Snowman Season, Let it Snow DSP, Christmas Card

Today I wanted to try to find a way to use some of those mittens I have in the adorable "Let it Snow" embellishment kit and this is what I came up with.

I used some of the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Let it Snow" 12" x 12" paper pack.  I picked the mittens images because those were a challenge for me too. It's such a "busy" paper and I had trouble working with it.  But using a smaller strip I was able to work it onto a card and actually like it.  A small strip of it toned it down nicely.

I cut the strip of DSP 1-3/4" x 5-1/2" and I cut a 2" x 5-1/2" piece of Shaded Spruce card stock for the back layer.  I taped the two pieces together and taped them on a folded half-sheet of Whisper White card stock.

I stamped the words from the "Snowman Season" set using Shaded Spruce ink.  I die cut them with the 1-7/8" circle die. I die cut them towards the top of the circle.  And I die cut a scalloped circle to layer behind it.  I taped the two pieces together.  Then I got out my "Let it Snow" embellishment kit and was going to use the green mittens and hat but they didn't stand out very well, so I went with the pink ones.  I set them in place on the circle using Dimensionals.  

I added Dimensionals to the back of the circle and I set it in place on the card and there you have it, a super quick and simple card. Plus I got to use the mittens and hat!!!  I have lots left in the kit and I'm sure I won't be using them before they retire.  But I will try.  I should make up some duplicate cards to sell in the craft fair next year.  Now there's an idea!!  Or I could place them in my web store and sell a few that way!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Merry Patterns, Christmas Around the World, Christmas Card

I was wondering what I was going to do with the Decorative Series Paper (DSP) with all the fruit cake and other goodies images on it. It's from the "Christmas Around the World" 12" x 12" pack.  It was one of the sheets that didn't do much for me.  But when I saw this card I thought I'd play with it.  The other side of the paper is the plaid paper you see at the bottom under the words.  I found this card on Pinterest.  You can see the original here.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Chocolate Chip card stock.  On top of that is a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of the DSP.  I cut a 1-1/2" piece of the plaid DSP and taped it over the baked goods DSP.  I did wrap a piece of the red mini tinsel trim around the card and I taped the edges on the backside using scotch tape. 

I stamped the words from the "Merry Patterns" using Basic Black ink on the first image and then the "season" was stamped using Real Red ink.  I trimmed that piece to 3-3/8" x 1-5/8".  The Chocolate Chip layer behind it was cut 3/16" larger 3-9/16" x 1-13/16"). I thought an 1/8" was too thin of a border and 1/4" was too thick so I went in between them and got just the right thickness of a border. 

I do like how the card turned out and I was glad that I was able to sue that paper.  It seems that there is always at least one sheet of DSP in a pack that is more difficult to work with than other.  This one was the one I thought was the toughest.  But I was at least able to use it!!! 

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Hometown Greetings, Winter Scene, Christmas Card

This card came about because of the stitched circle ring that was sitting on my worktable.  I had die cut the ring that I had made a couple of days ago. The ring was too small but I didn't want to put it in recycling. SO I just add it to the pile of stuff on my table!!!  Sound familiar or am I the only one???? You can see that card here, it needed a larger ring.                 

As I was looking at the "stuff" on my worktable I saw the ring and wondered what I could do with it and after a few minutes, this is the idea I had in my head. And it actually looked like that in my head!!!  Your glimpse into my spooky brain!!! LOL

I used the "Hometown" dies that goes with the "Hearts Come Home" bundle set.  

I die cut the image that had the snowman and tree. I made sure I had some distance at the bottom because I wasn't sure how much was going to show.

I used mini Dimensionals on the back of the Dazzling Diamonds snowman and trees.  I trimmed the back so it wouldn't show under the front ring.  I die cut the falling snow image paper from the "Christmas Around the World"  12" x 12" Decorative Series Paper (DSP).  I die cut a scrap piece of card stock, any color, it doesn't matter.  I taped the falling snow DSP to the top of it then attached the snowman and trees piece.  I took some pieces of Dimensionals and went around the upper part of the ring with them. I set them in place on top of the snowman and trees piece.  

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Whisper White card stock.  The next layer is a 4-5/8" x 3-1/2" piece of Tranquil Tide card stock.  On top of that is a piece of Whisper White that was cut 3" x 4-1/8" and the 2-7/8" x 4" piece of DSP from the "Painted Autumn" pack is taped to it.  

Before attaching the Whisper White and the "Painted Autumn" piece to the Tranquil Tide piece I tied a silver tinsel ribbon knot around the piece. Then I added the Dimensionals and set it in place.  The Tranquil Tied piece was taped in place and that was it.

It's a very simple card to make.  I really like the looks of this card.

Thank you SO very much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Hometown Greetings, Christmas Card, Crayon Rubbed Embossing Technique

I found a fun technique on Split Coast Stampers. It's called "Crayon Rubbed Embossing" and it's very easy to do. 

You take a piece of Whisper White card stock or Very Vanilla and set it on top of the textured part of the embossing folder.  You take a white crayon and rub firmly but not so hard you make dents in your paper.  Once you are done you can take either a brayer or a sponge and color the background. I had used a brayer and then came back with a sponge to remove the ink on top of the wax.

I die cut the image from the "Hometown Greetings" die.  I used the 3/4" circle punch for the moon.  I set the moon in place using a Dimensional.  I had used the Dazzling Diamonds glitter paper for the scene and moon.

I brayered my background using Marina Mist ink. I cut that focal piece 5-1/8" x 3-7/8". I cut a piece of Pacific Point 4" x 5-1/4". I taped those two layers together and taped them on to a folded half-sheet of Whisper White card stock.  This card opens from the bottom.

It's a very fun and easy technique to play with.  Give it a try!  You can see more instructions on how to do this at Split Coast Stampers.  Click here for the direct link to the technique.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Snowflake Sentiments, Hearts Come Home, Peek a Boo Flip Card Technique

I spent some time in my workroom trying to find a good Peek a Boo card.  I thought found one and when put it together I could see the edge of the one piece through the window.  Totally NOT acceptable, so I had to search again.  This was the second one I found. The orientation was different than the other card plus this one had 3 pieces while the other one had 2.  But this one, when closed, didn't show that edge.  SO I ran with this one.  

I found the instructions on You Tube.  You can view them here.  They are very easy to follow. There's just one important thing you need to know.  Looking at the top of my card, notice that there isn't as much distance between the top as there is on the side of the circle?  That is where you get in trouble with that paper edge showing. You need to move your punch over just enough or you catch that edge.  The instructions show to turn the piece over, that is where I liked up my punch with the edge and I made my circle.  Other than that, the rest of the card was pretty easy to do.  Well, that part was easy to do but when I made my first one, I had my circle on the side too close and I saw the edge of the card stock. It was me, not the instructions.

After finishing it, I thought it looked pretty cool until I realized that the wording should have been something more Santa like because of his image in the opening.  But it is what it is and it's done!!!  Chalk it up to experience and I know now how to make another one without any issues, right? 

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Santa's Suit, Oh What Fun, Christmas Card

I know it's a bit early for Christmas cards but I got this set and I couldn't help but play with it.  I LOVE that Santa beard, it's just too stinkin' cute.  And that's not the cutest image in the set!!! I had an idea and I just had to play with it!

This is a fun layout to play with too.  Here's how I did it.  I took a half sheet of Real Red card stock. It was cut in half on the 8-1/2" side.  The next layer is the plaid Decorative Series Paper (DSP) from the "Christmas Around the World" 12" x 12" pack.  That piece was cut 4-1/8" x 5-3/8".  The next layer is a 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece of Whisper White card stock. The next layer is a 3" x 4-1/8" piece of the "Christmas Around the World" DSP. And on top of that is a 2-7/8" x 4" piece of the Red Glimmer paper. Oh and you need a 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" piece of Whisper White to stamp on, plus some scrap Whisper White for the words.

To make the front of this card the easy way, place the glimmer paper and the smaller DSP on top of each other.  Add a little bit of tape somewhere around the area you think the hole will be punched.  You are doing this to hold the piece together while you punch.  You don't need to add tape, you can try to hold it tightly.  Once you have the two lined up, take the 1-1/4" circle punch and slide the paper in on the shorter end and line up the sides so they look even on each side of the punch. Punch out the circle. Next take the 1-3/8" circle punch and line up the glimmer paper and punch that hole so it's a little bigger.  And there you have it.  Now tape those two pieces together.  Add Dimensionals to the back, some snail tape to the 2-1/8" x 2-1/8" stamped piece and set side.

Next I stamped the beard using Basic Black ink.  I punched out a tiny piece of glimmer paper for the nose. You can use any of the pink colored card stock or Real Red will work too.  I set that piece in place using Dimensionals.  I stamped the words using Garden Green ink and the words from the "Oh What Fun" set. I used the oval die to cut it out along with a Garden Green scalloped oval.  I taped those two pieces together and added Dimensionals to the back of it. I set the words in place and then tied a piece of "Mini Tinsel Trim" and tied it around that panel.  

Tape the 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece of Whisper White to the DSP.  Now you can add the glitter panel piece and you are done!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Star of Light, Christmas Card

My friend Katie left me with her "Star of Light" stamp set and matching dies for an hour or so!!  I looked through the net to find something that would catch my eye using this set and this is what I found on Pinterest.  Though the original card had some glitter paper on each side, under the front panel.  At least that is what it appeared to me to look like. You can see the original card here.

This was a very simple card to make and it would still be simple with the pieces of glitter paper on each side. I'm okay without it on this card, it makes it a more clean and simple looking card.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Whisper White card stock.

The focal panel was cut out using the starburst die.  Then the words were stamped using Versa Mark and silver embossing powder.

The star in the center was die cut using silver glitter paper.  A rhinestone was added to the center. That focal panel was set in place using Dimensionals.  And that was pretty much it.  I told you it was simple!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Hang Your Stocking Christmas Card

This was a very fun card to make.  I wanted my background smooth but yet I wanted some color on it.  So I had stamped the snowflakes from the "Hang Your Stocking" set but I didn't think it was enough color. So I took a misting bottle and added rubbing alcohol and some Emerald Green inker.  I shook it up until it was mixed well.  I sprayed the paper and let it dry.  It was just enough of a splash of green to give the background the bit of color I was hoping for.  Click on the photo to see a closer view.

Next I worked on the strips of decorative paper.  I cut a strip and tore the ends. I taped it in place on the card. Then I worked up the cut doily piece.  I attached the doily to the paper strip and it was set in place with Dimensionals.  

I die cut the stocking using the glitter paper.  The leaves and berries were stamped and then die cut. 

The words were stamped using the Emerald Green ink pad. It was die cut and taped to a scalloped die cut circle of Real Red card stock.  The sparkly snowflake was taken from a red stocking I had die cut.  I save all the pieces from these die cuts!!!  Some I will be putting in recycling, but not yet!!!  Anyway, the words were set in place with Dimensionals.

I added some enamel shapes to the card for a little more bling and then I called it done!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Detailed Santa and Oh, What Fun Shaker Christmas Card

I was thinking of not doing my usual snowman card this year and make a Santa one.  Not this one though, I don't want to send out shaker cards in the mail.  I don't think I have enough shaker stuff plus, I don't want to spend the extra postage.

For my card I used a folded half sheet of Real Red card stock. I die cut the Santa using the "Detailed Santa" Thinlits die.

The words are from the "Oh, What Fun" set from last year.  I used the "Duet Banner" punch for the words.  Those words were actually in a straight line.  I bought the acrylic stamps, not sure if they come in the red rubber or not.  With the acrylic ones you can bend them.  I set the words, letters down on top of the punch itself and lined them up.  Then I pressed the stamping block on top of that and the words came off the punch and stuck to the block. I inked it up using Real Red and stamped it on Whisper White card stock.  It was exactly how I wanted it to be.  I punched them out, sponged the edges and set it on top of the other banner image using Dimensionals.  I taped that in place on top of the card.  Pretty simple.

For Santa, after I die cut him out I cut a Window Sheet and glued Santa on top of it.  I used the new "Foam Adhesive Strips" to make a frame for the Shaker Card.  I poured a bunch of no hole seed beads in the center of the Real Red piece and then set the Window Sheet and Santa piece on top. Super easy but like I said, I don't want to spend the extra postage to mail a thicker card. If I was only sending out a few it would be okay but it's Christmas cards and I never send out just a few!!!

This was a fun and easy card to make and I need to think of what else I can do to make this a little different so I can use it for our card this year.  Or not!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Petite Pairs, Work of Art and Perpetual Birthday Calendar Christmas Card

WOW, that title was a mouthful!! LOL  It took several stamp sets to create this card.  I found a card made by Sylvia at Sylvia Stamps but I couldn't find it on her site.  It's there somewhere and I searched for a while but no luck.  Anyway, I liked the background she used on that card so I sort of went with it. I used the zig zag lines from the "Work of Art" set and I used the circle stamp from that same set. I used Bermuda Bay, Pool Party and Mint Macaron ink.

The base of my card is Pool Party.  I also punched out 1" circles of Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Mint Macaron card stock to layer the snowflakes.  And those cute snowflakes are from the "Perpetual Birthday Calendar" set.  I masked off the surrounding little ones to get the larger one.  I just punched out a 3/4" circle on a post it piece of paper and used it as my mask.  I used the 3/4" punch to punch out the snowflakes.

The words are from the "Petite Pairs" set.  I stamped them using Bermuda Bay ink.  I layered it on top of a scalloped oval of Bermuda Bay card stock.

I did texture the background after I stamped the zig zag and the large dots.  

This was a very fun card to make.  I don't know what it is with me this year but I have now made green snowflakes several times!!!  What's up with that???  I'm REALLY stepping outside my box!!!  LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda

A Festive Fireplace Christmas Card

I found a fun "Festive Fireplace" card on Pinterest made by Nicole Watt.  You can view here card here.  I did make several changes to it but there are a few things I did copy, like the words on the side and the wreath at the top.  And of course the fireplace!!!  I changed the background, mostly because I didn't have the decorative paper that she used.  I used some from the "Merry Moments" 6" x 6" paper stack.  I'm actually using a lot of paper from that stack. I wonder if I will use it up!!! LOL  No way!!

Okay, let's talk about my card.  I had to fussy cut out the fireplace and mantel. I did copy the color of the mantel and the color of the words.  I used Crumb Cake ink, that is what the color looked like to me on Nicole's card.  Once I cut out the fireplace, I cut out the center of the fireplace as well.  Then I used Dimensionals and stuck a piece of Basic Black to the back of it.  But before I did that I colored it in with markers and a blender pen.  There are LOTS of layers with Dimensionals on this card!  Next I colored the logs and flames.  I set them in place on top of the black piece.  I set the mantel in place with Dimensionals.  Next I colored the stockings and set them in place on the mantel with a half of a Dimensional.  There's not a lot of room behind them.  I don't know if you can see it, but I wrote names on the stockings.  This is a card for our son and his wife and kids. He never reads my blog so he won't see the card!  

I stamped the wreath using Garden Green card stock. That was the color it looked like on Nicole's card. Then I used the Dazzling Details Cherry Cobbler on the berries on the wreath to give it some color.  I think Nicole had just colored hers in with a marker.  I wanted to add some sparkle to it.  I may add a little sparkle to the flames too. I think the card could use a bit more "shine" to it.  I added a bow to the top of my wreath. I don't believe Nicole added that.

This card was a lot of work and a lot of time was put into it.  Plus a lot of love.  I like the concept of the fireplace stamp and dies but I don't think I will make anymore cards using it.  It's my sister's set and I will be returning it to her tomorrow so I thought I should make at least one card using it.  I did and I'm done!!!  It's a fun set but it requires a lot of time to make a decent card using it.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Sparkly Season Christmas Card

Here is my favorite card so far.  I wish this one didn't take so long to make or I would use it for our Christmas cards this year.  It takes long because of the circles involved.  To make that top panel I had to attach the "Merry Moments" decorative paper to a piece of Whisper White card stock.  I needed the base of this piece to be solid.  The decorative paper doesn't have enough weight to it as the card stock does.  Once I did that then I punched a 1-3/4" circle in the piece.  Next I cut a 1-7/8" Cherry Cobbler circle.  Then I cut out the 1-3/4" circle from the center of that, leaving me a sliver of a circle/ring.  For the Mossy Meadow ring I cut a 2-3/8" circle and then used the 1-3/4" circle punch for the center of that.  So now I have my two rings.  I glued the Cherry Cobbler ring on top of the Mossy Meadow ring.  Then I glued those rings on top of the circle I punched in the Merry Meadows decorative paper piece.  

I stamped the snowman on a piece of Whisper White card stock and colored it in with Real Red and Old Olive markers.  Oh and the Pumpkin Pie marker for the nose.  I added some Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds and set it aside to dry.

The "Let it" came from the "Sparkly Season" set.  It is from the "Let it Snow" words.  I used a 3/4" circle punch and used only the "Let it".  I punched out a 1" circle of Mossy Meadow and layered it behind the "Let it".  

I took a scrap piece of the "Merry Moments" decorative paper and taped it to the bottom of the large colored polka dotted piece.  I took a piece of ribbon and taped the edges to the backside of the card using Scotch tape.  

I cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock 4" x 5-1/4" and taped it to the Cherry Cobbler card base.  

I die cut the word "snow" using the "Seasonal Frames" Thinlits set.  I added some Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds to it too. I didn't completely cover it, I just wanted it on the high and low parts of the word.  I set it aside to dry.  And I waited and waited.  I think the Crystal Effects needs to dry a long time before you can handle the card, so I left it overnight and finished putting it together this morning.

The snowman was all set up so I added some Dimensionals behind the circle and lined up the snowman and pressed the Dimensionals into it.  I added a Dimensional behind the "Let it" and set that in place.  I tied a bow and used a half a pop up glue dot and set it on the bow and added the bow to the right side of the ribbon. 

Then I added Dimensionals all over the back of the focal panel and set it in place on top of the Crumb Cake piece.  And there you have it.  There's lots of steps and waiting in making this fun card.  I like it very much and wished I could have used it for our Christmas card this year but it just takes too much time to do.  But I am going to enter it in a contest later this month.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Sparkly Season Petite Pairs Christmas Card

Okay, I packaged up the "Embellished Ornaments" set and am ready to return that one to my sister.  Unless someone on the net comes up with one I just HAVE to make. 

I LOVE Nutcrackers!!!  I think they are fascinating and fun. It's a nutcracker and a toy in one!!! LOL  We have a few of them we set out at Christmas time.  Though this year at Michael's I did see some Halloween ones.  I did not purchase any.  I don't decorate the inside of the house much for Halloween.  Anyway, I Googled "nutcrackers" so I could see the fun colors.  I found some fun colors that I thought would work with the "Merry Moments" decorative paper.  All but the Pacific Point marker works well. And there's nothing I can do about it, what's done is done!!! Just pretend  it works, okay?  LOL

To make this card I used a folded half sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock.  Then I added two decorative papers from the "Merry Moments" decorative paper packs.  I cut them 4" x 5-1/4" and then I cut them from tip to tip and taped two pieces onto the top of the card stock.

Next I colored in the Nutcracker and all the other images.  I punched out them using a 2" circle punch.  The layer behind it is a 2-3/8" piece of Mossy Meadow.  This piece was set in place using Dimensionals.  The words are from the "Petite Pairs" set an were punched out with the 1-1/4" circle punch.  Then I punched a Mossy Meadow scalloped circle and layered behind the words.  I set that piece in place using Dimensionals as well.

I did have fun making this card.  And I like how cheery it is!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

An Embellishes Ornaments and Gorgeous Grunge Christmas Card

Okay, after doing some serious surfing, I found a card I REALLY liked using the "Embellished Ornaments" set.  

The original card was made by Nicole Watt and can be seen here. 

To make my version of Nicole's fabulous card, I began with a folded half sheet of Crumb Cake.  I set it aside.  Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the bulb on it using Pacific Point and then I rolled the edges using Night of Navy.  Once I was done with that I used the die and cut the bulb out.  I cut the bulb cap out of some gold foil paper and attached it to the bulb. I set that aside to work on the focal panel.  But before I did that I marked the center where the bulb will be so I could stamp the leaves on so they would show.

I stamped the leaves using Mossy Meadow.  I colored in the berries using the Real Red marker.  Then I colored in the leaves using the Pear Pizzazz marker.  I took the Old Olive marker and added a line or two on each leaf to give it some dimension.  Once I was done with that I took a sponge and added a little Old Olive color to each cluster of leaves.  Then I took the "Gorgeous Grunge" dots to the background using some Crumb Cake ink that I had stamped off once.  I wanted super light dots.  Then I sponged the edges using Crumb Cake.  I taped it to the base of the card.  

I taped some pieces of find metallic cord to the card.  I made sure that it formed loops.  Then I used Dimensionals and set the bulb in place over the loops.  

And for a finishing touch, I added some rhinestones.  Two larger clear ones were added between the "flowers" on the bulb and three red ones were added to the center of the "flowers" on the bulb.  I colored those red rhinestones using a red Sharpe.  And that was it.  It's not as pretty as Nicole's card but I like it better than the other two cards I had made earlier this week.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Embellished Ornaments Christmas Card

Okay, SO the tenacious side of me that just doesn't like to give up made me use the "Embellished Ornaments" set again.

First I cut out the Cherry Cobbler lacy ornament. Then I cut out a gold foil solid piece.  Then I cut out a small Garden Green piece.  I glued all three of those pieces together and set them aside to dry while I decided on a layout.

I found a piece of scrap white and thought if I layered it with some Garden Green card stock.  In doing that it made me realize that the base of my card will have to be Garden Green.  I added a piece of decorative paper from the "Merry Moments" paper stack.  I'm kind of fond of those large colored polka dots!!!  And I had a scrap piece of the red dotted decorative paper so I trimmed up the ends and layered it on top of a strip of Garden Green.  Before I affixed it to the large polka dotted paper, I tied a piece of ribbon to it.  

Next I proceeded to embellish the bulb with pearls.  LOTS of pearls.  And then I set it in place using Dimensionals.

I'm still not thrilled with the set.  I'm off to surf the net for more inspiration.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

An Embellished Ornaments Christmas Card

I think this "Embellished Ornaments" set is a tough one to play with.  I thought I would make the bulb using Cherry Cobbler.  I wanted something that would be striking against the white textured background.  

I embellished the ornament with a gold center piece.  It's a tiny die that comes with the set.  I added 3 green rhinestones to the center.  I had colored them with a green Sharpe.  

The decorative paper is from a scrap that I had from some other company.  I don't remember with, it was in a pack of scraps.  But I know there's some fun Stampin' Up! papers that would look very nice at the bottom.

The words are from the "Petite Pairs" set and were set in place using Dimensionals.  

I really didn't have a lot of fun making this card. I felt so lost with it.  Ideas did not flow and lead to other cards.  I will have to search the net for some inspiration and try again!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Peaceful Pines Petite Pairs Christmas Card

Here's a simple Christmas card to make.

I used a folded half sheet of Whisper White card stock.  Then I added a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of Real Red card stock. On top of that is a piece of Textured Whisper White that measures 4-3/4" x  3-1/2".  The  Real Red panel on top measures 2-5/8" x 2-5/8" and the Whisper White piece on top of that measures 2-1/2" x 2-1/2".
The tree was stamped using Mossy Meadow and cut out with the tree die  The star was cut out with the tiny star die that comes with the die set.  Daffodil Delight was used on that.  The bulbs were stamped using Pumpkin Pie, Real red, Tempting Turquoise, and Daffodil Delight.  The stamp set has the three bulbs on one stamp. I stamped them in each color and cut out each one with the die. So I ended up with 12 bulbs.  Extra ones to use on future projects.

The words were stamped with the Petite Pairs set using Tempting Turquoise ink.  I added a ribbon around the top panel before attaching it to the textured panel and then that panel was set in place with Dimensionals. The tree was added using Dimensionals too.  I didn't add a base to the tree.  I liked it with the simple look.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Sparkly Season and Peaceful Pines Christmas Card

I may have to make this "Christmas" week!  I have several Christmas cards in mind and I only have a few days to make them and then I have to give my sister back her stamp and die sets, she left me with 5 sets!!! It was nice of her to leave them with me. SO I have made a few cards for her.  This is not one of them!!!! LOL 

I LOVE snowman so I thought I would play with that image first. I was going to use the globe but I wanted to be different!  I used the die and cut out the oval.  I stamped the snowman on Whisper White card stock and sponged in the sky using Soft Sky ink. Then I took the snowflake image from the  "Perpetual Birthday Calendar" set and stamped it using Soft Sky ink too.  It doesn't show up as well here as it does in real life.  

I stamped the tree from "Peaceful Pines".  The star and  the tree base came with the set.  I added some crystal effects to the tree, star, tree base and the snowman.  If you click on the image you can see the glitter. 

I colored in the snowman with markers.  The piece of card stock the snowman is stamped on was set in place behind the oval using Dimensionals.  The tree was also set in place using Dimensionals.  Demensionals were also used on the decorative paper piece was set in place on top of a folded half sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock.

The "Let it Snow" is from the "Sparkly Season" set.  Oh and the decorative paper is from the "Merry Moments" 6" x 6" paper stack.  I LOVE those stacks!! I think that covers everything.  

This was a fun card to make.  Though I must say, I do not like waiting for the Crystal Effects to dry!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

An Endless Wishes Christmas Card

If you are looking to make a quick Christmas Card (like I was), you will find this card perfect for your needs.

I made this card in under 10 minutes!!!

I stamped the words first.  Then I cut my scalloped piece and set it along side the words (not taped yet) to see how far I needed to go with the stamping of the snowflakes.

My colors are Bermuda Bay and Soft Sky.  

Oh and did you notice that I remembered the rhinestone on the little snowflake on the silver glitter paper?  Finally!!! LOL

I found this fun card made by Jessica at Ink it up with Jessica.  

I believe this may be the last Christmas card I will be making.  I need some other cards and Christmas is nearly here!!  It's been a fun month of Christmas stamping and craft making.  I'm hoping to make some fun things for Valentine's Day sometime in mid January. I don't want to jump into it too early.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

An Endless Wishes Christmas Card With a Touch of Gorgeous Grunge

I often wonder what I'm thinking when I'm copying someone's beautiful card!  Here I should have moved the snowflakes and the words up before I did the faux stitching.  Plus the stitches could have been a little closer to the edge.  It's been a long day of Christmas preparations.  I never feel that I'm ready for Christmas until a couple of days after Christmas!

When I finish here I need to pin two blankets together so I can sew them tomorrow afternoon when I get home from babysitting the granddaughter and running a few errands.  It may even be evening, I think I will have to be making dinner too!!!

The original card can be found here at Iliana's Creativity Within blog. I changed the background because I didn't have what was used there and I did change the wording a little.  Go there and follow that card if you want to make one of these!!!

I used my Chalk Marker to do the lines.  I never have any luck with the gel pens.  They work the day I get them and after that I have a lot of problems getting the ink to flow.  So I've pretty much given up on those. I do like the Chalk Marker, it was easy to use and it is white enough when dry.  

I used Whisper White for the base of the card.  I stamped Cherry Cobbler ink on the background using the dotted image from the "Gorgeous Grunge" set.  The snowflakes and words are from the "Endless Wishes" set and were stamped using White Craft ink and then embossed in white embossing powder.  

I'm off to pin the blankets.  And then hopefully there will be some time to kick back and relax.  It's such a busy time of the year.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda