Cards - Christmas - Night of Navy Snowflake

This designer paper is from the Season of Cheer collection by Stampin Up.

I cut the DSP to leave a small border. I strung these silver circles on navy crochet thread and tape the ends to the back. Then it was adhered to the card front with DS tape.

The ornaments were cut with the Gleaming Ornaments punch from silver paper and adhered behind the circles.

It makes them looks like light bulbs.

A seasonal insert and white envelope.

I was not fussy about the reverse print on this sheet of DSP so I chose the snowflake side for all these cards.

This A2 card base is Baja Breeze but it could have been Soft Sky as well.  I cut it to leave s small border all the way around.

I added an oval color printed greeting to the bottom left hand side to keep the warm blue corner visible.  It was mounted with 3 D tape.

A seasonal quarter sheet insert and white envelope completes it.

This is a similar colored layer as the previous one but on Night of Navy card base this time.


I added a Martha Stewart snowflake punchie made from 110lb card stock


I added a large blue sequin in the center. A tiny brad holds these to the DSP then that layer was adhered with DS tape to the blue card.


A seasonal quarter sheet insert and white envelope and these are done.


Glad to have a few more in the box.

Cards - Exchange - June

I chose the theme of pink and gold for my card exchange this month.

I chose a white A2 card base with a portrait orientation.

I added a pink textured layer which was embossed with the Stampin Up Subtle 3D folder.  I asked permission to use it before I delivered it to her last month.  Very nice folder. 

I chose a piece of white with foil stars decorative paper and adhered it to the pink layer.  I then punched a slot on the left and right hand side with the Stampin Up slot punch.  I pulled the white grosgrain ribbon through both and tied in on the front. Trimmed both ends.

I added a couple of gold star punchies and a pink handmade paper flower adorned with a gold flower sequin and attached with a gold star tiny brad.

I added a Stampin Up Modern Label punchie greeting color printed in pink, adhered with 3D foam tape. 

I followed most of the supplies from the first one.  

Started with a white card base A2 and put it in the landscape orientation this time.

Same treatment of the pink layer.

Added the ribbon and taped the ends to the back of the pink layer.

I added the gold foil star decorative layer over the ribbon onto the pink layer.  The trimmed piece of grosgrain ribbon I adhered behind the gold star layer and trimmed the ends. 

I added the Modern Label greeting with 3D foam tape above the bit of ribbon. 

I adhered 3 small gold confetti below the ribbon with Bling Zots.

These are off to my partners.

Thank You Cards - Prism Trees

Playing around with layouts, designs and card stock colors for these prism trees. 

This one I placed them close together rather than symmetrical.   I changed the stars as well for some large silver brads. 

The snow bank was ripped and adhered over the trunks and them trimmed to the bottom edge of the card.

I added a circle greeting to the top right hand corner.

I added a Thanks word window greeting to this one and it's going into the box.

Trio of Prism Trees

Shopping at the dollar store can be ineffective.  I was attracted by these shiny reflection pieces several years ago and have struggled on how to use them.

I was inspired yesterday to create this composition.  I am happy with the star tops and the black stems. 

I added silver sequins with Bling Zots. 

I ripped a snow bank and added an extra from my class on Tuesday that I have not blogged yet.

 Here's my first sample.  The snowflakes don't really work for toppers for size or color. 

The iridescent sequins are OK but not the best.

The snowbank and greeting works really well.

Exchange Cards - Tiny Flower Confetti

I made a couple of these cards for my Card Exchange partners for June.

I could not resist a small bag of these pretty hard plastic tiny pink  flower confetti when I saw them the other day.  They are just so cute! But I am in the mode of getting rid of supplies so I told myself not to hoard and just enjoy using them.

I found some inspiration on-line. I started with a 4 inch square of white card stock. I created a hand drawn square with a handwritten greeting using black markers. Then ripped all the edges.   I adhered the tiny pink flowers with Zots Bling which were the perfect size!  I adhered 13 in no particular order onto the greeting layer.

I then chose some strips of pink card stock in 3 colors and adhered to the the card front in various widths.  I trimmed them to the card edges with scissors.  I place 3D foam tape on the four corners of the greeting layer and placed on the left hand side of the black card.

These are off to my Exchange partners.

Cmas Card Challenge - January - Turquoise/White/Chocolate

Welcome to my blog Christmas Card Challenge.  The theme for January is a color challenge of White/Turquoise/Chocolate. I started with the patterned paper LYB - Winter Woods which had all these colors.  I chose a white card onto which I mounted a piece of DP on the left side with Bazzil Yosemite (blue) on the right.  I cut the snow mountains with the Cricut - Winter Frolic cartridge.  I used a scrap for the trees.  I added white confetti snowflakes held in place with Zots.

Card - Joy to the World

I designed this card with just words in different fonts and colors.  I placed them on an oval filled with a green gradient fill.  The added embellishment is confetti daisies in green and red which looks like a poinsettia.  These are held in place with a white tiny brad. 

Christmas Stack - Circle Ornaments

I printed the card with the tall oval ornament on the right hand side.  I cut the frame with a Sizzix die and embossed  the red with the Cuttlebug Devine Swirl embossing folder and the green one with the Sizzix Starry Night folder.  I cut a 3" square of black which was taped to the back of the frame. I selected black to highlight the ornaments. As the white circle ornaments were somewhat see through I had to place an extra paper punchie below the plastic one so that my Zot would not show.  I added strings with a white gel marker.  I wrapped the narrow black satin ribbon around the card and placed the bow to align with the string of the printed ornament.

Then the frame assembly was glued over the ribbon onto the left hand side of the card front.The strings for the pink and turquoise were printed and the cut down to the 3" square.  The pink and turquoise ornaments were more opaque and therefore just needed a Zot.

GG - Snowflake Trio

This was changed only a little bit from the Greetings Galore Class from Nov 2010.  I used the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder instead of the Devine Swirl.  I also wrapped the ribbon around the embossed layer instead of the whole card. Once the layer is embossed I adhered a strip of smooth white then placed the ribbon to cover the top and bottom edge of this strip.  I taped the ribbon ends to the back of the embossed layer. Glued the embossed layer to my card. I placed my royal blue snowflake confetti and used a push pin to create a hole through the snowflake, the smooth strip, the embossed layer and the card front.  I place the tiny silver brad through the hole and spread the prongs on the inside of the card.  This will help to hold all the elements in place.  The insert will hide the brad prongs. 

Cmas Card Challenge - Aug - Winter

I did change the category from Snowmen to Winter because I separated snowflakes from all the other winter images. This category includes snowmen, mittens, hot chocolate, sleds, ice skates, skiing, and a whole lot more. What will you use? Post your card link in a comment.

I started with a royal blue card. I ripped white cardstock for the snowbank, chalked it with a bit of blue, stamped the Pomegranate greeting and glued it to the bottom of the card. I stamped falling snow with White Craft Ink and embossed them with clear powder then added a few more with only white ink. The snowman is cut with the Cricut - Joy of the Season. I cut off his boots and hat. I used markers to color scarf, arms, broom, eyes and coal on his belly. I put a bit of orange cardstock under his head for his nose. I used a Zot to hold the red confetti star in the top right corner.



I made 5 of these.




Total Christmas Cards: 77

Christmas Stack Class - Star

This is a very simple but elegant card. The cardstock is Christmas green. I layered a white Cuttlebug Christmas Words embossed piece of carstock. The star is a large sequin but I discovered that it is exactly the same size as a one of the stars on the Sizzix 3 Star die which came in handy when I ran out of sequins. I cut the other stars from gold and silver metallic cardstock. It filled the need very well. Having enough supplies for a large class can be a challenge! The 7/8" organza ribbon was placed on the fold once the insert has been glued in place. The star is stuck with a Zot. The sequins came in gold, red and green so I put deep brown cardstock with cream ribbon with the gold and red cardstock with a sheer green ribbon with the red ones.

Cards Kits - Christmas Snowflakes

It's the time to be thinking about Christmas cards for those of us who make their own. The cardstock is navy with white speckles purchased from a place in the US that my sister visits occasionally. The tag is a Sizzix Clearlits Circle Tag Die which is a good size of 1.75" round. You can see through the die because the plastic is clear. It's very cool. The three snowflakes are large plastic confetti I bought at after Christmas sales a couple of years ago. The greeting is color printed and mounted on a navy layer. I love this narrow gross grain ribbon.