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Snowmen Thank You Cards

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Last Wednesday, I started making the thank you cards I needed to send thank yous for our Christmas gifts. The All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge was to make a project with snowmen. I thought this was perfect for Christmas thank yous. Also, I thought it would give me a chance to use my new Martha Stewart snow flurry border punch that I got for Christmas. However, after picking the designer paper, the border punch didn’t quite work. Instead I used ribbon. I used last week’s Mojo Monday sketch to come up with the layout.

Snowmen Thank You Card with White Snowflake Brad

I think I prefer the white snowflake brad, but I only had 4 of them and I made a dozen cards. Which do you prefer? You can also tell I used two different cameras for the pictures (my main camera’s batteries died). The second picture taken with my main camera really makes the ribbon look satiny.

Snowmen Thank You Card with Blue Snowflake Brad

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Flaky Friends, Cute & Curly
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Close to Cocoa
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Frosty Day
Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Brown
Markers: Stampin’ Up Ballet Blue, Always Artichoke, Summer Sun, Close to Cocoa, Elegant Eggplant, Real Red, Only Orange, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Stickles Frosted Lace, Icicle; Stampin’ Up brown 15/16″ satin ribbon; snowflake brad (Hero Arts maybe?)
Tools: Stampin’ Up Curly Label Punch

As a side note, yesterday I watched Echo: Queen of the Elephants, a show I had Tivoed from the Animal Planet channel, while Jessica and I ate lunch and Jessica played. It was an excellent show about wild elephants.

It’s All About the Presents Card

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One of my goals for 2010 is to do something crafty at least once a week. Last Friday, I made two of the following cards for a sketch challenge on the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog. I have some male birthdays coming up and these cards will be perfect for that. My next project will be thank you cards for the Christmas gifts we received.

Sketch

It's All About the Presents

Stamps: C.C. Designs It’s My Birthday
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Ballet Blue
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Uptown
Ink:  Stazon Jet Black
Markers: Stampin’ Up Ballet Blue, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Large, Standard Circles Large

Christmas Card 2009

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It’s been a while since you’ve seen a card posted on this blog, almost 3 months. I haven’t stamped much since Jessica was born. These Christmas cards, sent to 72 houses across America, have really been the only cards I’ve stamped. I actually started these cards back in August with the intention of finishing them before Jessica was born, but I only finished stamping and cutting out the little red trucks prior to her birth. James wants me to go the easy route for 2010 and make photo Christmas cards (like the birth announcements I sent out). I enjoy making Christmas cards almost as much as I enjoy receiving Christmas cards, but maybe he’s right. This years cards didn’t go out until after Christmas, so maybe I should go the photo card route or trim down my list of recipients. What do you think?

Christmas Card 2009

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Time for a Tree (wheel), Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Real Red
Ink:  Stazon Jet Black, Stampin’ Up Always Artichoke

Jessica’s Baby Quilt

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Jessica’s baby quilt has a long history. I started it in September 2006 with the intention of giving it my friend who had a baby in February 2007, but I didn’t finish in time for her baby shower and got her something else. Then I intended to finish in time for the birth of my nephew in March 2008, but I didn’t finish in time and got him a different baby gift. At that point James told me I should just plan on finishing it for whenever we were going to have a baby. Now, keep in mind, he told me this before we even starting trying. So I’d work on here and there. A lot of the time spent working on it was long car trips to Midland. Then we found out we were pregnant in February and I kicked my butt into high gear. I finished it in June. But I put the finishing touch of Jessica’s name, birthday, and birth weight at the bottom of the quilt this week.

Jessicas Baby Quilt

Jessica's Baby Quilt

Boss’s Day

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According to Wikipedia, Boss’s Day (also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day) is a secular holiday celebrated on October 16 in the United States. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year. I am fortunate enough to have a boss that is awesome. I have actually had great bosses the entire time I’ve worked at TxDOT, but my current boss, Lisa, is the best. (I will note that my tenure at TxDOT has all been in the same office, but my first boss retired and my second boss left to work for the Center for Transportation Research.)

Diana, a co-worker, and I decided that we would circulate a card among our branch for Boss’s Day. Below is the card I made to circulate. I made it the early part of last week so there would be enough time for it to circulate. I also made it on the large side (5.5-in. x 8.25-in.), so there would be room for the approx. 16 people in our branch to sign. I CASEd (Copy and Selectively Edit) this funny card. I used my laser printer to make the sentiment.

Bosss Day Card

Boss's Day Card

Inside of the Bosss Day Card

Inside of the Boss's Day Card

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Tailgating (wheel), Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Close to Cocoa
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Delicate Dots
Ink:  Stampin’ Up Basic Brown
Accessories:  dimensionals; Stampin’ Up Brocade Blue eyelets
Tools: colored pencils, Crop-a-dile

***As a side note, I scheduled this post to be published on Boss’s Day, so even though there is a new baby or will be (induction is scheduled for the 16th if she doesn’t arrive sooner herself), don’t think I published this today. The post was ready to go almost a week ago.