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!

True Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we are featuring the January SOTM, which is called True Friends.

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What a fun way to count down to 2010 - come hop with us! If you get lost along the way or find links that aren't working, scroll down past this post and you will find a complete list of participants.
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When you're done here, the next stop is Jessica's Blog, so don't forget to keep hopping and check out all the inspirational artwork!
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Earlier this month I posted 8 cards that I created using the Just Because Card Workshop from the Wishes book - well I finally created cards #9 and #10 using this month's Stamp of the Month. Now I just have the pieces to create the same 10 cards again, but I'll be changing them up a bit.
This one is my favorite...


...this one was super simple...

...and this one I have posted before, but here it is again since I like it so much.



Thanks for visiting - don't forget to leave a comment and keep hopping along to Jessica's Blog and all the rest of this month's participants to see all of their fabulous creations! Enjoy and I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!

Emporium Card Set

I was asked to donate something for a teacher auction that they are having at my girls' school this week, so I decided to do a fun card set. I have always wanted to try one of the card workshops that are in the Wishes book - this was the perfect chance! I used the Just Because workshop starting on page 68, which creates 20 cards, but since I didn't have enough time to do all of them {since I put this project off until the morning it was needed ;-P } I just did the first 8. I was trying to get 10 done but ran out of time, and it's a good thing because I could barely get 8 cards and envelopes in the pouch. Here is the complete set - using the Emporium paper, a favorite of mine!

Speaking of the pouch, I created that from a 6x6 page protector, I just cut off the edge with the holes and added a fun flap that closes with velcro.

I used a mix of stamp sets, with some sneak peeks at some upcoming SOTM sets, so here are the individual cards and coordinating envelopes...

...I'll show you my favorite first - this one uses the upcoming January SOTM - True Friends, along with a heart from the Dazzling Die-Cuts, and I changed some gold brads by heating them and dipping them in Cocoa Embossing Powder

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set

...this one uses the upcoming March SOTM - A Little Everything

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set and a Dazzling Die-Cut tag

...this one uses the upcoming February SOTM - Piece of Cake

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set and another Dazzling Die Cut for the letter 'U'

...this one uses the Happy Birthday stamp set and another heart Dazzling Die-Cut for the card and February SOTM - Piece of Cake for the envelope

...this one uses the upcoming April SOTM - Flower Pot


Thanks for looking!