Triple Snowflakes

Posted on December 18, 2012 by amyoneillblog

My stamping time has been very limited the past few days. I don’t like that. I thought I’d have some time yesterday morning, but that didn’t work out. Why does it always take so much longer to wrap Christmas presents than I think it will? I thought it would take me about an hour-and-a-half, and three-and-a-half hours later I was finally finishing up. Granted, I was also doing laundry, coordinating the 2nd grade teachers’ gifts, checking up on the painters who are working on the outside of our house, and the countless other things us stay-at-home moms do all day. But still…it took all morning! And I was supposed to have stamping time in there. Oh well, that’s the way it goes it sometimes! At least I got all of the Christmas presents wrapped, right.

I wanted to play along with the challenge at the Paper Players for this week. The challenge is to make a clean and simple project featuring snowflakes.

I used the sketch at Mojo Monday for my card.

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Greetings of the Season
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Snow Festival dsp, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Snow Flurry Bigz die, Perfect Polka dots embossing folder, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, 3/8″ Brights Glimmer Brads, Real Red 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

A Christmas Owl Treat Sack

Posted on December 15, 2012 by amyoneillblog

I wanted to make some little Christmas treat sacks in which I could put some Christmas cookies for little gifts for my kids’ teachers. The Fancy Favor die is such a time saver when it comes to making things like this! It makes these cute little sacks in no time. I added some of the scalloped tulle ribbon from the holiday catalog and a little red jingle bell to tie it up. I attached a Snow Festival Designer Printed tag after stamping the greeting. I can write a quick message on the back.

Now, to just get the cookies made this weekend! There’s a lot on my list to do this weekend! But it’s all good!

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Greetings of the Season
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Snow Festival dsp
Embellishments: Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, 3-1/2″ Scalloped Tulle Ribbon, Medium Cellophane Bag

Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him

Posted on December 12, 2012 by amyoneillblog

I love this stamp set and couldn’t believe that I hadn’t pulled it out yet this year. The sentiments and main image are meaningful and capture the true beauty of Christmas. I embossed the main image with clear embossing powder and kept the rest simple. I did have to add a little bit of bling with the Champagne Glimmer Paper though.

Have a great Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Come to Bethlehem
Ink: Versamark, Early Espresso
Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Pearl Basic Jewels, Crumb Cake 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Linen Thread, Naturals Designer Buttons, Large Scallop edgelits, Color Spritzer Tool

A Shiny, Sparkly Snowflake

Posted on December 8, 2012 by amyoneillblog

When I saw the inspiration picture at the Moxie Fab blog this week, I was inspired and knew I had to play along.

When I saw the beautiful tray, I thought of the Brushed Silver card stock, which I haven’t pulled out in a LONG time. It’s so pretty, I really should use it more. I embossed the medallion in the background with vanilla embossing powder (I wish SU carried this color) and then used silver and champagne glimmer paper for the snowflake. I embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder. This was a fun card to make because it is so over the top for me.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Daydream Medallions
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Brushed Silver card stock, Silver and Champagne Glimmer Paper, Very Vanilla
Embellishments: Snow Flurry Bigz die, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, vanilla embossing powder (non-SU), Pearl Basic Jewels, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

Bells & Birds — FabFri08

Posted on December 7, 2012 by amyoneillblog

I was recently asked to join the Fab Friday Challenge Blog design team. It’s a relatively new challenge blog, and there are some really great stampers that are on this team. I was honored to be asked and excited to join. So every other Friday, a new challenge is posted on the blog. Come by and play along! I’d love to see what you do with the challenges!

This week’s challenge is a color challenge, and there are lots of colors to work with. I keep forgetting that there is a cute Christmas stamp in the For the Birds set, so when I remembered recently, I knew I wanted to use it for this challenge. I used my markers to color in the image.

I bought a package of red, glittery bells at a Christmas clearance sale last year and stashed them away for this Christmas. Of course, I forgot all about them until my little one found them the other day and was jingling away throughout the house. For once, I was thankful that she was digging in stuff she wasn’t supposed to be.

Enjoy your Friday! Don’t forget to go over to the Fab Friday challenge blog to see what the rest of the team did with the challenge this week, and play along with us. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: For the Birds
Ink: Real Red, Gumball Green, Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight, StazOn Black
Paper: Pool Party, Real Red, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Snow Festival dsp
Embellishments: Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding ribbon, Pool Party Baker’s Twine, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Large Scallop edgelits die, jingle bell (non-SU)

Two Christmas Tags with non-Christmas Colors

Posted on December 6, 2012 by amyoneillblog

Here are a couple of Christmas tags using some non-traditional colors. And I did not use the Big Shot at all on these — I didn’t know that it was still possible for me to do that, but I did. 🙂

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tags til Christmas, Sweet Essentials
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Brights DSP Stack
Embellishments: Ornament punch, Subtles Designer Buttons, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

Pieces of Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a pretty easy Christmas card for you today. I used up some scraps of designer series paper for this one, and let the pretty sentiment be the focal point of the card. The most time-consuming part of this card was trying to carefully color the sentiment with my two markers — some of those swirls get awfully close to the words and I wanted them to be different colors. It seemed like a good idea before I started. 🙂

Have a great Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Christmas Lodge
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments: Scallop Edge Border punch, Basic Black 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels

Scallops & Polka Dots (and that tree again)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by amyoneillblog

Here’s an easy Christmas card that wouldn’t be hard to mass produce or mail. And it has some of my favorite things — scallops, polka dots, and my favorite little tree. I copied the layout for this card from one in the annual catalog on page 53.

Have a great Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Scentsational Season, Greetings of the Season
Ink: Baja Breeze, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Embellishments: Holiday Collection Framelits, 1″ Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, Polka Dot embossing folder, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Bitty Buttons, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Pointsettia Pocket

Posted on December 2, 2012 by amyoneillblog

I got this Petite Pocket die recently, and decided it was time to try it out. I inserted a Very Vanilla card stock piece in it with the sentiment stamped across the top, and plenty of room to write a little note.

We got the tree up and the lights put up outside yesterday. I’d prefer to decorate the tree with a nice fire going in the fireplace, but I had to turn on the air conditioner instead. It’s just hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it’s so warm outside. But I’d better find a way to get in it quickly or it will be over before I know it.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Watercolor Winter, Come to Bethlehem
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Primrose Petals
Paper: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments: Brights Designer Buttons, Very Vanilla 5/8″ Seam Binding ribbon, Linen Thread, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Pearl Basics Jewels, Petite Pocket Bigz die, Woodgrain embossing folder, Color Spritzer tool, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter

Fun Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 1, 2012 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a Christmas card with some non-traditional colors for you. I just felt the need to be inky with some bright and fun colors today. For the “snow” along the bottom, I just tore a strip of Whisper White card stock, swiped the rough edge with my 2-Way Glue Pen, and sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds glitter along the edge.

Enjoy your weekend! We’re putting up our tree and other Christmas decorations here. Maybe that will help me get in a Christmas frame of mind. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Scentsational Season, Greetings of the Season
Ink: Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Holiday Collection framelits, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter, Whisper White 5/8″ Organza Ribbon