Christmas cards are done and will (hopefully) mail tomorrow

So I finished my Christmas cards on Sunday evening. I'm definitely glad I used "Wishes" to make them. Thanks to this Close to My Heart (CTMH) book I was able to make all 20 of my cards within a 5 hour period. This has to be a record for me. And I didn't even have to work non-stop to do it either. Bonus.

I took pics this morning and got my hubby to start signing the cards.

For those that are interested I used the following supplies:
(CTMH refers to Close To My Heart Items)
CTMH "Wishes" Card Confidence Program - Just Because Card Workshop pg 68-73
CTMH Creative Basics Jingle Collection inc. Jingle B&T Duos Paper & Juniper Grosgrain Ribbon
CTMH Winter Cheer Glitter Rub-ons
CTMH Holiday Trinkets My Acrylix Stamp Set
CTMH Snow Flurries My Acrylix Stamp Set
CTMH Holiday Warmth My Acrylix October Stamp Set of the Month
CTMH Wishing Star My Acrylix Stamp Set
CTMH Simple Stitches Stamp Set
CTMH Petite Perks My Acrylix Stamp Set
CTMH Archival Black Ink
CTMH Creme Brulee Ink
CTMH Tulip Ink
CTMH Olive Ink
CTMH Baby Pink Ink
CTMH Blush Ink
CTMH Juniper Ink
CTMH Clear Buttons
CTMH Blending Pen
CTMH Liquid Glass
CTMH Cranberry Brads
CTMH Texture Tools
CTMH Edge Distresser
Martha Stewart Snow Glitter
Cuttlebug Embossing Dies Christmas Noel and Snowflake (not sure of the name for this one)
Silver Glitter
Self-adhesive rhinestones
Various cardstock bought at Scrapbook Princess (sorry I don't know the brand. If you know it Paulette, I'll be happy to add it)

Fun at the Scrapbook Princess

It was a horrible rainy day today, but I got to have fun scrapbooking at the Scrapbook Princess. They always make you feel at home there so I had a great day (especially considering the weather).

I used CTMH's "Wishes" Guide book for the first time today and absolutely fell in love with it. I never really make cards, so in the past whenever I tried to it took FOREVER, had trouble thinking of ideas and usually ended up not finishing.

Thanks to "Wishes" though, using only 4 pieces of cardstock, 2 pieces of B&T Duos paper and the card bases I was able to cut out all of the pieces necessary to make 20 cards and even assemble, stamp and decorate over half of them today. Since the rest of the cards are already cut out, I just have to assemble them and add the finishing touches. I figure I'll be able to finish them up tomorrow and will be able to ship them out next week. Woo hoo!!! Thank you "Wishes"!!!

I'll try to post pics of the finished products when I'm done.

First Time Blogger Blues

Ok, so first it's 6AM on a Saturday and I've been up since 4:30 when my husband's fart woke me up. Not the best way to start the day. Next, it's taken me till now to figure out how to make a pretty background to my blog after clicking on all sorts of things over the web for a week.

Still left to do is to upload the links to my Close to My Heart site. Still no luck on that one. Can't wait to see what happens when I try to upload pics into this site.

Wish me luck.