Elf Ornament

This is my last post for this year. I thought I would show you the ornament I made this year for my co-workers. I have been making ornaments for my co-workers for a few years now and each year it becomes more challenging to come up with something. I had to make 24 ornaments this year so they had to be something that wouldn't take me an hour to create just one and this is what I came up with. Once I had all of the elements punched out the elf was easy to put together using tombow multi-purpose adhesive. The following elements were used to make this ornament.

Punches:

3" Scallop Circle

2 1/2" Circle

Ornament Punch (head & hat)

2 Step Bird Punch (wing for ears)

Oval Scallop & Small Oval (hat trim)

Trio Flower Punch (hat pom pom)

1/4" Circle (nose, eyes, eyelids)

1/8" Circle on Crop-a-Dile (pupils)

Card Stock:

Face, Ears, Nose and Eyelids - Blush Blossom

Hat and 3" Scallop Circle - Real Red

Eyes - Whisper White

Pupils - Black

Pom Pom and Hat Trim - DCWV Glitter Paper

2 1/2" Circle - Old Olive

Ink:

Regal Rose - Sponged on face, ears and nose

Black Marker - smile

White Gel Pen - freckles on cheeks

Other:

Silver Cord

1/16" Circle Punch

Elegant Embossed Ornament

I saw this card on splitcoast and liked the antique elegance of it. This is my creation of the card that inspired me.

Here are the measurements for the card:

Card Base Very Vanilla - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Crumb Cake Layer - 4" x 5 1/4"

Cherry Cobble Layer - 3 3/4" x 5"

Very Vanilla Stamped Layer - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"

Cherry Cobbler Punched Border Layer - 1 3/4" x 3 3/4"

The very vanilla layer was stamped using the french script background stamp inked with crumb cake and then stamped with baroque motifs inked with cherry cobbler. I sponged all the edges with crumb cake and adhered this layer to the cherry cobbler layer and then added the cherry cobbler punched border and attached vanilla satin ribbon around the punched border piece. This layer was attached to the crumb cake layer and then adhered to the very vanilla card base. The ornament was inked with versa mark ink and then cherry cobbler ink and stamped on very vanilla card stock and embossed with clear embossing powder. Using the ornament punch the image was punched out and adhered to the card with tombow adhesive. The ornament hanger was drawn with an Atyou Spica gold glitter pen and then the gold bow and pearls were attached.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Versa Mark; Stamps: French Script, Baroque Motifs, Tags 'Til Christmas; Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Fleur-Di-Lis Border Punch, Ornament Punch, Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Gold Satin Ribbon, Atyou Spica Gold Glitter Pen, Tombow Adhesive, Half Pearls, Mini Glue Dots

Mitten Card

This card started with a standard A2 card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and then I drew the mitten shape to fit the base so that I would be able to mail it in a standard card envelope without losing to much of the base card size. You can find templates for mittens on the internet but it wasn't hard to create. Once I had the card base cut out I wanted to give it some texture so I stamped the print pattern and canvas background stamps using brilliant blue ink onto the mitten shape. The snowmen were stamped on whisper white card stock in black ink and colored with markers and adhered to a piece of black card stock. I attached the snowmen piece to the cuff of the mitten and stamped the sentiment using versa mark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder. You will definitely want to make sure you use your embossing buddy so that the embossing powder only adheres to the sentiment. Stamp the tag image on whisper white card stock and adhere to black card stock. Add the silver cord and attach to the mitten with a dimensional.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Brilliant Blue, Black; Ink: Brilliant Blue, Black, Versa Mark, Markers; Stamps: Festive Favorites, Short & Sweet, Print Pattern, Canvas; Other: White Embossing Powder, Silver Cord, Dimensionals

Single Sparkly Snowman

I still have a few more Christmas cards to post that I made this year. I'm not exactly sure of the actual number of Christmas cards I made this year but it was somewhere around 120. Since there is no sentiment on the front of this card it could be used for many occasions (birthday, thank you, just because, etc).

Here are the card stock measurements:

Baja Breeze Card Base - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Riding Hood Red Layer - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Whisper White Embossed Panel - 2" x 5 1/4"

Ski Slope DSP Panel - 2" x 5 1/4"

The snowman was stamped on whisper white card stock in baja breeze ink and then the scarf, hat, buttons and nose were colored with markers. Using the 1 3/8" punch the stamped image was punched and adhered to a 2" circle of riding hood red card stock and then mounted to a 2 1/2" scalloped circle of baja breeze card stock. Dazzling diamonds glitter was added using a two-way glue pen on the snow and stickles were added to the snowflakes. The card base pieces were assembled and riding hood red striped grosgrain ribbon was added to hide the seam where the white card stock and dsp meet. This panel was adhered to the card base and the stamped image was attached with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Ski Slope DSP; Ink: Baja Breeze, Markers; Stamps: Tags 'Til Christmas; Other: Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dot Embossing Folder, Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Stickles, Two-Way Glue Pen, Dimensionals

Cherry Cobbler Church

Just a quick card today. I still have a few last minute things to get done before the holidays. This was a very easy card to create. The card base is cherry cobbler card stock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") with a piece of whisper white card stock (4" x 5 1/4") that was embossed with the snowflakes embossing folder adhered to the base card. The church image and sentiment were stamped with cherry cobbler ink on whisper white card stock and punch out with oval punches. The images were mounted to scalloped ovals in cherry cobbler card stock and were adhered to the card base with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Cherry Cobbler; Stamps: Winter Wonderland, Best Yet; Other: Snowflake Embossing Folder, Oval Punches, Scallop Oval Punches, Dimensionals

Just Ornaments

 

 

I had a few more Christmas cards to make and wanted to keep things fairly simple. I used the same stamps and layout for these two cards but changed the ribbon, paper and inks.

The following are the measurements for the card stock layers:

Ornament Panel - 4 1/4" x 3"

First Layer - 4 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Second Layer - 4 1/4" x 4" (after punching border)

Card Base - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

In order to make sure the stamped images were straight I used my stamp-a-ma-jig (love that thing) and stamped from left to right. For the embossed ornaments I stamped the images with versa mark ink and embossed each one before adding the next one. Be sure to use your embossing buddy so that the embossing powder only sticks to the inked areas. If you wanted to "step it up" you could add rhinestones or pearls to the ornaments.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Brushed Silver, Brushed Gold; Ink: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Black, Versa Mark; Stamps: Tree Trimmings; Other: Gold and Silver Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Fleur-De-Lis Border Punch, Frost White Shimmer Mist (Green Ornament Card)

Lets Go Sledding

This card wasn't as hard to create as I originally thought it would be. The trees were stamped on a piece of whisper white card stock (3" x 4") using black ink and then stamped on a piece of printer paper to create a mask to cover the bottom half of the window. A 1" circle was punched out of the sticky section of a post it note to create a mask for the moon. Using not quite navy and night of navy ink the top portion of the window was brayered over the stamped tree images and the masked moon. The children were stamped to the bottom section of the panel in going gray ink and then stamped in sahara sand ink onto the smooth side of a stamp-a-ma-jig panel and applied to the panel to create a shadow. The moon was sponged with so saffron, crushed curry and more mustard ink. The falling snow was added using a white gel pen. The stamped panel was then cut into 1 1/2" x 2" sections and adhered to soft suede card stock (3 3/8" x 4 3/8") to create the window. This panel was added to another piece of whisper white card stock (3 5/8" x 4 5/8"). The window sill section is a piece of soft suede card stock (5/8" x 3 5/8") that was embossed using distressed stripes embossing folder. The sentiment was stamped on whisper white card stock (3/8" x 2 7/8") with not quite navy ink and attached to the window sill section. A piece of not quite navy DSP (4" x 5 1/4") was attached to whisper white card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and then adhered to a not quite navy card stock card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The stamped window panel was adhered to the card base and stickles were added to highlight the snow to complete the card.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, Not Quite Navy DSP; Ink: Black, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Going Gray, Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, More Mustard; Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Welcome Christmas; Other: Brayer, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Brayer, Stickles, White Gen Pen, 1" Circle Punch, Stickles

Silver Trees

This is another simple yet elegant card. The trees and sentiment were stamped on whisper white card stock (3" x 4 1/4") with versa mark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder and adhered to brushed silver card stock (3 1/4" x 4 1/2"). A piece of whisper white card stock (4" x 5 1/4") was embossed with the swirls embossing folder, misted with frost white shimmer mist and mounted to a piece of brushed silver card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and the ribbon was added around this panel and mounted to the whisper white card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The stamped panel was mounted to the swirled panel with dimensionals. The "pearls" on the trees were added using white pearl dimensional paint. I really like how this turned out. This card has a real WOW factor to it but was very easy to create.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Brushed Silver; Ink: Versa Mark; Stamps: Scenic Season; Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Swirls Embossing Folder, White Ribbon, White Pearl Dimensional Paint, Frost White Shimmer Mist, Dimensionals

Wintery Scene

The inspiration for this card came from here. I kept my card simpler since I will be mailing these and didn't want the added layers. The images were stamped on real red card stock (3" x 4") with versa mark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I stamped the snowflakes and trees again in real red which gives depth and shadows and then cleaned the red ink off of the embossed images with a tissue. Torn strips of white card stock were added on the real red layer to create snow drifts. The stamped image was mounted to black card stock (3 1/8" x 4 1/8") and then adhered with dimensionals to the white card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") that was embossed with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. Icicle stickles were added to the snowdrifts to give the card a little sparkle.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Black; Ink: Versa Mark, Real Red; Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post, Christmas Punch; Other: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Icicle Stickles, Dimensionals

Snowflakes and Crumb Cake

I'm not sure why but, I noticed that I've been using more crumb cake card stock this year when making my Christmas cards. Normally I use very vanilla with crumb cake but I wanted to stamp the snowflakes using white craft ink and really liked the crisp look of the white card stock. The snowflakes were stamped on crumb cake card stock (3 1/2" x 4 3/4") with white craft ink, once the craft ink was dry the snowflake piece was spritzed with champagne shimmer mist and layered onto whisper white card stock (3 3/4" X 5") and then the white taffeta ribbon was added around the stamped layer and then adhered to the crumb cake card stock base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). A white snowflake from felt flurries has a half pearl adhered with mini glue dots that was then attached to the ribbon knot with mini glue dots. A very clean and simple card.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake; Ink: White Craft; Stamps: Merry, Patterned Pines, Merry & Bright; Other: White Taffeta Ribbon, Felt Flurries, 1/2 Pearl, Mini Glue Dots

Santa with Trees

Another card using my Santa collage stamp. I stamped the trees using a glue pad on very vanilla card stock (4" x 5 1/4") and added blue ultra fine glitter. Once the images had set I sprayed the card with hairspray to set the glitter and then spritzed with champagne shimmer mist. The trees were layered onto bashful blue card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and then mounted to the marina mist card stock base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The Santa image was stamped on very vanilla card stock (2" x 3") with basic brown ink and colored with markers. The beard was highlighted using a Sakura glitter pen and the frosted lace Stickles was added to the snowflakes. The image was mounted to bashful blue card stock (2 1/8" x 3 1/8") and then marina mist card stock (2 1/4" x 3 1/4") and then the blue snowflake brad was added. The layered Santa image was mounted to the card base with dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist; Ink: Basic Brown, Blush Blossom, Marina Mist; Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Santa Collage; Other: Glue Pad, Blue Ultra Fine Glitter, Sakura Glitter Pen, Atyou Spica Gold Glitter Pen, Frosted Lace Stickles, Champagne Shimmer Mist, Dimensionals

Flocked Vintage Greeting Girl

I love the Greeting Card Kids stamp set. These images remind me of old fashioned Christmas cards that would have been seen during the Norman Rockwell era. The little girl was stamped on a 2 1/2" circle of whisper white card stock in black ink and colored with various SU markers. White flock was added to the hat, cuffs and bottom of the coat using a two-way glue pen. The image was mounted to a 3" scalloped circle of real red card stock. The Christmas Cocoa DSP was mounted to real red card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8"). The red flock piece measures 3" x 4" and the soft suede flocked piece measures 2 1/4" x 4". Real red satin ribbon was tied over the seam of the designer paper and then mounted to a whisper white card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The scalloped circle stamped image was mounted to the card using dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Christmas Cocoa DSP; Ink: Black, Various SU Markers; Stamps: Greeting Card Kids; Other: 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 3" Scallop Circle Punch, White Flock, Two-Way Glue Pen, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Santa Postage

I'm still working on Christmas cards! I needed about 100 cards this year and I don't really like to mass produce one design since I own many stamps and I really want to use as many as I can. I try to create cards that won't take me an hour to make just one. This card came together very quickly and I ended up making four of them. The postage stamp image was stamped on very vanilla card stock using soft suede ink and then colored using a riding hood red marker. I cut around the edges of the image using Fiskars stamp scissors and mounted the images to riding hood red scallop squares. The crumb cake card base was stamped using soft suede ink and the images were off-stamped first to give a softer look. The scallop squares were mounted to a strip of very vanilla card stock (5 1/2" x 1 3/4"), layered on soft suede card stock (5 1/2" x 2") that was punch using the scallop border punch and then mounted to a strip of riding hood red card stock (5 1/2" x 2 1/4"). To complete the card the strip was centered on the stamped crumb cake card base (5 1/2" x 4 1/4").

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede; Ink: Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red; Stamps: Christmas Punch, Winter Post; Other: Scallop Border Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Fiskars Stamp Scissors, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack

Post Card Santa Redux

In this previous post the card was aged by sponging all the edges of the layers. For this card I kept it clean but added more layers. The Santa image was stamped on very vanilla card stock (1 7/8" x 2 7/8") with basic brown ink, colored with SU markers, highlighted with a sakura glitter pen, frosted lace stickles and crystal effects. The image was adhered to real red card stock (2" x 3") and old olive card stock (2 1/8" x 3 1/8"). The sentiments from the Winter Post set were stamped using real red ink on very vanilla card stock (3 7/8" x 5 1/8") and the snowflake from the same set were stamped using old olive ink that was off-stamped to create a softer image. The sentiment from the Merry stamp set was using real red ink over the snowflake image. The stamped layer was adhered to real red card stock (4" x 5 1/4") then old olive card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8"). A red snowflake from felt flurries was added to the layers in the upper right corner with a green rhinestone brad and then adhered to the very vanilla card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The Santa layered image was added to complete the card.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive; Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Brown, Blush Blossom, Marina Mist; Stamps: Santa Collage (Rubber Stampede), Winter Post, Merry; Other: Sakura Glitter Pen, Gold Atyou Spica Glitter Pen, Frosted Lace Stickles, Crystal Effects, Felt Flurries, Green Rhinestone Brad

A Snowman Roasting Marshmallows?

This scenic image stamp from Darcie's was stamped on whisper white card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") using basic brown ink. It is hard to see in the picture but all of the images were colored with Atyou Spica color glitter pens and the snowman and snow drifts were highlighted with an Atyou Spica clear glitter pen. This card is very sparkly but not overdone. White flock was added to the bunny, hats and marshmallow with a two-way glue pen. The stamped layer was adhered to a marina mist card stock base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist; Ink: Basic Brown; Stamps: Darcie's; Other: Atyou Spica Glitter Pens, White Flock, Two-Way Glue Pen

Scenic Trees

I really like the simplicity of this card and there shouldn't be any extra postage needed to mail it. The trees were inked in almost artichoke and the bird was colored with riding hood red marker then stamped on whisper white card stock (2 3/4" x 4") and the sentiment was stamped using almost artichoke ink. The stamped layer was mounted to almost artichoke card stock (2 7/8" x 4 1/8") and then layered on riding hood red card stock (3" x 4 1/4"). The snowdrifts were highlighted with frosted lace stickles. The card base is riding hood red card stock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") layered with almost artichoke card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and whisper white card stock (4" x 5 1/4") that was embossed with the snowflake embossing folder that had been spritzed with frost white shimmer mist. The stamped layer was mounted to the card base using dimensionals.

Supplies Used: Paper: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Almost Artichoke; Ink: Almost Artichoke, Riding Hood Red; Stamps: Scenic Season, Holidays & Wishes; Other: Snowflake Embossing Folder, Frosted Lace Stickles, Frost White Shimmer Mist, Dimensionals

Post Card Santa

Another card using the Santa Collage stamp. For this card I chose to age the card by sponging the edges of all the layers using soft suede ink. The Santa image was stamped on very vanilla card stock (2" x 3") using basic brown ink and colored with SU markers, highlighted with a sakura glitter pen and frosted lace stickles and layered on soft suede card stock (2 1/8" x 3 1/8"). The sentiments from the Winter Post set were stamped using soft suede ink on very vanilla card stock (4" x 5 1/2") and the snowflake from the same set was stamped using bashful blue ink that was off-stamped to get a lighter image. The sentiment from the Merry stamp set and was stamped using soft suede ink and stamped over the snowflake image. The stamped layer was mounted to soft suede card stock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8") and then adhered to a card base in crumb cake card stock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The snowflake was created using the snowflake sizzlet and bashful blue card stock and glued to the card with tombow adhesive. The Santa image was attached and a rhinestone was added to the center of the snowflake.

Supplies Used: Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue; Ink: Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Basic Brown, Blush Blossom, Marina Mist; Stamps: Collage Santa, Winter Post, Merry; Other: Sakura Glitter Pen, Atyou Spica Gold Glitter Pen, Frosted Lace Stickles, Crystal Effects, Snowflakes Sizzlet, Rhinestone, Tombow Adhesive