This Year's Christmas Cards

These are a few of this year's Christmas cards. The first one with the wreath is an A Muse stamp for the wreath and the sentiment is Inkadinkadoo. All of the components on the other two cards are CTMH except for the punches. The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch and on the third card the punch is from Fiskars. I have another card I did this year but I forgot to take a picture. I will do that and post it. It is with the Heartfelt Christmas set from CTMH. I will get that posted soon. Right now I am working on a wedding gift set. I can post that after the 23rd. I also have to start on my Valentine's projects. Last year, Owen let me make his valentine's for his kindergarten class. We'll see this year. Sometimes I think he likes the character ones from a box. If he decides to go that route then I will make some lollipop covers or something cute. I got a lot of inspiration for these xmas cards from the ladies on the CTMH bulletin board. I cannot remember who they were but I thank you all for the ideas.

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Charity Auction and Party

This was a basket of CTMH products and projects I made for an auction at our company "Girls Night Out" Christmas party. All of the money raised from the auction went to the family of an employee in the school district I work for whose son is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. It was a great party and a great night. The baskets people donated were so beautiful and generous. My basket had a couple stamps sets, ink pads, brads, jingle paper and ribbon. In addition, I made some Christmas cards and some gift tags to go in the basket to show some projects that could be made with CTMH products. I hope the winner liked it.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone. I am very excited about the new year. I have resolved to be a better blogger this year. I have so many projects photographed but haven't found the time to post them. I am going to work harder at that this year. I already have been working on my fitness goals for a few months now. Santa brought us a Wii for Christmas and a Wii Fit Plus to go with it. I am very excited. I have been doing the running and am amazed how much I like it. I thought it would be really hard to run, but I seem to be keeping up just fine. The true test will be running outside when the weather is better. It is always a struggle keeping my weight down and staying in shape but I am up for the challenge. I hope all of your dreams come true in 2010.

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Sympathy

I have a sympathy card to share today. Unfortunately I have had to make quite a few of these lately. The first card was cased from "mudflapmamma" on splitcoaststampers. I had a very feminine card made but it just didn't quite fit so I made this one instead. The ivory paper is CTMH, So Saffron is SU, metallic paper is from Michaels. Stamps are Lovely as a Tree and Warmest Regards from Stampin Up. Gold Cord is also from Michaels.

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Baby gift paint can

This was a gift for Al's cousin Julie. She just had a baby girl. Inside are some stamped onesies (my first try). They came out ok but I definitely need a little practice to get the images lined up. Also an altered picture frame, cute little shoes, and a rattle. The stamps are from Papertrey Ink and Close to my heart. All of the ink was Papertrey Hybrid Palette. The paper is from Michael's. I was there one day this summer and a young girl picked up this paper and I saw it and thought it would be cute for a baby item. I hope she liked the gift.

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This was one of the end of year gifts for Owen's teacher. The notebook is from Michael's and the paper and stamps are from Close to my Heart. Ribbon and ink are from Stampin Up. I also used nestabilities dies. I love these. Mrs. Day is a wonderful kindergarten teacher. Owen will miss her I am sure.

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Close to My Heart Consultant

I am so incredibly excited to start a new business venture. I have signed on to be a consultant for Close To My Heart. They are a scrapbooking and stamping company. I am not a scrapbooker but thought it might be something I would try. Of course I love making cards and gift items. I received my new kit this week and cannot wait to get some projects going. I am going to be selling and doing some workshops and stuff but really wanted to be able to purchase my own stuff when I need it. Hopefully I will start posting some projects soon. The weekends are going to be full now with our camp open. I am very excited to be able to get up there this weekend. Owen's T-Ball game got cancelled so we will be able to spend the whole weekend. Can't wait.

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