Jingle Belles - January 18th

Scandinavian Christmas

Jingle Belles has an interesting theme this week... Scandinavian Christmas... and we are provided with an inspirational picture using Red, White, & Jul.  Uh... ok... what is Jul?  Must be an inside joke among the DT?  LOL... ok anyway... here is my take on their challenge

I used Martha Stewart double-sided paper for the red and then used Darice embossing folders for both the top and bottom part of the card.  I decided to cover the embossed swirls and dots with Liquid Glass... that took forever!  The sentiment was "drawn" right on the paper using my Cricut Gel Pens and using the Wild Card cartridge.  The snowflakes came from Art Philosophy cartridge then I sprinkled them with glitter after they went through the good old reliable Xyron

Card size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Supplies:
Papers - Martha Stewart
Darice embossing folders
Liquid Glass
Xyron
Cricut cartridge: Art Philosophy - snowflakes
Cricut cartridge: Tags, Bags, Boxes, & More - tag
Cricut cartridge: Wild Card - "Merry Christmas"
 
Also made for sketch 1 of RAQ's 1-16 Card Sketch Challenge

Jingle Belles - January 11th

The first card I made for Christmas of 2013 using stuff I got for Christmas...

I bought myself a stack of Christmas papers and the ornament border punch on sale!  The sentiment was "drawn" right on the corner of the paper using my Cricut and QuicKutz silhouette pens then I colored it with a glitter gel pen.  The dots on top are Liquid Pearl

Card size: 5.5" x 4.25"

Supplies:
Papers - DCWV
Cuttlebug
ek success - border punch
Liquid Pearl
Cricut cartridge: Wild Card - "season's greetings"
 
Also made for sketch 2 of RAQ's 1-2 Card Sketch Challenge

Digi Desserts Fridaze (Jan 11)

Cold Hands

I downloaded this week's freebie digi image from Paper Crafting World to make this card and also to enter it for their current challenge at Digi Desserts Fridaze.  It's a fairly simple card but I wanted the snowman paper to do most of the work

I printed out two copies of the image so I can cut out the mittens and pop it up for some dimension.  I used Adobe Photoshop to fill in the colors... I didn't have much time to work on this card but I wanted to complete it, so no Copics this time

Also entered for Jingle Belles - January 1st

Card size: 5.5" x 4.25"

Supplies:
Papers - DCWV
Digi by Paper Crafting World
Adobe Photoshop 
Spellbinder - circle and scalloped circle
Cricut Cartridge: Don Juan - "Warm Wishes"

Also made for sketch 2 of RAQ's 1-9 Card Sketch Challenge  

Jingle Belles - January 1st

I am determined to create a Christmas card for every sketch challenge... so here's my second Christmas card for the year!  I am also in love with this type of special fold as well as the ornament border punch

I used the template I found for this Center step card from Creative Moments With Sandy 

Card size: 5.5" x 4.25"

Supplies:
Papers - DCWV
Cuttlebug
ek success - ornament border punch
Cricut cartridge: Wild Card - "Merry Christmas"

Also made for sketch 1 of RAQ's 1-9 Card Sketch Challenge

Jingle Belles - April 6th

'Twas the Sketch Before Christmas...

This week at Jingle Belles challenge, we are to follow a simple sketch.  I found a bunch of paper flowers in my stash and thought they were perfect for Christmas colors.  I painted the largest flowers with glitter because it seemed a bit too plain even with the printed plaid.  Then I copied a flourish image from the internet and cut it with SCAL

• Card size - 5.5" x 8.5"
• Papers - JoAnn's 
• Cuttlebug - embossing
• Fiskar - border punch
• Sentiment is a stamp colored with glitter gel pen

Made also for sketch 2 of RAQ's 4-11 Card Sketch Challenge hosted by cstanzione

Jingle Belles - March 9th

Neutral Noel

This week's theme over at Jingle Belles is to make a card inspired by the image below from Pottery Barn

... I'm not sure if my card qualifies as a neutral tone... but the pillow with the goldish tree on the top left was my inspiration for this card.  I tried three different ways of putting those beads on but sewing them three at a time was what I finally stuck with

• Card size - 5.25" x 5.25"
• Papers - Martha Stewart
• Cuttlebug - embossing
• Spellbinder - square and circle scalloped frame
• Sentiment "NOEL" is a stamp and heat embossed
• Each bead was sewn on 3 at a time
• Cricut cartridges:
  
  • Christmas - angel (cut and heat embossed)
  • Home Decor - flourish

Inspired by sketch 1 from RAQ's 3-21 Card Sketch Challenge hosted by RAQ

Jingle Belles - February 24th

Stuck on You!

This is my second entry to Jingle Belles challenge.  For this week's theme, you're supposed to use stickers and such... but I don't have any. So, I made my own! The white Christmas tree is cut from ProvoCraft vinyl and I adhered it to vellum

Card size - 5.5" x 7.5"
Papers - JoAnn's
Spellbinder - cut out frame and the scalloped circle
Fiskar - circle punch out and corner punches
Sentiment is a stamp
Cricut cartridge:
Christmas - Christmas tree


Inspired by sketch 2 from RAQ's 2-29 Card Sketch Challenge hosted by Suevan911

Jingle Belles - February 10th

All Buttoned-Up

This is my first card entry to the Jingle Belles challenge.  This site encourages you to create a Christmas card all throughout the year so that you're not left rushing to make them all in December.  It's a great site and full of talented people.   Really a great inspiration!

This week's theme is all about buttons!  We could use buttons, brads, and eyelets.  I used a total of only 5 buttons and 1 eyelet.  I should have used more!

 

Card size - 4.25" x 5.5" x .50"

Papers - DCWV (red panel) / JoAnn's (polka dot Christmas print)

Border punch - Fiskars

Sentiment is a stamp and colored with glitter gel pen

Swirl on center button was painted with Distress Stickles

Tag - made with Memory Maker Tag Maker

My friends over at RAQ's Card Sketch Challenge told me about this site and I've been meaning to join but the button theme finally hooked me in... I got tons of those