IN this card, I sponged soft suede ink and distressed the card stock to appear vintage style. The Stamp set, Night in Bethlehem was from the HC, page 26. I used clear embossing powder on the very vanilla card stock creating a emboss resist affect. I used the Metallic sequin Assortment, pg 197 AC. In addition, I used the background stamp, Sheet music, page 165 in the AC.
I created this card using the DSP, Merry Music found on page 13 on the HC. The sentiment is from Labels to love, pg 45 along with the matching Every day label punch, pg 12, HC. The Sleigh from Santa’s Sleigh, page 119 in the AC. I used our Cooper foil paper for the sleigh cut out with the Thinlits dies from Santa’s Sleigh, page 214 AC.
I love our new embossing paste and I wanted to show you another card used with it. This set is also from the Holiday catalog, promise this is the last one for a while. It is called “Night in Bethlehem.” This is a dynamic set and cannot wait to use it with different foils. I also used the stitched shaped framelits for the sentiment.
This set you can bundle and save 10% on the cost. It is called Santa’s Sleigh and Thinlits Dies, page 24 of the HC. There are actually 15 stamps and 12 different thinlits in this bundle so it is certainly worth the money. You will enjoy using this for your holiday cards. I also used the Washi tape Warmth and Cheer, page 13. The sentiment if from Oh, What Fun, page 31 of the AC.
Another card created with this set found on page 6 of the HC. I used the stamp set, Goulish Grunge, page 52 of the HC, to make the Igloo and cut it out with our oval layered dies, page 193 of the AC. I used our Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper for the snow and the background is with our DSP Subtles collection, page 171 of the AC.
This card we made at our Wednesday morning club. The set, Christmas Magic, is the perfect set to add to your collection. It has beautiful images and wonderful sentiments. If you have been keeping track, I have used it several times in my blog. I think I will certainly get my money’s worth on this one.
I did the sky on Whisper White card stock, in Dapper Denin, and splattered white craft ink refill, page 180 of the AC, mixed with a little water using a paint brush. The sentiment is a banner cut out and held with our Bow Paper Clip embellishments found on page 177 in the AC. I used Marina Mist to highlight the snow drifts, and used a blender pen, to color the images with our classic inks.
I painted this tree, from Santa’s Sleigh, on water color paper and then cut it out with the matching Thinlits dies, page 24 of the HC. Tha Santa was stamped from the set Cookie Cutter Christmas, also on water color paper, and cut out with the matching punch, page 6 of the HC.
I used the negative piece of the cut out tree as a stencil, and sponged the tree on the card front. I then, popped up with dimensionals, the cut tree and laid it on top of the stenciled image. The sentiment is from the set Reason for the season, page 34 of the AC. I thought it needed a little something so I added the Brights Sequins, page 177 in the AC. It sounds like a lot of work but it was pretty simple. What do you think?
I created this card from the set Merry Mice, page 23 of the HC. The DSP is This Christmas Specialty paper, page 172 of the AC. The gold twine is from the Baker’s Twine Trio, page 16 of the HC. I water colored the image on water color paper and stamped it in Black Archival ink. I used our classic inks and an aqua painter to color the image.
Don’t you just love this DSP, Candy Cane Lane, page 5 of the HC? I love the colors red, white and brown together. It is so country. You can do so much with this DSP, like cutting the images out and using them separately on a card or a gingerbread house. The trees are from a set that we carried over from last year, Peaceful Pines, page 28 of the AC with the matching dies, Perfect Pines, page 192, same catalog. I white embossed the trees on Early Espresso Card Stock. Fun card.
If you rec’d your Holiday catalog, you can find this set on page 24. If you do not have a holiday catalog, please contact me and I will get one to you. It has the matching thinlit dies where you can get a bundle price and save 10%. Fantastic deal and such a wonderful set. Has great images and also nice sentiments. The bell is from the set Christmas Magic, page 22 and the sentiment is from the set Reason for the Season, page 34 in the Annual Catalog. I used Crystal Effects on the bell and water colored the deer.
I love this set, Merry Mice, page 23 of the HC. I used the DSP from the AC, This Christmas Specialty paper, page 172. I stamped the images on water color paper and colored them with the aqua painter, page 180 in the AC. I used the top of our classic ink pads as a palette. Sentiment is from the set, Embellished Ornaments, page 33 of the AC. Card stock used for base card is Cherry Cobbler.
Well maybe not, but this is sure an old fashion train decorated for the Holidays. The stamp set used on this card is from the Holiday catalog. Christmas Wishes on page 22 is so versatile. What’s great about this set is all the lovely images and great sentiments. I will get a lot of different cards out of this set.
I stamped the train with black archival ink on watercolor paper. I made a palette with our inks and used the aqua painter to color it. Although, the North Pole sign is not on watercolor paper, I did the same here trying not to wet the whisper white paper very much.
I cut out the window with Lots of Labels Framelits, page 193 of the AC and added our foam adhesive strips, page 182, to pop up the window. In addition, I used Soft Sky on the front of the card.
When I saw this set, page 24 in the HC, and the matching Thinlits, I knew I had to have it. You can get this bundle with a 10% discount. Both the set and the Thinlits are very versatile. I embossed the top of the sleigh with Copper EP. I used the Snowman from Christmas Magic, page 22. The background paper is from the DSP Fruit Stand, page 172, in the AC.
This set, Wonder of Christmas can be found in the HC on page 14. We have so many beautiful embossing folders this year and this one is called Holly, page 195 in the AC. The colors I used are Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Soft Sky and Cucumber Crush. Image was stamped in Black Archival ink.
These little guys are so darn cute. They are from the stamp set, Cookie Cutter Christmas in the HC and so is the sentiment. The DSP is Candy Lane Christmas and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper. I cut these guys out with the matching Punch, Cookie Cutter Builder, also in the HC. You can buy both the stamp set and the punch as a bundle and get a 10% discount. Great deal!
This card was created from both the annual catalog and the Holiday catalog. The set Joyful Navity can be found in the AC on page 35 and the Copper Tree was made with the Merry Tags Framelits in the HC. I used the copper foil paper and the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper. The DSP is from the collection, This is Christmas Specialty paper, page 172 and the card base is Kraft Cardstock, page 175.
This is a card created with the set, Glamper Greetings from the HC. The DSP is also from the HC and is called Candy Cane Lane. I used a mask on the camper to create the water and sand. The card base is our Kraft Cardstock from the AC, page 175. What I like about this set is all the sentiments that come with it. Lots of versatility.
Okay this is my kinda stamp set. I love it because it is so Vintage looking with the old time Santa Claus. The images in this set are wonderful and so versatile. Many ideas you can get from using this set.
Here I used Archival Black ink for the background and the Santa. I then tinted it with our inks and blender pens. What I like about the blender pens is that you do not have to put the ink on full strength, like you do with a marker. Just start a little palette in the top of the ink pad container and use that. You can make it as dark or light as you wish, which is what I did with this card.
Here I used our DSP, Playful Palette, page 174 and the sentiment, Reason for the Season, page 34.
The pine cones and the pine branches are created with a set of Thinlits call Pretty Pines from the HC. I used Vary Vanilla Lace trim, page 179 and Sweet Sugarplum Ruched ribbon to embellish, along with a Mini Copper Pine cone attached. The sequins are the new Pool Party and Sweet Sugarplum. You are going to love the new embellishments in the new HC.
Another sneak peek. This is the card I created for the Cute & Cuddly challenge for SUO. I used the stamp sets Merry Mice and Father Christmas. I just love using our inks to watercolor. Here I used watercolor paper and stamped with our archival black ink. The inks I used are Perfect Plum, Watermelon Wonder, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette and Delightful Dijon. Both of these sets are in the new Holiday catalog and will be available for sale on the 1st of September. In addition, I used the gorgeous perfect plum Halloween Night Enamel Dots. I am so happy with this new catalog. It is, IMO, the best ever Holiday catty we have ever come out with.
For the background, I used, This is Christmas Specialty DSP and the Irresistibly Floral Specialty DSP, both found on page 172 in the annual catalog.
This is a stamp from the new Holiday Catalog (HC). Y’all are going to love this new catty. It is better than ever. If you thought that nothing could be better than the last one, think again. You should be getting yours by September. I will be posting samples of new sets until it comes out on September 1st. That way you will have a good idea of what interests you. Now, you know, I am not going to have all the sets and embellishments but enough to keep you going. This little moose is from the set is Cookie Cutter Christmas. The DSP is from the AC, This is Christmas Specialty on page 172.
We rec’d this card in the mail and it was from our Daughter Mo. We were so blown away by it I thought I would use it for my Christmas Post today. I think she did an incredible job with the coloring and I love the sky and the black glimmer paper really sets it off. This set you can still get, maybe not for this year but you can always save it for next year. All Ye Faithful on page 20 in the HC.
From our family to yours, hope y’all have a blessed Christmas!
I love this little guy from the DSP Home for Christmas, page 9 of the HC. Our SU artists really did a fantastic job designing our Holiday Designer Paper. The wreath, embossed in gold, is from the set Peaceful Wreath, page 21. The Gold Vellum paper is from the AC, page 149. The gold Sequins are from the Metallics Sequins, page 160 of the AC.
So sad that this set, page 21, will be retiring at the end of this Holiday catty. I ebossed the wreath with gold embossing powder and fussy cut the reindeer from the DSP, Home for Christmas. The Fancy Foil vellum paper can be found on page 149 of the AC. The sentiment is from the set Sparkly Seasons, page 40 HC.
PS: The die cut banner is from the NEW Occasions catty coming soon.
I am so going to miss this DSP (page 9) when the Holiday catty retires. I have had so much fun cutting out these images. On the pointsettia I added Crystal Effects to really get it to pop off the page. What do you think? Just another couple weeks and this will be gone so get yours now.
I love both these sets, page 17 & 33 of the HC. In addition, I fussy cut the little reindeer from the DSP, Home for Christmas, page 9. They are so stinkin’ cute! The tree was cut out with the matching framelits from Perfect Pines framelits, page 16. I also used the bling, Winter Wonderland, page 23 of the HC.
I was short this year and had to make up some more cards at the last minute and this was one of them. Usually, I have so many samples from my card making classes and clubs that I don’t need to. I generally send them to people out of town but I noticed that a lot of people no longer send Christmas cards.
I get a lot of email type cards. I am sure you know the kind. Where you click on it and it brings you to a singing card or a beautiful Christmas card online. That is not good for business.LOL I will keep making and sending cards for as long as I can. I think it is extra special for someone to go to the mail box and find a hand written card. It takes a lot more effort to create a card and means so much more to the recipient, don’t you agree?
I used the Star embossing folder on the back ground and the beautiful gold cording trim, page 24 of the HC. In addition, I used the vellum Winter Wonderland paper stack, page 23, in back of the tree. The stamp set, Peaceful Pines, page 17 ,with the matching dies. Colors are Whisper White and Lost Lagoon.
My WA ladies & Gentlemen asked me to make a card for our Instructor for Christmas. They usually take up a collection for her and they knew I was a card maker. So this is what I made for her. It is a 5″X7″ because we need enough room for all to sign the card. We usually present it to her at our Christmas Party held at Alhambra Hall every year! Hope y’all like it! AND.. in case you are wondering, no one that I do WA with knows about my blog so she will not see this. LOL
The background is a watercolor wash of Night of Navy and Marina Mist on Shimmery paper. I used the DSP, Home for Christmas, page 9 and Season of Cheer, page 29 of the Holiday Catalog. The Three Wise men (stamp set All Ye Faithful), page 20 of the HC, were colored using classic ink with an aqua pen on watercolor paper which I then fussy cut out.
This card was made with the stamp set Sparkly seasons, page 40 of the HC. The DSP is Season of Cheer, page 29. I used Mossy Meadow for the card base and fussy cut the pointsettia.
I think this is the cutest ever. I love the little Santa peeking in the window. This is another card we made at our Wednesday club and everyone loved it. The Santa was fussy cut from the DSP Home for Christmas, page 9 of the HC. It is the best DSP that SU has ever designed for the Holidays. These little Santas and the little reindeer are all over the internet. Now the background trees are from the DSP, Season of Cheer, page 29. The wall paper is from our gorgeous DSP in color. The sentiment is from the set, Oh, What Fun, page 5 and the window was cut with the die Hearth and Home, page 11.
I just love the DSP from our Holiday catalog. The background paper is from Season of Cheer, page 29 so is the pointsettia that I fussy cut. I used the Embossing Folder, Softly Falling, page 24 and the sentiment is from the Hostess set Six Sayings, page 51. Hope you like it.
We made this card at our Wednesday morning club class. I used the Season of Cheer DSP, page 29 of the HC and the stamp set is Sparkly Seasons, page 40. I outlined the window with our Silver glimmer paper and used Cherry Cobbler ink on the Snowman’s hat and scarf. I hilighted the snow and the snowman with Soft sky ink.
The thing I loved about upstate NY were the beautiful white Birch trees. I remember one day years ago when I was golfing, that a huge branch fell off one of the trees on the golf course and I remember dragging it off and bringing it home. My husband sawed it into four pieces and I still have them. I decorate the fireplace with them every year when we are not using it. They are still beautiful, and I am so thankful that no one has tried to use them for fire wood. I would, of course, be crushed if that ever happened and needless to say I would have to hurt the person who did that. LOL
When I first saw this embossing folder, Woodland Textured, page 30 AC, that is what inspired me to design this card with white birch trees. Although, I suppose you could use it for any type trees just by changing the color. I brayered the background of the folder with Pacific Point ink which left the trees white. I used the set Among the Branches, same page, for the sentiment. That can also be bundled for a 15% off deal. The little Silver foil ornaments were cut out with the Perfect Pines Framelits, page 16.
