happy birthday

I believe my friend Theresa made this card.  It's another card that I unearthed when I cleaned up my craft area.

papertrey december blog hop challenge

When I saw the Papertrey Ink challenge, I knew I wanted to participate.  To say I love white is an understatement, just look at our basement: 

 

 

I went for a clean card with a bit of texture.  I "whitewashed" some burlap and used a few punches.  I decided not to stamp a sentiment to keep it simple.

ink: ColorBox frost white
other: flower punches, leaf punch, burlap

delight in the joy of the season

This was made at our ladies card nights.  I'm partial to A2 cards, but I really like this long skinny card.

{forgive the photography,
I found these photos on my computer and they were taken with a really old camera}

happy holidays

My feeble brain has completely forgotten where this card came from.  If I had to guess it was one of our ladies card nights, no matter what, I love the simplicity of it.

{forgive the photography,
I found these photos on my computer and they were taken with a really old camera}

holiday cheer

I borrowed my friend Linda's stocking punch and a made a bunch of these cards one year, again, a long time ago.  The best was using fuzzy paper for the top of the stocking (white).

{forgive the photography,
I found these photos on my computer and they were taken with a really old camera}

warm wishes

I made these cards one year for our Christmas cards.  I copied them from a display at Impress a long time ago.

{forgive the photography,
I found these photos on my computer and they were taken with a really old camera}

merry christmas

Here's a Christmas card that my friend, Aimee made for one of our ladies card nights.  I found this with my stash of cards.  I'm pretty traditional with my Christmas colors, but I really like the pink in this card.

{forgive the photography, 

I found these photos on my computer and they were taken with a really old camera}

{beer deer}

Another craft we put together with our mother daughter group last December was the "beer deer" bottles.  We each brought a case of root beer (or any beverage) and hot glued pipe cleaners for antlers, sparkly pom-poms for noses, and googly eyes for eyes.  While this turned out cute, it was a bit time consuming.  We decided that unless you know a specific beer a friend loves, the best way to do this is to use a champagne or sparkling cider bottle and just make one big reindeer.

whole case

one deer

{soup can treats}

Last year our mother daughter group made some Christmas crafts.  I realized I never posted them.  This one is "souper" fun.  You take a pop-top can (soup can size*), cut open the bottom with a can opener (but leave one part attached), empty the contents, wash, rinse, and dry the can (really well).  Then fill it with treats, a gift card, or little gifts. Finally hot glue the bottom shut and decorate the can.  When you give the can to someone, they get to pop the top for their present.  It's quite fun!

bottom of the can hot glued shut

decorated

ready to be popped

*If you are going to make a bunch of these make sure the style of can you pick can actually be opened by a can opener from the bottom.  We found that certain brands or types of foods couldn't be opened with a can opener from the bottom.

{christmas polar bear}

I thought I would share a Christmas card that I located in my craft space overhaul.  It was made by my friend Kathy.  She puts such amazing detail into every single card that she constructs.  Each card is worthy of being framed!