Christmas card Number 5

 This was a quick and easy card.  I don't make too many CAS cards.  I also rarely make duplicates of my cards.  The exception to that rule is sometimes at Christmas I will make a couple extra of the same design.  This is one that I want to make again.

The designer paper I used is from Stampin' Up.  Lights aglow.  My sentiment was stamped with a Stampin' Up stamp (More Merry Messages)  I cut out the tree using a Spellbinder die, and dry embossed the background with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Swiss dots)

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Blessings,

jill

Christmas card Number 3

 If you are wondering why the numbers with my cards.  ....  I was hoping I would reach my goal this week of making 7 Christmas cards.  So far it's only 3...

This was a quick and easy card.  I used my Stamping Up supplies...The paper I used is called Aglow, and I used a Spellbinder's Shapeabilities die for the Cut, Fold, and Tuck technique.  

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Blessings,

Jill

More Brightly gleaming cards

 I'm pretty sure anyone looking at my blog on a regular basis (Thank you so much for looking )  Might be tired of seeing all the cards I post using this designer paper.  As I said before, I'm trying to use it all up and I am definitely coming to an end to this Stampin' Up paper.  I honestly think that it is one of my favorite designer paper sets that I have purchased from Stampin' Up.  I purchased the paper last year and made some cards last year and now this year.  I think I may have made way over  50 cards using it.  

The card above was so difficult to take a picture.  I always struggle when I used reflective paper.  When this happens I sometime to outside to take a pic.  It was raining yesterday so that was not an option.

Besides using my favorite designer paper for this card...I used a Spellbinder die for the window.  The die is called stained glass.  I used vellum for the background of the window die and fussy cute some paper for the windows and used another die for the candles in the window (Daily bread designs die)

Today, I can finally start to address cards.

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Blessing,s

Jill

Sympathy card

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I made the above card for one of my neighbors who recently lost her mother.

Today would have been my Mother's birthday...It's been 10 years since I lost her...

so ...while I was making this card I felt a little teary eyed for my neighbor,  and also for remembering what today was...

Sorry, I was trying to think of a way to make this post a bit more cheery...but I kind of failed.

I do feel a bit better lately that I am back making cards again.

It has definitely helped my morale  (ecept today...smile)

At least it was NOT another opressive hot day today.  I was definitely thankful for that.  I actually sat out in my favorite reading place (My back porch)  Reading while wearing a sweater.  A nice cool breeze was blowing.

My card was made using the Prized Peony designer paper, and die from Elizabeth craft, andSpellbinders (Gilded Gate)

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Hope you have a great weekend.

Blessings,

Jill