Family Court Business

Tomorrow morning we have family court. We’re hoping it’s the last one before the TPR (termination of parental rights) trial at the end of January.

As always, a mountain of butterflies are swirling in my tummy. I hate court dates. It’s not likely that anything will change, but it’s so hard to predict a broken system.

Wish us luck!

Because Ovens are Dangerous, I Made an Apple Pie Out of Paper

Because I have no business baking. I have scars from different baking attempts.

Paper cuts don’t scar, so when I found this cute apple pie box, I went for it 🙂

I had to redo the rose. I wasn’t happy with the first one. This one turned out better 🙂 I used copics and prismacolor pencils on it to give it a bit more dimension. And the lattice work was embossed with an embossing folder 🙂

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Xoxo

Link to the project here

Happy Thanksgiving – BBQ style

You may have heard me mention that things are a little busy around here. But only just a little 😉

So we use the easy button when we can. Thanksgiving is one of those times.

We picked up some of our favorite BBQ dishes and tossed in a few traditional Thanksgiving dishes and added a few extra helpings of sweet potatoes (those were still in the oven).

Here’s our spread. Except we forgot the cheesy corn in the microwave. Oops.

And even with 10 people, we still have plenty left.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

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Xoxo 💋

A Very Not Christmas Card

Months ago, I started this. Then I realized I didn’t have enough ink in one of my grays. Then it took forever for me to order the small village of ink refills I needed for my stash. Then I colored a few Christmas cards.

Today, today I finished the background 🙂

It’s not exactly how I envisioned it, but I’m not sure I know how to make it look the way I saw in my mind, so this will have to do 🙂

I designed the card in my Silhouette program and did a print & cut.

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Xoxo

Here’s a link to the image. The artist is kind enough to allow othersto ink the line art 🙂

Christmas Cards Part the Third – Here’s Another 3

I’ve been a busy little elf! While I waited for the ink to refill my Copics, I did some designing so I’d be ready 🙂

So, here are the cards 🙂

1. I used another Stampendous stamp and metal dies to pull this all together. But, I did try something new. This was my first try at no-line coloring. I’m happy with the results of my first try 🙂

2. The next card features a digital stamp that I LOVE. I used it last year, and I’ll probably use it at least once more this year, in addition to this card. I’m also in love with the saying. The mat is a digital paper I have from an old Craft Artist kit that I imported into the pattern folder in my Silhouette program. I printed the girl separately, colored her, then used the print & cut feature to cut her out and mat her on the front of the card.

 

3. This last card also features a digital stamp. The  backgrounds and mat for this are from the Silhouette Store. It’s all one piece I printed off then cut out. I colored the elf. This one I wasn’t sure about in the beginning. I started this card over at least three times  because I just wasn’t happy. This time, though, it worked. The little elf came out cuter than I hoped she would 🙂 I’m not sure how I pulled that off 😉

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xoxo

Project Links

Card 1: Stampendous stamp

Card 2: One Child saying, Snowflake girl digi stamp

Card 3:  Holiday plaid pattern, snowflake pattern, Elf Mim

Christmas Cards Part the Second – Here’s Three More

1. This card was super simple but has a wow effect. If you’re pressed for time, this is a good one to try 🙂 And to help keep it simple and quick, I used my Silhouette Sketch pens for the greeting.

 

2. This card was supposed to be a trifold card, but I could NOT figure out how to make it work. I ended up taking the pieces apart and layering them with foam tape. And I like how it turned out 🙂

 

3. This card was old school stamping and card assembly for me 🙂 I used a Stampendous stamp, colored with markers and pencils, and used a few metal dies and put everything together.

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xoxo

Links for projects

Card 1: Flexi card file

Card 2: Silhouette file

Card 3: Stampendous stamp

 

Christmas Card Making Has Begun

Last year, my husband asked me to make cards for him to use at work. Challenge accepted!

I’m starting early this year 🙂

I don’t have the attention span to make many of the same design, so card making doesn’t go as fast as it might. But I enjoy it more this way 🙂

So here are the first three 🙂

This one was  quick and simple. I cut out the image and matted it. The “paper” behind it is a pattern from the Silhouette store that I also had my machine print and cut out before layering it all on the card front.

Project links: Blue on Blue dot pattern, deer scene

 

This second one is simple enough, but there’s a tweak. Having the patterns available in the Silhouette Store is great, especially if you’re doing digital work to save a little time (Have I mentioned that I’m a little short on time these days?). But one of the drawbacks is that they’re NOT EDITABLE. For example, you can’t change red and white striped paper to something like the striped paper below…except I did. I figured out how to alter an unalterable item. Maybe some of you already figured out a way to do this, but I’m feeling a little magical right now 😉

Project Links: Red and white striped pattern, Deer ornament

 

For this third one, I pulled out some stamps to help finish things off 🙂 I forgot how much little things like that can add to a card.

Project Links: Card

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xoxo

Thank You Veterans

Those I know and those I don’t.

Those from the past and those in the present.

Those who have taught me through selfless service to appreciate my freedoms and my county.

You are the flag I look to; the poppies in the field that remind me of the sacrifices made on my behalf.

I thought of you all as I made this.

THANK YOU

Link: poppy shadow box

When a Birthday is Forgotten…

You have to ask your wife for help and she gleefully steps up her game 🙂

I figured the birthday card needed to be extra special so I looked through my Silhouette Library and found this.

The paper on the outside of the box is a pattern from the Silhouette Store and I changed out the greeting on the tag.

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Xoxo

Links to items used in the project: box card, pattern

Because Kindergarten Teachers are Saints

Really. They are. They deserve more than this box card, but I feel a need to express my gratitude 🙂

I used a few different embossing folders as well as adding slight shadows and such with copics and pencils.

Thanks for stopping by!

Xoxo

Links to items used: box card