Holiday Splendor – Holiday Greetings Card

by: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide
Finished card measures 4.5″ x 5.5″ 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Holly Branch (Magenta)
Holiday Greetings sentiment (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink:
Embossing ink (Ranger)
Memories Black permanent ink (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Forest Green cardstock (Bazzil)
Cream cardstock (Paper Source)
Mustard cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Other:
Prismacolor markers
Holiday striped ribbon (MayArts)
Chipboard buckle (Close to My Heart)
Gold embossing powder (Stampin’ Up!)
FabriTac glue
Gold leaf pen (Krylon)
UHU gluestick
Heat tool
Paper trimmer (Fiskars)
Directions:

Stamp the holly branch [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Four Featuring Merry and Bright by Papertreyink

 
 
 
Week Four-It’s getting closer. Hopefully by now your cards are done and in the mail. I am just finishing up mine. There are always last minute cards to be made. My husband, inevitably comes into the studio and asks for another 10 cards for the folks at work! I tried to make it a bit [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Two, Season of Joy :Day Three

Season of Joy: Day 3

Finished Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″

Supplies:
Stamps:
Season of Joy  (Stampin’ Up!)
Papers:
Matte white card stock
Olive and Pink paper (DieCuts with aView)
Multi color paint chip (Lowes)
Inks:
Memento ink pads: (Tsukineko)
     Angel Pink
     New Sprout
Versamark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Glue stick
Quilted Snow flake Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Scallop border Punch(Stampin’ Up!)
Chalks(unknown)
Diamond gems (Hero Arts)
Foam tape (unknown)
Directions:

Stamp snowflakes alternately with the [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Two, Season of Joy: Day Two

Finished Size 4.25″ x 5.5″

Supplies:
Stamps:
Season of Joy  (Stampin’ Up!)
Papers:
Matte white card stock
Decorative paper (Basic Grey)
Multi-color paint chip (Lowes)
Inks:
“Frayed Burlap” Distress ink pad (Ranger)
Other:
Glue stick
Snow flake border punch (Fiskers)
Glue Pen (Sakura)
Crysat ultrafine glitter (Art Institute)
Corner rounder punch (unknown)
Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Blue Pearl gems (unknown)
Foam tape (unknown)
Directions:

Using a die cutting machine of your choice cut out 3 circles [...]

Christmas in August

People usually think of  ‘Christmas in July.’ For me, Christmas starts in August. My husband and I are members of Oregon’s largest choir: Portland’s ‘Singing Christmas Tree,’ with 300 voices. We get our new music the first Monday of August every year, so our Christmas atmosphere starts early. We rehearse every Monday night as a [...]

Christmas Wish Card and Magnet for the Adventurer

Christmas Wish Card
for the Adventurer
 By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 3.75″ x 4.25″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Santa and Holly Stamps (Time to Stamp)
Papers:
Card Stock:  Dark Blue and Cream (Paper Goods)
Suede Paper: Burgundy (Hot Off the Press)
Inks:
Krystal Kraft Ink Pad (Sunday Intl)
Versafine Stamp Pad: Black (Tsukineko)
Pigment Stamp Pad: Hunter Green (Colorbox)
Fresco Chalk-Finish Dye Inkpad: Vesuvian Ash (Stampa Rosa)
Other:
Domino
Thin Magnet
18K [...]

Aged Season’s Greetings Card for the Inventor

Aged Season’s Greetings
for the Inventor
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 8.5″ x 5.5″
 Supplies:
Stamps:
Angel Collage (Inka Stamps)
Season’s Greeting Sentiment (Stampin’ Up!)
Papers:
2 sheets – 8.5″ x 11″ Dark Blue Confetti cardstock (Paper Goods)
Camel cardstock (Bazzill)
Marrakesh Palace patterned paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:
Cranberry Adirondack Ink Pad (Ranger)
Corduroy Distressed Ink Pad (Ranger)
Versamark Watermark Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Detail Clear Embossing Powder
Camel colored [...]