine little white specks.

The inside is computer generated. I made the background snowflake pattern at 50% color intensity.

Thanks for stopping by.