Thank you note

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Yes, I do love the musical notes for thank you cards. lol
This one is white card stock with notes and music embedded into it. I cut out little notes and printed sheet music, wrote the sentiment with the Cricut and Amy Chomos pens. Then I glued the notes and music to the cardstock and ran it through the Cuttlebug folder(I think it is called musical notes). Matted it onto black and added some large musical notes to the inside and lined the envelope with the sheet music. I used a line of navy peel off sparkly ribbon top and bottom just for some bling.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

These are four more Christmas cards

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Just had to post the last four cards before Christmas.
There isn't much to tell about them. The sailing one is a picture my niece took on her travels and I added the sailboats from TuJ's and a Taco; the sleigh is iris folding; the butterfly is Marianne Design on shiny paper; the CD has a rosette I made and also the poinsettia is from Penny Duncan's files. I really enjoy making the poinsettias and the rosettes.
That seems to be it for the Christmas cards.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

One more Christmas card before Christmas

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Here is one that I really like. I used Perfect Pearls Powder and Stampscapes (sorry I can't remember the name of this one, think it is cabin something or other).
Used some gorgeous glitz paper for a frame and a Cuttlebug label. A little navy ribbon for a wee bit of contrast.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Snowflakes, medallions, poinsettia

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The baking is done except for a bit of peanut brittle and some fudge so I decided to clear up the bits and pieces from the card making desk. This gorgeous snowflake svg comes from Lea at http://tujs.wordpress.com/. It is cut on the Cricut from pearlized paper using SCAL. The snowflakes are punched then glued onto red cardstock and then run through the Snowflake Cuttlebug folder. It looks like they were part of the cardstock. Love this little trick. I stamped Merry Christmas all over the white card stock before I started putting things together. The bit of green flocking cardstock has the braided edge from EK and the lace is a bit from the hundreds of feet of lace I have. The lace comes from the days when I was into making albums. I really must find some more ways of using it up. Added a bit of stickles for bling and all done.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Poinsettia and flocked paper

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Poinsettia's are all around us and my work desk is no exception. I found a great svg from Penny Duncan http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/that I like and made a whole bunch in red and one in white and blue. I just "have" to make another blue and white one before the season is over.
This is some gorgeous flocked paper that was left over from my cards. It is from Anna Griffin, Calisto Christmas (last year at Michaels). The punch is from EK and I think it is called braid. Of course the medallion just "had to"feature in my cards somewhere. So many of my cards have so much raised stuff that it will cost a fortune to send them. My next project (in the New Year) is to make little flat boxes that will accomodate my cards for mailing without costing a fortune.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Ice Skates

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This card met with disaster but I hated to throw away the glitter so with a few corner dies from Cuttlebug and some gorgeous skates from the Cricut Winter Woodland and a bit of ribbon I think it turned out rather cute. The skates dangle on the ribbon.
I have some new two sided tape from the Dollar Store and boy does it ever grip so I better have everything lined up perfect because it will NOT be able to be repositioned. I found that out the hard way. Whoops, when I looked at the pic again I see there is some fuzz on the bow of the skates. I need to add a sentiment yet as well so will remove the fuzz before mailing.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Simple snowflake card

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I needed to make a simple little card. This one pleased me. I used Cuttlebug snowflake folder and embossed the cardstock. Next I scored around the outside on the Score Pal. I had some lovely flocked cardstock so used MS punch and made some leaves. Made a circle and embossed it. Glued the leaves around and added a few of beads. Popped the wreath with some pop dots.
I didn't want the sentiment to overpower the wreath so used a lighter red ink.
There you have it. Simple but sweet.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Pop up Christmas card

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I love pop up cards and here is one that I had the interior cut out last year and didn't get finished. If you recognize the cut out please let me know and I will give you credit. I will also then be able to put a name to my file. Seems the cyber space gremlin had a field day with some of my files and they are now lost in cyber space. So, some of the cuts I use are from the pile on my desk and I have no idea who did them.
The interior fireside is from ChristmasFiles.com and the outer card is a recycled Christmas card.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

My friends house- sort of -Christmas card

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I got Lea from TuJ's and a Taco to help me with my frame. This is a picture from ChristmasFiles.com. It looks a lot like our friends house in the country. Their house is more modern but the setting is almost identical. Perfect for a card for them. I used the Cuttlebug Snowflake folder and a peel off sentiment. I think there is too much red and too much black but not every card meets our expectations that we have in our minds eye.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Second Post today- A winter play day with the deer

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I know this is not a card but it was such a great experience I just had to share.
We live in the middle of a residential and commercial section of the city. There are always big trucks and traffic and buses going by but where I live there is a small green area. In front of our mobile home is one more row of mobiles and then the green spot. There were 5 deer yesterday and three were playing tag with each other. (Impossible to film). These two are playing the head butting game. I only have a real cheap little camera and they are about 2 blocks away and in order to get them in the picture I had to sort of lean over my kitchen counter and angle the camera to get a shot of them through the window. That makes the mobiles and sheds look funny. Look to the left and middle of the pic. Sort of just above the roof of the left hand mobile.
Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. It was a good half hour spent. Sort of a good reminder to slow down, right?
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

White and blue poinsettia

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I wanted to try a white and blue poinsettia last year but ran out of time and this year I am a little more brave with using inks and things so tried one. I love how it turned out. Little bit of silver gel pen around the outer petals and some glitter spray.
I layered with white cardstock and soft shimmery paper. The folders are Cuttlebug Christmas Tree and Snowflakes. Three thin ribbons wrapped around to hold the peel off sentiment and a peel off snowflake for the top of the tree. Paper embossed with the snowflake folder to line the envelope.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Stampscape experiment

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I just had to try different colors of Perfect Pearls Powders and so stamped a few different colors. This one is gold and I just layered some really pretty musical paper and matted with red. The sentiment is Dollar Store stick ons from last year. Lined the envelope with some of the paper and called it good.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Winter scene

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This little card has many layers. I made a few mistakes so had to cover them up somehow. I was experimenting with the Cricut and trying to make an aperture but my measurements were off and I hated to waste the card stock so just covered up as best as I could. Should have paid more attention in math class. lol
The frame is one Lea at http://tujs.wordpress.com/ made an svg for me. I decided to play some more and removed the centre she had made for me and used a cloud shape from the SCAL library. Lea, I have used the original file on other cards but they aren't finished yet. Thanks so much.
The picture is from ChristmasFiles.com and printed on photo paper. You can see the inside frame around the picture because the card kept popping open and short of using a paper clip to keep it closed I just took the picture. Added a peel off sentiment and some pearls. The envelope is lined with the picture.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Another snow flake card

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Last year when I was surfing the blogs I found a beautiful card. I wanted to do it so this year I did. I am sorry I did not keep the name of the blog where I saw it so if it is yours please let me know and I will give you credit.
I have just layered white on white and used Cuttlebug folders Swiss Dots and Snowflakes, a little ribbon, some silver glitter, and a peel off sentiment. The lining is just paper run through the Cuttlebug with some silver ink and added to the envelope. Of course, if you want to see it better click on the pic.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna