Four Christmas Cards

I have several things going on in my stamping room. I was playing with crinkled and ironed wax paper. I also played with vellum over cardstock and then embossed. And I dug out some bird dies that I had. (Thanks, Leslie, for two of those!) I also got a new kit from Gina K and I really want to get started on using all the new stuff! Lucky for me I'm going away for a few days with a friend and her friends on a scrapbooking retreat. But, I will be making cards instead. Hopefully it will be very productive. I've also been messing around with rearranging my stamping room a bit. It's always something. :-)

Anyway, here are four cards I've made. I'm going to save my ironed, wrinkled wax paper for another time. I have eight card fronts that I've used that technique on, just waiting to be used.

This first card uses a Sizzix embossing folder. I used white mulberry paper over cardstock for the base for this embossed and die-cut bird, which I believe is from Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

This one also uses a Spellbinders die. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The background is vellum over a mottled light green cardstock and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, I believe.

The dies for these ornaments are from Spellbinders. I used one to cut the bottom of the cardfront, too, so the bottom of the card that you see is actually on the inside.

The texture on this card is the wax paper that was left over from the pieces that I used as a resist on my as-yet-unused card panels.

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Four Cards - Plus a Bonus

I just happened to see a post where someone took a 6 x 6 inch piece of patterned paper and made four cards from it. I don't know why I was attracted to that, but these cards are the result. Not exactly like she did, but ... here they are. I don't think there is really any explanation available.

Embossing was done with a Spellbinders M-bossibilities folder. Sentiment by Gina K. I added thin strips of the gold foil cardstock.

Sentiment by Gina K.

Sentiment by Gina K.

And the bonus card. The embossed panel is the other half of one of the above cards. The sentiment was a left-over from my trial with one of the other cards.

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Influenced by Leslie

Influenced by Leslie again. :-) She posted this card, and I knew that I had the same dies, so I made this card. The sentiment is from Gina K and is popped up with foam pieces. The dies are from Spellbinders.

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Even More Card Pieces

Here is the other frame that I had sitting on my table, which was done with the Glimmer Hot Foil system. The dandelion (?) is a rub-on. The sentiment stamp is from Gina K. I snipped off the lower right corner, to match the image panel.

This little light purple piece was just laying around. I added a rub-on to it, then matted with gold metallic cardstock. I added a few gold sequins because I messed up the rub-on. The background was embossed with a Spellbinders M-Bossibilities folder. Not sure where I got that!

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Ferny Birthday

The background for this card was made from my card class. The folder is from Spellbinders and is so pretty. I had done the ink-blending per the instructions, but then when I went to emboss the panel, I did it upside down so it's debossed. I didn't want to use it on my card-class card so I set it aside at the time and now it's on a card. This card really isn't my favorite, but you get to see all the cards that I make! I added the foiled sentiment (on foam squares, of course!) and some gold sequins.

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SCT Classes - Spellbinders

These cards are from the SCT classes and from Spellbinders. I followed the instructions very, very closely. Isn't that scissors cool??

Sorry you can't see the sparkly centers in the flowers.

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Hello

Another simple card - that's about all I do! I had this extra die-cut panel (using Spellbinders dies) so I matted it with black and added a "Hello" sentiment from Hampton Art and popped it up on foam squares after added three sequins to it. The patterned paper is very ancient Stampin' Up!

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Happy Birthday Friend

A simple birthday card for a friend. I matted the patterned paper that I had sitting out and added it to an ivory card base. The sentiment panel was cut using Spellbinders dies. The stamps are from Gina K. The sentiment panel is popped up on foam squares and I added three enamel dots. 

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Grandkids' Valentines

I got out all of my valentines things to make some cards, and then I ended up making one sort of special and four extremely basic and the same! Oh well. The grandkids will be fine with them. I did do a little bit more die-cutting so maybe I'll make some anniversary cards out of those pieces.

This first card is for our one granddaughter. The heart was done with a Spellbinders die, backed with glitter paper. That panel is raised on foam squares. The embossing was done with a Darice folder. I added some sparkly enamel dots. The sentiment is from the same Recollections set as I used on the second card.

This one was done with two embossing folders and a stamp from a Recollections set from several years ago. I added three tiny "nailheads." I made four of these for the grandsons.

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Anniversary in Purple

And one more simple card before I'm probably gone for a long time again! I really need to get my calendars done, and at least I have made some progress with them in the past few days. I cut the bottom layer of this card with a Spellbinders die. The heart (and tiny dots) was done with a Martha Stewart punch, with purple cardstock underneath. That panel is mounted on foam squares. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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And More Stickers!

I believe these are Mary Englebreit stickers. I embossed this background with a Spellbinders M-bossibilities folder and then rubbed white ink over the embossing.

The cardbase on this one is ivory. 

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Sticker Cards

I dug through my stickers a couple months ago and chose some to save and the rest to give away. These three cards, and the five more I'll be sharing in the next couple of days, were made from a package of K&Co stickers. Most, if not all, of the sentiments are from Gina K. I also used my new Spellbinders Hemstitched Rectangles. (Thanks, Leslie!)

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Multiple Flowers

I had these four flowers in my card parts book, so I got them used up. They are from Stampin' Up! The stenciled background on this card was also in my parts. The flower is mounted on foam squares. I got a Glimmer Hot Foil machine for Christmas and this sentiment was made with it using Spellbinders foil and plates. It is also mounted on foam squares. The gold strip on the bottom of the stenciled panel was also done with the hot foil machine.

The embossed background for this card was in my card parts. I added the flower and then I stamped the sentiment - from Gina K.

The stamped background for this card was in my parts. (Thanks, Vicki!) I added the sentiment, which is from Gina K.

The die-cut panel was also in my card parts. I added the flower, the thin yellow patterend paper strip on the right, and the sentiment - from Gina K.

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Oops - More Christmas Cards!

Well, I've done it again - made more Christmas cards! LOL! I stopped at Hobby Lobby on Saturday, and they had some dies for 75% off and I couldn't resist getting this set. It's by Spellbinders. The set consists of the ornaments, two pieces that make a matting for it, and two different ornament toppers.

On this first card, I used the main die on both white cardstock and gold foil cardstock. Then I used both border pieces on the gold foil and only one on the white. Then I glued the gold onto the white. The ornament toppers were cut from silver foil cardstock. The sentiments on both cards are from a mini-set from Papertrey Ink. I embossed this one with gold. I added a thin strip of gold foil across the top of the white panel. The patterned paper is from a matstack from Recollections.

For this second card, I cut the ornaments, with both borders, from silver glitter cardstock. Then I used just the border pieces to cut the matting for the ornaments out of red. I cut the toppers out of gold glitter cardstock. The patterned papers are from the same matstack as the first card. I stamped the sentiment in black.

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Christmas Stickers

First of all - Happy Valentine's Day.

That said, how about some Christmas cards! Here are the last of my stickers - for a while. For this first one, I embossed the background with a Darice folder. All of the stickers on these cards are from the same set.

These last four cards are all basically the same. The patterned paper is from Gina K. I used Spellbinders dies (mostly) to emboss the frame around each sticker. I also added a thin strip of purple on each on.

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Flower Silhouette Sympathy

Once again, the flowers and sentiment on these cards are from Gina K. The frame/matting on this first one was in my card parts. I cut a piece of white to fit into it. I used a piece of Washi tape under the flowers. The image panel is mounted on foam squares. The card size is 3.5 x 6.5.

Another gate-fold card. I used the same stamps as the first card. I die-cut the ivory panel.

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Thank You With All My Heart

The stamps on this card are all from Gina K. I used ivory card base and panel. I cut the frame with a Spellbinders die. The patterned paper is very old and is from Die Cuts With a View. The image panel is popped up with foam squares.

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Split Gate-Fold Card

This is another card I made after watching a Jennifer McGuire video. I think it's called a split gate-fold card. I started with the scalloped matting. I had cut it out of purple glitter cardstock. I looked and looked to find some patterned cardstock that would match it. I finally found this from a Die Cuts With a View matstack. Then I realized that it hardly showed! Oh well. I used a Spellbinders die to cut the circles out of ivory cardstock. I embossed the circles with a Cuttlebug folder. I scored them, folded them in half, and added them to the scalloped circle. I punched a small hole in the circles for the knot of the bow to fit into.

Here is what it looks like when it's opened.

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Long-Die Card

Both of these cards are 3.5 x 6.5 inches. I used dies (from Spellbinders?) for them. On this first one, I used the die with the detail to cut from a piece of white cardstock. I matted with purple and added it to the card front. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is mounted on foam squares.

For this second one, I used two dies. One is the detailed part, and the other cuts a "shadow" for it. I put them together so that I cut the detailed part right out of the shadow. I had cut the design out of shimmery green cardstock, and had some left over. I cut strips of it and added it to the top and bottom. I also used my Scor-Pal to add some decorative lines. The sentiment is again from Papertrey Ink and is again mounted on foam squares.

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Die-Cut Birthday

When I saw this card by my friend, Vicki, I thought, "I have a die I can use to do that!" So I did:) My die is by Spellbinders. I cut it out of the front of a card. I placed some glittery paper behind it, scored the lines with my Scor-Pal, and then put a quarter sheet of cardstock behind the entire front to cover up the glitter paper backing and the scoring. The sentiment is from a Papertrey set and is stamped in a dark violet.

Edited to add: The Spellbinders die that I used for this card is called Mary Border Strip.

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