It's All About The Journey

Merry Chrsitmas Card With Shimmer Paint

Hello Ladies. It's  been a few days since I've been able to make any thing. Tonight after Wayne and I got home from our trip to Portsmouth, NH, I decided to make the time to make a card.  As always, it is a simple card. But I did use two techniques.  I embossed and used the misting technique using Shimmer paint. Both are very simple techniques.

I am trying to design a Christmas card for this year and I thought that I  just might have it when I began making this card.  However, when Iwas finished I decided that this would not be the card. So back to the drawing board for me. :)

Here is my card.  

I realize that it is very difficult for you to see the Shimmer paint that I used on my card. In person this card looks so much better. It is a simple  card but using the gold embossing and the Shimmer paint makes  it look quite  festive. At least I think it does. :)  The little red dots in the center of each flower is from the eyelet punch that I used. When they fell out of the punch I decided that I would glue them on.

I wish that you could see all of the shimmer paint that I put on my card. It is awesome stuff and I intend to order more of it.

Here is what I used.

I used the Gifts Of Christmas stamp set #115372 from Stampin'UP!  The card-stock is Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry and Brushed Gold all from Stampin'UP! I also used Versamark, Gold Embossing powder, the Eyelet punch #113692 and the Champagne Mist shimmer paint #116806 all from Stampin'UP! The gold ribbon is from a local craft store.

    
Personal Ramblings

 Another quick chat. It is getting very late and I have to be up early. Today I am going to court to have my last name changed legally from Anderson to Cardini-Anderson. Cardini is my maiden name and I have decided to take it back. So with support  from  Wayne I started the process and today is the big day. :) I am quite excited about this.

I have been walking every day with the exception of today. We were very lucky to have 50 degree weather since last Saturday. On  Tuesday it was in the high 60's. Oh did that feel awesome. If only the weather could stay this way until January. I don't think that will happen though.:)

No new photos today. Sorry about that. I did take a few on Saturday but because it is November and the leaves are all off of the trees it looks cold and a bit depressing. I hope to find something of interest for  you soon.

I hope you have been enjoying your week. Just think the weekend is almost here again. Smile.:)   

My New Shoes

Sp what do my new shoes have to do with a craft blog? Well, I loved my new shoes so much that I took a photo of them and then made a digital scrap page using  the photo I took. I truly* love* these shoes. By the way they are walking shoes and  because I love them so much I went back to the shoe store and bought a pair in black and a pair in blue! 

I used My Digital Studio # 118108  from Stampin'UP! to make this page. This time I made my page from scratch. It is a simple page and it took me less then 15 minutes to make it.  I have all ready printed it out using my printer and it is in the book that I am making of just me. My daughter requested a scrapbook about me. I started it months ago and hope to get it done before Christmas so that I can give it to her as a Christmas gift.  But I digress. :)

Here is my page.

 

My original photo was taken in color. Of course I  had to play around with it.:)

I used the Old Olive distressed paper, an Old Olive matt and button and a Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.All in the MDS program. The font that I used is called CK Ladder.  I added the color Chocolate Chip to my title and journaling. Done in a jiffy and I love the look. I can not say enough good things about this program. Even if you have never done any type of  digital crafting I hope that you will ask your Stampin'UP! demonstrator to show you how it works.  I promise you  that it is worth checking it out.

Personal Ramblings

This will be a quick chat. I have been so busy and have been trying to catch a break when ever I can. I have been organizing my home and purging lots of "stuff".  I started working on the downstairs last weekend and I have at least 2 more weekends of work. I had no idea just how much stuff I really had. Once it is done it will be awesome to be more organized then I am.

I do not have any pictures today from my walks.  It sure looks like November here and to be honest it's not very pretty looking. All of the leaves are gone from our beautiful trees. It has been in the 40's since last week. I have been walking every day that I  am not out straight with appointments or errands.Today it was 45  degrees and quite windy. But I managed to walk 2 miles so that made my day. Tomorrow it is suppose to be in the 50'sand sunny. Yay! Anyway, As soon as I am able to find something to photograph and share with all of you, I will.

I hope that all of you have a very blessed week. Make time to do something that will make you smile. Smile.:)

Thankful Thoughts of You

Hello Ladies. I hope that your having a good week so far and taking some time out just for you.

Tonight I made a Thanksgiving Day card. I have family that I send cards to for that day so I have quite a few to make  yet. Here is my card for today.

All of the products that I used are fromStampin'UP!

Here is what I used: Autumn Splendor stamp set # 116503, Grateful Greetings stamp set  # 116511 and Bright Blessings #115626. I used Very vanilla, Old olive, really Rust and More Mustard card-stock. I used Chocolate Chip and More Mustard Ink. I added a 1/2' Library clip and some hemp. The hemp is the only thing that is not from SU.  I used a sponge and I sponged on a little Chocolate Chip ink around the Very Vanilla edges.   Voila.......done!  Have you started your Thanksgiving Day cards yet?  Time sure is flying by us once again.

Personal Ramblings.

On Tuesday, I went for a walk in the down town area of the town that I live in. As I've have written before there isn't a lot to our main street. We have a very old building used for our town hall which consists of the town clerk, and the person who collects our taxes. Home taxes that is.  We have a meeting hall which is also in a very old building, a small library, and the rest of main street has homes on it. Most of the homes are lovely.  some are very,very old and some are brand new.   We also have a real tank that sits proudly for all to see. On Monday I decided it was time I took a photo of it. It was very cloudy and getting late and I had my little point and shoot with me so my photo did not come out well. I only took one photo because a man that I have never seen before decided that he wanted to stop and see the tank too. However, he parked his car at an angle that would not allow me to get a better shot. And he began talking to me quite a bit. I am a friendly person but I have a hard time chatting  with men  that I do not  know.   I did not like how my photo came out so I decided to make it look old. Which is kind of fitting since the tank is old. :)

 

 
 Despite the fact that the photo did not come out that great I thought I would share something else that is in my town with you. What type of monument do you have in your town or city?  

Today, I took a 3 mile walk  becuase we may get a mixture of rain and snow. No walking for me tomorrow. But the good news is that this weekend will be sunny and in the 50's. Got to love that!  I will be back soon. Smile.:)