Word of the year - 2011

k, sooo, some of the girls who I enjoy reading the fun stuff that they wrote have done a word of the year.....I like that idea and decided that my word for this year will be: R e l e a s e .... 2011 already looks like it is going to be a rocky road and it hasn't even started yet! I am deciding that release is a good word to use...release stress, release debt, release myself of the crafting supply nightmare in my craft room...release myself from a wad of things and just be...plus Jana took the word I would really have liked to use: CRAP

Brrr.... -31 C this morning...I despise winter....

Project 365 #151 - Shayla's birthday card

I made this little card for em's bud Shayla for her b-day...thought it was cute but the picture was super dark

Project 365 #150 - brown cards

and finally the brown ones...

Project 365 #149 - black cards

here are the black ones....

Project 365 #148 - White cards

these are the next set of bulk cards I did...here are the white ones...I did 10 of these ones

Project 365 #147 - cream cards

the last of these ones with the three sheets of basic gray's eskimo kisses line of paper (from last year, but I think my favorite by them)...not bad being able to do 18 cards from 3 sheets of paper(see previous 4 posts ;) )...I thought I was doing okay at that rate...now off to do the other 22 that I have left in the box...thank goodness for hoarding nice card bases and for the great steal of a deal they were at the Scrap Yard in Stonewall last winter....bazzil basics super long cards with envelopes (45 of them in the box) for under $6.00. (regular $24.99)..don't know what I was thinking...should have bought more than one box! They are so nice to work with. I think I will enter these in the get frosted challenge over at the Opus Gluei:http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ and the cupcake challenge at Cupckae Inspirations here: http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/......so far that makes me at 593 paper projects completed this year...December has just started...if you want to join in in the Project 365 challenge for 2011, get your scissors and glue ready....a new year and a new start ahead! If you want to start now, it is all the same..cuz it is just a challenge to use your stuff instead of hoarding it in all of the pretty boxes and containers (not speaking from personal experience or anything). - there are no rules or restrictions - just a personal goal..come on...let's all get together this year!

Project 365 #146 - blue cards

here are the blue ones - i kind of like the way this colour worked out...was leery at first cuz it was kind of bright....

Project 365 #145 - red cards

Red cards of the same.....well they are all a little different, but very similar to the last posted ones but in a different colour...I am entering it in the Corrosive Challenge : red and white: http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #144 - green cards

more of the panic cards...this time in green

Project 365 #143 - pink card

went to

start sending out the christmas cards and realized that our picture doesn't fit in the envelope with the other cards i made, so I am mad panic whipping out 40 more cards this weekend for mailing...yikes

Project 365 # 142 - neverending chistmas card

this is my prototype for the never ending christmas card that i just learned how to make...now i am addicted! these are so much fun, i think i am going to do lauren's birthday invites the same way...so much fun...now that i know there is some over lap etc, these are super simple!

Project 365 #142 - neverending birthday card for Sue

made a super cool birthday card for my mom to give to her friend Sue...forgot to take a picture before giving it to her...ooops...it was super cool too!

Project 365 #140 - Advent tree

I made this Advent tree the other night from a kit I had bought a couple of years ago...I am not overly impressed by it, but my girls think it is super cool....I am not a fan of decoupaging stuff onto wood...decoupage is not my friend....

project 365 #139 - green tags

the last of the scraps from the piece of tree paper....

project 365 #138 pink tags

some tags with the leftover strip

Project 365 #137 - tree tag

used the extra trees that i made for this tag...love the accidental leftovers....

Project 365 #136 - tree cards with bows

more from the same slab....entering it in the Die Cut Dreams Christmas Challenge - use a die cut : http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/...I cut these on the cuttlebug and then embossed them with the embossing folder...I forgot I even had that folder until I was digging in the bottom of the Cuttlebug box and came across it...and so cute...how could it get forgotten?

Project 365 #135 - tree cards

This paper is from the same slab...love it...I am going to enter this in the Paper Cutz Challenge - anything goes: http://www.papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #134 - peace tags

I copied these from an idea in the paper crafts magazine...I like them though...simple but effective.

project 365 #`133 birds and bows 2

this is my third set of cards with the same sheet of paper....

Project 365 #132 more birds

This is my second set with the same sheet of paper....they are pretty simple and I feel that they may make a good masculine card?? I an entering them in the Bah! Humbug! challenge - feeling the blues: http://bah-humbug-christmas.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #131 bows and birds

This is my first set of cards with my new paper slab...hope you like them

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Project 365 #130 - some more tags

whipped up 12 more tags last night...they come close to qualifying for the Opus Gluei color challenge, so I think I will throw them in for fun: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #129 - cherry Christmas tags

whipped up these with the extra bling that was leftover...can't let it go to waste now...

Project 365 #128 - Cherry Christmas

Cherry Christmas...got this bling a Michael's and decided not to hoard it...lol...

Project 365 #127 - Fall coloured Christmas tags

I did these tags for the Opus Gluei challenge, using the specified fall colours...brownish cranberry, green, yellow and orange... http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ . My tags have them all in small amounts for some and larger for others...I would have done something Thanksgivingish, but for us, that has been over for a month and it is hard to do a fall card when the ground is snow white, so Christmas tags it is....this also makes 529 projects for me this year...wahoo

Project 365 #126 - sugarplum girls

I whipped up these cute little cards last night...I sure like the non-traditional colours for Christmas time....

project 365 #125 - plumber butt cards

I decided to jump in on the opus gluei challenge:http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ with a "Manly" type card...a good break from the bazillion christmas projects i have been doing...these are nothing special, but kind of cheeky...get it? ha ha..it's late and snowing, that leads to the bad humour....so the phrases that went with these ones are "no cracks about your age...promise" and on the inside it says "bummer" and the other one is "birthdays are like wedgies, they just keep creeping up on you"...gotta love the funny birthday cards, even if the embellishing is weak....

Project 365 #124 - tree tags

Whipped up 12 of these babies last night...with the hubby on evenings, I sure get lots of crafty stuff done....I thought these ones turned out quite nicely....off to do some more tags tonight....they are so cute and pretty and quickly finished...that's the way I like my projects!

Project 365 #123 - more snowman tags

just can't get enough of these guys...so cute that

I made 4 more....

Project 365 #122 - Button tags

I made these cute little tags, so simple, yet I think they are so pretty...I made 15 of them last night....it is beginning to feel more like winter here every minute...we have lucked out so far this year, but that is all ending miserably tonight....bbbrrr, here comes the cold and snow...can only hope for a snow day now! Wait, that doesn't seem to happen here...just have to make your way to work either way....i am entering them in the stamping 411 colour challenge here: http://stamping411.blogspot.com/2010/11/color-inspiration-144.html

Project 365 #121 - reindeer tags

I made 5 of this kind...they turned out okay too...kind of like the aged look about them...

Project 365 #120 - naughty or mice tags

These ones are hard to see in the pictures, but look kind of cute and rustic in real life....I made 4 of this one...

Projet 365 #119

two more joy tags made tonight

Project 365 #118 - 15 joy tags

A few gift tags I whipped up tonight...15 of these ones....

project 365 #117 - cookie mouse

these are the house mouse cards that i made for the opus gluei challenge this week:http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

...trick or treat, smell my feet....the cookie is the treat...the mouse eating them on santa is the trick, and i can smell those little feet all the way from here!

and for the raise the bar challeng: show us your curves: http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/

Everybody Art: non- traditional Christmas:http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/

I hope you like them....i thought they turned out okay in the non traditional christmas colours of orange, green and blue.

Project 365 #116 - card making night

This is a spattering of the cards we made on Thursday night at our card kit night...so much fun...came home with about 24 cards ready to go for Christmas....sweet....everyone has such interesting creations in our circle of card making buds and it is a great way to get some wonderful new ideas...cardmaking night is fun...we will have to do another one later in the spring for the all occassion cards again!

Project 365 #115 - another tree card

I think this is my most favorite Christmas card that I have made this season...super simple and still elegant....and again, purple and green and silver bling...

I am entering it in the following challenge:

christmas stamping all year long: purple and silver: http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/