♪♫ Christmas Cards, OH Christmas Cards ♪♫

 So, yesterday started out with no MOJO.  It was an amazing beautiful day and I was sooo sad to be wasting it and being unproductive.  I wasn't giving myself the freedom to grieve my friend who had passed away last Sunday from ALS.  After talking with her son, and laughing over some "Toni-isms", I found my MOJO and was able to create again.  These are for you Toni... :)

 

 Both of these cards were CASED from cards I found on Pinterest.  Using what I had and thinking I could do this without instructions, they came out great!!  The hand drawn smile looks like he's got wicked thoughts going thru his head.  I made four of these and they all have the crooked smile...

 

Incredibly simple, but elegant.  I made four of these.  Now, June is in the books with EIGHT cards made fulfilling my monthly challenge... yay!!

 



The last of the "Cards with Dimension" class for awhile...

 What a busy day I've had finishing up this "Cards with Dimension" class thru Craftsy!!  Trying to make and use things in my stash that were as close to what was used in the class, turned out to be quite a challenge.  For now, I'm moving on to another class but I'll ALWAYS know I can come back to this one for inspiration.  I definitely think I got my money's worth out of this... :)

 

 These papers were something Dana and I split up when I met her in FL back in February.  FINALLY getting to them...

 

Same papers as above and lots of miscellaneous pieces from my stash...

 

This was probably the most challenging as I didn't have a gold frame.  So, I made one from two different dies, the star one and the scallop one.  Now, maybe I should clean the house as the Ernman is due in from Ohio in about an hour?  Sorry honey, crafting comes first... :)

 

"Craftsy" class, Lesson 2...

 After being away on a cruise to Bermuda for a week, I was itching to return to the Studio.  I'm behind on my correspondence too, so I went back to my "Craftsy" class and went at it again.  Some of these will be sent to people who made me feel so special on my birthday.  Every card I receive, I try my best to reciprocate.  I KNOW how great it feels to get happy mail... :)

 

 I heat embossed the sentiment with Pirate's Gold embossing powder, dry embossed the under panel with a Sizzix honeycomb embossing folder, used washi tape and flowers, stars and hearts from my stash.  The whole panel is raised with dimensional tape...

 

 Same class, different lesson.  The flowers are dimensional stickers by Recollections that I clustered together.  Added some twine from my Etsy shop, link HERE...

 

I used Wooden Icons, also by Recollections, from Michaels dollar bin as my sentiment, which is now $1.50... LOL.  They are very fragile and I broke this one.  Semi-ok repair job.   It is a pretty effect but I wonder if it'll make it thru the mail.

 

SOOO, off to send some cards.  I'd be pleased as punch if these were ALL in today's mail...