2024 - November - December

 This card is very similar to one I made last month.  I rotated it to be landscape and made into a 5" x 7" so I could add the die cut Adirondack chairs.  I cut three of each chair and layered them for dimension.  Most of the card is print then cut created in Design Space, 

This card is for a great niece who like country music concerts and I noted her boots she wears to inspire this card.  Several Stampin Up stamp sets and dies were used (Barn Door, Bike Ride and Avant Garden).

I struggle with male cards but like how this came out.  I created this card with Stampin Up Designer Paper, Campology Stamp set and Hero Art stamps. 

I created this card for a great-great niece with Stamin Up Awesome Otters stamp set.  I stamped all otters on card stock, scanned in and loaded into Design Space so I could have my Cricut cut them out rather than fussy cutting.  I then colored them with alcohol markers.  The sentiments are from the same stamp set plus a Penny Lane one.

I designed this card for our granddaughter, she loves cats.  I uploaded image I found to cut out on Cricut and did a print then cut for inside.  I embossed the background piece with an embossing folder.  The Happy Birthday is a Stamping Up stamp that I heat embossed in white.

I made these Merci Chocolate treat boxes with the one holding a gift card with inspiration from Deseree Krumm.  I also used stamps and dies from My Creative Time With Emma and a couple unbranded stamps.

I created this gift box for our Postal Carrier to hold Rorrero Rochers with inspiration from 

Fiona Bradley a Stampin Up Demonstrator from Australia.

Great Niece Birthday card inspired by Karen Titus's Fun Back Fold Card. I used Stampin Up Share a Milk Shake bundle.  I clear embossed the glass and added Pearlized Enamel Effects. Unfortunately I smeared the dots and they have the handmade look. 

For many of my great nieces and nephews this year I made these M&M match book treat holders and put money folder behind the M&Ms.  I created the match book template in Cricut Design Space so I could do five at a time.

For many of the other friends, family members, nieces, nephews and greats, I made floating ornaments.  I struggle with photographing these so excuse the light spots.  I upload photos into Cricut Design Space and design then print then cut on transparences that I roll up to place in clear disk ornaments.  I redesigned the boxes as the original box was for a smaller disk. 

This year I'm send out a few store bought Christmas cards but did get around to creating a few hand made ones using Stampin Up designer paper on some and many stamp sets from them and others.

My dear Stampin Up Demonstrator's Father In Law passed away here in late December.  I created this card with SU Quiet Reflection stamp set.

2024 - Sep - Oct

 Busy few months for celebrations.  This card was created for our nephew with Stampin Up Whiskey Business stamp set.  I die cut, colored with pencils and Stampin Blends, then added embossing ink and clear embossing power to each piece.  Background was ran through dry embossing folder.  Inside test I created in Word and printed. 

I love Dreaming Tree SVG files, I created this from one of their files for a great-great niece. Front flap opens down and holds a gift card or cash. I did some sponging of the edges and there is Wink of Stella for glitter.  Because it is for a three year old I used stickles instead of rhinestone on flower. Very labor intensive but love making these.

This is the year for weddings for family and friends.  I created this card in Design Space for my best friend's daughter's wedding.  There is glitter on the white area of the dress.  Writing is all done in Design Space with print then cut.  The two overlapping hearts were die cut and the other heart is a punch.

While I sent a cash gift I also made this floating ornament of one of their engagement photos.

This wedding card for my nephew was created in Design Space.

My tradition for family weddings is to make a personalized casserole dish.  I do the design in Design Space, cut out stencil and to use on bottom exterior of dish and use glass etching cream.

Created this card with inspiration from Karen Titus of Stamping on Back Porch/  Mostly used Stampin Up products and a couple of others.

I created this card for our great-great nephew's birthday.  I'm not sure of what he is into so I figured what little boy doesn't like race cars. I used Stampin Up Racing By and print then cut in Design Space for inside sentiment.

The card was created for a great-great niece.  I used SU Bike Ride Stamps and dies.  Numbers and balloons are Spellbinder dies. Inside sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Another fun Dreaming Tree SVG.  Several hours cutting on Cricut and making but love how it turned out.  I have the Tiny Tots Birthday Pop Up Cards SVG Bundle and will be creating more similar cards soon. 

Another nephew getting married - I created this card in Design Space, dry embossed background.

Their casserole dish.

Sister and brother-in law's anniversary card.  Uploaded image into Design Space and created this print then cut card.  Doesn't show in photo but there is glitter on sun and water.

Great-great niece's birthday card.  Image uploaded from Creative Fabrica into Design space onto shape, an additional image is popped up.  The HB is a Stampin Up stamp embossed in white.  Inside is an upload from DS, print then cut twice to create the two colors.

We had our living room painted, I didn't like the tissue boxes with their crazy prints on them so I found a cut file and fixed that.  I ended up making covers for all the boxes in the house.

This one is for my daughter, it isn't stuck down on the top yet (there is two sided tape without the backing removed)  I will be  traveling with it and wanted it to be able to fold flat until we arrive. It was custom designed to match the paint chips from her RV renovation.  She decided to take it to work as her co-workers kept stealing her tissue box, she is hopeful with the cover on it they will stop ;-).

I designed this card for my hubby for our 40th anniversary, I found it on line and altered it in Cricut Design Space.  Most of it is print then cut, the '40' is die cut.

With inspiration of Brenda Quintan of Qbee's Quest I made these no glue treat boxes.  They hold 2 snack size M&M bags.