Christmas Cards for 2013

The ongoing monthly Christmas Card Challenges at  Splitcoaststampers  is a great way for me to get focused early on making the 200+ cards I need for the season. For the October challenge we are to use a different kind of fold. Here are a few that I've made. 

My personal quota is 15 cards per month.

Card Ingredients: Sizzix Flip-its Bigz die, Hero Arts clear stamp set,
TH/Sizzix Floral Frame embossing folder, copic marker, gelly roll sparkle pen,
memory box bells die (for bow), sparkle stickers scissors for fussy cutting ornament.

Card Ingredients: memory box poinsettia die, Spellbinders Persian Accents border,
Anna Griffin holiday dp, Hampton Arts sentiment stamp

Card Ingredients: Spellbinders Marvelous Squares and fancy framed tag,
Sizzix movers and shapers poinsettia, memory box buckle die, 

Celebrate with a Bouquet

Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World 

My approach to an inspiration photo is probably too literal. I really love making flowers and the ones on the fine tooth comb were too beautiful to resist.

I used a number of different punches and a stamp and die cut set. 

Please see ingredients under the close up.

Tuesday Trigger: Fine Tooth Comb

Card Ingredients: two Marvy daisy punches, Sizzix/Hero Arts stamp & die-cut floral #657776, Sizzix 3-D rose die, Elizabeth curvy leaves, memory box flourish die, Martha Stewart hydrangea punch (small) and two strips of card stock cut 1/4" by 5" snipped and quilled for two flower centers. Clear embossing powder and heat gun for one flower.

Fall Birthday

 CAS-ual Fridays challenge 

CFC115: Use a fall color palette and at least one leaf in your CAS design

I stamped the Petaluma, CA oak leaf in Distress Ink fired brick and onto burnt orange card stock and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The designer papers are from s.e.i. “Moravia” pad. The colors are so perfect for a fall card. I will be sending this to my brother.

Give Thanks

It seems there's something extra special about this time of year. The kids are back to school, the weather (for some) has a fresh feel, the pumpkins are making their way for fall and weddings. September was my wed month. The Inspiration Challenge site at Splitcoaststampers is William Sonoma which is loaded with beautiful things. I used two Hero Arts background stamps that I thought captured the elegance of my inspirations.

Hero Arts Large Floral Pattern #S5471

Hero Arts Leaf & Floral Background CG405 click for mum tools

Hero Arts #CG405

Tea and Flowers

Tuesday Trigger: Now That's My Cup of Tea!

For today's challenge at Tuesday Trigger, I was inspired by the delicate colors on the pretty white porcelain cup with the soft blue saucer. I wanted to show the bolder side of the flowers. My blue pearls pollen represents the saucer. the chevrons are the opposite of the soft curves of the set.

Card Ingredients: Spellbinders Flower creations die, Elizabeth Curvy Leaves die, die-namics chevrons die, Verve sentiment, Yellow liquid pearls, memory box blue pearls.

MOJO 307 Gratitude

Mojo Monday 307

Another wonderful sketch by Julee! I just love this Toile paper by Recollections and wanted to feature it's scene as much as possible. I die cut the circle and framed it to go over the pattern. I used a light pink vellum to allow the pattern to show through. The banners are made using accompanying designer papers from the collection. The Verve flowers are stamped and heat embossed in blush powder and fussy cut. 

Free Style

Hello bloggers!  This week for the Technique Lover's Challenge at Splitcoaststampers we are to do a little Freestyle Design.  A process of adding elements, layers, stamped images, die cuts...anything that strikes our fancy. I have loads of things  previously die cut, stamped and etc. Some elements were gifts and some are scraps from other projects.

SUNFLOWER

 Challenge #15 Floral Fantasy 

(use flowers on your card:  image, papers, accents)

This was fun to make because I love ,and look forward to seeing, sunflowers around town soon. I stamped yellow, green and brown card stock with a letter background stamp by Penny Black and heat embossed with white powder. I Used two Sizzix dies, one the the Sunflower and one for the stem. I also stamped the sentiment and heat embosses and used Tim Holtz Distress Stain tumble glass dauber.