Christmas card

Hi all!! I'm back from my little vacation visiting family over the holidays, and thought I'd share with you our family Christmas card for 2011 :) Here's wishing you a very blessed month of celebrating Christ's birth!

I'll be back next week with baby shower decor & baby announcements - fun stuff!! :D

OWH's Memorial Day Bloghop

Welcome! In honor of the holiday weekend Operation Write Home is having a blog hop! I am cross-posting over at my crafting blog: SK Studios.

If you'd like further details on the cards you see here, please feel free to head on over there :) You can also find details on my Etsy shop and other items for sale on my crafting blog!

In the spirit of the holiday, we were asked to make "Missing You" cards. I'm sharing my "One card made Two ways!" I apologize for the not-so-fabulous photo... we've just moved to our next Army post, and I'm still unpacking the craft room and finding the best lighting for photos!

And here's the second card- I ran it through my Cuttlebug to add some great embossing and switched up some of the embellies in the corner! So there ya have it friends! One card made Two ways :) Super simple!

I'll be back posting here regularly in the next week or so! Thanks for sticking with me :) With the new home comes lots of new organization, so I'll be sharing my tips and tricks! We also have a mantle now *woohoo* so I'll be sharing my decorations with ya! We also have room for a container garden *wooHOO* so I'll be sharing our adventures there :) And lots more fun stuff- yays!

Thank-you to our troops, especially those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

~John 15:13

Please do stop by all the lovely blogs on our blog hop- you have all weekend, so take your time :) The banner at the top of the post will bring you to the beginning of the hop!

Have a blessed Memorial Day, my friends!

Christmas card display

Here's our Christmas card display area! I knew something was missing from our living area- I really wanted to do garland down the stairs, but I'd already used it up on the front porch and kitchen... then I found an old clip out from a magazine of boxes strung up around a bedroom and i KNEW that was what I wanted to do along the stairs! I also didn't have a place to hang up Christmas cards yet, so I figured I'd combine the two :) It's a pretty cheap display to make too!

.: materials :.

scrapbooking paper

ribbon

thick ribbon {to hang everything from}

clothespins

little boxes

.: directions :.

I started with some big red ribbon that I had left over from our wedding and hung that up at the top end of the stairs, tied onto a little clear 3M hook. I had lots of little boxes stashed away {I keep everything... just in case I could use it for a crafty project later, hehe!} so I wrapped the boxes in leftover Christmas scrapbooking paper- you could use regular wrapping paper too, or kraft paper, even tissue paper, maybe stamp on the kraft or tissue paper and make your own designer wrapping paper ;) Then I added a few bows and strung them up on the big red ribbon. I added a few 3M wire holder hooks along the railing {you can see one in the below picture} because otherwise the ribbon would be too heavy and sag a bit. Then I added some coordinating scrapbook paper to the front of some clothespins and clipped those in between each gift on the ribbon. Each time I get a new Christmas card in the mail, I punch a hole in the inside/back and string some twine through it, tie a bow, and clip it up with the clothespins! From far away, it kinda looks like the clothespins are holding up the gift boxes, which I'm ok with, it's a neat effect :)
.: linking up at :.

Weekend Wrap Up @ Tatertots and Jello

Show & Tell Saturdays @ be different act normal

A Few of my Favorite Things

baby cards

It's a "baby idea" link carnival over on Somewhat Simple! Here is a repost of some baby cards I've made over the past months, originally seen on SK Studios!

{Baby Onesie}
can be custom ordered via my Etsy site
{directions} 1. cut out onesie shape 2. dry emboss front of card 3. stamp and fussy cut airplane image 4. color airplane and adhere to card front 5. rub-on star shapes


{Baby Girl}
special order for my aunt


{Gender-Neutral Baby card}
currently on my Etsy site


{Thank You}
for baby shower gifts
{directions: bottom 3 cards} 1. cut card base to desired size 2. cut designer paper slightly smaller than card front 3. dry emboss designer paper 4. cut circle and stamp baby feet 5. adhere circle to card front with 3-D adhesive 6. stamp sentiment 7. tie on ribbon

{Tab-Pull Baby Card}
can be custom ordered via my Etsy site

.: materials :. {cardstock} DCWV {kraft} Bazzill {ink} stampcraft {stamps} Hero Arts "baby feet," studio g "alphabet" {ribbon} michaels {button} doodlebug design inc {floss} DMC

{Pink Baby Rocker}

.:materials:. {cardstock} my stash {DP} JoAnn {rub ons} white blossom @ $1 bin at michaels {twine} martha stewart {button} doodlebug design inc {sticker} my stash

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SK Studios