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This is my second to last Christmas card to share. I promise. Hopefully I can keep that promise, but this kind is my favorite to create.

I used plaid patterned paper from BasicGrey that I adore! 

For the sentiment, I combined two different stamp sets. The "Merry" is from The Classic Rubber Stamp Mini's Alphabet Set. The "Christmas" used Hero Arts Holiday Sayings Clear Stamps Set.

This is the card I sent to my sister and brother-in-law who live in the Twin Cities. I hope they liked it!

Products Used For This Card:
Bo Bunny - Harvest Dots - Patterned Paper
BasicGrey -Jovial - Merry Maker - Patterned Paper
"Merry" from The Little Classic Rubber Stamp Mini's Stamp Set
"Christmas" from Hero Art's - Holiday Sayings - CL343
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Ric Rac
Gold Twine
Brads

Poinsettia Merry Christmas

I "scraplifted" this card design. One day while shopping at The Baker's Wife, I saw a card that made me "oooh and aahhh". It was created by employee Mary Ann Craig. The card base was black (my favorite!). I'm a sucker for anything plaid so I loved the red and black together.

I used an off-white, green and black for my card bases. This card would be extremely easy to mass produce. I made six of this one.

One thing new to my card making was the use of stickers for the sentiment. I always stamp my cards. I used gold Merry Christmas stickers from Best Creation. I bought both the gold and silver and I have plenty left to use next year.

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Patterned Paper from BasicGrey - Jovial - Tartan Plaid - Winter Garden
EK Success Open Scallop Edger Punch
Hero Art Poinsettia's
Making Memories Brads
Best Creation Merry Christmas Stickers
Card Design Inspired by Mary Ann Craig

Have a great day!

Another Christmas Card!

Yes, I'm still not done posting them! I have three more to share after this one. December's not over yet, so it's still the Holiday Season.

For this card, I used Hero Art's "Holiday Sayings" stamp set. This is a great set because there are so many sentiments included with it. 

This would be a good one to mass produce. It was very easy and fast to assemble. You could actually dress it up more than I did if this was the only design you were using. Not me, I created around 22 different ones!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Bo Bunny Harvest Dots
BasicGrey Jovial Merry Maker
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Holiday Sayings _ CL343
Ribbon
Hero Arts Gemstones
Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Glitter Snowflakes

This card was one of the simplest and easiest to assemble that I created this season.

I used the same snowflakes on this card that I blogged about yesterday. They were a great value and very versatile. I also took some snowflake ribbon from May Arts and cut them apart. I then dyed them with my Bamboo Leaves Memento Ink, added it to the center of the snowflake and finished it off with a Stampendous! Dot Sparkler.

The top portion of the card combines Core'dinations cardstock with a Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder. The bottom portion is patterned paper "Happy Holidays Mistletoe" from Making Memories.

Hope your week is going well. Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Products Used For This Card:
Core Couture from Core'dinations
Bazzill
Making Memories - Happy Holidays Patterned Paper
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Ribbon from JoAnn Crafts
Snowflakes called Scatterables from Holiday Time
May Arts Snowflake Ribbon
Memento Ink in Bamboo Leaves
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers

Winter's Butterfly

As you can tell, I like the "White Christmas" Collection from We R Memory Keepers. I've used it in the design of quite a few of my cards this year. It's just a fun collection of patterned paper.

I found the snowflakes I've used on the card at Walmart. They're called "Scatterables" from Holiday Time. I think they were designed for use as home decorations but they worked beautifully on cards. I also found holly and the words "Ho Ho Ho." The snowflakes and the holly came in packages of 40 and the words had 120 pieces. For $1.50 a pack, the value can't be beat. Scrapbook and card embellishments are way more pricey. I've found that you have to look beyond Scrapbook stores to find items that are more reasonably priced that can be used in crafting. I encourage you to use your imagination if you don't want to pay the outrageous prices that these stores charge!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
We R Memory Keepers White Christmas Collection - Winter Wonderland & Winter Mittens
Gold Glitter Cardstock From American Crafts
Holiday Time Scatterables
Metallic Ribbon from JoAnn Crafts
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers
Red Embossing Tinsel
Versamark
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Winter's Butterfly - CL234

Santa

I bought the stamp set "St. Nick" from We R Memory Keepers because I thought the Santa looked so cute. Once I got home I had a hard time deciding what to do with it. One of the reasons I had such a difficult time is that I don't use markers with any of my stamps. I kept looking at it and then would set it aside. Finally, I decided to use Flower Soft and Liquid Applique. I also used Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink.

When I finished the card, I fell in love with it!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
St. Nick Patterned Paper from Reminisce
Nestabilities Labels Two
We R Memory Keepers Clear Stamps - St. Nick
Smooch in Tuxedo
Liquid Applique in White
Ultrafine Flower Soft - Strawberry
Open Scallop Punch by EK Success
Stamp by Judith
May Arts Ribbon
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot

Thanks for stopping by!

Season's Greetings

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We had a nice visit with family the last few days.

Over the next few days I'm still going to be blogging about Christmas cards. This year I created around 22 different designs and still have some to post.

I came across these boughs of holly from Paper Bliss in my stash of supplies. I think they fit nicely with this paper from We R Memory Keepers. It's amazing what you forget you have!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Holly Jolly Paper from The White Christmas Collection from We R Memory Keepers
Boughs of Holly from Paper Bliss
Nestabilities Ribbon Tags Trio
May Arts Ribbon
Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Holiday Sayings - CL343

Tags From Scraps

I thought I'd try making some gift tags with my leftover Christmas paper. I've never made tags before and now I think I'm hooked! I love designing cards from scraps. Making tags may just be my new passion.

Here's a closer view of each:

Products Used For These Tags:

Nestabilities Labels One & Classic Scalloped Circles Small

Star Punch

Quickie Glue Pen

Glitter Sparkling Ice

Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

May Arts Ribbon

Ribbon From JoAnn Crafts

Holiday Time Scatterables - Snowflake & Holly

Versamark

Stampendous! Gold Embossing Powder & Dot Sparklers

Mirrorcard

Creative Imaginations Woodland Brads

Flora Doodles by Petaloo

Farmers Market Cherry Twist Twine

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Stamps - Warm Wishes - CL243, Merriest Wishes - CL113, Winter's Butterfly - CL234, Holiday Gift Tags - CL237

I hope everyone's day is going well and you're getting all your last minute projects done! Thanks for stopping by!

May The Blessings Of Christmas....

....be with you today and always. I love this stamp set "Joy To All" from Hero Arts. For this card, I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with Core'dinations cardstock and then sanded it. I embossed one tree and debossed the other. It's hard to tell that from the photo.

Here's a closer look and the sentiment inside:

Products Used For This Card:

Bazzill
Core'dinations Cardstock
Mirrorcard
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Stampendous! Gold Embossing Powder & Dot Sparklers
May Arts Ribbon
Versamark
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460

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Joy To All

This card was created using a Sizzix Sizzlet die. I paper pieced the stockings using various patterned papers from the White Christmas Collection from We R Memory Keepers.

I think the glittery paper and the glitter brads add a nice touch.
The reindeer looks exhausted. I think the holidays have finally caught up with him.

Products Used For This Card:

Sizzix Sizzlet Stocking Die
Bazzill
We R Memory Keepers White Christmas Collection & Glitter Brads
Sparkle Paper From Reminisce
Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Scalloped Die
Farmers Market Cherry Twist
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460

Penguin Fa LaLaLa

This card was designed for my sister-in-law. She LOVES penguins! I was shopping at a lss called Nosser's when I saw these little cuties and knew I had to buy them. It's a strip of self-adhesive felt called Felt Fusion from Queen & Co. I think the card turned out sooo adorable!
I just wish the photo captured how cute this card is a little better.

Here's a close-up view. You can see all the glittery goodness a little better:

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Christmas Red Swirl & Jetsetter Black from Reminisce
Penguin Felt Fusion From Queen & Co.
EK Success Open Scallop Edger Punch
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Let The Angels Sing - CL354

Hope everyone is enjoying all the new snow we received overnight. I'm just glad I don't have to go out in it!

Sparkle & Merry

This year while designing Christmas cards I really tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum. I guess what I mean is, I tried to keep them closer to the card and not "popped" up as much. When you're paying sixty-four cents for each stamp (and this year I mailed out 70!) it gets a little pricey to say the least! Oh well, Christmas only comes but once a year :)

For this card I used an ornament punch from EK Success. I bought it last year, but only used it this year.

I embossed the sentiment on this card. I really like embossing, but I have such a love/hate relationship with it. It just doesn't always work for me. I seem to waste more paper trying to get it perfect, end up tossing it and just going with a plain old stamped image. I was successful a few times this year.

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Reminisce Christmas Red Swirl & Glitter Factory
EK Success Ornament Punch
Nestabilities Labels One
Stampendous! Silver Embossing Powder
Versamark
Patterned Paper - Not Sure of Manufacturer
May Arts Ribbon
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Tree-Mendous - CL465

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!

I thought I'd get creative with my tree on this card. I think I succeeded. I used my EK Success Open Scallop Edge Punch to create strips and then cut them into pieces to form the tree.

I then used Stickles and a Viva Pearl Pen to "add" ornaments.

Products Used For This Card:
Patterned Paper from Reminisce Ho Ho Ho!
We R Memory Keepers Clear Stamps - Happy Holidays
Viva Pearl Pen
Smooch in Siren, Green Apple, Azure, Gold Lame
Green Mirror Card
May Arts Jute
EK Success Open Scallop Edge Punch

Hope you're having a great start to your week!

Celebrate The Season

I created this card using patterned paper from Creative Imaginations called Holiday Season by Christine Adolph. I still had some left from last Christmas. I loved it then and I think I like this year's card version even better.

I like the color combination and how the flower soft looks like snow on the trees.

Products Used On This Card:
Bazzill
Flower Soft
Patterned Paper from Creative Imaginations - Holiday Season by Christine Adolph
Gold Embossing Powder
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Holiday Sayings - CL343
Patterned Paper from Hot Off The Press - Tis The Season from Paperpizazz.com
Gold Mirrorcard
Gold Twine
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers

Embossed Season's Greetings

I thought I'd decided which holiday card was my favorite, but I think I may have changed my mind. I love how this one turned out!

I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (not sure of the name - sorry!) with Core'dinations cardstock and then I sanded it. I cut off the bottom portion that said Season's Greetings and Noel so that could use a Hero Arts stamp.

I then added some of my favorite plaid ribbon. Here's a closer view:

Products Used With This Card:
Bazzill
Core'dinations Cardstock
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Die - Scallops
Dazzlers Florettes by Petaloo
Hero Arts Gemstones
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460
Ribbon from JoAnn Crafts

Hope you're having a wonderful day!

Silent Night

I was paging through an issue of PaperCrafts Holiday Cards & More Vol. 5 and saw a card I fell in love with. The card was called Poinsettia Music Card and it was created by Terri Milstead. It inspired me to create this card:

My papers and sentiment are different, but the concept is the same. This is also one of my favorites out of all the cards I've made for this Holiday Season.

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
BasicGrey Jovial Tartan Plaid
DoubleMates Cardstock
Noel Patterned Paper from Teresa Collins
Poinsettias - Not sure of manufacturer
Stamp - Not sure of manufacturer
Tim Holtz Distress Ink In Black Soot

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Tree-Mendous Christmas

This is a very simple card, but I like how it turned out. I really enjoy using the Tim Holtz On The Edge Dies. This is one of my favorites. I think I've purchased either three or four and can't wait to use them with chipboard for a mini-book.

I'm hooked on the Viva Pearl Pen! The patterned paper is called "Under The Tree" from Reminisce.

Other Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Reminisce - "Under The Tree" Patterned Paper
Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Brackets Die
Hero Arts Clears Stamps - Tree-Mendous - CL465
Versamark
Stickles
Viva Pearl Pen

It's December 18th and I still have four cards to create and get in the mail. Am I the only this pokey!?

Merry & Bright

Whenever I look at this card I laugh. I think the chubby little reindeer is so darn cute! I had some mini pom-poms to use for the nose, but they made his head look so out of proportion. I was sooo disappointed because I wanted to use them!

Products Used For This Card:

Patterned Paper is Santa's Friends from Reminisce
Bazzill
Santa's Helper Stamps - White Christmas - We R Memory Keepers
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460
May Arts Ribbon
Stickles - Turquoise, Black Diamond, Cinnamon
Versamark
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers

Hope your having a fantastic day!

Peace * Hope * Love

When I saw this stamp, I knew I had to have it. As my husband would say, it was a "want" not a "need", but what does he know?!

The stamp is called "A Christmas Blessing" from Verses Rubber Stamps.

I'm really happy with the way this card turned out. I love red and kraft together. I hope the recipients of these cards like them as much as I do!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Patterned Paper from G.C.D. Studios called Thru The Woods from the Joyful Peace Collection
Stamp from Verses Rubber Stamps called A Christmas Blessing
Misc Beads
May Arts Jute

Thanks for stopping by!

Merriest Wishes

I made quite a few mitten cards this season. I think they're so cute! This is one of the designs I created with them:

This paper from We R Memory Keepers is just adorable! It's called Winter Mittens from their White Christmas Collection. The colors remind me of Christmas candy.

Products used for this card:
Bazzill
We R Memory Keepers - White Christmas Collection - Winter Mittens
May Arts Ribbon
Shapeabilities Nested Mittens
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Tree-Mendous - CL465 & Merriest Wishes - CL113
Memento Ink - Bamboo Leaves & Lady Bug
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers in Red
Flower Soft

Stay warm!