I made these cute little gingerbread men from Sculpey Chocolate 053 Polymer Clay. This is the first time I've ever made anything with polymer clay. I think the gingerbread men turned out so cute! I just love gingerbread! I can hardly wait to learn so more techniques to make stuff like peppermints. I'm envisioning little red Santa hats and candy canes for next year! From one small block of $2 clay I made well over 2 dozen gingerbread men. I made a dozen to become pins. Plus another dozen for the gift tags on the gifts in a jar. Mmm chocolate chip cookies! I also used the Friendship Jar die from Papertrey Ink and Snowflake embossing folder from Stampin'Up! for the tags. 
I love recycling things. My card started by carefully cutting up an aluminum can and running through an embossing folder. I then sanded the sheet to take some of the blue color off the flowers for the silver of the aluminum to show. I trimmed it down to adhere to white cardstock. I trimmed a recycled gift card, rounded the edges and used a silver Sharpie marker to "soften" the edges. The button started as a plain white one that I colored with the silver Sharpie after it dried I used a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen to make the snowflake. Added some ribbon and a bow. Ta da! 
Seriously one day I will get better at photographing my projects! lol I made this card for a friend's birthday later this month. Hey Cheryl! Anyhow I thought I'd throw my name in the hat again for a final attempt with the {Caardvarks} challenge to make a monochromatic card. I used kraft cardstock as my base and a fun damask pattern from Pink Paislee. I stamped the Stampin' Up! sentiment in old olive ink and then heat embossed it to stand out a bit more, and added the fun ribbon. Ta da! I've had fun playing along with {Caardvarks} and sad to hear Jenyfur is ready to move on to something else. Perhaps something better soon!?! Check it out here.... http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-final-challenge.html
I just love this embossing folder from Stampin' Up! I think it's called Petals-A-Plenty. And oh how I love this white shimmer cardstock from Papertrey Inc. Here's another shot at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog....
I stamped the image on shimmer card stock then colored in with Copic markers. The soft shimmer is so pretty in person!
I made this card and coordinating gift box using Kraft cardstock. The background is another pattern of tape from Tapeswell. Which can be purchased directly from them here at www.tapeswell.com
My Time Made Easy LLC by Lauren Meader has sponsored this challenge for Embellish Magazine. The color challenge is to use red, green, pink and brown with holiday themed paper. I struggled with pink, but remembered I had The 12 Days of Snow Flakes Digital download paper from My Time Made Easy LLC. You can down load it here free.... http://mytimemadeeasy.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6_2&products_id=3
I am loving my new fun tapes from Tapeswell! Here's the link so you can check them out too...
I've been trying to decide what cards I'll be mass producing this year for Christmas. I just love making Christmas cards. I'll probably make another dozen before deciding on something. The papers in the card have such a warm rustic feel.
I got the template for these cute ships from here....
This card was inspired by a picture from Martha Stewart Living for Papercraft Star Challenge 21. Check out the challenge here.... http://www.papercraftstar.blogspot.com/
I totally {heart} gingerbread men! I think they are just so darn cute! To me gingerbread men just scream Christmas. And ah the smell of fresh baked cookies! Gotta love it!
I have found myself totally in love with vintage Christmas papers this year. I've entered my card in two challenges this week. Once for the Papercraft Star Challenge 20 Simon Says Make a Card sponsored by Kraft Outlet. Checkout the site....
The first and second image is of the front of my Teacher's Prayer poem card. The third image is the inside of the cards. The author is unknown. I needed a card for two different teachers and thought I'd post them for the {caardvarks} challenge to decorate both the outside and inside of a card. Here's the link for the current challenge....
http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2010/10/penny-black.html
The blackboard can be found here....http://justsomethingimade.com/2009/02/old-school-cursive/ and the children here... http://justsomethingimade.com/2009/08/thank-god-for-teachers/
Thank you Cathe Holden for your wonderful inspiration and artwork!
I absolutely love fall. I love the warm earthy colors and sweaters. I am glad to finally see the trees changing colors and the weather getting cooler here in Tennessee!
