Cyber Week and Snowflakes!

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Since snowflakes rarely fall in Victoria, I love to include them on my Christmas cards. Here is another card I created for my class.

The light mat is Glacier cardstock and the patterned paper is from White Pines. The sentiment is from, Merry, Merry and is stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with White Embossing powder on Poppy cardstock. I matted the piece with White Daisy cardstock that I used my Scallop Border Punch on the edge.

The green border is Fern cardstock and the snowflakes are stamped in Glacier ink from a retired stamp set. The outer border is stamped with Fern ink and is also from the same retired stamp set. I added a Glacier scalloped circle to mate each snowflake and a Turquoise gem to each snowflake center.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamp: Merry, Merry
Paper: White Pines
Ink: Glacier; Fern; Versamark
Cardstock: Glacier; Fern; White Daisy; Poppy
Embellishments: Turquoise Gems; White Embossing Powder
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge; Scallop Border Punch

A penguin wins my heart!

Today I want to share this sweet penguin card. I plan on making several of these to mail out to friends and family for my 2015 Holiday card. I am also entering this card at Simon Says Blog for, Work It Wednesday.

I started this card with Glacier cardstock, then added some delicate snowflake and holly patterned paper from, White Pines. I added a strip of Poppy cardstock and covered the edges with some Red Shimmer Trim.

I stamped snowflakes from the Season's Greetings set with Glacier pigment ink on the coordinating cardstock circle. I embossed the snowflakes with clear embossing powder. I stamped both the penguin and sentiment from the same set with Versamark ink. I embossed both with Gold embossing powder. The penguin I fussy cut and added to the Glacier circle. The circle was popped up on a White Daisy scalloped circle.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Stamp: Season's Greetings

Paper: White Pines

Cardstock: Glacier; Poppy; White Daisy

Ink: Glacier pigment; Versamark

Embellishments: Red Shimmer Trim; Clear & Gold Embossing Powder

Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge

Fall Sangria

I am on a two week break between craft fairs now and see how I have been neglecting my blog. Here is a card I created for a recent gathering.

The patterned paper is from gorgeous Sangria. I added some Coral Shimmer Trim along with Poppy Thick Twine. I added a strip of Eggplant cardstock and stamped an image with coordinating ink.
The leaves image is from Friend Tree. I love leaves, but wasn't really sure what I thought of this set, when we received it at convention. Once I stamped the branch, then the leaves, I was sold. For this card, I inked up the leaves with Saffron ink, then rolled them in Pomegranate. The stem is stamped with Cocoa ink, as is the sentiment.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: Sangria
Stamps: Friend Tree
Ink: Cocoa; Saffron; Pomegranate; Eggplant
Cardstock: Poppy; Eggplant; Colonial White
Embellishments: Poppy Thick Twine; Coral Shimmer Trim
Tools: Scallop Border Punch

Snowflakes in glitter

Christmas time is glitter time. While I love glitter for the entire year, I find myself using it more this time of year, as I think it makes cards more special. These cards were so easy to make with NEW Artistry.

 I used some retired Sky cardstock to cut this snowflake cut from Artistry, then put some of our gorgeous Turquoise glitter paper behind it. I ran the White Daisy cardstock through my Big Shot with our Cascading Dot Embossing folder, then added some Lagoon cardstock for a mat.

I finished both cards by adding some Stardust Glitz to random "snowflakes", then stamped a sentiment in Lagoon ink, from Season's Greetings set.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps: Season's Greetings
Ink: Lagoon
Cardstock: Lagoon; White Daisy; Turquoise Glitter; retired Sky
Embellishments: retired Stardust Glitz
Other: Artistry Cricut cartridge

Artistry deer.

I flipped through our new Artistry cartridge book with great anticipation when I first received it. There were so many images I wanted to cut. Some sang to me for Christmas cards.....this image was one of them.

Our White Pines paper was perfect for this sweet deer image. The deer looks like an original Rudolph image and was perfect for this tree patterned paper. I cut the mat with Cocoa cardstock, then traced around the cut of the deer with my Black journaling pen.

I used the reverse side of the tree patterned paper with a strip of Cranberry cardstock, for the bottom mat. I added some Gold Shimmer Trim and also cut some holly leaves from Art Philosophy, from Fern cardstock. I added some Red Sparkle gems to finish this card. The sentiment was stamped with Cranberry pigment ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: White Pines
Cardstock: Cocoa; Cranberry; Colonial White; Fern
Ink: Cranberry pigment
Embellishments: Red Sparkles; Gold Shimmer Trim
Tools: Artistry & Art Philosophy Cricut cartridges

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

I always dream of a White Christmas and remember all of the wonderful ones I enjoyed living in Saskatchewan. Since moving to Victoria, BC 24 years ago, I think we have only seen snow twice at Christmas. Once we were snowed in for 3 days and the other time was fleeting. The great thing, is I can make snowy looking Christmas cards every year!

I started by wiping my Glacier ink pad on a White Daisy piece of cardstock. Then I rubbed some Fern ink on the bottom of that same piece. I used the fir tree image from, Always Grateful, and stamped a few trees and their second generation images with Fern ink. Then I embossed the stamped piece and my White Daisy mat with my Circle Cascade Embossing folder. The great thing about embossing them together, is the snow pattern is continuous and an outline mark was left on my mat so placement was easy.

I added Glacier and Fern cardstock for mats on the stamped piece and Fern for the larger mat. I stamped a sentiment from, Season's Greetings, on Glacier cardstock, then added some Aqua Shimmer Trim. I also randomly added Stardust Glitz to some of the "snow" embossed circle, for extra sparkle. This is a 5 x 7 card that sells well at Christmas time.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamp: Always Grateful; Season's Greetings
Cardstock: Fern; Glacier; White Daisy
Ink: Glacier; Fern; Black
Embellishments: Aqua Shimmer Trim; Stardust Glitz