Merry Little Christmas

 

Happy, Happy Christmas and New Year,

Here is my card for the December 2024 Card Chain Challenge. The winter scene has traveled to Arlene in California. 

From the Tic Tac Toe challenge below, I chose the top left diagonal that asks for Saphire, Sock, Stars, Sparkle and Silver. IMHO the snowy and starry sky background in this DSP is pale saphine. Okay?

The dsp is retired SU called Feels Like Frost. I only have a bit left after covering almost all of an A2 size top folding white card base with it. 

 A new stamp and die set from Colorado Craft Co. is my focal point. I think the mouse giving stockings (socks) to his friend the bird is so fun. Isn't he cute? I should have colored the bird sitting on the branch a darker color cuz he doesn't show well despite the yellow beak.  Oops. The sentiment is from the same stamp and die set.

To complete the requirement to use silver, I die cut a star from white glitter paper and covered it with silver Encore ink. It sparkles too! The star is by Memory Box circa 2014.

The mouse, bird and socks were colored with various SU markers. I cut them twice for some dimension. Inside I wrote a friendly note. 

Well, cold temps and winter winds have come to MN lately and snow is coming HERE. I don't mind, and it is pretty. I prefer it to hot summers. What do you prefer?

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my readers. 

Chilly Girl

 Holiday Hi!

A quick post tonight as I finish up my Christmas cards. This one tonight is a new favorite so am entering two challenges, Snippets Playground Challenge #495 and NBUS Challenge #69. 

This card was made for a neighbor who is dear to me. She is always saying she is cold so this cutie little girl all bundled up seemed just right.

The little girl stamp is new, from Penny Black called Let's Chill. After stamping her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I colored her with SU Blends in Boho Blue and Pink Pirouette. Just left the white areas alone. 

Next I fussy cut her out then glued her onto a Boho Blue background that I stamped in Hero Arts Unicorn (white) ink. The swirly snow scene is by Catherine Pooler. 

I figure that this little girl is a snippet as she is cut from a piece of scrap piece of white c.s. Hope Sarn and Di agree.

 

I've all my Christmas wrapping to do and need one gift card holder. You all done?

I have sent 14 cards this year, received 2 so far. Fun!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Hugs too!

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again. 

White, Mostly

 

Holiday Greetings,

Here is the card that was sent off to Connecticut. As you can see, I used the color suggestion. Just had to add a teeny bit of color, however. Can you see the Encore! silver ink I used for the sentiment? 

The while cardstock for all this whiteness is PTI. The snowflake embossing folder is a really old SU one that I don't have the name for. If anyone reconizes it, please let me know.

Anyway, the star die is from a retired SU set called So Many Snowflakes. I embellished it with a single rhinestone.

The sentiment is from SU's cling stamp set called Peaceful Moments. It is retired also, sorry to say. Inside, I stamped another phrase from the same set. Done, a really simple card to make and I am pleased with it.

I have a good bunch of my Christmas card stamp and die sets out ready to make my cards. Just am not in that grove quite yet. I will now that Thanksgiving is over. 

Did you have turkey? We didn't, had salmon with lots of sides. My two college age grands are home, so that made the day special.

Theme Options: Nativity / Steampunk / Friendship

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Peace, Love and Joy

Holiday Greetings~

My card joins the November Woodblock Wednesday challenge. The woodblock I chose is a really old one from Hero Arts. Sorry, it does not seem to be available anywhere. I sure love it. 

So here is my card, another one ready to send out this season.

It is hard to see, but the tree and greeting are both stamped with Encore! gold ink. I used an un-labled small design element to decorate the tree.

The tree die cut came from my recent card making evening with my demo Kelly Duncan. It is from Stampin' Up! I placed an extra one behind for some dimension. 

The sparkling green background is also SU's Glimmer Paper placed on a Very Vanilla top folding card base.

Love, joy and peace to our world and all of my visitors. 🕊 

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Happy Thanksgiving and Holidays wishes to you all. See you next time.

Joyful Snowflake

 Hi~

After watching Mindy Eggen's video on the blackout embossing technique, I just had to try it as blue is my favorite color. She used dark blue instead of black. So here is my card CASEing hers.

In this photo, the colors look dark aqua and pink, but in real life my card is SU Blueberry Bushel and retired Bashful Blue with a touch of Disress Oxide Seedless Preserves which came out looking pink. So I ran with that for my focal point and sentiment strip.

I started with chosing an embossing folder. This one is an older SU one, but I don't know the name. If anyone knows it, please leave a comment. The e f pushed down on the colored paper so when I dragged the darker blue pad acrossit it the backfround and some areas became colored. A magical technique! 

The pink star was cut from Pretty In Pink c.s. with a die from the old So Many Snowflakes die set and I added a dot from my stash. The sentiment is from redired Peacful Moments SU set.

My first holiday card for this season. I like it. Texture, blue and pink, how can one go wrong! :-)

It is getting colder here late this week, but that is okay by me.

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Hello Friend

Hello!

My CCC card for October went to New Jersey and used the Friendship and Plaid ideas shown below.

Here is my card:

 

I made the flower by playing with an old Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th. I cut out it with an SU die from the newer Spotlight on Nature die set. To finish  I used a resin dot in pale pink. The plaid papeer is from an old paper stack probably also by SU and the blue paper is from my "UFO" bin. My greeting is from the older Inked & Tiled stamp set. With hindsight, I should have stamped it several times to darken it. 

Inside I added a stip of the plaid paper and wrote a note. 

Theme Options: Bears / Transylvania / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Needle and Thread / Plaid

 

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