Dawn's Creation Station

We have a fresh snow-cover for this Christmas Eve morning...looks like we live in a snow-globe with snow still falling!  My wish is for all to have a blessed holiday with loved ones.

This year I can't seem to stop making Christmas cards!  I used Mistletoe papers, a Nestabilities die, Martha Stewart border punch and finished it with ribbon and bling!

Everlasting Life is one of the newest stamp sets with a scriptural theme.  It has such elegant fonts and beautiful passages for several occasions.  This simple Christmas card was made for a unit swap earlier this fall.
**The opaque pearls add an extra-special touch to any project.

Artist canvases make great wall-hangings when you cover them with beautiful papers! Add a family photo and they make a great, easy gift. Even though the Veranda papers I used in this photo are retired, the idea works with any of our wonderful paper packs.

Close To My Heart is offering a great holiday special...if you order $20.00 from my website, they will include a popular retired stamp set worth $22.95 as a gift to you!! Click on the shopping cart to check out my website for all the details!

Well here in MN we will definitely be having a white Christmas!  Lots of snow already and temperatures that feel more like January!

This card was created with 'glitter snow' instead of the real thing!  It uses Mistletoe papers and 'Snow Days' stamp set in the Roundabout design from Wishes.  I love the classic elegance of the Mistletoe papers!

Well, I HAVE been creating...just not posting lately!  I am very glad I have a good friend who reminds me when I'm being a slacker (thanks, Mary!) It's so nice to know people are still checking my blog :)

These photos show a notepad/pen holder that I made using CTMH Aspen Papers and 'A Sip' stamp set.  Thanks go to Deb at withastampandasong.blogspot.com for the idea.



**I get the jr. size legal pads cut at Office Max for the long skinny note-pad.

I created this card using CTMH Veranda papers and a stamp set from Unity for the scripture and cross.
The flourished corners are done with one of my all-time favorite stamps from CTMH's Legendary Moments set.  It always adds a nice touch to any project.

At our awesome unit Stamp Camp in September an idea was shared for making fun tags for candy tubes to be used as little treats or favors.  Since then I have been creating my own Halloween version, as well as tags for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  They are so cute hanging on clear tubes of seasonal-colored M&Ms!  Gotta love chocolate!

Where has the time gone?!  I have been creating in my station, I just haven't taken the time to take photos and post.  I also took a couple days after my World Card-Making Day to clean and reorganize my station.  It is always a work in progress and I am always on the lookout for fun organizing items in my favorite colors...apple green & crystal blue!  I was feeling kind of claustrophobic in my stamping corner, so I took out the tan cabinet (you can see how it looked in my July posts) and put that in our office in the house. I then moved the small white cabinet into the corner and found the fun bins for storing my CTMH stamp sets.  I like to be able to have them hidden behind closed doors and then easily flip through them to find the set I need.

Here are samples of the 6 different styles of cards you will make if you attend my World Card-Making Day Event this Saturday!  More info regarding this event is below.

Here is another Halloween card featuring the new Hooligans paper pack and the beautiful stamp set: Captured Moments. 

This card features CTMH's beautiful Passages paper pack and the Live Inspired stamp set.  I also used a Tim Holtz die cut for the fun edge on the right side.

Wow!  How did the summer go so fast?!  It's been a very fun summer, but now we are geared up for the routine of school (and soon, harvest).  I have to say, Fall is my favorite season of the year...and it is especially great because that is when Close To My Heart puts out more great product in the newest Idea Book!

I have FINALLY taken the time to 'play' with the new stamps & papers, and this is just a peek of a page I am planning to share at our unit's Stamp Camp.

The companion page has an interactive element that I will wait to share after Stamp Camp!

If you would like to check out the NEW CTMH catalog online...check out my website.  If you'd like to get your hands on a real Idea Book you can drool all over, contact me and I will send you one!

Well, I haven't been in my Creation Station in the last week or so other than to tidy it up after my scrapping retreat :( I even received my order of the newest Close To My Heart product and drooled over it all as I unpacked the box...but still have not had time to 'play'!

The photo below is of Split Rock Lighthouse in northern MN.  It celebrated it's 100th anniversary this year!  In honor of the event they light it the first Friday of the month through the summer season.  My scrapping friends and I were fortunate to be there to witness this historical event...and it gave us an opportunity for photos to scrapbook it!


Life is 'crazy busy' now till all the kids are back in school.  So look for this photo to be worked into a layout in September!

Yesterday I returned home from 5 fun-filled days of scrapping with friends on the North Shore of MN. My friend Diane received the acrylic album I had made for our secret swap.  Here are a few more photos of the inside pages:

One of my favorite card designs for a 5 x 7 card is the 'Bullseye' pattern from Wishes. I created this card with Emporium papers and the stamp set - You Are Beautiful.  I added a little bling with Twilight twinkle brads and some glitter...
here's my 'Glitter 101' tip:
Don't use glitter near a fan!!  I have to stay I am still sparkly!
I guess I should invest in an air conditioner for my Creation Station, but I'd much rather spend money on CTMH product!

We have weddings coming up in August so I am experimenting with card designs.  The following card is using the 'On the Ball' pattern from CTMHs
Wishes book.  I used papers from Silhouette and Perfect Day paper packs and the stamp set, Soul Mates (one of my all-time favorites!).

I will tease you with an acrylic album I made using Veranda papers. ( I may use this as a gift for my upcoming scrapbook retreat.)
Thanks go to two other consultants who inspired this project, Vicki Wizniuk and Pam Klassen.

I made this mini chipboard album from Clear Scraps using CTMH Passages papers, various stamp sets and rub-ons.