Quilted Christmas Tree card

These cards were a bit time consuming (aren't most hand made cards though ?).

I stamped the stitched tree image (Stampin' Up!) onto three different patterned papers
from an old Die Cuts With A View Christmas paper stack.

I carefully cut each section apart along the stitched lines.

I then puzzle pieced them back together using three papers per tree.

They were then glued to a die cut circle. The stitching on the circles was created by tracing a circle die with a fine tip marker. This is then glued to a dark brown circle.

The background is created by piecing together three pieces of the same patterned papers I used for the trees. I used a stitching rubber stamp and black ink to make the zig zags along each panel.

I thought about adding a tag with a sentiment, too, but decided against.

Thanks for looking =)

Buttons and Banners Christmas Cards

I have been having fun jazzing up these plain,

premade cards bases bought on clearance some time ago !

There were green shimmery designs on them.

I added hand cut banners, paper punched buttons and twine.

The sentiment was stamped with an old image from Stampin' Up!

Two versions of a fairly quick to make card.

Thanks for looking =) 

Glitter Painted Foam Snowflakes Card

Isn't this a fun , non traditional colors, simple card ?

It was also an experiment:

could I paint fun foam die cut snowflakes with glitter nail polish ?

The answer as you can see is YES ! 

I was happy to see that the foam didn't disintegrate 

or anything from the nail polish.

It also dried just fine on the foam.

I'll definitely do this again to make glittered

snowflakes, it may be a smellier process

(I can't stand the smell of nail polish)

but it has almost no mess. 

The patterned paper was from an old Die Cuts With A View

 Christmas paper stack.

The printed ribbon was bought on clearance at Target

as part of a set several years ago. 

Thanks for looking =) 

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!

Thanks for looking  =)



I'm entering my card in the following challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door -Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/3d card

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 =) 

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 =)

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 =) 

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 =) 

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 =)

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 =)