Christmas 2015

Welcome Back! Sorry to be gone so long but Christmas preparations bogged me down, plus I needed a card making break.

I'm back now with the November 2015 Paper Pumpkin. It was such a fun kit.

I was able to make 30 cards from this kit. The items I added are:
Whisper White card stock, extra Linen thread, Old Olive ink, and the pine bough stamp.

The first two cards are the ones made closest to package directions. Both cards have not as many pearls as suggested. The Joy card has one less holly sprig.

The next card is similar to the layout of the card above, but I didn't have anymore of the mistletoe. 
So I used a pine bough from an old Stampin' Up! set called Autumn Days. I stamped it in chocolate chip and outlined the pine with an old olive marker.

The next 2 cards are loosely based on cards I saw on Pinterest. I made the holly background paper with the enclosed stamp, I used extra old olive ink (which came in a previous paper pumpkin), and I used some of the extra red pearls.

With this card, and with the above one, I cut up the envelopes and used the cherry cobbler paper as backgrounds and the red striped paper comes from the inside of the envelopes.  (I just used white envelopes for mailing.)











I hope you enjoyed seeing my Christmas cards. One of them might be coming to a mailbox close to you soon.
But which one ???

Remember, if you need any extra stamping supplies, check out the links above to take you to the Stampin' Up! website. There are many great end of year deals. If you would like to start receiving paper pumpkin, the link is on the right.

Have a wonderful Christmas season.

Falling into Autumn

I'm falling into autumn because the temps around here are getting cooler and all the acorns are falling from the trees. How appropriate that Stampin' Up! came out with the stamp set named 'Acorny Thank You' and matching punch.  I'm having so much fun playing with it.

This card uses some nice fall colors, which we'll be seeing around here in no time.

Ink colors are:
Mossy Meadow
Tangerine Tango
Early Espresso

The card stock I used was Very Vanilla, and Soft Suede.

Ribbon: Mossy Meadow striped








I entered this card into the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #203. Following a sketch is a great place to start when making cards. Hop on over to Freshly Made Sketches to see all the beautiful cards others made using this sketch.

For all of you who are following my paper pumpkin posts, I'm a bit behind with them. I did add new pictures of July & August Paper Pumpkin samples. Check out the Paper Pumpkin Gallery. 

Remember, if you would like to join Paper Pumpkin, click the link on the right. If you need any Stampin' Up! supplies, the link to the store is at the top of the page.

Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Friends Blog Hop

Hello Friends,

Today I'm participating in another Blog Hop from VCRocks. Today's theme for the Blog hop is "Celebrate Friendship".

What could be more special than telling your friends how much you love and appreciate them by giving them a beautiful hand made card?

My card design comes from a sketch from the "Stampin' gals gone wild" sketch challenge for the week of August 14th, but I was kind of late making this card, so I didn't post it there.

The stamp sets I used are Butterfly Basics, and Blessings from Heaven.

The cardstock I used is: Blushing Bride for the base, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, and Night of Navy.

The Designer series paper is called English Garden.

I embossed the large white paper with an embossing folder called "Elegant Dots" from Stampin' Up!.

The butterfly is in Night of Navy ink, and I cut it out using a  framelit that matches the Butterfly Basics stamp set.

The only embellishment that I used was the small row of pearls on the butterfly body.

This is a snapshot of the inside of the card. It is stamped in the Mossy Meadow ink.
















I hope you take time to appreciate your friends today, and tell them how much they mean to you.

Now , hop on over to VC Rocks and look at some more beautiful friendship cards.