A Christmas Card For You!

Hello!  I apologize to all of my cardmaking followers for my lack of cards this week!  The December Daily is something that I really wanted to do this year, so you are going to have to deal with some scrapbook stuff, too!  Here is a card I made using the Birds & Swirls and Houndstooth Cuttlebug folders.  I inked the raised images with green ink and then ran it through the CB.  I then went back with a red copic marker and added the berry color.  I inked all of the edges of my cardstock with distress inks and of course had to have some baker's twine from The Twinery!  The sentiment is from Verve's Santa's Helper set.  I used one of my Spellbinder's Labels dies. Don't ask me which one, because I rip them open, and stick them in my die bin with no labeling!  I also added some red kaiser pearls to each side of the sentiment.

Stay tuned for more December Daily pages and I will have my usual cards, too!  I also have some home decor projects coming up, so stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily

Glad Tidings...

For the card above, I used this week's sketch on SCS found HERE.  I pulled out my Trendy Trees SU set, that had never been used!  I think it was one of the last sets I bought when I was still a demo.  I created a winter scene and just stamped the trees in black and added some red kaiser pearls to a couple of the trees.  I used the Sizzix Sugared embossing folder for the red panel.  The sentiment is from Verve.  I used circle punches to punch out the circles on the sides of the red and black carstock panels.
So did you all eat way to much turkey and yummy desserts on Thursday?  I know I did, and I was LAZY on Friday.  Didn't do a thing but hang out and watch Christmas movies with my boys in our jammies all day!  It was fun, but we decided to put some clothes on before dinner and enjoy the nice weather.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Verve Anni- VERVE-sary Blog Hop!

Hello!  You should be arriving from Mercy's blog. If you just discovered the Verve Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop, then you will want to start at the beginning at Julee's blog and hop on through!

I will keep this short and sweet, since there are soooooo many participants!

Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful MARTHA!  Have fun!

EIC94-Sandbox Studio

Hello!  Today's Etsy shop for your inspiration is Sandbox Studios.  They have some really cute totes and boxes for your inspiration.  I was inspired by the circles on the tote below.

Our sponsor this week is Tyggereye Hand Carved stamps.  There will be two winners this week.  One person will win a $25.00 gift card to Tyggereye and another winner will win the tote from Sandbox Studio pictured below.

Make sure to use keyword EIC94 when uploading to online galleries.  You will also want to link your card to the EIC blog HERE for a chance to win the above prizes.  Random winners will be chosen next Friday.

Hope you play along!

Emily

Verve Regal Heart and a JAZZY challenge!

Hey there!  I made this card for yesterday's CAS challenge over on SCS to use Teal, white and a neutral on our card.  I HAD to use this Free Digi from Verve (sorry, it is no longer on the Verve site!  It was a limited time thing!).  Isn't that heart gorgeous?  The sentiment is a Verve digi, too.

If you are on a serious budget, then you need to try digital images out.  I am using them more and more and you can always find FREE images from the different companies on a weekly basis.  I will try to post later in the week about different sites for FREEBIES!

Okay...more about the card...I used some Bermuda Bay, white and black cardstock.  Added some bling and colored the flourishes around the heart in with some markers.  Pretty quick and easy except for the paper piecing which took a little time!

This is also for my great friend Tenia's Jazzy Inspiration Challenge.  You can check out the deets HERE.  You will want to stop and look at her blog because she is one talented lady!