Christmas Cards

Finally -- I'm back! Back from where? I'm not sure! I've been substituting like a mad-woman and have added a 6th grade Bible Study to my volunteer list. Between all that and driving kids life is just flying by! But today I have a sick child. So I get to stay at home and stamp! He's actually feeling better today, so I hope I really do get to stamp. I have a workshop this weekend (Friday and Saturday) and haven't started getting ready for it. I know that doesn't surprise any of you, but it always stresses me out when I don't have even one card created!

I'm going to go ahead and share pictures of the cards from my Christmas card workshop las

t month. What an awesome turnout! I had 40 people join me over 3 workshops to make Christmas cards! That's 400 Christmas cards!!! But -- never fear -- if you didn't make it, there will be kits. I made enough extra to have around 7 kits of each card. They aren't all made yet, but will be in the next week or so. Let me know if you want some.

The first one is a pocket card. The pocket is Bashful Blue with a Night of Navy snowflake made with a Sizzix die. The stamp set is retired, but any snowflake set would work for this card. I used Kraft as the accent color because I wanted to use the designer series paper from the mini catalog. I heat embossed the white snowflakes and punched them with circle punches.

Next is a simple

card made with Sage Shadow and Whisper White. I don't usually like this color, but once in a while it is just the right color. The scroll stamp on the sage is from Baroque Motif -- one of my favorite stamps EVER!! It makes anything look

pretty! The stamp on the ornament is from a hostess set. I punched it out with the ornament punch from the mini catalog and "hung" it from a white ribbon. Then I finished

it with a piece of silver cord. Very simple!

The next card

turned out to be very controversial! The design is based on a piece of scrapbook paper I saw and liked. Since I was using silver embossing powder, I used gray paper. Apparently, gray isn't a Christmas color! And someone thought it didn't have enough snowflakes on it, so they added one to my sample. (Okay, that w

as an accident, but it was very funny!) For the second weekend, I changed the base card and the sentiment to Handsome Hunter. That's more "Christmasy"! I don't have a picture of that one, but it did look nice. The red is Ruby Red.

This next card seemed to be everybody's favorite -- including mine. The card base is Chocolate Chip with layers in Garden Green, Real Red and Sahara Sand. I used the Yuletide Christmas stamp set from the mini catalog and stamped the images on Natural White paper. The DSP down the left edge is also from the mini catalog and is flocked -- LOVE it! Lots of sponging on the layers and a ribbon ('cause you gotta' have ribbon!) and the result is a very pretty card with a nostalgic touch. The stamp set also includes a nutcracker (which I used on the inside) and a horse drawn sleigh. It's an awesome set!

Here is the last card. From the time I saw the new In Colors, I knew that I had to use Rich Razzleberry on a Christmas card. This set is called Christ is Born and pretty much says it all! I used markers to color the poinsettia stamp and -- yes, you have to cut it out -- and then used Stickles or Dazzling Diamonds and glue on the center to add a little sparkle. The card base is Old Olive and the top note die cut is Certainly Celery. A very simple card, but another favorite!

So, there they are. I hope you enjoy them and get some ideas for your own Christmas cards. Consider joining me this weekend when we will do some cards with a fall color scheme. Now, I had better go create those cards!! Have a great day!