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

Flowering Flourishes Festive Flurry Snowflake Card

Today I found a fun and beautiful snowflake card.  I thought it was just stunning.  You can see the original card here.  I was at Terri's Stamp-a-Stack and it was on her display boards from swaps that she had participated in.  

You need a piece of the silver foil paper.  It's so shiny!  And you will need some Whisper White card stock.  

The Flowering Flourishes set was used to make the beautiful Flourish which was stamped using the Smok Slate ink pad and stamped off once.  Straight from the pad is just too dark.

Then the snowflakes were done using the Festive Furry set and the dies.  You also need a piece of the silver glitter paper.  I am not overly fond of the star in the center and I wish I would have just laid it on the center of the snowflake first so I could see how it looked before setting it in place (crooked).  I think I would have added a larger glittered circle instead.  

The layered piece was set in place using Dimensionals  Oh and that piece measures 4-1/4" x 3"  (the white piece).  

The glittered circles are 3/8" circles.

The top snowflake is the second largest in the set.  And the die that is used to cut it out is also the same die used to cut a piece out of the silver glitter paper.  Then the next largest snowflake was used, using the ink directly from the pad.  Unlike the smaller snowflake that used the ink stamped off once.  It's just too dark to use it right from the pad.  I tried that.  Not so pretty!!  

The greetings are from the new  "Endless Wishes" Photopolymer Stamp set.  Those are such fun sets.  Lots of pieces to them and not a lot of money!! Plus you can see where you are stamping it.  

That about covers it all.  So if you are going to make one, try setting a 1/2" glittered circle in the center of the snowflake instead of the star.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Winter Frost Designer Bag Weekend Project

I found this fun bag while surfing on Pinterest.  I have spent WAY more time on that site than I planned to!!!  And I know I'm not the only one who can say that!!  But there are fun things on there and I have learned stuff too.  So I guess that makes being on there ok, right?  Can you see that I'm trying to get some allies to help me justify the time I spend on Pinterest?  LOL 

This bag was actually very simple to make.  And when I go to make more of them I am going to change the pattern just a little bit.  I am going to make a score line in the middle of the sides and an upside down "V" from corner to corner, meeting in the middle.  I don't care much for bags that sort of form the fold line on the sides.  I like the crisp lines and I like my bag to fold with the score lines.  It has a much cleaner and neater look.  Ok, with that said I will continue!  I added a bit of bling to the bottom corner.  I had made these scored circle things a while back for a card swap and I had an extra one that was just sitting on my counter.  It must have been sitting there for this very reason!!!  See, this is why I never throw out stuff!!  

To close the top of the bag, you punch a couple of holes and tie a bow.  There's lots of other ways you can close the bag too.  I am thinking that my next one may close with Velcro.  That way I could move the rosette looking thing up to the tip of the flap.  Or move the rosette thing down a little below the tip of the bag so that tip fits behind the rosette thing and stays closed that way.  LOTS of options for the closure on the bag.

One tip on the bag.  Watch the video carefully.  You are directed well on the scores and the first cutting but when it comes to cutting the sides you have to remember to leave a little paper on each side so you have something to glue the sides to.  And use glue!  Snail won't stick for long and Sticky Strip is difficult to work with when you are doing long strips.  I don't have a lot of luck with taping long sides of bags like that.  Glue is my fixative of choice here.  Okay, I think that is it!!!  You can find the instructions to make this bag here.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Christmas Collectibles Christmas Bulb Card

I was SO excited to share with you this fun bulb card that I had made at Terri's FABULOUS Stamp-a-Stack earlier last week.  We had some VERY fun and pretty cards to make. I had a great time and I'm going to share with you the cards I made.  I posted one on the 15th.  We made 5 different cards (3 of each).  This is the second one I made.

I LOVE Washi tape.  The Season of Style Washi Tape is SO festive.  This tape is extremely easy to use too.  You just cut or rip it off and stick it to your card stock.  It doesn't get much easier than that! 

The bulb is from the "Christmas Collectibles" set.  I stamped the image 3 times.  You punch them out and fold each one in half.  Then you glue or tape the bulbs together.  Then you tape it to the front of the card, just below the last row of Washi tape.  Tie a piece of ribbon and tape that in place above the bulb.  Stamp the words and you are done!  So simple, so quick and SO SO cute!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Warmth & Wonder Christmas Card

I have made SO many Christmas cards over the years for samples that I think I could actually remove them all from my stash and send them out without having to make an additional card this year!!!  But I won't because I just can't part with them!!! LOL  And besides, I usually make a snowman, take a photo and use that as our Christmas cards.  Which, by the way, I need to get started on!  I don't want to be stuck at the last minute making our cards!  

Today's card comes to you from Sandy at Stamp with Sandy. I had run across this card while looking for something else and I had to add it to my Pinterest board.  I thought it was a fun card.  I did change the background paper because I didn't have the same kind that Sandy used.  Mine came from the "Season of Style" decorative paper stack.  I had a scrap piece sitting on my worktable so I thought I would use it.  It was a bit narrow but it worked and it looks great on this card.  I also changed the Crumb Cake background. I stamped the snowflakes on using Crumb Cake ink instead of VersaMark.  

This was a super easy card to make and it's also cute!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Envelope Maker Party Popper Weekend Project

I actually accidentally ran across this fun Party Popper while surfing for the Santa card I made yesterday.  I thought I would give this a whirl.  I did like to play with the party popper die that Stampin' Up! use to sell but this is a great replacement.  I get to use the envelope punch.  I want to wear that thing out before it retires!!! LOL

I used Soft Sky paper on mine and I used the snowflake paper from the "Winter Frost" paper stack.  And I did layer that decorative paper on top of a piece of Basic Gray card stock.  I had cut the card stock 1-7/8" x 1-3/8" and I cut the decorative paper 1/8" less on two sides.  I added some pearls all around the piece and I called it done!  My plan was to put a die cut snowflake on it but I just went with the pearls instead.  

You can find the directions for this fun party popper here at LibbyStamps.   There is a video and written instructions.  I much prefer the written instructions.  I find that the videos tend to waste more time.  I don't care much for watching people cut or score or even embellish.  Just show me the finished product, the instructions with measurements and let me play!  I can cut and score and embellish without having to see that being done!  Just the basics is all I really need in a video.  So when I see that the designer has written instructions too I tend to go there instead!  Anyway, have fun making these!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Color Me Christmas Christmas Card

I'm not sure why I bought this stamp set.  Maybe because it had a cutesie look to it!  I'm not sure.  But I have it and I need to make some cards with it.  

While surfing for some inspiration I ran a cross a card that looked much like this!  I say "much like this" because I had to change a couple of things on it because I didn't have the items.  I changed the ribbon and I changed the words.  The circle is also different. I used a circle punch and the original one was done using the Framelets Circle dies.  I don't have those yet.  I do have an older set of them but they are not Stampin' Up! and they don't have any of the same sizes in them.  So odd!  

I do like how the card turned out.  It's festive and fun!

The original card was made by Wendy Aungst.  I could not find her web site to link to it.  I did find the card in the page of cards here if that helps you to see the original!

I could see myself making a bunch of these cards.  As long as the decorative paper from the "Season of Style" pack holds out!!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Snow Day Snowman Card

Today's card comes to you from "Stamp with Amy K's" blog.  I bought this set because I LOVE snowmen.  I mean I REALLY do LOVE snowmen!  As many of you know I make at least one every year (providing we have the wet sticky snow to make one - though one very cold year I did bring the snow in the house to warm it up and I made a small snowman - now tell me that isn't LOVE!!! LOL).

Anyway, I am not having as much fun with this set as I thought I would.  So I decided to go on the net for some inspiration.  I did find a card that I totally liked so I thought I would copy it. 

I did change the words at the bottom but for the most part it's exactly like the original card.

The snowman is stamped using Soft Sky and the card stock used here is Soft Sky as well.  And the stamping is done on Whisper White.  I used Cherry Cobbler for the red parts and black StazOn for the darker parts.  The hat was colored in using a marker.  I didn't have the Soft Sky marker (I don't know why I am missing that marker) so I stamped the hat using the Soft Sky ink pad and used a blender pen to remove the ink I didn't want and colored in those areas with the Cherry Cobbler marker.  Missing marker problem solved on this card.

It's an easy card to make and  now I'm off to look for more snowman inspiration.

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Color Me Christmas Christmas Tree Card

I though it was now time to post some Christmas cards.  I was going to wait a bit longer but I realized that people are starting to look for ideas for their Christmas cards.  I realized that when I was surfing for some Christmas card ideas myself.  

I had run across a card by Amy O'Neill.  I took part of her layout on the background and that was about it.

I liked the embossed "X"'s. I didn't have the same decorative paper she used so I used a piece from the"Season of Style" paper pack. I didn't have the same stamp set she used so I used the tree from the "Color Me Christmas" set.  I didn't have the same color ribbon so I used some red taffeta that I had.  Other than the embossed edges this card doesn't look much like Amy's card at all.  That just proves that you can find inspiration in any card you see.  Pick a part you like from one card (or several cards) and put a card together to create an original card!!  The best of the best!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda