Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Hello!

Merry Christmas!!!

I would like to wish everyone a merry and happy Holiday season!!!  Bring on the happy new year!!

I am back today with the final group of my Holiday cards!

 I used the same main image for all the cards, but used different layouts, accents, and die cuts.  I also used different color palettes.  

Today's cards have tan or cream as the main color.  

Stamp: Don't Stop Believin' (Stampin' Up)

Santas are stamped on white cardstock.  I used Black Memento ink on the two samples.  Coloring was done with copic markers.  I used four markers making 43 cards.  So, a lot of coloring on the Santas. 

 

The card above has a die cut tree, dry embossed star border, velum silver paper, silver and white ribbon.

The embellishments on this card include a metallic striped gold and white paper, gold glitter paper, punched snowflake, and white ribbon bow.

Inside looks like this on all the cards.

Again, I wish everyone a happy holiday season!!  See you next year!!!

Karen

More Santa Holiday Cards

 Hello!

Back today with the second group of my Holiday cards.  

I used the same main image for all the cards, but used different layouts, accents, and die cuts.  I also used different color palettes.  

Today's cards have green as the main color.  

Stamp: Don't Stop Believin' (Stampin' Up)

Santas are stamped on white cardstock.  I used Black Memento ink on the samples.  Coloring was done with Copic markers.  I used up four markers making 43 cards.  So, a lot of coloring on the Santas.  

Embellishments on the card above include glitter paper, punched snowflakes, and a white ribbon bow.

Metallic paper, punched stars, and silver and white ribbon are used as accents on card below.

Inside of all cards look like this:

So, see you next week with the final group of my Christmas cards.  Happy Holidays!!

Karen

Checking That Naughty List!

 Hello!

Have a few of my Christmas cards to share today.  I used the same main image for all the cards, but used different layouts, accents, and die cuts.  I also used different color palettes (mostly because I ran out of red and green cardstock... ). 

Today's cards have navy blue as the main color.  

Stamp: Don't Stop Believin' (Stampin' Up)

Santas are stamped on white cardstock.  I used Black Archival ink on the two samples.  Coloring was done with water base markers.  I used four markers making 43 cards.  So, a lot of coloring on the Santas.  

The card above has die cut and punched snowflakes with a red ribbon bow.

All the insides look like this:

Below is a second layout.  I die cut the landscape background and layered a fussy cut Santa over top. Accents are die cut stars and blue striped ribbon bow.  Also added some glitter paper under the sentiment.

Will be back next time with more of my Christmas cards.  Hope your day is full of crafty hand made fun.

Karen

Floral Wreath

 Hello Everyone,

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.  Ours was great.  Had a family dinner with all the loved ones.  So sweet.  We had snow over the weekend here in Michigan, USA.  Pretty early for snow, but here it is!  

So, I have two cards to share that have nothing to do with snow.  LOL  

Stamp and Die Set: Art Gallery (Stampin' Up) 

I inked the leaf section of the stamp and stamped several.  Then inked the floral section.  I cut them up a bit and put them back together.  I added an extra green stem to the upper right area. The florals were layered onto die cut circles.

Used the same stamps on card below, but with a totally different color palate.  A bee was added.

Pretty floral cards to send out to someone special.  Hope you are having a lovely day. See you next time with a Christmas card.  

Karen

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hello Everyone,

Wanted to share the cards I made for Thanksgiving. These have all gone out in the mail to family and friends. 

I used  gorgeous leaf stamp and die sets  called Autumn Sketches from The Greetery. 

Inside of card: 

Hope your Thanksgiving is great and full of blessings.  See you next time.

Karen

Floral Wreath Card

 Hello Everyone,

Made a pretty floral wreath card using the Art Gallery stamp set (Stampin' Up).  I die cut the flowers, leaves, and the circles for the background.  Also added  a dry embossed piece to frame the layout.

Circle Die - Sizzix

So glad you stopped by today.  See you again next time for fall themed cards!

Karen

Time to Get Cozy

 Hello Everyone!

The Fall weather is here!  Nice and cool.  Time to cozy up and wear your favorite sweater.  Oh, yeah, and don't forget raking leaves!

This little guy is having a blast raking those fall leaves!  So cute!

Images are colored with Copic markers.  

Stamps:

Seasons of Fun - Stampin' Up

Sentiments: Gettin' Cozy - The Greetery

Oval punch, Leaf punch - Stampin' Up

Used lots of fall colors for the cardstock and ribbons. I actually used all my yellow CS!  Guess I need to replace that.  Haven't found the right shade of yellow yet.  

Inside of card.

These are all going out in the mail to friends and family.  Get Cozy and have a lovely day!!

Karen

Halloween Brew

 Hello Everyone!

Time for a cup of witch's brew!  The cards were made to send out to friends and family.  I used a few different stamps and dies to complete the cards.  

Sentiment: Eat, Drink, and Be Scary - Technique Junkies

Spider, Witch stamps - Frightfully Cute Stampin' Up

Spider web, Hat, Owl dies -Frightful Tags Dies Stampin' Up

Coffee cup die -Stampin Up (retired)

Added lots of glitter glue to brighten up the color scheme.  Also got out the distress inks to darken some of the die cuts.

Added lots of fibers just for fun.  

Hope you have a Happy Halloween!!  See you again soon!

Karen

Gold Leaf Flower Part Two

 Hello Everyone,

I am back with a few more of my gold leaf flower cards made with the stamp set Art Gallery (Stampin' Up).  I added a die cut background piece and additional flowers.  Again, no sentiments.  They will be added later.

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you next time with more floral cards!

Karen

Gold Leaf Flower

 Hello Everyone!

Feeling the cool down here in Michigan. Love it!  Nice and cool at night too.  

Wanted to share a card I made with a really great stamp set from Stampin' Up called Art Gallery.  I made lots of cards using this set and will be posting them over the next month or so.  

I used a glue pad to apply the gold leaf.  This flower stamp is a two step stamp.  I used the stamp that would be used as shading and applied the glue from the glue pad.  I stamped as would normally do.  And then applied the gold leaf to the glue area.  Worked really well.  

 I did not add sentiments yet.  I will add sentiments later. 

So glad you stopped by today. See you next time for a few more of the Gold Leaf Flower cards.  I also have a coffee themed Halloween card coming up in October.  See you soon!

Karen

Whole Page Stamping Part Two

Hello Everyone,

Back today with more of my whole page stamping cards.  

Stamps: Artistically Inked and A Touch of Ink from Stampin' Up

I stamped a whole page of white cardstock and cut into pieces.

Here is the whole sheet.

This is card number two.  The first card can be seen in the previous post.  Again, I made a larger card.  This one is 5 x 6.5.  

Inside of card.

I had so much fun with this technique that I stamped another sheet.  I made the card below with that.

I added some die cuts to this piece.  I did not add any sentiments.  I will decide on that later when I want to give the card to someone special.

So glad you stopped by today.  I always enjoy sharing my projects with other crafty persons.  

See you again soon!

Karen

Whole Page Stamping Part One

 Hello Everyone!

Back today with a series of cards I made from a whole page stamping.  I stamped a 8.5 x 11 piece of white cardstock and then cut it into smaller pieces for my cards.

I used the Stampin' Up stamp set called Artistically Inked.  Humming bird is from A Touch of Ink (Stampin' Up).  Inks are Ranger Adirondack.  

Below is the whole sheet of cardstock that I filled with stamped images.

I made two large cards from this sheet.  Below is the first card.  It is a 5.5 inch square.  I will share the second card in my next blog post.

The sentiment is stamped on velum and punched out. Humming Bird is fussy cut.

See another card I made with this set here.  I will be back with more of the cards made with the whole page stamping in the next post.  I found this technique very enjoyable.  Really lets you get  creative and the card comes together easily.

See you soon.

Karen