Showing posts with label Christmas card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas card. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

And the stockings were hung.....

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping back.

You know Christmas is approaching FAST!! I seem to always be making cards at the last minute. However this year I am more prepared. (YEA!!!)  All of my Christmas cards are done.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of the month and that means its time for me to post a fun inspiration project for Craft-Dee BowZ.

Since we are really getting closer to Christmas, I decided to spotlight another Christmas card.
I have used an image from Bugaboo and I hope you like this one.

I have been on a foiling kick lately. I decided to foil this image so I printed this image out 3 times using my laser printer. I foiled each of the images in a different color. I used blue, green and red foils. I used my Heidi Swapp Minc Machine to apply the foil to the laser printed areas.

I used blue foil for the base image. That made the snowflakes and the sentiment foiled in blue.

For the next image, (I foiled it in green foil) I took the green foiled piece and added some green alcohol marker coloring between the foiled lines, fussy cut just the two green foiled stockings and attached them with dimensional foam, over the original stockings.  Lastly, I took the 3rd image, I foiled it with red foil and also colored between some of the lines with some red alcohol marker. I fussy cut just the red foiled stocking and attached it over the green image with dimensional foam to pop this up

Here is a closer view that will show off those foil colors. 


I intentionally left the glare on the image to show off the foiling and the colors.


Here is the finished card.


For all you challenge lovers, Craft-Dee BowZ has a monthly challenge. It begins on the 1st of each month.  So you have plenty of time to enter your project in this months challenge. I am looking forward to seeing your submission. The theme is always the same - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow. You could be the December winner.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT
Stamps:  Digital - Bugaboo
Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, DP, Green CS
Ink: None
Dies Used:  Spellbinders circle die sm, Diamond Dies Pine Branch 
Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. Heidi Swap Foils, 

 I am submitting my card in the following challenges:


I hope you've enjoyed this project and will link up with Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month! 
Remember, the theme for all of our challenges is always
Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

I will be back soon


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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Joy

Hi Everyone,

Have you missed me??  I  was away teaching and then I took a week of vacation to give my muse a rest.

Here is a quick post to share with you, a wonderful Christmas card. You know that season is coming up fast.


I decided it was time to get out some washi tape and use it on this card. I'm sure I am not the only one who buys the stuff and it sits and waits to be used. So with that in mind here is my card:


I love stars and I just happened to have DP with gold stars on the deep red paper. And I also had a Spellbinders Star set, so I was in business for this card. I added my washi tape first and then positioned the stars and lastly added those glitter dots. I love those things. They just add a great finishing touch to the card.


SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
Stamps:  My Sentiments Exactly - Christmas Spirit M-128
Paper/Card Stock:  White CS, DP
Ink: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk
Dies Used:  Spellbinders Nested Stars S4-092
Accessories: Washi Tape, Elizabeth Crafts Glitter Dots - Transparent

I am submitting my card is the following challenges:


  • Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes (#75)
  • Love to Scrap - Anything Goes (#168)
  • Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes (#406)
  • Use Your Stuff - Die Cuts and/or Punches (#18)
  • Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M - (October) Use a Die/Dies (#61)
  • 613 Avenue Create - #147 Anything Goes or use Subway Art (#90)
  • Christmas Card Challenges -  #47 Anything Goes (#50)


    • Thanks for stopping by today, Stop in tomorrow for my post for Crafty Creations Challenges.

    Barbara
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    Monday, November 10, 2014

    Peace Love and Joy

    Hi There,

    Thanks for leaving all your comments last week on my posts that showcased the Diemond Dies.I really appreciate your comments.
    Make sure to visit Craft-Dee BowZ all month to check out what the designers are up to. They all have really cool ideas to share with you.

    Are you getting tired of Christmas cards?? Me neither!! I love all the great stamps and dies and embossing folders that are out on the market to make gorgeous cards for the holiday season.

    Today I decided to use some corrugated box remnants on my card. This lead to a shabby chic look.(Love it)
    Two die cut designs and some white paint, a little glitter and a punched strip and circle or two and basically the card is finished.



    Shabby chic is a favorite style of mine, although I don't make as many cards in that style as I should.

    If you like shabby chic, use some corrugated box panels.That will give you a awesome look.

    Thanks for stopping by Hope you have a wonderful week.


    SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
    Stamps:  Hero Arts - Very Merry Christmas
    Paper/Card Stock    : Red CS, White CS,Green CS, Corrugated box panel reused       
    Ink: Memories -Rhubarb Stalk
    Dies Used: Memory Box - Plush Poinsettia Corner , Spellbinders - Layered Poinsettia
    Accessories:MS Punch (border), white acrylic paint, Yellow Flower Soft, red glitter, Round punch,

    I am submitting me card in the following challenges:




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    Saturday, October 25, 2014

    Christmas Wishes

    Hi Everyone and welcome back!!

    I thought I'd share with you a Christmas card that is fun to make and really makes a statement.


    The die cut tree is attached to give a 3-D look. Cut 3 trees. Score down the center on all trees and fold. Using Glossy Accents, attach the underside of right side of 1st tree to the underside of left side of 2nd tree. Attach the underside of right side of 2nd tree to the underside of the left side of the 3rd tree. Attach the underside of the left side of tree and the underside of the right side of tree on top of the white lattice.(I sure hope this description make sense)

    Now your tree has a 3-d effect.


    Well I know I don't need to remind you, Halloween will be here Friday and that means Christmas is going to be here before we all know it. (I know you don't want to hear that. LOL) You know that holiday sneaks up on all of us, every year!! Are you getting ready?? Have you started on your cards??

    OK get ready for the kids and their begging. See you soon


    SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
    Stamps:  JustRite -Christmas Wreath (Sentiment)
    Paper/Card Stock    : White CS, Red CS, Green CS, Gold CS
    Ink: VersaMark
    Dies Used: Heartfelt Creations - Banners & Trees (HCD739); Spellbinders - Fancy Tags Three S5-031, Fancy Lattice S5-152
    Miscellanous: Gold Embossing Powder, VersaMark, Snowflake Brad, Specturm Noir (Colored the brad), Glossy Accents

    I am submitting my card in the following challenges:



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    Monday, October 20, 2014

    Season's Greetings

    Hello Everyone,

    Are you getting ready for Halloween?? I still need to stock up on candy for the Trick or Treaters. I wish there was candy out there that I didn't like. LOL Oh well!!

    Saturday was my monthly Card Shop class at Simply Said Rubber Stamps in Loveland Ohio, and this is one of the cards the ladies made.




    Everyone is preparing for Christmas aren't they, well aren't they?? OK, as soon as Halloween and Thanksgiving is over with.


    SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
    Stamps:  DRS (Pinecone) JustRite Christmas Wreath (Sentiment)
    Paper/Card Green CS, Vellum, Med. Green, White CS, DP
    Ink:Distress Ink Pads and Markers - Pine Neeedles, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain
    Dies Used: Sizzix - Tim Holtz Alterations - Pine Tree
    Accessories:     dimensional foam, Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen 

    This card is being submitted to the following challenges:


    See you soon, hope everyone has a great week.




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    Sunday, July 27, 2014

    Noel

    So glad you stopped by today!!

    I know that Christmas is a ways off (149 days) however I have been incorporating Christmas cards in some of my card classes lately. 

    I thought I'd share this one with you.



    SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
    Stamps:  Inkadinkado - Angel; Art Impressions - sentiment
    Paper/Card Stock    : Blue CS, White CS, Gold CS, 
    Ink: Danube Blue, Angel Pink- Memories; VersaMark;
    Punches/Dies Used: Marvy
    Accessories:     Ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool

    I am submitting this card t the following challenges:

    Thanks for stopping in today. Tuesday I will have a post for Craft-Dee BowZ and hope you will stop back for that. It's a masculine card and I think you will like it.

    Have a great week


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    Sunday, June 8, 2014

    Noel

    Hi Everyone!!
    Thanks for stopping in today. I just received a few new stamps and I especially wanted to stamp this particular stamp and design a card.

    I live in Kentucky and the state bird is the cardinal and they are the state bird in the following states as well: Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. WOW that's a lot of states that have adopted this bird as their state bird.

    OK you probably have guessed I am using a cardinal in my design.



    This stamp is from Stampendous, and I just love it. I used a Becca Feeken ornate label die that she used to offer in a kit club. I actually cut it down the center attached 3 halves together and made a swirly edge for my layered oval, on the one side and used a single piece of that die on the other side as an offset.

    The cardinals are colored with colored pencils and I used gamsol as my blending agent.

    I decided these cardinals reminded me of Christmas so I added the Christmas sentiment. I know we are not quite thru the first half of the year. but you know that Christmas will be here before we know it. LOL


    SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT
    Stamps:  Stampendous - Jumbo Cardinals, My Sentiments Exactly - Multi Script (Sentiment)
    Paper/Card Stock    : Cream, White, Red, Gold
    Ink: Black Dye
    Dies Used:Memory Box - Blushing Bouquet , Spellbinders - Large Ovals, Becca Feeken Ornate Label (No longer available)
    Accessories:     dimensional foam, Inktense Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Spectrum Noir (coloring the blossoms on the die cut) Wink of Stella - Pink (colored the flower centers on die cut)
    Outline Stickers

    I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

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    Thursday, December 12, 2013

    Wishing You All The Joys

    Hi Everyone,
    Welcome back.  Tuesday nite I went to dinner with the ladies in the club I belong to. We meet once a month but every December we go to dinner and hold our meeting at the restaurant. And at dinner we swap hand made tags and a card. We make 1 card and 9 tags, one tag for each club member. So we all come home with 9 different tags and 1 different card.

    Let me share the card I made for the swap:

    Project #1 - Card Front

    Project #1 Inside of card

    Stamps - Whipper Snapper Designs Inc, Verse - Stampa Rosa (no longer available)
    Punches - Martha Stewart Alpine Snowflake
    Die - Sizzix Tim Holtz On the Edge Snow Flurries
    Ribbon
    Bow made with Craft-Dee BowZ
    Glitter
    Paper - DP, White card stock, red shimmer card stock, vellum
    Coloring done using Derwent Inktense colored pencils with Gamsol



    Next is the tag that I made for each of the members.

    Project #2 - Tag

    Tags - Prima
    Stamps - Santa image Gumbo Graphics stamps (no longer available), Merry Christmas To/From Catslife Press, Snowflakes Art Impressions.
    Dies - Spellbinders Circles S4-114, S4-116, Corner flourish - Amazing Paper Graces Kit Club Becca Feeken (No longer available), S5-185  2013 Snowflake Pendant
    Punches - Martha Stewart Alpine Snowflake, Himalayan Snowflake Large
    Ribbons - Lace (unknown), Snowflake - May Arts, Thin Red Ribbon - Michael's
    Cardstock - White, Red Shimmer, Vellum
    Embossing Powder - White
    Inks - Versamark, Memento - Espresso Truffle
    Glitter

    I am submitting my projects to the following challenges:





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    Wednesday, December 4, 2013

    Craft-Dee BowZ December Blog Hop

    Hi Everyone,
    Boy, December is here already!!  Today, Craft-Dee BowZ is hosting their last blog hop for the year!! The time has really flown by for me, how about you??

    If you arrived here from Amber's blog then you are in the right spot. If not, then you may want to start at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog to get all the details to be eligible for the giveaway. There will be a prize awarded to one of the commenters, so please make sure to leave a comment at each blog including the Craft-Dee BowZ Blog. Here are the Designers in the hop:

    Craft-Dee BowZ  (to leave one last comment)

    Since this months blog hop celebrates Christmas, you have been treated to all things Christmas.I hope you have seen some things along the way that you will want to try for your projects.

    Let me share what I have designed today. I've made an ensemble for the blog hop.

    First let me present my card.


    This card utilizes scraps of ribbons used as a woven background. I love the look this gives, lots of texture on your card canvas. LOL  The card has a great bow that is a three loop bow. I pulled the loops out to further define the loops and it reminded me of a snowflake of sorts. I then added over the bow knot, a rosette with a snowflake attached to the top. Those were made using vellum. The tree is made using a teabag folding technique and that and the snowflakes are also made using vellum.

    Next lets check out a wrapped gift.

    I used a a pillow box as the gift box. Using some shimmery card stock means no need to use wrapping paper.And you have to love that. So, all it needed was a bow.

    Yummy multi-loop bow

    A close up of the 3 loop bow.
    The ribbon is 2 1/2" wide and wired on the edges.
    This ribbon was so very easy to work with, even though it was wide, and the end result was really a a nice puffy bow. What a great presentation this will make to the recipient.

    OK,  lets look at a gift tag.

    I made a large gift tag. I wanted to use some larger items and a smaller tag just wouldn't work. Don't be afraid to make things larger than you normally would. I also used some elements that actually stuck out beyond the edge of the tag.That adds to the uniqueness of the design.

    I had a bit of the blue ribbon left (from the cards that I made and posted here Sunday and then Tuesday) but definitely not enough for a bow, so I used it for the piece that threads through the hole on the tag.  I used a 1" silver (Oh So Glittery) ribbon that really compliments the tag and the blue ribbon. It looks great with that snowflake sprig of ribbon that I added just for more interest.

    Hope you saw something that caught your eye, maybe a design that you can use on something you want to make.

    I am the last designer in the blog hop, so don't forget to leave a comment here and then stop back at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog to make one last comment and you are done and you will be in the running for the prize of your very own Craft-Dee BowZ tool. Thanks for taking the time to hop along with us today.

    By the Way, Craft-Dee BowZ will be announcing the new Design Team for 2014 on Sunday so you might want to come back Sunday for the news.

    Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!


    Christmas Images

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    Thursday, December 13, 2012

    More from the Christmas Party

    Hi Everyone,
    My last post showed off the tags I received in the tag exchange. I received a different tag from each of the ladies in the club. Now I want to show you the card I made and swapped and the the card I received.

    This is the card I made and swapped. Here is the card front

    and here is the inside of the card.


    I wished that I had used a different color of CS of the front and the back panels.It would have been easier to explain how this is made if I had done that. OK that will be in another post. This card has a funky fold and it is really cleverly made and easy to boot. LOL  I know I say that all the time, but this is easy!!

    Now here is the card that I received in the card swap.

    This is Trish's card and she used paper scraps for the ornaments and used a tree to make the tree branches. FABULOUS!! This card is gorgeous in person. It really looks busy in the pic but you have to see it to really appreciate the whole card. Those ornaments are embossed in an embossing folder and this photo doesn't pic that up, unfortunately.

    All of the cards in the exchange were spectacular. In our monthly exchange we all make a card and then we view all of each others cards, then a different number is assigned to each card and we draw a number and we get to take that persons card. 

    Well that's it for now.I have got to finish a few lingering projects. I am working on my submissions for Stampaway 2013. I need to get them done and in the mail soon, or the cut off date will have been here and gone and I will not be teaching a class there next year.



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