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Sweet Christmas

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by karen @ carefree creations - Sweet Christmas

I am a little behind in making Christmas cards for a friend. Last year I made 6 of 4 designs. This year I’m going for the opposite: 4 each of 6 designs. I’ve managed to sketch out 4 ideas. This is the first one.

I trimmed the branch piece so that the candy cane could hang on the branch. I did stamp a couple additional pines onto the white panel to fill out the branch.

The candy cane image is quite long – so I had to trim a bit off the end so that I had room for everything.

The sentiment is pieced together from 3 sets!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sweet Christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Candy Cane Christmas, Peaceful Pinecones, Strawberry Sentiments, Mistletoe & Holly sentiment, Wonderful Words: Holiday sentiments (PTI);
Ink/Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, White (PTI); Baked Brown-Sugar marker (SU);
Other: Candy Cane Christmas die (PTI);

Peaceful Stripes

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by karen @ carefree creations - Peace on Earth

I created this card for the Paper Smooches Spark trend challenge: stripes.

I drew the stripes on a piece of cardstock using a ruler and silver pen. The star is also colored in with the silver pen. The pattern paper I used for the tree had tiny dots on it – which I dotted over with the silver pen.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Peace on Earth
Stamps: All Yule Need, Christmas Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Cardstock: Midnight Muse (SU); Smokey Shadow, White (PTI);
Other: Silver pen (Zig); Holiday Thyme DSP (SU); Flag Tags (Paper Smooches);

Christmas Wishes

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by karen @ carefree creations - Christmas Wreath

I did some stamping over the weekend. The Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog is having a Design Team call! This is the first card I made as an entry. I used the bottom photo on their Challenge Photos page as inspiration.

I started by stamping the sentiment in the center of the panel. Then I stamped a small leaf image in 4 different greens around the sentiment. By the time I was done, it was no longer centered, but that is an easy fix…I trimmed it to a square card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Christmas Wishes
Stamps: All Yule Need, Reflections (Paper Smooches);
Ink/Card Stock: White, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy (PTI); Pacific Point, Garden Green, Lucky Limeade, Pear Pizzazz, Certainly Celery (SU);
Other: Vineyard impression plate (PTI);

Santa Flying By

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I am a guest designer for this week’s Clean & Simple challenge at SCS (cas150). The challenge was “windows”. There is a lot of interpretation that could be done for that (and I’ll probably be making another card later today), but this card is what first came to mind.

I used a die from PTI to create the window. Since this should be Clean & Simple, I kept the interior design down to a minimum – no drapes, just white wood paneling. I added a tiny touch of color with a red rhinestone in the sentiment.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Sensational Scenery, Wandering Words (SU); Signature Holiday Greetings (PTI);
Colors: Baja (SU); Pinefeather, Black, White (PTI);
Other: Alpha Block die, Wood impression plate (PTI); Label die (Spellbinders); Rhinestones (HeroArts);

Yuletide Blessings

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I created this card for the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (wmsc68). This was a fun sketch to figure out.

I did some layering (paper tole I think it is called) on the pine cones to help them pop a bit.

Thanks for stopping by!

Yuletide Blessings
Stamps: Festive Foliage, Compliments of the Season, Gingham & Co (WMS);
Colors: Espresso, Cherry, Hunter, Vanilla (SU);
Other: tag die (SU);

Joy

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I had fun making this card. I used a sketch from PageMaps (March 2010).

The card base uses textured card stock. The pattern paper is the Presto Patterns DSP with Razzleberry ink sponged on. Love that paper!

My mom die cut the letters for me. I really need to get a die alphabet – it makes creating so easy!

joy
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Tree Trimmings;
Colors: Always Artichoke, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White;
Other: Presto Patterns DSP, glitter, Razzleberry 1/8″ Taffeta; Scallop Border punch, Naturally Serif sizzix die;

Noel

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I created this card for my mom’s 12 weeks newsletter. It went out a few weeks ago, so it is safe to share this on my blog now. This card made me a fan of Poppy & Pear – they are such a great combo.

The ornament is glittered and popped with a dimensional.

Noel
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Big on Christmas;
Colors: Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, So Saffron, Whisper White;
Other: Poppy ribbon, glitter, Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder;

Elegant Holiday

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I spent most of yesterday at mom’s. I was supposed to be helping her get the stamp room cleaned up (she had just returned from a stamp camp weekend in West Virginia), but I ended up making another card for next month’s stamp camp.

We had already decided on the stamp set to use – Season of Joy. Since I had already done one holiday card and it was a very bright and cheery card, I wanted this card to be different – either non traditional colors, or a more serious feel. Mom had also asked me to work in heat embossing. With all these things in my head, it sorta came together easily. I’m just glad SU hasn’t retired the metallic papers!

We both really love this card – so it is a keeper!

Supplies (All Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Season of Joy;
Ink: Versamark, Vanilla craft;
Paper: Basic Black, Brushed Gold, Bravo Burgundy;
Other: Vanilla taffeta ribbon, Gold EP;

Holiday, Take II

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Here is a different take on the holiday card for stamp camp. While I liked the black photo corners, mom felt they overpowered the card too much. So I took the main image and went in a different direction. She really likes this version, so this is what she’ll be doing in stamp camp.

Supplies (all products Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Big on Christmas, Polka Dot;
Ink: Stazon Black, White, markers: Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, white gel pen;
Paper: Real Red, Glorious Green, Whisper White;
Other: scissors, glue & glitter (on star), red striped grosgrain;

Holiday Card

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I’m starting to work on mom’s stamp camp cards for September. She usually choses the stamp sets and I’ll design the cards. For this set, she asked that the tree be popped and to use glitter somewhere.

I really enjoy using Kraft when I make Christmas cards. So, knowing that, but not wanting to repeat my previous country-style cards, I went with the typical red/green color combination. Since red/green isn’t a favorite of mine, I kept the red as an accent color and used it sparingly.

This is not a stamp set I would have chosen for my own collection, but it was fun to create this card! Though coloring the letters was a bit of a pain 🙂 After coloring the image the word “holidays” felt bare, so I outlined it with the thin tip of the yellow marker – it balances the yellow star nicely. I then added white dots to the tree and that made me think of the Polka Dot background for the accent panel. When that was done it still needed something, so I broke out my Photo Corner punch and that did it for me. Very quick and easy card.

Supplies (all products Stampin’Up!):
Stamps: Big on Christmas, Polka Dot;
Ink: Stazon Black, White, markers: Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, white gel pen;
Paper: Kraft, Real Red, Glorious Green, Whisper White, Basic Black;
Other: Photo Corner punch, scissors, glue & glitter (on star)