Some easy Christmas cards

Since I have several weeks till the holiday hours kick in, I made some easy Christmas cards today. What do you think?

All stamps by A Muse Studios (the reindeer is actually an old A Muse stamp, not in the current catalog but he is so cute, I used him anyway!)

I dug out my Twinkling H20's

Remember Twinkling H20's? I was cleaning out my stamp room today and came across these. I made a few cards and I really like how they came out ....

Working is cutting into my "blogging time"

LOL. How do other gals do it? Work full-time and have time to blog???? I gotta get it in gear. Another few weeks have gone by once again. I know, I know ... no excuses!!

I took a little trip to Cincinnati this weekend to spend some time with my aunt and uncle. Uncle Jimmy broke his hip about 6 weeks ago and he is in a nursing home trying to get better. He can't put any weight on this leg yet until it heals better.

Here are some pretty Fall pics I took along the way up & back :).

Halloween Pouch

When I saw this cute cute cute Halloween pouch on Dawn's blog made out of an envelope, I knew it would be perfect to make for little Halloween treats. This cat with A Muse Studio is perfect for my Katy Perry cat perfume. I just stamp it in purple and it matches the cat bottle "purrrfectly"!!! (LOL)

This went together super fast and I plan on making a bunch to hand out on the Saturday before Halloween while I am selling perfume at Belks. Aren't they cute? I may get some little bags of m&m's to go in them. Instead of using brads, I used my Tim Holtz tiny stapler (I somehow have run out of brads).

In honor of World Card Making Day,

I am doing a blog hop today. I decided to make the same Christmas card using 3 different techniques. For this card, I used the brand new "Holy Night" from A Muse Studios. I really love this set!!



For the above card, I used white embossing powder on the image. I love how it came out on the dark cardstock. The base card is the brand new color "Pebble" and I think its my #1 favorite of all the A Muse cardstock colors right now. Perfect for Christmas cards!!

For this card above, I embossed the stamps in black embossing powder. Then I masked around the main image and airbrushed the background using one of my blue Copic markers. I also loved how this came out.

Last but not least, I tried out the new cherry woodgrain cardstock for the base of the card. I stamped the images in regular Memento black ink on Sugar cardstock. I wanted a little blue on this one so I just smudged some of my Ocean ink around the edges and in the middle. I added gold stickles onto the star.

For the next card in the blog hop, go here

Amber Smith
http://theneatery.wordpress.com/

Veronica Zalis
http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Corson
http://www.scripptyscraps.blogspot.com/

Karen Crisp
http://www.papernstamps.blogspot.com/

Jeanette Cloyd
http://www.smoreamusement.blogspot.com/

YOU ARE HERE
http://www.sherri-iloveflipflops.blogspot.com/

Seleise Barrett
http://www.amethystcat.blogspot.com/

Pamela Frederickson
http://www.attemptedcreativity.blogspot.com/

Carissa Fulkerson
http://www.carissascottage.blogspot.com/

Melissa Roell
http://www.totogal62.blogspot.com/

Angela Schellenberg
http://www.gypsypaperie.blogspot.com/

Lisa Chapman
http://www.piesafepapergoods.blogspot.com/

Heather Scott
http://www.oz-somestamps.com/

Suzanne Dahlberg
http://www.thecardyard.blogspot.com/

Dana Vincent
http://www.danasamazed.blogspot.com/

Julie Dylingowski
http://www.simplyimpressed.blogspot.com/