Simple and easy card for Christmas

Here is a card I'm using for the create your own Stamp a Stack class this Friday and again on Sunday, December 5.  (If you live near Somerset, KY and you want to come, let me know!)  I was trying to come up with a different color combo, so on the SU projects on my website, I found this color combo:  Bravo Burgundy, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi.  It's definitely different!  I am not sure if I like it just yet....but I like the idea of this card!  I may keep toying with the final card!

Vintage Santa scrapbook page

Did you miss out on my scrapbook club today?  This is one of the projects we made during our club meeting.  I really love the way this page turned out. 
I used a 6X6 basic black background and a photo mat using the Newsprint DSP.   The pleated trim was made using a 3/4" X 8 1/2" strip of real red.  I scallop punch the edge and then crunched it up.  Next I used my distressing tool to peel apart the layers and then pleated it.  Finally, I layered Vintage lace to cover the seam between the two layers.
For Santa, I stamped the Santa face from the Jolly Old St. Nick stamp with StazOn ink on Very Vanilla.  I used my markers to color directly on the image.  I used Sahara Sand to highlight the shadows of the beard and Real Red to color his lips.  I colored his face with Blush Blossom and highlighted his cheeks with Blushing Bride.   As a glimmering finish, I put Dazzling Diamonds on the white trim of his hat and chunky red glitter for the main part of his hat.  I find that if I use Crystal Effects to put the chunky glitter on, it stays much better. 

Stamps:  Jolly Old St. Nick
Ink:  Black StazOn, Charcoal (from Distressing kit)
Paper:  Newsprint DSP, Basic Black, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Stampin' Write markers, Dazzling Diamonds, Chunky Essentials red glitter, Distressing Kit, Victoria Crochet Trim

November club card

Here's the card we are going to make at our November club meeting on Sunday.  I just love the fabric in the mini catalogue, and even though I'm not a great seamstress, I love the cozy look it gives cards.  Plus, I get really proud of myself when my bows actually look pretty, so I just have to use them on a beautiful card!  Now, in our club meeting, I'm SURE that it will take me 20 tries to make my bow look pretty, it never works the first time when people are watching! 

Stamps:  Cute Christmas
Ink:  Basic Black, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Real Red
Paper:  Candy Cane Christmas DSP, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories:  Candy Cane Christmas fabric, Candy Cane Designer Buttons, Glimmer brads, hemp

Inspired by Chic 'N Scratch

I recently saw a similar card to this in Early Espresso and Old Olive on the Chic 'N Scratch website.  I loved the simple layout and design, but when I made it, it was just a little too plain.....so, all my glitteriffic friends out there know that just a smidgen of glitter makes all cards better! 

Therefore, out came the crystal effects and the silver glass glitter and the card was perfected!  Nice and simple!

Stamps:  Tags 'Til Christmas

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Deck the Halls DSP

Accessories:  Sponge Daubers, Decorative Label punch, crystal effects, silver glass glitter

Sweet Little Lamb

I finally got to sit down and scrapbook this week.  Now, this layout took several sessions to complete....not because it was difficult, it has just been a week with little playtime!  I found another great challenge site:
Crop Suey !   With a great November challenge and a Hippity Hop Blog Hop going on right now.

Anyway, tonight I finished everything except the journaling (again....).  I had 5 of my gals come over and make Christmas cards tonight, so between all of the card making and chatting, I put the lamb together and finished up this layout. 

The color combo is Wild Wasabi and Melon Mambo.  I took some white pearl acrylic paint and melon mambo ink refill to dry brush the edges.  The letters are all stickers - I'm a sucker for cute letters!  The lamb and the layout design are both inspired by Andrea Walford.

CASED Northern Flurry card

This card is much prettier than what it looks like scanned!  It is simple and snazzy, as Kimberly Joy, from whom I cased says.  It is the Northern Flurry embossing folder with snowflakes dabbed with Versamark. 

I put Heat and Stick powder on, heated it up to make it sticky and sprinkled some irridescent chunky glitter on top.  The greeting is from Peaceful Season - I stamped it with Silver Encore ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  While the Silver ink is no longer sold by SU, you could just as easily stamp in VersaMark and emboss with silver powder. 

Another Sassy Sketch

Here is the card sketch from 10/14 at Sassy 'Lil Sketches.  I decided to cut off the edge of my card and put some DP on the inside of the card so it peeks out from below the scalloped edge.  I originally sponged the edges in Baja Breeze, but I decided I liked the contrast of Riding Hood Red.  I used the Peace on Earth stamp set from the mini and the leaf from the bird punch so the dove had somewhere to land.  I just used a few little red rhinestones from Kaisercraft to create some berries.  Another simple Christmas card.  I can't decide if I'll use it for the stamp-a-stack.  What do you think?