Festive Christmas Card Blog Hop!

I recently made this card at a craft event. My friend Jaimie taught us the technique which looks more involved than it is!

Supplies needed:

Clear acetate or thin plastic packaging, assorted alcohol inks and applicators, craft mat to work on, embossing folder and sizzix or cuttle bug, ribbon, trim, stamped greeting, embellishments and cardstock.

Basically you run the clear plastic through your machine in the embossing folder. Then you color it with assorted inks till your get the desired effect. While drying, you can stamp your greetings or images, add your special touches to them as you see fit. Then use double stick tape to adhere the plastic, painted side down onto dark cardstock. Add embellishments to the outside with clear glue dots, place your stamped design and you are done. So much fun!

Please head on over to Debra Bucklands blog for more Christmas Card inspiration!

Then when you land on The Robins Nest blog, you'll see my Iris Folded card. :)

Thanks for coming by my blog, I hope I'll see you again soon!

~ Michelle Frae Cummings

Cold winter rainy day

Yesterday before it started to drizzle, I came upon a family of quail.



This is "Puff", my uncle's cat who thinks he's a dog....and even runs like one!


Today it's rainy. They call it Humboldt fog because it's a thick steady light down pour. So glad we went mushroom hunting, yesterday. :)


I plan to stay in today to help my Aunt Kathy prepare the menu for Thanksgiving and to also work on some art projects for Thursday.
~ Michelle Cummings

Morning mushroom hunting

Hunting for chanterelle mushrooms this time of year is my favorite thing to do besides eating them!










~ Michelle Cummings

Higher and Higher

Seems like only yesterday he was begging me to come push him. Now he swings so high, that the chains make a clunking sound when they hit the top of the swing set! :)

~ Michelle Cummings

Turkey Elegance

Here is a layout I made using amazing product from The Robins Nest!

If you like what you see, please pop on over to their blog to check out how I created this beautiful page. :)

Thanks for stopping by!