Tim Hortons meets Stampin' Up!

A friend of mine asked if I would make an oversized Christmas card for the staff at Tim Hortons.
The staff party is this coming Saturday and approx. 150 employees had to sign the card.

This was going to be a challenge as the stamps are small to scale in comparison to the half sheet of bristol board I would be using. I had idea in my head I wanted to do but wasn't sure if I could pull it off without re-doing my work.

I wanted a sure thing so I turned to my extremely talented up line, Heather Summers.
I cased a card she had made last year and new it would be perfect.

I added the extra pages for signing and dressed them up too. I was given some timbit boxes and coffee cups so I cut the "Merry Christmas" using the Simple Alphabet die from Stampin' Up! I was pleased with the card and I especially like the Tim Hortons logo on the back. My friend was super happy with the card as well .

Paper Bag Scrap Book

My fabulous upline Heather Summers gave us two brown lunch bags at our last meeting and said, "Here is your challenge". Decorate it.

I have to admit, I put it aside and forgot about it...until last night.

I have not put any photos on or journalling as I thought this would make an adorable little gift for someone this Christmas.
I used the Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP as well as cardstock in Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive, Kraft, Soft Suede, Confetti White and Sahara Sand. I embellished with ribbon hardware, brads and punches.
There are two pouches which I have inserted journal tags or you could attach a photo.

You could easily make your brown bag scrapbook fuller by adding an extra bag or two.

I was pleased with how it turned out and I hope you like it too.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend.

Featuring Inspiration from Andrea

Do you ever have moments where you just don't feel like thinking of putting together a colour combinatin or a sketch layout? Or how about the times you just feel like reading stamping blogs and think oh I will have to remember to make that sometime but never do.

Well, this is how I felt yesterday. I just felt like blog hopping (although I tend to read what my favourite stampers are up to not just look at the photos...you can waste a better part of the day doing this) but then I stopped and told myself that tody was going to be the day that I would make the cards I have been wanting to CASE.

So like yesterdays post, I am featuring inspiration from Andrea Walford; she is extremely talented and you can get more details on her blog here.

I had such a fun day stamping away and as you can see I was quite busy.

Thanks Andrea

Oh my goodness! I had so much fun making this card. I have to confess I did not order any new Christmas Designer Paper this year becasue I have to use up what I have so todays card is about mixing old with new...retired paper with new stamp set.
First I have to say Thank You to Andrea Walford for this beautiful card.

Be sure to pop on over to her blog for the complete details of her card.

The Final Three ...

by Leslie Pergau

by Linda Anderson

by Gerrie Rollins

Simply Stars

Card #1 by Martha Inchley http://web.mac.com/aninchofcreativity/An_Inch_of_Creativity/Blog/Blog.html

Card #2 by Jodie http://stampwithjodie.typepad.com

Card #3 by Paula Ballard http://paulamballard.blogspot.com

As I mentioned yesterday, I would be posting cards from the Christmas Card Swap from some of the members of the Simply Stars Team.

Warning: Ooozing with talent