A Pile of Presents

Today’s card is all about celebrating the pile of presents under the Christmas tree. I love the large sentiment paired with these cute colored presents. I added some fun pattern paper underneath and some simple embellishments.

All the variations:

Stamps: Color Me Christmas; Everything Festive
Ink: Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Real Red; Old Olive; Shaded Spruce; various Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP (retired); Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Old Olive; Cherry Cobbler; Real Red; Shaded Spruce; Whisper White; random paper scraps
Accessories: Holiday Rhinestone Jewels; enamel shapes
Tools:

One Big Beautiful Ornament

Today’s card features one big stamped imaged! I grabbed this stamp set from a FB Stampin’ Up! buying and selling group for really cheap. I don’t know why I never bought it. I love the big ornament and the ability to color it however I like. For these cards, I heat embossed the image in gold, copper, silver, and pewter. From there, I created color groups and started coloring. Pairing the image with a coordinating cardstock and DSP scrap completes my card.

All the variations:

Stamps: Christmas Bauble; Beautiful Baubles
Ink: Real Red; Old Olive; Mint Macaron; Gorgeous Grape; Various Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP (retired); Gingham Gala DSP (retired); Quilted Christmas DSP (retired); various DSP scraps; Shaded Spruce; Mint Macaron; Highland Heather; Old Olive; Real Red; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Gold Embossing Powder; Silver Embossing Powder; Copper Embossing Powder; Pewter Embossing Powder

A Simple Christmas

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Christine Blain @ Happy Heart Cards. I loved the simple play of trees, sentiment, and DSP. I changed out the paper, obviously, but kept the basic design.

Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
Ink: Merry Merlot; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White
Cardstock: Joyous Noel DSP; Merry Merlot; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White
Accessories: Star Designer Elements; washi tape
Tools:

Hanging Ornaments

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Amy Koenders @ Stamp with Amy K. I loved the heat embossed hanging ornaments with the fun colored ornaments. I kept the rest simple with some pops of DSP as background and a coordinating ribbon. I pulled ton from my paper scrap stash and retired ribbon stash. I think that is the theme of this year’s Christmas cards.

Variation of colors and paper.

Stamps: Beautiful Baubles
Ink: Various Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock: Wrapped in Plaid DSP; 2019-2021 In Color DSP; various other DSP scraps; Shaded Spruce; Cherry Cobbler; Pretty Peacock; Pool Party; Night of Navy; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Gold Embossing Powder; Silver Embossing Powder; Pewter Embossing Powder; Copper Embossing Powder

Lots of Baubles

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Linda Dalke. I love the shine on this design and had to make my own! This card definitely took the longest to create of any cards this season, but the results are stunning! I first embossed my ornaments in gold (2), silver (2), pewter, and copper. From there I picked a few color combination to color the ornaments with my Stampin’ Blends. I made two more traditional color ornaments and four frosty winter ornaments. For my sentiment, I kept it simple with a heat embossed Deck the Halls.

Detail of the shine:

Variations of colors. I think the blues with the copper embossing might be my favorite!

Stamps: Beautiful Baubles
Ink: Lots of Stampin’ Blends
Cardstock: Highland Heather; Real Red; Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Old Olive
Accessories:
Tools: Copper Embossing Powder; Gold Embossing Powder; Pewter Embossing Powder; Silver Embossing Power

Merry and Bright

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Cindy Elam @ Heart’s Delight Cards. I love the card design so much that I CASEd the card for my Christmas! I love fun play of patterns between the DSP, washiest tape, and stamped images. Perfectly simply card for today!

Stamps: Merry Mistletoe; Everything Festive
Ink: Merry Merlot; Shaded Spruce
Cardstock: Dashing Along DSP (retired); Shaded Spruce; Whisper White
Accessories: Gold washi tape
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Circle Dies

Reindeers in a Row

Today’s card features a trio of reindeers and the new Wrapped in Plaid DSP. I took my color cues directly from the paper. I love the combo of Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler, and Night of Navy with hints of gold. I kept the rest of the card simple with a coordinating ribbon and some sparkles for noses.

Variations:

Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
Ink: Crumb Cake; Merry Merlot; Night of Navy; Shaded Spruce
Cardstock: Wrapped in Plaid DSP; Shaded Spruce; Early Espresso; Whisper White
Accessories: Holiday Rhinestones; Pearls; Shaded Spruce/Gold 3/8” Striped Ribbon; Gold Ribbon (retired); Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired); Candy Dots (retired); Enamel Dots (retired)
Tools:

Top Ten 2018 Crafts

I had too many great crafts to choose from this past year, but I eventually narrowed it down. In no particular order, here are my 10 favorite craft projects of 2018!

Brusho Butterfly — My first big try at Brusho. Love it!

2. A Bevy of Birthday Blooms

3. Week in the Life Album 2018 — Always love this project!

4. 3D Christmas Tree

5. Kaleidoscope of Butterflies - Using a ton of random scraps!

6. Teddy Bear Greetings - Clean and simple baby card

7. Coffee Cups!

8. Poinsettias and Plaid

9. Floral Cup of Happiness

10. Hand Delivered Bouquet

Merry Christmas 2018

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card. Tomorrow is the big day, but before we get there, I had one more card to share with you. I love all the pretty patterned paper Stampin’ Up! comes out with every year. I decided to show off that paper with a simple card for the season.

Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Dashing Along DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Whisper White
Accessories: Rhinestones; White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Ovals Framelits

Merlot Sparkles

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card full of shimmer and shine. I love a bit of sparkle on my cards, but wanted it to be subtle. And so I layered some great DSP pieces on top of a larger piece of Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper. The sparkle is sneaky! To bring up my sentiment, I also wrapped some copper thread around underneath. Love that shine!

Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
Inks: Merry Merlot
Cardstock: Joyous Noel DSP; Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White
Accessories: Copper thread
Tools: Oval Framelits