Merry Christmas to All

 Hello Friends, 

Back today with my last Christmas Card post and to wish you all a

Very Merry Christmas and Happier New Year.

Best Wishes and Kindest Regards,

Karen

Santa's Sweet Wishes

 Hello Friends!

Back today with another of my Christmas cards.  I ended up making around 50 cards.  All have been sent out.

This card was made with a lovely piece of Webster's Pages decorative paper for the background.  The Santa is from Impression Obsession's Ho Ho Ho clear set (retired). Santa was colored with Copics and fussy cut.

I only took a couple photos of the inside of the cards I made.  The insides are all the same with the exception of the strip of decorative paper.  I matched the paper to the front of each card.  But, I used the same stamp on all the cards.  This stamp is from Greatest Part of Christmas stamp set - Stampin' Up. 

Hope your Holiday preparations are going well. And, if you don't have any prep to do, hope you are enjoying your day.  LOL!  

Sending a virtual smile!

Karen

Christmas/Winter Themed Event with Lost Coast Designs

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

The December/January Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda winter event.
The Design Team is making Projects with a Christmas or Winter theme.  See all the event details on the Portal to Creativity blog.
I used four stamps to create this vintage/folk art Chrirstmas card.  Check it out.

Materials List:

Stamps: Plaid Pants Santa and Christmas Tree from Carmen's Veranda; Party Words and Yourba Adire from Lost Coast Designs

Ink: Sepia Archival

Distress Inks: Barn Red, Victorian Velvet, Frayed Burlap, Black Soot,

Markers

CS: white, green

Stickles Glitter Glue

Make It:

• Make a card from green CS
• On white CS stamp the Yourba Adire background stamp by inking the stamp with two colors of Distress ink
• Distress background with Barn Red and Frayed Burlap inks

•  Stamp Christmas tree and Plaid Pants Santa with Sepia ink
• Color with markers
• Add stamped piece to card base

•  Add glitter glue to cuffs, and ornaments on tree
• Stamp sentiment with Black Soot ink

Thanks for stopping by! Head over to the Portal to Creativity to link up your own holiday/winter project.  And, check out the other DT projects too!!
Hope your Holiday preparations are going well!!
Karen

Cute Folk Art Santa with Carmen's Veranda Stamps

Hello Dreamers!
Today is the last day of the Carmen's Veranda Christmas Event.    You have until 8:00 pm PST to link up a Holiday/Christmas project using any stamps.

For my project I have made a Christmas card using a sweet folk art Santa from Carmen's Veranda Stamps.
NOTE: I thought it would be interesting to stamp the image in Navy ink instead of traditional black or brown.  And  to compound the twist by making the card in a neutral brown palette.  I like the visual interest this produces.

Materials List:

Stamps: Overalls Santa from Carmen's Veranda and Party Words from Lost Coast Designs

Ink: Navy dye

CS: Solar White Neenah, cream, kraft, dark brown, medium brown

Die cut rectangle

Copic Markers

Burlap ribbon

Red/gold ribbon

Twine trim

Instructions:

• Make a 4.25 x 7.25 inch card from dark brown CS and add a layer of cream CS
• Add a strip of burlap ribbon- I cut down the width on this ribbon to about one half of an inch
• Add a piece of burlap trim over the burlap ribbon

• Stamp the Santa with Navy ink and color image with Copic markers
• Die cut Santa and add layers of medium brown and dark brown CS

•  Stamp the sentiment and cut out
• Add to card front
• Tie red/gold ribbon in bow and add to card

Hope to see your will share your project with us on the Portal to Creativity blog!! 

See you soon for more crafty goodness!

Karen

Christmas Preview with Carmen's Veranda Stamps

Hello Everyone!
Hope the Thanksgiving dinners were yummy!  I hosted my first holiday gathering in my new house!!  Very fun.  Lots of good food and my dear family all together.

For today's post, I am sharing a little Christmas cheer.  This post is also a preview of the upcoming December Events--

The  Christmas Event begins Dec 1 and will be hosted on the Portal to Creativity Blog

This Winter Holiday Event will be hosted on the Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda Facebook Pages

Materials List:

Stamps: Overalls Santa from Carmen's Veranda; Party Words from Lost Coast Design

Ink: Black dye; Vintage Photo Distress

Copic  Markers

CS: White, white textured, Midnight Muse (Stampin' Up)

Spellbinder's die cut rectangle

Instructions:

• Make a card from Midnight Muse CS and layer with white textured CS
• Stamp Overalls Santa with black dye ink on White CS
• Color with Copic markers

• Cut out with die and distress the edges with Vintage Photo ink
• Add a layer of blue CS
• Add to card front

• Tie a bow in ribbon and glue to card
• Stamp sentiment with black ink on white CS and add to card

 

A few fun challenges for my Overalls Santa!

Simon Says stamp: anything goes

Christmas Card Challenge:anything goes

Merry Monday: Christmas card - blue white with texture

Well, lots to do here.  Still a bit of cleaning up from the big dinner yesterday.  You know, take the extra leaves out of the table, put the extra chairs back in the basement. ... That sort of thing.  

I hope you are having a lovely day!  See you again soon.  I will have more Carmen's Miranda Christmas during December.  And new challenges for Lost Coast Designs and Vintage Stamping Challenge!!! 

Love ya,

Karen

Santa is Dancing-What a Vision

Hello Dreamers,
I sent out all my Christmas cards today...so they are all on their way!!  Good to get that done.  Now on to some Christmas shopping.  I am doing some on line and some in stores.  Getting a lot done, I am glad to say.   And, I did get all my photos edited so now I can post another Christmas card.  Oh boy!!  Here is a funny card.....

Materials:

Stamps: Visions of Santa- from Stampin' Up

CS: red and green

DP: polka dot

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento; Old Olive Stampin' Up

Copic Markers

Spellbinders die cuts

Ribbon

Bakers Twine

Instructions:

• Make a card from Green CS
• Wrap ribbon around DP and add to the card base
• Stamp the Santa and color with Copic markers
• Die Cut Santa and a layer of red CS

• Stamp the sentiment and cut out in shape of tag
• Punch a hole in tag and tie on twine
• Add to ribbon
• Stamp sentiment on the inside

A Few Merry Challenges for my Santa:
Simon's Wednesday: Christmas/ Holidays
Come and Get it: Merry Christmas
Crafty cardmakers: Christmas
Use your Stuff: red and green
Cuttlebug Mania: anything Christmas


Fun, fun, fun!  Isn't this stamp set a hoot!!  Love it.   I will be back in a couple days with more Christmas cards!!  See you then.  Love ya
Karen

Vintage Santa Celebrates with Character Construction

Hi Dreamers!
I hope you are having a great weekend!  To help Celebrate the Season, I have made a Vintage Santa card.  To make this card with old world charm,  I used stamps from Character Construction's  Vintage Christmas Set #2 

To really get a vintage look, I stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  Memento inks work great with Copic markers.  I did color the Santa with Copics.  Here is how I got the vintagey look with Copics.

• I used only one color--a dark red and colored the suit.
• I came back with the colorless blender and removed most of the red marker. 

I am very pleased with the results.  Sometimes I thought that I really did not want to use my Copics on vintage projects.  But, now I have figured out a way to make them work when I want to go all vintagey.   Here is a closer look.

I layered Santa on a red card base, a red crinkle cs, and a brown CS.  The edges were distressed (not with ink, but with the edge of a broken pair of scissors).  And, I tore one edge of the CS layers.  The Sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped with Rich Cocoa.  And, of course, I added a big bow.

Another Christmas card for my basket.  I have not counted them in a while but, I think I am getting pretty close to being done.  I can make a few quicker cards if I run short.    Now, don't talk to me about Christmas shopping.  I am seriously challenged in that area.  As in not done one little bit.  Well, anyway, I could order everything from Amazon.  LOL  Just bouncing around a few ideas.  My husband hasn't even told me what I am getting him this year.  LOL  Oh, it is just so much easier that way.  He always wants some music thing.    Like for his birthday, a few weeks ago, I got him mouthpieces for his trumpet.  Oh, it is all good!


My Vintage Santa Celebrating is entered in the following challenges:
Dream Valley: non traditional Christmas
Corrosive Challenges: Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes
Stamping Sensations: a tree
Christmas Card challenges:Christmas and optional sketch
Winter Wonderland: Santa


See you on Monday with a sassy Christmas card with Marilyn Monroe !  Have a great day.  Love ya.
Karen

Glitzy Santa Tag

Hi Dreamers,
I have been working on a few Christmas items.  Mostly cards that I will sell. But, today I have a Santa Tag that will dress up any plain gift bag.  This fun tag was made with the Blockhead Stamps set An Illustrated Christmas.  I have attached it to a plain brown paper gift bag.  The tag would look equally nice on a fancier gift bag.  But, what a great way to make a plain bag snazzy in just a few minutes.

Materials List:

Stamps: An Illustrated Christmas from Blockheads Stamps

Ink: Black Pigment

Black Embossing Powder

Tarnished Bronze Metallic Stains - Ranger

Cream Cardstock

Holly 3-D sticker

Ribbon

 To make the tag:

• Cover a tag cut from Cream Cardstock with Tarnished Bronze Metallic Stain
• Let Dry
• Stamp Santa with black pigment ink
• Heat Emboss with black powder

• Add ribbon through the hole of the tag and tie another piece of ribbon in a bow around.
• Add the Holly 3-D sticker
• Attach to the gift bag.  (I used a red paper clip so that the tag can be easily removed.)

A few fun Challenges for my Santa Tag:
Holly Jolly Christmas: Santa
Craft door magazine: Anything goes
Christmas stamping: traditional colors
Jingle bells: a living creature
Winter Wonderland: anything but a card

Well, I still have a very long way to go with my Christmas cards.  I will get started in earnest soon.   Yes, I know, I have been saying that for a few weeks!   Well, anyways, I wish you a great day!!  Love ya.
Karen