Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Christmas Card Ideas!!

Hi there! I've been stampin Holiday cards in search of "THE ONE" I will make mine this year!! In the mean time, I have come up with several really cute cards- I'm going to share a few here with you!! All 3 use background paper found in the Christmas Jingle simply scrappin Kit! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this kit, I have made lots with it!! I'll have to get my camera snapping and post more of my projects for you too!!


For this first card, I used glossy cardstock, embossed the dove in white on it, then used my ink pad and sponge to color the glossy paper around it.. Such an elegant look- that is picture shows no justice for! And if you haven't tried out the tafeta ribbon, you simple must! It is beautiful too!!
Card #2 uses a piece of the vanilla hardware, a large choc chip brad. I used some tuff scissors to cut off one of the ends of the hardware frame. I stamped the deer from the "winter post" stamp set in choc chip on the new wood paper. Then punched it out with the Designer Label punch. Fits perfect in the hardware! The greeting is from the "snow swirled" stamp set.
This last card uses the scalloped circle punch to create the tree. First punch out the circle, Then you snip apart your punch, cutting outside to the middle with scissors, first cut away 2 scallops, then 3, then 4, and there will be one with 5 left. Kinda like cutting pie :) The vanilla brad was dipped in choc chip craft ink to fill in the detail with color, and I wiped the outside off to reveal the original vanilla. The greeting is from the "teeny tiny wishes" stamp set. I find my self using all the time!! Great set, cause it has EVERYTHING in it!!

I hope to spark your holiday stampin! Check back again soon, for some more ideas!!!