April 27, 28/ 2019 Three not so Quick Cards

Perhaps a wedding card, perhaps a Father’s Day card and perhaps a thinking of you card. Or it could be grad, birthday and haven’t talked in a while cards. That’s the fun of cardmaking… change the sentiment and it’s a brand new card!
We were die cutting, embossing, masking and sponging with great results…

 

September 22 & 23/2018 A Christmas Card Buffet

Four months until Christmas may seem like a long time away, BUT there are Christmas cards to be made, addressed and mailed!
Stampin’ Up! has made it easy this year with lots of coordinating stamps and dies in the Holiday Mini.

This first card uses ‘Peaceful Poinsettia 'with Blends to color.  The second card uses the tree from ‘Rooted in Nature’ with the ‘Hometown Greetings’ edgelits. Unfortunately the glittery greeting doesn’t show in the photo – a mixture of black embossing powder and glitter was used to heat emboss it.
                                 
This ‘Blizzard’ Thinlits die is wonderful!  Not only can you use the snowflakes that are cut out, but the cut up paper (or vellum as we used here) can be used as a background.  The Merry Christmas card uses ‘Joyous Noel’ DSP -  with its copper foil accents it’s beautiful. Add a strip of copper foil and a snowflake and put it on a layer of whisper white embossed with the Tufted embossing folder and a pretty quick card is the result.
            
This is a trifold card – hard to take a photo of it!  Gold embossed to match the gold in the ‘All is Bright’ DSP.
                                                  
Tumbling ‘Spirited Snowmen’… I love snowmen!  The top of the card was EMBOSSED with the CUTTING Framelit from ‘Stitched Labels’.  It’s easy to do using the Big Shot Embossing Mats (p.221 in the Annual Catalogue).
                                               
      Just the dies from ‘Peaceful Poinsettia’ were used on the first card. We cut two solid images from Very Vanilla and then the outline image from Gold foil. The gold glitter sprigs were punched with the ‘Sprig’ punch. The Merry Christmas card uses the ‘Dashing Deer’ Thinlits and the ‘Tin Tile’ dynamic embossing folder. A light sponging with bright copper ‘Shimmer Paint’ highlighted the design. Did you notice the little scallops on the left of the Merry Christmas banner? They are the tiny die cut snowflakes like the one in the top right of the card.
                    
The ‘Spirited Snowmen’ couple are cute but the card is almost elegant with it’s forest of ‘Winter Woods’ trees. The glittery snow on the trees and the snow banks is hard to see in the photo but its there!!  The Making Spirits Bright card uses retired Stampin’ Up! layering star dies. The music, although not Christmas (Sheet Music p. 174 in the Annual Catalogue), makes for a joyful card.
                               

September 10,11,12/ 2018 Double Your Fun

We were creating in Edmonton and in the Devon Library!
Creating with the Graceful Glass DSP and adding just a little coloring, the new Dandelion Wishes stamp set, a little ribbon made into a bow and a faux bow – and the results!!

 


Happy Stamping! Wendy

August 25 & 26 Christmas Card Buffet

I think I managed to use new dies, stamp sets and DSP from the new Holiday Mini on all but 2 of these cards! This Mini is filled with a lot of wonderful new product - unfortunately for me!.

A skating snowman from the new set in the Holiday Mini –‘Spirited Snowmen’. Lemon Lime Twist you ask? Well it’s green and it goes great with Real Red!!! The next card uses another something new from the Holiday mini - the dies that coordinate with the ‘Winter Woods’ set. The swirl of stars is from Starlight Thinlits.

                             

The ‘Blizzard’ die (yes it’s new too) was used not only to cut the snowflakes but also to EMBOSS the Night of Navy background. We used the Big Shot Embossing mats (p.221) in the Annual Catalogue to emboss rather than cut. The little village card was made using the ‘Heart Comes Home’ set with it’s coordinating dies.

     

Love this card. Straight out of the Holiday Mini, p. 28. It uses the ‘Peaceful Noel’ set and the ‘Sprig’ punch as well as the new Merry Merlot & Copper ribbon. The Everyday Label punch created the corner notches. The next card is straight out of the Mini too (p.27). It uses the ‘Winter Woods’ stamp set and coordinating dies.

                             

Another new die is the ‘Merry Christmas’ Thinlits, p.5 in the Holiday Mini. Quick and easy!    Beautiful, Beautiful DSP (‘All is Bright’ on p.6 of the Mini) is the focus of this card - thanks Rita for your input. The die used for the Noel banner is from ‘Stitched Labels’ Framelits in the Annual Catalogue.

      

The ‘Seasonal Wreath’ embossing folder is the focus of this silver card. Simple, quick and easy!   The Christmas Wishes card might look complicated but the ‘Detailed Poinsettia’ Thinlits make it really easy to make (new in the Holiday Mini, p.22). The words come from the coordinating stamp set ‘Peaceful Poinsettia’. It also uses the really pretty Merry Merlot and Copper ribbon. The words, Christmas Wishes, are die cut using one of the frames in the ‘Foliage Frame’ Framelits (p.217 in the Annual Catalogue).

                             

August 13 & 14/2018 Double Your Fun

Who knew Fresh Fig with a touch of Lemon Lime Twist could look good together?? We used the ‘Out of the Box’ technique again with the flowers from ‘Southern Serenade’ and added a few pearls as accents. I didn’t stamp a greeting in the top left hand corner as I hadn't quite decided where it was going. Another All Occasion card for my stash!  And a masculine card (could be any occasion) showcasing the ‘Waterfront’ stamp set (with birds from ‘High Tide’).

                           

July 21 & 22/2018 Christmas Card Buffet

Glittery, shimmery and shiny describes the first Christmas Card Buffet of the year. Small, medium and large wreaths, presents and pine cones, die cuts and embossing folders… we were busy all day!!

                               

       

                               

         

                               

July 9 & 10/2018 Double Your Fun

‘Celebrate’ – another card inspired by Jenny P.  Quick and easy, the ‘Picture Perfect’ DSP says it all! Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst are the colours used.
‘Birthday Blooms’ was stamped with Stazon on glossy paper and then coloured with ink pads & sponge daubers. It made for a really quick Any Occasion card.