Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Hump Day!  Half way to the weekend...wahoo!  I hope you are having a good week.It's also the last day of September...wow that month went fast!

Today I have a project I designed for my October Christmas card buffet using the Winter Wishes stamp set:

Christmas card featuring the Winter Wishes stamp set.

This is another rustic Holiday card! You'd think I lived in Canada, or something ;)  This one reminds me of Christmases at my parents' place up north where you can always count on a white Christmas with a roaring fire to keep you warm.  To create this look I stamped the various images from the Winter Wishes set using Early Espresso ink on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I added snowy highlights to the images using my Chalk Marker and then added a frosty border around the edges using Whisper White Craft ink.

The DSP is from the Merry Moments pack. I layered it on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock that I embossed using the Woodgrain TIEF. By way of embellishment, I added some (retired) 3/8" Natural Ribbon, a wooden Snowflake Element, some Gold Cording Trim and an Iced Rhinestone.

Inside view with sentiment from Reason for The Season.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the Reason for the Season stamp set in Early Espresso ink and the pine bough from the Winter Wishes set in Mossy Meadow ink.

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Faux Metal Vintage Ornament

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a fantastic weekend!  Mine was busy, but we actually squeezed in some quality family time, which has been rare since school started.
Today I have a project AND a new tutorial video for you!  It has been far too long since I last published a video and I'm excited to share this project with you.  First, here's a look at the card:

Christmas card featuring the Delicate Ornaments and Christmas Greetings Thinlits

Can you believe there is *gasp* NO stamping on this card???  It is all about the die cuts.  I love the vintage metal look of the ornament paired with the modern colour scheme of Tip Top Taupe and gold.

I used the Softly Falling TIEF to emboss the card base. The background strip behind the ornament is Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum...soooo pretty!

So, without further ado, here is my tutorial video on how to create this look.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Merry Little Trees

Did you realize that Christmas is just three months from today??  It's time to get going on Holiday projects! This weekend I have my first Christmas card buffet of the season, so I thought I would show you one of the designs that will be available for my guests to create at the event.

Rustic Christmas card featuring the Peaceful Pines stamp set and coordinating Perfect Pines Framelits with sentiment from Embellished Ornaments.

I really like the rustic look to this design. I began with a piece of Season of Cheer DSP which I layered on a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. I ran a piece of Kraft card stock through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain TIEF, tore one long edge, and adhered it below the DSP panel. The trees are created from Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow card stock and gold glimmer paper. I stamped the Pear Pizzazz tree using ink of the same colour and an image from the Peaceful Pines stamp set.  All of the trees are die-cut using the Perfect Pines Framelits...even the texture on the Mossy Meadow tree!

The sentiment is from the Embellished Ornaments stamp set and is heat embossed in gold and die-cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits.  The whole card is built on a Kraft card base. The only embellishments, besides the gold glimmer paper, are a bit of Burlap Ribbon and a wooden Snowflake Embellishment.

On the inside, I stamped another of the tree images from the Peaceful Pines set and die-cut it using the coordinating Framelits. I added another card stock tree, embossed using the Decorative Dots TIEF.


Have a fantastic weekend!!

Sunday Stamps Sketch Revisited

Happy Wednesday....it's hump day! Downhill to the weekend...woohoo!!

Today I have another take on this week's sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  In case you missed it on Sunday, here is the sketch:

I posted a Christmas take on it on Sunday, but today I have a Fall version:

Fall-themed Thank You card featuring the Acorny Thank You stamp set with sentiment from One Big Meaning.

I decided to let the gorgeous Into the Woods DSP do all of the talking on this card. What's not to love about the beautiful autumn colours and fall patterns? I matted the DSP on a piece of Tangelo Twist card stock and layered that on an Early Espresso card base.

The focal point is a pair of darling little acorns from the Acorny Thank You stamp set, stamped in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso ink. They are punched using the coordinating Acorn Builder punch. I embellished the acorns with a bit of twine I pulled out of the burlap ribbon...I like the rippled texture of it! The sentiment, which is stamped in Early Espresso ink, is from the One Big Meaning stamp set.

If you haven't yet done so, be sure to check out this week's challenge at Sunday Stamps...this sketch is a great one!

Here are the products used to create this card:

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Snow Way...

...it's Monday already??  How do the weekends fly by so quickly?  It was a hectic one around here...I hope yours was a little more relaxing!

Here is a little smile to start your week off on the right foot...

Christmas card featuring the Snow Place stamp set.

Isn't that little penguin just the cutest?  I decided to play up his cuteness by having him peeking into the centre of the card. The sentiment, which is also from the Snow Place stamp set, suits him just perfectly. I stamped both the penguin and the sentiment in the new Basic Black archival ink. The Santa hat is stamped in Real Red ink and then die-cut using the Snow Friends Framelits.

I used some Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum layered on the Whisper White background which was embossed using the (retired) Northern Flurry TIEF. The only embellishment this cute little guy needed was some 1/8" Striped ribbon in Real Red.

On the inside I stamped another of the sentiments from the Snow Place set and that sweet little penguin again in Basic Black Archival ink. Too cute!

I hope you have a fabulous week!!

Here are the products used to create this card:

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Peace & Joy for Sunday Stamps

Happy Sunday!  It's time for a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Check it out:

Here is my project for the Design Team:

Christmas card featuring the Flurry of Wishes stamp set with sentiment from the Good Greetings (retired) set.

I just can't get enough of the gorgeous Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum!  It sooooo pretty!  I used it here as the background for my design. I layered it on a piece of Whisper White card stock so that the beautiful silver foil snowflakes would show. In the lower right corner I used some silver foil sheets that I embossed using the Softly Falling TIEF. Because I hate seeing seams on my projects, I added a piece of  white 3/8" glitter ribbon...I love the bit of sparkle it adds.

The stamped snowflakes are from the Flurry of Wishes stamp set. I heat embossed the largest one in silver and punched it using the Flower Medallion punch. The medium one is stamped in silver on silver foil sheet and punched using the Snow Flurry punch. The smallest snowflake is stamped in Night of Navy ink and also punched with the Snow Flurry punch. I added a Winter Wonderland embellishment in the centre for some sparkle.  The sentiment is from the Good Greeting set which is, sadly, retired. The entire card is built on a Night of Navy card base.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel that I stamped with the snowflake images in Night of Navy, as well as a sentiment that is also from the Flurry of Wishes set.

This sketch is super-versatile, as is evidenced by the amazing ideas showcased by my fellow Design Team members. I'll have another project to show you later in the week that also uses this sketch.  In the meantime, why not try your hand at it and share it with us over at Sunday Stamps? We'd love to see what you come up with!

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Merry Friday

Happy Friday!  I am SOOOO glad the weekend is almost here!  It has been a ca-razy week!  So much going on both at home and at work...I am ready for it all to stop for a couple of days :)

Today I have a Christmas card I created for one of my upcoming Christmas card buffets using the new Holly Jolly Greetings bundle:

Christmas card made using the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set and coordinating Christmas Greetings Thinlits

I began with a thick Whisper White card base on which I stamped the large snowflake from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set using Island Indigo ink. I also stamped the confetti stars image from the same set using Smoky Slate ink.  Then I layered a strip of Holidays Fancy Foil Vellum across the middle of the card front.  I added a piece of (retired) Island Indigo chevron ribbon and die cut circles in Smoky Slate card stock and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper.

The sentiment is a combination of a die cut from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits in silver foil and a stamped sentiment from the Holly Jolly Greetings set done in Island Indigo ink.  I added a wooden Snowflake Element that I coloured white using Whisper White Craft ink and embellished with an Iced Rhinestone in the centre. The final touch was a scattering of silver sequins that I adhered using the Fine Tip Glue Pen.

On the inside I stamped a few more snowflakes in Island Indigo ink, some confetti stars in Smoky Slate and another of the sentiments combinations from the Holly Jolly Greetings set.  So happy with the way this one turned out!

Be sure to stop by on Sunday for a new sketch challenge from Sunday Stamps.  In the meantime, have a fantastic weekend!!

Here are all of the products I used to create this card.

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