Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Christmas spirit!

It must be because I've started making gifts, but I have been in such a Christmas mood lately! I even got a couple cds! (which, in my 23 years I have never owned). Though, even if I'm making gifts now, I refuse to decorate or play the songs until it is December. So far I've only made one thing, and I'm not quite sure how it is turning out. I found a website to make soap crayons and it is so easy! You can find the instructions here. Though, careful if you want to make purple...mine came out looking really gross, so I don't think my nephew or kids I babysit will get those ones. On to cards...

Remember the yucky card I made and was so frustrated with? Well! I bought me a heat embossing tool! Its so fun and I cannot believe I have been making cards without it all these years! Since the glitter wouldn't come off from the first card I re-made the entire thing, and here is the final result!


Isn't it sooo much better looking?! I love how the embossed snowflakes came out :) Here's a closer view of them:


There's a few that look sloppy, but that is because I used the wrong powder at first- I thought the glittery white powder would come out white with glitter in it, but when I put the heat tool over it, they just turned transparent with glitter! But the nice thing about that is you can stamp over the already embossed image and put a different color over, and its barely noticeable!

Here is another card using embossing:





This is one of my boyfriend's mother's stamps, and they are so cute! Its a bird delivering two turtle doves. The clouds are embossed, and I might add some flock to their hats to make it just a little bit better :) I like the result, though.


And lastly, here is a card that I made without embossing, but I still like it anyways...




I got this big santa stamp at the Salvation Army for just a buck! My boyfriend says he looks evil, and that the list of naughty and nice children looks more like a hit list :( but I don't think it does! His name shoulda been put on the naughty instead of the nice list! :-p okay, that is it for now...possilby more coming, but school is getting crazy, as well as me making gifts. Until next time!





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