Paper Maniac Thursday - Christmas Greetings!

Hello!  It's Paper Maniac Thursday and I have a happy little Christmas card to share with you.  The finished size of this card is a 4.25" square.  All of the papers and center die cut come from the Kaiser Craft paper pad called 'Tis the Season.  I used a Labels 9 Spellbinder Die to cut the red shape.  The sentiment I used is from a clear stamp set from Stampendous called Holiday Home. 

There are foam dimensionals between each layer and the sheer cream bow is attached with a glue dot.  The rhinestones were added as a finishing touch and to draw your eye to the sentiment. 
Have a great day!

{Christmas Greetings}

Stamps: Holiday Home (Stampendous)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (SU)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Warm Red (Colorbox)

Accessories: Labels 9 Nesties (Spellbinders), Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Foam Dimensionals, Sheer Cream Ribbon (Offray), Glue Dots

 

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Clear & Simple Stamps - December 2010 Release

Hello & Happy December!!!  It's release day at Clear & Simple Stamps and I couldn't be any more excited to share these new sets with you.  These have got to be my favorite so far, but I know I say that every month.  There are two new sets for December and they work really well together.  They are:

Icons I

Icons Extra

 And here's just one card I made with this set, many more to come this month.  

 

Almost everything on my card comes from the December release.  The new color story for this month is Emerald Bling and I used that color for the snowflake stamp, ribbon, button and card stock.  The patterned paper is from Kaiser Craft.

There's a lot of dimension and texture on this card.  The centers of the snowflakes have mint green rhinestones on them, which look sort of clear in the photos.  The edges of the sentiment panel as well as the edges of the circle are distressed.  

Here's a close-up of the bow with the button center.  

Like I said earlier, the December color story is Emerald Bling and it is a rich emerald green color.  Emerald Bling is available today in card stock, ink, re-inkers, buttons and ribbon as well as the Copic Trio Bundle (colors pictured below).  

Thanks so much for stopping by today for the big release news!  I love these sets and know you will too.  Have a great day!

{Frosty Wishes}

Stamps: Icons I, Icons Extra (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, Emerald Bling

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Emerald Bling

Accessories: Emerald Bling Ribbon, Emerald Bling Button, Green Floss, Light Green Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Edge Distresser, Circle Cutter Tool, Glue Dots, Foam Dimensionals

 

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A {Merry Christmas} Card...

Hey guys!  I have to tell you that I'm finally getting things together in my studio (and it actually resembles a studio so I don't feel like I'm lying when I refer to my studio as a studio).  I'm seriously having too much fun making cards.  I felt kinda lazy (and didn't want to leave my studio) and took these photos on my desk.  They didn't turn out bad since there is a window near.  

So, my card uses the Mojo Monday sketch.  When I finished this card, it occurred  to me that I didn't use any stamps. How'd that happen?  I did do a little sponging though.  In general, I'm not really big on patterned paper that has images in the corners, like this santa, but I found a way to make it work.  The brown paper in the background had the sentiment "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" printed on it, so I ended up using that particular sheet in two places.  Both of the red and brown background papers have faint printing on them, which is a little hard to see.

Here's a close-up so you can see the dimension and how the sentiment is wavy.  The sketch did not have the sentiment hanging off the edge, but I liked the way it looked.  By the way, all the edges are sponged with brown ink.

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Have a wonderful day!

{Merry Christmas}

Card Stock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink) 

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft) 

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Foam Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge

 

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A "Holiday Greetings" Card...

Hey guys!  I always forget about the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop until it's too late.  This time Nichole reminded us the day before and she's letting you link your blog all day.  This was such a big help because, I forgot.  So this morning, I made a card, tore it up and made the card you see above.  By the way, the challenge this month was to make a card celebrating winter holidays other than Christmas.  I really like the sentiment "Holiday Greetings" since It covers any holiday.

This card also uses the Mojo Monday sketch, which I love because it's pretty simple.  All of the papers on my card come from the Kaiser Craft paper pad, 'Tis the Season.  The sentiment circle is a die cut from the pad.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope your week is off to a great start!!!

{Holiday Greetings}

Stamps: Signature Christmas (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Chestnut Roan (Colorbox)

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Foam Dimensionals, Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft)

 

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A "Joy to the World" Card...

Since I was working on my Christmas cards over the weekend, I guess I'm still in holiday mode.  This week's CPS sketch as well as the Everything But the Kitchen Sink challenge were pretty similar.  I think this card would fit both sketches.  Paper Maniac is sponsoring the EBTKS one and giving away a $20 gift certificate.

I used papers from the 6x6 paper pad 'Tis the Season from Kaiser Craft.  There was a sheet of these different colored damask stripes that work perfectly for the sketches.  The newsprint patterned paper has writing about Christmas and Santa on it.

The sentiment is embossed in gold.  I love how it shows up so well on patterned paper.

I hope you all had a great weekend!  I'll share some pics of ours soon.  Have a great day!

{Joy to the World}

Stamps: Signature Christmas (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft), Chestnut Roan (Color Box)

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder (SU), Gold Mini Brads, Gold Ribbon (Offray), Button, Foam Dimensionals, Glue Dots

 

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A "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Card...

Hey guys!  You all know how much I love taking photos of my cards outside.  I love the natural light and I usually don't have to edit them, besides cropping.  I especially love when our tire swing is in the background.  Go back and look, there are a ton of photos with our tire swing in them.  Anyway, I finally got tired of my cards blowing away/over and me freezing my tail off.   So, until Spring comes, I'll be taking photos inside.  I did this last year as well but have learned a lot since then.  These are the first photos I've taken with my new set-up.  They are still not where I would like them (see how the left side is darker-Ugh!), but they are good enough to share.

Okay, onto my card.  I recently ordered most of my supplies for this year's Christmas cards.  In addition to a new stamp set and card stock, I ordered the Spiral Notebook Page Die.  To make my notebook page look more realistic, I used some Basics Manila paper from Basic Grey that had a notebook design on it.

I will admit that these colors are not traditional Christmas colors.  The patterned paper comes from the Kaiser Craft paper pad 'Tis the Season. The newspaper has some holiday writing and pictures on it and the rust colored rectangle is the sheet music for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" which is why I picked that particular sentiment to go on the notebook page.

This card sorta has an Old World, rustic feel to it.  I think I like it.

 Thanks so much for dropping by today!

{We Wish You a Merry Christmas}

Stamps: Signature Christmas (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft), Basics Manila (Basic Grey) 

Ink: Dark Brown, Chestnut Roan (Colorbox)

Accessories: Spiral Notebook Page Die (Papertrey Ink), Geneva Brads (Bazzill), Sheer Ribbon (Offray), Foam Dimesionals

 

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Paper Maniac Thursday- SRM Stickers

Hi there!  It's Paper Maniac Thursday here on my blog.  I had so much fun making this card using a new product.  Have you heard about SRM Stickers?  I hadn't until some of my Design Team friends started saying how much they loved them.  If you don't know, they are stickers that have a clear backing.  They look like a perfectly stamped image.  On my card, the word "wish" and the dotted circle are one sticker and the "happy birthday" sentiment is another.  If I had stamped that white sentiment using white ink, it would not have shown up that vividly on patterned paper.  I love these!

These stickers are a one time use product, but they are so inexpensive and you get a lot in a pack.  Give them a try.  I know you will love them!

I also used the flourish from the "Enjoy" stamp set from American Crafts.  I love how it frames the word "wish".  This is a birthday card, but I used papers from a Christmas paper pad called "Tis the Season" by Kaiser Craft.

Thanks so much for visiting today!!!  Have a wonderful day!!!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Enjoy (American Crafts)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (SU), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Sage Shadow, Close to Cocoa (SU)

Accessories: Oval Nesties (Spellbinders), Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Happy Stickers (SRM Press), Stampin' Sponge (SU) 

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OCC Color Challenge

Hello!  I hope you are enjoying your Saturday so far.  I have a card to share with you for this week's Our Creative Corner challenge.  This week is a color challenge.  These color swatches are Stampin' Up colors, but feel free to use whatever similar colors you have on hand--I did!!!

I've been dying to make a flower like this for so long.  I can never remember to do it when I'm in my studio.  Anyway, the flower is made from 4 scalloped circles that are folded in half and then in half again.  The red polka dot paper I used is actually from a Christmas paper pad.  The back of the patterned paper was white, so I took a sponge and sponged it yellow.  I really like the contrast it adds.    

The leaves on my card are one stamp, but they were too close together so I stamped one side first and then the other, leaving just enough room for my flower.  The stamp is from PTI's Blooming Button Bits and you are supposed to use buttons where I used the paper flower.

If you didn't come here from the Our Creative Corner blog and check out the other card samples from the talented design team.  I hope you can join us this week.  Have a great day!!!

{You're on my mind}

Stamps: Blooming Button Bits (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (SU), Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 'Tis the Season (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Barely Banana (SU) 

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch (SU), Edge Distresses (Heidi Swapp), Stampin' Sponge (SU), Foam Dimensionals, Button, Glue Dots 

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