Craft Fair Offerings

Merry Christmas

Well, I haven't posted in a few weeks because I have been very busy creating cards for a craft fair I just showed at. There were about 33 vendors and it was the first fair for that particular forum.  As a rule I don't make a bundle of the same card, so for that reason, I have to work twice as hard to come up with new ideas. Sometimes, however, I do CAS cards I like on Pinterest, but manage to give it a twist to make it mine.

I found this layout and was instantly excited about the prospects of using it for my cards.

I embossed it with a Stampin' Up! wide rib embosser; only added the Olive Green paper part way up the base; added the silver glitter strip. I used a Stampin' Up! square punch for the white and then cut the silver paper 1/8" around the white for backing. I added a drop of silver glitter glue in the middle of each of the ornaments.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the top of the card.

Ink: GinaK, 

Stamps: Stampin' Up!, Ornaments

Paper: Stampin' Up! and GinaK: Whisper White, Old Olive

Glitter paper: Michael's

Glitter glue: Stickles

Floating Ornament

This is my second favorite card I showed at the fair. It is glitter PLUS! I have a fascination with glitter and this one just keeps me mesmerized.

Paper: GinaK, Navy blue; Stampin' Up, Whisper white; Michael's, Silver glitter

Punch: Martha Stewart; Memory Box, Christmas Ornament

Ribbon: Stampin' Up, Silver 1/8'

Sentiment: Stampin' Up

Remember: Get busy, make cards, and have fun!

See you again, soon.

Christmas Clothes Pins

This past weekend I attended my first "craft retreat." What an inspiring three days I had. I met new friends, reconnected with friends, laughed, ate, laughed, ate some more, and in general had a fabulous time.
One of the activities was to create something with the three elements we were given in our goodie bags. The theme for the retreat was "Camping." My elements were three mini-clothes pins. I thought and thought about what to create because it wasn't the beauty of the final product but how creatively could you incorporate your elements into your final product.

It was my first retreat so I was reluctant to bring too much because I didn't know how much room we had or how many projects I wanted to tackle. So, using what I brought with me I decided to hang some ornaments from a clothesline onto the front of card packet with envelopes I won in a drawing.

The base is Stampin' Up! card stock 5"x7", the dots were already on the paper. Next, I added a layer of dark brown under the branch and leaves from Memory Box (Mistletoe). Using the SU Christmas Ornaments stamp and die I stamped on brown with Whisper White and used white embossing powder for extra punch. I used the 3D Crystal Laquer to attach all of the clothes pins. Next, I used silver sparkle paper and a Martha Stewart snowflake punch and finally, I decided to add some gold to the mix with a die from Savvy to create the star. We were given SU baker's twine in our goodie bags and that was what I used for my clothesline. A Spellbinders corner die, a Swarovski crystal, and 3D Crystal Laquer on the red berries for a little extra texture finished the card.

There is a lot going on here but is isn't too busy because there is time for your eye to rest on each of the different elements. Sorry to say I didn't win the contest, but it sure was fun competing!

That's all for today...Get busy, make cards, and have fun!