Christmas Swag...

Everyone is probably tired of Christmas cards and ready to move on...but I decided I wanted to make just one more and really it's Christmas and beyond to those who believe and accept Jesus Christ as God's son in whom the Father is well pleased.   I had used a similar color scheme a few months back with a wreath card I made.  I used the wreath die cut and another die cut and cut and fiddled and wahla....It is inspired by FreshlyMade Sketch #318   I rotated the sketch to the side because I wanted to use this Bible Verse that I  bought a few years ago.  I'm also glad I had 2 weeks to make something....just seem to have a lot going on the last couple of weeks!    Happy New Year, may it be filled with family fun and fun making cards!

Snowman...

I was inspired to make this card by FreshlyMade Sketches #317.   I was out of town until last night, so I had a small window of time to make something...since there is a "lot" to get done around here for Christmas.  The snowman is from a retired CTMH set. I used Glacier (CTMH) also retired.  The sequins may be current, they are from Verve.   The background was made by rubbing the glacier ink onto a stamping block.  The swirl behind the sentiment is from the same set and was stamped with the glacier also.  Anyway it is a very simple but cute card!   I had not made anything with a snowman and this is the only one I have!  There are always things I think I could have done differently but if the card is usable, I'm moving on to my next project.  My husband and I are going on a 2-3 week trip to Texas this spring to visit my sister and her family.   I am taking a good bit of "stuff" to my great-nieces who are 11 and 12.   We will have a little get started class together and hopefully they will enjoy and grow in this craft.  So Santa better be generous with me...just saying!  Of course he always is!     I love my hubby!   Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas to all!

Birthday Farm

I just love this CAS(E) this sketch  #250 and what Wanda Cullen did with it is just gorgeous (love to visit her website)....oh so pretty and a sketch I will definitely use again.   But I had a very small window yesterday to make a card, I decided to something fairly simple.  It's a card my sister can use.   I give her cards ever so often and she loves them.   She married into a family that had its' history in dairy farming.   That tradition still goes on with her brother in law and his family.  There are also more men in the family than gals so she is always needing masculine cards...so here one is!  I used a couple of farm stamps from 2 of my ctmh sets and the sentiment was also made using a ctmh die cut.  I think all of that is retired, but I used a current ctmh embossing folder for the buffalo plaid and I used Juniper cs (CTMH) for the panel and the sentiment with a string bow to finish things off without being fru-fru..  Thanks for looking!

Isaiah 9.6

Today it was snowing and after seeing Justin's take on FreshlyMade Sketches #316, I was inspired to make this card, hoping to create something soft and gentle.    I started off trying to use an acrylic stamp that was several years old, but when I couldn't get it to make a clear image...I gave up and computer generated Isa.9.6.   I typed the verse verbatim from the verse on the stamp, and it wasn't until I posted the card that I looked at the word "Counsellor" and thought that  isn't spelled correctly.   So I looked it up in an online dictionary and found that it is usually spelled counselor in the US, but counsellor is a spelling used outside the US.   So I guess all is good.   I also used the Verve stamp set Unto Us and the matching die cuts for the snowflakes.  I couldn't figure out how to stamp the snowflake first and lay the solid die on it and get it to work, so I turned the "goofs" over and finally got one acceptably centered to use.   I'll work on figuring that one out later.   The silver dot paper is from All Is Calm DSP SU (retired).   I love this paper collection!   I popped the snowflake on a dot and then popped an SU sequin on top in its center and then used some matching blue metallic thread that I picked up at a thrift store to finish it all off.   I hope it snows tomorrow and I can play some more (not outside but with my indoor toys).    Thanks for stopping by!

Holly Christmas...

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Today's card is inspired by FreshlyMade Sketches #316 and I've used Christmas Wrap again this week.  I admitted last week I had a thing for Christmas paper....The pattern is bold Holly.   It does have berries, but I cut around them and used the sentiment to hide them as well, because I wanted to use some buttons from my stash.  I enjoyed this sketch--it came together fairly well for me.  I also used bright Red, Green and Gold because I was looking for something cheerful.  By next year I hope to have a new sentiment stamp, although I like this one--a change would be nice.   I have used this one on almost every card I've made this season, but at least I've gotten my money's worth out of it.





Merry Christmas to all!







CS:  Gumball Green (SU ret) Very Vanilla
wrapping paper
red buttons
gold colored pencil
momento black ink
stampabilities sentiment
gold scrapbook paper
                                                                                                                                                                 

Doily Bear Baby

It's late or very early morning, but I decided to make another Case This Sketch #249 off and on tonight as I watched a little TV and rested...I turned the sketch upside down...My daughter has been wanting some baby cards.
Supplies: 
Simple Stories Winter Wonderland and white watercolor papers
doily
Verve to the Moon Stamp Set
and Verve yellow sequins
Retired soft sky ribbon
Staz On Black Ink
brown, grey and pink watercolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by!    Kathy

Grey, Gold Black...

I decided to combine the challenge at Color Throwdown #471 and the Case this Sketch #249 and see what I could come up with......

Supply List:

cs: SU black, smoky slate

ink:  Memento-Tuxedo Black and SU Smoky Slate

Sentiment:  Hero Arts

Stamp:  Flourishing Phrases SU

Gold diagonal paper:  Paper Studio Gifts of Gold 6x6

Ribbon: gold organdy (?) Gold metallic thread (thrift store find)

When I took it off the easel after making its' picture, I discovered I had it opening on the opposite side.  I'm giving it "as is" to a friend of my daughters...she will think its' funny!

Skates and Jingles

SU crumb cake, early espresso

Simple Stories Winter Wonderland paper

CTMH Planks embossing Folder

Bells SU (retired)

Metallic Thread (thrift store-who knows)

Sentiment-Stampabilities 

Holly Stamp-Time of Year (SU retired)

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive (SU) and Chocolate (CTMH)
Stardust Glitz (CTMH retired I think)

I wanted to make a card using the Inspired by all the Little Things # 75, so I went looking through past FreshlyMade Sketches and ended up using the current sketch #315.  I had already used the sketch for this card.  I don't have a skates stamp so I shuffled through my background papers and came up with a pair which I gussied up a little.   Here is the end results and the product list.  Thanks for stopping by!    Kathy

Hint:  you may know this but I learned by error---I stamped the Holly in Red first, because it would be easier to cut just the leaves by themselves.  When I trimmed the Holly I stamped in red, I should have trimmed the leaves in a lot more so when I put the others on top the bottom wouldn't show...The camera shows all!