I love to color!

I love to color! It's very relaxing to me. So, some days I just color instead of making a card. If you love challenges the way I do, you'll see how very beneficial this is. It's so much quicker to get that challenge card uploaded! I can completely skip a step if I have the right image colored. As you can see from the above photo, that doesn't happen very often. LOL!

This is the card I made for today's Clean & Simple challenge on SCS. I had her colored ahead of time. So it was completely coincidental that I was making a card with a kitten. I almost didn't have this uploaded in time for my challenge sample. I couldn't find my camera. Does anyone else have that problem? I do because I have to hide it from our kitten... and I don't always remember to hide it in the same spot. She likes the cord! I usually have the Christmas tree up by this time, I'm a little nervous. Now this kitty on the card looks so innocent. She would never hurt anything! LOL!

Stamps: Sittin' Pretty Kitty (G136), Merry Christmas Arc (E102), and the gift background (H1140)
Paper: white, gable green, green galore, real red
Ink: black, gable green, Copic markers
Accessories: CM custom cutting system, SU scallop edge punch, Martha Stewart bow punch

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Cookies for Santa...

posted by: Cathy Indelicato/Crafty Thoughts...

from you! There are so many great images in the latest release from DRS...this is just one of them. Perfect for homemade goodies and/or handmade gift items for the upcoming season!




Here are some close ups...





I used just the Santa Homemade image for my project today...all the packages have the full version of the stamp and the front of the cookie box has a portion of the image on an inch circle punch, layered with a scallop punch. Some ribbons, snowflakes and jewels finished things off.

A perfect gift for teachers, hostesses, bus drivers and friends, just to name a few!

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon...

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It's finally Christmas time!

by Sue

Welcome!

I hope you survived Black Friday and got some great bargains in the process! I was at work all day and then I came home and stamped. My 12 year old niece has been with me since Thanksgiving night and she was a big help with todays card. It was kind of nice having company!

Our Santa Ladybug (F1027) was her favorite and she insisted we use it on our card. It took us a few tries to get it right, but we were having too much fun to care!



Our original card had a silver mirror card layer, but when we went to photograph it, I remembered why I try to stay away from mirror card (It turns black). So we went back to the stamping table and tried a couple of different backgrounds and this one was our favorite.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps we used today:

L045 - Giga Circle
H019 - Mega Circle
F1027 - Santa Buggie
G425 - Memories are Made Saying

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Christmas Kitty!

Posted By Jennifer E.

Happy Holidays!

The Holiday gift giving season is officially here.  Are you going to brave the crowds and go shopping today?  Not me--I'm staying in the nice, warm comforts of my stamping room and I'm going to play today!

The card I have to share with you today features 3 of DRS Designs newest images--E102 Merry Christmas Arc,  L120 Holly Giga Circle, and G136 the adorable Sittin' Pretty Kitty!

I colored this Christmas Kitty with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the colors with Gamsol.  I carefully cut it out and adhered it to the red circle with foam tape.  I then layered it on to white cardstock that I stamped with the Holly Giga circle in green ink. I used a red marker to fill in the little dots between each holly image.  I layered it again on to a green scalloped circle and adhered the entire piece to white cardstock.  I used a snowflake border punch to decorate the bottom edge and stamped the Merry Christmas Arc above the matted image.  I added some ribbon and adhered it all to a red cardstock base.

Isn't this lil fella sweet!?!?

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for visiting today!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Jessica G.

To help celebrate this holiday, I thought I'd showcase cards featuring the new DRS releases.

For the first pair of cards, I used the Cutie Pie pilgrims:

Stamps by DRS Designs: Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Boy G108, Wooden Bucket H114, Vicki's Versatile Background H369. Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Tangerine Tango, Kraft. Ink: Memento, Copics, Close to Cocoa, Tangerine Tango. Accessories: green double-stitched ribbon.

Stamps by DRS Designs: Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Girl F112, Leaf Giga Circle L095, Vicki's Versatile Background H369, Lots of Lines Background H366, 3 Leaf Background H534, Small Happy Thanksgiving B069. Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Tangerine Tango, Kraft, Chocolate Chip. Ink: Memento, Copics, Close to Cocoa, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip. Accessories: Giga circle punch, chocolate satin ribbon.

The next is a CAS card making use of those fun inchies:

Stamps by DRS Designs: Bunch of Wheat K137, Small Happy Thanksgiving B069. Cardstock: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip. Ink: Chocolate Chip. Accessories: oval and square Nestabilities, dotted chocolate ribbon.

And finally, although this isn't a brand new release, this sentiment is perfect for a set of 3" x 3" mini cards that are super quick -- just right to produce in quantities for all your Thanksgiving notes:

Stamp by DRS Designs: Small Happy Thanksgiving B069. Cardstock: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip. Ink: Chocolate Chip. Accessories: oval Nestabilities, dotted chocolate ribbon.

Wishing you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving with lots of reasons to be thankful!

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A Snowy Merry Christmas

This is my second post with DRS Designs as a Guest Designer. I have been having so much fun playing around with their stamps. Today I decided to post a card using the Large Snowman Head, Interlocking Snowflake backgrounder, and the Small Merry Christmas stamps.




I started this card off by stamping the Interlocking Snowflakes on the base of my card using Perfect Medium and they brushing Forever Blue Perfect Pearls on the snowflakes. Wiped of as much of the powder as I can then sprayed the whole front of the card with Pearl Glimmer Mist. The glimmer mist added just the right amount of shine to the card. Then randomly added some blue rhinestones to the center of some of the snowflakes. The Snowman image was stamped 2x on white cs with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and the colored with Copic markers. I then cut out the hat, scarf and holly leaves and popped it on top of the first colored image with double sided foam tape. Used an oval Colluzle for the frame as well as an oval scalloped nestability from Spellbinders. The plain oval was again sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and for the scalloped oval I rub some Perfect Medium all around the edges and then used a brush to spread some Blue Perfect Pearls to match the snowflakes. The strip behind the image was done using the Fiskars Threading Waters punch, were I once more used Perfect Medium pad on the sentiment and brush it with the blue Perfect Pearls. Lastly, added some half pearls to the end of the sentiment strip.

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Bright Snowflakes

I was so inspired by a card made recently by my friend Joan Ervin, so I decided to CASE it using the Interlocking Snowflake Background stamp from DRS Designs! The snowflakes were stamped using Elegant Eggplant, Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose and Old Olive inks from Stampin' Up! and Hero Arts gemstones were applied to the centers for extra bling! I also stamped the Cool Caribbean background piece with the snowflakes using Versamark Dazzle ink in Frost.

This sentiment is one of my favorites too, the Beauty of Nature Christmas Greeting. I took some inspiration for the layout of my card from the Crazy 4 Challenges blog sketch challenge this week, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Card Positioning Systems...

posted by: Cathy/Crafty Thoughts...

Have you checked out the sketches on the CPS Sketch Challenge blog? Well, head on over and check them out! They have a new sketch with a new sponsor that starts every Sunday. Guess who this week's sponsor is??? Yup, you guessed it...DRS Designs is sponsoring CPS this week. Head on over (after checking out my card!) to see the sketch and find out how you can win some DRS Designs shopping dollars!!!

Images by DRS Designs...



I used all new images on this card. The new giga stamps are so cool...I used the holly along with a new sentiment. The arch sentiments are perfect for inside or outside your punches. Some ribbon a corner die cut and a snowflake finished things off.

Be sure to stop by the CPS blog and check out what their designers did with their DRS images!!!

See you soon...

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A Night of Learning

by Sue

Boy, did I have an wonderful night in my stamping room last night! My card came together just as I had hoped and I got lucky when several things I tried actually worked!

Earlier in the day I was looking at our new Merry Christmas arc stamp and I got to wondering if I could stamp it in a circle. Come to find out it's easy! If you stamp it in the center of all four sides of a 4 3/4" square card you get a circle! The rest of the card came together so quickly I was able to make a 2nd card using totally different paper colors for a totally different look.

This first Christmas Card uses "off color" colors - kind of~


Here's the same card using more traditional red and green.


While I was stamping the second circle I wondered what my card would look like if I turned the stamp around, so when I was finished I just had to try. Here's what I got ~


After finishing the front panel I was about to cut down another full sheet of card stock when I got to thinking, and I realized that I could make a 5" square card while only using a half sheet of card stock. The trick was to leave the front a little short -

When the card is closed it appears to be a regular card. When it's open it just looks stylish! I did add a little surprise inside.



So, what did I learn???

1) Using 1/2 sheet of paper for a 5" square card (you know that one already!)

2) If you color a clear jewel with a red Bic Mark it, you get a pink jewel. If you color a pink jewel with a red Bic Mark it you get a red jewel.

3) On my second card, on the green giga circle layer I colored all the dots in using a white pen. When it was dry I colored over it with my red Bic Mark it and I got bright red on green paper!

4) One of my biggest stamping pet peeves is cleaning black ink off a stamp only to be in a daze and re-ink it using the same black ink.

Stamps Used:

E102 - Merry Christmas Arc

L120 - Holly Giga Circle

H019 - Swag Mega Circle

D936 - Poinsettia Ribbon Slide

and

E102 - Merry Christmas Arc

G309 - Merry and Bright Greeting

F002 - Silhouette Holly




Thanks so much for stamping by!! Have a great weekend!!

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Thanksgiving Pie

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday! Thanksgiving is almost here! Turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and pie! I'm pretty sure this little cutie has a delicious pie for someone special.

Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Girl (F112) was stamped on ivory and several times on some striped dp. I cut out parts and paper pieced them onto the base image. I used markers to color the rest of her and also add a little floor under her feet. I used the Out of the Box Nestie Tech to cut her out, left the die in place and sponged on a little ink.

The kraft background was stamped w/ the Bunch of Wheat (K137) and Alabaster chalk ink. The Leaf Giga Circle (L095) w/ green ink as well as the Arc Thanksgiving (E050) and cut out. I used lt. brown, redwood and green ink to ink the Med. Silhouette Leaf (D701).

I used the remaining dp for the background layers and also used a loop corner punch to punch out the flower behind the red button.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Y'all have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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The Joys of Giga Stamps......

By Debbie Seyer

If you haven't checked out DRS Designs newest releases, you are missing out! They are all wonderful but today I wanted to share with you two projects I made using the newest Giga circle stamps. These stamps are designed to work with the Scalloped Giga Circle punches. While I don't own those punches, I do own Nestabilities™ and the two work great together! Here is a Thanksgiving card I made using the Leaf Giga Circle stamp.


Those pilgrims are Cutie Pie Kids and they are soooo cute, aren't they? They are called Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Boy and Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Girl. I stamped them onto white cardstock and then colored them using Copic markers. I carefully cut them out and popped them up using 3d foam squares. I stamped the Leaf Giga Circle stamp using brown ink and then cut/embossed using a Classic Circle Nestabilities™.

My second card uses the Holly Giga Circle Stamp that was released this month, too!


I stamped the Holly Giga Circle image plus Simple Joys of Christmas Sentiment and then cut/embossed it using my Nestabilities™. I stamped the Triple Holly image using Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto white cardstock and colored using my Copic Markers. Then I carefully cut out the images. I used a white gel pen to highlight the berries.

This card really didn't take alot of time but what took the most time was placing each of those little bitty red rhinestones into place! The stamp has a row of dots that just beg for bling!! I hope you will check out all the great new releases. There is alittle something for everyone!!

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A Blinged Christmas Tent Topper

I have another tent topper card to share with you. This one is different. First, I rarely use a greeting as a main image. And even more rarely do I use this much bling. I used one rhinestone brad and 3 rhinestone stickers. I worked 13 hours today and I'm exhausted. And because I'm exhausted, I didn't plan anything! I just sat at my desk and started. Who does that? Not me!!!

Anyway, I hope you're as pleased with the outcome as I am. Maybe I should use bling more often!

I used a Marvy Mega scallop punch for the Yesteryear Christmas Greeting (G130). I sponged the edges with old olive ink and added a dotted line under "Christmas" with a fine tip red marker. I stamped the new Holly Giga Circle (L120) with old olive ink and used the Marvy Giga scallop punch. I used a red fine tip marker to fill in the holes for the berries and mounted the greeting on the Giga scallop. After adding 3 rhinestone stickers, it was partially taped onto a 4.25 square card and when finished, it fits nicely into a standard A2 envelope.

The top old olive layer is stamped in old olive with the Gift Background (H1140). The designer paper (unknown source) is added with red ribbon and a rhinestone brad to secure the ribbon. The brad and ribbon warped the card a bit, so I used a bit of red sticky tape to adhere the top old olive layer to the red layer. And to finish the card, I popped up the layers with dimensionals on an old olive card base.

You can find all three of these stamps on this DRS Designs online catalog page.

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Kids love DRS Stamps too!!

posted by Cathy/Crafty Thoughts...

Just ask Allie!! I have to confess, I do share my craft room with another budding crafter!! My 10 year old dd loves to stamp and scrapbook. When thinking about what today's post should be about it, it dawned on my how much she likes to stamp and what a great idea it is to get your kids involved in stamping!! You can share supplies and it's a great thing for them to do with you or own their own. We all have to start somewhere right?

Here is her card using one of the new release sentiments and a candy corn image from the release just before this one...



Every crafter needs their own desk and supplies...here are a couple of shots of the master at work...apparently she is at her best amidst the clutter.





As you can see, she is using kid safe ink...easily washable and comes in a whole bunch of colors! She loves any kind of stamps, mounted or unmounted. She even has her own set of acrylic blocks! Unmounted stamps make great holiday gifts for budding card makers too! They are cost and space effective!

Here she is proudly displaying her creation...



So, if you're looking for something different for that hard to buy for "tween", check out the DRS Designs images...there is something for everyone!

See you soon...

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4 Season Bucket...

posted by Cathy Indelicato/Crafty Thoughts...

I just love the new bucket that was part of the most recent release by DRS Designs. I couldn't resist making a set of 4 season note cards with it....

Winter...



Fall...



Summer...



Spring...



DRS has so many sentiments for every occasion. I chose several of the one line sentiments to complete my cards. Each card also has my all time favorite grass background. The spring and summer cards have the interlocking flower background stamped on the main panels in versamark ink. The fall card has this pretty silhouette branch stamped as a background in versamark.

Some prima flowers, jewels and sponging on the sky and grass finished things off. I hope you'll stop by the other DT members blogs to check out more projects with the latest new releases!

See you soon...

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So many stamps, so little time!

by Sue

Welcome! I'm happy to say I had extra stamping time this week! I had a lot of fun with several of our new images and a couple of our classic images too!

My first card is using an idea I had a couple of weeks ago when I ran out of baby wipes and had to open a new package. I use baby wipes that don't come in a plastic bucket but rather in a plastic bag with a flip top lid. As I was preparing to toss said bag and flip top I somehow asked myself if there was something I could do with it and well, now I know there is!

This is how it came out ~

This picture shows the side view, and where the flip top is ~

Picture number 3 shows how the flip top is actually the perfect size to hold a gift card!


Last but not least this picture shows what's under the gift card :) ~

This was a perfect project for our new Address Label Frame (K107). The stamp was really designed to be stamped on your envelope and have an address either written in or a sticker placed there. I love getting 2 uses for the price of one!

Stamps: K107, B1014, D096 and H688
Paper: White card stock, bright blue card stock, silver mirror card
Ink: Vivid turquoise and ultramarine


My next project was the most challenging - I wanted to get the background just right, and it took several tries!

After I assembled the blue and white card stock I stamped both with my snowflake background stamp and embossed using my clear embossing powder/ultrafine glitter mix - I love that stuff!!!

For the 3D golf ball I used a product called "Snow Writer" I purchased it at Walmart about 3 years ago. It's gotten a little thicker and it was easy to make a ball and let it dry overnight. I glued it to my card the following day!

Stamps: K448, P481, H015, F229
Card Stock: White, bright blue, olive green, red
Ink: Vivid turquoise and black, versamark
Embossing Powder - I call it Susie Mix 1


Card #3 ~ There's just something about our new Christmas mouse that I just love!


The only unusual thing I did on this card was after I stamped the plaid in red, I used a pink marker and added pink lines to the red. I even colored on a few squares pink too.

Stamps: P631, E134, E140
Card Stock: Red, White and Pink
Ink: Vivid Hot Red, Colorbox Black

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!!!

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Thanksgiving Cutie!

Posted By Jennifer E.

By far my favorite images by DRS Designs are from their Cutie Pie Collection. I know I rave about them often, but I just can't help myself--they are just too cute! (No pun intended! LOL!)

With the Holiday baking season right around the corner I couldn't help but show off one of the newest Cutie Pie Kids for my post today. Complete with a yummy pie in hand, this latest addition is the Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Girl!

Stamps: F112 Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Girl, H369 Vicki's Versatile Background, E050 Thanksgiving Arc

I colored her with Bic and Copic markers and used a decorative corner punch to form the frame around her. The background was created by stamping Vicki's Versatile Background stamp with brown ink, and I used the Thanksgiving Arc sentiment just above the image. I added a layered cardstock panel accented with ribbon to pull everything together.

We have family who live out of town and unfortunately we can't meet with them for the holidays this year. I've made a bunch of these cards to send to them and to change things up a bit I've also made a few with the Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Boy. He's getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday meal as well by bringing his harvested crops to the table!

Don't forget to check out all of DRS Designs new stamps!

Have a Great Weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Super-Sweet Christmas!

Posted by Jessica G.
Stamps by DRS Designs: Sittin' Pretty Kitty G136, Super-Sweet Christmas Greeting E140, Cat Paw Print A1006, Easy Dot Background H628. Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, textured Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, GP110 white. Ink: Memento black, Copics, Old Olive, Purely Pomegranate. Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart snowflake border punch, Hero Arts felt pointsettias, gemstones.

Have you seen the new releases by DRS Designs yet? More Thanksgiving and Christmas images and fun sentiments are now available, including this sweet kitty. Doesn't she just make you want to say 'Awww ... how sweet!'?

The sketch is inspired by Sketch and Stash Challenge #23; I decided to break out my burgundy cardstock that has been neglected for many months because it's a great match to the felt pointsettias; hence a color combo was born! And perfect in pink for this sweet new kitty image!!

Be sure to stay tuned for more cards featuring these fun new releases!

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A Happy Holidays

November 11, 2009

Today is my first post on this DRS blog as Guest Desinger for the months of November and December. I am so grateful to have been selected and I am so looking forward to the next 2 months. I would like to thank the DRS Team for giving me this great opportunity.

Card that I am sharing with you today is made using the Fireplace stamp set. I started off by stamping the image on off-white cs with Walnut Stain Distressing ink . Hold on now, before stamping the image on the cs I also used a green Marvy Brush marker to color in the leaves on top of the mantle. Once the image was stamped I then proceeded to color the bricks, wood panneling, logs and fire with Prismacolor colored pencils and then used some Gamsol to blend the colors. Some parts of the image I colored with Copic markers. Added some Gold Spica to the fire to give it some sparkle. I then cut off the inside portion of the fireplace out, cut around the logs and fire and set that aside for a bit. Used a small piece of off-white cs just slightly bigger than the opening on the fireplace and colored it with yellow, orange and red Prismacolors and once more blended it with some Gamsol. Proceeded to cut all around the image and then assembled the different layers onto top of an off-white cs that was die cut and embossed with the Labels 1 Nestabilities. For the last set of layers, used a border punch from Emgination around the edges of the off-white layer, then adhered double sided tape behind the cs to covered the punched shape, then turned it back to the front and added red ultra fine Glitter from Glitter Ritz on the punch shape. To finish off this card, used some red half pearls, stocking brads and a metal sentiment.

Marisa

Stamp: Fireplace (DRS Designs)

Paper: Deep red and off-white cs

Ink: Walnut Stain and Old Paper Distressing ink, Prismacolor pencils and Copic markers

Accessories: Red Ultra Fine Glitter, half pearls, stocking brads, Emagination punch and metal sentiment.

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Thanksgiving Greetings

Hi everyone! I'm thrilled to be here today as the Guest Designer for November and December for DRS Designs! I discovered DRS when I started working as the manager of a small stamping store 2 years ago, and have grown to love their images, so I was thrilled when Cathy asked me to be guest designer! They've got so many wonderful images, and this one I'm showing you today is one of my very favorites!

And did you know that DRS is sponsoring the challenge over at 2 Sketches 4 You this week? Hop on over there and see the wonderful designs their team has created using DRS images!

Again, I'm thrilled to be representing DRS for the next two months, so stay tuned! I've got a lot more ideas up my sleeve to share with you!

Stamps: Thanksgiving Greeting Squares #K1052 (DRS Designs)

Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), green (Bazzill), cream (Neenah)Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)Accessories: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft), rick rack (Creative Impressions), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (craft supply).

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Simple Thanks...

posted by Cathy/Crafty Thoughts...

Have you checked out the newly released images by DRS Designs yet? On Friday, DRS came out with another great release. Check them out HERE!

On this card, I used the new wheat image along with an older Thanksgiving sentiment...



I inked the wheat image in yellow and then rolled the edges of the rubber in close to cocoa ink. The sentiment is stamped in chocolate. I used the swiss dots embossing folder on the brown and purple panels. I decided to dip into my scrap pile of patterned paper that I thought went with the image and the look I was going for with the card. A Martha Stewart border punch, some ribbon and a button finished things off.

The DT will be showing you projects using these new images this week. Be sure to stop by here and their blogs to check them out!

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon...

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Sometimes you just know....

by Sue

...what you want to do with a particular stamp. Not always, but every now and again as I design or see a stamp, I just know. Most of the time it doesn't work exactly as planned, but with a few adjustments here and there it all comes together. I say all of this because that is exactly what happened with this stamp. Since the moment this design got its stock number I knew I wanted to color the background and leave the stamp white (Both of those backgrounds I complained about were just practice!)

Here's the real thing ~

I stamped our new poinsettia image M093 on white card stock using black pigment ink and embossed it using clear embossing powder. I colored the leaves, berries and background using Bic markers. The red background was streaky so to hide it, I covered the entire piece of card stock with versamark ink and then topped it with my own mixture of 1/2 clear embossing powder and 1/2 ultrafine glitter (w/a violet hue). After melting the powder with my heat gun it wasn't quite heavy enough to cover all the streaks, so I simply repeated the process. Now any uneven streaks are barely visible and look like texture/shading. This is way better than my original idea without glitter!

The rest was simple, I layered it with white and then dull gold card stocks and then stamped a 4" strip of card stock with Merry Christmas B364 and instead of cutting it off at the edge I scored it and then folded it under the 3 layers. I mounted this on a folded black card and added the green glitter dot. It was so nice to see it work mostly like I planned I actually enjoyed coloring this one!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Sweet!

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday! Are y'all ready for a sweet treat? Even though Halloween was just last weekend, you surely have room for a Candy Apple or some Caramel Corn. Those two treats always say Fall to me.

For this sugar sweet card, I stamped the Candy Apple (K082) and colored it with markers. I cut it out around the left side only and attached it to a tan layer then to a red layer. I added a die cut border to the lower edge. The greeting was die cut using two colors and then the letters were mixed and matched.

The caramel corn background was made by stamping Popcorn Background (H1124) repeatedly over white card stock. I turned the popcorn into caramel corn by coloring it with markers and a blender pen. The stripe background is some leftover Christmas paper from a few years ago.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Countdown 'til Christmas!

By: Debbie Seyer - A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Did you know that there is only 49 days until Christmas? Wow, time flies, doesn't it? Have you started your Christmas Cards yet? I like to have my cards done by Thanksgiving but I don't think that will happen this year. Here is a card I made that would be easy to mass produce. Just get out the Heat Embossing gun and Gold embossing powder and have fun!!


I heat embossed the image Pinecone Square (K505) using my Versamark pad and Gold embossing powder. I then cut around the square, leaving a few pieces of the pinecone sticking out. The sentiment God's Love Christmas (G975) was stamped using Merlot Chalk Ink pad from Colorbox. After it dried, I cut the sentiment out using my Labels 1 nestabilities. I attached the two panels using 3D foam squares and tied that little bit of ribbon around the white layer. I matted this onto a piece of brushed gold cardstock and the base of my card is a pretty burgundy.

If you like to color, then my second card would be for you!


I stamped the Ornaments Galore (K655) image using Tuxedo Black memento ink pad and then cut/embossed it using the Labels 8 Nestabilities. I colored it in using my Copic Markers and added the sentiment - Christmas Words Card edger (P477). Using a marker, I just inked up the portion of the edger stamp that I wanted and stamped it into place! I just love buttons so I added a couple. I tried all buttons but it was alittle over-powering! LOL I used my white gel pen to color in the highlight part of the ornament and it really does give it that extra something!

Hope these cards have given you some good idea for Christmas cards. Its not too late to start but don't be like me and wait until the last minute!!

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