My Christmas cards and my thank you cards are the same design. I was so busy this fall and I've just gotten back into town from visiting my daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio. I was staying with her for a while after she had her first baby.



I used paper from Daisy D's and I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 8 for the green mat and used Memento ink to stamp the corner leaves and to sponge around the edge. I used Memento black for the Sentiment. I used stamps from The Angel Company. It's a very simple card, I hope you like the way it turned out.

Diana

Christmas Sweets

I know it's been a while, and I'm going to do better posting. I'm now a member of Card a Day Blog were several designers get together and post a card a day. I'm really hoping this will motivate me into getting back into card making and posting my creations on my blog. Anyway here is my card. The theme is Christmas Food and whenever I get invited to dinner or just to visit at someone's house I bring a gift, during Christmas it's usually a dessert.



For this card, I kept it simple, I paper pieced a pie, I just hand cut it out. I used a retired stamp from The Angel Company. The paper I used is Heidi Grace "Jolly and Bright.

People are really surprised whenever I show up with my treat for them, I think I get some invites back because they need a dessert :)

Be sure and visit A Card a Day Blog every day to get inspired with all the different cards posted.

Diana

Yardsales

Every weekend I look forward to going to yardsales. I'm decorating my dining room/kitchen area in Tuscan style, so always on the lookout for cute grape stuff, I buy newborn boy clothes for my daugher whose expecting in December. My son has 2 children a girl and a boy that I buy stuff for. So here is my haul from this weekend.

Baby's first Christmas bunting and bib for $1.00
9 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of boots, 3 dresses and a jacket for $4.00
2 nice pictures for my son's house $3.00
Washstand with a marble top that will look really nice once cleaned up $3.00. Not really a lot of stuff to find at yardsales this weekend, already looking forward to next week.

Diana

Pocket Peepers

Here is a card made from the new set "Pocket Peepers". I colored in the baby with prisma pencils, pop dotted him so it looks like he's looking over the border, and then used a thank you from "Thinking of You" retired set. I'm going to give this to my daugter at her baby shower so she can send out thank you's for gifts for the baby.

Diana

Bear 4

Here is another bear, I guess I can get going on them when I really try, I think I like this one the best. I used the bear and saying from Bountiful bears, and the border punch is from stampin up

Diana

Bear # 3

OK, this one I kept simple and easy. I'll be making these with my card club to send to Iraq for the Soldiers to send back home.

D-75 Mega Circle 2.5"
D-701 Giga Scalloped Circle 3"
SC900 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Brown Sheer Ribbon
Brown Plaid Paper
v-9983 Smoothies Cardstock Nougat
I used a saying from retired set Thinking of You
PrismaColor pencils

Enjoy,
Diana

Another Bear

Today's bear is using a retiform technique, put down 3 sides of sticky notes and sponge color into the design I used a oval for one of the sides of sticky notes and then stamped a bear in the center of it. Here is the supply list
Bountiful bears stamp
Memento rich cocoa
Memento Cantalope
Memento potters clay
Nestabilities Label #20
Nestabilities Oval
Hydra Sponge

Have fun making your cards, Let me know if you'd like to order any of the suppliels from The Angel Company.

Diana