Cozy Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit for October
Hello friends: Well, yesterday I spent several hours playing with the new Cozy Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. I did not end up making any of the pre-designed cards from the kit. Instead, I let my mind go and create 6 new cards designs that I am sharing with you below. You might notice I stepped way outside the box with the pink card. I wanted to make the ornament appear shiny and I remembered I had the shiny iridescent bags that came with the Spooky Halloween Suite. So I cut up a bag and used it as an overlay [...]
DIY Wood Gift Tags & Ornaments
So I found these wooden tags at Michaels. You get 50 of them for 10 bucks and when I saw them I had to have them even though I had no idea what to do with them. (It looks like Michael's is sold out on these now but you can find all kinds of similar tags on Amazon...just search "wood gift tag" and a ton of items show up.) So, anyway, I get home and I decide to paint some white and some black, and then maybe stencil on top of them a fun Christmas image. I gave this [...]
Peaceful Deer Stamp & Punch Bundle
Greetings everyone. My project of the week is here! I have two card projects to share using the Peaceful Deer bundle. The first project is a pretty Christmas card and I have used the Tiding of Christmas designer series paper to coordinate. I love this designer series paper - it really is so beautiful and makes the best cards. If you don't have this paper yet - you need it! I promise. If you missed the live video - you can watch it on the replay - just click the video link below. [...]
Hershey Nugget Treat Bags
These little treat bags are so cute...they are just perfect for the holidays - but really, they are so versatile you could use them all year long. Just change up the paper you use to wrap the candies. I just filmed a quick video for you so you can learn to make them yourself. There is also a PDF file here, that shows a template to make the little paper tray that the three treats sit in. Super fast and super easy to make. Use these as stocking stuffers or add them to a gift package as a little [...]
Snow Wonder!
Today's post is all about this adorable snowman stamp and die set called Snow Wonder. This is a brand new release from the Aug-Dec 2020 Mini catalog and I had so much fun playing with this set. Card #1 This snowman stamp is really very detailed and does not require much coloring - so it's super fast to put together one of these cards. For card #1 used my stacking stitched oval dies and cut out a border from the silver foil and once again with the snowflake splendor paper. I embellished with some red ribbon from [...]
A fresh start!
Just popping to give some updates since I have not posted in quite a while. I hope to make more regular posts now and I think I might be able to make it happen. I ended a job on Friday and will start a new one on Monday, however this new job will allow me a bit more flexibility and time to dedicate to "CardsbyCheryl". I've never had a job that allowed me to work from home, and I'm excited to try it now. I really am looking forward to being able to spend more time in the craft [...]
Burning the midnight oil…
Spent a few more hours after dinner last night with hubby working on Christmas cards. I love that he likes to contribute! :) This one came out nice and is one of my favorites but I still have to mount it onto a card base. I'm not a fan of mass producing cards that are all the same, so you can understand why it is taking us so long to come up with 50 cards. Thirty three down, 17 to go!