Category Archives: Christmas

A Snowflake Medallion

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I love the sketch on the Retro Sketches site this week, so with the little time I had to play today, I decided to use this sketch.

This simple card took a long time to make.  I’d get one step done and the laundry buzzer would go off.  I’d come back and forget what I was going to do for the next step.  I was not a good multi-tasker today.  🙂

I hope you enjoy your Sunday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Versamark, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  Large Scallop edgelit, Floral Frames framelits, Snow Flurry Bigz die, Northern Flurry embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Pearl Basic Jewels

A Tag Christmas Card

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These Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags in the Holiday Catalog may have been designed to be used as tags, but I think they work great on cards too.  This is a super easy card, which would have been even easier if I hadn’t added the stitching around the edges.  I just stamped the sentiment on the tag and popped the tag up with dimensionals.  I just love the font of this sentiment, and wanted it to be the focus of this card.

Well, I’m so glad it’s Saturday!  Hopefully, I will get some crafting time in today in between the many loads of laundry that I need to do.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack
Embellishments:  Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Snow Festival Designer Printed Tags

A “Busy” December 25

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The “Busy” in the title of my post refers to how this card seems a little busy to me with all of the patterned paper.  I guess I don’t usually use this much patterned paper nor so many different patterns all on one card.

I made this card using the sketch at Pals Paper Arts.

PPA145 Sketch

Enjoy your Friday (wow, is it really already Friday!).  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Joyous Celebration
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Designer Frames folder, Extra-Large Oval punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Christmas Bells

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Here’s a pretty simple Christmas card that could easily be mailed with no extra postage.  Although, I can’t say it was a fast card.  I am just not very good at coloring so it takes me a while to make cards like this.  Plus, I did a little fussy cutting with the bells stamp because I wanted to pop it up with a dimensional over the rest of the holly.  I don’t think I’ll be mass producing this one.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Bells & Boughs
Ink:  Staz-on Black, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Summer Starfruit
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Watercolor paper, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  none (OMG!!! — I’ve never done that before!)

Noel Village

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The little homes on this Christmas paper from the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper are so cute.  I wanted them to be the star of the show on this card, so I just added a banner for the sentiment and added some paper piercing to dress things up a bit.  This was a super easy card with very little actual stamping.

Enjoy your Tuesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Snow Festival dsp
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

Vanilla Peace

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This is a card I made for a swap I participated in this past weekend.  I used two framelits to make the frame — using the larger framelit to cut the card stock, and then placing the smaller framelit on top of the die cut I just cut out to make the frame.  I then pierced the frame using the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and placed it on the card base using dimensionals.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the card base before adhering the frame.  I used the Big Shot a lot for this card — what would I do without that thing?

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Real Red, Gumball Green, More Mustard, Early Espresso
Paper:  Very Vanilla
Embellishments:  Labels Collection framelits, Holiday Collection framelits, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Pearl Basics Jewels, Delicate Designs folders, Real Red 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon

Christmas Cheers

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Now, here’s a color I haven’t used in a LONG time — River Rock.  It’s not that I don’t like River Rock (I DO like it), it’s just that I forget about poor River Rock and turn to his bigger brother, Crumb Cake most of the time.  For this card, I wanted to use something other than Crumb Cake because I’ve been making a lot of cards with it lately.  I thought I was pulling out Sahara Sand, but when I looked at it closely, I realized it was River Rock…and I really liked it with this card.

Well, I hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Happy Hour
Ink:  Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Gold Stampin’ Dazzle Marker
Paper:  River Rock, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Apothecary Accents framelits, Window Frames Collection framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

A Cup of Christmas Coacoa

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I wanted to play with the sketch challenge over at the Retro Sketches site.  This is a great sketch to use some of your scraps of pretty patterned paper.

When I was trying to decide what to use for my focal image, I decided to combine the Retro Sketches challenge with this week’s challenge at the Paper Players, as I wanted to play along with this challenge too.  The Paper Players challenge is to feature a cup.

So I used the one “cup” image I have, which I happen to love, from the Scentsational Season set in the Holiday catalog. 

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Greeting of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  Pearl Basic Jewels, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Naturals Designer Buttons, Holiday Collection framelits dies, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch

Patchwork Peace on Earth

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Here’s another Christmas card I made with the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper stack.  I pulled out my sewing machine and used it on this card.  Don’t look closely — my zig-zag stitch wasn’t working right and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it.  It was probably malfunctioning from lack of use.  🙂

I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  My kids have the day off from school today so we are planning on going to the State Fair if my little one is feeling better.  She has been sick over the weekend.

Have a good Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints dsp stack
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Pearl Basic Jewels, Very Vanilla 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Adorning Accents edgelits

A Glittery Noel

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I’ve been playing around with the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack today.  There are some really pretty papers in there.  Here’s a card where I really let the focus be on the paper rather than the stamping.  However, I do think this stamped sentiment is gorgeous.  I love the fonts used in this stamp set.  I added a snowflake made with the champagne glitter paper for a little sparkle.  Overall, it’s a simple card.

I hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Greetings of the Season
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints dsp stack, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Embellishments:  Apothecary Accents framelits, Pearl Basic Jewels, Always Artichoke 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Regals Designer Series Buttons, Linen Thread, Snow Flurry Bigz die