The Results are In!!!

After every Card Connection Jorge, my husband, and my sons Jorgie and Jerry judge the cards based on creativity, originality, attention to detail and eye catching. The judges had a hard time making a determination. They stated it was not an easy job. Here they are.

3RD Place


Happy birthday Card with Sea Scene By CAROL
The stamped image was colored with pastel chalks the boat and the lighthouse was outlined with a dimensional gel pen.


2ND Place



Gift Card Holder Shirt By Lenita
The shirt was formed by making some simple folds and a few cuts. A tiny clothes pin was used to hold the card. The paper is from Martha Stewart.

And the 1ST Place goes to




M&M Holder Matchbox by Me!!!!!
Stamp and paper from Stampin Up, Image was colored using prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, used scorpal to score, embossed with Hearts cuttlebug embossing folder.

The Card Connection

Today was the "Card Connection" at Memory Garden in Pharr,TX. We had so much fun. Each one of us went home with 10 beautiful cards. Thank you, Yolanda, for putting this event together. Looking forward to the next meeting.




THE CARDS. Different techniques were used on each card.


THE CARD MAKERS. A very creative and talented group.

December

This is one of the cards I made for Memory Garden Christmas Card Contest. I used the the Wild Card Cartridge

A Box for my Cards

I made the box using my scorpal. It's perfect for my cards. The Borders were made with the Fiskars border punch I bought at the "garage sale" event at Memory Garden.

December Creations

I'll be posting some of the projects that I made in December.



I made this blanket for my niece Alejandra. Monica showed me this technique, there is no sewing at all. I just loved it. I also made one for my sister-in-law and one for my mother-in-law.

Close to my Heart Cards

My friend Diana bought a book from Phyllis from CTMH, "Wishes Card Confidence Program" It has a section that shows how to make 16 cards, using 1 sheet of patterned paper, 2 cardstock paper of coordinating colors and of course 16 base cards (A2) Diana and Gloria made theirs Valentine Cards, Monica made all occasion cards and I made mostly birthday cards.
I cut several stars using my cricut and Home Decor Cartridge. I put White glitter on the stars. Some of the Cards I left blank to decorate later.

My First Completed Project of 2010

Vinyl Quote. I have been wanting to do this for my kitchen for a long time. I used Amazon Font with SCAL. Used my 12X12 mat.