Something to Keep You Warm

I’m back today with yes, another Christmas card.  This card is inspired by one I saw by Becky Whitman at  becca-expressions.blogspot.com.  I think this card is adorable.  I don’t remember if the inspiration was embossed or not, but mine is.  I ran it through a cuddlebug folder that I thought resembles a crocheted or knitted mitten.   I got ahead of myself.  A description of what I did is below the picture.

  Using cricut craft room, I cut out the snowflake inside the mitten.  I then trimmed with my scissors the snowflake just leaving the star.  I stitched the mitten with baker’s twine. For the card base,  I cut out two mittens out of White Daisy card stock and scored half an inch on the back one at the top for the card to open. I then glued the tops together at this fold line.  I then glued on my embroidered mitten and cuff onto the front mitten.  I threaded a button and glued it in the center of the star after I attached the star at the center of the snowflake.  I hope this makes sense and doesn’t confuse anyone.

  For the sentiment, I used two different stamps to achieve the greeting that I wanted.  This I stamped on the inside at the cuff.

  Here is a close up of the embossing.  I love the look and am on an embossing kick right now.  Well, embossing is one of the kicks I’m on at this current time.

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

paper:  Outdoor Denim and White Daisy cardstock

stamp: Just for the Holiday(retired)

ink: Outdoor Denim, Olive, and Ruby

embellishments:  Harvest Baker’s Twine and White Button(retired)

other stamps: Warm Happiness Too(Papertreyink ) and Creative Cafe

cricut: Art Philosophy and  Simply Charmed(provo craft)

other: embossing folder  Herringbone(cuddlebug)

Cookies, Anyone

  I hope everyone is having a great Sunday before the work week starts.  I know by the title of today’s post you  probably expected pictures of mouth watering cookie goodness.  Sorry, no yummy cookies,  just adorable gingerbread cookies from paper instead.  The inspiration for today’s card comes from a manufactured card that I saw at a store.  The theme of the card was flowers and the “Live, Love, Laugh”.  I had just received the Stamp of the Month for October which had words that I could use for my card instead.  I looked through my cricut cartridges to find a design that I could use.  My good friend, Dianne, had given me the Gingerbread cartridge as a Christmas gift a few years ago, and  I used three images from it.

  I found a sentiment from Close To My Heart that works great with it for the inside.

  Although my inspiration came from a non-Christmas card, it adapts well to becoming one.  Take a few minutes when you are shopping to look at cards and see how you can make one similar with all your card making supplies. 

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

paper:  Pear and Partridge(retired), Cranberry, Colonial White and Kraft cardstock

stamps: Scandinavian Wish(October SOTM) and Peace on Earth(retired)

ink: New England Ivy

cricut: Gingerbread and Circuit Craft Room

Season’s Greetings

  I’m back today with another Christmas card as promised.  This card is a little different for me as it has no layers.  I masked off the area to be stamped with a background stamp with masking tape.  I stuck the tape to my clothes a few times to reduce the tackiness.  I then stamped the background stamp onto my card base.  I used a light color for this.  I then stamped the branch and then the cute cardinal.  I went over the leaves and berries with glitter gel. The cardinal got glitter gel around the beak.  I know it’s hard to see but trust me it’s there.  I used a black marker to color in the eye which kind of disappeared in the glitter. I used my white gel pen again to give the eye a highlight.

Here is the envelope that I stamped as well. 

I like the back flap with just the branch.

All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:

stamps:  Universal Backgrounds, Harmony(retired), and Peace on Earth(retired)

inks: Bamboo, Cocoa, Cranberry, and Olive

marker: Black(retired)

embellishments:  Red and Green Glitter Gel

other:  white gel pen--Sakura

Christmas Cards

  I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything in a LONNNNNNG time.  My last time was at Thanksgiving and now we are a couple of weeks away from Christmas.  I have been busy working on Christmas cards and have even sold some.  Yeah!!!  I wanted to share some cards with you.  I took some pictures when the lighting was good and should be sharing them in upcoming days.   Here are the first two.


  I stamped the light set to make a longer strand of lights and then colored them in with CTMH alcohol markers.  I then added a line with a white gel pen(probably hard to see in picture) and then applied liquid glass over them.  I then cut them out after everything was dry.  I cut the cat out and then cut the arms apart(a harmless operation) to have the strand fit between them.  For the “Santa Paws”, I stamped the oval which actually says “Santa Claus” and cut it apart to fit the banner and “Santa Paws” that I cut using Cricut Craft Room.
 
  This little doggie is in the Christmas spirit.  For this card, I cut the dog out and then cut a little slit along the mouth line(another painless operation) to insert the baker’s twine.  It is extremely hard to tell, but I did use cocoa embossing powder on his nose and eye to give some dimension.
All supplies Close To My Heart unless noted:
Cat Card
paper:  Jingle(retired), Creme Brulee, White Daisy, Slate, Blush, and Tulip(retired) cardstock
stamp: Cozy Cat, Season Tweetings, Santa Claus, Share the Magic--lights(retired), Evergreen—tree stand and star(retired), Art Philosophy cricut collection—tree
inks: Archival Black, Slate, Blush, and Tulip(retired)
alcohol markers:  Ruby, Outdoor Denim, Pear, and Honey
embellishments:  Liquid Glass
cricut: Artiste and CCR
other: white gel pen-Sakura
Dog Card
paper: Mistletoe(retired) and Colonial White cardstock
stamp: Bowwow and Art Philosophy cricut collection—tree
inks: Cocoa, New England Ivy, and Cranberry
embellishments: Cocoa embossing powder(retired), Cranberry baker’s twine
other: Studio G—ornament
  Stop back tomorrow for more Christmas cards.