Peace & Joy in the Stars and Trees

Posted on November 1, 2014 by amyoneillblog

Ok. So I can’t ignore it anymore. It’s November now, and that means Christmas is right around the corner. I guess I had better get busy and start preparing so I won’t be freaking out the week before Christmas about how much I need to do.

Maybe a Christmas card will put me in the mood. Especially a simple one.

I started by cutting out the large label using one of the Apothecary Accents framelits. After stamping the three trees on it, I added the punched out stars and sentiment (from Good Greetings). I ran the card base through the Big Shot with the Lucky Stars embossing folder and I was done. Pretty easy, huh!

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Stache-ing through the Snow — FMS

Posted on October 22, 2014 by amyoneillblog

Look at this fabulous sketch that Jen Mitchell has for us this week over at Freshly Made Sketches:

Jen is a CAS genius! She has such a knack for making beautiful CAS cards. And I think this sketch is perfect for CAS cards.

I wanted to use this fun Santa image from the Santa Stache stamp set. I think “jolly” is such an appropriate description for this Santa.

He makes me smile. I colored him with my Blendabilities markers and used the coordinating Mustache Framelits die to cut out and pop us his fun mustache.

I thought this pretty snow-themed dsp coordinates so well with the fun sentiment. It’s from the Nordic Noel pack.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card for the challenge. Meanwhile, you can see what the rest of the design team made at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Cheer — FMS158

Posted on October 15, 2014 by amyoneillblog

I always look forward to Wednesdays because that’s when we unveil a new challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. And this week, the uber-talented Jennifer Timko is our hostess. Look at the great sketch she has for us:

It didn’t take me long to pick out the Cheerful Christmas stamp set for this sketch. I love how clean and pretty the main image is and I thought it would fit perfectly with the sketch.

I paired it with some dsp from the Nordic Noel pack and some Soft Sky card stock for the base.

This turned out to be a really simple and easy card. I love it when that happens!

We’d love for you to make your own card using the sketch. Meanwhile, you can go check out what the rest of the design team made for your inspiration at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Happy — FMS155

Posted on September 24, 2014 by amyoneillblog

Time is flying by! It’s already time for another challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. And this week our fabulously talented Kiwi friend, Karren Johnson, is our hostess. I was so excited when I saw that this sketch features a tag. I love making tags!

I pulled out the Mingle All the Way stamp set and colored it with my Stampin’ Write markers. I love the fun fonts on this set.

The dsp strip on the side comes from the Nordic Noel dsp package. I love the blend of traditional and non-traditional colors for Christmas in this package.

We have had such great participation lately, and I hope that you’ll help to make that continue. We love to see what you do with the sketches. Please stop by and see what the design team made this week at the Freshly Made Sketches site. It’s always fun to see how we come up with such different cards and styles using the same sketch.

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Soft Holiday Cheer — FMS154

Posted on September 17, 2014 by amyoneillblog

Are you ready for another great sketch today? I hope so because the super talented Cindy Lovell has a fabulous sketch for us all the way from Germany:

I love the beautiful All is Calm Specialty dsp in the Holiday catalog, but I hadn’t used any of it yet. So I decided it was time to pull it out.

I layered my main panel on a piece of a Silver Foil Sheet. The cute sentiment is from the Cheerful Tags stamp set. I embossed the tinsel on the tree with Silver Stampin’ Emboss powder.

We hope you’ll play along with us this week and post your card to the gallery. Meanwhile, you should go check out what the rest of the design team made with this fun sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

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Christmas Cheer Here

Posted on September 9, 2014 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a simple Christmas card for you today. I used the Cheerful Christmas set, which has such pretty images. I also used a few of the Frosted Sequins embellishments. I love that these embellishments include different sizes and styles.

I’m slowly but surely starting to make a little stack of Christmas cards. Have you started yet? Or are you more of a last minute person? I usually tend to be the latter.

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Peace & Joy in the Trees

Posted on September 6, 2014 by amyoneillblog

I’ve got another Christmas card for you today. I love this fun new set, Festival of Trees, because it’s so easy to decorate the trees however one likes. The sentiment is from Good Greetings.

I used two different sheets of dsp from two different packages. The Soft Sky sheet is from the Nordic Noel dsp and the Cherry Cobbler is from the Trim the Tree dsp stack.

The beautiful ribbon is some of the Cherry Cobbler 1″ Sheer Linen Ribbon. I love how easy it is to make pretty bows with it.

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Santa in the Stars

Posted on September 4, 2014 by amyoneillblog

I pulled out my jar of embossing paste again and used the Stars Decorative Mask to make the background on this card. That is such a fun and easy technique.

I colored the Santa with my Blendabilities markers and cut out his mustache with the Mustache Framelits die so that I could pop it up with dimensionals.

This wasn’t a stamp set that I originally had on my wish list because I’m not really into the mustache craze, but there is something about the images in this set that I love. Plus, I thought they’d be fun to color with my Blendabilities.

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One Last Christmas Card

Posted on December 24, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I have one last Christmas card for you today. It’s another card I made using the Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, and that you are able to spend it with those you love. I’ll be back after Christmas with some more sneak peeks from the upcoming Spring catalog.

Merry Christmas! Thanks for stopping by!

Let’s Be Jolly

Posted on December 22, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Now that we’re down to just three days before Christmas, it’s all about simplicity in my life. And this card certainly qualifies for the simple category. I used one of the Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags for this card and added a pretty Cherry Cobbler bow. It really doesn’t get much easier than this. I sat down with this packet and whipped out twenty tags and three cards in about one hour yesterday. I love products like this that are so cute and make my life easy.

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