Winter, Winter, PLEASE GO AWAY!!

~ This Kansas winter has been worse than I ever remember, and I'm soooo ready for it to pass (she says as it's snowing and sleeting the first of 6" expected before the end of tomorrow)!!! I've stayed extremely busy this cold season, as you may have guessed by my absence! I have, however, attended a few crops and spent some time in my scrap room being productive. The projects below are winter-inspired, and this snowy evening seems like the perfect time to share them!
These winter-themed Post-It Notes Cover were super simple to cut and create from a file designed by Shirley Clark. I used my KNK to cut the outer wrap and band, then just embellished with ink, 3-D snowflakes, and some bling-y Stickles, of course!!!

This recipe page was inspired by my new Cuttlebug folder & this shimmery white & bronze cardstock from Cutcardstock.com. The little hats were cut from patterned paper and embellished with Stickles. A small snowflake stamp filled in the open areas, and these were done!! I love simple & cute!

That's my winter inspiration for ya!!
Jessica in Kansas

Snowflakes, clippies, and recipes...oh my!!

~ I was busy last week working on some wintery recipe pages inspired by this cold, cold weather that won't make its way out of Kansas!! This set of three coordinating pages was based on the color combination in a ribbon collection (by American Crafts) I purchased, and I used all kinds of fun snowflakes cut from my Klic-N-Kut. The cute "Snow"flake Clippies were designed by Carrie's Creations, and the elegant snowflakes of various shapes are from Jan Bryson's Itty Bitty Snowflakes file. All of the "snow" was cut from Ice Gold metallic cardstock purchased from CutCardstock.com.

I also used some sketches as layout inspiration (see below), Stickles (waterfall), stick-on jewels, & cardstock/patterned papers by The Paper Studio.

Inspired by Sketches!{by tamara}'s Card Sketch #65.

Inspired by Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #36 sketch.

Inspired by Laura's Sketch #10 from 2Sketches4U.

Wintery hugs from Kansas,
Jessica

Christmas Treat Boxes

~ How cute are these treat boxes? The files were designed by Shirley Clark of Paperthreads.com, who is another one of my favorite designers. I cut the boxes out with my Klic-N-Kut...then embellished and easily assembled. I used various patterned papers & cardstock, including shimmer paper by CutCardstock.com, Stickles, swirly background stamp by SU!, tag stamp & punch by SU!, and lots of inking for edges. What do you think? I love them!

Santa Treat Box

Present Treat Box

Snowman Treat Box (notice the tiny pipe!!!)

Tree Treat Box

Enjoy,

Jessica in Kansas

Snowy Days, Frosty Nights, Warm Hearts

~ I am having a great time with the shimmer contest at CutCardstock.com and my new pre-cut cards I ordered from them!! I also love this sentiment from the Fairy Christmas stamp set by The Cat's Pajamas: Snowy Days, Frosty Nights, Warm Hearts! It was perfect for this snowy card following the sketch below from PageMaps, which was a swap challenge in one of my favorite Yahoo groups.

I also used a swirly flourish stamp from Hero Arts and white Staz-On ink, various snowflake confetti pieces in blue & silver, glittery snowflakes from Jolee's, patterned paper & ribbon from unknown sources.

Not quite ready for the real white stuff!!!

Jessica in Kansas