Christmas Cheer Part Three

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to part three of Christmas Cheer.  I am sharing all the cards I made for Christmas.  I ended up making 35 cards.  I have them all in the mail and they are happily on the way to friends and family.

See part one here.  Part two here.

Let's get started!  I stamped snowman on the cups for the cards.

I used lots of bright and cheerful prints for the backgrounds.  Did a little coloring on the snowmen with markers.

See you next time for part four!!
Thanks for stopping by.
Karen

Christmas Cheer Part Two

Hello Friends,
Sharing more on my Christmas cards today with part two of Christmas Cheer.  I used the same stamp and die set throughout all the cards.  See part one here. 

The first two cards have lots of bling with gold metallic doilies, metallic paper, and gold glitter glue.

I made some woodsy cards here.  A little bunny and a moose. Pretty cute!??

Did a little bit of coloring on the bunny. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Part Three will up in a couple of days.  Hope your Holiday Season is going well.   See you soon.
Karen

Christmas Cheer Part One

Hello Everyone! 
Back today to share the cards I made for Christmas this year.  I used one stamp set and matching die set.  I think that was easier than having to pull out 10 stamp sets.  So, let's get started!

This group of cards use a gate fold pattern.  I added glitter paper to some, stamped the cups, or die cut the cups, and used a decorative paper background.

In this pic, you can see the folds and how the center piece overlaps the front edge of the card base.
This gate fold is quite easy:
Cut the cardstock at 5.5 x 8.5
Score at 2 1/8  and 6 3/8
Fold the side flaps into the center

I stamped this cute house (which was from another set...) on the cup and used the glitter paper.

I already sent all the cards out.  I have made a few masculine birthday cards as well.  And, I will share those after Christmas.
Thanks for stopping by.  Check back in a few days for Part Two of Christmas Cheer.
Karen

Thanksgiving Rocker Card

Hello Everyone!
Having unseasonably cold and snowy weather here in Michigan, USA.  We never have snow in November.  Had 10 inches on Monday! The leaves are still on half the trees.  No one was ready for snow... even the trees  LOL     Anyway....

I made some cards to send out for Thanksgiving.  I used a rocker type card base.  This is really quite an easy base to make.  The only difficulty was not having a die to cut a large enough circle.  So, I used the old fashioned compass  and cut two by hand.  I also used some purchased die cut scallop circles I had in my stash. 

I folded the circles in half and added the smaller circles and sentiment.  (The stamps are older Stampin Up stamps.) 

This green and brown version are made from  purchased die cut scallop circles

The orange card is made from one of the circles I hand cut. 

This is what the card looks like from the side.

So, pretty cute, I think.  I like this rocker base and will use it for other cards.  Would be really cute for birthday cards too. 

Still haven't started my Christmas cards.  Have you started yours yet??  I know what stamps and dies I am going to use: The Cup of Cheer set from Stampin Up.  I die cut a few of the mugs yesterday to see what they will look like and, that was as far as I got.  LOL.   I might spend some time on it today if my ankle is not throbbing too much  (broke my ankle in July and still having lots of problems...Going to physical therapy three times a week ).

Hope you are having a great day!  See you next time!
Karen

Floral with Soft Coloring Technique

Hello Everyone,

Today's project was an experiment in a coloring technique.  I stamped with a very light ink and then colored with copic markers.  I liked the results. I used the cards for birthdays and stamped sentiments on the inside.  

This is a second version.  Used the same coloring technique and used a different layout.

See you next time.
Karen

Halloween Scary Cute Cards Part 2

Hello!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I am back today with the second part of my Scary Cute Halloween cards.  (See part one here.)  I used the same image, but each card is a bit different. 

 
Hope you have a spooky Halloween.

See you soon
Karen

Halloween Scary Cute Cards Part 1

Hello Everyone,
I am still dealing with broken ankle.  Going thru physical therapy now and doing much better.  Have been able to make some Fall Holiday cards.   I stamped the same image, but each card is slightly different.  I will write two posts to show all the photos.

I added lots of layers of decorative papers.

The layout is rotated on one of the cards and I added a big bow.  Also used a paper doily on the third card. 

Check back in a few days for the second part that will have the additional card photos.

See you soon.
Karen