Edwin Wants You To Know What Day It Is!

Hello Friends!! I am so excited because today is our Thanksgiving pot-luck at work. We each had to bring in a homemade dish this year. I brought in a container of Ecuadorian tuna fish mixed with diced tomatoes and sliced onions and another container of cooked potatoes that you eat with the tuna. Then tomorrow, my sister-in-law, Gladys, is hosting Thanksgiving at her house. It will be her and my brother's First Thanksgiving as a married couple! I can't wait.   Now, in keeping with the happy times, I'd like to present two cards I made this past weekend. The first is actually a postcard. You know how last year I made calendar cards for my dad to give to his clients? Well, this year, I saw that someone (I can't remember her name or her page, sorry!) had made a calendar card magnet with some Magnolias. I thought they were sooo cute and the wheels in my head started turning and I thought, I should do that for my DAD!!!! I showed him some pictures of what the card might look like and he said, "Sure go ahead." But I don't think he fully understood what was about to HAPPEN!!! So we ordered the mini calendars from skybluepink. And I bought a coil of magnets from Jo-Ann's and I got to work. Below is my first attempt at the MINI CALENDAR POSTCARD MAGNET. When I showed my DAD (hung it on the refrigerator and it took him awhile to see it "Dad can you get me the cranberry juice?" {nothing} "Dad can you get me the mustard?" {nothing} "Dad can you get me the uh, the uh.... okay just look at the door!") You should've seen his face. He absolutely fell in love with the postcard. So now my task is to make 99 more!!! EEK!!   For this postcard I used Santa's Helper Edwin which you can buy from Diana over at Magnolia-Licious. I don't see him on there right now but if you e-mail Diana she could let you know the ETA for this stamp. I used some clear glitter on his hat and gloves and he's colored with Distress Inks. The calendar is from skybluepink. I bought 100 of the medium sized ones and it was about $20. Great price I would say! The sentiment I printed from my laptop. the DPs are from scraps I have. I also used glitter around the red borders. 
The back of the postcard just has the magnets and my little chickie logo which I love!  CARD 514











 For my next card, my dear Mummy asked me to make a card for her boss, whose wife is feeling ill. I decided I would use a Lili of the Valley stamp for this. This is my first project with this stamp.  It is actually part of the Occasions Stamp Sheet that I received from Helen as part of the blog candy I won recently. Cute right? I added Diamond stickles to the border and several flowers with some pink glitter as well. I'm trying to make use of the glitters and flowers I have because I have so much! I left the inside blank so that my mom (really me. She makes me write everything for her!) could write inside. 
The back also showcases my cute little chickie! Tweet! Tweet! CARD 515












That's it for now. Since it's a 4-day weekend expect to see more work from me next week! Can't wait!

Two Baptism Cards and My First Christmas Card for This Year!

Christmas is almost here, yay!!!! This past week I was able to make my first Christmas card for this year. It was tons of fun to make but more on that later. First up are two Baptism cards I made for my boss Michelle. She wanted only one but I made two so she could choose which one she wanted.

Lately I've been thinking about branching out a bit and trying new card templates that I've never done before. I found a template for this ladder card below and thought I would try it out. Good thing too because it is the card MK picked. I used some religious symbols I had to embellish. I also added the white flowers (distressed with blue ink). The quote I found online and thought it was so cute. The half circles border is from my cricut. The gems are from an assortment I have. I love the way this card opens up. It was a ton of fun to make. I also started using my new logo for the back of my cards. My friend Eryn helped me make it incorporating my chickie stamp (tweet tweet). I love chickie. I feel like she really resembles my personality. Thanks Trubs!

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   Chickie!



 
Here's the other Baptism card I made. I really like this one. I tried making a shaped easel card. I used my Gypsy for this. I really like the way this came out. The flowers are from different places (Oriental Trading, Michael's) The cross is from Michael's. The pearls are from the blog candy I won recently from Helen. The ribbon is from Michael's. I can't remember the brands because I bought them so long ago. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug. I love that design so much and just recently bought it because I've seen it on so many cards and have always loved the way it looks.

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The inside quote is the same as the first Baptism card.








My new logo... Chickie!


Chickie up close!

   And now for the Christmas card. For this I used Wrapped Tilda from Diana's store over at Magnolia-licious. The best store ever for Maggies and scor-tape which I recently bought and just love! I can't believe you can just rip it from the coil and don't have to use scissors. It's unreal! This shaped easel card is smaller than the one above. I was trying out different sizes to see which would work best.
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 Since there isn't a lot of room inside to embellish I kept it pretty simple. I love these flowers so much. They are from the blog candy I won from Helen as well. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley. I love their stamps, they are so cute. And they offer free shipping when you purchase over 25 UK Pounds worth of stuff! Stay tuned for more cards with their stamps on.

 

Angela's Blog Candy!!

Hi guys!!! Great Blog Candy news to announce! Angela over at Angelwood's Crafting Corner is having a wonderful candy give-away this month in celebration of her birthday! Here are all the wonderful goodies she's giving away:

Magnolia stamp - Tilda With Birdcage
Magnolia stamp - Dangling Tilda
Magnolia stamp - Wedding Singer Tilda
Inky Impression stamp - Cowgirl Lili
Sweet Pea stamp - 1 stamp unmounted from Plate 21
Sugar Nellie stamp - Blossom
Bildmalarna stamp - Wedding couple
Paper Makeup stamp - Swirlie tree
K&Co Mat pad - Berry Sweet
K&Co cupcake embellishments
Cookie cutter button embellishments
Various colored stick on gems

To be entered into this give-away all you have to do is become a follower, post this in your sidebar and leave Angela a comment letting her know. And if you leave a post about this she will enter you twice!

Good luck!