Tree of Scraps

For my Christmas card buffet, I created a mix of current SU product cards and supplies from my stash. This card is one of my fun simple cards. I love the look of an abstract Christmas tree utilizing all those great patterned paper scraps. The best part is that this card looks different every time you make it. I can't wait to see what all the ladies create!

• Stamps: Cheers to You (retired)
• Inks: Garden Green; Real Red
• Cardstock: Garden Green; Kraft; Scraps
• Accessories:
• Tools: Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder (retired); Star Punch (retired)

SSINKTC39: Multicolored Trees

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the technique below.

I love using the baby wipe technique to add another layer of visual interest to my cards. For this one, I had fun experimenting with Totally Trees. I love how my row of multicolored trees came out! Instead of autumn colors, I decided to play with traditional Christmas colors. Very festive! I wanted the trees to be the focal point of the card, so I added a simple sentiment and few layers. At first I had the green cardstock squared up with the white, but on a whim I angle the green cardstock. And surprise, surprise, I loved it slightly askew!

• Stamps: Totally Trees; Wonderful Year
• Inks: Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler; Old Olive; Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate; Garden Green; Real Red
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Washi Tape Reindeer

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite accessories from the Holiday Catalog. Anyone who knows me, knows I love washi tape! It's always on my ordering list for each new catalog. I couldn't resist the super fun and festive Pinecones and Presents Washi Tape set.

For my card, I decided to highlight this great accessory without a lot of extra supplies.After adding the sentiment and punched out reindeer, the card was missing that last touch. Thank goodness I had some enamel shapes that matched the color scheme. Perfect!

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Emerald Envy; Mint Macaron
• Accessories: Presents and Pinecones Washi Tape; 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Cookie Cutter Punch

Gingerbread Swaps

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using my favorite Christmas bundle. Of course, I had to highlight the fun Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle. I keep coming back to this bundle time and again!

I also used this card as a fun swap card from some of my fellow demonstrators.  I had fun stamping all the images from the Cookie Cutter Christmas set, but I think my favorite is this sweet little gingerbread man. I decided to layer him on some fun pattern paper and coordinating circles. The card was missing that something extra until I remembered the metallic foil doilies. Perfect little addition to the card!

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Garden Green; Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: This Christmas DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies
• Tools: Cookie Cutter Punch

Razzle and Pool Trees

Another great Christmas card buffet card for today. This one utilizes some great retired Stampin' Up DSP that I still had laying around the house. I pulled the Pool Party from the DSP to create a nontraditionally colored Christmas card. I layered on some stamped trees to create more visual interest. Then I went a little crazy with the embellishments. The card cried for some bling (hence the rhinestones), but the sentiment looked to plain by itself on the paper. The two ribbons layered underneath helped to fill that void. As an afterthought, I pulled out these great little snowflake brads. Perfect touch!

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth; Foxy Friends
• Inks: Pool Party; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Winter Frost DSP (retired); Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones; Rich Razzleberry Ribbon; Pool Party Ribbon (retired); Snowflake brads (non-SU)
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

SSINKCS39: Warm Christmas

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below. Sketch cards are always a lot of fun to make.

I had a few pages from the Warmth and Cheer DSP pack leftover from my paper share. I love this fun collection of patterns and colors. So I decided to go with a nontraditional combination of Garden Green and Delightful Dijon. I had a ton of fun mixing and matching patterns to recreate the sketch. A simple, but very visually appealing card.

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth
• Inks: Garden Green
• Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Crumb Cake; Kraft
• Accessories:
• Tools: Stars Framelits

Hello Santa

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card with our favorite Christmas stamp. Of course I had to make a card using the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp.

I love the little figures and this little Santa Claus is just the cutest. I decided to keep my card design simple to focus on the beautiful paper and stamped image.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Real Red; Basic Black; Delightful Dijon
• Cardstock: Candy Cane Lane DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Real Red Ribbon
• Tools: Scallop Tag Topper Punch

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop November 2016

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for November. This month's theme is Christmas cards. Have you seen the new Stitched Shapes Framelits? They are a great addition to Stampin' Up's framelits. I bought mine last week and they arrived on Monday, just in time for me to use them for today's card. 

For my card, I wanted to go simple but play with shapes and patterns. I layered a couple different patterns from the Warmth and Cheer DSP stack to create my background. From there, I layered some ovals framelits to create the nice center of my card. Note the fun stitching around my sentiment! To finish off the card, I added some metallic thread behind my sentiment and and a few gold enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: Warmth and Cheer DSP; Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: Real Red Metallic Thread; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitch Shapes Framelits; Ovals Framelits

Blog Hop List:

• Tobe B - The Craft Sea <--- you are here!
• Pamela Wu - Stinky Tofu
• Kathy Thisted - Stampablog
• Jennifer Blomquist - Northwest Stamper
• Stacey Lane - A Work of Carte
• Susan Schultz - Stampin By the Bay
• Christine Szekeres - Artful Musings
• Nicole Flourney - Inky Fingers Stamping
• Danielle Elvin - Going to Collage

Cool Trees

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card using nontraditional colors. I decided to go with Rich Razzleberry, Mint Macaron, and Silver. I love the cool look of this card. I embossed the piece of Mint Macaron with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder to give some extra dimension to the card. The trees were stamped from the Foxy Friends stamp set and coordinate with the Perfect Pines Framelits. Unfortunately, I never bought those framelits. Oh well! I just fussy cut the trees. Not a huge deal, but I'm really thinking about buying those framelits now.

• Stamps: Wrapped in Warmth; Foxy Friends
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron
• Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry; Mint Macaron; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Doilies; Rhinestones
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder

Jar of Stars

Today's card is one I'm offering at my Christmas Card Buffet. (Click here to join my Meetup group and RSVP) I tried to have a mix of colors, designs. and products. This card is using some of the retired DSP I have stashed away. I decided to go with a nontraditional color scheme. I love the end result. The jar of stars is a cute alternative to a Christmas tree on your Christmas card.

• Stamps:Jar of Love; old SU sentiment
• Inks: Real Red; Basic Gray
• Cardstock:Winter Frost DSP (retired); Real Red; Pool Party; Smoky Slate; Whisper White; Silver Glimmer Paper
• Accessories:
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits; Ovals Framelits; Star Punch (retired)