Embossed Resist Christmas Card

I picked up this Penny Black stamp today and knew right what I wanted to do with it. I started with a piece of white card stock cut to 4" X 5 1/4". I stamped my image with some Versamark and then embossed it with some WOW! Clear embossing powder.

Next, I used my Tim Holtz Blending tool and some distress ink to ink the entire piece of card stock. I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Chipped Sapphire on my card. I then used some Rouge Liquid Pearls and randomly added some red berries to my tree for a pop of color. Once those were dry I used my big Chisel tip Zig Two-Way glue pen and created a snow drift under my tree and added some Hero Arts Prisma glitter to it and let it dry. Finally I stamped my sentiment with some Colorbox White ink and then embossed it with some WOW! Neutral Ultra Shimmer Glitter embossing powder.

Finally I adhere my card front to a piece of white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card.

Winter Wonderland

I found a new paper pack at Michael's today. It is by Recollections and is called Starry Night. It is gorgeous. Lots of foil on the paper. (I know, I need more paper because....?) Of courese I had to come home and make a card out of it!

My card base is blue card stock cut and folded to make a 4" X 9" card (called a tall card). I added a white mat cut at 3 3/4" X 8 3/4" and then my patterned paper cut at 3 1/2" X 8 1/2". I also added a strip of white paper that used an EK Success punch on with a snowflake border. I cut the white strip at 1 3/4" X 8 1/2". I then stamped my sentiment and adhered the layers together. I also just got the Teresa Collins December 25th cartridge and my cut is from that cartridge. I cut the snowflake at 3". I cut the base layer out of blue card stock and snowflake layer out of American Crafts White Glitter card stock. This card stock is beautiful and very thick. I did use a multi-cut of 4 to cut my snowflake out. I then took some clear rhinestones and colored 7 of them blue with a Copic marker and then added them to the snowflake and I also added some of the clear rhinestones to the flourishes as well.

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Christmas Wishes

The new Cricut Cardz Challenge over at CardzTV is to make a card using a Christmas word or phrase and any colors you like. This is what I came up with.

For this challenge I made a Tall Card. My card base is Kraft card stock cut and scored to make a 4" X 9" card base. This card will fit in a regular #10 envelope. I then added a piece of patterned paper from an older My Minds Eye Christmas paper pad. (Sorry the cover is gone so I don't know the name of the paper pad). I used the Winter Frolic cartridge and cut my partridges in a tree out at 3". I cut them twice once using the flip feature. I added some Glossy Accents to the ornaments. My sentiment is cut out at 2" and adhered to my card front with some foam tape. I also used some foam tape to adhere my partridges to my card front.

I sure hope you will play along with us over at CardzTV.

Quick but Elegant Christmas Cards

Today I have for you two versions of a quick but elegant Christmas card that would be easy to mass produce. I started with a prefolded 5" X 7" white card base. I ran each of my card bases through my eBosser and embossed it with a Spellbinders MBossabilities folder called Holiday Magic. This folder is not in the store but Kim special ordered it for me and I love it. It is a 5" x 7" folder and worked perfectly with this project. I sprayed my embossed card front with some Glitter Dust, I used gold on one card and silver on the other. Once that was dry I added some ribbon from my stash. The snowflake is cut from the Winter Lace cartridge at 4". I used the pink and irridescent glitter dust on the snowflake. I cut a mat for my sentiment out of elegant edges at 2" and stamped my sentiment. I used the pink glitter dust on the shadow for the sentiment mat. For the gold card I cut a mat out of the Once Upon a Princess cartridge at 2" and embossed my sentiment with some WOW! gold embossing powder. I adhered everything to my card fronts with some super stickly 3D glue dots. I have a short video for you because the photo does not do these cards justice. I hope you like the cards.

Christmas Card

I recently received my Tim Holtz Frosted Film and couldn't wait to make a project with it. My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I used my Gypsy and a tag from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge that I cut a window in my card base at 4". I then used the Christmas Solutions cartridge to cut my window. at 4 1/2". adhered a piece of the Frosted Film to some clear acetate and cut the window with my Cricut. I used a pressure of 4 blade depth of 5 and multi cut 2 and it cut out great. For my tree I used my Imagine and the Santa Village cartridge and print and cut the tree at 3". I adhered the tree to another piece of white card stock that I cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and adhered it to the inside of my card so I could see the tree through the window. Finally I used a snowflake border bunch and punched out a bunch of small snowflakes, ran them through my Xyron upside down and applied some glitter to them. I attached them randomly on the front of my card with some glue dots.

We Gather Together.

There is a new challenge for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. It is Attitude with Gratitude! To make a Thanksgiving Card. Here is my inspiration for you.

My card base is a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" light tan card stock. I added a green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and a patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5" and then my rust color mat was cut at  3 1/2" X 4 3/4". I stamped my sentiment and then I embossed the rust mat with the Musical Flourishes Cuttlebug embossing folder. I cut my corn from the Thanksgiving seasonal cartridge from a couple of years ago. The corn was cut at 3". I used some rust colored embroidery floss to wrap around my corn tops and then tied it in a simple bow. Finally I added some dark brown buttons to each corner.

I sure hope you will play along with us for the latest challenge. Looking forward to see all your projects!

Happy Thanksgiving Card

The new challenge over at the Scrappy Frog Challenge blog is to make a Thanksgiving or thank you card. This is what I came up with.

My cardbase is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a brown mat cut at 3" X 3" and a cream mat cut at 2 7/8" x 2 7/8". I then drew a circle on the center of the mat. The leaves are from an EK Success border punch called Falling Leaves. These leaves were just cut from scraps of colored paper. I then added a few of the acorns that were bunched as well. I finished it with a twine bow and an Happy Thanksgiving stamp.

The Stockings Were Hung...

I  have a quick and easy card Christmas card today. It is not too early to start on yours as well. I started with a white card stock base scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". My patterned paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. I then cut a red mat at 4 3/4" X 3 1/2". I ran that through my eBosser (love this great machine!) and embossed all but the last inch or so of the paper using the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then used a sponge dauber to sponge Black Soot and Fired Brick distress ink randomly over my "bricks". My stocking was cut from the Tis the Season cricut cartridge at 3". Again this paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. My sentiment was embossed using the WOW! Tea Garden Green embossing powder.  I attached my stocking to the front of the card with some foam tape and added an adhesive nail head from my stash.