Cut Out Front

Somehow this one did not get posted before Christmas.  This was actually my 11 yr old Daughter's idea.  See wanted a card were the inside was the main image to go to the front.  I did cut the front first and then stamped the image through the opening.  I used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the image again with the Heat and Stick powder and dumped Dazzling Diamonds over it all.

My DD ran the Versa Marker over the edge of the trim and used the Heat/Stick, Dazzling Diamonds there too.

The star was a punch that carried over but did not carry over as long as I thought it would....

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Details:

Stamps: O Holy Night

Paper: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso Core-dinations

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Big Shot, Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder, Labels Collections Framelit, Adorning Accent Edglit, Adorning Accent Embossing Edge, Star punch

2013 Christmas Card

Sorry, it has been so long since I posted.  I thought I had built up enough to last me through the Christmas break, but apparently I did not have them finished so you will see some of them later.  I had some major vinyl orders to fill and not much time to stamp for my own. I very much appreciated the orders and the extra income for Christmas!

This was the Christmas card we sent out this year.  I decided to go with a TriStep Card this year.   I love the vintage silhouette look and decided that would be my design.

I love to add a bit of pizzazz so the glimmer paper did just that.  I used my Sizziz Eclips to cut out my images and add shadowed images where I wanted them.  I was able to size them exactly as I wanted them for each layer in my computer program.  

You can adjust your dimensions to work for you.  I knew I wanted to use the O Holy Night stamp so I made sure my cuts fit.  I printed our names because there is no way I can sign over 100 cards.  My left side would not be usable for weeks if I had done that. :-)

Here is the measurements that I used for this card.  As I said they can be adjusted to fit whatever design you have in mind.  The solid lines are where I cut and the dashed lines are score lines.  So in this case I scored at 1", 2", 3-1/4", 4-1/2", & 6-1/2". The half way score for the fold on the main panel will be at 4-1/4".

If you have any questions please either e-mail me or leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I only had a few minutes to throw together a picture so I could get it picked up and in the mail.  I procrastinated big time about getting the picture taken and had 45 min to put this together and sent to have it printed so they would be ready to pick up when I got to town.  The joys of living 30 minutes from any store....Since my cards fold to be 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" and printed pictures come in 4" x 6"  I design in the 4" x 6" in MDS (My Digital Studio).  I used to just leave the excess area that I was going to cut off (so they would fit in the envelope) blank.  I had so many issues with printers expanding them to fill in the white.  So I started designing the cut off section.  I still just cut it off and throw it away but no more issues with the printer place changing the size or design.

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Details:

Stamps: O Holy Night

Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Silver Glimmer

Paper Size: A2 4.25" x 5.5"

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Big Shot, Pretty Print  Embossing Folder, Sizzix Eclips, Pictures-MDS

Merry Night

What?!?! no flip card today...I couldn't get it to work with the sketch for today, maybe if I had more time. Lol  I have heard how hard it is to figure out what Christmas stamps are out there right now. 

 Where you can find Christmas Stamps:

Holiday Mini

Holiday Carry over

Single Stamps

Now back to the card.  I hope I stuck to the layout enough.  I wanted to use this stamp as a feature but it was the same size...ok larger than the back layer.  I stamped the image in Midnight Muse and than used the Stamp-a-ma-jig (one retired tool that will never leave my house!) to stamp over it with Versamark.  I then dusted it with Heat and Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds...yes, I am now glistening!   To do the back Midnight Muse panel I ran it through the Big Shot with the Embossing Folder first and then just crumpled it in my hands.  After I flattened it back out I ran some sponging around the edged and across some of the wrinkles.  I curled the top corner for a bit more dimension.  I do have the embossing folder used on the big panel too.  I think I sponged all layers pretty good. ;-)  I wanted something simple for the cross panel so I went with a vintage looking ribbon.  I added some pearls to the edges of the frame (because I think all cards need pearls or rhinestones) Lol  The main panel is popped up with Dimensionals.  The framing part is so easy to do.  I just put both Framelits on the paper at the same time, make sure the are spaced how I want them and run them through the Big Shot.  I cut the back layer the size of the larger Framelit, line up and glue down.

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Details:

Stamps: O Holy Night

Paper: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse

Ink: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, VersaMark

Accessories: Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Basic Pearls, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, 5/8" Victoria Crochet Trim