Card or Photo album

Hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday!

I just didn't get time to post this yesterday-sorry.  But now that

Christmas is over and the pictures have been taken, this is an idea on how to show them off.

All of the stamps are from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

The die cut used for the album is Tim Holtz / Sizzix.  The rings and the Distress inks are also Tim Holtz products. The other shapes cut out within the album are Spellbinders, Cuttlebug and Sizzix.

All the coloring is done with Copic markers.



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Santa's Check List

We are getting down to crunch time on Christmas. I hope all of you have everything done and sitting in a comfortable chair sipping on your favorite beverage.

The snowflakes were embossed on light blue card stock and Saliva blue and blue were sponged over top. The opening was cut out with the Spellbinder. 

The frame was cut out and embossed with the Spellbinder.

Santa was stamped on white card stock colored with Copic and put behind the opening.

The check list was stamped on light tan card stock and edges sponged with Sepia.

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In the Pink

Pink is not my color but, I was challenged to do a Christmas card that was that was pink and easy to copy , so here it is. The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The dark pink scalloped square was cut with a Spellbinder.  The white card stock for the image was cut in a square and punched with a Martha Stewart border punch and then the corners were rounded.  The blue snowflakes were just garbage from the Martha Stewart punch from another project and little pearls were put in the middle.  Our snowman was colored with Copic Markers.  Happy Holidays is a sticker.

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Happy Birthday Maddie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE !!

This card was made for Maddie who is having a birthday today.

I sent out the birthday gift but forgot the card.  Since we live in Wisconsin and they live in Michigan, this is the only way she would get her birthday card on her birth-day. I wanted to make something that was bright and happy.

Hope you have a great day Maddie.

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Season Greetings with Branch

Chick made this card with the branch from Crackerbox Palace as well as the words. She embossed the words. The branch stamp has leaves on it but she cut them off to make a winter branch.  She embossed it and colored it with Copic markers.  The snow is Dimentional paste that she sprinkled glitter over it.  She also dotted the paste all over to look like snowflakes and sprinkled glitter over the dots.  The bird is a Martha Stewart punch.  She covered the bird with Crystal Lacquer.  Chick also edged the card with the white ink.

Here is a close up of the branch.

A link to the branch.

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Card Holder from Tim Holtz packages

This is a package from Tim Holtz embossing folders.  I cut out the frame with Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut.  The background blue card stock was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and the white embellishment is a Spellbinder.  I used Copic to color the image.  Crackerbox Palace stamps were used.



This is the top view of the package.

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday.



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Christmas Ornaments from Chick

Is your Christmas tree up yet?  Here are some ideas for some more ornaments that Chick made.

Chick used Spellbinder Ornament die as well as the Scalloped circle die.

She cut out 2 of the ornaments and stamped Nativity in the middle.  Below the Nativity she used the Joy to the world stamp, but only inked the "joy".

She stamped the rest of the saying on the front of the ornament.

With using a embossing pen, she went around the opening and the edge and used gold embossing powder.  She used pop dots to add dimension.  She then added the embellishment to the bottom and the dove.

Chick made this ornament with the Spellbinder Ornament also.

She used Tim Holtz ruler to draw the lines with Stickles.

She cut the leaves out and added the berries.

She used metallic paper behind the large ornament and the smaller ornaments.

She made 2 ornaments of both sizes to put the gold thread between them.

I hope you enjoyed the ideas.



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Christmas Wreath with Ornaments

Are you decorating for the holidays yet?  Currie has made some ornaments that can be hung on the tree, wreath or on the windows since she also stamped the backs.

On all of the ornaments, Currie used the Sizzix ornament ball die.

The top of the ornaments were made from Grungeboard and then used Distress Embossing powder.

Stamped both the front and the back of each ornament with Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Glossy Accents, string and Stickles were used to embellish.



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We Wish You a Merry Christmas

This card was a challage from one of my customers at the store.  We were talking about sitting in your craft room and do some 'playing', just being with your craft things and try different things not really with a project in mind.  I had a bunch of stuff on the counter and she asked if I could make a card with the stuff I had laying there and this is what I came up with.

This card is light blue.  Metallic paper of Champaign and Copper is used in mounting the image.

Martha Stewart punch is used behind the image.  Tim Holtz Sizzix was the cutout background that the image is on.  Smooch spritz was put on the cutout, I like this spritz because it does not ripple the card stock.  I used Crackerbox Palace stamps to stamps the image and saying and then added the pearls.

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Christmas Greetings with bottle caps

Nothing like snow to get us into the holiday spirit here in Wisconsin.  The snow started late last night and is still snowing, we are up to about 6". I am wondering if I should put Christmas songs on at the store when I get there.

Currie has done another great card.

Currie used Distress inks for the background as well as the distress tool for the edges.

The small snowflake stamp were used in the background.

She colored the bottle caps with StazOn, stamped the image and punched it out then put clear lacquer in them.  If you put a magnet behind them and a magnet in the card to hold them there, the person you give it to will be able to take them off and decorate their refrigerator.  To finish off the card, Currie added some of her favorite silver stars.

All of the stamps used are from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

She used My Mind's Eye patterened paper

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