The finished journal

I just have to brag... I am so happy with how this journal turned out.

Outside:

Inside front:

I think she's going to be thrilled with it.

Christmas cards

Here are my Christmas card offerings (for now). They'll be $3.00 each or 4 of the same for $10. The larger one will be $4 each or 4 of the same for $12.

The bottom right is bigger and has basically a 2nd card inside and then the inside of that is blank. The blue snowflake card has a design inside, but the card is blank for writing. I can stamp Merry Christmas or something else inside.

The snowman card I can also do more than one way. I have a few Riley Moose stamps and will be doing some with those. One is Santa going down the chimney, one is Riley decorating the tree, one is Riley bringing home the tree, and the last is Mrs. Claus. They're very cute and will be the same prices, too.

The snowman is stamped, colored with Copic markers, and then cut out. He's also sprinkled with glitter. I'm having difficulty locating a snowflake punch exactly like the one I used to make these. I have a smaller one but the larger one is no longer being sold. I sold 3 sets of cards today that use that punch so I have to figure out something very quickly.

Scrap N Tote giveaway at Bits of Paper

Jamie Lane, over at Bits of Paper is giving away a PINK scrap-n-tote Cricut storage container. This thing is really neat and I'd love to have one, especially a pink one. Free would be good, too. LOL!

Anyway, check out her blog and contest here.

I love her blog. She's very talented and posts links to download files. Very nice!

New Journal and New Card

One of the ladies at work is having a birthday on Monday. I decided to make her a special covered journal...

I decided that it looked too shiny so I opted to add a little bit of distressing ink to the edges. I liked it so well, I added a bit more and a bit more. I think the finished item has just the right amount of "aged" look.  The birthday card slides down into the envelope on the front.

I'm so proud of myself... I used my Cricut today to cut out the mini-birthday card, envelope, and the "laugh often" words. I was just playing around with it and decided to do one of the simple projects on one of the cartridges.

I've been working on a birthday card for twin girls for a couple of weeks. I just didn't quite have how I wanted it to look. I'm happy with it today. The nice thing about designing cards is that once I have a design "down" I can re-create it pretty quickly.

I actually used my Cricut to cut these letters, too. The glare makes it look like there's too much glue or something on it, but they're really just fine. I think it's the lighting and the glare.

Halloween-themed Wedding Card

I made a special-order card for my friend, who sent it to her friend who was renewing her wedding vows on Halloween. I thought it turned out pretty cute but I couldn't post it until the recipient had actually received it.

She loved it, which is nice.

I hand-cut the bride and groom bodies. The "faces" are from a sheet of Halloween paper. The bride's gloves and over-skirt came from a piece of Amy's former wedding album and her veil came from one of my slips (it already had a rip - I just helped it along). All in all, I think it turned out very nicely.