Black Glass.. B Yourself

I used Liquid Glass to accentuate the swirls and to give a coating to the letter B ...

B is for Bernadette, my SIL (Sister In Law, for the acronym-challenged)

and B is for Birthday

and.....I really liked this feminine paper .

B unique

B creative

B original

B true

B honest

B yourself

Holiday Card Class

Eight... oh wait, make that : Nine avid cardmakers turned up at the Cutting Edge Studio Sunday evening to create Holiday cards using Evensong and Close to My Heart Acrylix.

Pictured are cards created by Amy Leggate and Tina Lacasse. The most complicated card was the gift card holder, which I decided to demonstrate first. After we got it out of the way we were flying. Nine ladies finishing on time and having time for a break sweets and cider is not an everyday occurence in the card making world.

Baby Ella

I don't usually post family pictures on this blog, unless they are in a scrapbook page, but this one is Special.

Isabella (Baby Ella for short) is hiding somewhere inside here...

She will be appearing in November (sooner if Kelly can arrange it).

I think Kelly looks great!

A New Baby card for Kelly

My daughter Chloe and I are going to a baby shower for Kelly this Sunday.

It is her first baby!! I will be "step-grandma", if such a thing actually exists.

I used my new Card Confidence program to make this card. It gives the pattern and tells you what size to cut each piece of paper , and takes all the THINKING out of what I am doing. I like this a lot. Then I can focus on the fun stuff like adding embellies. I actually STITCHED on the paper and am getting used to doing this more often to acheive a great homemade look. The papers are from the Sweet Pea collection (spring 08). Some more of Phebes jewel-like flowers were attached with liquid glass ( a close to my heart product that is under ten dollars)

New Original Projects... free ... for you!

I have two tempting new projects on myctmh TV for you to view.
http://stefinitas.cuttingedge.myctmh.com/WebSites/Templates/MyCTMH/Template1.aspx?PageID=153726
Close to My Heart is offering the items used to make the projects in a cute discount package.

Also,
Check out Jeannette Lynton's new BLOG. (like I did!)
Jeannette is the patented creator of Close to my Heart clear Acrylic stamps . Her innovation changed the stamping world as we know it in 2004.
She has just posted a VERY cool card project pictured here , with template and instructions .
http://www.jeanettelynton.com/2008/09/original-for-you.html