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What's not to love about my 5 year old grandson, Joshua!

I was at my daughter and son-in-law's home on Christmas afternoon.  Joshua  decided to put on all of the sunglasses that were sitting out!

He loves to dance and sing and "pose" so Gabe and Shelly signed him up to be in a musical!

We'll see where that goes!

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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the new Designer Cuts Cards & Envelopes!

These cards are elegant, simple, and so versatile!

There are two differnt designs.  They are both Very Vanilla and both undecorated.

Here is a very simple way to decorate the first style.

I added the #119254 Daffodil Delight 1/8" Raffeta Ribbon and a pearl.

Simple elegance!

An Upclose view of the center design:

Now look what happens when you add a quarter sheet of Marina Mist card stock to the inside front of the card along with ribbon and pearls.

This time I added pearls on all three of the designs across the front.

Here is the second style of Designer Cuts.

The delicate cut makes my mouth water!

I used the Heart Framelit to cut out a Pink Pirouette heart to place on the inside behind the beautiful cut out design.  I also used the new Adorning Accents Embossing Folder (also Occasions Mini) to add the design to the bottom of the card.

I haven't figured out a classy way to add sayings to the outside of these cards so I may just leave them plain and have them be notecards.

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Framelits Dies: Hearts Collection Sneek Peak

The Hearts Collection of the Framelits dies will be available

January 4th in the new Occasions Mini Catalog.

There are six sizes of hearts in the collection.

I've been trying to think of a little thank you gift that doesn't take a lot of time to make that I could send to customers as a thank you for on-line orders.

Here is an idea that I designed yesterday using the new heart Framelits.

I put a magnet on the back along with my information.

 

Supplies:

• Stamp Set:  #123225 Easy Events (the "hello" off of the cuckoo clock)
• Card Stocks:  Real Red and Whisper White
• Punches:  #119854 1 3/4" Scallop Circle
• Big Shot:  #115954 Two Tags Bigz Die pg 222 $21.95;
• Accessories:  Framelits:  Hearts Collection  #125599 Occasions Mini (Available Jan 4th);   #120175 Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder pg 219 $7.95:  #100052 Real Red Marker $3.50;  #101049  Stamp-a-ma-jig pg 207 $11.95;
• www.vippies.com for the calendars

Notes:  Cut the larger heart first. Then place the smaller framelit (with Dotto) onto the first heart and cut it out.  I ran the heart through the emobossing folder after I had cut out both hearts.

Use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the word "hello" into the center of the white scallop.

I cut the Vippies' calendar down 1/16" on each side because I wanted a little of the red c/s to show.  If you aren't going to add the calendar and are going to use it as a bookmark instead, then you could just leave it like this.

Thank you to Esther Pinkerton for the original inspiration!


Please e-mail me if you have any questions.

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Don't Throw Away the Store Bought Christmas Cards you received This Year!

This is a reminder of what great tags you can make out of store bought Christmas cards.

Simply use the Top Note Bigz Die to cut out a pretty scene off of the front of a Christmas card.

Here are some of the gift bags that I am ready to deliver.  The explanation of how to do this follows the picture.

I wanted the bags to look festive without having to invest time or money into buying or making bows.

Here is how you make them.

Place the Christmas card on the Top Note die and cut out a scene from the front of the card. If there is writing on the back of the front of the card, then cut a matching Top Note card stock piece to cover up the writing.

Score the Top Note scene that has been cut out  about an 1" from the edge.

Use Sticky Strip to attach it to a plain colored piece of card stock also cut out of the Top Note.

I punched a 1/8" circle punch, cut some hemp twine and tied the tag onto the bag!

I hope you have fun making some Top Note Tags!

Please e-mail me if I can help you in any way.

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What to do with left over Christmas Designer Papers!

Sometiimes I end up with a lot of one pattern out of a package that I did not use.

Last week I came up with that is working for me.

I used some left over Christmas Designer paper (DSP) to make thank you notes as gifts.

This pretty plaid comes from the Frostwood Lodge DSP.

Click here to see how the steps to layer this type of card. 

The back of this card is white on the back for writing, just like in the sample in the click "here".

I put on my headphone set, called a friend, and talked and made Thank You Notes at the same time!

Then I packaged up five at a time, added a tag, and handed some out on Christmas morning at church. These large cello bags with pleats on the sides are retired, but it gives you the idea of what you could do.

Here is a close up of the tag.

Supplies:

• Stamps:  #114484 Elegant Thank You pg 20 $6.95; #116471 Sweet Season pg 35 $18.95 (stamp on the tag);
• Card Stocks:  Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler plus Frostwood Lodge DSP  (but you use whatever leftover papers you have! and card stock to match!)
• Punches:  #118874 2 3/8" Scallop Circle and #119854 1 3/4" Scallop Circle;
• Big Shot Die:  #113463 Top Note Bigz Die pg 222 $21.95;
• Envelopes:  #107301 Whisper White pg 182 (40) $6.50  (our standard envelopes fit the Top Note nicely)
  

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Merry Christmas from the Hancock, the Garcias, and the Schreiters!

We send our greetings and our hopes that you will have a wonderful day with your family and friends.

Left to right:  Sandy, Otto, Gabe, Shelly, Brad, Jaelyn (22mos, Joshua-5, and Jeremy-3)

Each year we take a family Christmas picture.  This year we were in the beautiful Arboretum in Arcadia, CA (before the Santa Ana winds blew down 325 trees!)

Here is page one. Well, this isn't the clearest pciture, but you get the idea.

The letters are from the Naturally Serif Alphabet pg 225 (both upper and lower case)

The numbers are not from Stampin' Up! because do not have any this size.

The snowflakes are from The  #113449 Snowflakes Sizlits Die (Set of 4) pg 224 $19.95.

Page two is our letter.

The corner punch is retired, but perfect for this page!

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More from Christmas 2011 Scrapbooking Pages

I have continued the same color scheme throughout the pages, which if course, keeps the project on the easier side.

Here is page seven. (Check my blog for earlier posts that include the supplies that I used for this section of pages.)

The kids were having so much fun trying to catch some peacocks at the Arboretum!  It didn't happen, of course.

And page eight. Our photographer took some sepia and some black and white pictures.

 Tomorrow I will have pages one and two, which are now complete. They tie into the theme color-wise but are just a bit different.

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More Scrapbooking for 2011

Okay.  Here is how I used the inside pieces of the DSP!

First, page five.

Left to right:  Gabe and Shelly and then the kids, of course:  Joshua, Jaelyn, and Jeremy.

You can easily see up in the upper right corner that Jaelyn was DONE with picture taking!

Page six.

Left to right:  Brad, Shelly, me.  Jaelyn and my dad (upper right)  Brad and Shelly in the center and Jeremy in the lower right.  Jeremy was also DONE!

In their defense, it was a pretty cool day!

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Christmas 2011

I am going to share the scrapbook pages that I have created this week.  It feels so good to catch up!

If live locally to Duarte CA and are looking for a good professional photographer, please give Ronel Huth a call (626)852-5945.  She lives in Glendora CA and is so much fun to work with.  Even my dad and my son do not mind having their pictures taken because Ronel makes it so much fun!

My opening pages still need something, so I will start with pages three and four and tell you what I used.

Here is page three.

Left to right:  Sandy, Brad and Shelly, Otto (my dad)

And here is page four.

Joshua, Jaelyn, and Jeremy

I want you to see a close up of the Christmas trees.

Supplies:

• Card Stocks:  12 x 12 Garden Green, Early Espresso, and  Real Red c/s page 178-180; 124004 #124002 Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper pg 28 Holiday Mini $10.95;
• Big Shot Dies:  #124099  Stocking Accens (trees) pg 24 Holiday Mini $17.95; #113468 Scallop Circle pg 222 $19.95; #114533 Cler Circle pg 223 $19.95;

Notes:  I measured 7 1/2" in two  directions to mark the points for the size of the triangles.  What I am doing is trying to keep it SIMPLE!!!  And I think that I actually succeeded this time!

I used a 1/8" punch for the Real Red circles.  You can stick them onto the #120805 Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets (12) page 216 $14.95 and add sticky onto the backs of the circles.  Or you can use a Xyron machine from the "M" store.  Both accomplish the same thing.

I can't wait to show you what I did with the inside parts of the DSP that I cut out! 

Stop back by tomorrow and you'll see!  Sandy is keeping it simple!  AMAZING, really!

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Christmas 2009 Scrapbook Pages

Each Christmas I add pages to our Hancock Christmas scrapbook.  After 2008 I got behind.  On Monday and Tuesday of this week I created twelve 12 x 12 pages for Christmases 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Here are the two pages for 2009.

Each year, I stamp a card, write a Christmas letter, and we take a picture.  In 2009, however, all I did was write a letter.  I used Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Gold card stocks for these pages.

Before I mailed out the first letter, I had to write a second letter to let our friends know that Dave had stepped into the presence of the Lord.

Dave was  gift in my life for 35 1/2 years of marriage!

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