Showing posts with label Christmas card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas card. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

H2H: Merry Christmas

I've been having computer woes...that combined with the busyness of this time of year hasn't afforded me much time for posting. But I did want to wish all of my followers the merriest of Christmases! May your hearts truly know the joy of the season.  Here's a card for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge  which is a virtual holiday card exchange.










 For more 2011 Christmas cards: 2011 CHRISTMAS CARDS
Thanks for stopping by!
Marie with a :)

Sunday, November 20, 2011

CP 142

GET A FREE ISOM CRE8TIONS CHRISTMAS CARD! I've had a profitable month here at Isom Cre8tions and to show my thanks I'm offering free Christmas cards.  Head over to my facebook page, (there's a link on the left hand side of my blog) like it if you haven't already,  leave a comment and share my page on your facebook page and I will send you a free Isom Cre8tions handmade Christmas card  (or another occasion if you prefer. )

Since it looks like I may be losing my CTMH consultantship (my workshops have been successful enough that that is what I will be focusing on instead) I am getting used to working with some of the other (tons) of products that I have had on hand and largely neglected.  This card does use CTMH paper but the stamps are Verve and Penny Black (The letters and snowflake are CTMH). I loosely used the wonderful Card Patterns sketch 12 for the design. Thanks for stopping by!




Marie with a :)

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Christmas Cards Finished and CAS 165

With this final design using the easy Clean and Simple sketch 165, I am now finished with my Christmas cards:
 I really liked this weeks's sketch!  Below are the rest of the cards I've designed for my personal use this Christmas season. I still have to create for some orders, but it's nice to have my own done :)



 This is the same card as above except using my old Basic Gray papers instead of Close To My Heart.

 I like to do something to the inside of the cards too.






How about you...have you started on your Christmas cards yet??/
Thanks for stopping by!
Marie with a :)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Card/Scrapbooking Workshop

I am having a little card making and Scrapbook workshop this weekend.  We will be making the card from my LAST POST and these two as well as a fourth one. We'll also be making a two page layout that I will post later.

I am looking forward to some girl time :)

Thanks for stopping by,
Marie with a :)

Monday, December 20, 2010

Last of the Christmas Cards...First of the Calendars...

I typically end up making lots of "singlets" for my Christmas cards.  Usually I'll do two or three batches of cards that are the same and then ten to fifteen single card designs.  This year I think I did 25 singlets!  Here's a few that I didn't post yet:



This is probably my favorite "singlet" this year and is for one of my best friends. I don't know why it's a fave but I love the Tim Holtz die, the weight/feel of it and even the Basic Grey papers!



Hard to tell from the photo, but those are rhinestones on the upper portion...very sparkly :)


My sister is one of those people who has no need for anything that my money can buy so sometimes it's a challenge to find ways to show her how much she is loved and appreciated.  I decided to make Calendars for her and Barb this year.  Here's a few of the pages so far:






I probably should have purchased stock in Kleenex since we go through so many boxes...yes I tend to cry when emotionally overwhelmed.  Yesterday found me crying not once, not twice but THREE times.  I'll write more on my other blog but thought I'd share the cause of the third cry here:
This was a gift, not from one of my flesh and blood children, but from a "spiritual daughter" who will be moving to China with her husband and precious baby boy.  She can't possibly know how much this gift, along with the accompanying letter, meant to me! (The top part says "Mother" in Chinese :)  )

I am blessed indeed!
Marie with a :)

Monday, December 13, 2010

H2H's last challenge for 2010!

I guess technically my card doesn't fit the H2H qualifications because it's not my FAVORITE Christmas card...but it is a Christmas card so I'll join in.  What it IS is one I used for my LAST set of Christmas cards. I had persuaded myself to cut back to just 50 cards this year...but I couldn't do it.  So I ended up making another 30.  The second one is very similar to one I posted a while back...if you scroll through the Christmas Cards label you'll spot it.  I really love the mistletoe papers!


PS Have I mentioned how much I love the H2H challenges?

Thanks for stopping by! Your visit and comments make me smile!
Marie with a :)

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Christmas Cards...Vintage CTMH style

I do it every year.
Say I'm only going to design one card.
It never happens.
So far this year I've done about 12 different designs!  (The last photo is one I posted a while back.)  I have a few non CTMH ones on my facebook page. Here's a couple more CTMH:


I love the rest of this sentiment:

This next one was inspired by Vicki at Wizard's Hangout :


Now I'm off to make some southwestern turkey stew for my gang. Thanks for stopping by!
Marie with a :)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mistletoe, Snow Friends and Sweet Sketch 72

(note: if you are a new follower, welcome and thanks!  Let me know (leave a comment or e-mail) so I can go and check out YOUR blog)
I created this card using Sweet Sketch Wednesday's sketch #72:

Below photo shows the tag inside the brown bag:

Don't you just LOVE the mistletoe paper?  I do!  It's so versatile.  Here are the CTMH supplies I used:
Stamp Sets: Snow Friends (D1244), Happy Journey (D1428)
Inks: New England Ivy (Z2135), Tulip (Z2166), Cocoa (Z2114) and White Daisy (Z2163)
Paper Pack: Mistletoe (X7130B)
Ribbons: Twill (Z1099 with a price drop from $7.95 to $4.95 for 20 yards!!) and cranberry (Z2109)
Tools, Etc. : Waterbrush (1771), Edge Distressor (Z1297) Stardust glitter gel (Z1313) Blending Pen (3174)

Thanks for stopping by,
Marie with a : )

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Happy Birthday, Josh (and Time to Start on Christmas Cards)

In honor of Josh's 22nd birthday, I thought I would post a picture of us playing Scrabble...especially since I BEAT HIM!

Aren't we just Scrabble Geeks?


While waiting to see if Alyssa will show up online I try to do something productive.  (You'd probably have a hard time believing that since I'm STILL IN MY PAJAMAS...) so I worked on a Christmas card since my sister Samantha keeps reminding me it's time to get started.  I'm hoping a group of us will get together soon and just crank 'em out.

I soooooo love the new CTMH Mistletoe paper that I was being VERY frugal with it. I hope to get at least 30 cards from this pack! Check out my website to order the Mistletoe Workshop kit: IsomCre8tions CTMH . The stamp set is from our new book and is called harmony and suits my vintage-y style nicely!