Christmas Split Circle

 I made this card some time ago and decided it's time to share it. I cut 3 different sized circles with dies using Christmas designer paper, and split them and formed them into a circle. I used a pre-printed SSS sentiment, and added one large clear gemstone before placing it on a panel that was embossed with a SU! Snowburst EF (retired).

Sharing with these challenges:

The March Rudolph Days Challenge - A/G Christmas

the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge  #36- A/G Christmas

the Merry Little Christmas Challenge #49 - A/G Christmas

Can you Handle the Pressure? - A/G using an embossing folder

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a great weekend!

Carol

Grumpy Dog

 I have a fun Christmas card to share that's on the snarky side. This Stamping Bella Oddball pug stamp just screams for a sarcastic sentiment. LOL  I colored the grumpy dog with Copics and then used a Tim Holtz accessory stamp set to create the Santa hat, filling in the fur with liquid applique. I had a small snippet of retired green SU! dsp that I used on the side, then used a snippet of red to mat the image and die cut both the image and mat panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies. The sentiment is by Crafters Companion and I die-cut that from snippets of kraft and white, placing the negative white letters into the die. I finished this with some Stampenous gold stickers and then added more snarkiness inside...

That's a funny bones stamped sentiment from Riley that seemed appropriate for the front of the card 😊

I think I've been touched by the heat too much lately because I made 3 snarky Christmas cards in the past few days LOL

I'm sharing this with these challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge #434 - must use snippets

The Critter Crazy Challenge #65 - A/G must feature a critter

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge #45 - A/G Christmas

It always makes me feel good to smile even when times are difficult. I hope this card makes you smile a little today, and thanks so much for stopping by.

Carol

Christmas Gnome

 I have a Christmas card to share today made with some Kringle & Co designer paper, a lawn fawn die-cut tag, and a SSS Gnome die. The embossed strip was made with a SU! (R) snowflake ef, then sanded for a bit of white to show through. The sentiment was done with a (R) SU! set called Endless Wishes (2003)

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

May Rudolph Days Challenge - A/G Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge MLCCB #44 - A/G Christmas

Peace on Earth Challenge #16 - A/G Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Retro Rubber Challenge #183 - A/G must use stamps older than 1 year

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful, peaceful day.

Carol

Purple Christmas Anyone?

 I don't know where the idea for this card came from other than the fact I had silver, lavender, and purple snippets on my table at the time it was made. Those who know me know purple is my favorite color, but I'm not sure if I like this color used on a Christmas card or not. It's finished so I'm going to share it with you anyway. Different strokes for different folks, right?

I had a strip of lawn fawn cardstock that I embossed with a retired SU! snow flurry embossing folder. I also had some silver sparkly washi tape (r) from SU! that I've been wanting to use, so I placed 3 die-cut stitched squares in light lavender on the washi tape and added 3 die-cut stars done with purple mirror card and a silver brad to each center. The sentiment is from KaiserCraft and was die-cut with more purple mirror card.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge D121 -

Christmas non-traditional colors

{ I really nailed this challenge didn't I?} 😉

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - 

Happy Holidays/Christmas

the Merry Little Christmas Challenge MLCCB#41 -

December anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone is having a good Wednesday!

Take care and stay well!

Carol

 

Peaceful Winter Scene

 Excuse the poor quality of my photo here, I just couldn't seem to get this one right. With all the chaos going on in our world today, I tried to create a peaceful scene as a distraction. I used a SSS wishing trees die, and some Lawn Fawn stitched hillside dies, along with some I.O deer dies and a MB sentiment die. The tiny stars on the treetops were done with a SSS star border and some red glitter paper. I used some narrow strips of gold glitter paper to decorate the largest tree, then covered it all with glossy accents and glitter. I added some sparkle with diamond stickles to the hillsides and on the ground where the deer are standing. I used a Copic marker to darken the antlers on the deer.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

the MLCCB#40 -November anything Christmas goes

The Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge - A/G

optional - make a scene

the Double D Challenge - A Walk in the Woods

(anything you might see walking in the woods - deer, trees)

Thanks so much for stopping by and do have yourself a fine Friday and a great weekend ahead too!

Carol

Christmas Snippets Card

 I had so many Christmas snippets from paper pads that were falling all over the place, so I decided to use them to make a few Christmas cards with panels like this one. I just glued them together on a scrap piece and then trimmed it to fit the dark green panel, which was punched with a SU! scalloped punch. The little gnome is a first outing and he's from a Stampendous stamp set given to me by a very generous friend. The sentiment panel is a pre-printed one from SSS. I added some liquid applique to the gnome for a little fun.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Snippets Playground #411 - must use snippets

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge #38 - Sept. A/G Christmas challenge

the Happy Little Stampers September Christmas Challenge - A/G 

*optional non-traditional colors

NBUS #30 - never before used schtuff (gnome stamp)

This is the first time in a long time I posted 2 cards back-to-back, so it must be this beautiful weather we're having that inspired me! LOL

Thanks for stopping by and  I'm also wishing a very happy Labor Day holiday to my American friends today! Enjoy!

Carol

More Christmas Cards

While working on the card in the previous post, I pulled all the smaller snippets of paper from that Lawn Fawn paper pad to make 3 more Christmas cards. These were all quick and easy to make using a few dies and some SSS pre-printed sentiments. For this one I used a PoppyStamps set of stitched holly leaves and berries for the corners.

For this one I used some Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake dies, along with an unbranded die and a punch to create the smaller snowflakes. I used clear wink of stella on all the flakes for some subtle sparkle and shimmer.

For this one I used different dies in the Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes set, and added more sparkle with some bits of metallic gold cardstock to fill in the centers and outer edges of the snowflakes. Looking at the photo, I see I attached the sentiment panel crooked again 😏 I need to buy a T-ruler to avoid this as I seem to be doing it all the time lately. 

I'm entering the first card into the MLCCB #37 - August Christmas a/g

Also entering the last card into the Dies R Us Challenge #174

anything goes using dies sold in their store (Lawn Fawn)

Thanks for stopping by and have yourselves a great day!

Carol

 

Christmas Ornament

 Today I have  quick & easy Christmas card to share. The background was done with a Sizzix snowglobe/holly leaves embossing folder on some shimmer white cardstock. I added a punched SU! (r) ornament done with a snippet of red & white dsp. I added a pre-printed SSS sentiment to the center; then added some gold cording to make a bow and hang it from the die-cut Poppystamps Shasta twigs. The final touch was to add some snow to the branches.

 with some liquid applique.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The June Rudolph Days Challenge - a/g Christmas

Dies R Us Challenge #171 - a/g using dies from their store

MLCCB#35 - June Anything Christmas Goes

HLS June Christmas Challenge - A/G Optional "tinsel"

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

Carol

Christmas in May

I made a hidden gatefold card for Christmas using a SSS gnome die for the main attraction. I used designer papers from Brutus Monroe and SU!. The golden trees were done with a retired SU! mini tree punch and stacked up on each other with tiny die-cut stars to separate them.

When you flip the top of the card up, this is how the gatefold looks inside. I used a SU! framelit die set to create the tree from gold glitter paper and the red mirror star for the top.

I haven't stamped the sentiment inside yet, but I added a strip of matching dsp to coordinate everything together.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

May Rudolph Days Challenge - anything Christmas goes

Shopping our Stash #446 - gnome doubt about it - use a gnome

MLCCB#34 - May anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a wonderful day whatever you're doing!

Carol

Christmas Horses

 I pulled out a long-neglected but favorite stamp from I.O. to make this Christmas card. My husband and I owned horses many years ago and I've always been fond of them which is why I like this stamp so much. I colored the horses with Tombow markers and colored pencils, adding some red Copic colors to those Santa hats and liquid applique for the fur. The sentiment is by Tim Holtz. A friend of ours recently bought his first home and his neighbor has 2 horses that come to the fence to welcome him home from work every day. He always has a carrot for each of them which may be why they greet him at the fence, but I thought this would be a perfect Christmas card for him!

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the April Rudolph Days Challenge - anything Christmas goes

MLCCB # 33 - April anything Christmas goes

Happy Little Stampers April Christmas Challenge - a/g opt. under the tree

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Carol

Christmas and Birthday

Here are my cards for the Twofer Card Challenge #36. I used a Spellbinder Oval die for both cards. For this challenge, the choice is yours!

I found this stag die-cut in my snippet box and placed it on a red die-cut oval, then matted with a black scalloped oval die-cut from SB. The 2 different papers are from a DCWB black & white pad which I separated with a MFT diagonal stitched die-cut in white. I added a SSS heat-embossed sentiment on a black strip and added alternating enamel dots to finish.

I'm also sharing this card with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to use 2 or more patterned papers

 The second card for my twofer was created with a Crafter's Companion 3D embossing folder in kraft, then swiped with a white craft ink pad. I decided it needed some sparkle, so I added clear Wink of Stella to the trees. I die-cut the oval from red (which I used on the first card) and then used two larger SB oval/scalloped dies to make the frame from white card stock. I heat-embossed the SU! (retired) greeting with white ep and called this one done.

I'm also sharing this card with these challenges:

the CAS Christmas card challenge to use kraft, red, and white

(they are also celebrating their third birthday)

{This is the first time I played along with this challenge as I'm not very good with making CAS cards, but I love the color combination so I gave it a try}

The Happy Little Stampers March Christmas Challenge - a/g

The MLCCB #32 - March anything Christmas goes

That's it for me, so thanks much for stopping by. I always appreciate your visits and time spent to leave comments.

Have yourself a fabulous Friday!

Carol

February Rudolph Days Challenge

 I've been dragging my feet getting Christmas cards done early this year, but I did manage to make this one recently. I used a retired mini tree punch from SU! to cut trees left over from assorted green cardstock bits and shaped them all into a tree. I stenciled the tag first with a GMD weave pattern stencil and some light green ink. The tree pot was cut with a retired SU! set of Perfect Pines, and the white heat-embossed sentiment is from SU! retired Teeny Tiny Wishes. The background was embossed with a CB Snow Globe ef and I tied a piece of candy cane red twine into a bow for the top of the tag. I added a red itty bitty star negative from a SSS star border die for the tree top.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

February Rudolph Days Challenge - Christmas card

The Snippets Playground #397 - must use snippets

Repeat Impressions - The House that Stamps built #F2421 - anything goes

The MLCCB#31 - February Anything Christmas Goes

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge for Feb- a/g *optional berries

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

Carol

Peace on Earth

 I pulled out my SU! Perfect Pines Framelits and decided to make a snowy Christmas scene with them. I die-cut  3 trees, then die-cut some hills with Lawn Fawn stitched hillside dies and used a piece of Soft Sky dsp for the sky/background. I dotted the trees with Nuvo Aqua dots, and added 3 glitter red stars cut with a SSS star border punch. The sentiment was stamped with grey ink for a softer look. Now that I see this photo enlarged, I need to trim a little thread of paper on that tree to the right! Oops!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

January Rudolph Days challenge - Christmas a/g

The House that Stamps Built (Repeat Impressions) J2721- a/g

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #MLCCB#30 - Christmas a/g

Addicted to Stamps and More #397 - Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - a/g

Our snow turned out to be rain yesterday, but I hear more of the white stuff is on the way this weekend. Stay warm everyone, and thanks for the visit! Take good care of one another!

Carol

Christmas Joy

 I pulled out an older Tim Holtz stamp set & die combo to make this card, using snippets of white and a leftover strip of dsp. I stamped the images with assorted colors before cutting, then added clear Wink of Stella to the trees  for a little shimmer. I used some Diamond Stickles to add a little "snow" to the ground around the trees and reindeer. The embossed background was done with a retired SU! embossing folder. On a good note, I did manage to finish making my Christmas cards this weekend and they're all going in the mail today.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

the MLCCB #29 - December anything Christmas goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #392 - use snippets

Cute Card Thursday challenge #663 - anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge  - fun with dies

The Paper Players #PP520 - theme challenge

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a great week ahead!

Carol

Christmas in October

 I recently purchased this curvy Christmas sentiment die, along with a companion die that cuts assorted sizes of snowflakes, and made 2 Christmas cards. I used mirror red cardstock to cut the sentiment, along with some vanilla card to cut the snowflakes. The designer paper is by Echo park. For the first version I split the card into thirds, adding some of the smaller snowflakes....

 and since there was half a sheet of the 6x6 designer paper left, I made a 2nd card - moving the sentiment up a bit higher, adding some of the larger snowflakes to the bottom panel. These were both quick and easy to make but slightly different.

I'm entering the first card into the October Rudolph Days challenge - make a Christmas card

also the Merry Little Christmas Challenge MCLLB#27 - Christmas a/g

also entering at the NBUS # 19 - (my NBUS is the dies)

We went from a high yesterday of 74 and today our high is going to be somewhere between 47-50 degrees, so it's a major cool-down and might make those Christmas cards a bit easier to make as the seasons are rapidly changing. Time to make some home-made soup me thinks :)

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

Carol

Christmas in July

I pulled out an older die called Pine Trio by Memory Box and dug through my snippets to put together a Christmas card. I used bits of green mirror card, SU! glittered gold card, red glitter card, SSS white woodgrain embossed card, and a snippet of plaid dsp from a Kringle paper pad. The card base is Cherry Cobbler and the sentiment is unbranded, also stamped in Cherry Cobbler. The little stars on top of the trees were negative cuts from a SSS star border die.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions DCCJL120 - Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #24 - July anything Christmas goes

Dies R Us #148 - a/g using dies sold in the Dies R Us store (MB die)

the Paper Players Challenge #497 - use this sketch

(I'm sliding this one in just a couple hours before it closes - whew!)

the Snippets Playground #381 - must use snippets

That's going to do it for me today. Wishing all my American friends a very happy Independence day celebration tomorrow and wishes to everyone for a fantastic weekend!

Carol