Loads of Love Christmas Card

Supplies:  Stamp Set - Loads of Love; Paper - Confetti White and Cherry Cobbler; Ink - Always Artichoke; Other - Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Jingle Bell, Dimensionals

Easy Peasy Christmas Card - but I love it!  This is a CAS!  I CAS'd this card from artfeltimpressions.blogspot.com  (Deb's blog).  I love her blog!  I just had to make this card - super simple yet great graphic design.  Thanks, Deb for the layout and design idea.  I made 8 of these today.  5 go to a SWAP...(getting ready to leave for this Christmas SWAP in a minute) and I get to keep 3 to add to my growing Christmas Card Stash.  I've made about 25 cards - only 50 to go *yikes*!!!

Forest Festivities Christmas Card

Supplies:  Stamp Set - Forest Festivities; Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, White, Early Espresso, Watercolor Paper; Ink - Early Espresso, Black Stazon and Watercolor Pencils; Other - White Bakers Twine, Dimensionals, Bigz Die - Perfect Pennants, Snow Burst Textured Embossing Foler

I created this card for a Christmas Card Swap.  I loved the card in the Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalog on page 27.  This is a variation of that card.  As you can see the layout and the background is different, but the idea is somewhat the same.  I inked up the textured embossing folder with Early Espresso Ink before running it through the Big Shot.  I used Watercolor Pencils to color the little fox and then trimmed him out.  I threaded the twine through the holes in the Pennant Die Cut.  I hope you enjoy this little Christmas Card.

Penny Black Christmas Card Class

I took a Penny Black Christmas Card Class at our local card shop, Ink Paper Rubber.  I love this little store!  This was my 1st class at Ink Paper Rubber.  I will definitely be going back for many more classes.  It is a small store, but they have lots of unique and beautiful stamps.  And their classes are great too, as you can see.  These cards were designed by Penny Black.  I just colored and assembled the cards during the class.  Some of them were pretty detailed, so I think I was there about 2 or 3 hours.  I loved the Poinsettia stamp so much, that I bought it.  I haven't made any cards with it yet - hopefully I will make some next week.

QuicKutz Polar Bear Card

Supplies:  QuicKutz polar bear die, Sizzix snowflake die, red cs, black cs, white, cs, Doodlebug design dsp (red and white stripes), s*e*i WinterSong dsp (used on the snowflake), Tim Holtz tea dye, American Crafts ribbon, adhesive, glue pen.

I love this Polar Bear QuicKutz die!  It is sooooo cute.  And I have to giggle whenever I see polar bears, because my friend Jeri had to make about 100 polar bear cards one time, and by the time she was finished, she was...um...going a little crazy.
Also - I love Red and White............I think it is so crisp.  Enjoy!

Holiday Happiness Card

This is the card we made at Jeri's make-and-take Friday night.  She had the cards planned and cut, and we just assembled!  I love going to make-and-takes!  We used the SU Holiday Happiness Stamp Set, Merry Details Sizzlets, and silver embossing powder.  If you want to see her blog, click HERE.

Peace on Earth in Gold and Red {Jeri's Card}

I didn't make this card, but just wanted to show it on my blog because it is so beautiful.  Jeri made this card and gave it to me - and I just love it!  Click HERE to see her blog.

Snowflake Card - Northern Frost

Supplies:  White linen, Blue Bazzil, Doodlebug Design glitter paper (snowflakes), Bazzil white prismatic (snow at bottom of card), Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die Cut (snowflakes), adhesive, dimensionals

A very simple winter card.  I cut out supplies today so that school-age children can assemble 30 of these at their Holiday Party.  I wanted to keep it simple for them.  I think they will enjoy making the "snow" at the bottom of the card by tearing the paper to resemble snow.  Other than that, all they have to do is glue the card front on to the base, and then adhere the snowflakes using dimensionals.  They also have to pop out all the tiny little pieces in the snowflakes...although not entirely necessary if they don't want to.  Wish us luck!

Holidays Card Workshop by Hero Arts @ Archiver's

Hero Arts Stamps:  Hanging Christmas Ornaments, Joy to All, Merry Christmas Trees, Sending Holiday Cheer, Starry Night; Ink:  Ranger Tinted Embossing Pad, VersaMagic Green Tea, VersaMagic Royal Blue; Embossing Powder:  Ranger Bridal, Ranger Gold Detail, Ranger Lettuce, Ranger Roman Gold, Ranger Snowflake Tinsel, Ranger Silver Detail; Copic Markers; Paper:  Bazzill Coconut Swirl, The Paper Company Shimmer Cardstock (Antique Gold, Arctic Gold, Arctic Snow, Bluebell, crimson, Kiwi); Stickles; Mark Richards dots and gems; Glossy Accents; AC Ribbon; QuicKutz dies; Corner Chomper (deco); Krylon gold and silver leafing pens

I took the Holidays Card Workshop (by Hero Arts) class at Archivers night before last.  These 4 cards were designed by Archiver's.  All I did was assemble, emboss, and color!  It took 2 hours to make these cards.  Most of the time was spent on the ornament card and the gingerbread house card...lots of coloring.

It was a great class!

A very cool thing I learned was embossing with two different embossing powders on one stamped image.  I never thought to do that before.  (Note the tree on the LH side of the tree card.)  I poured "lettuce" embossing powder in the middle of the tree...shook the powder off...then poured Roman Gold embossing powder on the top and bottom of the tree.  Very cool.  The other thing I learned was outlining two of the cards with the Krylon pens.  I probably won't use this trick at home.  Can't decide.  Yes, it looks elegant.  Plus it is very easy to do (and dries super fast).  But I'm a little concerned the look is too "hand-purchased stationary".  I like things to look home-made, of course!

I think my favorite is the ornament card.  I love white on white - plus I love the Glossy Accents!

Snowman Card - made from punches

Hopefully, we will be making this one at our next Girl's Night Out (Make and Take)!
Well, I normally don't made cards assembled from punches (I usually use stamps) - but this one really caught my eye. It is a case from Creating Keepsakes magazine - although I did add the snowflakes on the banner, and I also changed a couple minor details, such as the stamp set (sentiment) and DSP. Well, this looks better in person. In my photo, it looks like the reds don't match. Well, in person, I didn't even notice - honestly! :D If I do say so myself - it is really cute in person.

Supplies:
Cardstock: S*E*I DSP (blue), ivory plain, ivory linen, brown linen, Riding Hood Red Stampin Up, Pumpin Pie Stampin Up for the nose
Punches: Martha Stewart Border Punch (down the sides), Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Marvy heart punch, SU Scallop Circle, 1 3/8 Circle, 1 3/4 Circle, Word Window Punch (hat), Key Tag Punch (hat), corner rounder punch
Other: Spellbinders Double Ended Tags, Cuttlebug Machine, Red Dew Drops, Dimensionals, small glue dots, glue pen, Red Stickles (on heart), tiny copper brads (Recollections)
Ink: Black Stazon
Stamp Set: Hampton Art Clear Stamps

Note: For the nose, I punched another snowflake out of orange cs, and cut the tip off. That is the nose.