Christmas in August

 

Hello friends!

I have sooo many Christmas cards to make!  So today I'm sharing a Christmas card with you inspired by the ABC Christmas Card Challenge... New and Old.

 I'm using an Old stamp set - the Poinsettia one - that I'm not exactly sure what company it's from and a New stamp set - Oh Holy Night by Sweet & Sassy Stamps. 

So tell me, are you a one of a kind Christmas card maker?  Or a mass producer?  I would love to mass produce my card, but I don't do it very often.  I get overwhelmed if there were a lot of steps to it and I think about doing them all over and over.  But I love to do all the steps the first time because it is like figuring out how to put a puzzle together. :)

Have a great day and be sure to check out the challenge!

Blessings!

Tricia

{Stamp Simply} Christmas Card Set

Hello everyone!

I have a trio of mailable or giftable Christmas cards to share today, featuring the JustRite Christmas Vintage Labels Seven set and some Kaisercraft Mistletoe paper.  Here are some single shots...

Such a quick and easy card!  I used a few Kaisercraft pearls for some bling.

I hand cut around the larger frame, but the smaller one is cut and embossed with a die from the Spellbinders/JustRite Vintage Labels Seven Die Set.

Who doesn' t need some Thank You notes at Christmas time??  The pretty rectangle die is from the Spellbinders Celebrations Pierced Rectangle Die Set.

Here's another group shot...

Wouldn't it be fun to package these in a Clear Box and give them as a gift?

Here's my Stamp Simply Shopping List...

JustRite Christmas Vintage Labels Seven

Kaisercraft Mistletoe 6.5" x 6.5" Pad

Kaisercraft Pearls

Spellbinders Vintage Labels 7

Spellbinders Celebrations Pierced Rectangle Dies

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Tricia

{Stamp Simply} Joy to the World

Have you started playing Christmas carols at your house yet??  Ours came out as soon as the Hallmark Christmas movies started, and, of course, this is one of our favorites!

I stamped my sentiment over a poinsettia / snowflake from JustRite's Festive Poinsettia set.  It is actually stamped on the reverse side of a Celebrations embossed pierced circle, and I outlined it with a TN1 Spectrum Noir marker to make it stand out.  I stamped the extra little snowflakes in kraft ink and cut them out, popping them up over my main sentiment panel.  The papers are all from the pretty Basic Grey Evergreen pad and the sketch is this week's Viva La Verve sketch.  A few rhinestones and TaDa!  Another Christmas card done!!

Here's my Stamp Simply shopping list...

Verve Joy to the World

JustRite Festive Poinsettia

Basic Grey Evergreen

Celebrations Pierced Circle Die

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

3d Foam

{Stamp Simply} Holly Jolly

Hello again!

I have a quick and easy card to share with you today!  I've been playing along with some of the Hope You Can Cling To challenges at SplitCoast Stampers and one of the challenges was to use strips of paper on your card.  What a great idea for this card!  I pulled three papers from the BoBunny Christmas Collage and pieced together a background, complete with a snow storm-ish looking paper for the sky.  Then I stamped and cut out the snowman, his hat and a few stars, and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers.  I attached the cut pieces, stamped a greeting from the Christmas Vintage Labels Seven set and added a few rhinestones, just for fun.

Here's the Stamp Simply Shopping list...

JustRite Applique Christmas Labels One

Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Lippy Red

3D Foam

JustRite Christmas Vintage Labels Seven

BoBunny Christmas Collage 6x6 Paper

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

{Stamp Simply} CAS Poinsettia

It is so fun around the holidays to pick up a new paper pack (or two, or six!) to play with.  Today I used a pretty pack from Basic Grey called "Evergreen".  The patterns are perfect for the holidays and beyond!

For my main image, I stamped the Stampavie Poinsettia stamp on a piece of Ranger Watercolor paper that I had cut out with a pierced rectangle die.  I stamped it in Versafine Black Onyx ink so I could watercolor with my Distress Markers.  Basic watercoloring (without a lot of shading) is a quick way to color large images! When I was done I attached it to my patterned paper mats and then I stamped a sweet little tag with the JustRite Applique Christmas Labels One set and popped it up over my image with a little gold string bow for a simple and elegant card.

Here's my Stamp Simply shopping list...

Basic Grey Evergreen 6x6

Stampavie Poinsettia

JustRite Applique Christmas Labels One

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Distress Markers

Ranger Watercolor Paper

3D Foam

Gold String

Spellbinder Pierced Rectangle Dies

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tricia

{Stamp Simply} And to all a Good Night!

Hello friends!

Have you been following along with the 12 Days of a CAS Christmas posts on the Stamp Simply blog?  Today it is my turn to share a card and I have a fun one for you to try!

Did you know that Sharon carries a number of types of satin cutout ribbon in the store?  Here I've combined 4 different types to make a scene.  I used a doily and some mulberry paper to make a moon and some snow, then layered in some trees and snowflakes and finished off with a few flying reindeer.  It feels like a scene out of 

 Twas the Night Before Christmas!

Here are the products that I used on my card...

Melissa Frances Doilies

Tree Ribbon - Large

Tree Ribbon - Small

Reindeer Ribbon

Snowflake Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

The Shepherd's Song

I love writing poems for the MFT releases, but today I thought I'd share one that I wrote recently that tells a story worth repeating...  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Stamp Simply - Christmas Trio

Hello again, friends!  Ready to see some more gorgeous goodies from the Stamp Simply store??  I don't know as my cards are that spectacular, but I *love* the pretty ribbons and flowers!!

I'm looking ahead to Christmas today, using some new sets released last month by JustRite.  My mission was to use more of the Kaisercraft Devonshire pad if I could, even though it is an autumn colored pad, and just LOOK at the pretty colors I found!  Don't they make you think of a lazy snowstorm with you all curled up inside in front of a fire, drinking hot chocolate and reading a good book?!

Let's start with the clean and simple one...

I started this super simple card by cutting a layer of Kaisercraft Devonshire paper 1/8" smaller than my card base.  I made sure I cut it so the pretty flourish on the paper would be along the right side of the card.  I then cut and embossed a petite circle and trimmed off an edge, so it could fill in on the left side of the card.  I stamped the snowflake from JustRite's Holiday Magic in light blue ink and added a sentiment from the JR Christmas Inside Wishes set in navy ink.  A little stitching and some Kaisercraft Rhinestones finish it off.

My next card uses another sheet of Devonshire paper, this time cut 1/4" smaller than the card base.  I used a leftover piece from my first strip to make a banner, and found a matching tag in the back of the pad.  My sentiment - from JR Festive Poinsettia - was stamped in navy ink on a Teardrop Circle that had been cut and embossed with a Spellbinders die and attached with a 3d foam square.  I added a few gorgeous Prima flowers and leaves, some Kaisercraft Rhinestones, and a pretty seam binding bow tied with string to finish it off.

My last card is just simple, soft and pretty.  One more sheet of Devonshire paper; a Christmas tree from the Justrite Holiday Magic set stamped in blue ink on a lightly sponged Classic Oval diecut; a handcut tag tied with string, with a sentiment from the JustRite set 'Festive Poinsettias'; and a big, soft, gorgeous May Arts silk bow embellished with a couple of Maya Road pins.  

Here's my supply list for the three cards...

Tree...

JR Holiday Magic

JR Festive Poinsettia

Kaisercraft Devonshire Paper

May Arts Silk Ribbon

Maya Road Pins

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

String

Bouquet:

JR Festive Poinsettia

Kaisercraft Devonshire (including tag from back)

Prima Flowers

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

String

Seam Binding Ribbon

Spellbinders Tear Drop Circles

Snowflake:

JR Holiday Magic

JR Christmas Inner Thoughts

Kaisercraft Devonshire Paper

Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circle

Kaisercraft Rhinestones

 Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Tricia

Christmas in July!

Stamps:  Stampin Up, Studio G and Flourishes
DieCuts:  MFT
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Paisley

Merry Christmas! ☺

It's almost the end of July, so I thought I better sneak a few Christmas in July cards on the blog before the month is over. : )

I made these two cards for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges going on over at SplitCoast Stampers.  What fun!  There are 5-6 challenges a day for a week... and the possibility of prizes!  How fun!!  I'm filling up my card box and I'm sure you'll be seeing a number of them here over the next few days.  I have been using whatever stamps I want and mixing stamps and dies from all sorts of companies on the same card.  It's been very relaxing!  Now I need to go clean my stamping desk for tomorrow's challenges...  :}

Stamps:  Stampin Up & Studio G
DieCuts:  Spellbinders Teardrop, Scalloped, and Classic Large circles
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Snowflakes

Sweet Sunday Joy

I got a package in the mail filled with Verve goodies and I wanted to play with this Plain Jane right away... especially because it is HOT in my house because our air conditioning is broken, and I thought thinking about Christmas might help cool me off!! : )

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge for the layout.  Isn't it festive??  I love Christmas!!  And I'm linking to the Paper Players Christmas in July challenge too!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Merry Monday - Card #22

Happy Monday!

I had a minute to make a quick card following the Merry Monday sketch for this week, using an older snowflake set from Stamping Up!  I must say that I'm enjoying this 100in100 challenge!  I am starting to get really low on a few colors of cardstock, though.  It looks like I might have to depart from my comfort zone soon to use up some of the colors I seem to avoid!!

Have a Merry Monday!!

A few more cards to share!

Hello everyone!  Here are a number of cards that I've shared on SplitCoast but not here!!

First, a tag made with the giraffe from the Verve set "To the Moon" and the Santa hat from a TAC set...

Next, I was honored to be chosen as a "cut above" card on the Paper Players challenge blog with the birthday card that I made with Heather Ellis' snowman digi.  I just love coloring this digi!

Then some winter fun with Whimsy and Stars and a sentiment from Verve...

And, finally, a bright and cheery birthday card using another of my favorite Whimsy and Stars images and the Verve Small Phrases set.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! : )

Tricia

Quick Tags

I have a hard time making "gorgeous" tags for Christmas gifts, when I know they will just be thrown away. On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed making these quick and easy tags with the free stamp I got with my last Angel Company order. Isn't the little Cuddly Penguin precious?? I took my color inspiration from my wrapping paper for this Christmas, and it just happened to have some penguins on it, and the colors just happened to be the color challenge colors over at Stamp TV this week. :-)

Have a thankful day!!

Tricia

The Light of Winter

What fun I have had with this Capella paper kit!! Today I used another new set from Clear Dollar called The Light of Winter. I started with a sketch I'd used on a card a month or so ago... and ended up with something entirely different. LOL! :-) This particular card features the billowing clouds velvet ribbon and rhinestones. *So* vintage-y and pretty!! I watercolored with my Tombow markers again. They give such an illusion of depth and shadows.

Here's another card with the candle from The Light of Winter along with the single sentiment Let God's Light Shine. And, of course, more paper and embellishments from my Capella Paper kit. I used my Copics for this card, and made the "candlelight" with pastels. All the details for both cards are down below.

Be sure to visit the other designers' blogs today! There are more samples and sets to be seen!

Here's todays' list...

Lori, Laurie, Angela, Katie, Barb, Lisa, Nancy, Stacy, Cassie, Trudy, Gloria, Kim

Joy
CDS Stamps Used: The Light of Winter
Ink: Memento Black, Not Quite Navy
Cardstock: Capella Paper Kit, Tan CS
Heavyweight Watercolor Paper
Markers Used: Tombow Almond, Mud Pie, Hot Cocoa, Smoke Stack, Billowing Clouds, Pineapple Twist, Pretty Porcelain, Smoke Stack, Melon
Tools & Accessories: Watercolor brush, sponge, River Rock Ink, Oval & Scalloped Oval dies, twine, Rhinestones, ribbon, flower, button from Capella Paper Kit, sewing machine

God's Light
CDS Stamps Used: The Light of Winter
Ink: Memento Black, CDS Spring Green
Cardstock: Capella Paper Kit, Naturals Ivory CS
Markers Used: Copics: YG63, YG11, YR000, YR21, E37, E33, E31, E41,
Tools & Accessories: sponge, Cocoa Ink, Circle & Scalloped Oval dies, brads & flower from Capella Paper Kit, sewing machine, Martha Stewart leaf punch, pastels, CB embossing folder