Wrapping up Christmas - Part 2

 Thanks for stopping by.

Well here we are at the end of another year.  I'm sharing today the last 2 Christmas cards that I made for 2024

Card #1

First up is this wonderful Nativity card - (Unity Stamps - Born For Us).  

Card Base: Gorgeous Grape, Patterned paper is from an old pad I've had for years.

Image Stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink & colored with pencils.  Added white snow splatters and some sharing.  Stars in the sky have tiny gems on them. - Added a piece of green/gold rimmed ribbon and mounted with foam tape.  

Dies: Rectangle & fishtail.

Card #2

This was a super CAS card done using: Unity Stamps (Guided by Grace) and sentiment is from an old SU set: (For Unto Us)

Card Base: Night of Navy

Image was stamped on Basic White card stock with Versamark Ink and embossed with Cobalt Tapestry embossing powder.  It's a dark blue with flecks of gold in it. - The sentiment was stamped with Gold ep from SU.  I added some dark blue gems to the sides of the card.  Great for a quick yet elegant looking card.

Happy New Year & I'll be back soon in 2025 with new cards to share.

Wrapping up Christmas - Part 1

 Welcome.  I'm wrapping up Christmas cards from 2024 today and tomorrow.

Starting off with a couple of Nature themed cards:

Card #1

For this card I started out with the patterned paper for my inspiration.  It's from Unity Stamps, (Rustic Christmas line)

Next I used 2 stamps (Merry Christmas & a Plaid Stamp) both are from Unity Stamp KOM

The card base was Early Espresso. I cut out the patterned paper with a Unity Scallop/Rectangle die.  Circle Dies were used for the sentiment.  That was stamped on Soft Sea Foam cs and embossed with Gold Glitter embossing powder.  The plaid was stamped with Shaded Spruce ink on Garden Green card stock.  I added some pinecones, leaves and a small poinsettia that were punched with various dies and topped it off with a piece of sparkly gold ribbon and a tiny brown pearl.

Card #2

This was one of my favorite cards I made this year.  I started with a base of Old Olive Card stock.  The stamped a piece of Very Vanilla with the pine cone image from the (Festive Flair - Nov. 2023 KOM)

with Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I used retired chalks from SU to color the pinecones and sprayed with hairspray.  I tore a piece of Old Olive and distressed the edges with Old Olive ink and layered that over the pinecones and cut it out with Unity Postage Dies.  Next up I splattered the image with Antique Bronze Distress Spray and mounted that on the card base. - Finally I used the smaller postage dies and Embossed the sentiment with Copper embossing powder and also distressed the edges and splattered the same spray on it. That was mounted with foam tape on top of the stamped image.

It was very shimmery in real life.

Card #3

This one just made me smile as I knew who it was going to right off the bat. So for this I started with a card base of Cherry Cobbler.  Then I found this cool piece of plaid paper in the little goodie bag from Unity and decided to use it for my card.  I also picked out a piece of designer paper (Unity Rustic Christmas pack) but from there I took a snowflake image from the (Wander and Wonder - Sept. 24 KOM) and some Crushed Olive Distress ink and stamped on top of the designer paper.  I tore the edge, layered it over the plaid piece and cut it out with a Scalloped Rectangle die.

The cat image is from Unity (Ho Ho No Pissy Kitty).  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card stock and colored with pencils. Cut it out with SU Stylish Die and mounted it over a piece of Old Olive card stock.  Stamped the sentiment on a Fishtail die and added some red enamel dots to complete the card.

Thanks for stopping by. Tomorrow I will be wrapping up with my final 2 cards that I made for Christmas of 2024.

More Christmas cards.

 Wow it's almost Christmas! - I hope by now you have everything done that needs to be done.

Today's cards:

First up is this adorable mouse image from Unity Stamps September 2024 KOM (Wander and Wonder) Card Details: Ink used, Memento Tuxedo Black. Card Stock - SU Real Red and Basic White,

Dies: Unity Rectangle dies. Pattern paper was from my stash. Snowflake was from a Tag and Snowflake die I received as a free gift with an order from Scrapbook.com I colored the image with colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.  Added some sequins to finish the card off.

Next up is this sweet little deer image, Unity Stamps, (Little Love Deer). The sentiment for this card and the one above are from another Unity set, (Artic Joyride). Card details: Card Stock, SU Old Olive, Cherry Cobble, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. Punches are from a set I have so not sure of the source.  Image colored with pencils.  Embossing Folder, Swiss Dot. Also used some green enamel dots, a fishtail die and foam tape.  I lightly brushed a white pigment pad over the embossed panel as well.

Next we have this sweet Penguin image from Unity Stamps, (Artic Affection).  The sentiment was a freebie from Unity in one of their awesome little goodie bags they send with orders. Patterned paper is also Unity (Rustic Christmas).  I embossed the image with Versamark and Detail Black embossing powder and then water colored the images with various SU inks.  Card Base was, Garden Green and I also used some Pretty in Pink card stock as well as Basic White.  Circle Dies and Rectangle dies are from Unity.  I added some pretty glitter and a pink heart gem to complete the card.

Finally finishing off today's cards with another darling deer image:  

For this card I used Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic white card stock.

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with pencils blended with Gamsol.  The patterned paper is from, Scrapbook.com Holiday patterned collection.  I also used Unity Scallop and Rectangle dies. Swiss Dot embossing folder,  Unity Grunge Cut tag dies, a small punched star and some baker's twine.

I hope you have enjoyed this group of cards.  I had a lot of fun creating them.

Non-Traditional Christmas

Hello,  Hope you are enjoying the last few days before Christmas - It's such a busy time of year.  

Today I'm featuring a trio of Christmas cards that are not quite as "traditional" as they feature metallic colors.

First up is a card that I made using scraps left over from a this card from 2020

Here is this years version using the same color scheme.

So for this card I used the same patterned snowflake paper but added an embossed white panel. They used my new Joy die (Unity Stamps) and some paper from SU that has silver lines on it.  Circle dies are also Unity. Added a small shimmer pearl to the center of the snowflake. Sentiment panel is raised using foam tape.

This one is much prettier than the picture shows.  It's done in White and Copper Colors.  The embossing folder was a gift from a friend.  I added copper color splatters to it and some copper toned gems.  The stamp is from an old SU stamp set.

Finally a card featuring Navy, White & Gold for the color scheme.

Patterned paper was purchased at a JoAnn's store.  Snowflake die is from Momenta and I added stickles to it.  Used Gold Embossing for the sentiment which is from an old set from, Lizzie Ann Designs that I've had for years.  Added some tiny gold gems in various places.

All these card really sparkle and shine but it's hard to get good photographs of that.

Santa Claus has arrived

 Hello and welcome.  Yes it's been a hot minute since I've posted here.  I've "finally" finished and mailed my Christmas cards.  Today I am featuring a series of (Santa cards) that I made this year.  You've seen this one already:

I made that way back in November.  Here are the other 4 cards I made using the same stamp set:

All cards feature the stamp set: Simon Hurley - Silly Santas and matching dies.

Traditional Christmas colors were used.  If you need information on papers, etc..that I used feel free to message me.  In the interest of time on these cards I'm leaving out all that information.