Decorating for Christmas

Well Christmas is getting closer and closer and I am still making cards - good thing most of them will be hand delivered.

For this card I have used a Christmas tree ornament stamp from Inkadinkadoo which I heat embossed.  I also heat embossed the sentiment stamp from Stamping up.  Used a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for the background and a silver die cut from K&Company.

And a close up of the ornaments!

I based my card on a really neat sketch from Feeling Sketchy

I am entering this card in the following Challenges:

Feeling Sketchy              Using above sketch

52 Christmas card Throwdown  Anything Goes

Pink Gem Challenge                  Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge      For a special someone

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra for December   Christmas Card


  

Fun Creating a Snowman

I have used a sketch from Mojo Monday

I chose the square card and pretty well stayed with the sketch - not much deviation.  

The stamp is from Lilli of the Valley and the DP is from K&Company.  I used a plain silver cardstock as a frame for each section. The silver braid was rather thick, so I used pop-dots behand the center section of the card to fit over it.  I used some clear glitter glue on the fur on the hats & boots, but it does not show in this photo, so I took a close up hopefully it shows here.

I like to use a sketch for a change it makes it easier to decide right away what you are going to do for the front of your card! 

We do have a little snow on the ground, but not enough to stop you from getting around.  This weather and the date on the calendar do make me think my Christmas Cards should be done soon!  I received my first card in the mail yesterday, but I never send them out that early.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday                      Sketch - See Above

Stampin' for the Weekend     Feeling Festive 

Sister Act                             Anything Goes

7 kids Challenge                   Anything Goes

Use It Tuesday                     Anything Goes - Use something from your stash  - Silver cord and my DPs.

Wedding Party

Lilli of the Valley have such wonderful images for weddings - I had recently bought some of their stamps with two such stamps among the ones I purchased.  This was a second marriage for the bride and groom, being an older couple they decided to get married out of town, in a place where the bride had lived before.  I was going to use the stamp with the guy in the Tall hat and the bride in the long dress.  But when I heard that when they came out of the church after the wedding there was a horse and carriage waiting at the curb to take them on a tour of the city (Montreal) I decided that this was the stamp I was going to use.  Five of us, who had been friends of theirs for years were invited to a dinner they were hosting in town a couple of weeks after the wedding.  I made this card for our group.
We decided to give them a gift of a stay in Niagara on the Lake and a wine tour and their choice of a bottle or two of wine. Thus the wine bottle inside the card an image from Patti Gomez.  The card front was colored with copics and the inside on the backside of the vellum with pencil crayons.  The sentiment was a stamp from Inkadinkado and the butterflies and ribbon were from my stash.

I put pale green cardstock, the same as I used on the front of the card on the top and bottom, and then adhered the one sheet of vellum over them.

Last night we went to the dinner, and even though it was snowing so hard you could hardly see when we drove to the hall, it had stopped by the time we were ready to leave.  There were about 80 people at the dinner and we all had a wonderful meal and there was lovely music from a guitar player and a great vocalist during the meal and for the rest of the evening.  I would say a good time was had by all.

I am entering this card in the following Challenges:

Pennys Challenges              Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz                     Anything Goes

Fab & Funky                     Anything Goes

Brown Sugar                     Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment                   Any Sentiment