May Christmas Cards

I know that you are probably sick of my Christmas cards but I'm so proud of myself for being ahead of the game, I have to show off! These are my May cards for the group at Stampin' Addicts that are working on Christmas or Hanakah cards all year long! For this set of cards I used Stampin' Up! Come to Bethlehem. Here's the group picture of the 16 cards.

Here's a close up of one card.

Stamps: Come to Bethlehem

Ink: Whisper White

Cardstock: Concord Crush, Whisper White

Accessories: White embossing powder, Square lattice embossing folder,

 White grosgrain ribbon, rhinestone, dimensional

I like these because they are not your traditional colors for Christmas. The church I attend is name Epiphany and this stamp set reminds me of Epiphany, January 6, the day that the wisemen found the Christ child in Bethlehem. The Gentile Christmas!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

One Sketch, Three Cards

Well I had some time earlier this month to play with a sketch challenge at Stampin' Addicts! Paula is very creative with the challenges and I love to play along! Here is her design:

This sketch came from our FABULOUS Idea Book and Catalog, page 69 to be exact! I loved this sketch from the moment that I saw it! I had several ideas come rushing to my brain and I just had to stamp them out. I will admit that I did rotate the sketch but other than that, I stayed pretty much with what we were given!

Here's my first card!

 Stamps: Big on Christmas

Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and So Saffron markers, Top Note die, 2-way glue,

 Dazzling Diamonds, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Jolly  Holiday DSP, dimensionals

I did stamp the tree on Old Olive cardstock and cut it out. I'm not sure if you can see but there is Dazzling Diamonds on the star on the top of the tree. Isn't it pretty?

Well, here's another card! The top note is a little bigger and the sketch is rotated but still the same sketch! On this one, I stamped the ornament on Very Vanilla card stock and colored with markers and Platinum shimmer paint.

Stamps: Big on Christmas

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, and Early Espresso markers, Jolly Holiday DSP, Platinum shimmer paint, aquapainter, Top Note die, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, dimensionals

Now for my favorite card! When I first saw the sketch, this is what I had come to mind right away. I have to admit that my hubby wasn't too happy with me because supper was a little late that day! Oh well, I got my card made and everyone ate! All works for me!

Stamps: Come to Bethlehem
Ink: Old Olive

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder,

Champange shimmer mist, finger dauber, Top Note die

Now you need to check out some challenges and create your own fun cards! I pray that you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Wisemen from afar!

In October, Stampin' Up! challenged their demonstrators to make phone calls and book 5000 workshops in one day! I was able to book 7 workshops on that day! Several of them were booked for November. So I created this card to do as our make and take. Actually, I think I saw this on another website and I CASEd it! I did change it up to make it mine but the original idea isn't mine! I love the torn edges of the layers. The best way to get the edges to look the same is to stack them on top of each other and then tear. Such a simple trick to keep the edges looking a like! The star has dazzling diamonds on it.

After my workshops were over, I had paper cut up for more projects and no more workshops! So I like to put them together so that I have cards on hand. I also use these cards as gifts, sell them at my church to raise money for a project at church or I send them to the troops to mail back to the states and their families. Anyway, I decided to play a little bit and I added embossing and silver shimmer paint. I'm not sure that I love this card. It seems too busy to me but I've created worse!

This is another version of the card. This one has lots of sponging on it. It's hard to see all that sponging but it does look pretty good in real life.

Stamps: Come to Bethlehem

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry ribbon, 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Modern Label punch, sponge, dimensionals, petals-a-plenty embossing folder, silver shimmer paint, finger dauber

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley