I have been wanting a Christmas light strand set. I had one on my wish list for a couple years, but never bought it – and I’m so glad I didn’t. I love this set by PaperTrey.
I have lots of ideas for this set, but for this card, I kept it very simple.
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I had to get one more card in today (tomorrow I really must get the teacher gift cards wrapped up).
This card was created for the new Runway Inspired Challenge.
The dress reminded me of paper piercing so I tried my hand at a simple pergamano. I stamped the image using Sahara Sand ink then pierced the vellum. Using a Spellbinders die I turned the Oval Doily into a frame. The vellum is glued to the back of the frame, then I added dimensionals and backed it all with white (so that what is going on in the background didn’t interfere with the piercings).
The side panel is Damask Designs stamping with the old Lemon Tart ink onto Fine Linen card stock.
I finished it all off with rhinestone swirls. Those were a *pain* to get on. If anyone has suggestions for how you get them from the backing sheet to the project, I’d love to hear them!
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I’m getting my card in just under the wire. I haven’t had a lot of time to stamp, but I *love* the inspiration photo over at For Your Inspiration. I had so many ideas, but only time to make one card.
I’ve decided it is time to make an ink index though – I usually chose my colors by picking out paper, but so often they just don’t match well enough. I ended up changing all my ink choices, lol.
Anyway, this is an old background from StampinUp. I inked sections with different shades of purple. There is a splash of turquoise in the inspiration photo and I pulled that into my project with the ribbon. I also added rhinestones to the bottom row of flowers (though you can’t see them in my photo) – that is to mimic the lights in the buildings.
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While I was at mom’s house this summer, I was able to pick-up some old retired rubber she was selling.
I love the little scene in this set!
I wanted a pop of color, which I accomplished with the bit of holly. That bit of holly also allowed me to include ribbon on my card without adding a knot or bow – so the card stayed flat and mailable.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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