Our youngest son and daughter-in-law live with us. She works at a Day Care Center. The owner gave each of the employees a stocking to decorate, since parents sometimes want to drop off little gifts to the teachers. She asked for my help in figuring out what to do with it. I had some beautiful Christmas ribbon, lots of Silhouette designs to choose from, and my Cameo. This is the result:
When we started, it looked pretty plain and cheap. It's amazing what a little HTV and pretty ribbon can do.
I am still working on my 2017 Disney Christmas album, and still on the first day of our trip. This is obviously going to take forever if I don't spend more time scrapbooking.
The title is from Paper Wizard. The snowflakes are a Silhouette Design Store cutting file. The paper is BoBunny, from a winter line of long ago. I bought it for something else, but these were the only papers in my ridiculously huge stash that went with the Paper Wizard title.
My daughter loves Alice in Wonderland. She loves herbal tea. Someday, when she has a baby, she wants to decorate the baby's room in an Alice in Wonderland theme. She had a birthday recently. Her husband and in-laws threw her a surprise party. The theme? Alice in Wonderland, of course. They live a long ways away, so attending was not an option. I had to make do with a card and a check sent in the mail.
I used Silhouette Design Studio print and cut files from Echo Park, and my own box card design.
This box card was made for my youngest grandson's birthday. The Dinosaurs and phrase are Stinkin' Cute Print & Cut Paper Piecings from the Silhouette Design store. I used pattern fill papers from Silhouette, too. I made this box card back in September but never posted it.
He has an older brother who has been learning to play Dungeons & Dragons. His birthday was actually a couple of months ago. I get the bad grandma award for the delay, but I try to make very personal birthday cards that I hope will be enjoyed and appreciated. We've also been dealing with my husband's major health problems, and I have been struggling with the creativity needed for a fun card. I finally came up with this:
D&D fans will get it.
I showed my 27 year old son the D&D card and asked what he thought. He said he wants me to make one just like it for him when his birthday rolls around, so I got a "perfect 20" for my card design. I'll actually be making a less cutesy design for his.
This is another of the box cards that I made back in September while debating which to use for the first CARDtober Challenge. The scarecrows are from the Silhouette Design Store, but the box card is my own design.
Before moving to Texas, we lived near a local farm, which had a Fall Festival every year. Our family went to the Fall Festival there most years. My two youngest sons both worked at the farm when they were old enough. This box card is a reminder of those happy times.
When I was preparing for CARDtober, I created several box cards ahead of time. I just didn't post all of them. Here are two Halloween Box Cards that I made in September but didn't use for the first CARDtober Challenge:
This challenge was to use a particular fall color palette. It included a peachy pink, along with a fall green, brown, etc.
Despite my ridiculously huge stash, I had trouble finding anything that even came close. However, yesterday while on an errand, I realized that I was passing a Tuesday Morning. It's one that I rarely visit, because it is so far, and I always have to use the GPS to find it. It's a feast or famine location as far as craft supplies, but this time I found some fun papers. I put some back before checking out, and I still came home with more than I should have. The papers I used for this card were among them. The photo doesn't show the colors quite true, but they actually worked well for the color palette for this last CARDtober challenge.
The twist was to make a card of a different size than usual, or to use a technique that you rarely use. I'm burned out, though. I hadn't expected to complete every challenge this month, so I accomplished more than I expected.
