15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 9

Good Morning! Happy Saturday to you. Welcome back to day 9. I have a really adorable gift card (or money) holder to share with you. I actually got the pattern from Claire Brennan of Waltzing Mouse Stamps. I absolutely love this idea, I think its so cute!


So here's the stocking. The pattern comes with the back, front, toe and heel and very clear instructions. Just print, cut them out and assemble. I printed directly onto Ruby Red card stock and used the toe and heel as patterns to cut out the decorative paper. I used a white gel pen to create the stitching around those pieces.


Here's a little closer view of it. I used Cocoa's Mittens from SNSS and this is one of the many reasons why I love digi's. I was able to size the image down to fit the 1 3/8" circle punch. I also used Fiskar's Threading Water punch for the stocking cuff.

Lift the cuff to reveal a bit more dressing up with decorative paper (DCWV Christmas mat stack) and the pocket that contains the other gift. I finished dressing the stocking with a large brad and some two sided ribbon.

Do be sure to click on over to Claire's blog to see the wonderful stamps and ideas she has on her blog. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you tomorrow.

15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 8

Good Morning! I can't believe I'm already half way thru my little series. Welcome to day 8. I am so glad you're here.

I don't know if you all know what a HUGE fan of All That Scraps stamps I am. I love them. I feel like the Pixies, Kiki's and Emma & Trevor are my little friends. So of course Emma has to be featured.


You are also not going to believe how many challenges I got to play with just with this one little card. I do love this card. I used white card stock as my base and then layered a piece of Real Red card stock that I had embossed with Spots and Dots embossing folder. I also used Glorious Green and Basic Black for mats. I colored the image using copics and then highlighted a tad with a white gel pen. I used white puffy paint for the snow on the tree and grated Styrofoam for the fur trim of her hat.

So here's the line up of challenges:

1. The Crafty Pad - Use triangles (the border & the tree).
2. Lord Have Mercy! - The sketch.
3. Corrosive Challenge - Use red and green.
4. All That Scraps - Anything Christmas.
5. Crazy 4 Challenges - Use a punch (the border).
6. Pink Elephant - Favorite coloring method. Copics!

Six challenges!! Can you believe it!? Whoo-hoo!! I don't think I've ever done that many.

Thanks for joining me today for day 8. I hope to see you back here tomorrow.

15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 7

Good Morning! Welcome to day 7 of my Christmas Cards series. Yes, this is also Thursday's with Lindsay. And that sweet gal came up with an AWESOME set this week! This is Winter Clips and it's perfect for that moment when you need a card in hurry or for super fast holiday party decorations.

I call this card my Christmas Quickie...


You will be amazed at what comes in this set! Digi-paper, cupcake wrappers/toppers, Happy Holidays in lots of colors, two printable card bases - oh this is pure fun! I printed the card bases first. Then simply cut and fold. If you use your card in portrait orientation it'll have HANDMADE BY in the right place on your card back. I also cropped two of the cupcake toppers out of that printable sheet so that I didn't print the entire page. I just wanted the snowflakes. And then I put the card together using an awesome sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and the colors fit right in with the Color Throwdown challenge.

Don't forget to check out what Lindsay and the rest of the team has to share with you today.

Thank you for stopping by and we'll see you tomorrow for day 8.

15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 6

** This is the 2nd post today - please scroll down for the MyGrafico Wednesday Challenge **

Good Morning! Welcome to day 6 of the 15 days of Christmas Cards. I do hope you're enjoying this series as much as I am sharing them with you. And I am so thrilled that a couple of orders arrived so now I'll have those to share with you, too!


I wish I had details to give you on this card, but I received all the elements in a card kit swap when I hosted one using snowmen as the theme. But this is a way cute snowman and with the color of the paper that came in the kit and the richness of the gorgeous ribbon, I really wanted an aged vintage look to this card. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and OMS. I inked the edges with two shades of brown. It's a simple layout and I think it turned out really pretty.

Thanks for all the sweet comments that have been left and thank you for coming back for my series. See you tomorrow.

MyGrafico Wednesday

Hi! Today is Wednesday and you know what that means, right? It's the sketch portion of the weekly challenge over at MyGrafico Challenge Blog! Be sure to click on over to the blog so you get all the details and see what wonderful cards the Design Team made to share.


The image is from the Tutti Fruitti stamp set. Once again we're recycling a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches and Monday's challenge was to add gingham. Here's the sketch:

Have fun with this - I can't wait to see what you make with it! Good luck!

15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 5

Good Morning!

This is actually the "missing" Sunshine Monday post. Not missing, just relocated to Tuesday because Sunshine & Giggles is our super sponsor over at Tuesday Morning Sketches. And I also said that my DT obligations would fit somehow into my Christmas Cards.

This isn't very Christmas-y, but I think would be fun to send to your favorite student to wish them a Happy Christmas Break! This one is going to my friend Robyn.


This is using one of my favorite images from Sunshine & Giggles. It sort of reminds me of Robyn and her brother. I also just had to play with my new Snowflakes from Spellbinders. Cute!! I colored the image with Copics and Stickles. The sentiment is from All That Scraps.

Whoo-hoo! And my card fits the challenge from Digital Tuesday, too. My image is a digital image and (please click the photo to enlarge) my snow and snowflakes sparkle!

I hope to see you over at the TMS blog for this week's challenge and back here tomorrow for another card! Thanks for stopping by!

15 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 4

Good Morning! Welcome to day 4 of my 15 Days of Christmas Cards. I have another super sweet, super cute card to share with you using another new release from Inktegrity.

This is North Pole sundae all dressed up in festive attire...


Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream never looked so yummy!

Be sure to head on over to Inktegrity where these fun and super yummy images will be available for purchase. See you here tomorrow.