Joy

This is a set of cards I made that are very quick and simple to put together.  I had some leftover altered paper with the faux mother of pearl  technique and used The Sounding Joy stamp set for my images.

The backgrounds are created with the Petals a Plenty impressions folder.

I added some Deck the Halls fabric and vintage trinkets to finish them.

Supplies:

The Sounding Joy

Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Early Espresso classic ink

Petals A Plenty impressions folder

Deck the Halls fabric

vintage trinkets

champagne mist shimmer paint

Warmest of Wishes

About a month or more ago, I took some tissue paper and dabbed some Champagne Mist shimmer paint on it, crumpled it up a bunch and then added it to white card stock with glue stick thinking I would use it for some cards.  Well, finally I pulled it out again for this one.

The sentiment is from the Warmest of Wishes hostess set in the Holiday mini catalog. 

Supplies:

Warmest of Wishes

Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White card stock

Champagne Mist shimmer paint

Cherry Cobbler classic ink

Deck the halls designer fabric

Neutrals and Regals buttons

dimensionals

tissue paper

Ordinary Days

We are using a fall theme at Late Night Stampers this week and I just put together some super quick cards with the French Foliage stamp set.

The sentiment is one that I had made with a text only stamp and it says, "In every ordinary day there are a thousand miracles."

Supplies:

French Foliage

Confetti White, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip card stock

Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake classic ink

Deck the halls fabric

vintage trinkets

Very Vanilla seam binding

dimensionals

Large gift card holders

Merry Christmas!  I hope you all have a wonderful day with families and friends.

Just one more Christmas project to share with you....

I had an order for some larger gift card holders and these are what I came up with.  I used the Deck the Halls designer series paper as the focus and added pearls and crystal effects  which are actually difficult to see on the pictures.

An inside view, on the right side is the pocket

 A couple more of the front designs.



Easy packaging

I made some quick and easy packages for preschool teacher gifts that I thought I would share. 

 These brown paper bags are not the ones in the Holiday mini catalog because I needed something a little bigger so I just used ones I bought at the store.  The Deck the Halls designer series paper is cut to 3 1/2 X 5" and then I added a sentiment from Seasonal Sentiments and a bow with the Deck the Halls fabric and added the pearls.

 The tag is a 2 1/2" circle cut from Cherry Cobbler and then I ran it through the Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder.  I added an ornament from the Delightful Decorations stamp set with dimensionals and then attached it to the bag.

Doodles

This is definitly something I could use some more practice with, but this week our challenge at Late Night Stampers is to use hand drawn doodles. 

I used the Seasonal Sentiments stamp set, Deck the Halls Designer Series paper and Fabric, library clips, vintage trinkets and basic pearls to decorate.

Fabric and Glitter

Another card with the Celebration theme for our Late Night Stampers this week. 

I used the Deck the Halls Designer Series paper and Designer Fabric, Antique Brads, Glass glitter and crystal effects to add some fun elements to this card.  The designer series paper is so pretty you can make a lot of cards without adding too much and they still look great!

One last photo card

I decided to make an accordian card so I could add more pictures this time.  It is still undecided who will receive this one :) 

I had a base of Crumb Cake that I attached the accordian part to and then added a piece of Always Artichoke to the other side that opens with a greeting and when closed is the front of the card.

I used the Peaceful Season stamp set and Deck the halls designer series paper.

Pull ribbon gift card holder

This is another quick and easy gift card holder that I found on Wendy's blog.  She has a great tutorial there if you would like to make some of these.

Supplies:

Word Play stamp set

Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla card stock

Cherry Cobbler classic ink

Antique brads

Deck the Halls designer fabric

Deck the Halls designer series paper

kraft taffeta ribbon

decorative label punch

Joy

Another simple Christmas card using the Deck the Halls Designer series paper and the Delightful Decorations stamp set.  I cut out the ornament after I stamped it and the layer behind it us made with the ornament punch. 

Fabric and paper gift card holder

I saw a cute hinged gift card holder made by Andrea Wallford and changed a couple things for this one. 

Hers is going the other direction and I added a layer of the Deck the halls fabric to this one as well.

 Deck the Halls fabric and designer series paper

crochet trim ribbon - Victoria

antique brads

Big Shot

Top Note die

CCMCHM4

Create with Connie and Mary Holiday edition has their challenge up for the week and it is to use the colors from the Deck the Halls Designer series paper and to make a one of a kind card for a special person. 

This is what I came up with and I even used glitter - not something I use often at all because I don't like the mess :)

 I used the Peaceful Season stamp set (hostess level 2 in mini catalog) on both the outside and inside.  Lately, I have been experimenting more with the waffle paper too and really like that it is so easy to work with.

Deck the Halls CCMCHM3

Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition had a theme challenge - hostess gifts so I thought I would open up my Deck the Halls fabric and put something together.  I used Deck the Halls fabric, designer series paper and Big designer buttons as well as Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake card stocks.  I accessorized with the basic pearls, Victoria crochet trim ribbon and vintage trinkets.

The stamp set is Peaceful Season and I used a retired on for a sentiment on one of the cards as well.

Christ is Born

These Big Designer Buttons in the Holiday Mini are so much fun to play with - the ones on this card are the Deck the Halls package and match in color with the Deck the Halls Designer series paper I used here. 

Christ is Born stamp set

Victoria crochet trim ribbon

Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock