Take to the Sky, Adventurous Sky, Masculine Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I made a birthday card for hubby. Yup, his birthday is the day after Christmas and I celebrate it as a separate day, not combining Christmas and birthday gifts. Though I do put the birthday gift under the tree, he can hold it and shake it but he's not allowed to open it till his birthday. Anyway, this is the card I came up with, it's short and sweet and to the point. I'm exhausted from all of the holiday stuff and here I am making his card because I didn't remember to do it ahead of time. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Take to the Sky" 12" x 12" package. Before taping it to the card base I cut a circle using the die from the "Everyday Details" set.

I stamped the clouds, plane and words from the "Adventurous Sky" bundle. I cut them out with the matching dies.  I took my light Blends Balmy Blue pen and drew along the cloud lines.

Using the light and dark Smoky Slate Blends pens I colored in the airplane. My light pen is almost dried up. How does that happen.  I often wonder if I could just add some rubbing alcohol and bring it back to life. I guess I could give it a try, I don't have anything to lose, I need to order a new one so if it doesn't work it gets tossed out and if it does work I will hold off on ordering a new one. Anyway, Dimensionals were added to all of the pieces and they were set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was such a quick card to make and I'm sure hubby will like it.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Merry Christmas 2024

Merry Christmas. As I do every year I share with you the card I sent out to friends and relatives. I didn't do any stamping on mine this year. I was falling behind with all of the other things that come with the season so I did what I could to get a decent card out. We had left on the 21st for Duluth and came home on the 23rd. It didn't give me much time to get the house ready for Christmas eve. It was a bit stressful but so worth it and things managed to get done. 

I got my image from Etsy. I found a shop that had some beautiful downloads and they were even on sale so I just had to. If you know me and snowmen you will understand why I chose this one. After purchasing the packet I downloaded it and set it up on a page on my computer. I had 4 per page and I printed them out. Then I trimmed them and taped them to a Basic White card base. 

I forgot to mention I had ran my card stock through my printer to add the wording on the inside. Then I cut them in half on the long side. Then the snowman was added.

I even printed out the greeting and used a retired punch to punch them out and the layer behind them. The one in the photo shows Garden Green for the layer. That was one of my practice ones. I didn't much care for the green. I ended up using the retired Seaside Spray. That was such a pretty color and it went so well with the sky.  I popped the layers up on Dimensionals and they were ready to sign.

It was a different way for me to do our cards this year. 

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas filled with peace, love and joy,
Wanda

Sentimental Christmas, Greetings of the Season, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I thought I'd post a card before the Christmas Eve festivities start. Please read on to see how I made today's card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Shaded Spruce card stock for the layer. 

Next I cut a  4-1/2" x 3-1/4"piece of Basic White for the next layer. On top of tat is a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Sentimental Christmas" 12" x 12" package. It measured 4-1/4" x 3".  I used a little bit of tape where the opening was going to be cut so the pieces would stick together. You want them to be together the way they are going to be on the card, so taping them at that spot where you are going to cut the opening helps hold them together.

I used the rounded corner rectangle dies from the "Nested Essentials" die set. I used second smallest one on the two layers together. Then I removed the DSP and using the second die in that set I lined it up over the opening to get it as equal around as I could and I cut it. Once cut I taped the DSP to the Basic White piece, lining up the openings. 

Then I took a piece of DSP from the "Sentimental Christmas" package and cut it so I had the image of a deer for my opening. Glue was added around the backside of the opening and the piece was set in place and then it was taped to the Shaded Spruce piece.  Then that was taped to the card base.

The words were stamped next on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using Real Red ink.  They are from the "Greetings of the Season" set. Then they were cut using the second stitched circle die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the right side of the card.  

Because it has such a vintage look to it I thought I'd color some rhinestones using my dark Real Red Blends Pen. I set them over the berries that were on the branches. It just reminded me of the vintage cards from the 60's that had the glitter outlines on them. It just needed that nostalgic touch. And the card was done.

This was such a fun card to make and I REALLY like how it turned out. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Greetings of the Season, Reindeer Days, Christmas Cards, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have another Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pool Party card stock for the layer.

On top of the Pool Party layer are strips of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Reindeer Days" 12" x 12" package. I cut the top piece at 1-3/4" x 5". The bottom strips are on the backside of the deer paper. I cut the bottom strip at 1/2" x 5" and the middle strip was cut at 1-1/4" x 5". I taped the strips in place leaving about 1/8" space between them and also on the top and bottom edges too.

I stamped the words from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle using Real Red ink. Then I cut them using a die from the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. I trimmed off the bottom of the circle about 1/2", tape was added to the back and I slipped the piece under the bottom strip just a bit.

The deer is from another sheet and I fussy cut it. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

I also fussy cut a few trees that are from the same DSP that was used on the two bottom strips. I taped them in place and the card was done.

This was such fun card to make. It was quick and easy too.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Snowy Wonder, Snowy Scenes, Christmas Cards, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a very pretty Christmas card I found on Pinterest. I just had to make it, plus I hadn't used half of those images in the "Snowy Wonder" bundle. I've mostly used the dies. You can see the original card here. I prefer to follow written instructions over videos. There's too much extra chatter on videos for me. I skipped over a lot of the video to get to the parts I needed to know. I stuck with it till all of the pieces were stamped and cut and then I just used the pic of the card for placement. The video did a nice job showing how the card was done. Don't get me wrong, I do like videos that show me how to make things that I don't understand. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It was cut in half on the short side so once cut it measured 4-1/4" x 11" It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

Using the globe die from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle I cut the piece out on the upper part of the card, leaving equal spacing on the sides and top. 

A piece of DSP from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package was cut at about 3-3/4" x 3-1/2" and taped to the inside of the front panel. I cut a piece of Basic White that was just a hair short of 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" and taped it to that same area to hide the DSP.  

Next came all of the stamping. The house was stamped using Pecan Pie ink. The trees were stamped using Garden Green, the mountains were stamped using Pool Party and the solid trees were cut from Garden Green card stock. I was using what I had on hand for those trees. Three Basic White snowflakes were also cut out.

The words are from the same "Snowy Wonder" bundle and were stamped using Pool Party ink. I cut the piece to measure about 5/8" and 2" long. The left side is flush with the front of the card's left edge and the right side was cut at an angle.  

I just looked at the original card for placement of all of the pieces. I just love the look of this card, it's so fun and cute!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Sparkling Snowflakes, One of Kind, Sophisticated Sled, Encircled in Nature, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. I just couldn't leave yesterday's card alone. I obsessed about it all day and knew I just had to dress it up. What do you think? Please read on to see what I added to dress the card up.

I cut two boughs from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle. I used Old Olive and Garden Green card stock. I cut the Old Olive piece in half. I set them aside.

Then I cut out 3 pairs of the thin branches using Old Olive card stock. They came from the "Encircled in Nature" bundle. 

And the bow is from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle. I stamped the image using black Memento ink and I fussy cut the bow from the image. I colored the bow using my light Real Red Blends Pen and then added low lights using the dark pen. I also colored some rhinestones using the dark pen. I set them aside to dry.

I picked a spot where I wanted the greenery to start. If you view the circle as a clock it was be at the 11. I added some glue and set three of the thinner Old Olive pieces in place. The ones on the upper part were cut back about 1" or they would hang well beyond the card size.

The Garden Green piece was set on top of the pieces just added and then the two pieces of Old Olive boughs were added. I gave them a minute to set up and then I glued on the bow.

Clear rhinestones were added to the snowflakes and the red rhinestones were added to the greenery.

Now didn't that dress up the snowflake wreath? I like this card a whole lot more now!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see the improvement to the Christmas card,
Wanda

Sparkling Snowflakes, One of a Kind, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a simple looking Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Balmy Blue card stock. Did you notice I didn't use Basic White for the card base? I step out of my box now and them for a card or two! I usually use Basic White to save on card stock because of the cost and I will use a color for a back layer. I could have done that too but the layer would not have shown very much, just a sliver (about 1/8"). So I decided to use a half-sheet instead. Okay, so where were we. Oh, the card base. I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" pieces of Basic White card stock, one for the inside and one for the front. I taped the one to the inside.

I took the piece for the front and scrubbed on some Balmy Blue ink using my Blending Brush. I tried to make it into somewhat of a circle, leaving the center lighter than the outer part.

The snowflakes were cut using the die from the "One of a Kind" bundle. I cut 7 of them using Basic White card stock. I took a 1-1/2" circle I had punched and set it on the the center of the piece and I added the snowflakes one by one using some mono glue. 

Then the words were stamped using Balmy Blue ink. They are from the "Sparkling Snowflakes" set. And I called the card done.

I think I could have centered it better and I think it could use some finesse. Maybe I'll work on that in a few days. It's so busy with all the things I need to get done for Christmas eve (which is only 4 days away -YIKES!). 

I thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Joyful Images, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I picked a card from the mini catalog, sort of. I used what I had and improvised. It's from page 17 if you'd like to see it. Please read on to see how I made this card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock. I colored the bottom area using Real Red ink and my Blending Brush. I started at the bottom and worked my way up towards the middle. I kept the bottom area dark like in the photo. 

The images are from the "Joyful Images" package. I used two candy canes, a bow, the envelop and a green strip. I put them together they way they looked in the photo. 

The words were done on my computer. I used the font called "Ink Free" and the code for the Real Red color (R-201,G-30,B-69 for those of you who want the color code). I used 18 pt on the font. I trimmed it to 1-5/8" x 7/16". I glued it to the bottom edge of the envelope piece. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card. 

I just LOVE the way this card looks. It's SO pretty and I want to keep it and not give it away! LOL

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Snowflake Sky, Snowy Scene, Snowy Wonder, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick and easy card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it with the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

A 4" x 1-1/2" strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Take a Bow" 6" x 6" stack. I glued that to the front of the card about 1/2" from the fold.

The snow globe is from the "Snowy Scene" 12" x 12" package of DSP, I fussy cut it out.  I stamped the greetings from the "Snowy Wonder" bundle using black Memento ink. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place on the front of the card.

I added some snowflakes from the "White Loose Snowflakes" container using glue and the card was done. 

This was such a fun card to make and I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Snowy Scenes, Christmas Labels, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a whimsical Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/2" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package and taped it to the front of the card.

Then I took a 2-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Poppy Parade card stock and I snipped the right side to look like a ribbon end. I cut in about 1/2". I taped this piece to the front of the card, centering it as much as I could by eyeing it.

Next I fussy cut the globe scene from the "Snowy Scenes" package of DSP. I took my Garden Green marker and traced around the globe to give the edge a bit of color. Just trace it like you are trying to copy the shape. You can also take the belly of the marker on the brushed side and run it along the edge but you have a bigger chance of slipping and marking up the image (well I do anyway). I set this piece in place using Dimensionals.

The words are from the "Christmas Labels" bundle and were stamped using Poppy Parade ink on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the same bundle. I also cut a Garden Green label. I trimmed off the outer parts on the white piece and taped it to the green piece. Then I taped the piece over the bottom part of the snow globe. 

For a final touch, using glue I added snowflakes from the "White Loose Snowflakes" container. And the card was done.

This was a fun and quick card to make. 

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Snowflake Sky, Snowy scenes, Sophisticated Sled, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an easy Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I glued this to the front of the card base. 

A 2-5/8" x 5-1/4" piece of Garden Green card stock. On top of that is a 2-3/8" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I taped the DSP to the Garden Green strip. I glued this to the front of the card about 1/2" from the fold. 

The tree was added next. It was cut from a piece of Garden Green card stock using the solid die from the "Decorative Trees" set. It was textured using a pine needle looking embossing folder. I used a chalk pen and colored on some "snow" around the tree to define the branches more and give it a bit of color. I glued it on top of the DSP strip about 1-1/8" up from the bottom edge of the card.

The snowman went on next. It's from the "Snowy Scenes" package of DSP and was fussy cut. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set in place about 1/2" from the bottom edge of the card base and about 3/8" from the right edge. 

The words are from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink. I used the retired "Double Oval" punch to punch them out. Using the same punch, I punched out the scalloped oval. I taped the two ovals together, Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

For a final touch I thought the tree could us a bit more something than just the chalk pen so I glued on some snowflakes from the "White Loose Snowflakes" container and the card was done.

I think it's so cheery looking.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Season of Green & Gold, Spotlight on Nature, Greetings of the Season, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an elegant looking card to share with you. Please read on to see how I made it.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Garden Green card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut two pieces of 4" x 5-1/4" Basic White pieces. One I taped to the inside and the other I textured using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I glued that one to the front of the card.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Season of Green & Gold" 12" x 12" package. I cut the top piece at 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" and the square piece was cut at 3" x 3".

The layers behind the DPS pieces were cut at 1-3/4" x 3-3/4" and 3-1/4" x 3-1/4". I taped the DSP to the layers and then I glued the pieces in place on the front of the card, it's about 1/4" from the edges.  

I stamped the words from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle using Versa Mark. I sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and heated to set. I cut them out using the 3rd smallest die in the "Spotlight on Nature" bundle. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the center of the square piece.  And that was it.

This was a very quick card to make and it's got a touch of elegance to it too!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Greetings of the Season, Snowy Scenes, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another quick and easy Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 1-1/4" x  5-1/2" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Snowy Scenes" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the left side of the card.

I didn't like how plain the right side was so I took a quarter sheet of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. Then I trimmed it to 3" x 5-1/2" and glued it to the right side. I did have to trim the edge a bit with my scissors but it was such a slight amount hanging over that I could have left it but it would have bugged me for all eternity (LOL) so I trimmed it.

Next I fussy cut the penguin snow globe and the tree from the same package of DSP. 

The tag is from the "Greetings of the Season" bundle and was cut from a piece of Basic White card stock. I stamped the words from the same bundle using Garden Green ink. I glued this to the front of the card about 5/8" down from the tip and the top edge and about 1" from the fold. 

A red and white Baker's Twine bow was tied and glued over the hole of the tag.

The tree and penguin were set in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. It's pretty simple and I think that tag could have used some snowflakes  stamped on it or something, it's a bit too plain. But you can decorate your own and make it look better.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Encircled in Nature, Christmas Labels, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a serene Christmas card to share with you. It's very easy to make too, so grab a cup of coffee and your supplies and let's get started.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I took a separate piece of card stock to make a template. I used the 5th smallest circled in the "Deckled Circles" die set. I also used that die on the front of the card. I centered the die as much as I could by eyeing it. I taped it down with Post-it tape and cut it out. I saved the center (why I don't know but I may come up with an idea some day, right? LOL). 

This part was a bit tricky and it took a little patience. I took the template and matched up the cuttings with the cuttings of the circle on the front of the card. Once I got it matched up I trimmed away any parts on the template that would be in my way. I taped down the template and then scrubbed on some Misty Moonlight ink using my Blending Brush. The worst part was over!

Next the trees were cut using the die from the "Encircled in Nature" bundle, using Basic White card stock. I glued them to the inside of the card on the Misty Moonlight circle.

I took a chalk pen and added some falling snow.

The top layer is a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and was cut using the 6th smallest die, it's the one larger than the 5th one used for the first opening and stencil. I did line up the piece over the opening on the front to get it centered as much as possible. I cut the circle and then textured the piece using the "Snowflake Sky" embossing folder. I set the piece in place on the front of the card using Dimensionals.

The words are from the "Christmas Labels" bundle and were stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using Misty Moonlight ink. I cut them out using a die from the same bundle. I set the words in place with Dimensionals.  And the card was done.

I think it's a very soft and peaceful looking card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda