ABC Christmas Challenge - P is for..............

Hi everyone! Here is my card for the ABC Christmas challenge  this time. You have 2 weeks to enter this challenge so I hope you join us!!  Here is my P card - P is for purple (it really is purple....lavender and dark purple...I PROMISE!!!), polar bear and pearls!! The lighting in my house is wonky again - probably because its been rainy and cloudy - I can't seem to get a good picture!! SORRY!!!!  This image is from Angel's Landing - one of the first digi images I ever purchased!  I used the snowflake folder with my Cuttlebug, some pearls, silver ribbon and silver ink with the sentiment...it really does look lovely in person!!!  

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Thanks for popping by....be sure to check out the challenge & join us this week!!!
Hugs,

Chris

A few more baby Thank You cards...

Still working through my 75 cards that I'm making for my friend. If you missed the first post, her "theme" is Penguins, Elephants and Lady bugs so I've been having a LOT of fun with these!!! Here are some more for you to look at:

<---Ladybugs from Designed2Delight


<--- Penguin from Angel's Landing

<-----Lenny Lady bug from The Stamp Fairy

Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Chris

Thank you cards for Baby

My friend has asked me to make her Thank you cards for baby gifts - she needs 75 of them! EEK!!! She is decorating her baby's room with elephants, penguins and ladybugs......some of my FAVOURITE critters.....so I KNOW I have TONS of images to use!!!! I printed off a whole bunch of images and sat in front of the TV and coloured for 3 evenings! I know I should have done the same layout and mass produced them, but I wanted them each to be special...yup, I know...a LOT more work, but will be worth it in the end. I DID do several with the same layout and same papers, but most are different!! I am only half way finished, but here are a few of them that are photographed and edited: The Stamp Fairy (Lenny Ladybug)

Karen's Doodles (Elephant Valentine)

penguin (Angel's Landing)

I will post more once I get them finished and uploaded....might not get to see ALL of them but maybe some of my favourites!! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Chris

Australia Notebooks....

As I have mentioned before, my sister and her family are moving to Australia in January for a year. I wanted to make them all some journals so they could document their adventures DOWN UNDER! I had the perfect digi images from ANGELS LANDING called Aussie Animals, so I decided to use those for their journals. I made this big one (350 pages; 8 1/2 x 11) for my sister, hopefully they have enough pages for the year!!! I left the little tag so she can write in the actual dates of when they are there.

There is a Kookaburra, a Flying Squirrel, a Wallaby and a Koala. I printed the map of Australia off the internet. Here is a side view so you can see how huge the notebook is!!! I hope they like it!!

I will have photos of the 3 smaller journals I made for the kids later....still not finished them all!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Chris

Corrosive Challenge - sketch

Here is the sketch we want you to use at The Corrosive Challenge blog this week. I really enjoyed using this sketch, it was simple, yet left a lot to work with! It works well with larger images and pretty paper!! Yahooo!!!!

And here is my card I made using this sketch:

It is a large card (5 1/2 x 8 1/2) because it is for my entire family to sign...and there is a lot of us!!! Every year for the last 13 years, my family has sponsored a residential home for recovering alcoholics. This home has 32 men who live there full time as they try to get jobs, education, etc. while at the same time, getting clean. Many of these men do not have families and might not otherwise get Christmas. The first year, we bought them a tree and decorations for the house, but each year after that, they each get a (LARGE) stocking FULL of things: magazines, socks, underwear, toothpaste, deoderant, chocolate, oranges, etc. The looks on their faces when we pull up with the stockings is priceless! It makes their day & they can't wait for next year. It really brings out the true meaning of Christmas for me and my family - and makes us thankful for what we have, and that we have each other (even though we don't always get along! LOL)

Anyway, on to the card: The paper & ribbon are from my scrap box. I wanted to make it masculine so I used blues and greens. The polar bear is from Angel's Landing and the sticker sentiment is from a Christmas pad I got at Michael's a couple years ago. The snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch & I just added rhinestones to finish them off!!

And that is it!!! LOL Thanks for stopping by!!! Have a great week!!!! Hopefully our BLIZZARD stops by tomorrow - I have to drive across the city for a meeting!!! EEK!!!!
Chris

A few more journals....

These journals sell like HOT CAKES at my craft fairs, so I had to stock up again before my last one, which was last weekend!!!! Here are 5 of the ones I made:

Angel's Landing Digital image

Magnolia image

Shy Bears - available at Squigglefly

Anya image

Victoria Case image

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Chris

Let it SNOW!!!

NOT a BIG fan of snow & ice - especially icy roads & cold bitter winter winds, but this little guy looks ready to go for winter with his cute little hat!!!! The image is from Angel's Landing - they are digital images and OH SO CUTE!!!!!! The cardstock is Real Red (SU), the DP is from My Mind's Eye. I cut out the window with my Nestabilities and used Glittering Crystal 3D paint on the snow above the words. The little snowflakes are little buttons I've had FOREVER!!!!

Here is the outside of the card:



And the inside!



Here are a few more cards using some of the other cute penguins from Angel's Landing:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a GREAT week!!!!
Chris

Corrosive Challenge - Embossing

Happy Sunday everyone!!!! This weeks challenge at the Corrosive Challenge Blog is to EMBOSS - either heat emboss or dry emboss! I happen to love doing both, but here is a super cute penguin from Angel's Landing with a dry embossed background (Cuttlebug folder - Snowflakes). The cardstock is Certainly Celery & Bashful Blue. I coloured this cutie with my Copic markers & added Glittering Crystal 3D paint to the snow above the words.

Head on over to the blog to check out the other Design Team members cards, then hit your craft room & join us as we "make an impression" with our embossing!!!! Have a great week!!!
Chris

Magnetic notepads

I am heading to another Craft Sale today - so let's hope this one goes better!!! It is in a small city, but it is bigger than the first one I was at!!!! Wish me luck!!!!!!

I made a few more magnetic notepads for your fridge - these were BIG sellers at the Craft Sale, so I still want to make a bunch more! I just have to get to Staples to get some notepaper cut into long pads!!! Here are the toppers for the ones I made last week:

image from Angel's Landing

all images from Dustin Pike



Magnolia image


Hanglar & Stanglar image

Magnolia Image

Digital Stamp Oasis image

Thanks for stopping by! HAVE a GREAT weekend!!!

Chris