A Merry Christmas

  Northwoods brings home to you. I can't get enough of these stamps. You can do so much with them. I actually did use these as the product samples suggested this time. You may not be able to tell but the stamped image is all glittered up and was it fun!  All you have to do is color your image if you want to, I did with chalks and add the glue with a glue pen and then glitter. I love it.

  I miss Make Time To Create already. Dolly and Mary have encouraged me all along my growth process until I was able to actually design for them. Lets keep them in our prayers and I know they would want us to CREATE!

A Northwoods Christmas

  Hello fellow crafters. Today I am uploading the second card I created with the new Northwood scenery stamp I purchased at Make Time To Create (MTTC). This was a super easy card. I stamped the image and trimmed it down to fit in the die cut window. I love all the die cuts that are available at MTTC.  They have almost any shape you want. I attached the scene to the window. I cut the paper from My Little Yellow Bicycle - Once Upon A Christmas paper line to fit my card. Punched the bottom with EK Success border punch. Die cut Merry Christmas from a Spellbinder die and applied it and the window with pop dots. So simple and quick, but very pretty.

 

  I wanted to show you a close up of the window. Lovely. It's like looking through to the past when things where simple and more peaceful.
  There are so many things in the Northwood stamps that you can make the center of your card. The next card will be highlighting something in the background I didn't even notice at first. Northwood stamps are a must have! You can do many different styles of cards with just one stamp.

 

A Season of Hope

  A Season of hope, A promise of Peace. Christmas to me is a softening of the spirit and the presence of Christ. The Bible promises a peace that transcends all human understanding when we know Him and an opportunity to reach others with His beauty and grace. I can't image life without the promise of His Love.
  Back to the cards, I love the lights, the music and all the beautiful decorations and crafts you can make at this time of year. The Northwoods stamps are in at Make Time to Create and they are truly beautiful. They have a board of example cards made along with two I made Friday at late create. The one above is the first one I made. It has pretty snowflake paper ( My Little Yellow Bicycle-Once Upon A Christmas) on the bottom with the Northwood stamped image layered on top of it and the brown strip punched and applied and the cardinal wreath punched out of the My Little Yellow Bicycle - Once upon a Christmas paper line. The saying is also from Northwoods. This card has been glittered although the picture doesn't do it justice. There are lots of winter scenes from Northwoods at Make Time to Create and several sayings also. I bent the paper saying and taped it down in two different places to give it a wavy two dimensional look. There are many ways to use the winter scenes which I will be showing you the next several days, so come back and see them and hopefully be inspired.

Blessings

  At Make Time to Create on Friday night I bought a new pad of paper - Bo Bunny's Serenity pad. The style of paper has an oriental flair to it. I thought it was very calming and interesting to see paper inspired by a different country. My daughter went to China last spring break so I wanted to work with a new style of design. This pad has some unique colors put together and I liked the flowers, They reminded me of dogwood blossoms in the spring. The path was from clear sets from Inky Antics. My daughter said in China people aren't in such a rush and the path seemed to match the culture. This was a fun pad to work with. The Blessings stamp is from My Daily Bread - Mini Tags set. I have gotten a lot of usage with this stamp set. It comes with several different sayings and it makes this set indispensable.
  We has a design meeting Sunday so the team will be coming out with some new designs. Mind will be Christmas. Can't wait! Below is a peek of the new products I will be using. :)

The Sweetest Thing

 
 Make Time to Create has several lines of paper from My Minds Eye. This card is made from The Sweetest Thing paper, accessories and stamps. I love the fact that they not only have the paper but stickers, chipboard and stamps to go with the paper. It makes the card effortless to make and the scrapbook pages in the store with this paper are beautiful. My friend Melody made the pages and you have to go check them out. She is so talented. I love the chipboard pieces on the top right of the card they really add a lot to the card and they are adhesive also. I also stamped the envelop which peaks your interest when you receive the card. You know it is going to be something special.
  When you go into Make Time to Create it is hard to decide what you are going to buy, but be sure they will have what you need or they are able to order specific things for you. Dolly and Mary are great about helping your project to be a success.

Seek Joy

  Seek Joy, boy is that a hard thing to do sometimes. Yet I find that if I make the effort my day goes a lot better. This card when I look at it is a good reminder. It was simple to make and I had great papers to work with from Make Time To Create. This is the Almanac Line with accessories. I used a cameo from Jolees and the punch is from EK success.
  This Saturday is the celebration of the anniversary of Make Time To Create. Dolly and Mary always make it special not only for them but for everyone. Get out and see the new products, enjoy the refreshments and do a make and take. Oh there will be SALES!!! See you there.

Song Bird

  Happy Birthday to anyone who may be having a birthday, close to a birthday or just had a birthday. Birthdays are a gift. Another day to rejoice and make an effort to look for the good in the day and the people around you. It is hard some days more than others but the word calls us to rejoice in the day the Lord has made. It is up to Him to give us the power to do it. So happy day and remember you are here for a reason. God doesn't make mistakes! You are special.

P.S. This is one of my favorite cards I have made. They have the paper at Make Time to Create, Newburgh, IN along with the ribbon, rose and rhinestones, so drop in  and encourage our hardworking gals.