Sue’s Advent Series – Week Four, Christmas Found Elements: Day Four

Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Found Elements. C-8449 (Stampington and Co.)
Merry holiday borders LL113 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Cream card stock (unknown)
Decorative papers (Memory Box)
Black card stock (unknown)
Inks:
Tuxedo Black Momentos ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Glue Stick
Foam Tape
Metallic Chalks (Pebbles)
Diamond Screen Embossing Folder (Quickcutz)
Oval  and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Directions:

Cut the  cream card stock to 5.5″ x 8.5″ and fold in half to [...]

Holiday Splendor: Christmas card from the family

 
 
Every year a wonderful lady that I used to work with would dress her dogs in reindeer antlers and take a photo of them for her Christmas cards.  These photos were basically glued to the card and posted out.  This was before I started paper crafting, and was my first experience with homemade cards that didn’t [...]

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

Finished card  4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Tree Border -D1277 (Memory Box)
Merry Holiday Borders- LL113 (Hero Arts)
Night Before- CL141 (Memory Box)
Papers:
Matte white cardstock
Decorative paper (Memory Box)
Blue paper (Die Cuts With a View)
Hot Press water color paper (Arches)
Inks:
Memento: Tuxedo Black  (Tsukineko)
Distress Inks: (Ranger)
     Broken China
     Faded Jeans
     Weathered Wood
Other:
Glue stick
water brush (unknown)
Directions:

Stamp trees on water color paper with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: A2 – 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies: 
Stamps:
Merry Christmas (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
Crackle stamp (unknown)
Flourish stamps (unknown)
Ink:  
Distressed Inks (Ranger): 
Mahogany
Walnut Stain
Vintage Photo
Frayed Burlap
Brushed Corduroy
Black Soot
Antique Linen
Old Paper
Tea Dye                     
Paper:
A2 card base
White cardstock 4.5″ x 5.5″
Other:
1″ x 2″ pieces of Cut N Dry foam (Ranger)
Fine-line Black Embossing powder (Think Ink)
Glue (Crafters Pick Ultimate)
Heat [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 18
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Poinsettia (Stampendous)
Flourishes (unknown)
Inks:
VersaMark Watermark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Black Soot Distress Ink pad(Ranger)
Paper:
Black cardstock (unknown)
Red cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Gold fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Clear fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Twinkling H2O’s - Green and Red (Luminart)
Directions:

Stamp Poinsettia with VersaMark, apply fine-line Gold embossing powder and melt [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly Newkirk’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 17
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Poinsettia (Stampendous)
Delicate Flourish (Inkadinkado)
Bold Flourish (BLINE)
Inks:
Black pigment ink pad (Stampendous)
Jet Black Archival ink pad (Ranger)
Aged Mahogany Distress ink pad (Ranger)
Black Soot Distress ink pad (Ranger)
Paper:
White cardstock card base (Georgia Pacific)
Other Supplies:
Gold fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Twinkling H2O’s (LuminArte)
Baby Powder
Heat Embossing Tool [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 16
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Paper:
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (Die Cuts with a View)
White cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Red cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies
Snowflake punch (unknown)Crafters Pick Ultimate Glue
Decorative Scissors (Fiskars)
Directions:

Cut a piece of Striped paper that measure about two-thirds of the depth of the landscape format card base. [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Marcia’s Holly Jolly Acetate Greetings

Holly Jolly Christmas Card
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide

Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Critters clear stamp set (Penny Black)
Snowflakes (Studio G)          
Sentiment (Studio G)
Ink:    
White Opaque ink pad (Staz-on)
Jet Black ink pad (Staz-on)
Old Olive ink pad (Stampin’Up)        
Paper:
White (2.5″ x 3″ and 3″ x 3.5″)  and Red (2.25″ x 2.75″) Cardstock (Bazzil)
Other supplies:
Acetate Card (unknown)
Watercolor pencils
White puffy paint [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 15
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Cheer (Stamping With Style)
Inks:
VersaMark Watermark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Papers:
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (Die Cuts With a View)
Red cardstock (unknown)
White text-weight/copy paper (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Crafter’s Pick Ultimate Glue
Lacy Scallop border punch (Martha Stewart)
Decorative Scissors (Fiskars)
White fine line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Baby Powder
Heat [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Michael’s Penguin!!

Penguin Roasting Over An Open Fire

Penguin Christmas
By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4″

 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Penguin Pandemonium (Inkadinkado)
Empty Block (Endless Creations)
Season’s Greetings Phrase (Endless Creations)
Ink:
StazOn Jet Black ink pad(Tsukineko)
Crystal Blue Dye Ink (Close To My Heart)       
Paper:                        
Blank white pre-folded cards 5.5” x 4”
Other Supplies:                     
Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Light Brown and Grey markers (Tombow)
Christmas Red, Light Blue and/or Icicle Stickles (Ranger)
Yellow [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 14
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artist Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas tree (unknown)
Various flourishes (unknown)
Inks:
Black pigment ink pad (Stampendous)
Distress Inks: (Ranger)
     Black Soot
     Vintage Photo
     Antique Linen
     Frayed Burlap
     Brushed Corduroy
     Tea Dye
     Old Paper
     Aged Mahogany
Paper:
White cardstock (Georgia Pacific) 4.25 x 5.5
Other Supplies:
Iron
Topiary or a Dark Green embossing powder, (Inkadinkado)
Mister spray [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Michael’s Christmas Card #1

Michael’s Christmas Card 1
By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 6.5” x 5”
Supplies:
Stamps:
Pine Cone Spray (Heartfelt Creations – www.heartfeltcreations.us)
Small Clear Christmas Phrase Stamps (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Ink:                 
Warm Green Fluid Chalk Inkpad (ColorBox)      
Paper:                        
Christmas Red and Green Textured Cardstock (DCWV, American Craft, or Bazzil)
Blank white pre-folded cards 6.5” x 5” (Michael’s)
Other Supplies:                     
Detail Clear Transparent embossing powder (Stampendous)
Gold Embossing Powder [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 13
By, Shelly Newkirk, ArtisticGuide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
A Snowflake is Winter’s Butterfly (Hero Arts)
Inks:
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Vintage Green or a Dark Green dye ink (Vivid)
Papers:
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (DCWV)
Dark Green cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Small snowflake punch (unknown)
White fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Crafters Pick Ultimate Glue
Baby Powder
Heat Embossing Tool (Uchida)
Directions:

Glue Plaid paper [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 12
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas tree (unknown)
Inks:
VersaMark Watermark ink pad(Tsukineko)
Dark Green dye ink (Vivid Vintage Green)
Papers:
White card stock (Georgia Pacific)
Dark Green cardstock (unknown)
Light Green cardstock (unknown) 4.25″ x 5.5″
Other Supplies:
Sparkle White embossing powder (Think Ink)
Christmas tree punch (Punch Bunch)
72mm oval punch (Punch Bunch)
55mm elongated oval [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Bea’s Stamped Photo Cards

My boss loves my photos of Montana. He recently asked me to make the business’ Christmas cards and he thought using my photos would be a nice touch. We picked two winter scenes, one from an area in the mountains near my hometown, and the other is from the park in my town.  I decided [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 11
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Snowflake (Creations Unlimited)
Inks:
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Dark Blue dye ink (Vivid Ultramarine)
Papers:
White card stock (Georgia Pacific)
Dark Blue cardstock (unknown)
Light Blue cardstock (unknown) 4.25 x 5.5
Other Supplies:
Christmas tree punch (Punch Bunch)
72mm oval punch (Punch Bunch)
55mm elongated oval punch (Emaginations)
Deckle scissors (Fiskars)
Sparkle Vhite embossing powder (Think Ink)
Baby [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 9
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
It’s Christmastime! (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
Inks:
Black pigment ink pad (Stampendous)
Paper:
White cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Dark green cardstock (unknown)
Red cardstock (unknown)
White text weight (copy) paper (unknown)
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (DCWV)
Red glitter cardstock (unknown)
Green glitter cardstock (unknown)
Other:
Crafters Pick Ultimate Glue
Scallop decorative scissors (Fiskars)
Scallop border [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly Newkirk’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 7
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
 Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5
Supplies:
Stamps:
Merry Christmas (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
Inks:
Black Pigment (Stampendous)
Paper:
Vellum (unknown)
Red cardstock (unknown)
Dark Green cardstock (unknown)
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (DCWV)
Green glitter cardstock, (unknown)
Red glitter cardstock, (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Paper corrugator (Fiskars)
Crafters Pick Ultimate Glue
Deckle & Scallop decorative scissors (Fiskars)
Christmas tree & Snowflake punches (unknown)
Green [...]