Merry Christmas Card Set

Our family draws names for Christmas. Of course I draw someone that is hard to buy for. I wracked my brain for weeks trying to come up with the perfect gift. Luckily, the family requested that gifts this year be handmade. SWEET! Something I CAN do. I raided my stash of cards and put together a card set. I didn't just want to wrap a stack of cards, that would be boring. So, I made this cute little card set box. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Real Red, Whisper white

DSP ~ Ooops it's retired, sorry!

Ink ~ Real Red, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, 

Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Basic Grey, 

Pool Party embellishing powder

Stamp Sets ~ A Banner Christmas, Color Me Christmas, Sassy Salutations

Embellishments ~ Brads, Soda Pop Tops, Pool Party ribbon, Crystal Effects

Teaching about Christmas

The kids have been learning a LOT about Christmas and Our Lord Jesus Christ at school. They come home with so much excitement and enthusiasm for this Christmas Season. I love our school and their ways of teaching and the wonderful strong foundation they are giving to the children. Okay, that's enough mushy stuff.

The kids school Christmas parties are just around the corner and of course I didn't have ANYTHING made up yet. We'll be making treats today and I'll be making tags this weekend. LOTS of tags! I finally came up with an idea for a card for their teachers. I wanted to do a chalkboard effect, obviously because they're teachers. This was such a fun card to make. The sketch came from the Paper Craft Crew for challenge #71. I hope you enjoy it. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Ink ~ Craft white StazOn, Black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Color Me Christmas, A Banner Christmas, Christmas Messages

Embellishments ~ Red ribbon

Drinks for All!

I'm kind of hooked on these cute little bottle tags. Here are a few more for the Christmas Season!

Supplies:

Cardstock~ Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

DSP ~ First Edition (retired), Glimmer paper in Champagne

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler Embossing powder

Stamp Sets ~ Santa's List, A Banner Christmas

Embellishments ~ Cherry Cobbler Chevron ribbon, Brads dipped in Cherry Cobbler Embossing powder

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Espresso

DSP ~ Glimmer paper in Champagne

Ink ~ Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Espresso

Stamp Sets, Beautifully Baroque, Daydream Medallions, Christmas Messages

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar, Sahara Sand

Stamp Sets ~ Remembering Christmas, French Foliage (retired)

Embellishments ~ Antique Brads, hemp twine, orange ribbon

Color Me Christmas

I've been on a tag-making kick today. I've created a lot of pretty ones to give, but didn't have anything cute for the kids yet, so I decided to put this cute little stamp set to good use. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar

Ink ~ Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray

Stamp Sets ~ A Banner Christmas, Color Me Christmas

Embellishments ~ Cherry Cobbler chevron ribbon

I created this cute little tag with a couple of challenges in mind. The layout came from one of my favorite blogs, Retro Sketches. It is for challenge #93. The color combo came from The Paper Players for challenge #175. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar

Ink ~ Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Black Stazon

Stamp Sets ~ Label Love, Color Me Christmas, A Banner Christmas, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge

Embellishments ~ Pink Pirouette Chevron ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

The JOY of Christmas

I was really in the Christmas mood this morning. Snow is on the ground. The sun is shining. It's beyond FRIGID outside so the best thing to do was stamp! Of course I should have been doing housework but it will still be there later.

I decided to play with the December Color Challenge from Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration's blog (which I am now a design team member!). I think these colors created a FABULOUS scheme for this card. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple

Ink ~ Pistachio Pudding, Raspberry Ripple, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Gorgeous Grunge, Beautifully Baroque, Santa's List, A Banner Christmas

Embellishments ~ 1/8" mini brads, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Frosted Finishes, white cotton twine