A post Christmas Thank You card

So this time I didn't color under the filigree.  I lifted the church on foam adhesive and kept the colors simple (except the red doors - Episcopal churches are "supposed" to have red doors).  The Thank You is stamped in Chocolate (outline of the church is, too).  Fairly simple!  

A Sympathy Card

This card was created with a retired CTMH stamp for the sentiment and two die cuts from LaLaLand.  The crescent moon shape caught my eye in early December (I was thinking Christmas cards - hahaha!) and I just got around to using it last week.  I used the "stencil" from the cut for a mask to stipple a light yellow ink (CTMH Buttercup) on.  The card base and filigree crescent moon are cut from a very heavy, creamy color cardstock that I had used to make my wedding invitations 7+ years ago and had some leftover!  The sentiment is Chocolate ink.  The star is buttercup rubbed over a white glitter paper punched star.  

So, not exactly CAS, but not as detailed as I usually get!  Hope you like it!  

What keeps me so busy?

This is one of the reasons I've been so busy - I spend at least one morning a week protesting with Indivisible Phoenix.  

My daughter and son-in-law came to visit (yes, I know that she is not holding Brian, but rather my cat - Mr. Bilbo Baggins).  Kristen made a friend for life with Bilbo - he loves to be brushed!  We went on many adventures and enjoyed our week together!  

This handsome man is my husband, Steve.  He got a solid milk-chocolate Walleye in his stocking this year and he thinks it's the best gift he's ever gotten!   

My sweet "kids".  Brian is a Medical Physicist (PhD level) and Kristen teaches middle-school (Masters degree) so I guess neither of them are kids, but they will always be that for me.  LOVE them to the Moon and Back!  

So, I believe that's the end of the "after New Year cards".  Hope you'll enjoy getting back to seasonal projects!  LOL

More post Christmas cards.

These two cards were so much fun!  I used a small-ish paper doily cut in half, a pretty mat from red or green design paper, and the focal image from Simon Says Stamps of three darling fur-babies!  I had so much fun coloring them, and adding the cute scarf.  Again, I was trying to build up some stash to address my holiday card issue!  

An OLD CTMH stamp!

I simply HAD TO HAVE this stamp set when it first came out (many years ago!) and it got FIRST ink on it just recently.  (deep sigh).  I really love how the cards came out.  I made two stampings for each card - one in green and one in red.  If I'd been really talented I might have been able to cut-paste the sections without needing to have a "throw-away" on the side.  But anyway - my first thought was to pop the opposite colors up on foam tape, but then thinking about mailing them made me reconsider.  I adhered them flat and popped the whole panel up with a slim foam tape.  I really like the touch of gold at the side.  That was left-over from an autumn paper pack.  It works! 

Another

This one is called a "Cathedral Windows card".  I used it for the early December technique card and prepped a lot more than who showed up! So, I got to make up the rest of the cards and use them for my own holiday greetings!  I changed the sentiment from Merry Christmas to Peace Love Joy after the new year - but the rest is the same.  This year I was so overwhelmed during the holidays that I only got about half of my Advent/Christmas cards out before New Year.  The other half - well, they were late.  Oops!

More Christmas cards

I'm so far behind on posting - but I do have more cards to share!  I made some last minute cards AFTER Christmas but before Epiphany - so does that count?  This one is a shaker card made with a wreath!  I really love how it turned out!  And truly - it was very easy to put together!  The stamp for the wreath is a retired CTMH that came with a matching thin cut die.  I used Nuvo drops to add the red "berries".  Paper is from the Tis' The Season paper pack (now also retired!).