Wednesday, November 27, 2013

a few more Christmas cards :)

Hello!  I haven't been doing much card making these days; however, I did create these recently:
 
This is a gate fold card. I went to the stamp store to get some glossy card stock and I ended up with this really cute snowman embossing folder pack.  You know how that goes.... lol!  It came with this snowman folder, and two small holiday house folders, and a label one, PLUS that cute little tree die. :)
 Here's another Christmas card using a rubber stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs
 A card I created on a little mini canvas and made that tree die 3d.  It probably needs snow, but I decided to leave it snow free....  
 And another quick and easy Christmas card.  I'm trying to get my monies worth out of that tree die I had to buy. ;)  The gift is a jolee's sticker...  rubber stamp by A|S embossed in pirate gold.  :)
TFL!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Christmas is everywhere..

I really don't even like to think about Christmas until Thanksgiving is over, but it's hard to avoid.  It's everywhere!  And if cards are to be made, they need to get started... (oh, riiiiight... should have started in July! lol)....  I'm actually on the fence if I want to make my cards or do photo cards (like I usually do); however, in a couple of recent visits to my LSS, I had picked up that Christmas tree die and the Merry Christmas one, so I better do something with them ;) .....  Here are two cards I made over the weekend.  They were pretty quick and easy actually. 
 
I used the Merry Christmas die to cut the words as a "window"...
 you see the glittery  paper shine through... there it is
 Next up is a snowy scene.  I used alcohol ink on glossy card stock for the blue/night sky.  I masked off and then painted the snowy ground with gesso and sprinkled glitter while it was still wet.  After I stamped the trees and let them dry, I used gesso as well to add the tree highlights and falling/accumulated snow.  This is an A Muse Studio Stamp set that I fell in love with last year and had to buy.  I still love it :)
TFL!  and Happy Veterans Day!  Thank you to our service men/women past and present.