Oh Christmas Tree ...

A couple of weeks ago it it occurred to me that - while I have made numerous scrapbook pages for other friends - I haven't actually done any for myself since I was in college!  Yes, college!  Since this year is a 'year of first's' with my husband I thought this would be a great time to start capturing some memories and committing them to paper! 

For my Sheetload 'Beyond the Card' submission, I used Alicia's sketch to create an "Oh Christmas Tree" page.  This was the first Christmas tree that Hicham ever decorated and Mom came over to help so I thought this would be perfect to create our first scrapbook page memory.

A full list of products used on this project is listed in the December '09 Sheetload. I just love the felt embellishments! They are new from Close to My Heart (CTMH) and add a vintage element to the page.

As I mentioned in my post on the 1st of December, this is the final month for new issues of SheetLoad of Cards. Please join us at the SheetLoad blog today for a little 'walk down memory lane'.

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Let it Snow!

Today I went to the Sterling Inc. Holiday warehouse sale ... you know the kind of place ... imagine a huge warehouse filled with ornaments, Santas and snowmen with holiday music blasting on the overhead speakers.  It was like a winter wonderland dream!  I was truly in the holiday spirit after being in there for 2 hours.  And once I got home, I spent some much needed crafty time in my new craft room.  What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon!   

I thought it would be fun to tackle a couple of challenges I found on the Cupcakes Craft Challenges and Diecuts R Us blogs (DCRU).  I've only recently discovered their blogs and let me tell you ... I'm hooked!  Here are the two challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge 64 - Sketch -- Update:  Awarded Top 3 Badge
BTW ... I love, love, LOVE this sketch!!!! 

DCRU Challenge 14 - Nest Something

Here's what I came up with:

Ingredients:
Paper:  Basic Grey (Figgy Pudding); Archivers (Sky); CTMH (Chocolate, Colonial White)
Die-Cuts:  Nestibilities
Stamps:  Penny Black (Warm & Cold); Paper Studio (Let it Snow from Snowflakes)
Ink:  Stazon Black
Embellishment:  CTMH (Heartfelt Wonder Die-cuts)
Other:  Prisma Pencils and Gamsol

On the nestibilities challenge, notice I used 3 die-cuts and turned them different directions to create a different look.  Also, this is the first time I ever really experimented with the Gamsol and Prisma pencils and I simply had a blast!  I was actually surprised as by the end of the project I used 21 colors on this card! 

What a fun Saturday afternoon project ... creating a card for my favorite season with my favorite colors, blue and brown.

Happy crafting!

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