Don't let the cats out! Meow, meow!

Since we have 10 indoor-only cats, we do worry a bit with lots of people coming and going that a kitty may slip outside unnoticed. And, since all our guests may not *know* that none of our cats go outside, we decided to post a little notice on the inside of the front door. Of course, I wanted it to be pretty and MATCH, LOL, so here's what I came up with:

















I think it's pretty self explanatory. I printed the message on my printer on shimmery white card stock and went from there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: none
Paper: Kraft, Mellow Moss, Pretty In Pink (SU!), Shimmer Glitter DP by Heidi Grace: Christmas | Words and Holly
Ink: none
Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, snowflake brads (Michaels)

Peace to you.

This next decor item is more letters. I love pink and light green for Christmas but it's kinda hard to find. I found this scrumptious Heidi Grace paper and it's perfect for my living room. I found three designs in this collection but one of them was a little too dark, so I filled in with card stock to make the five letters in PEACE. On the Mellow Moss, Pretty In Pink, and Kraft paper I stamped a holly leaf (I'll have to edit to add *which* set) and painted it in with Shimmerz paints and a Jelly Roll pen. Then I cut/finished them in the same way as the previous letters only I did not "antique" this set with sponging.

Here's the overall view:

















And here are close-ups of each letter:

"P" was done with Pretty In Pink cardstock, stamped with Versifine Sepia, and colored in with Shimmerz Mint and Candlelight. The berries were done with Pink Rose Jelly Roll pen.






















The first "E" was done with one of the Heidi Grace Shimmer Glitter papers: Christmas | Words and Holly.





















The "A" was done with Kraft paper in the same manner as the "P":





















The "C" was done with another Heidi Grace paper: Christmas | Holly Leaves:





















And, finally, the second "E" was done with Mellow Moss card stock:





















Lots of pictures today! Thanks for stopping by and checking them out!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Paper: Kraft, Mellow Moss, Pretty In Pink (SU!), Shimmer Glitter DP by Heidi Grace: Christmas | Words and Holly and Holly Leaves
Ink: Versifine Sepia, Simmerz Mint and Candlelight
Accessories: glue stick, emery board, sanding block, X-Acto knive, cutting mat, Jelly Roll pen Pink Rose, brush

Come on in, it's time to party!

Instead of having to hear the door bell ring over and over during my open house, I decided to put this hang tag on the door handle to tell people to come on in! I got the base at Michaels and simply glued DP to it, water colored the cardinal from A Cardinal Christmas set, matted it, attached it, and embellished with ribbon. The message was done with my Just Rite Brayton font letters and the small Harmony rectangular block. To get the letters to curve around the hole, I snipped between the letters and gently pulled them apart. Then I glued them on with my Quickie glue pen. I wish I could take credit for this idea for the letters but I can't. I saw it on one of the blogs I watch but I can't remember whose it was. I do know it was for a Halloween card, so if anyone remembers seeing it please let me know. If I find it, I'll edit this post to give credit. I chose the cardinal 'cause the tree on the front porch is done all in cardinals and as I mentioned in my first post today, I have the woodland theme going on out there. Gotta match, you know ;-) This project was easy to do and lots of people commented on it. This cardinal was easy to do--I stamped on water color paper with Basic Black ink and colored him with my Stampin' markers and my blender pen.

Here's the full view:




















Here's a close-up of the cardinal:
















And here's a close-up of the message:
















Thanks for checking out today's offerings!

~Recipe~
Stamps: A Cardinal Christmas (SU!), Brayton font (Just Rite)
Paper: Figgy (Basic Grey), water color, Very Vanilla (SU!)
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Only Orange, Sahara Sand, Creamy Caramel, Basic Black (SU!)
Accessories: blender pen, sponge, emery board, glue stick, sanding block, ribbon (craft store)

I'm baaaack! Did ya miss me?

Now my life is my own again and I can stamp!! My open house was a rousing success and I had so much fun! We had 85 people come by and everyone loved all my decorations and trees. I put up a total of 33 trees this year. Before some of you pass out, LOL, they are not all full size trees. I'm planning on starting a different blog for Christmas for them and other decorations and I'll link it here. Anyway, obviously I've been very busy getting ready for my big party. But, I was pretty organized and everything went off without a hitch. Yesterday was clean up/put things away and cooking for the office party today. BUT I did get to make a couple of cards that I'll post another day.

Today's first post shows some of my decorations that are made with paper. I did several more covered letter words (like I did earlier this year) to place around and I love how they turned out. This first one is what you see when you walk up to my front door. I did the letters for WELCOME in traditional Christmas colors using craft store scrapbook papers and placed them with some artificial greenery and ornaments. I got all of these letters at Michaels. A quick run down on how I did these: glue letters to paper, cut around with an X-Acto knife, smooth with an emery board and sanding block. For these, I sponged my favorite Creamy Caramel ink around the edges for a woodland look, which is what I'm trying for on the front porch. I use this because it's water based and doesn't stay "greasy" feeling like the Distress ink did on the set I did for FALL. I didn't feel like any of these paper needed any sort of embellishements. Here's a full view of this vignette:
















Here's a close-up of part of the letters, showing the papers I used:
















And here are the rest:

















~Recipe~
Stamps: none
Paper: craft store scrapbook papers
Ink: Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: Resin letters (Michaels), glue stick, X-Acto knife, emery boards, sanding block, sponge

Hang on, I'll be back!!

Don't give up on me! I'll be back! My Christmas open house is coming up and I've been in decorating overdrive--night and day! As soon as my open house is over, I'll be posting a couple paper decorating projects and then I'll be back to making cards!! I really hate that I've not been able to participate more in some of the great challenges/contests, but that's the way it has to be. I'll just have to add time for them when I plan my Christmas decorating next year!