11/9 Progress Photos Saxony Santa

Happy Friday!  This week has flown by for me and it was a productive crafty week for me.

First from my last post I completed my Thanksgiving Cards and they are off in the mail today for our immediate family.  Making the cards was really fun and made me want to create some more new designs!

Also this week I have been working on a very beautiful ornament.  It is in the Medieval Santa series by Mill Hill and it is the Saxony Santa. 

This was a very generous gift from my pal Meg at Committed Stitcher from her stash when I needed a needle because the kit I had brought with me was unfortunately missing its needle.  Anyways I am grateful that she donated this kit to me and it is so pretty!  There is quite a bit of beading on this design and for it being so small I have made some major mistakes that I have had to take out but I have really enjoyed stitching it.

Here is where I was when I stopped working on it sometime in January...

It is my first project stitching on a paper backing but so far so good.  And here is where I am today on the design...

I just have a few more colors of beading to add and then his beard which looks a little tricky, and then I can finish it and add it to our tree this Christmas!  This year I am already looking forward to the Holiday Season probably because we have snow already, and I am excited to make and get gifts together, and to see the joy of the season through my little girl's eyes.

Happy Crafting!

My card mojo is back!

Before I hosted a craft get together at my place in September it had been probably about a year since I had last done any cardmaking.  Seeing my old example of a Thanksgiving Day card I found when getting ready for the event sparked something in me to get to work creating cards.  Yesterday I searched high and low for the example but I couldn't find it!  So at nap time today I got to work trying to recreate it and I think they turned out well.

Here is the front of the card...

 And the inside...

And I always like to use my custom stamp with my name on it to finish off the backs of my cards.

I used all Stampin' Up stamps to create this card.  If you are curious about the sets let me know...

Happy Wednesday!

Friday Progress Photos, Card Making Fun

Hello out there!  So I don't really have progress photos because I finished the two cross stitch projects I had been successively working on.  However I am still trying to complete all of the finishing on them and I plan to add pics of that when I am done.

This week I hosted a monthly get together of ladies who like to craft and share some wine.  I am thankful that I got to host because now I am enjoying the fruits of my labor of a nice clean house!  Also it got me back in touch with an old favorite craft of Stamping and Card Marking!

Here are the 4 cards I designed for the demo activity part of the night.

I used mostly Stampin Up stamps and punches, and the Owl card was made using the Hoot 'n Holler Cricut Cartridge.  I came up with the Christmas theme for the cards mostly so I could start thinking ahead about Christmas and the Holidays this year.

Here are some of the beautiful, creative variations made last night!

And here is the Owl image I cut to show off what the Cricut can do to those who had never seen one in action!  It is from the October 31st Cartridge.

And the best result of the night besides the great company was that my little girl finally slept ALL NIGHT LONG!!!  She hasn't done that in 4 months and I was unbelievably grateful for the extra sleep last night!

Happy Friday!