Joy of Noel Christmas

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

I feel like the universe has been conspiring against me as far as my holiday preparations have gone. I was way behind on getting my cards made, and then a friend who was planning a weekend visit decided to come two days earlier! Then my husband (who is the family cook) came down with covid. Add those things to the three singing events I had over the weekend, and you'll understand why my cards have not yet left my house! This is the last one I'm making this year!

When I designed this card, I used the sketch for the Atlantic Hearts challenge, but as I was creating it, I found 5 other challenges that it fits as well - Shopping Our Stash, Just Add Ink, Double Trouble, NBUS, and SUO Challenges!

I borrowed the stamp set from my friend, so maybe I was shopping her stash! But the embossing folder has been in my collection since at least last year and hadn't been used yet. This card is for the organist at my church, so I had to use something musical!

As I said, my cards are now all done - I'll post pictures later (maybe next week...). I just have to decide who gets what - there are more than 20 designs and more than 130 people on my list. I think tonight I'll be watching a movie, or two or three, and prepping the cards for mailing tomorrow. Hey, at least I'm getting them out before the 25th!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Joy of Noel

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, and Shaded Spruce Cardstock; Joyful Specialty DSP; Distressed Gold Specialty Paper

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler; Stampin' Blends - Old Olive Light, Cherry Cobbler Dark, Evening Evergreen Light; Stampin' Write Marker - Shaded Spruce

Accessories - Metallic Pearls

Tools - Big Shot, Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Joy of Noel Dies, Layering Circles Framelits, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Peaceful Christmas

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This design is for the challenges at Just Add Ink, Inkspirational Challenge, and Tic Tac Toe Challenge (right column - red or green, patterned paper, die cut).

So right now, I'm in the midst of my Christmas card-making frenzy! I always put it off till the last minute and then lose my mine mid-December! I decided to pull out a couple of old Paper Pumpkin kits from prior years and make some alternatives, along with making the cards just how the kit is meant to be. I love the many alternative ideas on Pinterest, but I came up with this one to match the sketch challenge. Lucky for me, it also fits the other two challenges!

Items from the original kit include the vellum trees, the woodgrain sentiment banner, the sparkly gems, and the solid and gingham Shaded Spruce layers. I got those layers by cutting up an envelope. I added the Basic White Thick Cardstock card base, the Basic Black layer and Nested Essentials die cut, and the black glittery ribbon.

I should have planned the glue dots on the vellum trees to be a bit more random, since I used the gems to cover them up. 

I may try a couple more alternatives, but I'm running out of time, so soon I'll be back to either making kits the way they're intended, or raiding my stash for already completed cards!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Peaceful Christmas (October 2021 Paper Pumpkin)

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic Black Cardstock, elements from PP kit

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon, sparkly gems from PP kit

Tools - Big Shot, Nested Essentials Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Merry Gingham Christmas

 Hello and welcome back! Here's another card for today:

This design was inspired by the challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches (sketch), TGIF Challenges (colors), and Tic Tac Toe Challenges (diagonal - red, gingham, pearls).

I used the Gingham Embossing Folder to create the background and Gingham Cottage DSP to back the "merry" rectangles. "Christmas" was stamped in Granny Apple Green and fussy cut before layering on top. The pearls in the corners were added for balance and bling!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - More Wishes

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White and Granny Apple Green Cardstock; Gingham Cottage DSP

Ink - Real Red, Granny Apple Green

Accessories - Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Gingham Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangles Framelits, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Deck the Halls

 Hello and welcome back! I'm getting in the groove now, so here's today's card:

This design was inspired by the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Just Add Ink.

I stamped the ornaments in several bright colors as inspired by the photo, then "tumbled" them across the card to match the sketch. I also embossed the background with a Pine Bough embossing folder, then highlighted the boughs with Clear Wink of Stella. I think you can see it in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Frosted Gingerbread, Beautiful Baubles

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White and Granny Apple Green Cardstock

Ink - Tahitian Tide, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green

Accessories - Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Gingerbread Dies, Pine Bough Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Brightest Holiday Season

Hello and welcome back! Here's my second card for today:

This card was inspired by the challenges at Double Trouble Challenges and SUO Challenges.

The Double Trouble challenge asked for stitching, so I used the Patchwork Pieces Dies to created the pieced background. The DSP I used, along with the ribbon, is my favorite product in the Sept-Dec Mini Catalog for the SUO challenge. I also used a couple of the Adhesive Star Trinkets to enhance the gold foil stars in the DSP.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Stars at Night

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Very Vanilla and Night of Navy Cardstock; Shining Brightly Specialty DSP; Gold Foil Sheets

Ink - Night of Navy

Accessories - Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets, Night of Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon

Tools - Big Shot, Patchwork Pieces Dies, Stars at Night Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Season of Chic

Hello and welcome back! I can't believe it's been over two months since my last post! If you want to know what I've been doing, check out the ACK!! page on this blog. It's been a fun project, but it has taken up all my spare time. Most of my friends with November birthdays and anniversaries didn't get cards this year; however, many of them did get a chicken. 🐔

Anyway, it's time to get back to making cards and entering challenges. Here's today's card:

For this card I was inspired by the challenges at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and Color Throwdown.

The sketch is a slimline card but I made mine a standard size. I used the Season of Chic stamp set along with the matching Chic Dies. I pulled out my Stamparatus so that I could stamp the flowers several times to bring out the color. This was a pretty simple card to make.

I've got a lot of birthdays in December so I need to get working on those and I haven't thought about Christmas cards yet! I may have to pull from my stash to get those out on time...

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Season of Chic

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Balmy Blue, Old Olive, and Petal Pink Cardstock; Design a Daydream DSP

Ink - Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Petal Pink

Accessories - Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Stamparatus, Chic Dies, Layering Ovals Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals