We have come to the last day of 2015 and I look back fondly on my creative endeavors during the year! I wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to having you visit my blog in 2016!
January–Bokeh Technique and Sneak Peek From 2015 Occasions Catalog
February–My Least Favorite Card To Create
March–Projects From Stamping Group
April–Remnants of Easter
May–Corner Garden Blues
June–2015 Catalog Launch
July–New Floor and Grateful For You
August–Best Thoughts Joy Fold Card
September–Pretty in Pink Poinsettia
October
This was a busy month for me and I didn't get to post AT ALL :( Hopefully, 2016 will allow me to post every single month!
November–Color Burst Christmas and Wonderful Wonderland
December–Tag Exchange and December Stamp Class
I hope you have enjoyed this review of my most popular posts from 2015. I look forward to your comments in 2016!
Thursday, December 31, 2015
My Most Popular Posts of 2015
Posted by Linda Vich at 3:46 PM 2 comments
Labels: best thoughts, butterfly thinlits, color bursts, corner garden, curvy keepsake die, festive flower builder punch, fuse tool, lotus blossom, painted petals, sleigh ride edgelits, wonderland
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Time To Catch Up
Wow! It's long time since I've been here! So busy this time of year with work, shopping, and prepping items for my Stamping Group which met last Friday for our last time before Christmas. I couldn't show you any of these items beforehand because it would have ruined the surprise but now I can!
I made some Tea Light Holders for each of my ladies, using both the Silver and Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum and the Curvy Keepsakes die. I made a different type of tea light holder in Candle, Candle, Burning Bright.
I also prepared Christmas cards for each of my ladies using the Festival of Trees stamps and punch bundle. That set is getting quite a work out this season! You can view another card using the bundle in Trimming The Trees.
Next are the two cards which we made at our stamping group on Friday night.
This first card was cased in entirety from Justin Krieger's wonderful creation. Justin's card was lovely and I just didn't want to change anything–colors, design, etc.
One thing I did do, though, was to use the digital version of the Designer Paper he chose from the Motley Monsters pack. When I read his list of materials, I was quite surprised that the Bermuda Bay star paper came from that package. Because I knew I would not use the other papers, I opted to purchase the digital version and printed it off on Whisper White card stock, a much cheaper alternative at $5.50 instead of $13.50.
The second card was cased from Stampin' Up! demonstrator Jan McQueen. I loved her card and as I had never made a shaker card before, I decided that this would be the one to try! Instead of using the muted colors of the All Is Calm paper pack, I opted for traditional Christmas colors of red and green. I had to add a few non Stampin' Up! sequins into the shaker because there were none available in the two greens or the red that I chose. The other sequins came from the Frosted Sequins pack. (My shaker card below does not have any red sequins because I didn't have any at the time I made my sample card.)
My ladies definitely had fun working on these two cards:
After completing their cards, it was time for our annual Christmas Tag Exchange! Each lady designed one tag and reproduced it for each member of the group. We lay out all our tags so they can be viewed and then we take turns describing how our tags were made and what materials (doesn't have to be from Stampin' Up!) we used to create it. This is my favorite part of our Christmas meeting!
Of course, the evening would not be complete without some Christmas goodies:
And a group shot:
A fun evening was had by all!
Tea Light Holders Supplies
Christmas Card Supplies
Tag Supplies
Card #1 Supplies
Card #2 Supplies
Posted by Linda Vich at 10:15 PM 2 comments
Labels: curvy keepsake die, festival of trees, shaker card, snowflake card thinlits dies, stampin up, tag exchange, tree punch