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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Christmas Tree distress

I can't believe we are in the last month of the year, but here we are!

Wisconsin is getting very cold and it snowed yesterday so I guess I am getting use to the idea Christmas is coming soon.  Currie is ahead of me in the season spirit because she already got some Christmas cards done-thank you Currie.  I hope you will enjoy the cards she made as much as I do.

Currie glued My Minds Eye patterned paper to the green card.

She tore the right side of the card stock and then crumbled up the piece of paper before she put Distress ink over it.

She used a corner punch on the brown card stock and glued it to the distress paper.

The Christmas tree was colored with Marvy Brush markers to multi color the image.

Gelly roll pen with glitter was used on the star. The edge distress was used around the image.

Merry Christmas was stamped with Distress ink, cut around it and used a corner punch and then add brads.

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Pup in Sock

The Christmas tree is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

It was embossed on shimmer gree paper.

Brillance ink was rubber over the embossed area and gem stickers were put on.

The green shimmer paper is mounted on red card stock.

The saying and puppy in sock are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The puppy was stamped on white card stock and cut out.

The puppy was colored but the sock has white and red flock on it to make it fuzzy soft.

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Stampscapes Christmas Ornament

The base of the card is a metallic paper.

The border on top is a Cuttlebug border embossing folder.

The snowflake background is also a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I used light tan card stock and sponged brown ink from the outer edge inward.

The background color around the ornament is the same color card stock as the base card.

The church from Stampscapes is stamped on a lighter color than the snowflakes.

The back ground paper behind the saying is the same as the church and edged with brown ink.

The saying is the same color card stock as the snowflakes and cut out with Spellbinder and edged with brown ink.  The saying is stamped with the same brown ink and embossed.

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Blessing Tag

Chick cut card stock to a tag shape. 

She embossed the cattails with Tim Holtz embossing folder.

Distress ink was sponged from the outer edges in and even over the cattails.

Using liquid glue she covered the cattails.

She stamped the saying and put the fibers on.

She covered the cattails with Flock, 2 different browns and white.

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Kevin Nakagawa Haunted House

This is a card that I got to watch Kevin (owner of Stampscapes) make.

Some stampers of one of his groups got together in Chicago to stamp together in August this year and he made this card.

Kevin used Stampscapes and Crackerbox Palace stamps.

He used Marvy inks and Colorbox Stylus.  White ink was added over the windows and as haze.  A white pen was used for the dots. 

Here is the stamping group.

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Happy Halloween Witch

Currie stamped the witch on white card stock, colored and cut her out. 

Then stamped the little trick or treaters on the bottom and the bats on top on yellowish/orangeish card stock.

She matted the image on corrugated cardboard and then on green and black.

The stars she glued on are just flat silver stars.

Used Vintage Photo ink, glitter in the hair and Glossy Accents for her eyes.

Hope all of you have a happy and safe weekend.

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Trick or Treat

Here is a real quick card to make. Just stamp the staying, cut it out and use a corner rounder on the corners.  Stamp the candy corn and cut those pieces out.  Currie used Copic markers to color and used Gelly Roll pens for the sparkle.  Vintage Photo Distress ink is used for the distress look.

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Boogie Nights book

Currie wanted this card to look like a book with ghosts in it.

It would be real easy to add a couple of pages if you would wish.

The hinges she found at Big Lots and used Smooch gold to color the book plate.

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Halloween Book

I got this from Currie a while back but I held it back so it was closer to Halloween to show you in hopes you will use the ideas for your own pictures-I just love this book she made !!

Currie cut the chipboard book out using the Sizzix die "Album cover and page".

Then she covered each page in Halloween colors of card stocks.

She found pictures of her girls - Maddy and Allie - and the dogs wearing costumes and cut them out.

Distress inks were used to distress the pictures.

For the front cover she used the 3 ghost stamp and used Shrink Plastic to make it smaller and turn it into a thicker piece of plastic.

All of the stamps used were Crackerbox Palace stamps

Maddie                                          Allie

Kyra                                       Izzy



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