Cup of Christmas

To finish out this year’s Christmas cards, I stuck with the same washi sheets and color palette as the last card. I changed out my dies and made a cute little card featuring festive coffee mugs.

I made a variation with a different color scheme:

• Stamps: Christmas Bliss

• Ink: Real Red; Cherry Cobbler

• Cardstock: Real Red; Cherry Cobbler; Pear Pizzazz; Just Jade

• Accessories: Wonder of the Season Ribbon; Real Red Ruched Ribbon; Old Olive Sheer Ribbon

• Tools: Cup of Cheer Dies; Stitched So Sweetly Dies; Stars Embossing Folder; Circles Embossing Folder

Heartfelt Wishes

I wanted to use my ridiculous stash of washi tape for some kind of card, but I couldn’t figure out what exactly. So I covered a sheet of white cardstock with strips of washi and started cutting things out. This card was the result of one of my experiments. I love how the washi creates it’s own DSP to be the focal point. I kept my sentiment simple and added an embossed layer for texture.

I made a variation with a different color scheme:

• Stamps: A Merry Hello

• Ink: Real Red; Cherry Cobbler

• Cardstock: Real Red; Cherry Cobbler; Pear Pizzazz; Just Jade

• Accessories:

• Tools: Circles Dies; Stripes Embossing Folder; Stars Embossing Folder; Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Big Sentiment Christmas

I did a whole suite of coordinating cards using a big sentiment as my focal point! I pulled the Heartwarming Hugs DSP and couldn’t decide which pattern to use. So I used them all!

I added a big sentiment from the Christmas Means More and Everything Festive stamp sets.

Finally, I added some random embellishments from my stash. Easy peasy!

• Stamps: Everything Festive; Christmas Means More

• Ink: Real Red; Mossy Meadow

• Cardstock: Heartwarming Hugs DSP; Real Red; Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Pear Pizzazz

• Accessories:

• Tools: Stitched So Sweetly Dies; Squares Dies; Ovals Dies; Stitched Shapes Die

Joyful Snowflakes

Another pastel Christmas card!

Close up of the shine:

• Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments; Lot of Cheer

• Ink: Seaside Spray; Night of Navy; Sweet Sugarplum; Blushing Bride; Mint Macaron; Pool Party

• Cardstock: Silver Foil; Night of Navy; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: Falling Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Die; Circle Die

2020 Craft Projects Master List Finish Line

Things really fell apart a few months into quarantine and I fell off the craft wagon. I kept wanting to craft, but life kept getting in the way. No fun. So I need to take a hard look at this list for 2021. Let’s see where I ended up:

Project Life

• 2018 Arthur Album

• 2019 Family Album

  • Create albums in Photos ✓

  • Sort photos into albums ✓

  • Pick photos to print ✓

  • Print January-March

  • Journal January-March

  • Print April-June

  • Journal April-June

  • Print July-September

  • Journal July-September

  • Print October-November

  • Journal October-November

• 2019 Quentin Album

  • Buy album

• 2019 Arthur Album

  • Buy album

• 2020 Family Album

• 2020 Quentin Album

  • Buy album

• 2020 Arthur Album

  • Buy album

• 2019 December Daily Album ✓

• 2019 Week in the Life Album ✓

• 2020 December Daily Album

  • Base Pages/Kit

  • Buy Album

• 2020 Week in the Life Album ✓

  • Choose week do document ✓

  • Document Week ✓

    • Print Ali Edwards Pages to help ✓

  • Print Photos ✓

Memory Planner

• April ✓

• May ✓

• June

• July

• August

• September

• October

• November

• December

Reading Retreat - Postponed due to COVID

• Invitations

• Itineraries

• Thank you cards

• Name tags

• Extras

Greeting Cards

• Complete Extra Kits

• Inventory of made cards

• List of Stamp Sets

• 30 BFC/OBM/Friend Cards - 1/10

• 10 Birthday Cards - 2/10

• Card challenges?

• 30 Days of Christmas Cards project

Arthur and Quentin Birthday Party: Knights of the Roundtable - Didn’t have because of COVID

• Decide on look for theme

• Create potential shopping list

• Research crafts to make

Miscellaneous

• Organize supplies ✓ - I’m hoping to do a craft room tour post in January sometime.

• Decide on storage units ✓

• Learn how to use plotter cutter

• Organize planner supplies

• Go through pens and markers ✓

A Cup of Christmas Cheer

A super simple Christmas card featuring my all-time favorite die: Coffee Cups Die! I am really loving the Tis the Season DSP. The patterns are beautiful and classic Christmas to me. To better show off the DSP, I kept the card really simple and added a simple sentiment.

Variation of the design:

• Stamps: Lot of Cheer; Christmas Means More

• Ink: Shaded Spruce; Real Red; Cherry Cobbler

• Cardstock: Tis the Season DSP; Real Red; Cherry Cobbler; Shaded Spruce; Garden Green; Crumb Cake

• Accessories: various enamel shapes

• Tools: Coffee Cups Die

Silver Falling Snowflakes

Every Christmas, I end up making at least one set of cards with more winter pastel colors. I knew that I wanted to do a sponged card and this color scheme was perfect for the technique! After making my sponged strip, I added some great silver embossed snowflakes slowly falling. All the card needed to finish was a simple sentiment and a few pretty rhinestones.

Close up of the shine:

• Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments

• Ink: Seaside Spray; Night of Navy; Sweet Sugarplum; Blushing Bride

• Cardstock: Seaside Spray; Night of Navy; Whisper White

• Accessories: Noble Peacock Rhinestones

• Tools: Silver Embossing Powder; Sponge Daubers

Stacks of Plaid Presents

I am so glad that I bought the Plaid Tidings DSP pack if only for these great Christmas themed pieces. For this set of cards, I started with the image of the stacked presents along with the plaid DSP. From there I added a sentiment and some great festive ribbon.

Variation of the design:

• Stamps: Color Me Christmas; Be Here Together; Christmas Means More

• Ink: Shaded Spruce; Cherry Cobbler; Crumb Cake; Call Me Clover; Real Red; Summer Sun

• Cardstock: Plaid Tidings DSP; Shaded Spruce; Cherry Cobbler; Whisper White

• Accessories: Shaded Spruce/Gold Ribbon

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Dies

Merry and Bright DSP

A super simple Christmas card that really highlights the beautiful DSP. I cut a ton of strips of paper and just started making various combinations to create these six cards. To help highlight the sentiment, I added a nice background layer in gold and silver.

• Stamps: Christmas Bliss; Wrapped in Christmas

• Ink: Real Red; Shaded Spruce

• Cardstock: Tis the Season DSP; Gold Foil; Silver Glimmer Paper; Shaded Spruce; Garden Green; Real Red; Cherry Cobbler

• Accessories: various embellishments

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Dies; Punch

Floral Christmas

I back with actual homemade cards! After months of wanting to make cards, but just not having the motivation or the space, I just didn’t do it. To send out Christmas cards this year, I need to make cards! I got some inspiration and started creating. Just in time to send out cards on time for this year’s Christmas.

This year’s batch of cards are a mix of current and retired Stampin’ Up supplies and some random finds from my stash. I did buy some new Christmas stamps, but I’m using a ton of things I already owned. Today’s card was very simple but classic. I made four different variations of this same design.

• Stamps:

• Ink: Just Jade; Poppy Parade

• Cardstock: Flowers for Every Season DSP; Just Jade; Poppy Parade; Whisper White

• Accessories: Gold Satin Ribbon; various enamel shapes

• Tools: Stitched Rectangle Dies