Archive for Winter/Holiday Ideas
Wandering Santa Card
Posted: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 | Comments
This is another sample of sponge daubing a sky scene on glossy cardstock, click here to view a video on this technique.
Again, I used the ‘Scenic Season’ stamp set #115354, sponge daubers, Barely Banana and Bashful Blue inks on glossy cardstock. Santa’s sleigh is ‘Wandering Words’ (#116507) one of the Holiday Mini Catalog sets that you can buy until January 3rd.
I don’t know if you can tell, but I tore a piece of paper to mask a ‘mountain’ line after stamping the trees in black Staz On.
The subtleness of this card isn’t easy to see from this photo… you can click on it to see a larger sample.
Sponged Landscape
Posted: Monday, December 21st, 2009 | Comments
This is the first of two samples of a ‘faux horizon’ using sponge daubers and dye inks on ‘glossy’ cardstock.
With this sample, I have included a short video clip on how to do this simple, yet effective technique.
The set used here is ‘Scenic Season’ #115354, Sponge daubers and Barely Banana, Blush Blossom and Bashful Blue inks and glossy cardstock.
You can’t tell from the photo but the horizon line was done with glitter. Enjoy the video, and feel free to leave feedback!
Top Note Christmas Gift Bag
Posted: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Comments
This easy (and small) gift bag is actually two quarter sheets of Real Red cardstock cut with the Sizzix die ‘Top Note’ attached to both sides of a tiny brown paper bag (that was cut down to 3 inches high).
The oval ‘handle’s is the large Oval punch and a simple knot of wide grosgrain ribbon (red) holds it shut. The designer paper front is from the Merry Moments pack (one of my holiday favorites this year). The vanilla stripe across the middle is a narrow strip of vanilla cardstock. The greeting is a new stamp set called “Sweet Season” on page 29 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.
These are perfect for holding a gift card or small item–no wrapping required!
116471 Sweet Season (set of 4), $18.95
113463 Sizzix ‘Stampin’ Up! exclusive’ Top Note die, $21.95
115672 Merry Moments Designer Series Paper, $9.95 (12 two-sided sheets)
102482 Real Red cardstock (each sheet makes two bags), $7.95 (24 sheets)
‘Sweet Season’ stamp set below (click photo for actual size):
Good Cheer Tri-Fold Christmas Card
Posted: Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Comments
This simple Christmas card uses the beauty of the ‘vintage’ style Santa which required very little coloring to be WOW! Two thumbs WAY up for the Stampin’ Up! artist who designed this stamp set.
I like this ‘alternative’ to the regular fold in half card, but it is still just half a piece of cardstock. I cut the Garden Green cardstock at 4 1/4 x 11 and scored it at 2 3/8 and 7 5/8 with the larger flap on the bottom. The bottom panel is Very Vanilla press with the Finial embossing folder for our Sizzix Big Shot. Awesome folder that I overuse! The top is my favorite Christmas designer series paper ‘Merry Moments’.
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