Time for Christmas!

Hey Guys I'm back and have started working on my Christmas Cards.  Has anyone else started theirs? I definitely feel like my favorite types of cards to make are Christmas cards and Birthday Cards.  Today I'm going to share two cards I made using the same in laid die cutting technique that are very similar.

A2 Joy In-Laid Die Card

Joy In-laid Die Card

This was a super simple card that may soon be mass produced! :)  I used Lawn Fawn's Joy die and the in-laid die technique to fill it in with cardstock.  I also used my Wink of Stella Glitter pen to make it sparkly. :)  I then used Simon Says Stamp Hexagon Border Die on the card and then cut it again on white, red, green, and black cardstock. At this point it was time for assembly.  I used just a sheet of typing paper and put adhesive all over it and popped the top sheet on it.  I then started adding all the dies and used a quick stik to help me add in all the tiny hexagons.  I then actually made a slight error in my calculations as this green sheet was much bigger originally but I cut off too much on one side so instead of a standard A2 card like the top card it became square... In the end I think it actually looks pretty amazing though which goes to show some of the mistakes in crafting can turn out to be some of the cutest cards!  I hope you have enjoyed and I will be back with more soon as these are just a couple of the 4 I cranked out the other night. :)  Hope you enJOYed. HAHA I know I'm a goober. :)  

Scraplifted Idea for Copics from Jennifer McGuire Complete with Downloadable File

So I just signed up for a new Online Card Class for Copics for Cardmakers and in sharing one of the ways I keep what Copics I have organized I was asked to share a document I have created for such.  I use the Coin Collector Pages that you can find on Amazon for pretty cheap.  The squares are 2x2 and because I am super anal I wanted them to look uniform so I created a template that contains a circle and the name of the color and code. :)

This was an early photo because I have since slightly altered this to include the ones I DON'T have as well.  It made it easier when I went to Hobby Lobby and got them for $4.54 a piece one at a time! :)  I keep telling my hubby it's cheaper then going to Starbucks every day.  His argument is that I don't drink coffee or tea! :)  

So here is the file! :) Download to your computer and open with Excel and it should come out to 4 across and 5 down per page.  I'm not so sure about this Google Drive as it's the first time I've used this but hopefully it works.  Maybe Jennifer can help me figure out how to just put a hyperlink to an excel file someday. ;)

Copic Swatches

So now since I have blogged for the first time in FOREVER maybe this will motivate me to blog more and share more of my projects I have done in the past year which have been quite a few actually.  But then again I'm going on vacation next week so blogging will have to wait. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and if anyone has any trouble with the file let me know... this is the first time I've done something like this.

Lisa