All you need is love

I am looking for simple Valentine cards this year since I don't have a lot of time to work on them. I saw a similar card in my blogging travels and totally lifted it. Love the simple red and white color scheme.

Feel free to lift this from me.

Have a great day!!

Love is for the birds!

Last Saturday night instead of sitting down and watching the Borgias, I went up to my studio for some uninterrupted stamping. It seems lately, I only stamp here and there for about 15 minutes or so.

I find Valentine day cards get me through the post holiday creative slump.

This simple card is from a card recipe found on day one of Jennifer Maguire's Clean and Simple online class. This is about as close to a one layer card as I can get!!

Three weeks to Valentine's day, so get your heart on and get crafting!!!

Handmade Baker's Twine

Baker's twine is all the rage right now. Where would we be without it. I know I used a ton of it on my holiday cards this past December. But of course as crafters we need a multitude of colors and that can get pricey. I stumbled across a blog that showed how to make your own baker's twine. WOW!! What a revelation! The above are my first attempts at making my own. Not bad huh?

Wait till you find out how easy it is to make your own. You won't buy it again and you can have any color you want!!

Happy Crafting!!

Where is Spring??

About a month back I received my box of new stamps and dies from the new Love and Kindness collection from Memory Box. Full of stuff making me wish for spring and more time to create. Somehow creating papers for school just doesn't do it.

Here is a card to usher in spring- hard to see actually happening when I look out my window and see snow. Please head over to the Outside the Box blog to see how I created this card.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Year in Review

I cam across a blog: With an "i" for Paper . Karin the blog owner is doing a year in review, where you can link to various blogs and see their review of the best blog spots per month.

I thought it was a great idea and decided to participate too.

So with out further ado- the best of The Creative Studio for the last year.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Well, there you have it, the best of 2011!

Have the happiest, healthiest and most creative 2012 everyone!!!

Great Gift Idea!!

Like most of us creative types, we get our best ideas while dreaming. This idea came to me in the middle of the night. I  had some of that sticky back vinyl that George got me many Christmases ago. I picked up a couple of votives at the dollar store. Using punches and dies I created these unique votives. I so want to keep them for myself! :) This would be a great teacher or last minute gift.

This idea is my gift to you- enjoy!!

 

In the Meadow

Here I go with the new PTI "In the Meadow" set again. It is the perfect holiday set.

 I think I am finally finished all my holiday cards. Yippee!! Now I have to address them. I have to mail out about 50 and hand out about 40. How many cards do you all send out?

Do you send them to folks even though you know you won't get a card in return? This is a topic the DH and I have every year. I try to tell him I'm a cardmaker, I have to send out lots of cards!

I am back to work tomorrow, but will try to post again.