Last Day of JustRite's July Release!

Happy Saturday to you! It's a beautiful day in Chicago and we are going to hang out by the pool today. :) 

Today is JustRite's last day for their July release.  I hope you've enjoyed all the beautiful new Christmas sets!  I am not usually a CAS cardmaker, I usually like lots of "stuff" on my cards.  I admire people who create CAS cards, it's just not something I'm very good at.  

But for some reason, this card came together fairly simple for me.  (no pun intended!) 

I used Tim Holtz Distress markers to color the stocking from the new Christmas Gifts Vintage Labels Two, directly on the stamp.  I added a large striped ribbon, rusty jingle bells, and did a bit of paper piercing.  The sentiment was stamped in red and popped up using a bit of scoring to fold in the sides.  

Sometimes it's nice to go out of your comfort zone a bit and create something a bit different. :)

Be sure to stop by these ladies' blogs for more Christmas inspiration!

JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson
Eva Dobilas 
Barb Schram
Kristi Schurr
Sheri Holt
Michele Kovack 
Angela Barkhouse

Have a beautiful Weekend!!!

JustRite's July Release-Day 4!

So are you up for more Christmas projects?  Today is Day 4 of JustRite's July release.  The set I used is called, Christmas Vintage Labels Four. I also used Festive Poinsettias to dress up my ornament.  Apparently, I've been on an embossing kick, because this is another card that I used my Zing powders.  I used red, lime green, and pink. The background was cut with a Papertrey Ink die and I popped it up with dimensional foam circles to create a shadowbox appearance.  Loads of glitter was added to it for lots of sparkle. ;)

I layered my poinsettia and added some fuzzy red pom poms to the center. 

These creative ladies have some gorgeous projects to share with you, so be sure to pay them a visit!

Marisa Job  
Heidi Blankenship
Angela Barkhouse 
Eva Dobilas

Kathy Jones

 Michele Kovack

 Darsie Bruno

 Kristi Schurr

 Margie Higuchi  

I am off and running again today..... :)

Have a great day!

JustRite's July Release-Day 3!

Good morning! Today is Day 3 of the JustRite July release!  I am loving all this Christmas in July creating! Today's set is called, Vintage Christmas Ornaments. I decided to veer off from the traditional color scheme and mix it up a bit! The present shaped card was cut from my Silhouette.  I added lots of glitter to the bow for some holiday sparkle. 

I used the Vintage Christmas Ornament as a tag for my "box."  I embossed it with orange Zing powder. The leaves were embossed in lime green and very carefully cut out.  I added a bit of satin ribbon, a jewel, and a few random sequins. 

For more inspiration from our talented design team, be sure pay these girls a visit!

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken

Eva Dobilas

Michele Kovack

Barb Schram 

Kellie Fortin 

Sheri Holt 

Kristi Shurr

Darsie Bruno 

Margie Higuchi 

Angela Barkhous

I am off to a day of shopping and lunch with my girlfriends! :)

JustRite's New Release-Day 2!

Good morning! 

Today is day 2 of JustRite's July release! 

For today's card I used two sets, Festive Poinsettia and Heritage Christmas. I did lots of embossing on my card.  For the ornament, I stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with baby blue Zing powder. The sentiment was done with silver. I wanted my poinsettia to have a soft airy look to it, so I stamped it on vellum.  It was embossed with a pale pink, and the leaves in green. I assembled my ornament and added a bit of silver string with a pearl to dress it up a bit.  I also added a bit of glitter tape and pearls as well.

The background stamp is actually from the fall, but it looked a bit like holly leaves to me....so I went with it! LOL! It was embossed in silver too.

Here are the two sets up close.  :)

To enable you just a bit.....there is a great sale going on over at JustRite.....20% off all Faber-Castell products!

Be sure to visit the other designers for more JustRite inspiration!

Debbie Olson

Darsie Bruno 

Marisa Job

Eva Dobilas 

Michele Kovack 

Barb Schram  

Kathy Jones 

Angela Barkhouse

Kristi Schurr

Margie Higuchi

Have a great day!!

JustRite's July Release-Day 1!

I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend! I know I had a great time catching up with my family and relaxing a bit!

Today is day one of JustRite's July release! Two sets are being shown today, Festive Poinsettia and Grand Sentiments.  I will be showing Festive Poinsettia tomorrow.

Grand Sentiments is a great set that can be used as the focal point of the card, inside the card, or as a tag like I've done here. 

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and sprinkled with red embossing powder.  It was cut out using a Spellbinder's tag. The edges were inked a bit with brown Memento ink. 

This cute Santa box was cut using my Silhouette.  It is perfect for filling with a gift card or sweet treats!

His beard and mustache were given a coating of liquid applique.  I love liquid applique! It gives his beard such great texture! I added a red pom pom for his nose, a bit of pink chalk to his cheeks, and black enamel accents for his eyes.   

Here is Grand Sentiments. :)

Be sure to visit these talented ladies' blogs for more inspiration!

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken   

Eva Dobilas

Barb Schram

Marisa Job

Angela Barkhouse

Michele Kovack

Kristi Schurr

Darsie Bruno  

Sheri Holt

One last thing! JustRite is giving away a $100 shopping spree in the JustRite Store to ONE lucky winner!  If you would like an opportunity to win this amazing giveaway, be sure to visit the JustRite Blog! 

Have a great day my crafty friends!

Garden Peas

I hope you all had a great Fourth of July!  Our plans changed a bit yesterday due to Cortney not feeling up to par. But we did manage to swim a bit in our pool at home and have a BBQ.  It was a quiet, uneventful day, but a good one. 

I have a garden peas card to share with you.  I figured since I had already made a  "lettuce" card, why not make a card about peas? ;)

I used this image from the Crafty Secrets Vegetable Garden Digital set.

I again used my Inktense pencils to give my peas their vibrant green color.  I added touches of yellow for highlights and a bit of black to create shadows and depth. 

I cut out the peas by hand, and once again added a bit of gold Stickles for a bit of sparkle. I also added black waxy twine to create tendrils for my peas.  And as a final finishing touch, I threw a few sequins on for fun!

Some of you inquired about my new camera.  Well, I had intended getting a super duper expensive NikonD3, but ended up with a lesser expensive NikonD7000.  I was upgrading from a NikonD40.  It had been a good camera for the last 7 years, but getting to be unreliable.  I was having issues with focusing.  For awhile I didn't know if it was me or the camera.  Turns out it was the camera! 

I am loving this new camera and am taking pictures of anything I can.  The dogs seem to be the easiest to photograph....but then there is my dear Cortney.  She is a pretty willing participant most of the time!

Here's a few more....just playing around!

And this one seriously cracks me up!  She has the cutest expressions ever!

I am heading to Wisconsin to see my niece and nephew....and I can't wait to use my camera on 'em! ;)

New subjects! YAY!

Have a great weekend!!

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July to you!!  

I am heading out today to take Kyle to work and Cort to the pool!  The sun is finally making its appearance today, and we are supposed to make it into the 80's.  A perfect day to swim! 

I have a patriotic card to share with you today using my Cricut and the Stars and Stripes cartridge. The sentiment was created on the computer and cut into 3 strips to emulate the trails from the star. 

For the star, I added loads of German Glass Glitter.  It is a heavier, chunkier glitter, but I love how it looks!

Our town had their annual parade and fireworks show last night.  It is always so cool to see our town come together and celebrate this special day. Even though we had rain most of the day and the sky was still overcast, it all turned out great! 

Have a wonderful holiday!!!