Saturday, November 18, 2017

Santa Face Easel Card


This card was fun to make 
and I love how it turned out!
Based off of my Santa Face Cuttlebug Card,
only round and turned into an easel card.












I started with a 5 1/2" circle of white card stock.

I  hand drew the beard shape along the bottom portion
then cut it out with scissors.

I ran it through the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder.
The hand drawn mustache and shortened Word Window punch
eyebrows were also embossed with this folder. 

I traced the large white head piece onto
a piece of folded white card stock.
It was then cut out to make the card base.

The face, nose and lips are Blush Blossom card stock
with actual blush rubbed on in places.
The mustache is glued just in the center.
The nose is adhered with a pop dot.

The eyes are 3/8" circle punches with white details
added from a Signo gel pen. 

The  hat is cut with a large circle die
from textured red card stock
and the brim is hand cut from white.

Assorted paper punches were used to create
the embellishments on the hat. 
There is also a touch of red glitter. 
There may even be a stray piece of cat hair
on it somewhere since 
my cat was supervising me!





Friday, November 17, 2017

Happy Little Snowman Card







Cute little snowman image 
(oldie from Stampin' Up!)
colored with markers.

The glittery snow is nail polish ! 
Yes, it even works on fun foam (snowflake).

It's layered onto embossed card stocks,
attached with pop dots for dimension.

Bakers twine accent.

The inside sentiment is 
"Hope your Christmas is snow much fun"


Thanks for looking =) 





Thursday, November 16, 2017

Gift Giving Snowmen Christmas Card








Reusing an old gift card holder I made years ago.
I cut the front off then stamped snowmen on it.
I used white acrylic craft paint to make them white
on the Almost Amethyst card stock. 
Details were added with markers. 

Glitter along the torn edge of white card stock
for a fun detail on the "snow covered"ground.

The stamped piece is mounted onto shimmery paper
then attached to the amethyst and white the striped card base,

Thanks for looking =)

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Chalkboard Greeting Christmas Card



Another pretty simple Christmas card.

The image was stamped with white craft ink
onto black card stock. The edge of the ink pad
was then swiped along the edges.
It is layered onto red card stock and a piece
of white card stock than has been embossed.
This is attached with pop dots over bakers twine
that has been wrapped around the decorative paper panel.

Thanks for looking =) 


Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Penguin Joy Christmas Card



A fairly simple Christmas card.

The penguins image from Stampin' Up!
was stamped then colored with markers.
It's mounted to red card stock then
attached with pop dots over bakers twine.

The patterned paper was from and old
Die Cuts With A View Christmas Stack. 


Thanks for looking =) 

Monday, November 13, 2017

Sew Much Fun Stitched Christmas Cards











Using up the last of the blank premade cards with real stitching that I bought on clearance !
The cards were stitched on the front and back, made from hand made paper (so the packaging said).
They included simple white paper liners and silver envelopes.



This particular set has a computer generated sentiment that I created and printed out.

The naturals card stock sentiment tag is stitched using a sewing machine to patterned paper
that reminded me of a quilt (it's an old pattern from Die Cuts With A View).

The tag is adhered to the card front then embellished with a paper punched button and twine.

Thanks for looking =)

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Merry Die Cut Christmas Cards




Today I'm sharing another set of cards I made with a set of
blank premade, handmade paper cards I bought on clearance
several years ago. I only made two of these, 
the were a bit tricky for me to get the die cut
stuck down neatly ;) 

I made these cards months ago,
but never shared them.

The note cards have a shimmery green
"heat embossed"design on them.

I die cut the word Merry then carefully glued it in place.

The word Christmas was stamped and heat embossed white.

The holly leaves were heat embossed green onto
green card stock then cut out with scissors.

The berries are red glitter faux brads.
 made by covering 1/4"paper punched circles
with red glitter glue. 
The strip is also covered with red glitter glue.

Thanks for looking =)

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Thank You, Veterans





We thank you today and everyday.







Take A Moment To Thank A Veteran

When you see someone in a uniform,
Someone who serves us all,
Doing military duty,
Answering their country’s call,

Take a moment to thank them
For protecting what you hold dear;
Tell them you are proud of them;
Make it very clear.

Just tap them on the shoulder,
Give a smile, and say,
"Thanks for what you’re doing
To keep us safe in the USA!"

By Joanna Fuchs

Friday, November 10, 2017

Glittery Happy Holidays Cards







Today I'm sharing a set of cards I made with 
blank premade, handmade paper cards I bought on clearance
several years ago.

I made these cards months ago,
but never shared them.

The note cards have a glitter green embossed
tree design on them.

I added stamped sentiment panels (Stampin' Up!)
accented with glitter and
layered onto green card stock.
Oh yes,  I made a huge mess making these cards !


Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my cards in the current Winter Sparkle challenge at Crafting By Designs

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Christmas Cards 2 - heat embossing











Today I'm sharing a set of cards I made with 
blank premade, handmade paper cards I bought on clearance
several years ago.

I made these cards months ago,
but never shared them.

The note cards have a shimmery green
"embossed"design on them.

The sentiment (Stampin' Up!)
was heat embossed green.
I ran the edges of the tags
along a Versamark ink pad
then sprinkled on silver embossing powder,
heat set it.

Red grosgrain ribbon and appliques from my craft stash
to finish them off.

Thanks for looking  =)

I'm entering my cards in the current Winter Sparkle challenge at Crafting by Designs