OLD WORLD SANTA DIY - PRINTABLE ENVELOPE

Just click on the image above to save to your files.  Print & Create!

*Notes:

1. Print first. 
2. Then make your card base to fit.
3. Cut, score & fold envelope. 
4. Use glue stick or double sided adhesive tape on bottom 3/4 of sides flaps.  Do not glue all the way to top of side flaps.  When you bring the bottom portion of envelope up it will not go all the way to the top of the flaps.  So you may want to fold first to see what amount of play room you have for the glue.
5. Not suitable for mailing unless you add fixitive to your print to prevent smearing/smudging of image & Secure back flap with tape.
6. Designed for personal delivery of handmade Cards!

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CHRISTMAS MAKE & TAKES

Here are the rest of the MAKE & TAKES I made recently

@ a local scrapbook shops

 Christmas Open House.

This first pic is the ornament made with a snowflake style circle spellbinder die, rosette, glitter circle that can be punched or cut with a circle cutter or on your cricut.  The metal snowflake embellishments adds more sparkle with rhinestones on the tips.  We used a silver glitter wire for the hanger to finish.

The following pic is a card we made.  We added color with copics.  The sentiment pops off the background using 3D adhesive squares.  The finishing touch was using a glitter pen to add some sparkle to the card.

The last pic shows a CUTE little gift card holder.  A die & embossing folder set were used to make the card holder.  All the pieces were already cut embossed & ready to assemble, so I don't know the name of the set.  We added the ribbon & bell to finish.  Gift card was not included!  : (  LOL 

I put one in the pic to show how you put it in the holder.  : )

Pretty SWEET little MAKE & TAKES!

GOT 4 MAKE & TAKES in one days WORK!

The HANDMADE CHRISTMAS ALBUM WAS THE FOURTH MAKE & TAKE.

It is featured here on my blog in the last post. 

It was such a big project & had so many pics it needed it's own post!

 LOL

: )

Heres the link to the album:

 http://cathiessweetspot.blogspot.com/2011/11/mini-christmas-album.html

MINI CHRISTMAS ALBUM

This is the MINI CHRISTMAS ALBUM I made @ a local scrapbooking store during their recent Christmas Open House with Make & Takes.

It was bound using the UNI BIND system.

 

Now that I have the book made, all I have to do is add pics, journaling spots, embellishments & do some technique work on the pages before I mount everything.

We were a little rushed for time so it turned out pretty good considering. 

We were given a wad of patterned paper & told to choose a sheet for the front & back cover, inside front & inside back. 

Then the remaining papers would be our pages. 

I took the time to arrange the inside pages to a satisfactory extent. 

Now that I see the overall view in these pics I would have liked page 2 to be on the facing side so the margin on the patterned paper would be lined up on the right side of the page like a school notebook instead on near the spine of the book. 

I might have placed the red pages more strategically too if I had more time. 

 They look a little out of balance in places. 

Oh well!

FRONT COVER

INSIDE COVER & FIRST PAGE

PAGE 2 - 3

PAGE 4 - 5

PAGE 6 - 7

PAGE 8 - 9

PAGE 10 - 11

PAGE 12 -13

PAGE 14 - 15

PAGE 16 & INSIDE BACK

BACK COVER

Pretty good size mini album.  Lots of space & pages to add pics, journaling spots & embellishments.

THIS IS A GIFT TO ME! 



I WILL POST PICS OF THE FINISHING PROCESS ALONG THE WAY AS I

 DISTRESS, USE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES & ADD EMBELLISHMENTS

SO STAY TUNED!

THIS WAS JUST ONE OF 4 MAKE & TAKES THAT DAY.

I STILL HAVE 3 MORE TO SHOW YOU.

CHECK BACK FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS I MADE.

BO BUNNY HAUL from MY FRIEND

My friend came over today with a bundle of scrap booking goodies just for ME. 

Well, she had purchased a PROMO PACK at a CHRISTMAS SCRAPBOOK WORKSHOP we attended last weekend.  In the pack were some items she said she would never use - so she passed them on to ME : )  I didn't even know about the promo pack.  So NICE of her to SHARE!  Now I'm sharing with YOU what she gave me.

This is part ONE today.  I'll leave part TWO for another day as there was soooo much stuff to take pics of for posting about.  So today I'll start with the HALLOWEEN goodies.

SCALLOP EDGED 12 X 12 WITH SPIDERS & COBWEBS

This is a 12 x 12 paper so some of the image has been cut as it wouldn't fit the scanner.

(So the full length tree that the owl is sitting in didn't get into the pic)

CUTE CYCLOPS SPIDERS ON 12 X 12 PAPER

THE REVERSE SIDE IS GORGEOUS!

HALLOWEEN MINI ALBUM

RUB - ONS

12 X 12 SHEET OF STICKERS

(AGAIN SOME NOT SHOWING BECAUSE SCANNER COULDN'T FIT THEM ALL)

TWO MORE STICKER SHEETS!

WOO HOO!

STAY TUNED FOR PART 2

THE NON - HALLOWEEN

PART OF THE BO BUNNY HAUL

: )

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Today one of my FRIENDS in my paper crafting group posted this pic today.  She said she was inspired by another friend there to take a pic whenever you have a MAGICAL DAY - one that has the month, day & year the with the same numbers.  Today is 11,11,11 a magical day.

THIS IS HER PIC:

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE

I was AMAZED @ what I saw!

What do YOU see?

Let me know -leave a comment @ the end of my post.

or

send me an email if you want you comment to remain anonymous.

Just click on pic on the sidebar it will take you to a new page with a button that says email.

Click on the email button & send me a priviate message if you prefer. 

Thanks!

Cathie : )

SHE gave me permission to share this pic with YOU!

She didn't know what I saw in the pic & was focusing on taking a pic on the SNOW that was falling.

I told her to go have another look @ the photo & REMEMBER what day TODAY is besides being what she refered to as a MAGICAL DAY refering to the numbers lining up.

Waiting to here back from her on what SHE sees now too!

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTO!  (L.B.)

'LIKE BEAUTY - ART IS ALSO IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!'

UPDATE 11.12.11:

Sorry I'm just getting back to you all now about the photo posted yesterday.  The one @ the top of the post here.
Of course you all know she was inspired by B to take a pic on a MAGICAL DAY one having the day, month, year with the same number.  Well yesterday was one of those days 11/11/11.  She was focusing on the MAGICAL SNOW that was falling - that was the magic she seen. 
Well yesterday was REMEMBRANCE DAY here for us in CANADA & in the US you had your VETERANS DAY.  Soon as I seen the pic & clicked on it to enlarge.  I seen some ghostly grave stones in the foreground & lots of grave stones falling from the sky to join them.  While I know these were snowflakes, I thought it was odd that they all looked liked rectangles.  So for anyone who looks at a piece of art or a photo I guess everyone can see something different.  When my hubby came home I asked him to look @ the photo & tell me what he thought of it.  First he said that's MY tree, because he has a photo similar to this with a lone tree as the focal point.  After some reflection he said he seen gravestones in the foreground & more gravestones falling from the sky.  That's EXACTLY what I seen I said.  I'm glad I'm not the only one.  I thought maybe knowone else could see that.  Anyway.  MYSTERY solved: for anyone who cares.  I seen this photo as a REMEBRANCE to the fallen SOLDIERS.  The LONE TREE perhaps representing the one fallen soldier who's unidentified.  This photo made me think of them all day instead of for a few short minutes.  Thanks for Sharing your pic L.  : )

Large Vintage Flocked Poinsettia

The red leaves of this Vintage Poinsettia are actually flocked - it's flocking still intact after many years of careful storage preserving it's original condition. There are a few cracks of the paper noticeable on the green leaves, but I think this just as to the charm of the piece being vintage. Personally I would not find the need to fix it. I LOVE IT just the way it is! Hope you do too!
This is my largest gum backed sticker poinsettia measuring a whopping 4" wide x 3 1/2" high.   

This sticker dates back @ least to the 1960's or possibly earlier - 40'/50's.


I think the flocking is great, and you could add your own flocking to make it just like the original.

This would be perfect for an embellishment on a card, or print as a card itself.

Re size to make tags of assorted sizes for BIG & little pressies.

Make your own sticker labels for homemade preserves you might add to gift baskets this year.

Make your own hang tags for home baked goodies for Christmas gifts or to hang on your tree.

*Print out the contents of your homemade/home baked goodies (as in the last two suggestions above) on the reverse side of your poinsettias before you cut to size.

Print out on your computer to the size you want.
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THANKS! : )
I would love to see how you put this clip art to use in YOUR HOLIDAY CREATIONS. 
If you would like to share your creation with myself & my blog readers send me an email.  Just click on my about me button on my sidebar to the right & it will take you to a page with my email button.  Click on my email & send me an attachment or link for me to share on this blog post.

THIS CLIP ART IS FREE COURTESY OF CATHIE'S SWEET SPOT!
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MY HOUSE MOUSE CARD

My HOUSE MOUSE CARD got published TODAY on the HOUSE MOUSE Website!
Woot, WOOT !!

ONLY the title is suppose to read: 'DOUBLE THE JOY'!  Don't know what happened there, but hey it made it on to their website so I'm happy.

I only own 4 copic markers & in that I only used 2 to color the stamped image so I think that's pretty darn good.

I wrote a detail on how I put the card together - the inspiration etc.  Check it out I left a link to it.

I'm HAPPY  

HERE IS THE DIRECT LINK:

http://www.house-mouse.com/php/stamped_show.php?id=1436">>