Santa's Helper Today

Today we delivered toys to Children's Memorial Hospital. Each year our family collects all our loose change in a special "change jar". In December the money gets counted and Zach gets to shop for toys. These toys are then delivered to Children's Memorial. There are kids that are in the hospital that get very little if anything for Christmas. It's also a way for Zach to select fun toys to give away.

This year we also delivered handmade greeting cards. These cards were made by the Meet Up Group from Windy City Scrapbooking. I hope this is a tradition we can continue for future years.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy the Holiday Season and not get too stressed out (like that is going to happen). I'll post some new cards soon. Just had a class yesterday and we made some fun cards.

grace

Holiday Card Swap Coming Up

Hi Everyone,

Here's a great way to get your holiday cards done. There's going to be a Holiday Card Swap. The rules are simple: Make 6 cards (w/envelopes) and get five different cards back. If you would like to be part of muliple groups you can make 12 cards and get 10 cards back and so on. It is really up to you. The day of the swap we will randomly draw groups of 6 and the swap fun can begin.

It's a lot of fun to see what others create. You don't have to be attend to be part of the swap - but your cards need to be received by December 1st.

Swap Info:
Location:
Windy City Scrapbooking
2265 North Clybourn Ave (Fullerton/Clybourn area)
Chicago, IL 60614

Time: 3-5pm

Cost: Free

If you are interested, please email me and let me know that you are interested in the December 2nd Holiday Swap. Email Me
Have a great one!
grace

QuicKutz Fun - Pumpkin Place Settings

Over the weekend worked on some Thanksgiving Cards. Then a friend wanted place cards for her Thanksgiving Dinner. Here's me thinking, yep sure. If I were to put place cards out that would be the beginning of musical chairs at my house. Anyway here they are:



Recipe: Quickutz Pumpkin Die

Bazzill Card Stock in Fall Colors
Lightly chalked the edges to give it a little depth;
Names were typed on the ocmputer
Leaves were from the floral section of the craft store. I found these cute little leaves and adhered them with medium Zots.

Wishing You A Merry Chicago Christmas

Here's my first attempt at a Chicago Christmas Card. I am waiting to get the cityscape from QuicKutz and then I'll do another version, but for now the buildings were hand pieced. I used my QuicKutz for the green felt bow ,Merry Christmas sentiment and the stars and snow balls.

Here's a suggestion, when using felt you will need to add a sheet or 2 of paper to cut the felt. Also, be aware there are a variety of felt types. What works best on the QuicKutz is the type that is a little stiffer (some even have the glue backing). It costs a little more, but it works much better and there is less fraying or fuzzies.

TFL.

grace

It's About Time for QuicKutz

Today I spent a good bit of time searching through pages on the internet for some inspiring works of art using QuicKutz. The QK site is good, however I want to see what people are doing right now! Patience is not a virtue I have control over. I stopped at this la-dee-da card shop in Lincoln Park. OK the cards are cute. They all have some type of bling. Sometimes it is glitter and sometimes a rhinestone. But I look at these cards and say "Well I could of made that and it wouldn't cost me $6.00. So it is time to get off my soap box and start creating some fun cards. I am a QuicKutz addict and now I have make my hobby work for me. So today I am starting with my Chicago Holiday Card.