The last of January swap cards

Ok here are the last of the cards for January card swap.  These are the cards Millie made and sent to Kim and I.  This post will be picture heavy.

 

Millie made the envelopes for her cards.  Behind each card is the envies she made for them.

 

 I love this card.  Lots of hearts and bling for Valentine's Day.

 

 This is a beautiful card.  I don't have any sympathy cards in my stash.  I do now.

 

 This is a cheery Christmas card.  I love the snowflakes.  So cute!  This one is going away for next Christmas.  I will be 1 card ahead.

 

 

This months swap was themed by Millie with Cupcakes!  She made this really cute card.  I love the glitter on the icing.  This cupcake looks so yummy I could pick it off the card and eat it.  I also love the sweet cupcake background paper.

 

Wait till you see the cupcake goodies she sent me.

 

She made this gorgeous box.  Tied with a cute ribbon.  On the box is a cupcake magnet for my frig.

Inside the box was this yummy looking cupcake ornament.  I am so hungry for cupcakes now I should call her up and tell her she needs to make me a dozen........LOL!

 

 She also gave me a letter J sticker.  In case you wondering why a J.  My name is Jennifer.  Valentine seals.  A bling cupcake.  So sweet!

 

Lastly I love this little cupcake holder.  The tiny calendar she gave me fit it perfect.  I love that little calendar with all the yummy cupcakes every month.

 

Great theme Millie!

Thank You for all the cards and goodies you sent me.

 

Now here are the cards Millie sent Kim.  Millie scanned them on her printer to her computer and then sent them to me. 

 

Another great batch of cards!

 

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

 

Just because card

I had yesterday off work due to the weather.  I decided to make a card for my son.  He is in Alaska serving in the Air Force.  I am so very proud of him.  Right now he is experiencing very little sun light.  I know that can be a downer.  I wanted to make him a patriotic card to let him know how proud I am of him and maybe brighten his day with a little love from home.

 

Now I know I said I wouldn't make another sunburst card but.........well Millie inspires me with all the great sunburst cards she makes.  I decided to give it another go.  This one I think went a lot smoother then my first one.  I used the 6x6 doodlebug stars & stripes paper pad.  For the sentiment I used Sizzix stamp and die set.  Also the strip that looks like little circles going under the sentiment came from the die set.  It is called word labels.  I really like this set.  I wish they would make more stamp and die sets.  They are so easy to use.

 

We got another day off today due to the extreme cold temps.  Maybe I will make it in the craft room again today.

 

Stay Warm for those experiencing the cold weather and as always

Happy Crafting!

 

More January swap cards

I finally was able to give Millie her swap cards last night so now I can post them. 

 

 This first card I made only Millie got.  She is the Queen of starburst cards.  I thought I would try and make one.  That is exactly what I did....I made one.  I gave it a try but I believe I will leave the starburst cards to the Queen.  The paper used is from the 6x6 paper pad First Edition Desert Blooms that Kim got me.  Beautiful paper.

 

This card I used a Darice embossing folder for the clouds.  The heart hot air balloon is a alaastudio cut file I got from the Silhouette store.  I thought it was so cute.

 This sweet little snowman card I bought from the Silhouette store also.  It is a Samantha Walker design.  I used glitter paper from DCWV.  I love this paper.  Works great in the die cutting machine.  It is thin enough and doesn't lose its glitter.

A little hello card for the stash.  Never hurts to have some hello cards handy.  I used Prima 6x6 paper pad Lyric.  The bingo type hello stamp is a Prima stamp.  Prima makes some cute little stamps for cards. 

 

On to the goodies 

 

This batch of stickers I gave to Kim in the swap package.  She just got a new niece right before Christmas.  This can help for those scrapbooking pages.

 

 Yes it is Christmas goodies after Christmas.  I couldn't help it with those 70% and 80% off items I had to pick up some for Millie and Kim.

 

I picked up some Little Yellow Bicycle stamps for them.  It is called Love Letters.  I thought they might be able to use them for Valentine's day cards or anytime.  

 

Well that is my cards for this month.  Millie's cards will be coming.  I think she is still working on them.

 

Happy Crafting!

January card swap!

Brrrrrrrr is it ever cold here.  Down to the single digits at night and the teens in the morning.  I know it is winter but those single digits are wicked when you have to take your dog out at night.  Especially when they take forever if you dog owners know what I mean.  I am like what is out there to sniff but snow!  LOL!  Well enough chatter and on to January card swap.  Kim will be first this month.  She sent us some pretty cards and a special treat.  I will start with the cards first.

 I love this card.  So neat.  I like how Kim stamped the image and then colored one of the flowers to make it stand out.  Very pretty card Kim.

This is a beautiful card I can use to give to my mom.  I love her handmade flower.  Very pretty.  Thank you Kim for the great cards.

 

Now on to the goodies Kim sent me.

 

 This embossing folder is sweet!  I love all the little birds.

 

I know these are hard to see with the reflection but the snowflake gems are so pretty.  A gorgeous blue.  I really love the clear flower gems.  They will make great centers for handmade flowers.  Kim used one for a flower center on the card she sent me above.

 

Saving the best for last.  Kim sent Millie and I a $15 Hobby Lobby gift card.  Woot Woot!

Millie is already saying that today after work we need to go spend that before it burns a hole in our pocketbooks......LOL!

 

Thank you so much for everything Kim.

 

As Always

Happy Crafting!

Birthday card for Kim

Here is a birthday card I made for my card swap buddy.

Happy Birthday Kim!

 

I used a Stampendous birthday fairy cling stamp.  Then I emboss the whole image with a holographic embossing powder.  It is hard to see from this picture.  A neat technique I learned when I took the online class Christmas Cards and Tips to Use all Year Long by Dena Concienne.  That was really a great class.  Glad I took it.  I used 6x6 paper from Authentique Essentials Collection.  I only have two 6x6 paper pads of Authentique.  This one and Christmas one I got as a gift from Millie for Christmas.  I really like their paper and will have to pick up some more.  The flowers came from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The lace and charms I picked up on my scrappy travels and don't really remember where I got them.

 

Hope you have a great birthday Kim!

 

Merry Christmas!

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

 

Here is a couple Christmas cards I made.

 

 I made this card using my Silhouette Portrait.  I bought the design in the Silhouette store.  It is a Snap Dragon Snippets design.

 

 I also made this one with my Silhouette Portrait.  I bought this design at SVG Attic.com.  It is called Winter Wishes.  They had a couple other cards you could make with the svg package.

 

I made this vintage card for my sister.  I thought she would like the little girl on this graphic.  She reminded me of her granddaughter.

 

Merry Christmas!

&

Happy New Year!

 

and as always

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Last of the swap cards for Dec.

Here are Millie's swap cards.

 

 Such a cute card.  I like how she did the background like the piece of swiss cheese on the stamp.

 Love the color of this card.  The sentiment is very inspiring.

These little purple flowers are so pretty.  Such a beautiful card.

 

Thanks Millie for the cards.

 

Happy Crafting!

December swap cards

Before I get to the December swap cards I sent the ladies I would like to show the b-day card Millie made me.

 

Such a cute card!  Thanks Millie!

 

 This card I made from my Cricut.  The cut is from the Christmas cards cart.

This card was Millie's idea.  She was at my house and we were looking at paper and she came up with this idea for the paper.  I am ready for any ideas so I took it and ran.

 

 

I also added a Christmas card for each of them but didn't get a photo of them before I sent them.  Just a busy time of the year....:-)

 

Happy Crafting!

December card swap

Christmas month is here!  It is my b-day this month.  Kim sent me a b-day card and a Christmas card.  I will show that first and then the cards Kim sent me for this month's swap.

 

 This is the Christmas card Kim sent me.  Another cool folded card.  Very pretty and cheery.

 

Here is the b-day card Kim sent me.  Very pretty & delicate!

 

Thanks Kim!

 

Now onto the December swap cards from Kim.

 

 I just love the tree stamped on this card.  I also like the font on the sentiment a lot.  I like color too.  Beautiful card!

 This card is so cute.  I love the leaf with the dragonfly on it.  So stinkin cute!!

 

 You can't see in this picture but she also embossed the black cardstock on the card.  Nice card Kim. 

 

 

Pretty card Kim.  I love how you outlined the clouds with silver.  The coloring on this is really good.  I like the different colored background. 

 

Thanks for all the beautiful cards Kim!

 

Happy Crafting!

Kim's swap cards

Here are Kim's November swap cards.  Kim also sent me a nice stack of white card stock.  A bunch of A2 envelopes.  Plus some pistachio green card stock from Stamping Up.  (I have no excuse not to keep those cards coming)

 

Kim made some really cool cards with different folds to them.  My pictures could not do them justice.  Unfortunately I am not great with the camera.  Here is the front of the card.  I love the use of 2 different types of pattern paper.

 

Ok here is the inside of the card.  Is this not cool?

 

This is the front of the card.  Such a pretty card.

 

Here is the inside of the card.  Both sides flip open.  Pretty neat card.

 

Thanks Kim for the cool cards that inspire and awe me every month.  Thank you also for the wonderful card stock that will keep me in cards for quite some time.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

 

 

Millie's swap cards.

Here are Millie's cards for the November card swap.

She also included some wood stickers with my initial J & little clothespins with a red gingham heart, star, stocking, tree, snowflake, & mitten attached to them.  

 

 This card has a lot going on.  She stamped the side of the card.  Embossed the paper and stamped on the little hexagons.  Such a sweet hello card.  You can never have to many hello cards in your stash.

 

Ok I love Millie's cards but I have to say this is my favorite out of the ones she sent me this month.  I just love that reindeer.  Not to mention she put bling on the card.  Very pretty card Millie.

 

This card is so pretty with all the layers.  I have yet to do this type of card.  Now that Millie just moved right up the street from me I will be having a card making session with her and this will be a card I will want to try.  Before she moved here she lived a hour and half away from me.  Who knows what kind of crafty trouble we will get into.

Thanks for the cards and goodies Millie!

 

Happy Crafting!

 

November card swap

I usually do this at the beginning of the month.  I am a bit behind this month.  Next month we are not exchanging cards till Christmas so I won't post next months till after Christmas some time.

 

Here are the cards I made for the November swap.

These are all A2 cards.

 

I used sizzix dies for both of these cards.  I added some bells to both cards.  Not practical for mailing.  More for handing out to co-workers and friends.  These dies make it easy to make a card though.  Just make them the focal point and add on.

With this card I used a wooden doily.  I added a little jeweled gingerbread man to the bow.  The stamp I used was one Millie gave me.  Well lets just say she bought up 2 boxes of stamps she no longer wanted and let me have my pick.  This is one that I picked.  It is so cute.  Millie & Kim love their rubber stamps.  I like my die cut machines.  It is what makes the swaps so fun.  We each have our own styles.  We enjoy getting cards that we normally wouldn't make.  Since we started this swap I now have a wide range of cards in my stash.

 

I will be putting Millie's and Kim's up here soon.

Entered in:  Little Scrap Pieces

 

Happy Crafting!