Snow Globe Thank You Card

Happy New Year!   I am, however, still working on those 'Thank You' cards!  Here's the back story...

 Master J. is a huge 'Cars' fan and as instructed, (ask me about THAT some time!)  we bought him a set of the Cars characters from the Disney Store.   He was thrilled to unwrap them on Christmas morning and then waited impatiently for Grandpa to undo each of the little twist ties so that he could play with his new toys.  Grandma, meanwhile, had her eyes on the sturdy acetate in the discarded box.

 And here's what I did with part of it - made a snow globe shaker card!  It is based on a card created by Sharon Langford with her gypsy girl.   She included a screen shot so it was quite easy to make a similar card in Design Space.

 The problem came when I tried to open the saved design and found that the 'weld' bug had struck and parts of the card were missing.  I was able to fix and cut the card but it would seem that now the file is badly corrupted and cannot be cut again.   : (    I think that this is a known issue and may be fixed in the next update.   Fingers crossed!

 I used the snow globe from the Doodlecharms cart and the snowman from Snow Folks.   He is carrying a sled but I trimmed that down and added a present from Something to Celebrate.  As you can see, I had a little trouble lining up the mirrored cuts!  The globe was cut 8 times and glued together with the acetate in between the first and second cuts and the seventh and eighth.  I added coarse glitter and sequins.  I prefer to make the shaker mechanism like this because I always lose the glitter in the foam tape when I used the more conventional method!

The sentiment stamps came from my Simon Says Stamp kit and MCT and the embossing folder comes from Darice.   I'm returning the acetate to Master J. in the form of this card, tomorrow.  Hope he likes it!   Thanks for visiting with me today.   : ) Christine

Polar Bear Thank You Card

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  I certainly did!  All my children and their families came up on Christmas Eve and we all enjoyed watching the cousins playing together.  Lovely!

My good friend sent me lots of embellies for scrapbooking and card making including some shimmer tape which I have always wanted to try.

I finished her "Thank You" card today, featuring one of my favorite images from the 'Joys of the Season' cart - the polar bear.  I used lots of embossing and light blue pearl paper for the image shadows to make the white-on-white images 'pop.'  So pretty!  Thanks for visiting with me today.  : )  Christine

Duck the Halls

One of the challenges at the Card and Craft club was to create a humorous Christmas card.   I was hoping that my new stamps from Robyn at My Pink Stamper would come in time, but unfortunately there were delays.  Sigh! 

Looking at the Christmas svgs at Little Scraps Of Heaven, I found a 'Duck the Halls' image and remembered this post by Mamamostamps.   Yes!

It was very easy to line up the squares using the x and y axis on Design Space and size the windows from the 'Spring Cottage' cart to match.  I embossed the white mat for added dimension.   The "Merry Christmas" phrase comes from the 'Phrases' cart and I used the Explore to write the sentiment inside. 

I think it turned out kinda cute!    I'm linking my card with the "Anything Goes" challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog.   These are such fun challenges and the variety of entries is amazing.   Check it out here.   

Thanks for visiting with me today.   : )  Christine

Christmas Box Card

I can't believe that I've not finished my Christmas cards yet!  Arghhhhh!   Thanks to  SVG Cuts and their box card set, I was able to whip out a few of these fun cards over the weekend. 

I used the 'Merry Christmas Box Card' pattern and added the ornaments from the "Holiday Cakes" cart.  You might recognize the paper as remnants from the Graphic 45 "Twas the Night Before Christmas" stack that I used for my Mistletoe Manor.

This box card is enormous so be prepared for extra postage if you are mailing it! 

I was thrilled to see that the challenge this week at BBTB2 is to use an ornament cut.  Perfect!  I need to get busy pinning the DT's samples for inspiration for next year.  Hop over and take a look.  Thanks for visiting with me today.  : )   Christine

Tree Treats

Lol!  Try saying that three times as fast as you can!

Have you ever visited Brenda Quintana's blog?   She does the most amazing treat holders for Hershey Kisses and very generously shares tutorials with us.  I've made a couple of the designs but for the December treats for the children at OHM, I went with a simplified version of the Christmas Tree here.    So cute and the perfect little gift!

Master J. tested the kisses for quality control and pronounced that the red ones were best.  Hmmm.    Thanks for visiting with me today!   : ) Christine

Robotz Birthday

We have a lovely tradition here along the Columbia River at this time of year - the Christmas Ships!  People decorate their boats with thousands of lights and cruise up and down the river delighting the watchers on the banks.

We accompanied Master J. and our DD, and his 'other' Grandpa, to the ships last night and had such fun.  He loved the "noman" and Santa on his sleigh, but his out and out favorite was the Fire Department boat decked out as a fire truck complete with turning wheels, ladder and smiley face.  Now that was quite a concept for a 2 year old - a boat that looked and sounded like a fire truck!

A little chilly, and very hungry, we went to one of our favorite restaurants to celebrate Grandpa M's birthday.  Yum!

I think that every guy in my family has had a card from me featuring the Robotz cart!   It is so darn cute and I was very happy to have an excuse to use it again for Grandpa M's birthday.   I love this cut and have always thought that he needed a guitar in his hands!   I used lots of shimmer paper and the Herringbone embossing folder for texture.  The robot, of course is on an action wobble so that he really rocks it out! 

 

And inside 

Sorry about the rotten picture.  : (   The phrase "Rock On!" is sideways to send the message that it's all downhill from here!   Well, he laughed!   Thanks for visiting with me today.  : )  Christine

Santa's Stash

The challenge at the Card and Craft Club in December, is "Old Time Christmas" and the items to be used include paper, a clothes pin, and a paper mustache.  I left it until the last minute.  (Really? LOL!) and all I could come up with was a Santa face on one of the cocoa cups that I have been creating for co-worker gifts.  Actually it turned out kinda cute, but I expect everyone else had the same idea! 

I used the Santa from the Doodlecharms cart, and sacrificed some of the Graphics 45 "Twas the Night Before Christmas" stack for an old fashioned feel to the container.  What is more 'old time' than a Santa who is NOT watching his weight?   Thanks for visiting with me today.  : ) Christine