Dec 25, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
This was my Christmas card design this year. Oh, and hey, it's another blue holiday card!! (Can you tell what colour I like?!) It may be hard to see in the picture, but the Snow Burst images are stamped onto whisper white cardstock in brocade blue, night of navy, almost amethyst and metallic silver. Once that dried, I pressed my Versamark pad over the strip of cardstock, then heat embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder to give it the all over sparkly look. It's mounted onto night of navy cardstock and brushed silver cardstock. The greeting is from Many Merry Messages (my most used holiday set – all greetings!)
Frugal Friday tip on a non-Friday – I cheated on the silver layer – rather than hiding so much cardstock behind the other layers, I cut thin strips and adhered them to the navy cardstock. Same effect but much more economical! You could also punch out the middle of the night of navy strip with various punches to stretch your dollar further. I however, was a bit time strapped so skipped that frugal step in favour of a bit more speed in my card making!
I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your readership and time! Happy Holidays to all and wishing everyone a happy, healthy and creative new year.
Dec 16, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
Things are a little busy around here right now….what with the last week of school before Christmas, and me still trying to get my own Christmas cards done & mailed out…. My last "Twitter" update reads "Still working on finishing Christmas cards…still hoping to have them mailed before Christmas…" I think it's going to be like that for a while…lol
Anyway – here's another swap sample from the talented Kim – featuring the Deer Friends Hostess set, Ski Slope designer series paper and those great scallop punches! I love how she's cut out around the snowman's head & mounted it to give some dimension.
OK I'm off to work on those cards some more. I'll try to post a shot of my card here later. If you're on my mailing list – it's the TWELFTH week of the TWELVE weeks of Christmas!!! Watch for it in your inbox later this week.
Dec 3, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
This is such a fun stamp set! Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Line Up features reindeer, elves and snowmen. I am thinking that this might end up being my holiday card this year…or one of them. (NO, I'm still not done them).
This is a cheater verision of spotlighting that we did at my friend Linda's recent workshop. The image is stamped in basic black onto whisper white cardstock. We punched the 1-3/8" circle punch on some old olive cardstock, then (using the punch upside down so we could see what we were doing) used the 1-3/4" circle punch around that hole to create the green ring. Adhering this to the image, we then just coloured inside the circle with stampin' write markers. A bit of 2 way glue on Rudolph's nose and some fine cosmo glitter to jazz it up; mount the image onto a strip of ski slope designer series paper and a real red card – tada! The nice thing about this card is that it's extremely flat, despite the layers, so no worries about mailing issues…(unless of course you have a 3 page Christmas letter plus photos to include…)
Nov 30, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
A swap sample for those who live in warmer climes…. (although I do note the snowman and fish are wearing scarves & hats….) Another blue card – night of navy and baja breeze are featured! The ticket corner punch is also used to give some extra interest.
This is another creation by Carmen from the demonstrator swap, featuring the Stampin' Up! stamp set Shellebrate. So cute!
Looks like I managed to meet the challenge of a post a day from early Nov til the end of the month – yay! However, I still have things to share with you all, so be sure to keep checking in. I think I've got the hang of this frequent blog posting idea….lol.
Nov 29, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
This is a gift card holder that Donna made for the demonstrator swap. A loooot of layers here!! It features the Say it With Scallops stamp set and the Holiday Treasures Designer Series Papers. Stampin' Up! donates $2 to the Ronald McDonald Children's House Charity for every Say it With Scallops stamp set that is sold.
I apologize that this photo is out of focus (it's not your eyes nor your screen….) – but hopefully you still get the idea!! The gift card can be slid into that pocket, and there's still room to write a greeting or even adhere a photo! Donna has created the card based on the colours in the designer series paper – chocolate chip, old olive and ruby red. This is a wonderful way to present a gift card – the "wrapping" is as good as the gift inside!!
Nov 27, 2008 | Christmas, rubber stamping
Kim is responsible for this great swap card! I love the mini library clip and the staples….goes with the very clean lines of the card. She's used the hostess stamp set Deer Friends, coloured the image with stampin' write markers and added a bit of crystal effects for extra dimension plus a touch of glitter for glitz. The sentiment "sparkle" comes from the Warm Words set, not featured in the current catalogue, but still available on the dormant list. The designer series paper is Ski Slope, from the current Holiday Mini Catalogue. Thanks, Kim!
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends & blog followers!
Also a reminder that email newsletter subscribers should receive my 9th week of Christmas ideas today…please contact me if you don't find it in your inbox by the end of the day!
This was my Christmas card design this year. Oh, and hey, it's another blue holiday card!! (Can you tell what colour I like?!) It may be hard to see in the picture, but the Snow Burst images are stamped onto whisper white cardstock in brocade blue, night of navy, almost amethyst and metallic silver. Once that dried, I pressed my Versamark pad over the strip of cardstock, then heat embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder to give it the all over sparkly look. It's mounted onto night of navy cardstock and brushed silver cardstock. The greeting is from Many Merry Messages (my most used holiday set – all greetings!)
