Quilted Birthday

Hello and welcome back! February is a busy birthday month for me, so I'm making lots of cards. Here's another for today.

The "cozy" challenge at Inkspirational and the color & inspiration challenge at Sunday Stamps inspired this design. After all, what's more cozy than a quilt?

 I was very excited when I realized, after debossing the card front and quilt motif separately, that I could line them up perfectly! That was serendipitous for sure! I made another card with the front embossed instead but I like this one better. It looks more like actual quilt stitching to me.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Balloon Celebration, Christmas Quilt, Happy & Heartfelt (inside sentiment)

Paper - Smoky Slate, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Basic Gray, and Basic White cardstock

Ink - Real Red, Blushing Bride, Basic Gray, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Resin Hearts Embellishments

Tools - Big Shot, Quilt Builder Dies, Quilt Top Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Christmas cards - part 5

Hello and welcome back! Here is the next batch of cards I sent out this year. All of these were CASEd (Copy and Share Everything) from the 2017 Holiday Catalog.

Card #1

This first card uses the Hearts Come Home stamp set and the Hometown Greetings Edgelits, which are both current in the Annual Catalog. I made a card base of Crumb Cake Cardstock, then used Shimmery White Cardstock to die cut the street scene. I colored in the houses, trees, and snowman with Stampin' Blends and stamped the Santa with Memento Tuxedo Black. The sentiment is stamped in Poppy Parade and punched out with the Pretty Label punch. I added a jute twine bow around the fold for some interest.

Card #2

The next card was created with the Iconic Christmas stamp set and the Ornamental Christmas framelits, both of which are retired. I used some Gumball Green ink, cardstock, and DSP from my stash, along with some Real Red striped ribbon. I actually considered including the tiny die cut pieces as confetti in the envelopes, but thought better of it. At least it wouldn't have been as bad as glitter!

This card was created with the Christmas Quilt stamp set and the Quilt Builder framelits. I used the Quilt Top embossing folder on some Quilted Christmas DSP before adhering it to the card front. The quilt star is popped up with dimensionals and I added some Garden Green ribbon and a banner sentiment, along with a bit of felt holly from several years ago. I had completely forgotten about these!

This last card was created with the Carols of Christmas stamp set and the Merry Little Christmas DSP. I used my Stamparatus to line up the sentiment, and was able to stamp it over several times to get a nice, deep color.  The little banner pieces were added to the back of the large sentiment banner, then the whole thing was popped up with dimensionals.

The last batch of cards will be posted later this week. I'll be taking a break tomorrow to post a card for a sketch challenge. Hope to see you back here then!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Card #1 - 
Stamp set - Hearts Come Home
Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Poppy Parade, and Shimmery White Cardstock
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Poppy Parade, Stampin' Blends Markers
Accessories - Jute Twine
Tools - Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Hometown Greetings Edgelits, Pretty Label Punch, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals

Card #2 -
Stamp set - Iconic Christmas (retired)
Paper - Crumb Cake and Gumball Green (retired) Cardstock, Gumball Green Background DSP (retired)
Ink - Gumball Green (retired), Early Espresso
Accessories - Real Red Striped Ribbon (retired)
Tools - Stamparatus, Big Shot, Ornamental Christmas Framelits (retired), SNAIL, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Card #3 -
Stamp set - Christmas Quilt (retired)
Paper - Real Red and Whisper White Cardstock, Quilted Christmas DSP (retired)
Ink - Real Red, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories - Garden Green Striped Ribbon (retired), Winter Wishes Stitched Felt Embellishments (retired)
Tools - Big Shot, Quilt Builder Framelits (retired), Quilt Top TIEF, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Card #4 -
Stamp set - Carols of Christmas (retired)
Paper - Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock, Merry Little Christmas DSP (retired)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive
Tools - Stamparatus, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals