January Christmas Cards

This card is a direct case of this card from Mish Mash's Blog. I have discovered that, unless the Christmas card has pink, I don't like it. I love her's, don't think mine turned out as good. I need more sentiment stamps. I've always avoided them 'cause I can type anything I want & print it on the card. But, times like these, I realize I NEED those stamps!

I'll never be an alcoholic....

Alcohol INKS that is. I just can't seem to get the hang of them. I've have spent so much $$$ on the inks, the tools, the accessories and just can't get the look I think it should have. The background is what I tried at Christmas. It wasn't working & I chalked it up to the wrong paper. But, then I tried on metal (where AI are SUPPOSED to work) and still couldn't get the look I wanted. I'm not giving up. Yet......

A Tree Grows HERE!

I think this may be my favorites ATC of the last several months. And, I joined on a whim 'cause Margo was having problems filling this swap. It's an Old/New Swap. We're supposed to combine something new w/something we've had a while. This is VERY OLD paper I bought during my Chatterbox Obsession! I have sheets & sheets of CB paper & never seem to use it on anything. The stamp set is a brand new one that Scott ordered for me for Christmas. Love how it turned out!

Queen for a day?

For Kristy's Kings & Queens and Prince & Princess swap. I knew I didn't have any stamps of anything wearing a crown but I knew I had a crown stamp. I love the way this ATC turned out. But, I did find I did have a frog wearing a crown stamp. I still like this image!!!

Paris Anyone?

For Kristy's Places ATC Swap. I SWEAR I will never stamp on transparencies again! This was such a pain but I loved how it turned out. I think it was the combination of new Stazon pad, clear stamps and the detail of the stamp that made this such a problem. I had to make something like 30 tries to get 10 decent images.

Are Owls Really "Out"?

Another Shuggy Swap.

Button Tree

Button, button, who's got the button. Well, Angie/Shuggy decided that we ALL had too many buttons and hosted a button ATC swap. I have TONS of buttons but only 2 packs of what I think are "cute" buttons. These are old Chatterbox Buttons so I used them with old Chatterbox Paper (I have TONS of that stuff--still love it but don't get much opportunity to use it!). I stole the idea from a random blogger (don't remember who) but didn't have a tree stamp. So, I thought how hard can it be to DRAW a tree. Pretty hard. Hope everyone can stand my bad drawing. LOL

New Years Card

Hmmm, maybe I should have STARTED with this card?? I'm not as in love w/this card design as the rest of the group is. The first one someone sent was really cute but, we've never made anything that came as close to cute as that one did. Anyway, we made this New Years card. The blingy paper sure does go with the theme....

St Patrick's Day

I never really send St. Pat's cards but, when we made this one, that's the only thing I could think of. The center is a pearl sticker colored w/a gold pen & a tiny black pearl sticker in the middle.

Using the new die cut

Gotta love a pink & brown card!!

Valentine's Pinwheel?

Another variation on yesterday's card. The girls decided this was a good idea for a Valentine's card for their hubbies. I'm not sure I agree. The black background kinda kills the VD theme for me. I will probably end up using it for hubby as I'm sure I'll be too lazy to make something else. LOL

Masculine Cards 2

My St. Louis friends and I got together the day after Christmas for some stamping!! One of the girls had gotten a Christmas card using this pin wheel design. We copied it for some different card occasions.

Masculine Cards 1

A masculine Birthday Card.

Swimming?? In January???

In an attempt to remember what WARM weather feels like, Angie hosted a pool theme swap. Changito makes me cold just looking at him.

Calendar with Trees

A few years ago, a different SU Demo did a calendar using a retired tree set (can't remember the name off the top of my head). Marge's hubby got these nifty little calendars & wanted to make a similar card. As I had just gotten Branch Out or Christmas, I threw together this prototype. Not prefect but I thought it turned out pretty cute.