Snowy Man

If I manifest snow in my crafting, maybe it will snow for real?? Also if it could stick around enough to make a snowman, that'd be cool. We've had two snow storms this winter and even the mountains don't have a lot of snow right now. Sigh. I hate to admit that more than once, the first time my kids have made a snowman in a season was March.... I'm FINE with winter coming before then! 

So today's card uses the sketch (tho I flipped it sideways) and photo from Inspired By... I used this cute snowman I've only used once before, and the trees that came in the set and some blue with bits of the orange and pink and a hint of bright green.  

Supplies: 
Stamps: Christmas Magic

Ink: Starry Sky, Balmy Blue
Stampin' Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush

Paper: Starry Sky, Balmy Blue, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Softly Falling embossing folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals 

Mixing Old and New!

I have a customer who loves hand-stamped cards, but does not enjoy making them. That means I make them for her, haha...! That also means that she is happy to use retired product, and since I have plenty of that, I am also happy to use it up! And I like the chance to dust off old sets I loved!

I prepped seven card designs for her this Christmas, and you get to enjoy them now! (two I won't be sharing, they were designs from previous years that she had not used) Each of these might possibly use both current and retired products...I'll make a note.

This blue card was designed first and she asked for a different color combo instead. So here's the two of them together! The star and the words and the card stock are current, haha, the DP and the nativity image are retired. Which one is your favorite?

Supplies for the blue:

Stamps: Star of Light (words & star), Joyful Nativity (retired)

Ink: Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon (retired), Smoky Slate

Paper: Soft Sky & Whisper White card stocks, All Is Calm DP (retired)

Supplies for the brown:

Stamps: Star of Light (words & star), Joyful Nativity (retired)

Ink: Old Olive, Real Red, Early Espresso

Paper: Season of Style DP (retired)

This is a retake on a card I designed last year, but I like this gold-ish paper with it, so I'm sharing it anyway. It is a simple card but I think it has a big impact.

Supplies:

Stamps: Joyful Nativity (retired)

Ink: Real Red, Memento Black

Paper: Whisper White & Real Red card stocks, Season of Cheer DP (retired)

Accessories: Gold Bakers Twine (retired)

I've hardly got to touch my Paper Pumpkin kits lately, but these words come from the October kit, if you got one. If not, they were entirely sold out...

Supplies:

Stamps: October 2017 Paper Pumpkin (greeting- sold out), Winter Memories (retired)

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Soft Sky & Mossy Meadow (retired) card stocks

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon (retired)

I feel like I used a sketch for this, but I'm not sure where from... I used all my usual sketch blogs, even those that are no longer up and running, and I browsed pinterest to death sooo...if this sketch is yours, I appreciated the inspiration!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Magic (retired)

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Whisper White card stock, Holidays Fancy Foil Vellum DP (retired)

Accessories: Emerald Envy ribbon (retired)

This is a retake on another card I made last year. I really was bummed that I didn't get to use those designs- can you tell?? This is just time consuming because the wreath is two die cuts layered, so however many cards you want to make, you have to run it thru the Big Shot twice. And the cute bow is retired...

Supplies:

Stamps: Star of Light

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Garden Green card stocks

Accessories: Swirly Scribbles Dies, Festive Fireside Framelits (bow- retired), Garden Green Bakers Twine (retired)

And there you have it! Five (or six) cards to inspire you for your own last-week-before-Christmas creating! Which one is your favorite? 

A Snowy Snowman!

Happy Monday to you! As promised, I have another Christmas card to share! And more posts planned for the coming week!

Today's card is quick and cute and I love how it turned out! I used the most recent Viva la Verve sketch as the inspiration for this card. And I kept what I hoped was a nice, cold color scheme to go along with the snowman! I even tried my hand with the Wink of Stella pen to add a touch of glitter to the snow edges....tho in the photos it just looks gray...

Supplies:
Stamps: Christmas Magic
Ink: Memento Black, Bermuda Bay marker, Real Red marker, Cucumber Crush marker, Calypso Coral marker
Paper: Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Softly Falling embossing folder, Circle Die, Big Shot, Dimensionals

One Sketch, Many Cards!

Well, as I said, I had some time to stamp.... I saw the Retro Sketches latest and kinda ran with it! Immediately I saw different ideas that would work really well, and I guess I needed to try them all!

This one worked out perfectly the first time. I love when it looks as good on paper as it does in my head!

Supplies:

Stamps: Joyful Nativity

Ink: Dapper Denim

Paper: Dapper Denim, Whisper White card stocks, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon

This next idea was one that was much better in my head than how it worked out...and I did it two different ways! But, Mom to the rescue and after some fiddling, it worked out! Phew! (Tho I do have a favorite...!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Magic

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White card stocks, Copper Foil DP

Accessories: Copper Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

And honestly, I had another couple ideas, but I ran out of time! haha...! Maybe I'll play with it again later...