Cute and Cuddly

I had fun making this card with the Imaginisce Polar Expressions collection. The rub ons are the perfect size for 6x6 cards and the little felt polar bear was a super cute design element.

Hope all of your holiday preparations are shaping up. We are getting ready to haul the whole family back east. Doing the holidays east coast style. Oh no... I think I''ll need to leave my Keenes at home and dust off my leather jacket - hee, hee.

Sunday Sketch, December 13th

This sketch is an idea for using some of the patterned paper strips that are popular right now.


I created this layout with the October Afternoon Good Cheer collection. I cut up some of the strips on the patterned papers and used them as a simple design element. I also love the ease of my Martha Stewart snowflake punch.

Bead Ornament

Looking for another idea on what to do with clear glass ball ornaments? Buy some inexpensive, sparkly plastic beads. They will catch a lot of light and create a beautiful glow on your Christmas tree. I found this cute little felt embellishment from the Making Memories Tinsel collection exclusively at Target and tied it on with a little bit of sheer ribbon from Offray.

Thank you for stopping by - Liz

Babes in Toyland

These are my two amazing kids snuggled together. My son gets such a kick out of how big his sister's bed is. This is also a project I created for the My Creative Scrapbook December Main Kit. The snowflakes on the My Little Yellow Bicycle paper are so beautiful and I did not want to cover them up, so I created a lot of negative/white space by keeping my design tight and centered. However, despite the smaller space, I still added a lot of embellishment to the layout. The Journaling says, "Sugar plums danced in their heads." I am also hosting a sketch challenge at MCS this month based on this layout. Please come by and check it out.

Thank you for stopping by - Liz

Simple Rose Ornament

This elegant little ornament is simply and easy to make. First find your favorite type of artificial flower in a medium size. I found these roses at Walmart for less than a buck.


Next carefully twist the bloom into a clear glass ornament ball.


Then, add a round holiday tag sticker that has been backed with cardstock. This one is from Pebbles Inc.


Finally, tie (or glue) on some ribbon.


Thank you for stopping by - Liz

Card with Buttons

This just a fun little card for our Pebbles team challenge this week. I used the Season's Greeting collection cardstock stickers and my 1 1/2 inch circle punch to make the little ornaments. Then I added some clear buttons at the source of the string for a little extra interest. I saw that the Cards Blog had a button challenge and thought I might try my hand at using some. Please stop by and see what some other really creative card designers did with buttons.

Thank you for stopping by - Liz

Star Ornament Tutorial

Looking for some handmade ornament ideas and another excuse to use your Imaginisce iTop and Polar Expressions collection? Check out this idea for creating a unique gift for friends and family. Please email me if you would like the PDF version of this tutorial. Also, please go to the Imaginisce blog and leave a comment on this project to be entered into a drawing to win this collection.

To create this ornament:

Imaginisce Materials:

• Polar Expressions Frosted Forest Paper – 2 sheets
• Polar Expressions rub ons
• Poinsettias – 2 flowers
• Large Paper Punch
• Large Brad Daddies - 1
• iTop tool
• Large Die Carriage

Other Materials:

• Martha Stewart Branch Punch
• Ink Pad

Step 1 – Create a template for the star arms using cardboard.

Step 2 - Trace the template around the white trees with red ornaments on the patterned paper.


Step 3 – Cut out 10 of the star arms.


Step 4 – Ink the edges of the star arms for more definition.


Step 5 – Punch small holes in the star arms for the brad.


Step 6 – Punch a flower out with the large punch and apply a red bird rub on to the center of the punched out brad flower.


Step 7 – Use the iTop tool to press together the brad and backing.


Step 8 – Use bird brad to hold together two poinsettia flowers and all of the star arms.


Step 9 – Add green punched branches for interest.


Step 10 – Tie on red string with a bead and a tag.