Starlight Christmas Card 1

First time I've used these dies to make a card!
I bought them on clearance at Stampin' Up!

earlier this year. Unfortunately they did not 

have the matching stamp set available. 

The embossed background was made with a 

 folder that SU! sold several years ago.

The tiny scalloped and stitched die cut edge is made

with a die from a Valentine's set by SU! .

Glitter paper and shiny silver card stock were used for the 

center star. I was going to add a rhinestone brad,

but decided against it so it would be flatter, mail friendly 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Golden Dasher Christmas Card

 

I have more than enough Christmas cards

completed for this year, leftovers from years past,

but I keep making more!

I'm trying to make some flatter, 

more mail friendly yet still pretty cards

to replace some of the others already completed.

We normally have a large extended family get together

for Christmas each year where I pass out around

40 cards. Due to the pandemic, we had to cancel. 

Because of this, I will be mailing cards

and I don't want to spend more money for

extra postage on thicker, bumpier cards. 

Many of the competed cards are thick and bumpy.

This one is pretty simple

AND has a bit of dimension!

I ran vanilla card stock through a snowflake

embossing folder, adhering it to a gold

metallic card stock base.

The deer and sentiment are heat embossed gold

on vanilla card stock.

The sentiment is mounted on a strip of chipboard

to give it a bit of dimension, but not as thick as pop dots. 

Everything used was from Stampin' Up!,

but are all retired now.

Thanks for looking =) 

Live Your Story Digi Kit

What a gorgeous new digital art kit by MDD Designs 

and it's on sale through November 20th, 2020!

You can buy the packs individually 

OR the entire bundle is on sale for just $10! WOW!

Live Your Story available exclusively at

Pickleberry Pop.

 

Christmas Candles Card

This is the first time I've used this stamp

and it was a bit tricky getting it lined up.

I also had problems getting it to stamp well.

I'm not sure if it was my work surface or

the photopolymer stamps, but I do know 

that it was aggravating. Maybe I needed

something under the paper, on top of my desk.

It looks really neat when it works though!

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!,

many of which are now retired.

(Merry Patterns stamp set)

Thanks for looking =) 

 

'Tis The Season Card

The final card made with this patterned paper.

This is the first time I've used this stamp

and it was a bit tricky getting it lined up.

It looks really neat when it works !

Rubber stamp images (Merry Patterns)

and dies were from Stampin' Up!

Polka dot grosgrain ribbon, unknown

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Shimmery Peppermint Snowflake Card

I may as well make another card (or two!)

with more of that 12 x 12 candy striped paper ;)

The red piece was cut from another card

(I made a window) that I'll share later.

The snowflake embossed background was

something I had already done and not used.

There is shimmer paper on this card

under the striped paper and for the snowflake.

It's difficult to see in the photo.

Same with the glittery embossed sentiment.

There is a also a circle punched from

glitter card stock for the center of the snowflake.

I wanted to keep it flat, mail friendly,

so I didn't use anything bumpy in the center

such as a large rhinestone or brad.

Other than the patterned paper,

everything else came from Stampin' Uo!,

but most are now retired.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Peppermint Wishes Christmas Card

I used another piece from the 12 x 12

candy cane striped patterned paper

that I used on a previous card

to make this clean and simple card.

The sentiment (Joy To The World set by Stampin' Up!)

was heat embossed red

then die cut out. I cut a scrap piece of

chipboard to fit behind and mounted

it to the card front for a bit of dimension.

I die cut large scallop borders

from a scrap of silver card stock

that was an envelope to a wedding 

invitation I received years ago.

The sequins are some really old leftovers

from a craft project decades ago.

Isn't it funny how trends change?

I don't see sequins used on many

crafts now, but have seen them 

as embellishments on paper crafts. 

The rubber stamp image and 

dies came from Stampin' Up!

and are no longer available. 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Deck The Halls Christmas Card

This card was inspired by a sample in the newest

holiday catalog from Stampin' Up!

I used some of my old stamps to 

make my own version of the card.

Holly images colored directly to rubber with water based markers

then water colored in with inks from my ink pads.

A few gold ink splatters stamped around the holly

Seasonal Sketches and Christmas Messages 

by Stampin'Up!

Die Cuts With A View patterned paper

White and metallic gold card stocks

Ribbon, unknown

Circle die, Spellbinders

Stitched Circle Die, Stamps of Life

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Thank You, Veterans

 

Yet Another Dog Sympathy Card

I made this card and mailed it out in late October.

I now know that it was received, so I'm sharing.

I no sooner got the last dog sympathy card made 

and sent off when I found out another friend

lost her dog. What a year.

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up!,

most are now retired.

Bow Wow, Bella and Friends 

& So Sorry stamp sets

 The dog was water colored

and hand cut out then 

attached with dimensionals.

White heat embossed words on 

black card stock and mounted 

onto a scrap of chipboard for dimension.

Chipboard is not as thick as foam dimensionals

(also known as pop dots), so it gives it just 

enough height, but not as much as the dog.

Thanks for looking.