52CCT2026-37 Christmas Bunny

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope you're having a good week so far!  The weather has been fabulous here in PA....enjoying these fall days immensely!  But I am shifting from fall cards to Christmas today!  Here we go:

I am using the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, flipping the sketch so my bunny wasn't looking off the edge of the card!

I am going through my older stamps, and this little bunny is from a Artistic Outpost set called Midwinter,  I stamped him in Smoky Slate, diecut him with a circle die, then created a couple of masks to create a snowy field and sky:

I added a mini sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and a glimmer snowflake, then layered it all on a Cloud Cover mat embossed with a Snowflake Swirls folder.  I also added a mat of Smoky Slate.  A sentiment from W+9 went on the inside:

I know I need to make some Halloween cards, but it was nice to make a calm, soothing Christmas card today!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Midwinter (Artistic Outpost), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), Pretty Patches:Tree (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Smoky Slate, Masking Paper, White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Cloud Cover
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Snowman Dies (ret), Snowflake Swirls Embossing Folder (Darice)

AYSI382 Fill in the Blank

Hey stampers, happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's Fill in the Blank week!  SO.....how many Christmas cards have you created yet, three months before the holiday?  LOL!

My answer would be that this is the "umpteenth" card, because I make Christmas cards all year long!  I love to make them!  This gave me a chance to use a new Simon Says Stamp stamp I got last year and never used!  It's called Jingle All the Way!  So here we go:

I stamped my images in Real Red and Peaceful Pine and diecut them with the matching dies.  I had a piece of white cardstock already embossed with a Polka Dot embossing folder, so I simply created a scalloped mat and mounted it on a pretty piece of Peaceful Pink gingham. I love the crisp red with the green!

Did you know that if you don't have a scalloped die that fits your panel, you can cut two scalloped squares and piece them together!?  That's what I did for this one....you may be able to see a tiny spot on the side where they were matched up!  A pretty sentiment from the retired Seasonal Tags went on the inside:

So if you've not started your Christmas cards yet, this is a good impetus to begin! And if you've already started, good for you! Do another one!  Share it with us at As You See It so we can see it too! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Tags (ret), Jingle All The Way (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Peaceful Pine, Peaceful Pine Gingham
Ink	Real Red, Peaceful Pine
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Jingle All The Way Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret)

PP804 CAS Challenge from Christy

Hello, stamping friends! It's time for a new challenge from the Paper Players, with Christy as our hostess.  It's Clean and Simple time!  And what a fun one she has chosen: 

I don't have many bear stamps, but I did remember this little guy from Thankful Forest Friends.  I went looking for some "beary" sentiments and came up with this one from My Creative Time, so I made a Christmas card:

This is a little less CAS than I normally do, but hopefully it still qualifies!  I did some masking after stamping my little bear in Pecan Pie, adding some Soft Sea Foam trees from the retired Trees for Sale set.  The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler, so I added some Cherry Cobbler glimmer stars to match:

And of course, I embossed a Soft Sea Foam mat with Swirls of Magic for a fun background.  Another My Creative Time sentiment went on the inside, and since I had some leftover stars, they went on the inside too!

This bear reminds me of Masha and the Bear! Have you ever seen any of those cartoons?  They're Russian but they have them dubbed in English; Cassidy and I loved watching them. Masha sure knows how to get herself into trouble and the bear always rescues her just in time!  You can watch Jam Day on YouTube!!!  (We prefer the older ones, I haven't watched the newer ones!).  And since the CAS Christmas Card challenge is asking for Woodland Critters, I am entering it there as well!

We hope you'll play along with our bear Clean and Simple challenge! Remember to keep it simple!  Check out the other creations at the Paper Players blog!

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Trees for Sale (ret), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Masking Paper, Cherry Cobbler Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Soft Sea Foam, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sports Event Dies (ret)

AHSC697 Snowflake Christmas

 Happy Monday, all! Can you believe it's the last day of August!?  Time flies! And it's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I pulled out some Echo Park paper scraps and came up with this:

I created a frame with the Rectangle Stitched dies and added some snowflake paper behind it, then mounted it on another piece of coordinating starry paper.  I was a little disappointed that my glittery snowflakes didn't show up as nicely as I thought they would, but you know, when you've already put time into a card, sometimes you just gotta go with it!  I used the retired Peaceful Season dies for my big Christmas sentiment, and the retired Bitty Banners die for the small Merry:

I backed the Merry with a wee little bit of Cherry Cobbler grosgrain ribbon, and added some glittery sequins to the center of the snowflakes.  Sentiments from the same set went on the inside:

I think this is a lovely basic sketch and could be used for a variety of seasons or occasions! I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!  

John took his BIL, nephew and two great-nephews out on the boat on Friday to do some fishing! Zion and Titus got to "drive" the boat and they all did some chillin' as well!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, White Glimmer (ret),  Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Riding Hood Red (ret)
Accessories	Glitter Adhesive Dots (ret), Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peaceful Season Dies (ret), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret)

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)

AHSC696 Christmas Love & Joy

 Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a lovely weekend! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

What a great sketch! I looked through my plethora of Christmas papers and came up with these from Kaiser Craft (had them forever) and thought they would make a lovely card:

The left paper is glossy and the right paper has glossy dots!  Snazzy!  I cut the panels and mounted them on a Garden Green card base.  I added a circular element and fussy-cut another poinsettia from the glossy paper, then added a layered Christmas sentiment: from Peaceful Season:

I love that layered sentiment as well as the smaller diecut one below it!  Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  I hope you'll play with our sketch too!  Share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Home for Christmas (KaiserCraft)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peaceful Season Dies (ret), 2 3/8" Circle Punch, Layering Circle Dies (ret)

CAS Christmas Santa's Sleigh

Happy Tuesday! It's hard to think about Christmas when the temps are in the 90s, LOL!  But Christmas it is! The CAS Christmas challenge this month is Santa's Sleigh:

I remembered I had an older CTMH set with a sleigh in it; probably has never been inked up!  I am not sure my final outcome would really be considered CAS enough, but I am entering it anyway!!  Here we go:

I stamped the image in Basic Gray ink on a piece of StudioLight Sending Joy paper, then colored it in with Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate inks:

I stamped the sentiment in Lost Lagoon, added a little sparkly snowflake and some Lost Lagoon cording, then stamped the inside:

Really quick and easy; I was happy to use this stamp set as well as these pretty papers!  

A few more birthday cards---I may have just one or two more to share!  This pretty floral delight is from my friend Robyn:

I love the vintage look that Fran created:

This bold beauty is from my PP teammate Joanne!

And Wendy used some of those pretty new sunflower papers!  Lovely!

And finally, this stunner from Beth! Unbelieve stenciling and diecutting:

She even foiled the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Reindeer Crossing (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Lost Lagoon, Sending Joy (Studio Light), Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Cord (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies (ret), Snowflake Dies (Shady Lane Impressions), Aquapainter

Pink Poinsettia

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today, it fulfillls three challenges:  CAS on Sunday wants flowers; Sunday Stamps has a sketch; and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants stenciling:

I will admit that there is only a wee bit of stenciling on my card, but it IS there!  So here we go:

I wanted to use a poinsettia on my card, but in a non-traditional color! I already had this Blushing Bride scalloped piece diecut in my stash, so I pulled out some Barely Blush cardstock, which coordinates with it nicely, and diecut some poinsettia petals, along with the leaves (Soft Sea Foam) and a center (Lemon Lolly).  I sponged the edges and crimped the petals (remember your CRIMPER?) before assembling on to the scalloped piece, on which I stenciled a few polka dots with an Echo Park stencil and a blending brush:

My outside sentiment was from Simon Says Stamp, stamped and diecut into a little banner tag:

And the inside sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  I don't use Very Vanilla too often, so it was a nice change from the white!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), The Very Best Gift (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Blushing Bride (ret)
Ink	Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Very Vanilla Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Poinsettia Die (Shady Lane Impressions), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Baby Love Stencil (Echo Park), Crimper (ret)

Let It Snow

Happy Wednesday, all!  The CAS Colours and Sketch challenge has an interesting color palette this week:

and the CAS Christmas challenge is looking for snowmen:

How about a little row of snowmen?  I pulled out a really old SU set called The More the Merrier, stamped it and colored it a wee bit and here we go:

I used the challenge colors to color in the snowmen, mounted the panel on a scalloped panel of Petal Pink and then mounted it all on an snowflake-embossed panel of Basic White.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted's In Stitches: Christmas:

The inside sentiment came from the same Clearly Besotted set:

It was fun getting this older stamp inky...but I think I might add some glitter for snow--REAL glitter, not just the Wink of Stella kind, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is. 
Hate evil, love good;
    maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy
    on the remnant of Joseph."  Amos 5:14-15a

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The More The Merrier (ret), In Stitches:Christmas (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink
Ink	Stazon Black, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink
Accessories	Faceted Gem (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Scallop Dies (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Aquapainter, Dashed Snowflake Plate (Waffleflower)