Halloween isn't even here yet and I am posting Christmas cards. Before you think I am crazy, they are for my worshop in November. I had so much fun making these cards using the new Mistletoe Paper Pack and the October Stamp of the Month, Share The Magic. The colors are Cranberry, New England Ivy and Cocoa. Such a perfect color combination with glitter and sparkles. My "Scrappin' Ladies" are going to have so much fun. They love to color and I am going to teach them the "Gamasol Magic" trick for coloring. Click on the link on Gamasol for this technique. This adorable stamp set will only be available through the end of October. If you like it as much as I do, then be sure to get one for yourself, because once the month is over, they will no longer be available. You can order one Here and have fun making your own Christmas Cards. To get a better view of the cards, click on the picture to enlarge.
We went on a hay ride out to the pumpking patch where we passed by lots of cornfields and beautiful sunflowers. Standing next to the flowers is my daughter Jennifer.
Lexi had fun going through all the pumpkins and searching for the perfect one.
Lexi had fun playing on the big pumpkins.
And lastly, here I am with my little sweetheart.
I didn't have the exact tag that she used, so I used the one from the "Party Pennants" stamp set. The leaves are made from a former stamp of the month called "Something Splendid." To make the paper flowers, I punched 4 different sizes of circles out of Tulip, Creme Brulee and Juniper cardstock and distressed the edges. I have an edge distresser, but found it easier to use the inside edge of my small scissors. I then sponged the edges with Desert Sand ink and scrunched them inward. They are held together with Glue Dots. The dots on the inside flowers are Mocha Opaques Adhesive Gems. The patterned paper is from the Jingle paper pack. Have a blessed afternoon and if you haven't already, I hope you find time to get into your happy, creative mode.
Here is a picture of him on his first birthday. He loved that pacifier. I had a hard time finding a picture without one in his mouth. That is me at 25!!!
Here he is all grown up 25 years later with me.
Here he is with his dad.
This is his sister Jennifer and niece Lexi.
It was a fun night for all of us. We had fun telling stories of when Ryan was little.
When I went to convention this past summer, one of the talented consultants who was teaching a class made a layout similiar to this one. Her's was much more complicated. Mine is a bit simpler.
She asked me if I would take some pictures of her and her doll for the layout. First, I had to braid Molly's hair and put some ribbons in it. Then we were ready for pictures.
Here she is with her layout. It is such a good feeling to have a granddaughter who loves scrapbooking as much as I do.
I added little sparkles to the patterned paper, to give it a little bling.
I was going through the October issue of Scrapbooks Etc. and came across this layout. It gave me the inspiration for my layout.
The layout design is taken from Imagine's "Powerful Trio". The paper is Passages from Close to my Heart.
What a great day this has been. It was so nice having an extra day off of work. Today, we took Lexi to our gym and let her play in the pool with her friends and enjoyed a BBQ. Then I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up the hard disk on my computer. This is something that really needed to be done and I am so proud that I was able to do it. As a reward to myself, I participated in today's Mojo Monday Sketch. I had already had this image colored in, so all that I had to do was assemble the card. I never thought of doing things this way. Usually, I do the whole card at the same time. When this stamp set came in the mail, I couldn't wait to play with it. It has encouraged me to color my images ahead of time and use them when a sketch comes up. The stamp that I used is called "Theme Park" and the paper is "Zippidee". Both are from Close to My Heart. I hope you are having a wonderful day too!!!
