Color Me Christmas

I have hardly used this "Color Me Christmas" set.  I thought it was so cute (and it is) but I have not played with it much at all.  I've been SO busy playing with all the other sets I have.  And speaking of busy, I haven't even started my Christmas cards!  UGH!  In years past I've usually had them done by now and mailed by the 1st of December.  As the years go on I get later and later and later with them!  Edited 12-10-13: I found the gal who originally made this card.  Her name is Jenn and she has a blog StampwithJen.  But I searched back quite a few posts and didn't find this card on there.  I made it through sometime in her October posts.  But anyway, it came from her blog and I just wanted to share that with you.  

Enough about that.  Today's card comes to you from the internet (of course).  I found the card here.  The original card has a red tag behind the green oval.  I didn't have that die or punch so I had to omit it, which is ok because the card is still cute without it.  

I added a few of the Candy Dots embellishments to the upper right corner.  I just thought that corner could use a little something.

The Washi tape seems to fill the background nicely.  I'm just amazed at how far those rolls of tape go!  I've used them on a lot of cards and some of my stampers have used them too and yet there is still some left on the roll!  I want to use it up before Christmas though.  It would be a first if I do!!!  Wish me luck on that endeavor!  LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Santa's List Christmas Card

I found this layout on the internet somewhere and I had to reboot my computer and lost the place where I had found it.  So if you know the designer of this card, please let me know.  

I did change the bottom right corner.  The words were from the set and done in an oval along with a scalloped oval.  When I stamped some images of this Santa from my sister's set I didn't stamp any words at all.  Silly me!  I think I was just more interested in stamping the Santa in a few colors that  I would use.

I do like this card and that Santa is just adorable.

The words I used here were from the "Petite Pairs" set.  I used the decorative paper from the "Season of Style" pack.  The Dotted folder was used on the Whisper White background.  

The colors of card stock used here are Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.  Cherry Cobbler ink was used for Santa and the words.  It's just as simple as that!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Wetlands Masculine Card with the Painters Tape Technique

My card today was created by one of the gals in Terri's Technique Night group.  She forgot to add her name to the inside of the card.  Oops!  So I can't give her credit at this time.

She used the Painter's Tape technique for this card.  You can click here to be taken to the post where I have the instructions to do this fun and unique technique.  

The goose image is from the "Wetlands" set.  One of my favorite masculine sets.

The base of this card is Early Espresso and the next layer is a texture piece of Basic Gray.  If you look at the left of the card you can see that I ruined it by touching it right after putting hand lotion on.  UGH!  I may just take my VersaMark pad and add some long grass to the gray card stock to help that mark blend in.  I will wait until tomorrow just in case it soaks in and goes away.  

This is such a pretty card and I hope I find out who made it!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Frosted Finishes Embellishments Necklace and Earrings

I saw these somewhere on the internet and decided to make a pair for a sweet friend Terri.  I work at The Garden of Beads in Anoka and I bought a couple of feet of chain before I left work on Wednesday.  When I got home I added a jump ring to the Embellishment and put it on the chain.  Then I added jump rings to the ends of the chain and a clasp.

For the earrings I added jump rings to the Embellishment and and attached it to a pair of pierced stud earrings.  I didn't want to do ear wires because I wasn't sure that Terri wore wires. Either way the earrings would be pretty!  After getting it all put together and on the display bust for a photo I wanted to keep them myself!  I still have some embellishments left (I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to stuff like that - BUT I'm trying hard to use up my stuff now.  So another pair of earrings and necklace would help use up 3 more pieces!!! LOL  I could probably make one more pair and sell them at next year's craft fair!  That would leave me with one embellishment left!  Hmmm, maybe I can come up with a card for it between now and Christmas!  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Warmth & Wonder Christmas Pocket Card

 Today's card was inspired by a card I saw by Wendy at WeeBeeStampin4Fun.  I changed mine a bit.  I didn't have the snowman nor the wording so I found some words in the "Christmas Messages" set and I used the tree from the "Warmth & Wonder" set.  And the words are from the "Petite Pairs" set.

The card stock is Coastal Cabana, Whisper White and Bermuda Bay.

The tree was stamped using Coastal Cabana and Strawberry Slush for the bulbs.  

The wording in the circle was punched out using the 1-1/4" punch.

Then the Coastal Cabana layer was punched out using the 1-3/8" punch and then the Bermuda Bay was punched out with the Circle Scallop punch.

The words on the inside are from the "Christmas Messages" set.  The words on this card are all done using black StazOn.  

I have never made one of these pocket cards before and I though it was a lot of fun!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Joyful Christmas

Today I'm going to share with you another card from Terri's extremely fabulous Stamp A Stack.  

The stamps used here are "Joyful Christmas" and "Music Notes" wheel.

The flower was stamped using black StazOn on Real Red card stock and then cut out.  The leaf was stamped using black StazOn on Garden Green card stock and it was cut out too.

The "Oval Accent" die was used and then the "Music Notes" wheel was used on top of it.  I think my music got a little crooked but the flower hides most of it!  I added 7 pearls in the center of the flower.  

This was a very quick card to make.  Cutting out the flower didn't take very long at all. But I don't think I would make a bunch of these.  I'm SO spoiled by the dies now that I am not a big fan of cutting anymore!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Caught in Crystal Technique Zoo Review

At the last Technique Night that Terri had the group of gals have a card swap from the techniques taught the prior month.  The two techniques last month were the "Caught in Crystal" and the "Painter's Tape".  I actually had time to participate in the swap.  You can see my card here.  I came home with some fabulous cards.  Only one of the gals played with the Caught in Crystal technique.  All of the rest, me included did the Painter's Tape one. 

This card was done by Mary.  Thank you Mary for letting me post your fabulous card on my blog.  It's a bit hard to see but there is Dazzling Diamonds caught in the crystal too.  It's such a pretty card, my photo doesn't do it justice.

This is a fun technique to do.  A bit messy but fun!

Thank you for visiting today,

Wanda

Festive Flurry Stamps and Die Plus Frosted Finishes Embellishments

WOW, isn't this a beauty?  I found it at the blog of Glenda Calkins.  I did change the bottom word part.  I didn't have the same words she used but in using what I had I made it work!

This card caught my eye on Pinterest and I knew I just had to make it.  I got to play with my silver foil paper and the glitter paper too!  Oh and also the "Frosted Finishes" embellishments.  I also saw somewhere on the net that someone made earrings and a necklace using these embellishments.  I think I'm going to give that a try too (as soon as I find my spool of neck chain!!).  

This was a very fun card to make and it's SO pretty too.

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Warmth & Wonder Festive Flurry

Today I had fun making this wintry card.  I used the snowflake folder, an oval die, the Festive Flurry stamp set and die and the tree from the "Warmth & Wonder" set

The base of my card is Soft Sky.  I think it's such a pretty soft blue color.  It helps me not miss Bashful Blue as much!  I stamped the tree and the snowflake in the Soft Sky too.  

This card was a bit tricky but not too bad.  You need to get the tree lined up in the oval.  The best way to do that is to trace the oval after you have embossed the piece and cut it out.  You can use your Stamp-a-ma-jig to line the tree up inside the oval or just eye it. I eyed it and did pretty well.  

Once the tree was stamped I used some Crystal Effects on a toothpick and dotted it all over the tree.  Then I used Dazzling Diamonds so the tree had some glitz and glam to it!  Then I set the tree part behind the embossed piece. I used Dimensionals to hold it in place and give it a window look.

The snowflake was added using Dimensionals as well.  And I also added some rhinestones to the snowflake so it didn't look so plain.  It's got some sparkle to it now!  

This was fun to make and very easy too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Festive Flurries and Season's of Style Washi Tape

First of all I would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.  I am pre-posting this so I could take the day off to cook and bake and enjoy my family.  I am very thankful for my family and friends.  I'm thankful for all I have.  And I'm thankful for all of you who take your time to stop by and read my ramblings!  Have a wonderful day!

Today I played with the "Festive Flurries" stamp set and die.  I hope this isn't inviting snow to my area!!!  It's cold here but no snow yet.  I LOVE snow but I'm just not ready for it yet.

I used the "Petals a Plenty" embossing folder for the background texture.  Then I added 3 strips of the Christmas "Season of Style" Washi Tape.  I wished I would have added them to the other side of the card.  I think having them on the right makes the card look like it's upside down!!!

Next I stamped the snowflake and used the die to cut it out.  Those dies are wonderful, it sure beats cutting these little guys out by hand.  If I had to do that I would only make one (ever!!!).  The ink color I used here is Pear Pizzazz.  

It's a very simple card to make and colorful too!  I would make more but next time I would put my Washi tape on the left side.  Don't you think it looks like it's upside down?  LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Chock Full of Cheer Christmas Card

Today's card was found at Ruth's Craft with Ruth dot com.

This is a great use of the Washi tape!!  So simple and every so quick too.

The words are from the "Chock Full of Cheer" set.  And the base of the card stock and ink are Cherry Cobbler.

And that is it!  Wow, huh?

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Santa's List Christmas Card

Here is another card from Terri's extremely fun and fabulous Stamp A Stack.  

This is the card that made me fall in love with that stamp set (Santa's List) and it obviously made my sister fall in love with it too because she bought it!  

This was a very easy card to make.  The 3-1/2" circle punch was used on a small piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock.  The Santa was cut out using the 2-1/2" circle die.  He was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink.  The paper is from the "Seasons of Style" 12" x 12" pack in the mini catalog.

And a Cherry Cobbler 1" ribbon was tied in a knot and set in place using a Dimensional.  And it was all attached to a folded half sheet of Whisper White card stock.

Simple and pretty too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Santa's List Christmas Card

My sister came over last night to play in my workroom and she brought her new stamps sets with her!!!  Lucky day for me!!!  I wanted this Santa stamp but I didn't order it.  I had too many other new ones that I will hardly play with.  So as she was doing the things she came over to do I was stamping some Santa images to play with later.  Then it dawned on me that I should look for some samples that I would like to make and see what color of ink I should use on the set.  And then I ran into this card!  I just LOVED it.  I think it's the half doily that really caught my eye.  Well, actually the whole card is wonderful but there are parts of the card that caught my attention the most.  The half doily is one and the dotted paper is the other.  And once it's all put together you get an adorable card!

I found this card here.  And I knew I just HAD to make it.  We didn't have the same word stamp that was used on the original card so my sister suggested we use the one from her new word set.  I don't know the name of that set.  But I do know that Santa came from the "Santa's List" set.  

The base of this card is Chocolate Chip, as well as the ink used.  The Real Red piece is cut 3" x 4-1/4".  The dotted paper is from the "Season of Style" paper pack and was cut at 1-1/4"x 3-3/4".  I clipped from the edge to the center to form the ribbon look.  The paper doily was cut in half and placed behind the red piece.  The Santa was cut out using the 3-1/4" circle die.  The circle was sponged and then taped in place.  Such an easy card to make.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda  

Warmth & Wonder Christmas Card

My card does not come from Pinterest today!  Shocker, I know!!! LOL  I actually thought of one on my own!  And I got to play with the Washi tape again! I just LOVE that stuff.  I hope Stampin' Up! comes out with some for Valentine's Day!

I used the new Gumball Green for the base of my card and the Raspberry Ripple for the accent color.

The first think I did was cut my card stock.  The white measures 3-5/8" x 4-7/8".  Then I added the Washi tape.  The images were stamped on next and that was it.  It's a super easy and quick card to make.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,

Wanda