How lovely are your branches...! Sorry, but this card puts a song in my head! I resized some free Christmas music I found on the web, and printed it off in sepia to make my own pp. The tree (Lovely as a Tree - SU) is embossed with bronze EB powder, and bronze glitter was added to spice it up a bit. I just added a Prima flower and a couple of distressed layers to finish it off. The bottom layer isn't very noticeable, but is actually handmade Japanese paper my fil gave me. He used to do calligraphy and had a huge pile of handmade papers leftover that he passed on to me.
I learned this technique at a SU class. The holly and sentiment are stamped with white EB powder on glossy cs (same as below), and then I sponged green ink all over it. The EB folder is also SU and the poinsettia is Prima. Plaid pp is from a pad of Christmas paper that I bought at Wal-Mart.
A friend at church is recovering from heart surgery so this card is on it's way to her. On the inside it says, "Wishing you a speedy recovery." Those CB embossing folders sure come in handy for this kind of card. The sentiment is embossed with clear embossing powder.
I am really enjoying all that I can do with this new poinsettia stamp. This time I embossed it in white on glossy cs, and then sponged red ink over it. This is a pretty easy technique. I just added an embossed sentiment, a ribbon bow, and some glitter and I was done!
My father just had his 82nd birthday and although he is starting to show his age a little bit, he still bowls in a 5-pin bowling league for seniors. Because an 82 year old has everything he needs, we decided for his birthday present to take him bowling. My kids enjoyed spending time with their Grandpa, and Grandpa had a chance to show off some of his bowling skills!So of course I had to make a bowling themed card! I printed a free clip art bowling pin, cut it out and then used it to trace the image onto cs. I cut five pins out, added the red cs rings, and then popped them off the page using 3D foam squares. The ball is popped just a little higher than the pins for dimension. Inside I put a gift card (for free bowling with our family) that I just made up myself on the computer using my Printmaster program. TFL
Can you tell I love making CAS cards? This one was so easy to make. I punched 5 star shaped flowers with my McGill flower punch and then embossed them to look like poinsettias. I added a couple of MS's punches, a strip of green cs on the inside layer, the sentiment and done!
Gold, ivory and green are one of my favourite colour combos for Christmas. I also love this poinsettia EB folder from SU when it's used with shiny cs like this ivory from Bazill. The gold on the sentiment circle was done using a gold leaf broad tip marker with a slit down the centre of the tip. I highlighted the star with my diamond glitter Jelly Roll pen and finished off the holly berries with red Stickles. TFL
I just love this Holly pp from Provo Craft. It is an old one that I've had for awhile and still had a little bit left. I stamped the Christmas flourish on the side with vintage photo dristress ink, and sponged the edges everywhere with it as well to give the card a little bit of a vintage look.
Silver and red together (especially with white, although this card doesn't have white) are another one of my favourite colour combinations for Christmas cards. The colours alone scream elegance. I stamped the poinsettia on the corner, embossed it with silver EB powder, and then cut it out around the edge. There is a layer of shiny silver cs on the inside for contrast. I stamped silver snowflakes on the present for a festive look and raised it up with 3D foam squares. I finished the poinsettia off with a little bit of silver and red glitter.
I didn't realize it until now, but this card has several different elements that represent Christmas. There are ornaments, snowflakes, a poinsettia and a Christmas tree covered in glitter! It's not very often that I am able to match pp from two different companies, but for this card I did. The snowflake pp is from Terri Conrad Designs' Winter Wonderland collection, and the ornament pp is from Scenic Route's Garland collection.
This card is my absolute favourite so far this year. I got the idea to make the poinsettia from my lss where I bought the stamp. I embossed the image on green, and then ivory cs using gold EB powder, cut each one out and layered them with 3D squares. I added a little gold and red glitter as well. The border is the MS scroll punch set. The ivory bg is embossed with the poinsettia and clear EB powder. It doesn't show up well in the picture but adds to the texture of the card.
I made this poinsettia the same way only using silver EB powder. I also embossed some scrolls with clear EB powder for this bg. It shows up a little better in this pic. Sentiment is embossed with silver EB powder. I have several more cards coming, but still need to take pictures of them, so stay tuned or check back in over the next week or so. Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate all the comments. They are very encouraging!
I made my own pp using 3 different snowflake stamps - one is SU, the other two are just dollar store stamps. I combined 3 colours as well - Colourbox Pheasant Gold and silver, and Agean silver sparkly EB powder for some texture. The snowflakes accenting the image are covered with silver glitter.
This card starts off another big bunch of Christmas cards that I've made and need to post. I've got about 20 of them on their way, each one different.
I used the sparkling Agean silver EB powder on the branch image, and plain silver embossing on the sentiment. The silver border is a shiny cs by Bazzill. TFL
This card was made using my new Studio G stamps that I got from a good friend. I think I'm going to probably be using these a lot as they are so cute and easy to work with. It doesn't show up well in the picture, but I added some clear glitter to the snow and the hat on the snowman. The snowman, by the way, is stamped on the inside. This is my first window card and I'm not too sure if it's something I will try again. Maybe...who knows! I'm not quite sure I know the best way to do it. I might have to look around and find an easier way. I just seemed to find it hard to line it all up well.
Can you tell this card took no time at all to make? I used my Judikins Aegean silver EB powder (for sparkle of course) and my SU snowflake stamp and voila! A clean and simple card. The sentiment is an Inkadinkado stamp and is embossed with silver EB powder to match. It doesn't get any easier than that!
And again with the sparkles! The SU snowflake (from Patterned Pines set) was stamped with Versamark and then embossed with Judikins Aegean Silver EB powder. I love this stuff! The border was stamped with my MS scroll set, and the poinsettia was made using two CB flowers glued together. Pearls of course are one of my favourite embellies! The CB swiss dots folder makes a perfect snowy background don't you think?
These stamps were a rak I got from a wonderful online friend recently. I just had to start using them on my Christmas cards right away. I used my glue pen and some silver glitter to highlight the snow, and added the rhinestones to match. TFL!
For this card I got completely away from the glitter and the trees and decided to use up some of the pp I have in my stash. This is called Poinsettia Stripe and is from Making Memories FA La La collection. I've had some wonderful vintage looking embellishments that I got from the dollar store that I've been wanting to use as well. I thought this tree went perfect with this pp. The stamp set is Heidi Grace, and everything is inked with tea stain distress ink. TFL!
Ok, so I tried the tree idea again only changing the colours around. I think I like this one better, but it still needs improvement. The green is a little blah for me. I like the colour scheme, but think that maybe I should have used some shiny cs instead.
For this Christmas card I stamped my SU Lovely As A Tree with Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then using my glue pen I added glitter for some extra snowy sparkle. I stamped it on vellum, but unfortunately the look isn't quite what I was hoping for. I think next time I would use a shiny white cs. My MS scroll border punch set came in handy to give the edges some flare. The poinsettias were made using two CB flowers glued together. The MS leaf punch was used as well.
Do you ever lay in bed and as you're falling asleep ideas for cards pop into your head? This was one of those ideas. Of course it looks somewhat different than what I had in mind, but at least the idea got me started on the creative process!I stamped the holly along the edge with Judikins aegean silver EB powder. It gives it a nice sparkly look and is my newest and most favourite EB powder at the moment! I used red stickles for the berries, and once everything was dry I cut the edge out by hand. None of the poinsettias I had in my stash seemed to fit or match, so I made this one by hand. The petals were scraps from the centres of some CB flowers I had made, and the leaves were just cut in duplicate by hand. I embossed everything to give it dimension.
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I'm really into poinsettias for some reason this year. I've been having lots of fun embossing them as well as cutting them out as I've done here (stamp - Whispers), this time in gold. For the final touch I added a little pewter stickles for the centres. I used my MS scroll punch for the rectangle, and the bg is from Terri Conrad Designs (Winter Wonderland collection). I just bought lots more of this green cs by Bazzill as it is my favourite colour to match with red for Christmas cards. It is such a neutral green it seems to match with everything.
This is my Northwoods poinsettia stamp and I used red ink with clear EB powder to wash it out a little bit. I layered it on the deep red cs to help bring your eye into the centre.
I'm nearing the end of my favourite Christmas (holly) pp from Provo craft that I bought a couple of years ago. I sure am glad I bought so much when I did! Again I have used my MS scroll punch set (it's new so I'm still having fun with it!), and the flower is Prima. CS is Bazzill and the stamp is Studio G.
The picture doesn't show it well, but I've stamped the flourishes and embossed them with gold on shiny ivory cs. The bg layer is shiny gold cs, also from Bazzill. The flourishes and holly stamps are Heidi Grace, and the sentiment is Studio G. The red is from a scrap that I had.
