Christmas Card

Here the month of January is almost done. I just now realized that I never showed you the Christmas card I made for last year. I took the idea from the catalog. I really wanted to use a color scheme that was not traditional colors. Let's see if I can remember...I cut the cards stock 12" x 5.5". I scored every 4". I wheeled the background before I scored. In order to make the ribbon I found a loose thread and pulled until gathered. My finger still hurts from my thumb nail digging in ;). The images are layered differently. Over all it was a very simple card to do. My Stamp-a-ma-jig was very handy in the making of this card. Before I did any rolling, scoring or stamping. I ran the cut card stock through the printer with the color set to match the SU Chocolate Chip and printed the signature part.

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Season of Simple Grace, Holiday & Wishes

Paper: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Tango Tangerine, Very Vanilla,

Ink: Basic Brown, More Mustard, Tango Tangerine

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Artichoke Christmas

I will be at the hospital must of the day. So I decided to pre-post a card that I had done a while back. I like to make easy Christmas cards to give to others who may not have any to send out. This one I thought would be an easy one to do. I do not believe in having halos so I cut them off of the stamp set. I shadowed the words by stamping in 2 colors and using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to offset one. I hope you all have a great weekend and I hope to be back stamping next week (depending on how much husband sitting I will be doing...)!

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Season of Simple Grace, Holiday & Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke

Ink: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon, Mellow Moss Gingham Ribbon

Happy Birthday Lisa

Today was the Ways to use it Challenge and the challenge was to use Monograms. I have never found someone to give a monogrammed card to so I thought I would do a birthday card. Tonight a few of us girls are taking a friend out for her birthday. So I tried to use this challenge to make her card. I started out by adhering the Designer paper to the chipboard before I ran it through the Big Shot. I did some sponging around the edging of the letters. I tried to add some dimension by crimping the back ground. I saw the tab somewhere but cannot remember which blog it was. She had taken the square punch and just trimmed the edges. The last time I used a stamp that just said HB no one could figure out it stood for Happy Birthday so I decided to stamp the actual words on the letters. I added the faux stitching on the left side to accent the stitching on the ribbon.

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Everyday Flexible Phrases

Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Parisian Summer, Pink Pirouette, Chipboard

Ink: Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Piercing template, Big Shot, Serif Essentials, Ticket Corner Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Pearl Halves from the Pretties Kit, 1-1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon, 1" Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8" Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon

Wisemen Sketch

Well, it is getting cold but not enough to think about Christmas...I saw the Sketch challenge this morning and thought this set was just perfect to fit it. I did lots and lots of sponging around almost every side. I have seen the ribbon done this way before and have never gotten around to trying it. It was soo easy. You just find a center thread and keep pulling until you get the gathering you want. Wednesdays are my busiest day of the week, but I just had to take time to do the challenge and share it with you!

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Season of Simple Grace, Holiday & Wishes

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Haiku

Ink: Very Vanilla Craft, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon