Card Make-Overs

To continue to go along with the challenge over at Practical Scrappers this week, I've decided to share some cards that have received make-overs!
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First, do you remember this card that I posted for the January SOTM Blog Hop? Well, I decided to re-do it with different colors/papers for a club gathering project - I like this one much better! We used the Felicity papers and True Friends stamp set. I love how the Barn Red ink looks on the Desert Sand cardstock.

And then do you remember the house card that I created for my November Workshop? Well, my original card just had a simple little house, it was nothing special. And then I saw Karen Pedersen's DARLING gingerbread house cards so this card got a make-over as well. Thanks to the online clearance sale I also was able to replace my Festive Thoughts stamp set that got lost. I just knew that this sentiment from that stamp set went perfectly - on the inside it says 'from our house to yours'. I also made my own glitter brads (using clear embossing powder mixed with glitter) to add to this card. So much cuter than the original!

Thanks for looking!

November SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's SOTM is called Around the Block and it's a fun set of 26 house-inspired stamps. I hope you'll hop along with us as we have a lot of talented Consultants participating this month - I can't wait to see what they all create!

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When you're done here, the next stop is Helen's Blog, so don't forget to keep hopping!

Here is a page I created using this stamp set - these pictures were taken 23 years ago when our house was being built - I think these are great pictures of my family - it's fun to see us so young. The little girl in the bottom right picture - that's me! The layout came from the November PageMaps. Anyway, I used the Back Country paper pack (my dad's shirt just kept drawing me to this paper), the alphabet stickers came from the Back Country Level 1 Kit, I added some Autumn Craft Buttons tied with Olive Waxy Flax, and some Outdoor Denim Ribbon (some stitched with Waxy Flax - never again, that was a pain!). The year was stamped with the Charm Numbers stamp set and I stitched around that circle with more Waxy Flax (LOVE that stuff!). If you look closely on the Barn Red piece you can see where I stamped the wood stamp from this month's SOTM set and the rest of my title 'is where the heart is.' also came from that stamp set.

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If you click HERE you can view a card I created using this stamp set - we will be creating it in this month's workshop.

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Don't forget to hop along to Helen's Blog and all the rest of this month's participants to see all of their fabulous creations!
Thanks for looking - I hope you enjoy the blog hop!

December Word Puzzle

As I mentioned before, I got a LOT of projects done when David was out of town for a couple weeks and I had nights to myself - here is more proof! I got my NOVEMBER workshop samples done and October is barely halfway over - that's like a record for me! PLUS, I added pictures to my layouts - I'm so proud of myself ;-)

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Anyway, here are my workshop creations. I used the *new* Jingle Level 2 paper pack AND the *new* Jingle Creative Basics paper with the ribbon, the December Word Puzzle, November SOTM Around the Block, and Posterboard Alphabet stamp set. And don't forget, if you're unable to attend my workshop on the assigned day, you can purchase the Workshop Kit that includes cutting guides and instructions to create them on your own!

12x12 Option - you will get to pick from the 'girly' layout or the more 'neutral' layout - you will obviously use the title of your choice - this is just what I picked for my pages.

I am saving this page for pictures of Trysten and his first Christmas. I don't know if you can tell in the picture here, but I used the word 'merry' from the Word Puzzle stamp set and just stamped the 'm' and the 'y' before the word 'first' and then 'Christmas' from the same Word Puzzle stamp set is stamped just underneath and to the right of the word 'first', so the title says 'My First Christmas'.

And here are my pages with pictures and the companion layout! For mine I used the *new* On Target Dimensional Elements for the circles - I just sponged on the Tulip color. Workshop participants who order the Exclusive Plus kit will also get to use these fun Dimensional Elements. And how perfect is this paper with my girls and their jammies!

Once I got my pages in the page protectors, I used my Flip Flaps to add even more pictures! I added 6 extra pictures to this page - they were just too funny and I had to include them ;-) Sorry the color is off - I had to turn off my flash to avoid the glare and the coloring looks weird now - but you get the idea!

6x6 Option - I used the scrap dimensional element from the right page of my layout to add to one of these pages, but workshop attendees will be using a circle cut using the Coluzzle instead. Also - the right page shown here has a 'reverse' mat - so the picture will actually attach to the back of the page but show through the front - make sense?

Card Option

Here are the layouts and cards exactly as they are created in the Workshop Guide - you can see that I changed mine a bit. I didn't get the Exclusive Workshop Kit once again this month, so I didn't use the stamp set that comes in the kit on my samples. You can click HERE to request more information on this month's featured kit.

The Jingle Exclusive Workshop Kit that I will be featuring next month is only $29.95 (retail value $35.85) and includes the Jingle Level 2 Kit, Exclusive B-size stamp set - Somethin' Special, Twinkle Brads Jolly Assortment, and a Workshop Guide. What a great deal! But there are also other pricing options for the workshop - ranging from $5 to $43, so don't forget to check out my workshop details HERE.

Thanks for looking!