Christmas Thank Yous

I used the gift wrap from one of my gifts to make my Thank You cards. I really appreciate those who remembered me this Christmas season in many ways.

I ripped the bold red and white snowflake paper.  I glued it to white card stock.  I then cut it down to 4"x5.25" and glued it to a black card.  I then added a strip of green card stock across the bottom third of the card.   I found this chalkboard background  onto which I added my chalkboard sentiment.  I printed them and trimmed them close.  It is mounted to the card front with 3D foam tape.

Here's another version as I have a hard time making all the cards the same.  Once the gift wrap was glued to a white card, I stamped the Stampin Up Print Pattern background stamp onto the gift wrap in black ink.  I then embossed it in clear powder.  I stamped one line of the pattern onto the white strip.  I rubbed the greeting with my Versamark ink pad and then added clear powder.

Challenge - Holly Jolly - Ribbon

I made this for Holly Jolly's Challenge this week which is Ribbon or Lace.  I just received my Stampin Up Keepsake Ornaments and the matching Ornaments Framelits.  I printed the ornament in SU Cranberry Crisp on Very Vanilla.  I cut it with the framelit.  I used a piece of SU Holiday Thyme DSP at the top of the card.  I stamped the bottom half with the Build a Background in Always Artichoke.  I placed a piece of Cranberry Crisp ribbon at the top of the card where the ornament will be placed and adhered the bottom end and taped the other end to the inside of the card. I placed a piece of True Thyme ribbon across the bottom edge of the DSP.  I cut a slit in the fold and pulled the left hand side end to the inside of the card and taped it down.  The right hand was folded over and taped down on the inside of the card. I adhered my Keepsake Ornament with 3D foam tape to add dimension and make room for the 2 layers of ribbon.

Challenges - Masculine Hexagons

I started with a white card and I added texture with Vintage Overlay in black and Itty Bitty background in red.  I cut 6 hexagons with a Spellbinder Nestabilities in red, blue and white designer paper.  I placed them in decreasing numbers going to the right.  I added a red Stampin Up! Modern Label with a blue Word Window greeting.  This was added to the card front with 3D foam tape. This is a great scrap buster.
I'm submitting this card for the Come & Get It - Masculine and Crazy 4 Cards - C4C192 Hexagons.

Challenge Card - Holly Jolly - Add 3 Embellishments

I created this card for the challenge this week at Holly Jolly which is Add 3 Embellishments.   I started with a Real Red card.  I created the background with the Stampin Up! Print Pattern Background Stamp with real red on a piece of white card stock to which I had added Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress stain.  I added a Sizzix Bigz Frame Back Ornate #8 cut from green designer paper. I color printed my greeting with Real Red onto the same Antique Linen card stock I made earlier. I cut the greeting with one of the SU! Apothecary Framelits and brushed it's edges with the ink pad.  I added a silver ornament cut with the Spellbinder 2011 Heirloom Ornament thin dies.  I added a Martha Stewart red glitter snowflake in the centre held with a silver brad. I drew a string for my ornament with a marker. My three embellishments - diecut, greeting and ornament.

Challenge - Off the Edge & C4C187

I started with a heavy white card which I splattered with Kiwi Kiss ink on a wet foam brush.  I dried it with a heat gun.  I had colored the large middle HMP flower with the same Kiwi Kiss ink and dried it with the heat gun.  I inked up the Stampin Up Print Pattern background stamp with an old somewhat dry stamp pad.  I stamped it off the edge of the top of the card and got this subtle diamond shapes.  I really like it.  I stamped the SU Happy Birthday greeting 3 times across the bottom again going off the edge of the card.  I stitched the flowers onto the card front with crochet cotton through the cute yellow buttons I put in the centre of the flowers.   I'm submitting this card in the Come and Get Card Challenge - Off the edge and Crazy 4 Cards Challenges - no patterned paper C4C187.

Card - Challenge - Window

I made this card for this week's challenge on Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge #34 which is windows.
I've had my Madison Window die for a couple of months but I have not used it, so today was the day.  I bought the Designer Paper from American Crafts - Camping Trails with the window in mind.  I wanted to create a horizon of trees. I cut a snowbank in ivory which I placed near the bottom of the window.  I cut the window in white and edged it with a Chocolate Chip ink pad.  I stamped the greeting in Chocolate Chip on the same card stock and punch it with the SU! Word Window punch.  To create the wall for the window I placed some dark brown paper on the bottom of the card.  I created the stripes on the top of the card with SU! retired border stamp and CC ink.  I found a blue strip of card stock that worked with the blue in the DP and used it over the join of this 2 elements.  I mounted my window with 3D foam tape onto by DP element.  I created a wreath for the window which was just the right size so that is a keeper.  Check out this posting for instructions.  I added a small 5 petal punch in the same blue card stock and glued it to the wreath.  I placed a round of 3D foam in the centre cross brace of the window to keep it at the same level as the frame. I added a small rhinestone to the centre of the flower just to add a bit of bling.

Cmas Card Challenge - May - Metal Accents

The challenge this month is Metal Accents.  I thought about this for a while.  I came up with embossed metal foil accent.
I used sticky foil tape which I pressed to a piece of thin white card stock.  This was embossed with one of the folders from the Cuttlebug Cricut Companion Embossing Folder Give a Hoot Bundle.  I trimmed the metal to the embossed edge. Then I mounted it on hunter green card stock.
I started with a hunter green card onto which I stamped snow with the Stampin Up! Itty Bitty Backgrounds with white Craft ink.  I ripped a piece white card stock from corner to corner and I placed one piece on the card front.  I then placed a length of Handsome Hunter gross grain ribbon across the card front and taped the ends to the inside. I knotted a short piece along the length and trimmed the ends.  I stamped the greeting with a clear stamp in Handsome Hunter.  Then, I mounted the metal embossed tree accent I put together earlier onto the card front with 3D foam tape.  I'm happy with these!

Card - Challenge - Tree

I created this card for a challenge to include trees on the card.  I cut the tree with the Cricut and the Straight from the Nest cartridge.  The leave part is gold and red textured paper.  I cut the TM Ornamental die from golden rod text paper.  I used the Stampin Up! Harlequin Diamond background stamp in black ink.  I added a textured card stock layer similar to the leaves layer. Finally mounted onto a black card.  I've added a circle sentiment stamped in black on neutral card stock.

Card - CST Challenge #5 - One Layer

I made this card for the One Layer Challenge on CST. The green daisy is my own design which was printed on the card. I added a yellow cap to the centre and a matching checker board ribbon along the fold. I used a Stampin Up! background stamp to add dirt below the line in Chocolate Chip and the greeting as well. Quick and easy!

Cards - Owl

On this card I placed an owl cut with my Cricut out of scrapbooking cardstock. I had bought several 12x12 sheets that were not great on the one side but just chocolate on the back. I thought he should be sitting on something but I struggled a bit about what it should be. I tried stamping a bit of wood with a border stamp, I tried a piece of fiber, I thought of something more dimensional but nothing matched very in color. So I settled for a strip of the same paper whose edges were distressed. I used my distress tool but you can use the edge of your scissors or xtacto knife. The background was stamped in brown with Stampin Up! Itty Bitty Background stamp.

Card Club - February - Acetate

This card uses a laser printed acetate layer. The stuff you can buy from the office supply store. I used several clipart images from flowers, shells, trees, lighthouses, and animals. I used the Stampin Up! Print Pattern background stamp. It's huge but it does the full front card at once. The greeting is printed on the acetate as well and then just highlighted with a strip of cardstock. Two brads hold everything together. If the acetate wants to pull away from the front of the card a small piece of clear double sided tape can be applied behind a dark piece of the image. Again, many color and image combinations. Great fun!