Christmas Card 5

Some of you may have seen these little leaves being made for years now but I finally managed to try it myself! I used the wide oval punch to punch out the oval and the same punch to get the little cut outs to create the mistletoe. Some of the girls at my workshop found it easier to just use scissors and trim out the shape they wanted. Others said, "Use a punch for this? Heck ya!" 

Baker's twine is super in right now and Stampin' Up! sells it for uber cheap. I've seen it at Michael's and on etsy but often the rolls are way too big for me. And that red isn't really red at all! It's Poppy Parade! 

Christmas Card 4

I've had this stamp set for two whole years without inking it up! Can you believe it? I love the idea of hanging ornaments on cards and in previous years, I reached for my ornament punch instead of this set. I'm glad I finally inked it up with some Versamark and embossed it with some gold. Something about shimmery gold embossed images that just makes a card instantly fancy and Christmas. 

Christmas Card 3

You know what movie was playing over the entire weekend? Elf! This card totally reminds me of those bold Christmas colors seen all over that movie. You can't really see in the photo but the sentiment is embossed with gold powder. 

I actually stole this layout from my dear friend, Carolyn! She used this layout for my wedding card. You can use this layout again and again! The only problem I had was the big ol' circle punch. I only have a 1 3/4" and not the next size up so I just trimmed the outer circle by hand... Don't look too closely! 

Christmas Card 2

You aren't dreaming! It's a post two days in a row!! I'll be sharing the 10 Christmas cards I made this season over the next week and a bit. Please don't mind the quality of the pictures. I've learnt that if I take them with my regular camera, I just never get around to loading it onto the computer. So the interim will have to be iPhone photos... 

Simple. Easy to reproduce. Screams Christmas. I love it! 

Christmas Card 1

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. Don't worry, I am still alive and well. Trying to fit in crafting whenever I can but it's still busy despite the wedding being over. Are weddings ever really over? We finally ordered our thank you cards today. Why so late you might ask? Because we only got our pictures from the photographer last week! I managed to squeeze in 2 Christmas workshops and I had a coworker request 10 cards so I'll be sharing those over the next couple days. I could share them all in one post but... why not stretch it out right? If I wasn't so lazy, I would've made 2 more and started a 12 days till Christmas countdown. I am super lazy though so it'll be 10 cards. Here's card #1. It was made using the new Simply Scored tool that Stampin' Up! released. I always scored my cards with my old school Scor-Pal and was constantly frustrated whenever I needed to score anything other than 5.5" or 4.25". The lines are preset in the weirdest increments and to this day, I still don't know why. Martha Stewart has a very similar scoring board as Stampin' Up! but I love the little markers that you can put into the Simply Scored. Be careful though! People are always curious about those markers and will take them out to look at. It's happened to me twice already where someone didn't put it back in the same place! Without looking at the actually measurement on my Simply Scored, I just followed where my marker was set and ended up with improperly measured score lines. 

The rosette was actually super easy to make. You can see the tutorial here. Not sure if this was the tutorial I watched but it still goes though all the steps! The flag corner was easily cut out using a square paper punch! Sticky Strip comes in handy for this card! 

I'm Married!!!

It's been a loooong time coming. One year of planning and wedding crafting led up to one amazing day. I am officially married! 

Mini Thank You Cards

I've been meaning to make a bunch of thank you cards and finally got around to making them. It's not much stamping but I still like how they turned out. Sometimes just using patterned paper is enough. ;) 

A Farewell Card

Sorry I have been MIA lately. As you can imagine, the wedding has taken over my life! I just popped by to let everyone know I'm still alive and am doing wedding crafting most days now. I did manage to find time to make a card for my dear friend, Gaydene, who left to work for another health center. I CASED Kristina Werner. You can see her card here. 

Now I know the card sentiment seems a touch rude and mean but it's an inside joke and only good intentions! Till next time!