Christmas Cards

Here are most of my Christmas cards/projects from this season:

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream
• Stamps: Big & Bold Holiday Wishes
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy
• Accessories: Stickers (Martha Stewart)

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Classic Kraft, various
• Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
• Stamps: Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches), Rustic Snowflakes
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Fresh Snow
• Other Tools: Cricut, Glossy Accents (Ranger), Gold Stickles (Ranger)

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Classic Kraft
• Stamps: Christmas Text (Impression Obsession), Peaceful Pinecones
• Ink: Classic Kraft, Pinefeather, Dark Chocolate
• Dies: Peaceful Pinecones

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White
• Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
• Stamps: Label Basics, Bells & Boughs
• Ink: Pure Poppy, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Labels 1 (Spellbinders), Label Basics
• Accessories: Sticker (Jolee's Boutique)

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Pinefether, Stamper's Select White
• Stamps: Inside & Out: Holiday, Wonderful Words: Teacher
• Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Pure Poppy
• Dies: Wonderful Words: Teacher, Snowflakes (My Favorite Things)
• Accessories: Baker's Twine (Twinery)
• Other Tools: button/thread, white embossing powder (Filigree)

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White
• Stamps: Inside & Out: Holiday, Wonderful Words: Teacher
• Ink: Pure Poppy, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Wonderful Words: Teacher, Snowflakes (My Favorite Things)
• Accessories: Baker's Twine (Twinery)
• Other Tools: button/thread

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Classic Kraft, Stamper's Select White
• Stamps: Inside & Out: Holiday, Wonderful Words: Teacher
• Ink: Pure Poppy, Pinefeather
• Dies: Wonderful Words: Teacher, Snowflakes (My Favorite Things)
• Accessories: Baker's Twine (Twinery)
• Other Tools: button/thread

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Rustic Cream
• Stamps: Bells & Boughs
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft
• Dies: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers)

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Night Sky Shimmer, Smokey Shadow, True Black
• Dies: Nativity Border (Taylored Expressions), Star of Wonder (Memory Box), In the Meadow
• Other Tools: white gel pen

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pinefeather
• Patterned Paper: Pinefeather, Christmas Prints
• Stamps: Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)
• Ink: Pure Poppy
• Dies: Love (Paper Smooches), Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers)
• Other Tools: sewing machine/thread

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, various
• Stamps: Bells & Boughs
• Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Pinefeather
• Dies: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers)
• Other Tools: Gold Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Cricut

 {Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select Whtie
• Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
• Stamps: Peace, Love & Joy
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Pinefeather, Soft Stone
• Dies: Labels 20 (Spellbinders), Tinsel & Tags banner
• Other Tools: iRock/rhinestones

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Classic Kraft
• Patterned Paper: Tim Holtz
• Stamps: Winter Groves (Paper Smooches), Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches), Uplifting (Skipping Stones Designs)
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft
• Other Tools: orange Copic

Chocolate packs for teachers:

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White
• Patterned Paper: Christmas (DCWV)
• Stamps: Fillable Frames #9
• Ink: Pure Poppy, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Fillable Frames #9
• Accessories: Christmas Tree button (?), red twine (Martha Stewart)
• Other Tools:  Scor-Pal, piercing tool (Tonic), piercing mat (In Stitch'z by Bazzill)

Thanks for visiting!

Another Guest Post from My 6-Year-Old

My 6-year-old colored in a fun card for his teacher.

 I just piled a few stamps together, masked the bottom and then stamped the shadow.

Thanks for peeking!

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: Smarty Pants, Vogue Abode (Paper Smooches)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Guest Designer: My 6-Year-Old Son

I thought it would be fun to share the Christmas card that my six-year-old son created for his teacher. All I did was the heat embossing (the red strip hides the unwanted help of his youngest sister...).

My kids love to make "cards" and while they're too young to play with my stuff unsupervised, I look forward to a time where they can keep me company in my craft room whilst creating something of their own!

Young Crafter's Unite - Thankful for You

Did you know that Oct 5 was World Teacher's Day?

Well, I found out only after the fact.

The timing was very close to (Canadian) Thanksgiving but I forgot to give my son's teacher a shout-out for that, too!

I'm making it up to her (hopefully!) with this card, along with a pumpkin loaf.

Worked with patterned papers for this card! I also used my Tim Holtz Mini Rosettes die.

Before I put the twine on, I was examining my card before taping everything all up. The card reminded me of Karen Baker's style, which gave me the idea to add the twine.

How about that? Embellishing via association! ;)

I'm trying to remember to coordinate my envelopes with my cards. I usually add a liner to my envies but stamping has such a wonderful effect and Young Crafter's Unite is hosting a challenge on this right now!

I forgot to ink the edges of the envelope but oh well...

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: kraft, Fine Linen
• Patterned Paper: __________ (coming soon)
• Stamps: 2009 Autumn Tags, Tag-Its #5
• Ink: Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain
• Dies: Mini Rosette Tim Holtz (Sizzix), Pinking Circles (Spellbinders)
• Other Tools: jute twine

Teacher Gift

This is the first thing that I tried to get published in PaperCrafts Magazine. It was for the Holiday Gifts issue and then the Nov/Dec issue. It didn't make it but I forgot to post about it until now.

It's a gift I made for my son's Kindergarten teacher. I gave it to her along with this card.

I'm still really proud of this. I cut out every one of those leaves by hand, obviously. ;) The acorns were clear embossed and cut out as well.

Here is the back:

The felt die-cut hides the staples I used to affix a piece of twill ribbon between the back of the project and the stand.

Thanks for stopping by!

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Rustic White, Ripe Avocado
• Stamps: Teacher's Apple, Falling Leaves, Background Basics: Woodgrain
• Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, Terracotta Tile, Versamark (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Grand Labels and Labels 8 (Spellbinders), leaf (Cuttlebug)
• Ribbon (not pictured): Fine Linen twill
• Felt: Fine Linen
• Other Tools: clear embossing powder (Filigree), staples

Playing in Paradise Challenge 17: Sketch

Welcome to another Playing in Paradise challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog! This week, Allison has created another lovely sketch for us to work with.

I think this is my favorite so far! I even considered an actual scrapbook page but had to get another project out of the way so used this sketch for my tags.

Have you ever heard of (Amish) friendship bread? It's a bag of batter that you mush for several days, add more ingredients and mush for another few days. On "baking day," you add more ingredients and make more batter bags. The leftover batter gets mixed with still more ingredients and makes the most delicious, most fabulous cake bread EVER!

I had four starter bags left from my last batch of friendship bread. With "bake day" looming, I really wanted to get rid of a few of them. I thought of my son's Kindergarten teachers (he has one regular teacher, but they often combine with the two other classes for activities such as music and gym). So as a sort of Thank You treat, I packaged off three friendship bread starter bags...

I didn't have a lot of time to decorate the bags but felt the elaborate tags would make up for it. ;)

Here's how I made up the tags:

I cut the kraft tags out with my Cricut, Gypsy and Birthday Bash cartridge. I stamped them with Versamark ink and the Hero Arts Old World Lettering stamp.

I die cut and embossed three Blossom 4 Spellbinders. Leaving the die on, I stamped the swirl image with Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I then stamped the solid flower image over top with Versamagic Oasis Green ink.

After stamping the sentiment onto the tag with Versamagic Jumbo Java ink, I adhered the stamped die cuts.

Using 1/8" Scor-tape, I adhered some trims from Webster's Pages and Tim Holtz's Lavish Trimmings. Fabulous stuff!!

Lastly, I taped the kraft bags shut with Martha Stewart decorative tape and tied the tags on with some raffia. I added tiny tags with the word "Thanks" on them using cream twine.

Be sure to check out the other DT projects!

Allison

Ally

Carla

Julie

Nancy

The deadline to enter your project is noon on Thursday, June 2nd. This week's prize is Fancy Pants Beach Babe - Flowers and Trim Journal Pieces, an approx retail value of $16!

Thanks for stopping by!

{Supplies}

• Cardstock: Kraft and Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink)
• Stamps: Old World Lettering (Hero Arts), Spiral Bouquet and Tiny Tags (Papertrey Ink)
• Ink: Versamark, Versamagic Oasis Green and Jumbo Java (all Tsukineko)
• Die: Blossom 4 (Spellbinders)
• Other Tools: Cricut/Gypsy/Birthday Bash cartridge, clear embossing powder/Marvy heat tool, various trims (Webster's Pages and Tim Holtz), decorative tape (Martha Stewart), rustic cream button twine (Papertrey Ink), kraft bags (dollar store), raffia (unknown)

Thanks, Teacher!

Some cards and challenges I really have to work at, but this card just popped into my head.

I wish I'd stamped the alphabet background before assembling the card, masking only a portion for the sentiment, but this is how it worked out.

That ribbon stamping technique is from a Dawn McVey card.

The inside:

This card won't be given out until the end of the school year...

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Stamper's Select
• Stamps: School Time, It's Official, Background Basics: Gingham, Teacher's Apple, My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark (Tsukineko), Pure Poppy, Palette Noir
• Ribbon: Harvest Gold grosgrain
• Copics: Pure Poppy and Simply Chartreuse trios
• Other Tools: white gel pen, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Terrific Teacher Appreciation Gift

A wonderfully original teacher appreciation gift that can be used for anyone or anywhere! I see craft supply organization! Anyway, find out the details here!