Festive Snowflurries

 Hello & Happy Thursday!

This week seems to be flying by!

The weather has been beautiful all week so far!

As far as i'm concerned, it can stay this way all year long!

Sunshine & 70's is my favorite! 

I have a set of Christmas cards to share today that I whipped up a few weeks ago.

I keep a basket of leftover parts & pieces on my shelf and as I was looking thru it I found all these gorgeous snowflakes ready to be used!

Some people like their holiday cards in the traditional red & green colors but there are also some who like their cards with beachy colors as well.

This set is done in Coastal Cabana & Smoky Slate.

My snowflakes are from the retired Festive Flurries stamp set & coordinating Framelits.

Card Details:

Stamps: Festive Flurries (retired), Snowflake Wishes

Ink: Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana

Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Coastal Cabana DSP

Accessories: Festive Flurry Framelits, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Winter Snow EF, Snowflake Splendor Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

They turned out beautiful, don't ya think?

I have lots more images in that basket that I may try to turn into cards, eventually!

It's always fun to breathe new life into the older stamps!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

It's Finally Christmas!

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Merry Christmas!!!!

My post today is to share with you all the Christmas Coffee Cup Carriers that I made this season!

Take a look....

I'm not sure I had a favorite because I love them all and i'm happy that they all went to new homes for Christmas too! 

Today our Baltimore Ravens are playing football against the Pittsburgh Steelers so we are going to have our Christmas dinner early. Hopefully we can get a quick walk in before dinner. 

My hubby got me a new bike for Christmas!!! I just love it as it matches my sneakers! Haha!

I can't wait for spring weather now to go out and ride it! How many days till spring??!!

I hope Santa was good to all of you, too!

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My thoughts today....

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful holiday!

~Wendy

Festive Flurries

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Can you believe we are 5 days away from the big day!

I love Christmas but the hype of it all is just nuts anymore!

So, today I have my last Hershey Bar Wrapper of 2016 to show.

I'm sure I will be making more of these for different holidays & such but it's a bit sad that the craft show has closed but happy that all my Hershey Bars have sold and found a new home for Christmas! I hope all the recipients enjoy them as much as I have creating them over the years! 

I have tried feverishly to use up retired/hoarded designer series paper this year! The paper I used on this was called Winter's Frost Specialty DSP from a few years ago. When it hit the Clearance Rack I ended up buying like 6 packs of it! I loved the colors & prints on each sheet so I obviously had NO self control when the price was also knocked down to under $6 a pack! 

Hershey Bar Wrapper:

Stamps: Festive Flurries, Sentiment from Amuse

Ink: Island Indigo, Smoky Slate

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver Foil Paper, Winter's Frost Specialty DSP

Accessories: Festive Flurries Framelits, Lg Oval & Scallop Oval Punches, Circle Punch, Crimper, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

And lastly I have another Covered Composition Book to share that is in the same colors and all.

Take a look....

Holiday Planner Composition Notebook:

Stamps: Festive Flurries, Papertreyink Sentiment

Ink: Island Indigo, Smoky Slate

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver Foil Metallic Dollies, Winter's Frost Specialty DSP

Accessories: SU Snow Burst EF, Festive Flurries Framelits, Lg Oval & Scallop Oval Punches, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

These 2 items have definitely been craft show favorites over the years!

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My thoughts today....

That's for sure!

Sparkle on my friends!

That's all for today! 

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Christmas Candy Dispensers

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Hope your all having a great day!

Do you remember back a few months ago when I shared the Candy Dispenser Boxes? 

Today I have more to share!

My dear sweet friend, Vicki shared a template with me for making these that prints directly out on your cardstock and then you have to cute it out and adhere with a good adhesive!

I have tried to put the template in this post but Blogger would not let me. Not sure if there is an issue with Blogger right now but I will try again to add it as soon as I can!

These are really fun to make and the kids really seem to like them, too!

I filled them with M&M's and placed in a clear cello bag and tied a tag on it with matching ribbon! They were a good seller too!

I used a different variety of stamp sets, cardstock & patterned papers on these. Most is Stampin Up products.

That's all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Festive Flurries Card Set

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Today I am sharing a pack of cards I made for Christmas. 

All the supplies are retired except for the sentiment.

I used retired paper from a few years ago called Merry Moments DSP. That's not to be confused with the pack that is out now in the Stampin Up catalog called Merry Moments. They are 2 different packs that happen to have the same name. The package I used on this set of cards is now retired and I believe it was from 2009-2010.

My snowflakes are from the Festive Flurries stamp set with coordinating Framelits from 2013. This is one of my favorite snowflake stamp sets!

My sentiment comes from the Holiday Mini Catalog 2015. The set is called Six Sayings. It is a hostess set with really nice sayings in it. I love it!

Merry Christmas to You & Yours Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurries, Six Sayings

Ink: Real Red, Garden Green

Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP-2009-2010

Accessories: Festive Flurries Framelits, Hexagon Punch (flag ends), Vanilla Pearls, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

That's all for me today!

Tonight is my stamp girls Christmas get together at Chili's! 

Can't wait to see the girls and share some laughs!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Happy Holidays!
~Wendy

Color Challenge 503

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Just a quick post here this afternoon then i'm off to get my hair done....it really needs it!

Anyways here are today's colors from the SCS Color Challenge 503 and my card.

Mossy Meadow, Gold, Cherry Cobbler

Dessert Option is to make it sparkle!

I already had the Festive Flurries stamp set out on my table so I made my snowflakes Mossy Meadow & Cherry Cobbler. I added a shiny Gold Pearl to the center.

I'm pretty pleased with this! What do you think?

Colro Challenge #503 Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurries, Many Merry Messages

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Accessories: Festive Flurry Framelits, SU Snow Burst EF, Mossy Meadow Ribbon, Gold Pearl, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that is all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #132

Hello & Happy Monday!

I'm back this week for Merry Monday and we have a new challenge for you!

Lesley is our hostess and she chose a very pretty challenge for us this week to help you get those Christmas cards made! Christmas is not that far off so we hope this challenge will help you get those cards made!

Here we go...

This was an easy card to whip up with such yummy colors! I liked the snowflakes in these neutral colors with the added dry embossing! Great challenge this week, Lesley!

We are also saying goodbye today to one of our Merry Monday ladies, LeAnne Pugliese. She has been on this design team with me since day one so it's definitely a sad day for me to say goodbye. She is also a Pennsylvania resident that doesn't live too far from me and the wonderful thing about LeAnne is, we met a few years back and she is a total sweetheart! The whole team and I will really miss her and her wonderful creative talent! Hate to see her go but totally understand the demands of everyday life. LeAnne, we wish you well and hope you will come back to play with us when time permits! Sending you big hugs, my friend!!!!

Merry Monday Challenge #132 Card:

Stamp: Festive Flurries, Joy to the World

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Festive Flurries Framelits, Northern Flurry EF, Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dot, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

World Card Making Day 2014

Hello & Happy Saturday!

It was a busy day in my stamp room today! I spend most of the day stamping and once again working on craft show things. After supper I went in search of a challenge to participate in so I could make another Christmas card for my upcoming craft shows. I went to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for inspiration! It's been quite awhile since I played along with that challenge and think I just may need to get back to it on a weekly basis! They have some awesome sketches each week and the design team always has some pretty inspiring cards!

So here is the sketch....

I just love the Festive Flurries stamp set & matching Framelits from last year so I decided to break out some Winter's Frost DSP to go with them. I'm so drawn to the colors in this DSP! I also love this sketch too!

Freshly Made Sketches #156 Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurry, Cute Converse 2006

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party

Cardstock: Whisper White, Winter's Frost DSP

Accessories: Festive Flurries Framelits, SU Embellishment, Rhinestones, 3/4 Circle Punch, 7/8 Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

I'm so happy to have been able to make a card today for World Card Making Day! Hope you had a chance to make a card today, as well!

Well, that's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy