2011 Holiday Card

This year was the first year I made our Holiday cards.

For our Holiday card this year I went with an easel card. My mom loves this style...she doesn't like the way that most traditional cards fall over when you stand them up. This card stands up on its own a lot better than most.

Again I am using my favorite stamp set Serene Snowflakes. I stamped a full size sheet and cut down to size, by using a 12X12 piece of cardstock I was able to get 6 front pieces out of each piece of CS & 4 out of an 8 1/2X11 sheet. I also used the many Merry messages stamp set for my Season's Greetings & inside stamped message. I varied the inside message using different stamps from the same set.

I made about 40+ of these cards and so I wasn't feeling like I was an assembly line worker I varied things a bit. By using a single pack of DSP I was able to have a about 4-5 options paper wise. I kept the cardstock the same through out and varied the snowflake placement, Sometimes on the left hand as seen above and sometimes on the right with the ribbon on the left side tied in a knot instead of a bow. Also by flipping the punched out snowflake over I was able to use the Simple Snowflake matching stamp to have a different look. I also changed the brad on some to Rhinestones.

This year holiday cards are going to be much easier to make. Although the Simply Scored Tool came in handy with all the folds on this card.

I hope you all enjoy!
DanicaA


Serene Snowflakes 115438


Many Merry Messages 116586

Project Recipe: Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip & Very Vanilla CS, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Serene Snowflakes & Many Merry Messages Stamp Sets, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Snowflake Punch, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler & Basic Black Classic Ink Pads, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Cherry Cobbler 3/8" Quilted Satin Ribbon, Gold Brads or Basic Rhinestones

Cindy's November Craft Camp Project 2

Here is the second project I demo'd at Cindy's Nov 13 Craft Camp. I am finally taking the time to blog this craft camp's projects. I need to get this done now as I am already working on ideas for January's Craft Camp .

Again I am using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set. This is still my favorite stamp set.....Maybe I need to start playing with other stamps. I may find I like them just as well.

This is another card cased from Stampin' Connection. This card is by Julie Leblanc 

I had a number of supplies left over so I put them all together and will either save them for the bazaar our local museum has yearly or see if I can sell them in a local boutique.

I love the color combo Island Indigo, Pool Party and Very Vanilla.

 I used two different stamps from two different sets for the Season's Greetings saying. I used Curly Cute and Many Merry Messages. The inside saying is also from Many Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have packaged the cards up and added a small piece of paper with the inside greeting stamped on it and slipped inside. I have also included coordinating envelopes, that I stamped with matching stamp and colors.

I hope you all enjoy.

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Island Indigo and Very Vanilla Cardstock, Island Indigo and Pool Party Classic stamp pads, Serene Snowflakes Stamp Set, Curly Cute Stamp Set, Many Merry Messages Stamp Set, Island Indigo 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones and Very Vanilla medium envelopes

Cindy's Craft Camp Project 1

This is one of the projects that I demo'd at Cindy's Craft Camp Nov 13.

I really love this Serene Snowflakes stamp set. What makes this project fun is the fact that you actually use a whole sheet of card stock to stamp the background and then cut down to size. This allows you to create multiple cards that are similar but because you are stamping randomly on an 81/2x11 or 12x12 sheet your cards will not be identically stamped.

This card was CASED from Candace Lawlor another Stampin' Up! demo from Stampin' Connection. thanks so much for the idea. 

I hope you all enjoy.

DanicaA

Project Recipe: Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Whisper White Cardstock, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Bashful blue, Basic Black Classic Stamp Ink, Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Serene Snowflakes, Many Merry Messages Stamp Sets

This will be my first blog post, I hope you all enjoy.

This is a card I CASED from Stampin' Connection. I love the stamp set and am working on a few make n take projects for a Stampin' Up! table at Cindy's November craft camp. This was going to be one of the make n takes but I decided I was making it to complicated, so I will do two simpler cards (I will post them later) using the same stamp set. For this card I didn't have the SU ribbon yet so I used some that I had on hand.

I hope you all enjoy!

DanicaA

Project Recipe:
Stampin' Up Serene Snowflake Stamp set, Not Quite Navy CS, Marina Mist CS, Whisper White CS, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist & Not Quite Navy classic stamp pads, mini brads, snowflake punch, Frost White Shimmer paint, organza ribbon, and satin ribbon