Make Merry

Hi friends!  Just popping in to share the batch of New Year cards I made last week.  For each holiday, I have a clear pouch that holds all of my supplies.   My New Year pouch is small (just big enough to hold 4 x 6 photos) while all of my other pouches hold 8.5 x 11 papers and expand to 1".  That being said, because my New Year supplies are so limited, I have to get creative.  The patterned paper I used is by K & Co and is actually from a pad of graduation-themed papers.  I figured it could work okay here, too... confetti is celebratory no matter the occasion, right?!  :)

The penguin stamp is TCP, of course.  I really love those naughty characters, they always make me chuckle!  I colored my friend with Copics and added some gold Stickles to his glass of champagne.  The sentiment was stamped on some more K & Co paper and the drink tickets can be found in my Etsy shop HERE.  I mostly sell them to people looking to use them at their weddings, but I thought it would be cute to use them here, too.

I made a batch of eight of these cards and now my pouch is even skinnier!  I wish all my pouches were that small, though- then I wouldn't feel like I'm never going to be able to finish everything up!  hah!  :)

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you like my set of cards!  I'll be back tomorrow to share my Christmas thank you notes.

-Suzanne :O )

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year, friends!  I hope you all had fun celebrating last night and will have a year full of joy and happy times.  I don't have many supplies to celebrate this occasion, but I used some patterned paper by DCWV, punch outs from an old page-a-day calendar and some colored cardstock.  The gold ribbon is American Crafts and the countdown stamp is by Technique Tuesday.  I don't know who made the clear clocks- those were something I got at a yard sale and they didn't come with the original packaging.  Anyway, I hope your year is off to a great start, enjoy this picture parade!


-Suzanne :O )

New Year's cards

Happy 2011, friends!  I mentioned before wanting to de-hoard my collection of New Year's stuff, and I'm happy to say I used up the majority of my papers and embellishments in these 8 cards.  Most of the cards feature chipboard from Hobby Lobby, silver ribbon by Martha Stewart, and the blue patterned paper by DCWV, but there are other random odds and ends I wanted to get rid of.  My cards will be late, but I figure I have the rest of the year to wish people well! :)  I hope you all have a great start to the year, and I'm so happy to be back blogging regularly.  Even if no one stops by, it's so nice to be able to look back at my work and see the progress I've made.  I wonder if I'll ever tire of this hobby?  Enjoy!  :)


-Suzanne :O )