Modern Cross Quilt Card

This card uses Papertrey Ink Modern Cross Quilt Die and stamp set.  I also used Boutique Borders Christmas along with Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.

It is a busy time of the year.  I make between 60 and 75 Christmas cards a year.  I try to come up with different designs.  I very seldom make two cards the same.

Ink:  Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler (SU)
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake for card base
Dies:  Boutique Border and Modern Cross Quilt Cover plate (PTI), and Spellbinders for Doily
Techniques:  Sponging and Embossing, Die Cutting

Traditional Christmas

It's that time of year again to start my Christmas cards.  I love the PTI stamps that are the more traditional story of Christmas.  I used Nativity Silhouettes stamp set for this card.  The angel and sun ray were stamped using the Colorbox gold metallic ink from the Luxe Letterpress kit.

Beautiful Season

Stamps:  Beautiful Season
Ink:  Soft Suede, pastels, Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue
Paper:  Retired SU designer paper, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch and scalloped Punch SU, Chevron EF SU
Ribbon is retired Old Olive SU

I am not very good at coloring but trying different mediums.  This is the retired Pastels from SU.  I have another one where I colored it using the Blender pen and ink.  I like both.  Once I finish the other card, I will post it as well.

Christmas Nativity Silhouettes

Stamps:  Holiday Spirit and Nativity Silhouettes along with addition PTI
Ink:  Versamark and PTI Smokey Shadow
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy CS and DSP and and Smoky Slate and Cherry Cobbler DSP .
Techniques:  Embossing
Tools:  Mosaic Punch Stampin Up,  Gold EP, and EK Success border punch

This is a takeoff from a card I saw at http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/2013/06/merry-monday-winners_17.html.  I think that must have been a bigger card, though.

Christmas

Stamps:  Christmas Blessing, Holiday Spirit (PTI)
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Primrose Petals, So Saffron, and Stazon, Old Olive
Paper:  Old Olive, Whisper White, So Saffron, Primrose Petals, and Holiday Treasures (Retired DSP), Watercolor Paper
Tools:  Square Lattice EF, Layered Labels (PTI), Apothecary Accents, Big Shot
Techniques:  Embossing, Water coloring, sponging

I think I really like this card and will probably make some more for my Christmas cards.  I might add something to the center of the flowers.

Christmas in July

I usually try to start making my Christmas cards in July.  Here is the first one for this year.  I usually tend towards simple cards that I can make in a hurry since I make about 75 or so cards each year.

Stamps:  Mosaic Madness, Delightful Dozen
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink:  Gumball Green, Versamark
Tools:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Mosaic punch, ticket corner punch (retired), Silver embossing folder, 2-way glue
Accessories:  Pearls colored with alcohol markers, Dazzling diamonds

Christmas Card by Granddaughter

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Another card made by Granddaughter with my help.  She loves making cards and would do it all day every day if I let her.  I wouldn't get anything done.

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, Gumball Green, Early Espresso
Stamps:  Merry Minis, More Merry Messages
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Deck the Halls retired
Tools, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Extra Large Oval punch, Large oval punch, Merry Minis punch, EF by Stampin Up, Color Spritzer, and die by PTI

Christmas and Sneak Peak

Still working on my Christmas Cards.  Embossing Folder and Coredinations Paper along with the stamp set Joyous Celebrations will be available August 1.  If you would like to order any of these products, please e-mail me.

Stamps:  Joyous Celebrations
In:  Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight markers, and Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler Coredinations, Whisper White, Gumball Green CS
Tools:  Big Shot, Holiday Frame EF, Cherry Cobbler EP, Cherry Cobbler Seam binding ribbon, Oval punches, Coredinations Sanding Buddy, Dimensionals

Christmas in July

Starting my Christmas cards.  Last year I made around 70 cards.  I don't like to  make the same cards and so I will use a basic design and use it for a while and then change to a different stamp and do some more.  For this stamp I changed the ribbon and where I put the sentiment. 
Inked the edges after distressing the edges of the Designer Paper.

Paper:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Be of Good Cheer DSP
Ink:  Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Ribbon:  Cherry Cobbler Scallop Dots Ribbon
Stamps:  Papertrey Ink and Four Frames SU
Tools1-3/4 Scallop Circle,  Circle punch, Decorative Label Punch, Black and Cherry Cobbler EP, Distress tool

Christmas

Well, last night was our Christmas program at the church. I am usually the one in charge of the program. For part of the program I needed a fake cake, so I decided to use my Cricut. It wasn't really fancy since I am pretty busy with all of the other aspects of Christmas, work, and taking care of my granddaughter and foster child, but this is a little bit of what I did. I made 9 of these boxes from the Tags, Bags, and Boxes cartridge and put candy in and then put the circle on top and cut cardstock for the sides to hold it all in place. One of the girls carried it down the aisle for a birthday cake for Jesus. I think i used Birthday Bash for Happy Birthday and the flowers.

I cut a circle out of George Basic Shapes and then cut in half so that I could run it through the Cuttlebug. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the "icing" on the sides. I also made little gift boxes but I forgot to take a picture of them.

One Sheet Wonder Christmas

I've been working on Christmas cards using the One Sheet Wonder Template by Jessica Taylor. Click here for the template. I used last year's DSP for the designer paper. This is 3 of the 16 cards that I did.
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, and Old Olive
Stamps: Merry and Type and PTI.
Ink: Versamark, Cherry Cobler
Misc. Cuttlebug, Darice EF, cuttlebug EF, Cherry Cobbler EP, nestabilities, ticket punch SU, cherry cobbler quilted satin ribbon, Martha Stewart punch, and Liquid Pearls, and PTI border die
Techniques: Dry embossing, Wet embossing, sponging, brayer

Christmas

Stamps: Merry & Type


Ink: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, and Cherry Cobbler with blender pens


Paper: So Saffron and Wild Wasabi CS, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP


Misc.: Dazzling Details, Dimensionals, and Cuttlebug embossing folder

More Christmas

A very simple Christmas card


Stamps: Merry & Type
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler, and Very Vanilla
Misc. Snowburst Embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon, and Nestabilities, Dimensionals

Christmas card

Hello Everyone!
My card today is a christmas one.
I used the Once upon a princess cricut cartridge tag feature for my base.
The owl is from winter frolic.
My buttons are from stampin' up! As well as the stamp and word window punch.
Miscellaneous: embossing thread and hobby lobby paper.

Have a great day!

Christmas in July and Sneak Peak

Stamps: Tags Til Christmas (will be in the new catalog), Lovely as a Tree

Paper: Real Red CS, Old Olive CS, Merry Moments (Retired)

Ink: Old Olive, Versamark

Accessories: Ornament Punch

Misc: Sponging, Gold EP, ribbon (non-SU)

Stamps: Pennant Parade

Paper: Red CS, Merry Moments (retired), chocolate chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Versamark

Accessories: Petite Pennant Builder Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon (new catalog).

Misc.: Gold Embossing, sponging