Hat's Off

This is cut from the Winter woodland cartridge for the Cricut.  Just loved this sparkly white paper.

The stamp is from Recollections, darling isn't it? (Sorry they don't name their stamps)

Inside sentiment is red rubber from My Sentiments Exactly.

Jolly Ol' Elf

Here's another stamp from the Recollection set I got.

I stamped the tree 4 times on the print paper and then cut out each layer

of boughs and popping them up for dimension.

I also restamped and cut out all the little packages to give them a little umph as well.

After the card front was finished I added the stickles for the baubles on the tree

and sprayed the whole thing with Glimmer Mist Iridescent Gold Mist

The Merry & Bright stamp was in a RAK I received.

This was just a design from the paper cut out for the inside.

adorable

Another stamp set from Penny Black's - Mimi's Christmas

The white from her hat is white flocking (love this stuff)
stamp is from Stampin Up

I used the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder on the front of the card base

(just before I mailed it I decided it needed a little pop so I distressed the edges of the front of the card and the ridges from the embossing with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, much better.)

The ribbon is actually cut from one of the papers from the Warm Wishes Recollections paper pak

I punched the tag with my square Marvy scalloped punch 

The little Mimi's face is done with Copic markers
her hat and scarf are paper pieced
the bow was in a rac (thanks Lori)

Snowmen Peeking

I made two cards with the same strip of snowmen that I

cut from the Warm Wishes paper collection from Recollections

The background paper is We R Memory Keepers Christmas Collection

I added a few stickles to the hats

and gave their noses a shine with glossy accents

the stamp here is from a Christmas Recollections set, it's

fast become a favorite because the quirky font and snowflakes

the sentiment as well is cut out from the paper,

stickles make the inside shine

This is the second card and I put them so half the

little faces were hidden all but the eyes and hat.

Cute, like they are peeking out from behind 

This is a sentiment from that My Sentiments Exactly grab

bag I'd told you about, really like the font on this stamp

A little brad holds the mini mittens in the corner together

the scallop punch is Fiskars

merry everything

Another stamp from Mimi's Christmas by Penny Black.  I am in love with this stamp set, oh wait did I say that a couple of post back, sorry it's worth repeating!  The stamps just stamp so nice I know I'm adding more of these to my collection!  I stamped the little angel directly onto the mat (papers from Recollections Warm Hearts)

Then I restamped her again on white, heavy cardstock, and on the pink which is a natural fibre paper (I got it years ago at Costco) but the paper is very fiberous, like real handmade paper.  I accented the one I stamped on the paint with just a little deeper pink with my Copics.  I colored the one stamped on white and cut her out minus the halo and feet and then paper pieced them all together.

  I painted her little halo and shoes directly onto the mat.  Sentiment is also from this collection.

Inside sentiment is Stampin Up 

 The ribbon was a super buy at a local craft store when they were selling all their spring/summer things out. 90% off!!!!  The ribbon is wire edged so easy to manipulate where you want.  

Snowflake from the paper collection.

Skating into the Holiday

This time  I used my Cricut and the Winter Woodland Cartridge to cut the Skate out.

I just tore a piece of extra heavy white glitter cardstock to form the snowbank across the bottom for the skate to rest on.

The stamp is from the dollar bin, Studio 18 - Mary Engelbret

 The little snowflakes are a Fiskars mini punch

The card base is a pad of 12x12 paper from Michaels

Recollections Classic Christmas, it's a 

colored core paper, which means you can sand the top layer away to reveal

a different color under neath, in this case white.

Inside stamp is from Stampin Up

Snowballs 5 cents

I had so much fun making cards with the leftovers of a paper pak I bought last year

It's Recollections Snowy Days from Michaels.

The cardbase is from their collection this year called Warm Wishes

The sentiment is from K&Company

Border Punch is from EK Success

Edges all inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Heart is covered with Glossy Accents

and Diamond Stickles were applied to the snowflakes on his hat

This stamp was in a rubber grab bag from My Sentiments Exactly
after I'd stamped it I realized I'd used the clear embossing on it
and it wouldn't show up so I lightly used Very Vanilla Craft ink from Stampin Up
to bring out the embossing, I really liked the way it looked after that.

A super simple card that turned out really cute.

Christmas has started!

Here's the beginning of my Christmas Cards.

This one went to my Grandson in Afghanistan

This is a digital stamp, Harry Needs a Hand by Mo's Digital Pencil

She's great check out her blog for tons of cool designs

Counting the Days was an acrylic word art from K & Co
The corner punch on the insde is from Fiskars
Papers are Recollections

Cherish Happiness

I made this card for a dear friend of mine getting inspiration from Melissa Phillips in the June 2010 Cards Magazine.  I layered papers which I inked heavily under the lace.  

The lighting on this photo is horrid but I wanted you to see the card from this angle so you'll have to overlook it.  The flower is one I received in a swap at YPP from Natalie Wathins, thanks Natalie, I love it!  I stuck a stick pin I had made through the flower and lace to finish it off.

The bling inside and out is from Recollections, the butterfly from Websters Pages.  Under the sentiment I took a page from an old novel and tore and inked the edges.  I used Vintage Photo, Peeling Paint and Worn Lipstick Distress inks on the print to give it the same tones as the papers.  The sentiment I printed out on my computer and inked it with the above Distress Inks.

The little ticket is from the Tim Holtz idea-ology line and the stamped sentiment on it was from a set of old Stampin Up stamps I picked up at a garage sale.  The base of the card is Kraft Cardstock.

Open Window

This paper set was a in a RAK and I'm sure it's Webster's Pages
 but I can't tell you which one.

Butterfly is a punch from EK Succes, Flower is Recollections

Stamp is Inkadinkado

Applause

 Another card using the Graphic 45 Curtain Call Collection.  

Bling is Recollections

 Inside verse printed on computer, mat distressed with Vintage Photo and Old Paper inks.

 The gorgeous flower on the front was made by Natalie Watkins and was a swap from Your Paper Pantry.

Friendships

Another card made with the Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime Collection

Bling is Recollections

Butterfly is Prima

Flower is my own

 Inside reads:

Life's truest happiness is found in the friendships we make along the way. (Fiskars stamps)

Cardbase is American Crafts Brocade Cream