Christmas Ornaments 2018

"Cozy Flannel Wreath" 

I'm participating in Moose on the Loose's 9th Annual Christmas Ornament swap.  This is my 3rd year do it.  The past two years the main focus of my ornament was the stamp but not this year.  I made these wreathes with plastic shower curtain hooks, flannel fabric, and ribbon.  They were quick and easy :)

National Take a Hike Day

Happy National Take a Hike Day!  I planted a box to celebrate last month when we camped at Spring Mill State Park, but just listed it today.  I have 2 boxes at the park and was able to look for 3 more while we were there.

I carved my stamp and liked it so much I had to make a set of cards.  These are about the same as the last time I used Distress Oxides but I did change it up a little bit.

This time around I rubbed the oxides on my craft mat, sprayed them with water,  I rubbed my card thru one color, dried it, rubbed thru another color, dried the card, etc.  It definitely took longer this way but I was able to get white spots on the card that I would not have gotten had I rubbed the card thru all the colors at once. 

I stamped my stamp and embossed it with brown embossing powder, punched the corners, and glued it to brown scrapbook paper.  Because these were just for fun, I only made ten cards.  I am very happy with how they turned out :)

Autumn LTC Swap

I have joined aMAZEing adventure frog's "Autumn Craft & Swap".  My card is called, "Hello Fall".  I like these swaps because they have no theme.  But I usually make something to go with the season of the swap.

It took me a while to make these cards.  I carved both the stamps right away.  Initially I was going to stamp the leaf on brown paper, cut it out, and glue it to fall scrapbook paper.  I didn't like the look of that.  I decided to do a resist technique with my Distress Inks.

I stamped the leaf stamp on white paper and embossed it with white embossing powder.  Then I rubbed the ink on my craft mat and then rubbed the ink on the cards using small pieces of felt.  My husband saw me working on these cards and he asked if he could make one.  I showed him what I do and left the room.  The card in bottom middle, is the one he made.  He was quite proud of himself.

For some reason, I really wanted to work some burlap into this card.  I bought a roll of burlap at Michael's and it had a slick backing on it.  Maybe to keep it from fraying when used on craft projects?  I had issues getting the burlap to stay attached to the card.  I hope it stays :)