Blessed Christmas Tides

Happy Saturday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today; it was sort of a test, but it didn't come out too bad, but I will definitely be attempting this again, it was fun!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants to see cards made with the Fractured Technique (there is a link on their blog), and the Jingle Belles want to see stickers!  I just happened to use a sticker on my card, so yippee!

Here we go:

My vintage panel is from Cathe Holden's Christmas Flea Market Finds' Loving Christmas Wishes stickers.  I cut a couple of strips from Poppy Parade using the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips dies...these were 1/2" and I think they're just a wee bit overpowering for my image.  Next time I'll try the 1/4" ones!  They all went on a One Horse Sleigh DSP from a couple of years ago.

I added a Simon Says Stamp Pretty Bow 2 diecut, shabbying it up a bit with some Crumb Cake ink, and an old sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms on the inside.  

This technique is incredibly easy and really eye-catching! I will definitely be trying it again, because heaven knows I have a plethora of Christmas papers!!! 

I belong to a knitting/crocheting/crafting group at my church and it is full of extremely talented women!  My friend Claudia recently created this afghan.....it was a labor of love and it took a LONG time:

Each white stripe is crocheted in a different stitch, and all the stars were crocheted, then sewn on individually!  (She said they almost did her in!!!)

I've convinced her to enter it in the Solanco fair--I hope she wins!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, One Horse Sleigh DSP (ret), Cathe Holden Stickers
Ink	Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions), Pretty Bows 2 Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Warm Wishes

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Another Christmas card today; it uses the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown as well as the theme of "Stars or Stripes" (I used both!) from the Jingle Belles!

This was a quick and easy card for sure!  Here we go:

My printed papers are from My Mind's Eye, called Oh What Fun!, and the sentiment is from Close to My Heart's Love With All The Trimmings.  My stars are diecut from Basic White, Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow and embellished with some sequins.  I couldn't help but add a wee tiny star sequin to the sentiment too:

Here's the inside....using sentiments from the same set!

Slowly but surely adding to my Christmas stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love With All The Trimmings (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Oh What Fun! (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)

Vintage Fa La La Christmas

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I am squeaking in a sweet little vintage Christmas card for the "belles" at Jingle Belles, where their theme is "Walking in a Vintage Wonderland"!  I love Christmas and I love vintage!  So I searched in my stash of papers and found a few that worked for my collage-style card today!  I did some trimming and sponging and diecutting and did not do a bit of stamping, at least on the front! Here we go:

I cannot begin to tell you who makes these papers; I bought just a few pieces loose from an online seller and there is no name associated with them, but they are all from the same package.  You may be able to see the background print peeking out from the elements that I cut apart and mounted on top.  Before mounting, I sponged each edge and roughed them up with the edge of my ruler.  I also added some glittery holly leaves (white glimmer paper with some Soft Sky ink sponged on them) and a little diecut bow (Real Red with some white ink sponged on it),  Here are some closeups of these delightful little scenes:

Everything went on a Naturals Ivory card; I stamped a sentiment from Flonzcraft on the inside with Crumb Cake ink.

These images all just remind me of Christmases from when I was a little girl!  And I  promise, one of these days, I'll do some actual stamping on a card! It's just so fun to pull out some neat papers and let them do the work though!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory (ret), Real Red, White Glimmer (ret), Unknown Christmas paper
Ink	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige (for sponging), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Cottage Wreath Dies (ret), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Sponge Daubers

AHSC676 Merry Christmas

Hello, everyone!  Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend!  We have a new sketch at Atlantic Hearts: 

And since I am finished with Easter cards, I am taking the opportunity to get caught up on some Christmas cards!  Here we go:

And since the challenge at the Jingle Belles this week is "whimsical", I thought I'd pull out this cute little reindeer from Clearly Besotted that hasn't seen any ink in AGES!  Isn't he sweet? I stamped him in Pecan Pie, Real Red and Garden Green,then fussy-cut him out:

He went on a little panel of starry paper, and I added some scrap strips of red, green glimmer and Pecan Pie, then put it all on a panel of embossed holly that was sitting on my desk unused from another project!  The final addition was some green and white baker's twine along with a "stitched" sentiment from the same set!  

This was an interesting sketch to put together--it was a bit of a challenge, but I really thought it came together well!  I hope you'll be inspired to play with our sketch this week too!  You can see all the details at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! UWaternless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	In Stitches: Christmas (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Garden Green, Real Red, Green Glimmer (ret), Watercolor Winter (Unity), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio Designs)
Ink	Real Red, Pecan Pie, Garden Green
Accessories	Thick Green & White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Holly Vines Embossing Folder (Darice), White Gel Pen (Posca)

JB2601 Wrapping Paper Santa

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I am starting off the new year with some Christmas cards, LOL!  I totally wiped out my supply last year, so I need to start replenishing!  The Jingle Belles want to see cards made with gift wrapping supplies!  Dana had some really cute gift wrap this year and she gave me some little pieces that she had left over---even before I saw this challenge!  Woohoo!  So here we go:

I am not sure what kind of fold you call this card....it's a standard 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" size, scored on the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8".  I guess maybe a z-fold card?  Anyway, The Santa and the stripes are both from wrapping paper; card base is Crumb Cake and I embossed a piece of Shaded Spruce with a holly embossing folder for the front.  I made a belly band (that is positioned crookedly right now!) with some retired Riding Hood Red cardstock and I added the sentiment, popped up so it would slide over Santa's beard.  Here's the inside:

It's hard to see, but Santa's beard is embellished with Wink of Stella, and I added a few snowflake sequins for fun!   Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels (ret), Oh What Fun! (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Riding Hood Red (ret), Wrapping Paper
Ink	Real Red, Emerald Envy (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Snowflake Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Holly Vines Embossing Folder (Darice), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Wink of Stella

Christmas Cookie Greetings

Hello, peeps! I am squeaking in this Christmas card for the Jingle Belles sketch in the nick of time, as well as the color challenge from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

Those colors remind me of the beautiful papers I got recently from Mintay, so I pulled some of them out and went to work:

All the papers and the image are from the Christmas Blessings pad; I diecut a Basic Beige and Basic White circle for the cookies, which were fussy-cut.

It's hard to see, but there's a wee brown glimmer star on the center of the cookie (but you can see the dab of glue I used, LOL), which coordinates with the stars on each end of the sentiment banner, which is Crumb Cake, stamped in Cinnamon Cider.  It's from the retired Trees for Sale.

To go with the cookie theme, I stamped this heart and sentiment from Nothing Sweeter, also retired:

I love how realistic these papers look!  And now I have another Christmas card for my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!

A few more birthday cards:

The above card is from my Long Island friend Sandy....love the stenciling on it!  The next card is a fun fold from my friend Robyn...what a cool opening on her card!

Finally, my friend Kathy made a cool card with the Notes & Totes die!  Adorable!

Thanks, ladies! Enjoy your day and be blessed 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trees For Sale (ret), Nothing Sweeter (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Christmas Blessings (Mintay), Brown Glimmer from my stash
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Star Die (Gummiapan)

Joy to the World

 Happy Friday, peeps! A quick post today--it's hot and I'm headed to the pool for the first time this summer!  My card today fulfills three challenges:  Jingle Belles' Tic Tac Toe challenge; CAS on Sunday wants an animal; and Just Add Ink wants Christmas in July!

I pulled out an oldie but goodie image of these snowy rabbits and went to work:

I used the left column of animal, diecut and red; after stamping my bunnies, I cut them out with a Perennial Postage die and added a narrow mat of Real Red.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. It all went on a Smoky Slate card that was embossed with the Stitched With Whimsy die:

A pretty sentiment in Real Red went on the inside.  This is an inexpensive stamp from Scrapbook.com and I sometimes have trouble with their stamps performing well, but I found if I use Versamark first, then ink directly onto the stamp again with colored ink, they work much better! Just be sure to clean your stamp before doing the double process, you don't want to get colored ink on your Versamark pad!

My Christmas stash is growing! Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bunnies in Snow (unknown maker), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp),Christmas Wishes (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Smoky Slate
Ink	London Fog (Memento)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

AYSI350 Jingle All The Way

Hello, stamping friends! It's Friday and that means a new As You See It challenge!  This week, we have a fun sketch for you and as you can see, it's open to interpretation:

I recently won a set of Honey Bee bell dies, thanks to the gals at Jingle Belles, and I couldn't wait to put them to use on my card!  Here we go:

 

I diecut them from some retired Brushed Gold cardstock, and added some red glimmer paper clappers for fun!  Each bell is embellished with a red bow, and it all went on a panel of embossed Elegant Dots:

The sentiment is from a very old My Favorite Things set and I thought it worked well with my trio of bells!  A sentiment from Scrapbook.com went on the inside:

And since the Jingle Belles' challenge this week is Fa-La-La, in other words, make a card featuring a Christmas song, I thought this would work too!  Now you'll all be singing Jingle Bells in June!  

I hope you'll play along with our fun sketch! I just love things in threes, so this was a favorite of mine and I hope you'll find it appealing as well!  Share your creation with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today; enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Sentiments (My Favorite Things), Heartfelt Christmas (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Brushed Gold (ret), Red Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Elegant Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Layering Bells Dies (Honey Bee), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Merry Christmas Bells

Happy Saturday, peeps! A quick card today, a Christmas one that basically has almost no stamping!  The Jingle Belles want to see bells, and I've used the sketch from TGIF Challenges:

I found this star and bell cutout in my scrap bin while rummaging around on my desk and thought it would fit the bell challenge nicely!  I pulled out some DSPs from my stash and put them all together:

The star and pink snowflake papers are from Mintay (Merry Little Christmas), and the background paper is from Divinity Designs (Christmas Paper Collection 2014).  The little diecut is from Gummiapan:

I added some pink sequins, and before adhering the pink paper, I diecut out a panel from the background and used it to stamp the sentiment for the inside; it's from SU's Greetings of the Season:

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

One Layer Poinsettia

 Happy Thursday, all!  The Jingle Belles challenge this week is to make a one-layer card, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is an interesting color palette:

And the Christmas Kickstart challenge is poinsettias:

so I pulled out an old SU favorite, Poinsettia Petals, and went to work:

At first glance, this seems to be rather a not-very-cheery Christmas card, but the photo really doesn't do it justice!  I heat-embossed the poinsettia with Pebble Path and Versamark inks and clear embossing powder, and colored it with the Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss inks.  In hindsight, I would not add the shading around the outer edges, but you know how it does....once you start, you gotta keep going! I added some speckles and a pretty sentiment, all on a Basic Beige card base:

The embossing really gives it a nice touch!  I added a sentiment from the same poinsettia set as well as some stamped berries:

One-layer cards can be a challenge, but it can be done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Country Birdhouse (speckles), Poinsettia Petals (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige
Ink	Versamark, Pebbled Path, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquaapainter

Warm Cocoa

Happy Saturday, peeps! I've got another Christmas card for you and it just happens to fulfill the Jingle Belles' Christmas Feast challenge!  I recently got this fun Christmas Cookies embossing folder and just had to pair it up with a mug of hot cocoa!  Here we go:

I embossed a piece of Crumb Cake with the folder, then sponged on some white craft ink to look like icing!  The little mug from the retired Scentsational Season was perfect stamped in Real Red, and I added some "steam", heat embossed on vellum (CTMH):

The sentiment is from TPC called Sweet Christmas, and I don't remember where the inside sentiment came from, sorry!

Thanks for popping in today! It's chili cook-off tonight, so I will be in the kitchen for the rest of the day!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scentsational Season (ret), Sweet Christmas (TPC), Just Treats (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Vellum (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Crumb Cake, White Craft
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Holiday Collection Dies (ret), Christmas Cookies Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Early Espresso Marker, Heat Tool