My Minds Eye paper collection!

Hi all! I’m very excited to share with you a new set of cards that I’ve completed today. These are created from a 6 x 6 paper pad from My Minds Eye. The touch of gold adds an elegance to these cards. I was able to get 32 cards out of this paper pad which I am thrilled with that number. It was well worth my time to get that many top quality all occasion cards. I did a quick video so that you can see each card up close. Stay tuned for video #2 where I explain the process I go through when I’m making this set of cards. 

Here are two of the cards from this set!

Both using Cardztv stamps!

Here is the prep video showing you how I prepared for making

these 32 cards!

Thank you for stopping by. 

If you are enjoying my posts, please leave a quick message.  I'd love to hear from you.

Cathy

Happy New Year!

I hope 2019 started out with a bang for you

and your family!  I have all of my Christmas events behind me

so this week I will devote to putting away the decorations and

getting ready for spring!  It's been a very mild winter here

in northern Indiana so far.  We have had very little snow

and the last two days we had sun and 50 some degrees!

Unheard of for us this close to Lake Michigan, but

we have plenty of time for snow before our winter

is over.

I filmed a quick video showing you what I've been doing

in my craft room tonight.  I made a promise to myself

that starting this month, I would make 6 Christmas cards a month

in preparation for 2019.  I like to send out my cards at the beginning

of December, but the last few years I've been so far behind.  Tonight

I made 8 cards and really - it's not that hard.  I plan to store my 

Christmas paper I will be using along with my stamp sets in

a 12x12 Iris container that you can purchase at Michaels (and they

are on sale this week for $5 each!) and each month I will

pull out that container and make my 6 cards.  I already

have my papers planned as I'm using some Design Paper

from Stampin Up.  I will add the solid color yardstick and the matching

washi tape into the container.  That way making  my monthly cards

will be easy peasy without searching through everything!

Hope this video link works!

https://www.facebook.com/cathy.barwick/videos/10217356816128295/

Anyone else want to join me?

Let me know!

Mimi

Where has the time gone???

I cannot believe that today is

Christmas Eve!

We have church choir practice

at 6pm so I didn't have a lot on

the schedule for today.

I did need a few boxes

that I will use to give the gift of CASH

to my grands!  LOL!  Unfortunately

as they have become older, it has become harder

and harder to buy for them.  One of them wants

to buy tractor parts - I mean seriously - here's the money!!!

I used a cut file from Lori Whitlock to create these cute

little gems and cut them with my Air 2.  I inked the edges of

my SU Designer papers, used various ribbons and a die cut

to finish off my project.

Totally cute and reusable!

I will be using this cut file again and again!

I could not believe that I have not posted

since September!  I promise I've been busy in craft room

but just haven't posted.  At the risk of boring you, I will post

a few pics below of some recent projects!

Well it's time for me to jump in the shower

so I will leave you for now!

I do want to give you a challenge before I go.

After Christmas my craft room is FILLED with partial

pieces of paper, multiple stamp sets and dies just lying

around.  I take time and create at least 10 more Christmas

items before I put them away.  This will give me a head

start on next year and I will use some of the items that

now look like trash!  In 2019, I'm taking it one step

farther in that I will be creating 6 Christmas cards a 

month so I will also be ready for Christmas 2019.

Hopefully this will allow me to enjoy the holidays with

a little less stress!  Since I used a lot of my Copic colored images

I will also be stamping many and taking time in January

to color!  I LOVE to color!  Maybe the snow gods will

even bless us with a little snow so I can watch the snow

fall while I color!

If you chose to join me on my Clean up Challenge, let

me know in the comments!  It will be fun to see what you create!

Also, if any of you want to post your Christmas cards

each month on FB, please tag me!

I'd love to see your creations !

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Mimi

Rae Dunn like pottery project!

 Happy holiday weekend. I hope your weekend is off to a great relaxing start.
I’m in Notre Dame fan so I’m watching the game.
But to kill some time this afternoon,  I decided to use a video from Lorrie Nunamaker
and create some Ray done like pottery.  Lorrie created
a great video on her YouTube channel showing
how to create these pieces.  She shared
the font name and where she got the pottery
pieces.  Lorrie has excellent videos
on how to use your Cricut and other Provocraft items.
I highly recommend following her channel.

Well here are two pictures of what I created.
I went to JoAnn's this morning and found some
Rose Gold Cricut Vinyl.  I think they turned out swell!

My BFF and I are going to a crafting retreat in North Carolina in late

September.  I created the bowl that says "It's all about the bling" for

both of us to use at our work stations to hold sequins.

The square bowl is for me to put at my bedside with the

oils I use at night.

I was on a roll so I decided to do a couple more.

My grandkids call me Mimi, so of course I needed a bowl with that name!

Ha Ha!  Then I also picked up the sugar bowl and creamer so

I added some words on these as well.

It's important to know that these containers cannot be washed in 

a sink or the dishwasher.  They will need to be wiped out otherwise the

printing will come off.

I hope you give these awesome projects a try!  It was fun.

Now back to Notre Dame!

Cathy

Addicted to Paper is born!

I’ve been searching for a way to offer my cards

To the many people who have asked and I 

Finally have it put together. 

I’m going to offer a monthly subscription for

$25 that will include 5 multi layered

Cards and one premium card. 

A premium card would be one similar to those in this post as they contain

Hand colored images or shaker cards. 

If you would like more information, drop me a note and I will contact to share more. 

My new business is called Addicted to Paper. 

I offer standard size cards and small 3x3 size as well.

Now, take a look at these adorable cards!

I am so pumped looking at these creations!

Drop me a message here and I will get back with you as

soon as I can to explain more how the subscription works!

Thank you for stopping by!

Cathy