Monthly Archives: December 2011

Chilly Spark

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I’m interrupting my week of mailable Christmas cards so I can post this card…hope you don’t mind 🙂

I recently bought a bunch of Paper Smooches stamps – I love the cute designs! As I was checking out their website I found their challenge website: Paper Smooches Sparks.

The current inspiration challenge is photo of a frame arrangement. The blue and white color scheme made me think “cold”, and that is what I used as my inspiration to create my card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Warm Thoughts
Stamps: My Peeps, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Rain, Black, White (PTI);
Other: yellow marker (Copic); snowflake die (MFT); bling (Hero Arts); Northern Flurries embossing folder (SU); Fillable Frame 11 die (PTI);

Festive Foliage

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One of my favorite Waltzing Mouse sets is Festive Foliage because I love holly and these have big bold images. The set is so easy to use – and it pairs up so well with the Compliments of the Season sentiment set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

A Merry Christmas
Stamps: Festive Foliage, Compliments of the Season (WMS); Fillable Frames 11 (PTI);
Colors: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Very Vanilla (SU); Black (PTI);
Other: Fillable Frames 11 die (PTI); dimensionals;

Inspired Christmas

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This card is a mash-up of cards by Nicole Heady and Maile Belles. I really loved Nichole’s layout on this card (see original post). I changed up the colors as a starter.

The make-up of the wreath is pulled from Maile’s card (see original post).

To finish up the card, I impressed the bottom inch of the vanilla panel to add a bit of texture.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons, Bells & Boughs, Holiday Photo Finishers;
Colors: Celery (SU); Chocolate, Kraft, Poppy;
Other: Bells & Boughs die, Picnic Plaid impression plate;

Christmas Re-Makes

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I make Christmas cards for a family friend. She needs about 25 cards. I truly do not enjoy making that many cards of one design, so I normally do about 4 each of 7 designs (that means she has a couple extras just in case).

My main goal for the cards I make for her is that they be easily mailable (i.e., flat). I have a hard time with flat – I always want to add at least a bow…but I love all seven designs. This week I’ll be showing off those cards.

These first two designs I’m showing here are actually re-makes of cards I created before.

First up is a card using StampinUp’s Tree Trimming set. I love this forest green and gold combination that I used in the previous card (see if here). This time around I chose to leave off the sentiment panel and just emboss it directly on the card base (much less distracting).

I must say embossing is so much easier with good quality, fresh powder!

My other re-make is a favorite of mine (view the original). I only changed the colors – but I love this new color scheme and that is why I’m sharing it. This time around I used Aqua Mist and Lavender Moon.

Stop by again all week to see more Christmas cards.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Christmas Projects

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My mom, a StampinUp demonstrator, hosted a 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter again this year. And, as in the past, I helped her with the issues.

These three projects were ones I created for the newsletter.

First up is a pop-top can. This was the first one of these I made. It was surprisingly easy – I just followed the directions at SplitCoast.

This next project is a tree decoration – Double Ball Ornament. Again, I followed directions at Splitcoast.

The only tip I have is to be careful you don’t over bend your pieces, they really need to stay flexible.

And, if you can find the right hat pin, it will make all the difference! Mine did not have a ribbon eye so I had to fake that bit and it didn’t really last.

All the projects here use Holly Berry Bouquet paper from the StampinUp Holiday mini.

And finally, my last project. This was so cool. This little box is actually created using the StampinUp Petal Cone die! Dawn Olchefske created a great video showing just how to make the box.

All supplies are StampinUp, but if you have any specific questions – don’t hesitate to ask!

Thanks for stopping by!