Christmas in July ~ Recycled Style!!!

Hello and Happy Monday!!  

How was your weekend? I see everyone has been very busy making fabulous things!!! 

Last week, for me, was all about reorganizing, sorting and, as hard as it is, purging through all my craft supplies. I'm hoping to have it all wrapped up today, but it is 8 years of  stuff.  It's quite interesting to see how my taste has changed, since I began crafting back in 2006.  My DH was very helpful, he ran out and bought clear plastic bins, made labels for the bins, drawers, folders and moved the heavy stuff for me.  I'm looking forward to having this project completed, it feels so good to get things reorganized and to get rid of excess. 

Here are a couple of July Christmas cards.  I was inspired by seeing everyone else's fun July Christmas cards. They're made of all scraps and recycled Christmas cards.  You can't see it in the picture, but the poinsettias, are behind a clear, acetate window.  Recycle and reuse :):):) 

Hope you like them.

I've submitted them in the Craftin Desert Divas for our Christmas in JulyChallenge. 

Thank you for letting me know Lisa :):):)  

Hugs,

Will you be...."MY PRECIOUS"

OK, I just love the character Gollum/Sméagol from The Lord of the Rings & couldn't resist making my DH a Valentine's related to the character. He loved it!!!

Happy Valentine's everyone :) 

Front of card

Inside of card

Hugs,

Peace & Frosty Kisses for Christmas ~ 2 Easel Cards

Cricut Cartridges used:

Art Philosophy for card bases and frames.

Winter Woodland for the cap, snowflakes and words.

Some details:

The picture doesn't show it, but I used white flocking on the Santa cap... It looks great in person.

The bells on the Peace card are hung with wire, therefore they actually swing freely and jingle :):):) 

Challenges entered:
365 Cards ~ Day 274 Thursday Challenge in Reverse

Crimbo Crackers ~ Challenge 29 - Anything Goes (Christmas or Festive)

Happy Thursday!

Hugs,

Card Of Scraps...

Every now and then I challenge myself to create some cards with left over scraps of papers, ribbons, fibers, miscellaneous doodads and such.  So here are a few my "Cards Of Scraps"!  

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day.

Cheers,

Belated Birthday Fun....

This is April, she's one of my mom's Mediterranean Miniature Donkeys.  April wanted to send out some belated birthday wishes!

   

Inside

Cheers,

"Straight From The Nest " Birdcage Card... Inspired By A Magazine Ad!

365 Cards Challenge "2011" ~ Day 2 - Pick 5

Here's my card entry for: 365 Cards ~ A New Card Challenge Every Day:

THIS CHALLENGE IS FROM....

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011

 Day 2 - Pick 5

 

Pick 5 -

Use the answers to these questions to design your card:

1. Favorite color  ~  (Mine is Brown)

2. Favorite design technique ~ (Mine is Rubber Stamping)

3. Favorite embellie ~ (Mine are Schwartzki Crystals)

4. Least favorite color ~ (Mine is Mauve)

5. Favorite card size (dimensions) ~ (Mine are 5" x  5")

Anything else goes once you've used the above questions to inspire the design of your card.

Pretty Vintage Dress Form...

Hand Stamped