Noel Christmas

 Hello again my friends. It's Monday late afternoon. I was able to finish taking my tree down and now everything is packed away until next time. I did pull out just a couple of things that I haven't used in a few years that I'm going to donate to an organization. 

I've got some more cards to share. These cards were from a card kit from Darlene (luvcardmaking on SCS). Her stamp set and pattern paper was from Craft Consortium. I made one more card, but unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of it. Sorry, Darlene. Also, the one with NOEL on it was put on a card base with a dp of my own. 

 These were pretty easy to put together. Both use Stampin Up Real Red cardstock for the card base. Card #1 has the Craft Consortium designer paper. I also used the Nestabilities oval die and Lacey scallop oval die mounted over a strip of ribbon included in the kit and then added the poinsettia flowers along the bottom. The only Copic markers were R46 and G21.

Card #2 used the same stamp set which was cut with another Nestabilities die. I added a few red stars and a bow made with Stampin Up Real Red cardstock. Lucky they were easy to make. Thanks Darlene for the fun card kit.

Christmas Birds and Bunnies

 Hello my friends. Happy Sunday evening. It's the day after the New Year started. I spent most of the day taking down decorations from around the house and off the tree packing everything away in their crates. I tried to be more organized with everything so I hope I have an easier time next year getting it all back out again. I'm so glad that I purchased a plastic crate a few years ago to pack away the tree ornaments. It's large and has three layers with dividers to keep them all separate so they don't get broken. It makes it so easy to put away and bring out. I had a couple of Christmas movies on while I worked and that made the time go by faster. 

Now I'm playing catch up with all the cards I made over the month of December for my Christmas cards. I found that I didn't have enough from what I made through the year. Lucky for me I was in a card swap group where we got to choose our theme for the card kits that the other members sent to us and my theme was Christmas. So I got all my kits out and made a bunch of Christmas cards.  Here are the first two. I'll have a few posts over the next several days getting them all on my blog.

This kit was from Tracie (taclary on SCS). She sent me a stamp set and tons of embellishments to use. I made one card with the birds and one with the bunnies. I neglected to write down what designer paper she sent.

Materials used:

• Images - Stampendous, Birds and Bunnies
• Card 2 Sentiment - wooden cut outs
• Cardstock #1 - Stampin Up Wasabi; Card #2 - Stampin Up Bordering Blue
• Ink  - Memento Tuxedo Black
• Accessories - Frantage White; White liquid applique; Snowflake sequins, red flower sequins; poinsettia; ribbon; Nestabilities round die, scallop round die.
• Copic Markers; E000, E04, E07, E08, E13, E23; E30; G12, G21; R05, R14, R17, R37; N04, Y18

I will most likely be using this set again this coming year to make up some more cards. I love the images. Wishing you a very blessed and Happy New Year!

Thinking of You - IAS #123

 Hello, my friends and Happy Sunday. I'm just a little behind the time getting this card posted. It's been a busy day with church and then trying to finish up decorating my Christmas tree and my house. It's about as done as it's going to get. I have items that didn't find a spot on the tree or any table, shelf, or cabinet. Where did all this stuff come from? I haven't purchased anything new in years although I did buy a new tree in 2020 so I could put more of my decorations on it and still not enough room. This is as big as it's going to get though - 6 feet since I have to put it up and take it down myself. I hope you are enjoying this wonderful season of the year when we celebrate the birth of the Christ child. I'm so thankful for His choice to come down here and set the example for us as to how we should live - with kindness and love for all.

So, here is my card for International At & Soul, challenge no. 123. This is the last challenge for the year and it will run for the whole month of December. This gives those of us on the Design Team time to spend with our families for the holiday. Our theme for this challenge is to use Dies and Punches which was chosen by yours truly. I think you can have lots of fun with this one. 

 

 

I'm sorry about the color of this. The photo does not do it justice at all. I even redid it after submitting it for the Design Team. This was used with Heartfelt Creations products including:

• Burst of Spring collection
• Cheery Pansy Die
• Cheery Pansy cling stamp set
• Eyelet Royale Die
• Ticket and Ties Die
• Cheerful Note Sentiments cling stamp set
• Flower and leaves shaping molds
• Rajni Chawla's cyrstal clear glitter and Heart of Gold prills
• Inks and sponge daubers

 Sorry I didn't make note of what colors I used from Stampin Up to color the pansies.

That's it for this card. I hope that you'll hop on over to the IAS challenge website to see what the rest of the Design Team has created for you. We have some talented ladies with all different mediums. I love to see the different things everyone creates. You could be the winner or one of the Top 3. Remember, you have the whole month of December to play. Hope to see you there and have a very Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello again. I have another card to share with you today. It's the 21st of the month and the day we share our cards for the Creative Card Chicks Monthly Challenge. There is a hostess each month and she ends out a card kit to the rest of the members of the group. Then we each create a card or more from the items in the kit. This month our hostess was Sue (stampinspooky or SCS). She sent us each a winter kit, but let us decide what image to use. I liked the silver cardstock with the center die cut out, so decided to make a simple Merry Christmas card. I've been very busy the last few weeks getting ready to go out of town for the holiday so didn't have a lot of time to play in my craft room. No matter, Sue sent a bunch of stuff in the kit that I'll be able to use later when I have the time.

 Materials Used:

• Sentiment - Stampin Up, Snowflake Sentiments
• Cardstock - Stampin Up, Pacific Point and silver
• Ink - Stampin Up, Pacific Point
• Accessories - Bling, Stampin Up; Snowflake dies - Sue's stash

This was pretty easy and I can't wait to use some of the rest of her kit. I love using blues and silver for Christmas cards.

Let It Snow - IAS #122

 Good morning, my friends. Happy Sunday. I'm coming to you this morning from sunny southern California. Here to spend time with my oldest daughter and her family for the Thanksgiving holiday. We have a lot of fun plans for the week. I hope I can hold up with it all.

Today I have a card for the International Art & Soul challenge. This is challenge No. 122. I can't believe we've been going this long and plan to continue into next year. I hope you'll come join us in the fun challenges. 

This fortnight the theme for the challenge is Winter which was chosen by Design Team member, Tricia. I love winter as long as I don't have to be out in cold weather or snow. LOL! Had enough of that growing up. 

This one was pretty east. The snowy scene is slimline paper from Whimsey Stamps. The images are from CC Designs, Build a Snowman. The sentiment is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on to Xpress It Blending Card as well as the snowmen. I used Copic markers to color them using G21, G24, R46, and R56. Simple, but I think it turned out cute. Love the Whimsey papers and slimline cards.

l hope you will hop on over to International Art and Soul and show us your Winter creations. Have a great holiday.

Christmas Cheer

 Good morning my friends. I hope you are having a great start to this week. It's going to be a busy one for me as I get ready to go see my daughter for Thanksgiving. I will also be attending the final performance of Sister Act in a community theater in California that my granddaughter is in. This is the first show since the pandemic and the first one I've seen her in since 2018. This is her dream to be on the stage. 

I have one more card to share with you from the card kit that Carol (momcgw) sent to me. It is a different stamp set so I didn't include it with the cards I posted yesterday. 

I love making these slimline cards. They are so easy and great to mail in a business envelope. Her kit did not include designer paper the size I needed so I picked one of the "busy" designs and cut two sheets of it to make it the right size and it turned out okay.

The stamp set is Jillibean Christmas Cheer. I used Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler and Handsome Hunter cardstock for the base and the mats. The ink used was SU Red Riding Hood and Handsome Hunter. The designer paper is Pebbles, Merry Merry collection, and I used a length of red ribbon Carol included in the kit.

These card kits are such fun. I'll have more to share in the coming days.

Holiday Filigree - Carol's Card Kit

 Good morning my friends. I hope that you are enjoying a lovely Sunday morning. The weather's a little chilly here, but the sun is shining and it will be a beautiful day. 

Today I have a few cards to share with you. I am a member of a card kit group on Splitcoast Stampers. At the start of the year, each member picks a month to receive card kits from the other members. They also pick the theme for their kit. Then during your month you receive all the kits from the other members and make cards from them. My month this year was October and my theme was Christmas. What a great way to get Christmas cards made. My first kit that I'm showcasing is from Carol (momcgw). So far I have made two cards from this kit.

The images and sentiment no. 2 are from Inkadinkadoo - Holiday Filigree. Inks used were Stampin Up Handsome Hunter and Baked Brown Sugar. Card stock was included in the kit. Designer paper was from the Pebbles, Merry Merry collection. Copic Marker for No. 1 was Y18. 

Accessories: No. 1 - The Paper Studio - red bling; Crafter's Square - Red glitter tag. The brown ribbon was also included in the kit.

Thanks Carol for a great kit. I'm sure I'll use this set again.