A Day with Avra...

 On my visit to Columbus last week, I had a play date at Avra's. These are the cards I had partially worked on there. I FINALLY unpacked here and put them all together yesterday(noone has ever said I'm a speed demon... LOL)

 

 This is a die that Avra owns. I don't remember who's it is. Once die-cut, I also used it as a stencil so ended up with TWO cards from one blending session. I used Distress Inks...

 

This is from I set I own from Sugar Pea Designs called Bring on the Cake. Die cutting all those tiny, tiny pieces was time consuming BUT, the final result is A...MAZ...ING!!! I just love it...



HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR peeps!! It's a brand New Year with a brand new challenge to make a minimum of five Christmas cards each month. 2018 is my SEVENTH year doing this... woot, woot! Who's with me again? Come on! You CAN do it!!

 

 I was trying to duplicate a card we made in the Holiday Extravaganza class last November (card on the left) with the stamp set I won as a door prize. I felt the sentiment didn't "pop" enough. After making the background with Distress Oxides, I heat embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder. WOW! What a difference!

SOOOO, we're off and running! May this be the beginning of much crafty goodness all year... :)