Christmas Beach

Are you ready to check out a few Christmas cards?  If you're thinking, "No way! I'm done with the cold and winter" you might want to check these cards out anyway.  This time around we have an inspiration photo from 'Tis the Season and it has a beach with Christmas ornaments on it.  That ought to make you think of warm weather! :)  I have to admit my imagination did not go wild with this photo.  I pretty much copied the idea that was in the inspiration photo...beach and bulbs. lol  That's ok.  I had a lot of fun creating these two cards and trying to figure out how to make them at least a little bit Christmasy.  At any rate I hope you enjoy the cards I made. :)

Make sure you stop by 'Tis the Season HERE and check out all the other great cards made by the designers.  Plus take a bit to play along with the challenge.  We'd love to see what you create. :)

Just a couple more pics of each card a little bit closer.  I have to tell you those ornaments were a bugger to make!  Lots of small detail work is what they were. lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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'Tis the Season for Ornaments

Ready for Christmas yet?  I'm not, but I'm definitely working on more Christmas cards for the next challenge over at 'Tis the Season.  This time around we have a color challenge for you.  I thought to myself, "No problem figuring these colors out!", but boy was I wrong. lol  I just couldn't get them to cooperate together, but did manage to come up with these cards.  I don't think they turned out half bad, but I do think they're more masculine...if Christmas cards can be that way. :)  

Don't forget to head on over to the challenge HERE to see how the other designers used these colors and to play along too. :)

I can't forget to tell you where I got the sketch from.  It's from the Red Hot challenge blog HERE. However it's not on the blog since it's pretty new.  One of the ladies has been nice enough to start up the blog and post them so anyone can play along. :)  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes, 

Gorgeous Grunge & Christmas Messages

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Rich Razzleberry & Pacific Point

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Silver

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Christmas Ornaments

 Well with all the snow we've been having here in Michigan Christmas could have lasted for quite a while!  That's not why I'm making a Christmas card, but it sure would be a good reason.  It's time for 'Tis the Season's challenge and it's a sketch this week.  When I looked at the sketch I thought I might be the only Stampin' Up! demo out there that hasn't bought the hexagon punch! lol I had to use my embossing folder to get some hexagons on the card and used the ornament keepsake stamps to fill in.  I embossed them and used the framelits to cut them out. Then raised them using dimensionals.  I sure had a bugger of a time getting a decent pic of this card.  If I wanted it to be bright and really show the pool party sponging I needed to use the flash, but that would totally make the ornaments look funny because you could see the flash in the embossed silver so they didn't turn out.  I'm satisfied with this one, but I have to say it's so much prettier in person. :)

Head on over to the blog HERE to check the challenge out and see what all the designers made.  It's always a good thing to get a head start on Christmas cards...you only have 10 months before they need to be sent out! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes & Sweet Essentials

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Silver

Embossing Folder:  Honeycomb

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

Christmas Cheer in July

For today's card I thought I'd look through the blog challenges I follow and make a card using one of them since I haven't done any in a while.  Well, I ended up picking two.  For my theme I used this week's Friday Mashup...make a card using a Christmas/Hanukkah Project with Stripes.  For my sketch I used this week's challenge from the Paper Craft Crew.  The colors are a little different than normal for Christmas, but that's what I wanted, and boy did I have a bugger of a time getting a picture to come out looking nice between the gold embossed ornaments and the smooch spritz I used! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes,

Gorgeous Grunge & Sweet Essentials

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Soft Suede

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

RHSSC - Merry Christmas

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Today I made two cards because I wasn't sure which ornament I liked better so I just used both. :)  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers' blog here to check out a few more cards made with this challenge.  Remember you can give this challenge a try any time.  We'd love to see what you create.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes & Mandonna and Child (retired)

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Gold

Embossing Folders:  Vintage Wallpaper & Lacy Brocade

Ribbon:  3/8"  Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Christmas Ornaments

Today I'm actually posting something other than a card.  This week on the Friday Mashup their challenge is to make a project with a Christmas ornament, or make a project with some sparkle...or mash it up and create a Christmas project with some sparkle.  Since I just finished about ninety Christmas cards, I'm about Christmas carded out so I decided to make some ornaments instead.  I started with the Snow Flurry Bigz Die and got a little carried away with the Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  There were actually really easy to make.  Just takes a little drying time.  I tried a few different things with some of the ornaments stamps from the Ornament Keepsakes bundle too...

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Ornament Keepsakes

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Baja Breeze & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Marina Mist

Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry

Framelits Dies:  Holiday Ornaments

Crystal Effects

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

Jewels:  Basic Pearls & Basic Rhinestones

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC 50

It's Sunday, so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  I must say, this was a hard one for me!  Last week I whipped out a card in about 20 minutes, but not this week. lol  It took a little thinking!  I decided I wanted to do a Christmas card because I've seen so many out there lately...and here is what I came up with.  To see a few other cards from this challenge click here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Ornament Keepsakes & Madonna and Child (retired)

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rich Razzleberry

Versa Mark

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist