Double embossing

For an elegant look - emboss white embossing powder on white card stock. I am entering this at CSAYL simple challenge.

The back ground is the snow flake folder from Stampin' Up. Tree and sentiment are from SU Snow Swirl set.

Believe

This was fun - putting this together I enjoyed the outcome even though as I went along did not know the final finish.... would be.

I kept it simple by using the sketch from Clean & Simple, CSAYL wanted metallic - so I added the snowflake which I make go back and distress to go along with the rest of the vintage feel as requested by Winter Wonderland. (I missed it by a few hours - that's ok I love vintage cards) The color scheme of black, gray and old olive was from ScrapMaster Paradise.

The swirl stamp is from SU in which I used the Versamark ink pad and the perfect pearls again love it as it adds shimmer. The border punch is from MS and you can see some dry embossing with the CB underneath on the black paper.
On the gray paper - I inked the edges with my dark brown Color box chalk ink and did the negative effect of the word believe.
Simple but I think I like it!

CSAYL gift tag set

Maria challenged us to make a gift tag set. Perfect as my MIL birthday is coming up and she is one to recycle old Christmas cards into tags! Fab idea which I need to do too. But I wanted to make her a set (12) of special tags she can use. She better use them!!! LOL
here is my take on the challenge at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long
Products used SU! stamps and most card stock
The holder was made from DCWV cs
The Ribbon is from Wal-Mart
The snowflake is a MS punch
The trees are a CB die and embossing set.
Entering this gift set at Moxie Fab World, Season's Giftings Challenge in the Moxie Fab World!! I love making gifts.

A Very Merry

I bought this background paper tonight at M's - it's a 12 x 12 sheet from We R memory Keepers and when I saw the star burst it reminded me of snowflakes which goes well with th challenges for tonight.
1) non traditional colors for a Christmas card (no red or green) at Paper Cutz Challenge
2) Free choice at CSAYL (hi Maria)
3) this sketch used at Get Sketchy
The stamps used on this were from Inkadinkado
Brown Stayzon was used as well

Vintage Christmas card

At Christmas Stampin All Year Long - this weeks challenge was to go Vintage.
The image is from Google, the embossing on the base card was sanded (Cuttlebug folder) the sentiment is a stamp from Inkadinkado.
The lace is from a spool I had from Jo-Ann's and the buttons are truly vintage. Take a look at the two on the right - those are wooden buttons. (I even left the vintage thread in one of them) I got them in a yard sale last year.
I am entering this in at CSAYL and Sunday Sketch and Stamp

a very merry Christmas

How many weeks till Christmas? Gotcha.... just my weekly Christmas card to be prepared as I make around 80 each year.

This card is for a few challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge - H is for Holly
Allsorts Challenge - use stitches (I used rub ons)
CSAYL - use die cuts - the top layer and the rectangle
Crafty Catz use red green and a punch - the holly is actually a Cricut cut from A Child's Year cartridge
Quixotic Challenge - to use metal - I used the turns and and the brads from Stampin' Up hodgepodge hardware kit

CSAYL card purse and card set

4 card set - all the same except the placement of the snowflake

At Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Maria challenged us to create the card purse and matching cards gift set.
Pattern card stock from Colorbok Traditional Christmas pack
Snowflake from Martha Stewart, brads from Recollection
Penguin is from a set of clear stamp from Inkadinkado
Ribbon on card and handle from Stampin' Up

Inside sentiment from Inkadinkado
Swirls are by K&Co I believe

It's a pink Christmas

Over at CSAYL we had to make a Christmas card that was pink as well at One Stop Craft
Here is my card using the Cuttlebug Flurries embossing folder which I mounted on Stampin' Up whisper white card stock. (Edited to include name of CB folder)
The ribbon is also Stampin Up, the snowflake button is from Jesse James and the sentiment if from K&Co. Rhinestones from Michael's.

CSAYL #38

Each week we have a challenge to create a Christmas card. Maria's Sketch Challenge #38 - 10-12-09 is above. Here is my card.

Cuttlebug Embossing folders used, MS lace border punch, Offray flowers with pearls, QuicKutz Christmas Embossing 2 x 2 folder, and Inkadinkado for the sentiment.
I also followed along with the monocromatic challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot a second time. There is something about a white holiday card.

I have a nice stack of holiday 40+ cards all set to mail on December 1st.

Merry Christmas - mask stamping technique

At Christmas Stampin' All year Long - we had to create a scene.

So I took to my K&Co stamps and first stamped the center snowman in Pacific Point Stampin' Up ink. I then created a mask of the same image on a post it note. Cut around the image as close as I could and then put it on top of the first image and left it there. Took the same stamp and continued to stamp two more snowman in Purely Pomegranate and Baja Breeze.

Added sentiment, masked it, so I could add snowflakes all around and not disturb the true image.

Added rhinestones to the snowflakes. Pretty neat!

Inside

Jingle Jingle jingle LO for 2009 Holiday Season

Ohhh... I am psyched, I got one pre-LO completed by using two challenges.

1) I used Sankari's Non-Traditional Colors Challenge #35 - 09-21-09 at Christmas Stampin' All Year long. This week Maria gave us a sketch and in which I used it for a LO because at Practical Scrappers blog This week's challenge is Felt

So I dug through my stuff and found Martha Stewart snowflake felt border that I picked up last year.. so with it prompted me to look at Maria card sketch as a LO So that I can use it for the family pic I take every Christmas day. The stamp is from a dollar bin at Michael's a few years ago and I used the new Sizzix Embossing folder where the pic will go.

Yahooo!
Here is the LO is followed.

We had to use non traditional Christmas colors - no red, blue or green at CSAYL and at Practical Scrappers we had to use felt.

Click the pic for a better view of the felt and embossing and stamping!!!

Christmas Present BBtB and CSAYL #33

Over at Bitten By the Bug this week is the POOH AND FRIENDS...PRESENT CHALLENGE....

You can find the image on page 52 using the icon key.

I also used this for my weekly card creation for Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge #33

I didn't even know this cut was on Pooh & Friends! I cut mine twice at 4" and glued the corner together to make a card.

The stamps are from Stampin' Up! The tag was punched from a large Marvey punch.

close up of stamped image raised

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Challenge 32

Vicki's Challenge #32 Traditional Christmas Colours - we are to use red, green and gold.

Since last week card that I had created I used the negative of the train I had cut, the left over train pieces were sitting on my work table and thought - why have it go to waste. This week is red and green challenge I can use the train since it was already cut in green.... from there I used the card LO we were given has a helpful guide to this weeks Christmas Stampin All Year Long.

I flipped and turned it.

Train tracks is a Sizzix die ut from gold speckled cd.

The JOY is a stamp from Stampin' Up I cut apart and layered on the left over pieces that popped out from the film strips. Mounted and raised on foam dots.

The smoke from the train is also the left over tiny squares from the film strip aka train track.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Challenge 31

This week at CSAYL Sankari's Challenge #31 - Out of the A2 Box! - 08-24-09

You are to make a non A2 card. So I went to my Cricut Joy of the Season cartridge and really wanted to do the train.... and I made it into an ornament card.

Four cuts and one stamping - a little glitter... and I came up with this.

1) Cut the stencil of a train at 5" (green - I cut off the hanger piece)

2) Cut the ornament foundation front card at 5" (black)

3) Cut the card (ornament) full foundation also in 5"

4) Cut Merry Christmas (only used Merry on the inside) at 3"

Sprinkled glitter on top of merry to look like snow.

Added glitter to the ornament hanger.

Stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up on white and punched it out w/a 1" circle and pop dot it on the train.

White pen for doodles

Cuttlebug Challenge Blog and CSAYL #30

I combined two challenges into one.
Over at Cuttlebug Challenge blog - Sue used a soda can that she cut down and ran it through her Cuttlebug machine. I grab a Sprite can I had and proceeded to use Maria's card Layout challenge for week 30





I used snowflake Cuttlebug folder on the tin, cut out a separate cover to protect the sharp sides. Coluzzle template used to cut ovals in the cover.
Stampin up stamp and ribbon used as well as Martha Stewart snowflake cut from prism.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Card Set 3

Maria challenged us this week at Christmas Stampin All Year long to work on our Card Set Challenge #3 - 08-13-09 using this sketch

The set I am going to make is an all occasion set that I'll give away at Christmas to a family member perhaps.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Challenge 28

I love this weeks challenge at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. I did this once at one of my SU stamp camps you should try it. This week we will be in the spotlight for your creativity says Maria! By highlighting a part of our image by stamping it twice and layering it and just coloring the layering portion! I really like this effect. Dramatic! Here's a great Tutorial from Split Coast Stampers to show you how!

Give it a try!

Here is my entry:

I used the Cuttlebug Herringbone embossing folder to add detail to the base card

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Challenge 26

At the blog this week Maria's Sketch Challenge #26 - 07-20-2009 gave us a fabulous layout to use. Here is my creation: Stamps used were from Stampin' Up

First layer from the New Cuttlebug Embosing folder called Victoria - it matched my card stock to a "T"!!!! I used Martha Stewart ribbon paper tape for the accent across the piece.

This is what the inside looks like - I may dress it up a bit more - you know glitter or buttons. Wen it is time for me to send this holiday season.

I made myself the patterns/templates so I can easily create it quicker next time. Please click on the pic to see the measurement.

Base card 4 1/2 x 11 (you get two from one 8 1/2 x 11" card stock)
Score base card at 2 3/4" on each end.
When folded will look like shutters....
Next layer piece is 4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Oval is cut using my Coluzzle 4th inner web from the oval template.