♫Do you want to build a Snowman?♪

My nieces LOVE the movie Frozen! A friend posted a picture on Facebook of her 3 year old wearing the cutest "Elsa"crochet hat with a braid on the side. Of course I had to find out where she got it so that I could get some for the "little blondies"! I ended up ordering two Elsa hats, one Anna and an Olaf for my 1.5 year old nephew. I was as excited as they were for them to get their snail mail. Their mothers had explicit instructions to take pictures and send them to me immediately! This one was from my sister in Oklahoma. Her first piece of snail mail in OK and her birthday present!

                                

My sister-in-law videoed the drama...

                                

Man, that bubble wrap envie was hard to open! 

The other three little blondies in their Frozen hats...

                            

Oh to be little again and get excited by snail mail! ♫Do you want to build a Snowman?♪

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Reunion Monthly ATC Swap

Club Scrap members host a monthly kit ATC swap. The rules were simple, "your interpretation of the monthly kit using papers from the kit, embellishments are up to you".  So here are my "pieces of flair" for the January 2015 Reunion kit ATC swap...

"D'Embossed ballz". I used the Stamp a Ma Jig to position the bubbles stamp to create the background. I stamped in black and embossed in black embossing powder. I mixed Perfect Pearls powder and water to make watercolor paint. Love the shimmer! 

I liked the look of the embossing and used gold embossing powder on this card. This one is titled "Time for Family". 

"Tree of Life". More embossing and PP watercolor. 

"Art Imitates Nature". This sentiment stamp is from the 2006 Nature's Wonders Club Scrap kit, 

"Cherish the Simple Things"

"Love Blooms". The sentiment is from the 2012 Love Blooms CS kit , and stamped with Distress Ink and dusted with Perfect Pearls. 

"Heartwood". This one is my favorite...The little heart is from the CS 2011 My Funny Valentine kit. 

"Take a Journey". I scraplifted this idea from the Reunion CS Greeting to Go instructions. I used an embellishment that came from the CS 2010 Destinations kit and altered it with a mix of alcohol ink colors to match. 

"Fun in the Sun". Gold and white embossing and more PP watercolors. The "sun" stamp image is from the CS 2009 Artifacts kit, stamped with Distress Ink and dusted with PP. 

I found this cute little ATC "Twist" Album with instructions on Pinterest. I sent it with my ATC's as a hostess gift.

I changed the page  measurements to 3.75*5. Score lines are 1/2 inch instead of 1/4. Worked better for me. The font stamp on the front is from the CS 2008 Haberdashery kit. 

I didn't have an ATC stamp for the back of my cards so I made an PNG file from a free ATC stamp image I found online. I printed on a piece of 8.5*11 cardstock and cut into 10 ATC cards that have the cute little "stamp" on the back. Send me an email  if you would like a copy of the PNG file for yourself. I'll include the cutting instructions.

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The Constellations monthly ATC swap is open now. The due date is February 28, so there's plenty of time if you want to jump in!

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Constellations Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on the Club Scrap Constellations Blog Hop! This hop features the January 2015 Constellations kit. Love that WISH stencil!

I am a Club Scrap Lite kit member and the sentiments on the black printed cutapart that came in my kit led me to my project, especially the "Love you to the moon and back".

I found this interactive card tutorial at Splitcoaststampers called the Never-Ending Card. 

          

Here's my version...


                             

 I think my 17 year old son liked it! I asked him to video for me and that was his reaction to seeing it for the first time. I love that he appreciates my "scrap crap"!

I cut the cutaparts apart. Say that five times fast!

LOVE the sparkle tape that came in my kit! 

Can't wait to make another one, there's so much room for pictures and embellishments! I think some Valentines are in order. My nieces and nephews would love these! 

Next up is Cathy at the Artful Gamut. Keep hopping to check out all the FABU artwork! 

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January 2015 Card Sketch Challenge

Happy New Year! I'm trying to keep my creativity flowing so I'm participating in Club Scrap's monthly card sketch challenge. No rules, just try to follow the sketch as closely as possible. The more the merrier, so check out the link for more info! There's a drawing for prizes at the end of the month...

My card for the challenge...

 Club Scrap cardstock and stamp image. Embellishments from my stash. I even got out my Cuttlebug! 

Stamp image colored with Derwent Inktense Pencils. Loving the shading with these!

 Nothing like a new project to make me clean up my craft room. I found all kinds of stamps and supplies. Ready for all the swaps I signed up for!

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