Jingle Belles : in with the new challenge Christmas cards

Hi and welcome to my blog. I have a couple of cards to share today. I'm a big fan of online shopping - no lineups and with all the great papercrafting goodies out there, the selection is amazing!! But... I have to wait until they arrive by snail mail and that can take weeks . I got some new fabulous Tim Holtz Alterations dies just before Christmas but I never got a chance to really use them. What better time than now when the ladies over at Jingle Belles are challenging us to play with our new goodies.


Here are my cards.......

 

 

I used the candles die for this card and a background stamp from Spellbinders , which I colored with my Copic markers. I loved the 3D effect I got when I added Rock Candy Crackle paint to the leaves , with glitter( all Tim Holtz products). Sooo pretty!!!! The leaves are cut with my Silhouette machine and the red flower is from Prima. The sentiment is from Flourishes stamp set called Sentimental Christmas.

 

 

 

And my second card....

 

 

 



 

I absolutely love the Tattered Poinsettia die from the  TH Alterations line. It looks great just diecut out cardstock or pretty paper but it is stunning when altered! I started out with a diecut from blue cardstock, then stamped it , inked it , distressed the edges and finally added some glaze and glitter. A jingle bell with some glitter for the center and a bit of twine and this poinsettia is all ready for this card! I stamped the base with another new TH product , Christmas Blueprints 4 .The greeting  from Whimsy stamp set ,Christmas Moments , was heat embossed in dark red.

 
 

Hope you enjoyed my cards.... thanks for stopping by today!

 

My Mojo (#286) card .... a week late!!

Hi all! as you may have guessed from my post title , my card is late. I started to make my card for last week's Mojo sketch , but I got busy and then I was gone for a few days, so my card didn't get finished in time!!!!  I thought I'd post it anyway since it's all ready to go. Here was last week's sketch

 

 

I love all those layers .... lot's of possibilities!! Here's what I came up with....

 

 

I purchased this stamp set( Christmas Blessings) from Stampin' Up! when I first got my 2012-13 catalogue in June. I had planned on using it for a class , but have decided to quit being a demo ( still love their products ) so it hasn't even been touched since the summer. It's such a lovely set and I know that it will get lots of use! The sentiment is from Flourishes Stamps and all other products are from Stampin' Up!, with the exception of the patterned paper ( Memory Box Inc)

 

Anyway, maybe if I start now I may get this week's Mojo sketch challenge finished in time!!! lol

 

Thanks for stopping by ... have a great rest of your day!!

 

 

Christmas duo- card and gift bag

Hello! Hope you're having a great Saturday so far! Have you checked out the current challenge at Jingle Belles yet? They have a guest Belle joining them this week and she has a great sketch for us to play along with! Click here to visit Allison Fillo's blog, Stampin When I Can. Here's her sketch for this week's JB challenge:




I decided that since the Christmas season is fast approaching that I should probably get a start on gift tags,etc. while I'm at it! So I made a bag topper to go along with my card.

 

I found the idea for gift bag toppers on Pinterest ( the best place on the web to spend way too much time browsing!!!). Sorry the card looks a little blurry but I have more pics to share.....

 

 

 

Here's a better pic of my card... I incorporated all elements of the sketch except for the three embellishmnets on top ... I just couldn't get them to work!!!! I inked up SU's  Greeting Card

 Kids on a diecut ornament and then colored her with my Copic markers.

 

 

The inside is  decorated with Michaels ornament stamps and a greeting from Flourishes called Sentimental Christmas. The cardstock / ink is from Stampin' Up! and the patterned papers are from Michaels' Recollection  Christmas  2011 paperline. The sparkly stickers are from American Crafts. I used an embossing folder ( Lifetstyle Crafts) for the banner on the card front. The diecut ornament and Merry Christmas were made with my Cricut ( Art Phiosophy and Artiste cartridges).

 

That's my Jingle Belles card for the Do You Sketch What I Sketch? challenge.

Thanks for stopping my blog today!

 

 

** Instructions on how to make this topper can be found here **