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 :)

Just thought I'd share...

Just thought I'd share that I will be putting more of my non-CTMH projects on my facebook page rather than on the blog. Can't keep up with both all the time! And I've heard from some blog followers that they don't get my updates in their blog feed :(  So feel free to click the facebook link on the left side of the blog and follow me there.
I appreciate you!
Marie with a :)

Color Challenge

This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge  is a color challenge: Autumn Terracota, Juniper and Bamboo.  With my newly organized Room (see previous post) I have a new spot for taking pictures and the colors don't seem to be showing up quite right. But here's my take:

Recipe: Perfect Day paper, Typeset Paper,  autumn terracota, and juniper and bamboo cardsotck. Miscellaneous ribbon and stick pins, Thank You stamp set.  All products CTMH except stick pins and ribbon. The butterfly was cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.

Thanks for taking a peek,

Marie with a :)

Reason Number 9,789,647 Why I Love The HH

He goes Dumpster Diving! Okay, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but remember this desk? He brought it home for me years ago when his company was moving buildings and planned to throw it out.

 Well, this weekend he came home with this:

 Yep, his current company was going to throw it out!

 It's U-shaped and a whopping 72" x 94" x72"!

 Lotsa work space!

 When he first saw it, he contemplated how much work it would be to actually clear out enough of the craft room to fit it in. He weighed that against me having the ability to "roll my chair around a large work space" and brought it home anyway. I love that man! ( Previously I had a bunch of piecemeal "furniture" in here. )

 It showcases the punch shelf that my sister Samantha's (Samies Sentiments ) husband built.

 I haven't been using the Big Shot much since I got the CTMH Cricut Cartridge, but now I have room to have both the Cricut and Big shot out in the open :)

 I do love the Tim Holtz dies...

Where I do most of my stamping.

 And what Craft  Room is complete without a music station?  But best of all..

A cleared off table for those brutal Scrabble matches with the HH!

Thanks for stopping by,

Marie with a :)

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 :)