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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.

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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!

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Pretty Garden

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I created this card for the weekly CAS challenge on SCS (cas146) which was a sketch. I’ve been doing lots of bright fun cards lately so I decided I’d make a pretty one today.

I started by picking the paper which then of course provided my color palette. Then I just needed to find the right stamp set. I ordered this set months ago because I love it, but it actually hadn’t seen ink yet. You can’t see it in the photo, but the card base is embossed with a “line” texture.

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Happy Birthday
Stamps: Flutterby Friend, Birthday Basics (PTI);
Colors: River Rock, More Mustard, Vanilla (SU);
Other: Le Jardin DSP (SU); River ribbon (SU); Linen impression plate (PTI);

Sweet Cards

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I made it to round 3 of the SCS CAS challenge DT try-outs! The final challenge was an inspiration challenge. The image was of lots of Christmas candy, but the top left corner photo is what inspired me most. It had sugar-covered, sherbet-colored trees and gumdrops in white containers.

I actually made a couple cards – but I’ll start with the one I did enter. I started the card with the rainbow to capture those sherbet colors. I ended up doing each color separately – coloring the stripe I wanted using markers (this was easier than I thought it would be!!). I created my own candy lollipop (complete with sugar aka glitter) using a stamp from the Teeny Trees set by Waltzing Mouse. Even though the sentiment leaves it open, this will make a great birthday card!

This is first card I made for the challenge. I love it, but I wasn’t sure it was CAS enough for the competition. Again, I emulated the sugar trees. I thought about doing a rainbow tree, but decided one color would be enough. I decided on the green background because of the wall color in the photo. The tree stand is embossed so you have the same white on white as the containers in the photo.

Since I’ve decided not to make this a challenge card, I may go back and add a topper to the tree – maybe a little yellow star.

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Sweetest Day
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds, Teeny Trees (WMS); Something Sweet (SU-sentiment); Faux Ribbon (PTI);
Colors: White (PTI); Lilac, Bliss, Wasabi, Daffodil, Peach, Regal Rose (SU);
Other: glitter (SU); tag & circle dies (PTI); Daffodil ribbon (SU);
Happy Holidays
Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds (WMS); Happy Everything (SU);
Colors: White (PTI); Wasabi, Pretty in Pink (SU);
Other: glitter (SU); Mat Stack 3 (PTI); Dot embossing folder (Sizzix); Pink ribbon (SU);

Silver Bells

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It is the 25th of the month – that means PTI Blog Hop time! Like last month, PTI selected an inspiration photo as the challenge. This month’s photo is a very pretty scene of Christmas decorated home.

 
I was inspired by the wood and white colored stairs, the silver bucket, the big red bow, and the hanging skates. All those items went into creating my card.

I pulled out my much loved Bells & Boughs set to emulate the hanging skates. I embossed the large bells with silver powder.

The background was stamped with lots of Christmas greetings (the current Make-It-Monday technique).

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Merry Christmas
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bells & Boughs; sentiments from all sorts of PTI sets!
Colors: Garden Green (SU); Kraft, White, Poppy;
Other: Poppy ribbon; Silver EP (Filigree);

Star Teacher

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My oldest kiddo has a wonderful teacher this year – someone who really looks out for the kid’s best interests. This past week was the end of a semester and I wanted to do something special for the teacher.

Our school is a PBIS school – where they focus on positive behavior. One of the elements is filling a person’s bucket with positive thoughts. The aforementioned teacher once mentioned to me she’d love for someone to fill her bucket with chocolate 😀 So naturally I needed to give her a chocolate filled bucket!

I found this awesome bucket in the Target dollar spot. Since it tapers, I could not figure out how to wrap paper around the bucket, so I just decorated it with die cut stars. I embossed the large star with the sentiment.

Of course I needed to add a card. I used more die cut stars. I recently purchased some good real sewing pinking shears. I used them to cut the mat. The main panel is old scrapbook paper that I have no idea where it came from. I stitched the two together. The sentiment is stamped on vellum. The final touch was spritzing the card base with Shimmerz.

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Penguin Party

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I created this card for the heck of it. The idea to put a party hat on the penguin came to me when I was trying to come up with a winter themed card (that I posted yesterday). It took 5 stamp sets to make this simple card! But I’m so happy they all worked so well together!

As I’ve said many times before, layout is not my strong point, so for this card I used a technique that Maile has used a lot recently (check out the last card in her post).

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Make a Wish
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Winter Penguin, Tag Its 2, Birthday Bash Sentiments (candle), Cupcake Collection (sentiment), It’s a Celebration (hat);
Colors: White, Summer Sunrise; Pool Party (SU);
Other: Number DSP; bling (K&Co);

Hot Cocoa

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This week’s CAS challenge at SCS was to use a Christmas/winter theme. As always, I’m making birthday cards. I liked this sentiment because it was vague enough that I could use for any reason – and the image is definitely winter!

I really wanted to do something to the background, but everything I though about was too much. I think I need to get some textured kraft cardstock (I wonder if SU’s crumb cake textured cardstock still has the flecks in it?).

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Sending Warm Thoughts
Stamps: Like it a Latte (SU);
Colors: Kraft, White (PTI); Brown (Palette); Caramel, Poppy (SU);
Other: Candy Cane DSP, Medium Scallop Border die (PTI); ribbon (stash); foam tape;

Bright Presents

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I made it to the next round in the CAS winter DT search! The next challenge was to create a card with one or more presents on it (and thankfully it didn’t have to be holiday themed).

I just received my PTI box today and inside was my Take Three die – one I’ve been wanting for a while now. I decided to put it to use right away. I stamped the presents onto the colored cardstock and embossed with white. I taped the presents behind the die openings. Then I stamped the greeting and adhered the panel to the card base with foam tape. The final touch was a few color coordinated rhinestones.

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happy birthday
Stamps: Holiday Sampler (SU); Wavy Wishes (Hero Arts);
Colors: Black, White, Hibiscus Burst, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise (PTI);
Other: white EP (Filigree); rhinestones (K&Co);