Christmas Cards

Love this Medallion! So many uses for it! Even Christmas. This is an incredibly busy time for me. Hope you enjoy the samples. Email me for more information. Tis the season!!

Dasher

I have to tell you that some of the cards that I like the most are the single images that you don't have to do much with to make them beautiful. This reindeer stamp "Dasher" is awesome. By adding a few rhinestones, it makes it even more so. I haven't made a monochromatic card in a while. I like how it turned out.

Snow Swirled

This morning is the last of my stamp camps until January. It isn't really a stamp camp, it is a work day and I will be working on my cards as well. I made these two cards late last night and I can't decide if I like either of them enough to send to my family. I do love the red and cream striped ribbon!! I also like this tree a little too much. Maybe I need to try a different stamp set? Of course the ones that I send to everyone else will be much less detailed and will include of picture of my daughter with the dogs. I guess I will go back to the drawing boards.

More Christmas Cardinal

I used this layout last Christmas for a card we made at Stamp Camp and I have been wanting to try it again. It took me a year to get around to it! LOL! This time I made it into a 5X7 card. I wasn't too keen on this paper and have neglected using it, but I really like how it all turned out. I used the Old Olive and Ruby Red stamp pads to water color the cardinal with the blender pen. I just think he (the bird) is so pretty that he deserves water coloring and nothing else. Maybe I should try some chalks next time I stamp him just to see what it will look like. I also used the Hodgepodge hardware from the last catalog. I should have used something current. Oh well! Have a good evening and Happy Stamping!!!! :)

A Cardinal Christmas

I don't know about you but I am SO ready to get this darn election over with. I can't even watch t.v. anymore. The negativity is about to kill me. Thank goodness I voted early! If you feel the same way I do... turn off the t.v. and go stamp! I plan to! That is much more peaceful. I am going to watch a movie tonight and just wake up in the morning to find out who won. I just can't take it anymore! Whew! Okay then, that was my soapbox for the day.... So how about this card?


I can't believe that I made two beautiful cards and put them in an envelope and mailed them without taking a picture of them! UGG! I really enjoyed water coloring this card. I used the Riding Hood Red and Mellow Moss ink refills along with the blender pens to paint the cardinal in. I need to try this method more often. It turned out beautiful. My "Merry Christmas" was a little crooked, but this was just a sample card for me to keep, so I wasn't real worried about it.
Hope your day is filled with stamping!

Many Merry Messages

It is getting cold here! BRRRR!! It isn't expected to last into the weekend, thankfully!! The one thing I love about living in Georgia is that it usually isn't very cold on Halloween night! Some years, it has been down right warm! I just love the fall! It is my favorite season and when I feel the best! The smell of wood burning, sound of football, a cozy sweater! Love it all!

As for the card....I know the colors are more fall than the traditional Christmas colors, but I wanted to try something a little different. Besides, there are so many non-traditional colors being used for holiday decorations these days. The word set "Many Merry Messages" is just perfect to use all by itself and that is exactly what I wanted to do. I will be using this set for several years to come. I love adding a little "bling" at the end of all those SU! cursive words with the long tails!! :) Just adds enough to make it interesting!!
Have a happy fall day! Hope you get some time to stamp!

Photo Cards

So many of you want to include a picture with your Christmas card. You can still be creative and include a picture. I just love this first card. The white rub on just makes the card..oops, sorry, Taylor!! You make the card beautiful!!

I reprinted this picture of Taylor and her cousin, Katelyn for another sample. Look how easy it is to personalize the inside of the card with a personalized name stamp! You can see the personalized name stamp options on page 159 of the catalog. Start thinking about what you might need so that you can get your cards done in time!! Christmas is just around the corner!! :)

Some of my FAVORITE cards!!!

I think these are my favorite cards because I just love, love, love this Christmas tree stamp from "Snow Swirled" on page 32 of the regular catalog. There is just no way to mess it up! It is gorgeous all by itself. This first card, I think, looks great with the "Ski Slope" designer series paper in the background.
This next card is our stamp camp card. Look how pretty the tree looks with a little bling!!! I think it looks so elegant. This is my favorite card of the month! I used the gold Encore pad to make it look more formal. It did the trick! Yay!! The card stock I used was Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.

This is a card I copied from Nancy Riley over at iStamp. She is a favorite stamper of mine that I follow. Check out her blog! I love it! Like Nancy, I used a rub-on for the greeting. The rub-ons are so great! This rub-on came from "Season of Cheer". Also in the mini catalog.

Deck The Halls

Here is another Stamp Camp card. The stamp set is "Deck the Halls" and the greeting is from "All Holidays". I love "All Holidays" stamp set collection because it covers everything!! The paper is from the "Holiday Treasures" 12x12 set. The ribbon, Riding Hood Red and the background card stock is Chocolate Chip.

Winter Post

This is the card we made at Stamp Camp. "Winter Post" is one of my favorite new stamp sets! There is so much you can do with this set. For the greeting, I used "Heard from the Heart". This was also the first time I have gotten to use our fun little felt snowflakes. I think this card came together well. The following cards are ones that I just displayed.


The ornament pictured here came from the Holiday Mini Catalog as well. I plan on making all of the ornaments from "On Board Trinkets" with Taylor. What a fun, winter day project to do with the kids!! :)

Where Do I Start?

Gosh, I am so far behind on my blog that now I am playing catch up and I don't know where to start! I have done a few grouping of cards so that my stamp campers can see a little bit of a variety, so I think I am going to have to start with a "Season to Share" adhesive kit. I love these new kits! Be sure to check them out on pages 182-183 in the catalog. They are so great if you are running off to a party or need a card or tag in a hurry! Here are just a few samples...

Holiday Treasures

You know, when I first saw this paper, I wasn't too keen on the Chocolate Chip color in the "Holiday Treasures" 12X12 paper packet, but the more I see it, the more I like it! Here is the first Christmas card of the year from me. I used the "Punches Three" level I hostess stamp set(love it!!). Even though the color combo for the paper used Ruby Red, I used Riding Hood Red as the base of my card. I did use Ruby Red for the smaller square. Baja Breeze and Old Olive were the other two card stock colors. The Chocolate Chip ribbon is retired. This is the first time I have tried that sort of bow. Don't know what it is called, but it sure looks nice and crisp. I can't believe that we are starting to think about Christmas already!! Wow! I need to get my stampin' elf buddies started early this year!
Happy Holidays!
Regina

Spread the love!

Just a few goodies for my friends! I had so much fun making them! The tin was left untouched, because I gave them the task of doing something original with it. They are supposed to bring it back to share at our next stamp camp! I will share their "originals" in January!!

"Wintergreen" Inspiration

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For those of you that come to my stamp camp, you know that I absolutely love the color combinations used in S.U.'s designer series paper "Wintergreen"! I just happened to be flipping through my "Fall Colors" paper this morning and I found the same color combinations again! Then again in "Petals and Paisley's"...YES, I am slow! How long have I had these papers right at my fingertips? Hhmmm? Well, these colors were my inspiration for the following two cards!
Here is what I used! Stamp Sets: Punch Pals and The Snowflake Spot. Card stock: Sage Shadow, White Glossy and Old Olive. Printed paper: Fall Flowers. Ink Pads: Basic Black, Old Olive and White Craft pad. Pens: Sage Shadow, Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and white uni-ball Signo Gel pen. "Dazzling Diamonds" glitter and "Vintage" Brads and the Photo Corner Punch. I "paper pieced" the bottom half of the snowman. Click on the picture to enlarge.

This 5.5 X 5.5 card was simple, but I like how it turned out. Stamp Sets: Punch Pals and Sincere Salutations. Card stock: Old Olive, Sage Shadow, Blue Bayou, White Glossy. Printed Paper: Fall Flowers. Inks: Old Olive and Basic Black and uni-ball White Signo Gel Pen..(Love that pen!! See pg. 186 of S.U.'s catalog.) The snowflake brad, I bought at Michaels. Lastly, I used the Scallop Circle and 3/4 circle punches. Well, off to wipe my tears away from losing my tennis match today! WAAAA!

Mickey...just checking to see if you are stamping or scrapping yet? ;)

Christmas Folding Card

I love learning new ideas for cards and loved the way this one folds. This card was inspired by a card I saw on Cambria Turnbow's site, http://cambriaturnbow.blogspot.com/ She has a bunch of great ideas!

For this card I used:

Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive and Very Vanilla Card stock. Printed paper is from the Designer Series - Rose Red. Finally the stamp set is Punch Pals.

Christmas cards with pictures

Here are a few samples of Christmas Cards with pictures. I used some old pictures of Taylor for the samples. Can't wait to get started making my cards! I used all Stampin' Up! paper and inks.

I just love printed paper! This paper is from Creative Memories "Daily Inspiration". The set is just gorgeous! The stamp set used on both cards is from S.U. "Fabulous Flowers". Cardstock for first card: Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke.


Girls...do you recognize this cards layout from stamp camp? So many ways to use this! Wink! Cardstock for second card: So Saffron, Really Rust (with cordinating ink pad) and Glossy White. Of course I used the new Crop-o-dile for the large eyelet. All from Stampin' Up!