Holiday Splendor Joy Card

 
 
 
 
By Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 4” x 6”
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Tree (Unknown)
Alphabet Set Stamp (All Night Media)
Ink:
Versamark (Tsukinelo)
Paper:
Ivory, Red and Green Cardstock (The Paper Company)
Other supplies:
Fine Detail gold Embossing Powder (Ranger Industries)
Embossing heat gun (Marvy)
Pop Dots (Ranger)
Golden Ribbon (Brazilian)
1” Circle Punch (Marvy)
Directions:

Using the Versamark inkpad, stamp the tree image and the letters on ivory cardstock.
Add [...]

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 [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Two Featuring Season of Joy by Stampin’ Up!

 
 
 
 
Here we are in week two. I will be using the Season of Joy set from Stampin’ Up! With 8 stamps in the set, you should have no problems creating a variety of cards. Over the next 5 days I will use all the stamps in this set – well maybe not all. See if [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week One, Tree Border: Day Two

Finished size 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Tree Border -D1277 (Memory Box)
A Wintry Hello (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Papers:
Recycled brown paper (unknown)
Decorative paper (Memory Box)
Green paper (Die Cuts With a View)
Inks:
Whisper White (Stampin’! Up)
Distress Inks- Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other:
Colored pencils (Prismacolor)
Glue stick
Foam tape of your choice
Corner rounder punch (unknown)
Rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Directions:

Die cut rectangle and scallop piece with the Nestabilities and [...]

Sue’s Advent Series: Week One featuring Tree Border

I don’t know about you but I get easily bored doing the same holiday card again and again. So I always have to switch it up. Each week from now until Christmas I will feature a stamp or stamp set  and will make 5 different cards and a variety of techniques. So stay tune for [...]