More true to life Alpine Carolers

In that the girls are wearing pink  ;)

Supplies; Stamps - Alpine Carolers (ME), Paper - white, kraft PP, Other - red bakers twine, twist tie because I didn't know what to do, copics, glossy accents.

Alpine Carolers in red!!!!

So, so, SO excited about this set.  Could not be any cuter.  Seriously, this is by far my most favourite set to come out in a long time.  Am I crazy enough to contemplate this as our annual Christmas/holiday card?

Supplies; Stamps - Alpine Carolers, Paper - white and PP gingham, Other - copics, glitter, glossy accents.

Tagged card

Not 100% about placement of the cluster of greenery, but it is what it is.

Supplies; Stamps and dies - Tinsel and Tags, Paper - white, New Leaf, Other - rhinestone.

Scenery card

Using the Make It Market Tinsel and Tags kit again.  Because I have to justify the cost by making lots of things  :)
This one is flat for mailing and easy to mass produce.

Supplies;  Stamps and dies - Tinsel and Tags kit,  Bells and Boughs, Paper - white and New Leaf.

PTI blog hop - holiday colours

With Tinsel and Tags  and this colour combo -






My card:

Some sparkly paper in the background and glitter pen

Supplies; Stamps and dies - Tinsel and tags, journaling die, Paper - New leaf, Aqua mist, White shimmer, Other - red Baker's twine, glitter pen.

Tinsel and Tags!!!!

Just a teeny bit excited about this Make It Market kit...

So much fun to die cut and stamp and assemble.

Supplies;  stamps and dies  - Tinsel and Tags, paper - limade ice, white, other; glitter pen.

MIM - flagged border

Here are some cards I didn't get around to sharing, and they fit in with this week's MIM theme -

I cut apart a sentiment from In the Meadow.

Supplies; Stamps - In the Meadow, Paper - Limeade ice, Ripe avocado, MME PP, Other - Fishtail dies.

Treat bags for staff at work

Simple design, as had to make 30.

Using medium glassine bags from PTI.  Inside a gift card to hospital's deli and small chocolate squares.
Supplies; Stamps - TT: Christmas, Paper - Distressed dots, white, Other - Pure poppy twine, 1 3/4'' and 1 1/2'' circle punches

this year's kiddie card

For my daughter's friends, quick as many won't make it to their homes  :)  These are a half of 5 1/2'' x 4 1/4'' size.

Supplies; Stamps - In the Meadow, Holiday Tags 2010 (sentiment), Paper - Spring rain, kraft.

This year's Christmas card

I knew I wanted to use In the Meadow, and white shimmer cardstock. And ofcourse it had to be flat/maileable. 

The drift was created by using a glue pen overtop of a diecut and then glitter.  At first I tried a few different colour combos -
blue and pink didn't seem right

traditional red and green was off too -

So I went with neutrals -

The tree was stamped in Shabby shutters, the child in sled in Crumb cake.   The white snowflakes show up when you move the card.

Supplies; stamps - In the Meadow, paper - white shimmer, other - glitter, glue pen.

DH's Christmas card

I know, I know, it's almost the middle of february...

This is the card I made for my husband this year.   He gave me that penguin stamp last year for Christmas.   Penguins mean something to us, as we were trying to get a glimpse of them at sunset on a beach in New Zealand, and almost got eaten by a sea lion instead. The tide was coming in, we were losing beach to walk on, it was getting dark...  It was a super-adrenalin charged event, and even hours later we were running on crazy energy.  Now that we have our daugher it will be awhile before we do something as crazy again.

Supplies: Stamps - penguins (unknown), TT: Christmas, Paper - rustic white, Ink - copics, Other - glitter glue.

The last of the Christmas tags

Supplies; Stamps - Holiday tags 2010, Wreath for all seasons, Paper - Aqua mist, Enchanted evening, Pure poppy, Kraft, cream, white, Other - copics, ribbons (new leaf twill, hawaiian shores twill, spring rain satin, red bakers twine, crochet trim), glitter glue, tag sale #2, limitless layers, 1 1/4'' circle punch.

THE Christmas card

That is going out this year.  It's challenging to make 'flat' cards to send out, but I'm happy with how they turned out.

Made half with rustic white, the other with rustic cream.

Added some glitter berries on the wreaths.  There are a couple of scored lines above the greeting.

Supplies; Stamps - Wreath for all seasons, Paper - Pure poppy, rustic cream, rustic white, Ink - Real red, chocolate, vintage cream, mushroom for sponging, Other - Mat stack #4 die, red glitter glue, score pal.

Cards for little people

I made some little cards for my daughter's friends.

I made an A2 card that has a fold on the 5 1/2'' side, then cut it in half through the fold, so the dimensions are 2 3/4 x 2 1/8''.  There's just enough room for a little message inside.  I attached a tag onto the front, and put into a glassine bag.  Quick and cute.  I wanted to put some treats inside with it, but still too much of a choking hazard at this age.

Supplies - Stamps; TT: Christmas, Paper; Pure poppy, kraft, cream, Ink; Real red, copics, Other; red glitter, candy cane bakers twine, glassine bags.

Meaning of Christmas

Here's a traditional card I made for my parents.  I'm really excited about this one, because I love the image, and there are several new techniques that I tried. 

First I stamped the image on vellum and heat embossed with gold powder.  Then I coloured the underside with copics, which was a bit tricky in that they don't fix permanently, so the ink keeps getting moved around.  I added some glitter to the Babe's clothes with a two way glue pen.

Then I applied glossy accents over the front of the image, working in between the sections of embossing.  It looks really cool in real life - like a stained glass window. 

Unfortunately the glossy accents really warped the vellum!!!  I tried to straighten it by putting it between old heavy textbooks (yeah - stamping instead of studying at night!  woo hoo!!) for a couple of days, but it only worked a little.

And then I couldn't attach the vellum using glue of any sort (because it was warped), so I had to use brads which I'm not crazy about. 

And THEN I was so worried that all that work would be ruined by a misaligned greeting (...because the vellum is warped), that I can't bring myself to do it.  I want to put it in the upper right corner.  So it might just stay like this. 

Next time, I'll do a double sided sheet of vellum (wrapping to the back) so that I can just tie a ribbon through the spine and not have to glue it, and I'll stamp the greeting early on.

Supplies - Stamps;  ?numerical name (Stamp barn), Paper - Scarlet jewel, vellum, white, Ink - versamark, copics (Scarlet jewel, Lemon tart, Spring rain), Other - yellow brads, gold embossing powder, glossy accents, glitter.  

Who lives in this snowy winter house?

I CASEd this from last year's Christmas card series from Kristina Werner.

My alterations - made a larger card, dotted the perimeter instead of slashes, and added a thick ribbon of 'snow' underneath the snowman.  The ribbon has a wire edge which made it easy to fold over for added dimension.

 

Supplies: Paper - kraft, Ink - white gel pen, Other - cream buttons (PTI), red saddlestitch ribbon, wire edged ribbon.

Playful Christmas

This was my first ever Copic-coloured image.  Back in July!  I took one look at the stamp, and decided to take the Copic plunge.  I didn't actually complete the card until now.  I just can't get into Christmas themed things before December.

Supplies; Stamps - Penny Black, Ink - Black (Memento), Tea Dye (Tim Holtz), Copics (Old Avocado, Real Red and New Leaf), Paper - Ripe Avocado and Ripe Avocado distressed dots PP (PTI), Other - dark chocolate baker's twine.

PTI blog hop - tags!

So I went a little overboard.  But I couldn't help it - it's my first time doing tags, and once I started a few days ago, I couldn't stop.  Click on any photo to see larger.

First is the Green series;

Paper - Ripe Avocado, Fine linen, cream, chocolate, Simply Chartreuse bitty dots, Jovial PP

Ink - Dark chocolate stamped off once, crumb cake, colorbox lime pastel, versamark

Accents - cream grossgrain, chocolate bakers twine, fine linen satin, chartreuse and cream buttons

Then, the Scarlet series;

Paper - Scarlet Jewel, Fine Linen and Scarlet Jewel distressed dots, Jovial PP, cream

Ink - cream, chocolate, cranberry

Accents - 1/8'' silk thread, scarlet jewel grossgrain, twine, Spring Moss and Scarlet Jewel buttons

Then the Red and Cream series;

Paper - Pure Poppy, cream, kraft, kraft bitty dots

Ink - real red, white, copics

Accents - cream felt, cream grosgrain, pure poppy bakers twine, rhinestones, silver glitter


And last, the colourful series.  Big thank you to Derby for this post and giving me the idea of stamping a whole bunch of little images in a row to create a patterned paper of sorts.

Paper - cream and white

Ink - black, brown, copics

Accents - Spring Moss satin ribbon, Aqua Mist satin ribbon, red glitter

Stamps - Tiny Treats: Christmas, 2010 Holiday Tags, Wreath for All Seasons (PTI), BB: Retro.