Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  This is a scheduled post - with a card I just made on Sunday when I realized that I needed more hand-made cards (because I left the entire container of Christmas Cards I'd made all summer in Minnesota!  Duh!).  I like this, and it came together pretty quickly.

May your holiday be peaceful and yet JOYOUS; may you have enough to eat, enough good company, and enough football to make the day perfect.

Let's remember to take a moment and think of those who don't and how we might help them.

Namaste.

Peace.

Love.

Charlotte colors and Thin Cut dies

This card was my attempt to imitate a card in the new Seasonal Inspirations book coming out January 1.  The smaller, blue flowers are the newest little mini-incentive stamp set (also effective Jan. 1).  

I achieved the color on the flowers and leaves by using a water-brush and picking ink directly off the ink pads (Sorbet and Pear).  (This was over the image stamped with Tuxedo Black ink and allowed to dry thoroughly).  The blue flowers were painted with the water brush and Crystal Blue ink, and then the ones with the purple center were enhanced using my Inktense watercolor pencils.  Actually, the yellow one was also, it just doesn't look as cool as the purple.  The ribbon was a piece from my stash. I inked the edge of the white piece with Sorbet and mounted it on a piece of Whisper cardstock before the base of White Daisy cardstock.  It's a standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.

My daughter and her husband will be "home" until 1/1/16 so I won't be posting except for some scheduled posts.  I know you'll forgive me.  *wink*

6th card of the Card Workshop

This card was designed by someone at CTMH corporate.  It was published in our marketing materials.  I almost copied it (I made a couple of errors) but I do like it!  The really, really exciting news about this card?  The flowers, leaves, do-dads, are all cut with thin dies!  YES! Matching Thin Dies!  Woot!!

Can you say "Merry Christmas"?  

Well, in all seriousness - I can!  Merry Christmas to you all!  I hope your holiday is filled with JOY and LOVE and that you are with people that mean a lot to you.  

Hugs!

Belated birthday - Card Workshop card

This sweet card uses the little sheep from the Operation Smile benefit stamp set on the backside of the Annual Inspirations book and the Seasonal catalogs.  I love sheep!  I also used the CTMH woodgrain dry embossing folder with a little chocolate ink rubbed on it before embossing.  I'm pushing ahead - gotta get these ready before my sweet daughter and her darling husband arrive!

For the Card Workshop - Jar of Hearts

I loved a similar card I saw on the CTMH consultant page - so I tried to create something similar.  This uses the La Vie en Rose papers.  I love the mirtred corners, and that the hearts are punched from the design paper.  I cut a tiny tag with the Cricut, and found an "xoxoxo" that would fit onto it in a Stamp of the Month set from last spring that had a cool typewriter with sentiments to put on the paper in the typewriter.  I used a black micron pen to outline the hearts and on a whim made some of them disappear behind the ribbon at the edge of the mouth.  I like that little touch.  This one will be fun!!

Another Card Workshop card

This sweet card was also imitated, but I've lost where I got it!  There are several changes (larger sun, different hearts, different pink and blue stripes) so maybe I can say that I lifted it rather than stole it?!

I also didn't have the Fundamentals Basic papers when I made this prototype versions.  The cards that my class will make will use the Whisper fundamentals which has a neat pattern of shiny on matte cardstock. I actually love how this turned out!

Twinkle, Twinkle - January Card Workshop

This card is another one for the Card Workshop in January.  I love that it used the "Twinkle" from the October Stamp of the Month (no longer available - sorry!) and that it forced me to remember how to use the Cricut Expressions 2 that has been gathering dust in my studio.  Creative design credit should go to Lisa Plummer.  You can see her card at her blog here.