Sometimes when I sit down to create a project, I have a picture in my head of what I want to do, but I don’t always get what I want! This first card is that way. My daughter, Jessica, took our family picture on Thanksgiving, so I had her print a bunch of wallets so I could create our family Christmas card around it. She edited it with a cool action called "Chocolate Sepia" (I think! sorry J if that’s wrong!). At first I thought I would use Bordering Blue and the Flannel Plaid Background, but the result just looked faded and blah. (Even though I’ve been a demo for 5 years, I still turn out a dud now and then!) So I tried a again and I think I nailed it this time!

So what do you think? After seeing some of the ornament cards I’ve made tonight, Mark (my DH!) suggested I make our family card into an actual ORNAMENT that can be hung on the tree! How cool is my hubby! I switched to Close to Cocoa cardstock and used the All About Christmas Jumbo Wheel in Chocolate Chip. I used Brushed Gold cardstock and Encore Metallic Gold ink. I finished it off with gold brads and the star punch again. I sponged the edges of the Chocolate Chip star with gold ink before I layered it on top of the gold star with mini-glue dots. It will take some time to make over 100 of these, but it will be worth it!

©1990-2007 Stampin’ Up! ™ Please let me know what you think by leaving me a comment!

I can’t wait for my Spring/Summer 2008 Collection pre-order to arrive! Demonstrators get a special sneek peek and get to pre-order from all catalogs and minis a month early. I ordered a LARGE STAR punch along with a bunch of other cool new stuff (and the stamps were an extra 15% off just for us!), so I can’t wait!

Sometimes when I sit down to create a project, I have a picture in my head of what I want to do, but I don’t always get what I want! This first card is that way. My daughter, Jessica, took our family picture on Thanksgiving, so I had her print a bunch of wallets so I could create our family Christmas card around it. She edited it with a cool action called "Chocolate Sepia" (I think! sorry J if that’s wrong!). At first I thought I would use Bordering Blue and the Flannel Plaid Background, but the result just looked faded and blah. (Even though I’ve been a demo for 5 years, I still turn out a dud now and then!) So I tried a again and I think I nailed it this time!

So what do you think? After seeing some of the ornament cards I’ve made tonight, Mark (my DH!) suggested I make our family card into an actual ORNAMENT that can be hung on the tree! How cool is my hubby! I switched to Close to Cocoa cardstock and used the All About Christmas Jumbo Wheel in Chocolate Chip. I used Brushed Gold cardstock and Encore Metallic Gold ink. I finished it off with gold brads and the star punch again. I sponged the edges of the Chocolate Chip star with gold ink before I layered it on top of the gold star with mini-glue dots. It will take some time to make over 100 of these, but it will be worth it!

©1990-2007 Stampin’ Up! ™ Please let me know what you think by leaving me a comment!

I can’t wait for my Spring/Summer 2008 Collection pre-order to arrive! Demonstrators get a special sneek peek and get to pre-order from all catalogs and minis a month early. I ordered a LARGE STAR punch along with a bunch of other cool new stuff (and the stamps were an extra 15% off just for us!), so I can’t wait!