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

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

Tag...You're it!

So this past week was filled with family, food and stamps. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the Thanksgiving weekend. I am behind on projects (what's new?) so I'm trying to play catch up. I have 31 class Christmas treats to come up with. No idea what I'm going to do yet. I've been scouring Pinterest for SOMETHING but have yet to find the right thing. I have lots of Christmas cards to make too, but I just focused on gift tags. Yes, I actually stayed on task FOR ONCE! I suffer from crafting A.D.D. so this is a major accomplishment!

Gift tags are a blast. At least I think they are. There are SO many options it's ridiculous. I need some more kiddy related ones though. Good thing I just put in a monster Stampin' Up! order! So there will be cute gift tags to come. As long as I can focus, that is.

Here is what I came up with so far...

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Very Vanilla, Night of Navy

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Gorgeous Grunge, Come to Bethlehem

Embellishments ~ Rhinestones, navy colored satin ribbon

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Always Artichoke

Stamp Sets ~ Gorgeous Grunge, Santa's List

Embellishments ~ hemp twine, faceted buttons

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe

Stamp Sets ~ Santa's List, A Banner Christmas

Embellishments ~ Chocolate Chip Chevron ribbon

 Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Whisper White, Night of Navy

DSP ~ Silver Glimmer paper

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Silver embossing powder

Stamp Sets ~ Christmas Deer (retired), Come to Bethlehem (Sentiment)

Embellishments ~ navy colored satin ribbon

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

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

Stamp Sets ~ Remembering Christmas, French Foliage, Fine Feathers

Embellishments ~ hemp twine, cream colored satin ribbon

{leaf detail}

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Always Artichoke

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

Embellishments ~ Vintage Faceted Buttons, hemp twine, cream colored satin ribbon

Checkin' it Twice!

I finally got my hands on this stamp set. I LOVE it. I have SO many ideas for this cute little Santa. I love the vintage feel (surprise surprise). I sat down today and instantly drew out 5 or 6 sketches for this guy. I only had time for one design though. Here is what I came up with...

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core'dinations

Specialty paper ~ Champagne Glitter paper

Ink ~ Crumbcake, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Real Red, Pink Pirouette, 

Stamp Sets ~ Ex Labris, Santa's List, That's the Ticket, Gorgeous Grunge, French Foliage

Embellishments ~ Twine

*misc music print paper (not Stampin' Up!)