Swirls and Snowflakes card

I think this is the last of the holiday cards I made

and sent to Operation Write Home.

I'll be sharing the other cards I sent them, 

several for kids and men, soon.

This is part of an old, old card I made to give out to

family and friends for Christmas.

It was made about 13 years ago

when I first discovered Stampin' Up!

I didn't even think to take a photo of it before I ripped 

it apart ! It uses the old Frosty stamp set.

The white front piece with the two squares 

punched out was the front of the original card.

It was one single white piece of card stock,

there were no layers. 

I stamped a snowflake and the head of Frosty

in the openings with a square shadow stamp

of light blue ink over them on the inside of the card.

 Simple. 

It is navy blue and white card stock.

Martha Stewart snowflake punches

Silver stickles glue

Funny that the last OWH holiday card I was sharing had a snow theme

when this is the local forecast from last night! 

Thanks for looking =) 

Patterned Pines Christmas Cards

More Holiday Cards sent to Operation Write Home !

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up! though most are now retired
Patterned Pines  and Riveting stamp sets
triple layer punch
embossing folder, Northern Frost (?)

Thanks for looking =)

Curly Christmas Card

All images, inks, paper and embossing folder from Stampin' Up!

Sent to Operation Write Home.

Thanks for looking =)

A Beautiful Season Christmas Cards

Another set of cards I sent to Operation Write Home.

Stamp images from Stampin' Up!

Decorative paper, Lasting Impressions.

Cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder.

 

Thanks for looking =)

Lace Snowflakes Christmas Card

More cards that went to Operation Write Home.

Lace Snowflake images from Stampin' Up!

Season's Greetings, clear stamp unknown

 

Silver metallic card stock

 

Whisper White card stock

 

Blue Bayou and Baja Breeze inks

 

Silver ribbon, reused from old packaging

 

Thanks for looking =)

Christmas Greetings Background Cards

More Christmas card donations to Operation Write Home !

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up! 

although some are no longer available.

I stamped the image with permanent black ink

onto glossy white card stock.

I sponged various colors of ink over it. 

Wide chisel edge Sharpie marker to create

the "faux black layer".

Thanks for looking =) 

Santa's Helpers Christmas Cards

More cards that went to Operation Write Home.

All images from Stampin' Up!

colored with ink pads and an aquapainter.

Decorative paper, Die Cuts With A View stack.

paper punches, Stampin' Up!

 

Thanks for looking =)

Sparkling Season Christmas Cards

More cards that went to Operation Write Home.

Would you believe I still have more to share -

and I haven't even started with the everyday cards !

I've been posting some of the 250 cards I mailed in early October

nearly every day since mid August. Wow !

All images from Stampin' Up!

colored with markers directly to the rubber

 

Decorative paper, Die Cuts With A View stack.

Thanks for looking =)

Free My Digital Studio Download - Today Only !

Woo hoo ! A FREE MDS download in celebration of Digital Scrapbooking Day ! But that isn't all, be sure to check for the daily half off MDS item that this freebie coordinates so well with, challenges and more all week long at MyDigitalStudio.net !!!!!!

Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit

Just Add Sugar 

You can earn this digi kit for free on November 9th at 11:00 am MST by participating in a speed scrap at Scraps-N-Pieces.com  ! The kit is a gift from the designer, Loni at Grace Blossoms 4 U. She is also the speed scrap hostess.

It will be on sale for 50% off between Nov 1 and 3.

It will also be on sale during the Digital Scrapbooking Days sale at Scraps-N-Pieces for 30% off November 4-11.




Here are a couple layouts I made as a member of her creative team. The first is my speed scrap page - my first attempt at such a thing !

A "speed scrap", as it was explained to me,  is a set of instructions posted by the hostess in the forum at Scraps N Pieces over a one hour time period. There is usually one step every 10 minutes. I was fortunate enough to be given the instructions ahead of time so I can see how it worked. I also do not have a good internet connection so a "speed scrap" really wouldn't be speedy for me :(

I used My Digital Studio by Stampin' Up!.

It's easy enough to use other designers kit pieces in

the program. I keep the other designer kits stored in a separate folder

then drag them in as needed.

The leaf shape is part of a purchased set through Stampin' Up!, Wonderfall.

Everything else is part of the Just Add Sugar kit by Grace Blossoms 4 U. 

Thanks for looking =)