Nordic inspired Card

Here I am once again showing one of the Christmas cards I made this year.

I started out with the embossing folder from Spellbinders called Ski Lodge. It has that great nordic pattern to it. This folder is a large one – 8.5 x 5.5 – so I was able to emboss a half sheet of card stock then cut it in two for use in two cards.

I wanted to keep it simple, so I used a sentiment from and old Power Poppy set and added a strip of red cardstock across the lower half. This is another card that can be made quickly and in multiples.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Christmas Scenic Ornament Card

Hello friends and here is another Christmas card for you today. Similar in look to the card I showed on Mondays post.

I started with the embossed background – it is from Spellbinders called Holiday Floral Swag and is gorgeous. Since it is a large embossing folder I was able to cut the embossed panel in half and get two cards out of it.

The die cut on the front is one I have had for years and I don’t remember where I got it. I looks like it be a memory box die, but I am not sure. I cut it out on white cardstock and placed it on a circle cut out of blue glittery paper. It looks a lot better irl – very shimmery and Christmassy . These types of cards are easy to make and you can put them together quickly.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will stop by again on Friday for another card.

Embossed Ornament Card

Hello crafters! I hope your December is going well. This week I will show you 3 cards I made for Christmas.

This first card is so pretty irl – it is hard to get a good photo of it.

The embossed background is a gorgeous 3D embossing folder from Spellbinders called Holiday Floral Swag. It is a large folder – 8.5 x 5.5 – so it will cover a half sheet of cardstock. What I did was emboss the cardstock and cut it in two, so I was able to get two holiday cards from one folder.

The ornament is made using dies from Birch Press – this set of 3 coordinating dies is call Twinkle. I used a glittery blue cardstock along with gold and white to make the ornament and topped it off with silver cord bow. It is glittery and shiny and perfect for a holiday card!

Thanks for stopping by today. Check back on Wednesday for another card.

Inktober!

So, it is October and many stampers and papercrafters and calling it Inktober – a month where we ink up our papers and be creative! Here is my first card to celebrate it!

I chose some fall colors for this card.

First I stamped the large leaf image in white pigment ink and embossed it in detail white embossing powder. The leaf image is from Power Poppy and is call Big Sexy Leaves. It is a large stamp!

I then sponged memento inks over the image using shades of yellow, orange and red.

The front of the card was made by using spellbinders circle dies. First to create an opening in the white card, then using two dies, one larger than the other, I cut them out together to create a circle frame.

The smaller leaf die cut was colored using the same inks – I believe the die is from sizzix. The sentiment is an old Papertrey stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today – I hope all is well wherever you are!!

World Cardmaking Day

Hello fellow card makers!! It’s the first Saturday in October and that means it is World Cardmaking Day!!

Here is a clean and simple card I made to celebrate..

I cut the coffee dies out with some patterned scrapbook paper – I don’t remember where I got the dies from – hopefully someone recognizes them and will let me know!

The paper is some speckled cardstock I have had in my stash forever.

I cut some squares using spellbinders dies and added the coffee pieces on them. The sentiment is from an old TPC Studio stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Open Hillside Christmas card

Hello stampers!  I have another Christmas card to share with you today.

This pretty aqua and white Christmas card uses a few dies and stamps to create a wintery scene.

I started by using two Poppy Stamps dies – Open Hillside and Sloping Hillside. I cut each die then layered them putting the Open Hillside die in front.  The trick to pair these two dies is to leave enough of a border around the die cut so you can line them up.

After gluing them together I added some glitter on the trees and snowbanks.

I then took a scrap of the aqua paper and stamped and embossed some snowflakes to create the background.  All the pieces were put together and added to the card front.

The poinsettia die is from Spellbinders and I added a small aqua pearl to the center of it.

While this has a clean and simple look, it was a bit more involved.  With the die cuts you can be efficient.  I have the regular sized Gemini die cut machine and can run both hillside dies and the poinsettia die in one pass instead of cranking three dies separately.

I hope your holiday season is going well.  Thanks so much for stopping by!