Preserving Christmas

I can't tell you how many pictures we take at Christmas and every holiday we celebrate. This Christmas I decided that I was definitely going to preserve our memories by scrapping them. As I finish up the pages I'll share them with y'all.

Here are some of the first Christmas 2010 pages...

Mom and I on Christmas Eve...

I love old colorful record covers, so I've been trying to incorporate them into my art. This was the result. The wording was perfect for a Christmas Eve page.

Hopefully the closeups will show you the random stitching I did with my sewing machine. You know how I love to add stitching to stuff!

And, I found some great embellishments on sale after Christmas at JoAnn Fabric! They were K&Company (I love that stuff)!!!

And, the next page...

Did I tell you how very much I love Stampin' Up!'s Christmas Designer Series Paper! Deck the Halls and Jolly Holiday ROCK!!!! It's almost too beautiful to use!

And, the final page of the day...

More sewing and embellishments with the Jolly Holiday paper! Of course I had to add some vintage sheet music too!

Have a great weekend, everyone!! They say more snow next week for us! Better get some biking in this weekend then!

Lovely Congratulations

Dynamo and I attended an engagement party over the weekend for some friends, and this was the card I made. As you can tell, I used my circle punch and the heart-to-heart punch! The cardstock is textured elegant eggplant and cranberry crush. I also used Jolly Holiday DSP. The sentiment is a portion of a jumbo Valentine's Wheel from Stampin' Up! I don't particularly care for the wheels as they come, so Dynamo makes me beautiful wooden blocks and I remount the wheels as regular stamps. I got the idea from Mary Fish, another demonstrator. She has an entire tutorial on her site about how to do this.

Here's a closeup...

Lindsey's Birthday Card

My cousin, Lindsey Marie, had a birthday on Tuesday! I'm not going to reveal her age, but I will show you the card I sent her!

Now, I don't normally send her pink cards because I don't really see her as a pink kind of person, but once I started creating I just thought the colors were too pretty to resist and knew she'd love them!! And...she did! She called me and told me so! I thought that was so sweet of her!

Inside the card I also included a copy of a  pic from 1984! It is my absolute favorite pic of us together! Don't you think so?

We were spending the night with Grams and saying our prayers together before bedtime! I'm the one in the red gown on the right. Lindsey is on the left!

Hope your birthday was fabulous, Lindsey Marie! I love you!!

Here are the materials for the card:
Stampin' Up! - melon mambo cardstock and polka dot ribbon; cherry cobbler and old olive classic stampin pads; circle circus stamp set; happy everything stamp set; very vanilla cardstock; jolly holiday DSP; 1 and 3/8" circle punch; and wild wasabi textured cardstock