Holiday Card Class - Day 7

Day 7... class is just flying by.

Day 7 – Cards with Reverse Stamps

Technique: Color Blending plus Layering

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Peacock feathers, iced spruce, black soot; Colorbox - Frost White, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Hero Arts -Winter Tree, LOTV - Christmas grungy sentiments, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, stardust stickles

Technique: Inner Masking Alternative
Frankly, I found that masking and using two embossing powders to be impossible. I just embossed two sheets of paper, cut out the tree, and then adhered it so that it matched the pattern. Much less stressful. I couldn't get my mask to stick properly to the versamark, and it resulted in a huge mess.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Love Letter, Versamark, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Wplus9 - Fair Isle Backgrounds
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Scalloped Rectangles, Wplus9 Pretty Patches - Tree, Silver embossing powder

Technique: DIY Reverse Stamping
I loved this technique! Very simple one-layer card.

Materials: 
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Back side of LOTV circle holiday sentiments, Mama Elephant - Polar Pals (ornament strings and sentiment), Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Amuse Studio - Evergreen and Cranberry Ink, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, Memento - Tuxedo Black

Some more fun cards...

Another pocket card...

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Lawn Fawn - Bright Side
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, LOTV - Patchwork Present, DeNami - Happy Birthday
Cutting/Embossing: Paper cutter, Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, copic markers

 Another free-standing slider card...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Fresh Ink - French Lavendar, Mango, Mojito, Pool; PTI - Mega Mehndi Medallion Set, Rosie Posie, Beautiful Butterflies, Turning a New Leaf, Hero arts - Sentiment set
Cutting/Embossing: Craft knife, Martha Stewart score board
Misc.: Washi tape, dimensional adhesive, jewel embellishment, colored pencils


 And just for fun....

 
Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Honeypop paper
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Inky Antics - Tulip Duck Honeypop clear set
Misc.: Copic markers, ribbon from Michael's, glossy accents, magenta pear effects

Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge

Here's this week's sketch over at The Sweet Stop...

This was the sketch that I chose to celebrate... Happy Birthday!!

Here's mine...

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Little Yellow Bicycle - Bloom & Grow
Stamps/Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac, Hero Arts - Clear sentiments, Memento - Tuxedo Black, LOTV - Daisy Chain
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard and scalloped Ovals, EK Success border punch
Misc.: Copic markers, stickles, May Arts Ribbon, dimensional adhesive

Frenzy of Christmas Cards

I may not have been posting, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy.

Cards....

Knitting....

 Fiddlehead mittens.

Self-ruffling scarves - Tinseltown.


More cards....

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's theme over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is to create a Christmas card suitable for a teacher....

I used an older Sweet Stop Sketch as a starting point for the layout.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, K & Co - Brenda Walton Peppermint Twist I believe,
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Paris Dusk, LOTV - Ski Jump, Sentiment from misc. holiday set
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Shapeabilities - Mittens, Nestabilities - Pennants; Fiskars scallop border punch
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, flowersoft - polar white, twine from The Twinery, button and jewel embellishments from Michael's

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Here's yet another fabulous sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday....

Here's mine....

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Bo Bunny - Noel Stripe
Stamps/Inks: Memento - tuxedo black, Lili of the Valley - Collecting the Tree,
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard circles, standard rectangles
Misc.: Copic markers, twine from The Twinery, jewel embellishments and button from Michael's

CPS #232

Here's this week's lovely sketch over at the CPS Sketch Challenge Blog...

Here's my take on it....

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Best Creation Inc - Winter Wonderful
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lili of the Valley - Pretty Poinsettia
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles

CFC16

Here's this week's challenge over at CAS-ual Friday's... (It's my favorite -- EMBOSSING).

Here's my take on it:

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lili of the Valley - Collecting the Tree
Cutting/Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folder
Misc.: Copic markers, denim twine from The Twinery, stardust stickles