Speaking of CARDSTOCK!

I can't blog a day without sharing a few projects. This was our BUTTERFLIES class a couple weeks ago.
We used the priceless set, the butterfly punch for the pansies, the Dreams du jour set, and the Butterflies sizzix die for our projects. It was a really fun class! Thanks for stopping by!
Candas

Dusting off the ol' blog!

I can't believe that it's been SOOO long since I posted!
I apologize for my slacker-ness and don't promise to not do it again, but I do promise to make it more of a priority! I appreciate all you comments and observations! and hanging in there while I remember where I put it (I got it together, just can't remember where I put it ;)
I have OODLES of goodies to share!
So I'll start with canning!

My youngest pair peeling the peach skins off blanched peaches. They were serious.

8 Quarts of fresh peaches. Oh these are going to taste sooo good this winter!

Peaches preped for the jammery!

It's all in a days work!

That's been keeping me busy! It's PRICKLY PEAR SEASON in Arizona and my wonderful kitchen kids picked 10 gallons of prickly pears and we made juice out of 5 gallons, which boils down *literally* to 1 gallon juice. We made a quadruple batch of jelly which turned out DIVINE! and then gave the remaining jelly to a friend so she could try her hand at the jelly making process. Then we followed it up with peaches, peach jam, peach jelly, spiced peach jam, and pear bread, pear butter, and cinnamon pears. Needless to say this fall harvest has kept us all busy, in case you're wondering if I'm just sitting around with my thumb in my cardstock.

Gum Holder

Just a quick post today before I get stamping for the Birthday Bash we're having tonight at Card Class!

This is a gum holder that I saw on another blog (not even my own creation) but I LOVE it!

The little velcro closure could be swapped out for a little magnet. OOOh the possibilities are endless!

Going to have to whip one of these babies up!

Thanks for Looking!

Candas

As they say...

Time flies when you're having FUN! Life may not always be FUN, but it sure has been busy! I've had so much going on that those cards that sit so quietly AND patiently to be photo'd have done just that! Sit there, so those of you who are blog 'stalkers' send me an e-mail and tell me to get on the stick!
Thanks for looking and hope that you have had a WoNdErFuL beginning to your new year!

Candas

Sale-a-Bration and Occasions Mini Cards

The FIRST card class of the YEAR! WoW we had so much fun!

This class featured sets in the SALE-A-BRATION mini catalog

as well as the OCCASIONS mini catalog.

Thanks for looking and leave a comment

(just in case there are any 'blog stalkers' out there...)

Candas

This card features one of my FAVORITE colors! BASIC GRAY!

I love it! it goes with ANYTHING!

The set is ASIAN ARTISTRY and I stamped in Gray

and used a retired *gasp* metallic colored pencils

to add detail and color to the images.

The GRAY SATIN ribbon is found in the

NEW SELECTION of SATIN RIBBONS

in the Occassion mini catalog! GORGEOUS!

This card is practically copied out of the SALE-A-BRATION mini.

Super simple and easy.

Although some of my stampers were amazed at how many little steps there were.

I used an OPTIONAL SALE-A-BRATION reward set called HELLO AGAIN

 and WHIMSICAL WORDS.

BLISS BLUE, OLD OLIVE and PIXIE PINK cardstock.

STRIPPED GROSGRAIN ties it together.

This card features the SOLID STRIPES and

BUTTERFLY ACCENT stamps from the OCCASIONS MINI.

The butterfly is such a VERSITILE stamp!

I can't wait til next week when we do the kissing technique with it!

I used VERSAMARK only to create the tone on tone effect

as well as emboss the butterflies wtih IRIDESCENT ICE embossing powder.

SOFT SUEDE, BERMUDA BAY, MELON MAMBO are the cardstocks.

 I love the BERMUDA BAY POLKADOT GROSGRAIN.

This card has a boo-boo on it. Can you spot the boo-boo?

(that's what happens when I take pictures AFTER class instead of before)

This card is done in CLOSE TO COCOA with a smidgn of CHOCOLATE CHIP.

The EXTRA LARGE 2-STEP BIRD punch is used for the bird and the leaves.

I sponged and stamped it's wing with CLOSE TO COCOA ink,

The 2x2 GLASSINE ENVELOPES are just the right size to add

a message on the front with the KISSES card inserts.

I use an incentive stamp for the message.

Happy New Year!

A belated MERRY CHRISTMAS

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you!

I love new beginnings and the NEW YEAR is one of my FAVORITE! I feel like I get a UNIVERSAL "do over". So with that comes new resolutions... this year I resolve to be kinder to others, more patient, more forgiving, more accepting. Overall healthier, this year I turn 4-0! I don't FEEL 4-0! More like late 20's still trying to figure out life in general! I also resolve to be a better more dilligent blogger. Still posting with regular regularity *ha* made me laugh thinking of a laxative commercial from the redunant redundancy department.

So with this I had better get crackin'! I have my first class of the year on Tuesday the 5th and I have a few ideas, but nothing stamped, cut or assembled.