Happy New Year's Eve! & Shoebox Tuesday

Happy 6th Day of Christmas and New Year's Eve

Looking back to 2019 seems like the older we get the faster it goes but of course it doesn't as it is always 365 days each one 24 hours and as much as we would like more hours in a day to do more things on our list or more days it just never happen.

This year as every year seems like we loss a couple people but this year we didn't have any new member in the family. In June we loss Mike

and in September we loss a very sweet lady my foster Aunt Georgia

On the happy memories for us: Our only nephew from my siblings turned 18th in January

our grand-daughter from youngest son, Paris, turned 9th in March and we celebrated her in Black Angus

We took a long month vacation to across the State of Idaho on our 5th Wheel during the month of June with our cat Reva and got to meet in person with an on-line stamping friend that I've known for over a decade, Phyllis and her husband Lyman

and on the way back got to see our friend Vicki and one of her daughters her one son that live in Eastern WA which we hadn't seen in over a year, it was so good to visit with them.

In August for our 24th anniversary we took a road trip with Reva to the cold and windy Oregon Coast

Our grand-daughter from oldest son, Samantha, turned 3 in November

Bret and one of my sisters planned a week trip to San Diego for my 54th birthday where we met with my other sister

and also got to see a cousin I hadn't seen since 1992 when he and his wife came to visit me in Acapulco! and of course Bret got to meet him, his wife and one of his son and wife; back then they didn't have any kids so I also got to meet them.

Last but not least, which is not personal news at all but a big thing that happen this year, our President got impeached for breaking the law! showing us citizens that no one is above the law in this country. Maybe he won't have any repercussions law wise for what he did but, still to me at least it did show that not even the President is above the law.

Now for the card making part this is the project I made for my friends. I can't remember when was the last time I have hosted on a 12/31 so decided to make a card saying good-bye to 2019. It was hard as I had everything ready the only thing missing was the good-bye message and no one company in the industry has a stamp that says Good-bye which was unbelievable!! I had said good-bye so many times over the years, maybe after I started making cards so never thought about it but I'm sure there are people that has been making cards longer than me, Impress has been in business over 30 years so I couldn't believe I could not find one stamp and yes I could print BUT since I was using background paper and it was for a shoebox project it was not an option. Am I the only person that has ever said good-bye to someone that's why there is no need for that stamp??

I did have to get this stamp which I like the font but it was the end of a sympathy message so it's small so would love it bigger and with capital letter as a wanted it as MAIN word but can't be picky since it's was the ONLY stamp with a good-bye, this one is by Waffle Flower, rainbow bridge with paris dusk ink, the bottom message is from sale-a-bration set part of my story by SU, the numbers are combination of numbers I have and then added Nuvo Crystal drops gloss midnight blue on my "fireworks"

5th Day of Christmas

Another quick Christmas card for this one I used peaceful feliz Navidad steel craft die by MB. I made a card using the positive part and of course I couldn't waste the negative part so kept it

4th Day of Christmas

Another Christmas card for this one I used ornamental pine stamp set by SU as my Christmas tree branches with mossy meadow ink, holiday ornaments Framelits die also by SU and wine Copic multi liner to hang my ornament and one of the messages from more merry messages stamp set with same ink

3rd Day of Christmas

Another Christmas card this one was from from a Krazy Kreations kit holiday lights. I used The glitter paper that came in the kit with Krazy Kreations peel off stickers holiday lights and colored them with Copic Markers also Season’s greetings peel off stickers and dots peel off stickers 

2nd Day of Christmas

Another Christmas card with a fold. For this card I used berry, berry Christmas stamp by PB with 

jet black ink and colored with Copic Markers and then cut my layers with stitched rounded rectangle label dies 

1st Day of Christmas & Shoebox Thursday by Darlene

For the First Day of Christmas Darlene had a simple New Year's card for us to make. We used winter wonderland folder by CB, the snowflakes are from layered snowflakes die by Altenew and the New Year is from The Stamps of Life. The message is mounted on foam

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Feliz Navidad. This is the card I made for Bret yes another shaker card. I used ray of light stitched die and some left over Joy words from the PPP coordinating dies, the sequins were I believe from a past paper pumpkin they were in a string but pulled them off as for sure they were never were going to be used in the string, wasn't sure if I would used them loose either but don't have too many things for shaker cards so better than nothing😁

Shoebox Tuesday

Happy Christmas Eve & Noche Buena

For today's project I have a simple project using an altered Z fold card for Rachel Tessman showed as birthday card recently. I made two versions one in English and on in Spanish, mainly because my friends don't need the Spanish version 😊

 For the Spanish version use I stamp I had made at Impress with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink the ribbon is May Arts on both cards as well as the ornament punch by SU

For the English version the stamp is by Stampa Rosa with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Christmas

Another card I sent this year using nesting stockings cutting dies by Lifestyle Crafts, for the stocking clouds Fiskars paper edgers, a wine Copic multi liner to hang the stocking, ornamental pine stamp set by SU as the Christmas tree branch with mossy meadow ink and one of the message from more merry messages stamp set also by SU and same ink

Christmas fun fold

This were quick cards made with stickers. Originally I saw this type of card with Stamp with Anna and loved it you have plenty of space for decorating and writing personal message.

I used 2-1/4” circle punch by EK Success, on the front I used a message from Santa2stamp set by The Stamps of Life with tuxedo black and the stickers are season’s greetings Stickopotamus sticker collage by Jolee’s boutique

Happy Winter

Today is the first day of winter TO ME I know probably for some of you and the weather man it probably isn't but to me it always starts on December 21st. I was going through my unfinished box and found this border I had die cut and sponged. Well I'm not sure if I sponged or what and don't remember what color I used and didn't write it down and since it was back in 2015 didn't have any notes anywhere if I did. I cut it on shimmery paper and the die is frostville border by MB, I mounted it on the same shimmery cardstock, stamped the happy from happy stamp & cut set and the winter is from color layering cool fox set both by HA the ink I used was Bahama blue dew drop and added some rhinestones by Recollections

Christmas Reindeer

This was one of my Christmas cards this year. I used SU's Santa’s sleigh Framelits die, timeless textures stamp set with distress ink tumbled glass stamped off like snow falling down, a Copic marker to anchor my deer, epoxy dots from stash colored with Copic marker for the nose, one of the messages from the set more merry messages by SU with rhubarb stalk ink and finally sprayed with sheer shimmer spritz frost although after I finished all the cards I forgot to do that on the ones I mailed 😒

Shoebox Thursday

For today's project well it's Thursday so I can make a little more complicated projects so I decided to make a shaker card. I love shaker cards and lately seems like I have been doing a lot don't know if it's to get rid off my supplies or because I really want to make them LOL when I took my washi tape Alexandra made her shaker card in a very complicated way TO me but since two of my friends have been gluing their layers in the complicated way figure it was their way of making the card so I would show them how make them in 3 ways, one of them was how Alexandra said it was the easy way and hope for the best.

The one I made originally, I used Joy coordinating die by PPP and I didn't care for neither one of the message of the set so looked in all my sets and found in 3 sets by HA -the wishing you from Joy stamp & cut set, the happy Christmas from blessing stamp & cut set and the & from Merry stamp & cut set all with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink the sequins were from past paper pumpkin

My friend did with this sequins as I didn't have more white

25th Wedding Annniversary

Yesterday was my brother & his wife's silver anniversary and this is the card I send them. I used peacock folder by Sizzix, the message was from lovely legs anniversary set by Colorado & Craft Company with London fog ink and used decorative punch by SU

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's project I have a very simple thinking of you in the Christmas side but it could be use any time. The flowers I believe are poinsettias from the uplifting thoughts stamp set by Concord & 9th with rhubarb stalk ink and VersaFine Clair nocturne ink for the message then on each center I added one pearls stickers by Memory Box before I added the pearls I die cut my layer with stitched rectangle die by The Stamps of Life

Paper Pumpkin

This was a quick alternative to the August 2018 blissful blooms kit, I used double stitched rectangle dies by Kat Scrappiness to cut my top layer from the kit, the label was from kit and stamped the message also from the kit with blackberry bliss ink on the first card and lemon lime twist on the second card

Shoebox Thursday by Kathy

For today's project Kathy had a thank you card using paint chips. This are different from the ones I have seen in the past as they were already had the square cut of

The thank you is from Inkadinkado with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink, the jewels are from Eyelet Outlet & Brads, don't know who makes the swirly stamp which was also stamped with VersaFine Clair nocturne and embossed with kaleidoscope transparent by Stampendous.

Día de las Guadalupes

Today is a big day in Mexico, for us Catholics, we celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe and since my mom is named after her today is her "Santo" as well as some of my friends so these are the cards I mailed them

I used de mini hydrangea/poinsettia by Make An Impression stamp stamped with tuxedo black with paper flowers from my stash mostly by Recollections and enamel dots from Dollar Tree

For these mini pansy stamp by Make An Impression stamped with tuxedo black with paper flowers from my stash mostly by Recollections and enamel dots from Dollar Tree

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's project I had a pretty simple Christmas card. I precut the pierced frame and mounted on foam on the red layer, at first it was going to stay that way but it just needed something so I sprayed some sheer shimmer craft spray frost and Nuvo mica spray midnight horizon then stamped my message added the brads which I got either at Impress or at one of the shows from Outlet Eyelets & Brads. The stamping was done with VersaFine Clair nocturne and the English message is by Rubber Marbles and the one in Spanish is by Stamp A Mania

Sympathy Dog

Recently Jennifer McGuire posted about a card drive at a blog by Ricky Live Like Roo and for the first time I was able to help her cause. I love helping on card drives but only when it's blank cards with no messages on the inside, on matter what the note is I know. I work on my cards for the charity and if that is not personal enough for them that is too bad. Ricky luckily just wanted cards for Sarah so I was able to help not with a lot of cards as by the time I saw the post and due date not enough time to work on cards and mail and my stash didn't have a lot of cards of what they require

This was one of the cards I mailed them. Used dog sympathy set by Our Daily bread with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink, and stitched square dies by The Stamps of Life

Ways with Washi Tape homework Day 4

On my Washi Tape class for this day was using the big tape to create a shaker card. Alexandra used the big alphabet dies and on one of my past classes with them I had used a big die for a shaker card and of course that die seems to be my go to but didn't want to do the same so I did use the same die but made it different.

I also use the same painted fantasy washi tape from Altenew, the Y die is by MFT, the o & u are from and alphabet die I have, and the are amazing are from thanks stamp & set by HA with tuxedo black ink, the bits for the shaker are metallic gold jewels from PPP. Because the Y was too closed to the edge and was hard to add foam I decided to just drop the Y that came out of the top and the acetate is just on the top with nothing inside

Ways with Washi Tape homework Day 1

Last month I took a class with Alexandra at the Altenew Academy using washi tape. It was one class for 6 days something different each day. On the first day it was using washi tape with a modern design like the herringbone pattern so this was my take. I used Recollections washi tape, added some enamel accents black, my message is a die in a word hello by Winnie & Walter, cover with Spectrum Noir crystal clear sparkle glitter brush and then glossy accents

Paper Pumpkin

This was one of my alternative cards for the on my mind July 2019 kit. I cut my card bases in half then in half but in diagonal, used one of the foil-die cut labels and stamped my message from the kit's set with mossy meadow ink, the leave is a bountiful harvest rhinestone sticker from Michaels and the bow linen thread from the kit