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/

See my thank you card on page 114 in the latest Just Cards Magazine!

You have to flip all the way back to the back of the magazine but you will find my card on Page 114 in the Fall issue of Just Cards. Yay!!!!

Katy Perry "Purr" makes her debut in Belks and guess who is selling it ...