Rudolph Day for December

 I have a Christmas card to share today that was made with left over strips of red & white polka dot paper and a piece of black and white designer paper that matches. I stamped and colored the Tim Holtz crazy dog image with Copics and then die cut that panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle. I added the fun Santa hat done with a die that a sweet friend sent me, and added a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment.

I'm entering this card into the Rudolph Days December Challenge

Here are some more of the treat boxes I made this year. I used random snippets of dsp and some punched Martha Stewart snowflakes, along with some tiny stickers and brads for the centers The Merry Christmas sentiments were done with a KaiserCraft die from mirror red cardstock.

These were filled with old fashioned candy straws in flavors of peppermint, cinnamon and peanut butter. There were also spearmint and cinnamon gumdrops in some of those boxes too.

I made a couple of the Lawn Fawn Tiny Boxes with the deer add-on for my friend's grandsons. I added a couple Hershey kisses and a few M&M's in each one.

Last but not least, I made this gift envelope for my auto mechanic. I put a little bit of green in it because he always goes above and beyond to help me keep my car in good running order. The gnome is a Brutus Monroe die and the sentiment is from SU! heat embossed with gold. I added a few sparkly stickers in red and green just for fun.

Sorry about the bad photos. I've been having camera issues for some time now that I just can't seem to correct.

That just about wraps up my Christmas for this year, but thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do.

Carol

Wishing You Joy

Christmas has arrived and whatever you celebrate, I wish you joy!

May it be a peaceful day for each one of you - filled with lots of love and many blessings.

Carol

Gnome Treat Boxes

 I made a few of these treat boxes and they've all been given away. I used a SSS Gnome die and each one of them was made from snippets of red and green designer papers to put them together. I figured it was a great way to use those tiny bits of designer papers that I never throw away and I actually used up a lot of them to make these little guys. I colored their noses with a Copic marker but the rest were made up of snippets of different papers - even the backing pieces. 

I'm sharing them with the Snippets Playground Challenge #496 since they're all made with snippets (except the boxes of course)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Christmas preparations are all finished by now and you can just enjoy the season.

Have yourself a fabulous day!

Carol

Season's Tweetings

 I've had this Lawn Fawn stamp set for a while and don't use it nearly enough, so today I'm sharing a Christmas card I made with it. I colored the little birds with Copics and stenciled some clouds behind them with some tumbled glass distress ink. I die cut both the image panel and blue panel as well as the card base with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies. This one has already gone out in the mail and I'm glad to have put this cute stamp set to use once again.

I will share this card with the following challenges:

The December 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge - Winter/Christmas

the Triple B December 2024 Challenge - Blooms, Birds, Butterflies 

(use 1,2 or all 3)

the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #78 - A/G Christmas

the Allsorts Challenge Week #812/13 - Use Your Dies

Thanks for stopping by and as always, I wish you the best day ever!

Carol

Christmas Poinsettia

I used an older Spellbinders Poinsettia die to create this card. While the pieces were still in the die, I took a gold paint pen and drew through the lines on the petals which gave the poinsettia a more festive look. Unfortunately the paint pen malfunctioned on one of those leaves and leaked all over it, but I managed to hide most of the blotch of gold ink under another petal. I decided to use it instead of creating another one. I curled each petal around a pencil to shape them and then popped the flower up on dimensionals, along with the leaf. The embossing folder is a poinsettia design by Taylored Expressions. The sentiment is a pre-printed one by Simon Says Stamp. I added a ancient gemstone to the center of the flower and called this one done.

I'll enter this card into the following challenges:

The Peace on Earth Challenge #78 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure? Dec 14, 2024 - A/G with a twist of Poinsettias

(must use an embossing folder)

The Triple B December 2024 Challenge - Birds, blooms, or Butterflies

(or use all 3)

the Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - A/G Christmas

the Allsorts Challenge Week #811 - Lots of White or A/G

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday.

Carol

 

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

I've had this Simon Says Stamp Stylized Holy Star die for a while and decided to use it to make a Christmas card.  I cut it from gold mirror paper and white, and placed it on a stenciled background done with Pink Fresh Layered Sunburst stencils and some assorted yellow inks. I die cut some tiny angels from snippets of a thick, shiny white cardstock I've been hanging onto for eons. A friend sent me a few sheets probably ten years ago and I decided it was high time to use those little bits of pretty white festive cardstock to create the angels (done with I.O. dies) and used a gold paint pen to color their halos and wing tips. The sentiment is by Creative Expressions and was cut from mirror gold cardstock. Since I cut the large star with 2 colors, that left enough pieces to create another card with the 2nd star in alternating colors.

 I kept the stenciling lighter on this card but it was made much like the first one. That's two Christmas cards I have finished for my stash.

Sharing with the following challenges:

The December Stencil Fun Challenge - Winter or Christmas

The Peace on Earth Challenge #77 - A/G Christmas

                the Snippets Playground #495 - Must Use Snippets

I have no idea what in the world is going on with blogger, but it's not cooperating at all today. I always center my posts but today nothing will center when I click that link until I click it 4 or 5 times. Also my comment section is completely filled with older posts (6,7,8, and 9 years old) and it's annoying because I'm unable to get to any new posts because of all the old ones clogging up my blog reader list. Maybe if I take a moment to click my heels together 3 times things will magically return to normal again?? LOL 

😆😝😡 

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all the best possible day. .

 Carol

 

Christmas

 I've been asked to guest design for the Allsorts challenge #110 which has a theme of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" or you can choose the Anything Goes option.

Through the years, I've used this process to make cards from leftover strips   of designer paper that are too small to make cards with, and that's how this card came together. I cut the strips randomly into tiny pieces rather than dispose of them. I still have a Xyron machine that transfers a layer of adhesive onto a piece of cardstock, so I used that with a piece of white cardstock and just added the cut pieces of red and green papers to the adhesive - leaving spaces between them. After all the bits were adhered, I sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and heat embossed the whole piece which adds a fun touch of gold to the spaces between the bits of designer paper. I cut two tags from red and green cardstock; rounded the bottom corners and layered one on top of the other. The sentiment was done with a (r) SU! Merry Everything stamp set; stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed with gold ep and I used a coordinating (r) SU! punch to cut it and place it on the two tags. The tiny white bow was the finishing touch. 

I hope you can find time to play along with this fun challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create. 

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Merry Christmas

 I've had this Tim Holtz embossing folder for quite some time and never really knew what to do with it, so I finally sat down and made a card that I'm happy with. After embossing, I swiped it with a platinum ink pad which made the really large greeting stand out from the white. I adorned it with tiny dots of platinum stickles to indicate snow, placed it on a green card base and called it done!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

the Christmas Kickstart challenge #93 - if it's Christmassy, link it up!

The Peace on Earth challenge #77 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing with a twist of winter fun

the Allsorts Challenge #809 - Winter Flowers & Fauna or A/G

Thanks for stopping by and as always, make it a great day!

Carol

Joyous Christmas

 I used a CTMH embossing folder and a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment to put this card together. After embossing, I lightly sponged color on the trees, deer and house in the background. I added tiny gold die-cut stars to the tops of a couple trees, and added a few more to the sky. This was quick and easy to make and even though the photo doesn't pick up the colors, it looks pretty IRL.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Rudolph Days Challenge for November - A/G Christmas

Peace on Earth Challenge #76 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure - A/G using an embossing folder
with a twist of winter fun

The Sisterhood of Crafters November 27 Challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a great Thanksgiving day tomorrow if you celebrate.

 I spotted this sign when I was out yesterday and had to share -

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. 

That might be hazardous to your health! LOL

Carol

Happy Holidays

 I made this card for a challenge that has already closed but I thought I'd share it regardless. I used 2 strips of SU! dsp along with one strip of Lawn Fawn dsp and just added a die-cut branch from Poppy and a die-cut sentiment I found in my snippet box. I added a few red stickle dots for berries on the branch and called this one done. It's nothing fancy but came together quickly using bits and pieces left over from previous cuttings.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Christmas Snowflake

 It's that time of the year to get serious about building the Christmas stash, so quick and easy is how it's going to be this year. I used this retired SU! embossing folder to create the snowflake on white, then added silver Stickles to the tiny outer circles for some sparkle. I used an older Martha Stewart punch to create the smaller red snowflake and added a silver Candi dot to the center. The pre-printed sentiment is from SimonSaysStamp and I fishtailed the ends with a hexagon punch. I placed it on a red card base and called this one done.

Sharing with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge #806 - Christmas or A/G

Can You Handle the Pressure? Nov 9th - A/G using an embossing folder

with an optional twist of coffee-cocoa-warm drinks

the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge#75 - A/G Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a great weekend.

Carol

Sweet Wishes

 I picked the wrong time of day to photograph this card as it's filled with shadows. I tried to remove them which left the colors diminished but this was the best I could do.

I had some die-cut striped snippets of SU! designer paper left over from a previous project, so this card began with them. I also used 2 tiny snippets of white cardstock to create the candy pieces. The image, sentiment, and candy pieces are all by Newton's Nook - stamped and colored with Copics, and a touch of Wink of Stella added here and there for sparkle. I added a red and green gemstone to each of the fussy cut candy pieces. The 2 striped panels were originally die cut with MFT stitched horizontal dies. I placed this on a dark green card base and have now added another Christmas card to my stash.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Rudolph Days October Challenge - A/G Christmas before the end of Oct.

Allsorts challenge week #804 - Cute and Cuddly or A/G

Jingle Belles Christmas Christmas Challenge - use an animal

the Snippets Playground #492 - use snippets

Thanks for the visit and I wish you the very best possible day!

Carol

Snippet Christmas Card Set

 I started going through my red and green snippets of designer papers to create this set of cards. Whenever you cut a card front it leaves you with strips of pretty papers that are too good to throw away, so I saved them all and used them to make these cards. The papers are from SU! and Lawn Fawn and I'll describe each image on the individual cards.

This is Lawn Fawn's Season's Tweetings and all the horizontal panels of SU! papers were cut with MFT stitched horizontal dies and a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die for the image panel.

 This is a MFT image, cut on a stitched square die and colored with Copics. DSP by Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is by MFT.

This is a retired SU! image named Dasher, heat embossed in gold with a GMD stitched oval die and several red gemstones with a MFT sentiment and SU! designer papers.

This is also a retired SU! image called Snow Swirled, heat embossed in gold with red gemstones and a small punched gold star done with a SU! mini punch and placed on a Lil Inker die-cut stitched rectangle. The sentiment is unbranded. Papers by SU!

This last card uses some different SU! papers but is the same Snow Swirled image and a different sentiment by MFT.

Sharing this with the Snippets Playground #490 - must use Snippets

the Allsorts challenge week #800 - A/G

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #72

I was going to enter the Rudolph Day September challenge too but it's already closed. I still have over 2 hours before it's October, but I'll have to wait until next month on that one LOL

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great Autumn week.

Heartfelt thoughts and prayers going out to all of those folks impacted by the wrath of that storm Helene. The videos and photos I've seen are just devastating and heartbreaking for what they're dealing with. May God bless them one and all.

Carol

Christmas Pup

 I decided to use my long-neglected SU! dog punch to make this card and added a little die-cut Santa hat made with some red glitter paper and a bit of white.  I found the 2 snippets of designer paper from the Jingles paper pad in my stash and die-cut them with Lil Inker stitched rectangles and added a red puffy sticker to the top. I have an ancient wooden stick stamp by Judith that I used to stamp the tiny snowflakes on the background piece that matched the designer paper, so I just added lots of them using red ink. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp and I backed it with a piece of dark red cardstock. 

I'll enter this card into the following challenges:

Rudolph Days September challenge - A/G Christmas

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #72 - A/G Christmas

Love Those Pretty Papers ATG September challenge - optional "Fall" theme

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do.

Carol

Snarky Christmas Cat

 I have a friend who is a cat mom, and her cat is a handful sometimes with his finicky behavior and antics, so I made this card for her just for laughs.

The background was embossed with a Crafters Companion 3D Christmas Magic ef, and the cat, Santa hat, and bowtie are all from the the Tim Holtz crazy cat stamp collection. The Bah Humbug sentiment is a die from Die'sire Designs. I used a fine red marker to add red lines to the cat's eyes because this cat is usually awake all night long tormenting her while she tries to sleep. 😫

Entering this card into the following challenges

The Rudolph Days August Challenge - A/G Christmas

The Allsorts Challenge week #795 - delightful animals or A/G

The Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #70 - A/G Christmas

Can You Handle the Pressure?  - A/G using an EF *opt twist of "leaves"

That's a wrap for me, but thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fantastic day today.

Carol

Peace on Earth Christmas Card

  I have a CAS Christmas card design to share with you today made with navy and white colors. I used a SU! embossing folder called Winter Wonderland, and used a Die-Versions die-cut sentiment. I added a punched snowflake in the center of the large embossed snowflake, and added a tiny silver star-shaped sequin in the center of that. I think I'll make a few more of this quick and easy design because I like how it turned out.

I will share this card with

the Rudolph Days Challenge for July - A/G Christmas

the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #68 - A/G Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Carol

Merry Christmas in July

I finally used up the last of this great Kringle paper pad with this Christmas card. It's been one of my all-time favorite Christmas paper pads and I'm sad to see it gone - but on the other hand, it might be one of the only paper pads I've ever used up completely, so that's a good thing!

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch to put this together. A very thoughtful friend recently sent me that Santa die, so I die-cut it with some red mirror paper as well as white, and then added the last of my liquid applique to the fur sections. I guess I'll have to search for a new place to buy that now since Jo-Anne's stores closed and I always bought the liquid applique there. The die-cut sentiment was also cut from red mirror paper and that die is by Sunny Studios.

 This was one of 2 inserts in the paper pad that I used for the inside of the card.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches#644

the Peace on Earth Christmas challenge #67 - A/G Christmas

the NBUS Challenge #64 - Never Before Used Schtuff (the Santa Hat)

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great day!

Carol

Christmas in June

 Today I have a Christmas card that I made with traditional colors. I used a Sizzix Snow Globe embossing folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock, and I colored the raised portions with Copic markers. The Kaiser Craft sentiment was die cut with mirror gold and placed on red and green panels cut with Gina Marie Designs Venetian Label dies, and placed on a matching green card base.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

The Rudolph Days June Challenge  - Christmas

https://rudolphdayschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/06/rudolph-days-june-challenge.html

Can You Handle the Pressure?  - A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of sports

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/06/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #66 - A/G Christmas

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/06/peace-on-earth-challenge-66.html

That's going to be it for me today, but thanks for stopping by and make it a great day! Keep smiling 😉

Carol

Christmas Snowflake

My Christmas card was done with traditional red and green colors with a splash of white. The embossed background was used for backing in a card someone sent to me and I decided it was time to make a card out of it since it was so pretty. I added a stitched die-cut Lawn Fawn snowflake from a random piece of white card, and found a small snippet of glittered red card from which I cut the Kaiser Craft sentiment. I also used a teeny tiny piece of the red to die-cut the center of the snowflake and called this one done.

Since this card was made entirely from snippets, I'm sharing it with

the Snippets Playground Challenge #481

Also sharing it with the Rudolph Days May Challenge - A/G Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend is a great one.

For my US friends, I hope you're having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend

in the kick-off to summer.

Carol

Season's Greetings

 I found this charming stamp I've had for eons and decided to make a card with it for Christmas. I colored the hedgies with Copics and added a snippet of designer paper that reminded me of cracks in the ice, and then die-cut the loops with a MB die, placing them over top. The sentiment was one of those old $1 stamps which is why it curves upward a little, but at least I got some use out of it. For the finishing touch I added some sparkly blue stickers to their ice skates and randomly on the rest of the card. 

I'll share this with the Rudolph Day April Challenge - make a Christmas card

Thanks as always for stopping by and make it a great Saturday!

Carol