Christmas Cards: Mission Accomplished!

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Last week I finished the last Christmas cards I needed. They turned out quite pretty! 🙂 Since then, all my (little) free time has gone in putting together the December Daily album (which is now 99% complete), so look out to see some pages of that soon. 🙂 I’m actually not looking forward to taking pictures of all the pages I made – there are so many! So the plan is to take pictures after I’ve added photos and journaling, not of the blank pages.
Anyway, here’s my 3 last cards:

Christmas Card 2010 (5)

Credits:
Joyful Christmas kit and Add-on by LDrag Designs

I actually added some liquid pearls to decorate the tree, but don’t have a picture of that. Sorry! 🙂
Then I made a print only card:

Christmas Card 2010 (6)

Credits:
Christmas Wonder by Kaye Winiecki and Cori Gammon
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky

And the last one:

Christmas Card 2010 (4)

Credits:
Holly Jolly Holiday by Chelle’s Creations
Paper shapers by Britt-ish Designs

This is my favorite; it was my first time using Martha Stewart’s micro beads – so pretty!

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December Has Arrived

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December has arrived, and my December Daily album is not ready yet. 🙂 But it’s almost there! Yesterday I spent the day creating & cutting.

Dec Daily bits

Fun, fun!! 😉

50% Sale!

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Today there is a 50% off sale in Molly DeCrow’s store!! And she has a new set of templates out today too!

If you’re a follower of this blog, you know I’m not much of a template person. Not at all. I like to just throw pictures on the page and let them go where they want to. 🙂 But I have to say I truly enjoyed using the new templates by Molly – they made it really easy and quick to scrap all these pictures from DH’s birthday!
They are also sold individually.

I combined them with this gorgeous kit (which of course is 50% off to today!):

Here are my pages:

Happy Birthday 2010 (1)

Credits:
Blueprints Bundle 13 and Everyday You by DeCrow Designs
Photo action by Pioneer Woman
Font: CK Ali’s hand and Traveling Typewriter

Happy Birthday 2010 (2)
Credits:
Blueprints Bundle 13 and Everyday You by DeCrow Designs
Photo action by Pioneer Woman
Font: American Typewriter

So yeah, this week instead of working on my December Daily album I scrapped. 😉 But now I’m going to focus on the album – I have just a few days to get it done!!

Black Friday!

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Are you braving the crowds looking for the best deals, or are you lazy like me and prefer online shopping? 🙂
Either way, I hope you enjoy this Black Friday without getting stressed out.

Check out the new products Jenn Barrette has in her stores today: three fabulous collabs!
First off, a fantastic kit with Zoe Pearn:

I used it to make a card for DH’s birthday:

Birthday Card 2010

Credits:
Thankful for You by Jenn Barrette and Zoe Pearn
Fonts: Monotype script, Traveling Typewriter and JH Kari

Then a triple scoop:

This kit is adorable! Here’s a photo-less page I made with it:

10 Things I Love Right Now

Credits:
20 Questions by Jenn Barrette, Lauren Grier and Shawna Clingerman
Fonts: 1942 Report, Pea Stacy Fancy, Pea Noodle’s Girlfriends

I had fun creating the little monster! 🙂
Finally, a collab with Pink Reptile Designs – I loooove the retro colors and patterns!

It was perfect to scrap this picture of DH I had been saving:

I Don't Feel Good

Have a nice day!

Merry and Bright

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Happy Black Friday! Have you seen the amazing deals at ScrapMatters?

Being on a Christmas mission :),  I picked this new release by geniaBeana scraps:

and got another lovely card done:

Xmas Card 2010 (3)

Credits:
Merry and Bright by geniaBeana scraps

3 cards down, 3 to go. 😉

O Christmas Tree

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Since I decided to do Christmas cards after all (for family only), here’s another one I worked on during the weekend:

Xmas Card 2010 (2)

Credits:
Template by Jennifer (notes4theheart)
All I Want for Christmas by Connie Prince
Snowflakes from Dear Santa by Lawteeda Designs

Oh how I love Stickles!
It certainly looks like I’m only doing Christmas-y stuff lately: either cards or December Daily! 😉 And I am having so much fun at it! 🙂 But I also feel like I’m running out of time, so I am really glad for this long Thanksgiving weekend.

$1 Deals

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Molly DeCrow has a bunch of products on sale for only $1!

Seriously amazing deals!!
Let me show you this one up close:
and here’s what I did with it tonight:
Mom's Visit - Day 9 (4)
And I will scrap with this one tomorrow:
Yummy, isn’t it?! 😉
ETA (11/26): here’s my page with it and the Sketched Borders (also on sale for $1):
Big Giraffe

Credits:
HE and Sketched Dividers by DeCrow Designs
Font: CK Chloe
Photo action by Pioneer Woman

Counting Down to Christmas

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Jenn Barrette has a new kit in the store today (and it’s 20% off) and let me tell you – it’s absolutely fabulous!!

I love the color scheme! The papers are so yummy, and the elements are adorable! I made a card with it last night:

Xmas Card 2010 (1)

Credits:

I had decided not to make Christmas cards, but with such a pretty kit, I couldn’t resist. 🙂 So yeah, I will be making Xmas cards after all. 😉
This kit is just perfect for my Daily December album too!! I already printed out a few bits (the wordstrips are not all shown and they are so cute!! I printed out a few that are perfect for me: shopping, wrapping gifts, family recipe, craft time, traditions, family time, watching movies). I will make a couple of pages for my album soon. 🙂

Early Christmas Gift

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Well, guess who made it on Molly DeCrow’s CT? 😉 Yaaaay! 🙂 And just in time for the release of this gorgeous Christmas collab with her mom, Rebecca McMeen:

This kit is so beautiful, and I’m falling in love with it more and more as I scrap with it. I have done 2 pages last night, and I am itching to do some hybrid with some of the other papers I haven’t used yet.

Christmas Breakfast 2009 (1)

Credits:
Holly and Ivy by DeCrow Designs and Studio Rebecca
Font: Pea Stacy

Christmas Breakfast 2009 (2)

Credits:
Holly and Ivy by DeCrow Designs and Studio Rebecca
Font: SS Fun

Can’t wait for the weekend to get some hybrid crafts done! 🙂

A Chance of Flurries

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I have put together two new pages for my December Daily album this week using a fabulous new release by Jenn Barrette and Mandabean (20% off today!):

The pictures really don’t do these pages justice (they’re so pretty!!), but here’s what I made. Page 7:

Credits:
Line It Up: Templates v. 1 by Krisi’s Kreations

And page 8 (I actually haven’t printed the date insert yet so for now the 8 is just sitting on the right hand page):

The silhouette works really great for making alphas. I usually cut three copies of each letter and glue them together to get a nice thick alpha. So fun! I made the 8 this way. And for the mittens, I glued together 2 copies so they have a nice thickness.