Christmas Card - Peace

Today is the last Christmas Card!  I never get tired of making Christmas cards. I love the colors be they bright and cheery or dark and classic.

Today's card is also my wish for the world: Peace.

I really like the way that this card turned out.  I was planning on sending this to my dad in New York.  I like the way the swirl and the snowflake are on the card - reminds me of a gust of wind.  I love the blue tinsel!

I added three blue gems in the lower right to help balance the card a bit more.

Close Up!

I used one of Tim Holtz' techniques that he used in his 12 Tags of Christmas: Glossy Accents on top of cardstock letters to make them dimensional.

This is a die cut from TH Festive Greenery (Sizzix).   I added some Stickles Crystal Glitter glue.

Another tip from Tim: To make this snowflake pop, I punched one from dark brown cardstock and then one from the ice blue glitter cardstock (Martha Stewart of course!).  I offset the brown paper beneath the glitter cardstock to create a shadow effect.

I love this min tinsel!

This is the embossed image on the inside of this card.  It's amazing what you can see after you take the picture!  I never saw the smudge (and I'm a decent embosser too!).

Hope you liked this final card!  On to a couple of New Years Cards and then the New Year!

Woo hoo!!

Lis

Christmas Cards - Over the River...A Card for Grandma

When I was in Elementary School, we would sing songs around Thanksgiving and one of the ones I remember quite clearly (even the old book we read the lyrics from ) inspired me to make a card.  I don't remember the title of the song but here are the lyrics I DO remember!

Over the river and through the woods
To Grandmother's house we go
The horse knows the way to follow the sleigh
Through the white and drifting snow

Over the river and through the woods
Now grandmother's house I spy
Hurrah for the fun the pudding's done
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

There are only a couple of the stanzas.  I know the song had a lot more (and I am pretty sure that some of the above isn't quite right either! But you get the idea.)

Today's card dedicated to all the grandparents out there who make such wonderful memories for their grandchildren! Thank You!

Close Up!

Here you can see the dymo labels, the bright red ribbon and the "25" which is in white glitter cardstock.

I needed to use a glittered cardstock that would contrast well and had this grey-green kind.  I did do the car in gold.  I tore my papers but didn't edge them with anything, preferring to keep the white.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and a little reminiscing!

Lis

Christmas Cards - Cardinal

Today's card is one I have been wanting to make for a month or so. 

I've been searching for the Martha Stewart Holiday Cardinal Punch.  Unfortunately it's sold out! I found a similar punch that McGill makes of a bird.  Stampin Up also makes one with a separate wing as part of the punch also (this is what made the MS punch special).  So, I created this card.

I added some black dots by the cardinal for seeds.

The cardinal is attached using mounting tape.

Close Up!

Here is my little cardinal!  I did the wing out of red glitter paper.  The body is punched out of gold foiled music paper.  I made the cardinal by punching an extra wing and gluing the tip to the back of the head to make my "cardinal".  Stampin Up website had a tutorial on it and it looks good!

Although my background papers were glittered, I added additional stickles glitter glue around one tree and behind to give more dimension. I also edged the back torn edge in the same glitter glue.

 I cut one tree shorter (same die cuts) and layered them here.

I hope you liked my little cardinal card.

Have a Merry Christmas!
Lis

Christmas Cards - Santa Card

Hi everyone!  WOW! It's getting so close to Christmas!  I can hardly wait!

Today's card features the big guy himself!

I love K & Company stickers. They are so vintage!  I wanted a nice background for my Santa sticker so I embossed some brown cardstock and then sanded it lightly to really bring out the pattern (this is not core'dinations paper).

I added a wine red ribbon and bow and some punched ornaments with gems below.  I also used some green pine patterned paper.

Here's a nice side view.  You can easily see the layers of the Santa sticker.

Close Up!

Here is a close up of Santa.  He has just a touch of glitter on his hat and some outlining the frame.

This is a close up of the ornament border punch with the gems I added.

The days are winding down toward Christmas. Have you gotten your shopping done?
Take care and come back again to see more card inspiration!

Lis

Christmas Cards - December The 25th

Today's card is a simple but effective card... The 25th of course!

I got the red 25th piece from part of a scrapbook paper.  I didn't even have to sand it.  The background paper which actually has a pattern of reindeer on it has a great old feel to it.

  Here's a side view.

Close Up!

I really like rosettes!  Tim Holtz started a fad all by himself when he came up with the rosette dies from Sizzix.  The one below I made from the smaller rosette die.  I colored it a bit with vintage photo dye ink and placed a gem in the center.

This patterned organza kind of blends in with the background paper but that's OK.  The organza adds a bit of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by! Come again!
Lis