Category Archives: Holiday Cards
- Patterned paper – Echo Park Love Story collection “Snapshots”
- Die cut – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Floral Doily Motifs” die set
- Pearls – KaiserCraft
- Cardstock – WorldWin
- Ranger Distress Inks: Victorian Velvet and Walnut Stain
This is a very simple, kind of vintage-looking card for my Operation Write Home Valentine and Love box I’ll be sending off at the end of the year. The challenge for Day 318 over at 365 Cards was to make a card using the word Love. I applied Distress Inks to all of the elements of this card to “age” it a bit. The imagery all comes from the Echo Park paper. Thanks for visiting.
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- Die cut – made with Memory Box “Sofia Heart” die
- Stamp – Hero Arts “You’re Always in my Heart” stamp set
- Patterned paper – American Crafts Dear Lizzy “Lucky Charm” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Washi tape – Queen and Company
- Cardstock – Bazzill and World Win
I made another Valentine for Operation Write Home today. This one features one of the sentiment stamps made by Hero Arts especially for Operation Write Home! This is for the Our Daily Bread Designs card challenge for November, which is to make Valentines and love cards. Each month this company will pay to ship up to two boxes of cards to the troops overseas, if we make 50 cards for this challenge. It looks like this will be #45, so we’re making good progress! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – My Favorite Things “Valentine Flopsey”
- Patterned papers – My Mind’s Eye “Happy Day”
- Cardstock – BoBunny and Bazzill
- Raffia
Today’s card is a Valentine using OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch #198. I colored the bunny with Copic markers and cut it out, popping it up just a bit so he stands out nicely against the polka dot background. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp – Hero Arts “Merry Christmas Collage”
- Cardstock – BoBunny Back to Back Dots and Bazzill
- Crystal Stickers – Mark Richards Inc.
- Ranger Distress Inks – Pine Needles, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain
Another very simple card, showcasing the collage image of this Hero Arts stamp. I used Distress Inks to color it and layered it with contrasting colors. My Christmas deadline for Operation Write Home is this week, so I need to get this in the mail to my shipper! Thank you for the visit!
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- Stamp – Close to my Heart / JRL Design Co. – “Spooky” from retired Halloween set
- Sticker = Little Yellow Bicycle “Trick or Treat” dimensional sticker
- Patterned papers – Doodlebug Design Inc. “Haunted Manor” (both sides of double sided paper)
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Here is just a simple card using the Day 293 Super Sketchy Sunday Sketch at 365 Cards. I used a very old sentiment stamp that I’ve had for a long time. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamp – Penny Black “Dressed to Scare”
- Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye “Happy Haunting” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Black Ric Rac
- Copic markers
Here we have a nice kitty, all dressed up for Halloween. It fits well with the challenge for Day 298 over at 365 Cards. After stamping the image, I colored it with Copic markers. Layers are in orange and purple and grey, oh MY. Quite Halloweeny! Thanks for visiting.
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- Stamps – Inkadinkado “Snow Penguin” set
- Patterned paper – Echo Park “Very Merry Christmas”
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Lacey Ovals” and “Resplendent Rectangles”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
I had to make another card for the Nature of Christmas Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps! The penguin stamps were calling me! So I colored this guy with Copic markers and popped him up a little bit with dimensional adhesive, along with the sentiment. I like the light blue and red with the black and white for a nicely contrasting color scheme. This could be used by our heroes as a Winter card, since there isn’t anything directly Christmas-y about it. Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamp – The Cat’s Pajamas “Knut” and “Cool Yule”
- Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye “Merry” 6 X 6″ pad
- Die cuts – Impression Obsession – Snowflakes Die Set; Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Fifteen”
- Gemstone – Hero Arts “Citron”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I can think of few things better than having animals on one’s Christmas cards. Just my opinion. So this week’s Midweek Throwdown at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps is to create a Christmas card featuring something from nature. You can see where I immediately jumped. The Cat’s Pajamas always makes outstanding animal stamps–of course, they are often penguins which make them even more outstanding! I colored the image with Copic markers and added some Glossy Accents to the little fishing hole to make it look like water. The snowflake die cut is to convince you that it is cold there! Thanks for checking this out today!
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- Stamps – Our Craft Lounge “Penguin Fun” and Penny Black “Christmas Cheer”
- Patterned paper – KaiserCraft “Just Believe” paper pad
- Ribbon – American Craft
- Copic markers and Ranger Distress Inks
- Cardstock – Bazzill
It is hard for me to do it, but I made a Christmas card in July. I’m one of those people who need it to be mid-December before I’m really in the mood to make a Christmas card, which is a real problem in order for me to actually get any created and in the mail for people! This past week’s Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown challenge was Christmas in July. I do need to make some Christmas and winter-themed cards for our heroes, so I’m okay with getting some made during the summer months! So for my first Christmas card, I thought I needed to show off a penguin! After stamping the image, I colored it with Copic markers and then added some distress inks along the border of it. I then added the sentiment at a jaunty angle with some ribbon behind it. Enjoy and hopefully the snow will help cool you off–it has been a hot weekend for us! Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp- PSX
- Patterned paper – Fancy Pants Designs “Swagger” by Nancie Rowe Janitz – 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Die cut – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Resplendent Rectangles” set
- Baker’s twine – Doodlebug Design Co.
- Buttons – Vintage set from Buttons Galore
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Today is Father’s Day and this is my husband’s card. It features some perfect paper for masculine cards! Lots of hats and stripes, for example. The sentiment stamp is one of my oldest. The date on it is 1992, which makes it over 20 years old! It’s a classic! I also used a color scheme that is part of a challenge for the upcoming Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2. We were challenged to use 4 out of 5 of the following colors:
With this paper collection, I was able to nail it! I also double stamped the sentiment with Smokey Grey and Onyx Black Versafine ink. Thanks for visiting today.
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