Merry Christmas 2014

It's been a busy busy holiday season! I have Secret Santa at work (for which I have been a terrible Secret Santa....MUST make amends with chocolates and a BIG gift card....),  many many fun Christmas parties, TWO Christmas cookie baking parties, and a lot of Amazon shopping. We're getting close to being all ready for The Big Guy!!

But no matter how busy I am,  I make my greeting cards every year. This year I wanted to try something different. I used overhead transparency sheets and Bubble wrap in the creation of my 2014 card. It's different than my usual and I got some lukewarm reviews but also some good reviews. However, no matter what folks thought-I love it!

Merry Christmas 2014

I also decided to make all the gifts for Lily Belle's preschool teachers. They were a big hit!

Bookmarks! All teacher can use beautiful bookmarks!!

And journals!

This Santa journal would inspire all manner of Christmas musings!

A beautifully decorated Christmas tree journal to get teachers in the holiday spirit!

Stamping Momma!

You may not be aware, but in addition to being Lily's Mommy and loving to learn how to cook, and loving to garden. I also make cards with rubber stamps.

I have had my work printed in books, published in several magazines and on websites and, appeared on TV on the DIY show "Craft Lab"
I also wrote a book called "Stamp A Card"
And, in 2007 I was on the Tim Holtz Design Team for Ranger Ink. That was an amazing experience!
While I LOVE stamping, for a long time my family took most of my attention. Lately, I have been creating again. 

Here are some of my more recent cards. (Most given away to friends and family)

Seed packets that I made for my friend's wedding.

I stamped these seed packets for the wedding of my friends, Carolyn and John.

Posing with my friend Frank, and one of the seed packets

This went along with a wedding present.

Just playing.

A Halloween doodle

Sometimes I make several sample tags and keep them in my idea journal till I decide on a final design.

One of my favorite things I made in 2013

Halloween 2013

This technique uses Gesso to create a "resist"

Practicing with stencils and gesso 

A Gesso snowflake. I was inspired by the movie Frozen

Christmas card 2013 all lined up. (I design a new card every Christmas)

Christmas cards get framed and added to the collection every Christmas

I made this as a Thank You card to an author that signed a book for our family.

This is a graduation card for our friend's daughter.

Father's Day, 2014

A Thank You card for my dear friend, Jean.