Category Archives: Christmas

A Christmas Stocking & Cable Knit Sweater

Today’s project makes me wish I lived in a part of the United States that actually experiences a Winter season with snow.  Here in Texas we are lucky if we dip below freezing for a week or two so we … Continue reading

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Quilted Christmas Stockings on Wood Texture

As I mentioned on yesterday’s post, my project went into a direction that I had not planned on yesterday.  I had die cut several Christmas stockings and assembled the pieces but once my project evolved they no longer were viable … Continue reading

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Lovely as a Tree Outside a Window

Today’s card project became something all together different than what was floating around inside my head most of the day.  My original plan was a card with Christmas stockings but as you can see that is not what I ended … Continue reading

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Rustic Christmas Pines

I wanted to try a rustic Christmas card for today’s project.  In order to accomplish this look, I had to restrain my tendencies to use lots of glitter and bling on my projects and keep the design S-I-M-P-L-E.  I think … Continue reading

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Star of Light Starlight & A Special Announcement

Greetings to all my stamping friends.  I enjoyed my first play with the Star of Light stamp set yesterday so I selected this stamp set and the coordinating dies Starlight Thinlits for today’s project.  For a change of pace I elected to … Continue reading

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Star of Light Meets Hometown Greetings

I found my inspiration for today’s project while browsing one of the demonstrator share sites on Facebook today.  There was this “WOW” card posted by a demonstrator named Michelle Zindorf.  As I tend to do, I modified my card from … Continue reading

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Snowflake Sentiments and a Cable Knit Sweater

I am happy to report that while my hand is a little painful at times, that I am still able to hold my stamp blocks and crank the handle on my Big Shot so all is good in my world.  … Continue reading

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Hearts Come Home Hometown Village

I did more sponging today to create the background for my project.  It is a messy task to undertake and reminds me a lot of finger painting when I was a kid, just with sponges.  No matter how careful I … Continue reading

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Joy to the World from Hearts Come Home

Have you ever started on a project with one thing in mind and ended up with something completely different?  Well that was me today.  I wanted to make a Joseph’s Coat technique card, but using Christmas colors and a Christmas … Continue reading

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A Deer on a Snowflake

I really love the Merry Patterns stamp set that is a limited edition host set through the end of October.  It’s hard to pick a favorite image from this set, but the deer is right up there.  I mean, come on, … Continue reading

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