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3 Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas cards…

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Hi everyone!  Starting out the week thankful I woke up early to get a post written!  I was inspired to make this card using these colors and design by a little Christmas card catalog that came in the mail, a business would order personalized cards from.  I don’t normally think to mix white with gold!

I embedded the Memory Box Arpeggio Snowflake die like my video HERE…such an easy way to adhere this detail image and love how it looks on the back side, even though I trimmed the panel down and glued it to a card base. hehe

Merry is die cut in gold and glued on…Christmas is white heat embossed and from the poppystamps Christmas Greetings stamp set. I’m getting a lot of mileage out of that stamp set!

The black card-stock background panel is cut with the Memory Box Speckled Background die. An A2 size, top folding card.

 

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oh, I had fun playing with the new Memory Box Circle Bump Borders die set!  Here I die cut one of the sizes twice at an angle in a 4.25 x 5.5 panel of white card-stock. I scotch taped the straight lines on the back side and glued the panel to an A2 size card-base.  Then you can just slip a gift card right under the bumps and it holds it perfectly and stays! So happy when done! hehe

This was a surprise drawing/gift at our stamp club party Friday. Jan won!  Thank you Carolyn for the HyVee gift card!

I’m loving this new poppystamps Pine Twig die.  Die cut it twice and glued on. But of course it needed holly!  I die cut poppystamps Holly Leaves and Berries die twice and glued them on.  Fast and flat if you want to mail it! oh, a little glittery snow would’ve been fun…ok, on the next one! lol

 

pam-sparks-circle-bump-poinsettia-flatHere’s the Memory Box Circle Bump Borders die again! I used a bigger one this time.  That poppystamps Christmas Greetings stamp set again, some little strips of gold metallic card-stock that I did run through the big shot with the bump die so the ends would be curved, the pretty little poinsettia from the Memory Box Fanciful Poinsettia Ornament die and the pine branches from the Memory Box Blissful Bundle die. 

You’ll notice the front panel has a little border…I like to use the A2 size rectangle die from the Avery Elle Custom Panel set, when I need the front panel back side to be covered. Then I just glue it to an A2 card-base.

I was happy with this sweet A2 size CAS Christmas card.  Should be easy to mail even with that small gold pearl.

Well, yesterday we went to Costco and bought an artificial Christmas tree. We’ve had real Christmas trees for over 30 years.  I’m not sure I’m gonna be alright with it. sigh. Sounds so silly typing it. I won’t have a tree to water every morning! One daughter told me, I can always buy a real tree too! hohoho  She’s right but one of them would never get decorated cuz I gotta make cards you know! lol I do love real trees.

Happy Thanksgiving week to you wonderful blog friends.  You’re the best!  I’m thankful!

Links to products I used…

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Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas cards…

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Cuz you can never have enough poinsettia dies in your stash! lol  I do love this one…use the largest size for the leaves too.

Then add that pretty white contrast with the Scribble Snowflake Circle die and those striking pine twigs…lovin’ this card!

Linking my poinsettia card to the Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge – flowers, Happy Little Stampers Challenge – anything goes with dies

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Then there’s the love of holly!  This beautiful Holly Swirl Frame Oval die is so pretty done up so many ways! This one I embossed it through the Big Shot after cutting and then inked with Peeled Paint Distress Ink through the die.  I used Tim Holtz card-stock and sanded the details on the Holly and the Stitched Oval.

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This one is rather traditional!  I stenciled after embossing with Versamark ink and used Judikins Sparkle Pine Embossing powder on the leaves.  Any embossing powder would be pretty though!  Some red Stampendous sticker dots, red with gold wired ribbon and the die cut Peace and it’s finished. (I kinda wish I’d put a contrasting oval under the Holly Swirl Center…hmmmm)

All about fast and flat today! lol

Thanks for stopping by! I know…I don’t think these count for coloring! and I didn’t get the Printworks Fall cards posted yesterday….I got sidetracked coloring and making these cards for Scrapmania, hehe…look at the IG photo in the sidebar. lol  If you click you can see IG but you can’t post or comment unless you log in. Off to see what else I can get done today!

Happy Veteran’s Day and thank you to all who serve and have served the USA!

Shopping links to the products I used for these cards…

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Memory Box, poppystamps and Day 9…

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Hi everyone!  I’m not keeping up the greatest with the ‘daily’ part of the Daily Marker 30 days of coloring challenge but here I am back again…not giving up! lol  I had this all cut out in white but since I needed to color, I did some real basic Copic coloring on the Memory Box and poppystamps die cuts.

Here’s a picture of the parts before I put them together…oh, I did glitter the frame with Hero Arts Prisma glitter and the Glue stamp pad before I put the card together.

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and here’s a close up photo…

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I’ll link up below to the dies I used… it’s an A2 size card.  It’s pretty and really was fast to make!  YAY!  I need those new Playful Fawn dies, I have them in my cart at SLS! lol  I’ll put a link to those too…they might be really cute in this scene!

Linking to some challenges…

Muse: Christmas Visions Challenge – Christmas or Winter themed card

Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes With Dies – My card was a winner! Thank you ladies!HLS Dies Winner.png

Thank you for visiting me and I have another Fall card for tomorrow with another piece of that Printworks leaf background paper I made.

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Memory Box Poinsettia Band and We Wish You Elegant Script…

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Hi everyone! I wish you a merry Monday! haha  Really, it’s not so bad!  I had a lot of fun getting out the copics and clear embossing powder for this die cut!  Just cut in white and color it up!  Smoosh it with some Versamark ink and pour on the clear embossing powder.  I used regular for this, not detail/super fine.

Then the decision of what to do with it!  Sometimes I get stuck! Ended up pretty festive though and I really like it!

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Now to keep using up all the embossing powder from the last 22 years! HELP! lol

Linking to…

Christmas Card Challenge Blog – Christmas card

CAS on Sunday Challenge Blog – Heat Embossing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge – Embossing
hls-christmas-challenge-october-2016The next card is my once (or twice) a year black glossy card with Silver and Gold metallic cardstock too and yes, so far it’s been a poinsettia card.  HERE and HERE are some previous ones. Oh this one has red instead of silver…HERE.  It’s sure hard to find cards going back on a blog.  There are a lot of cards here! lol

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This is the new Poinsettia Band die. There’s those Rectangle Layers dies again. Easy card but really pretty IRL.

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A few Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins and gold cord and it was done.

Linking to…

Sweet Stampin’ Christmas Challenge – Christmas Die cuts

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be posting for Taylored Expressions Tues. and Thurs. this week.  Time for the October Release! yay!

Shopping links to see the products I used on these cards…

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poppystamps Ribbon Curl Ornament cards…

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Hello! I hope it’s a Merry and Bright Friday where ever you are! No matter, my cards today will wake you right up!  Sparkle, sparkle!

Very simple card…dies cut in glitter card and mounted on a slightly glittered piece of Coordinations card-stock.

poppystamps Ribbon Curl Ornament die two ways…here I used it as a border. I  used a scrap of the gold glitter card to die cut another piece of the end for an ornament hanger.

Linking up to Happy Little Stampers Anything With Dies Challenge…

The next card I used it as a hanging ornament.  Clipping off the lines and swirls on both sides leaves you with just a pretty ornament. Easy!

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I die cut poppystamps Merry Christmas Script die out of adhesive glitter foam but that was challenging.  I think next time, I’ll just use the red glitter card-stock!  This American Crafts Glitter card-stock is so pretty!

I used the Memory Box Shaker Rectangle Frames set for the gold frame and the Studio Rectangle Layers set for the white background piece. The Caps and Hooks die to hang the ornament from the tail of the ‘y’.

I glued on Pretty Pink Posh Gold sequins because it just needed ‘somethin’!

That’s it from me today! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Fall y’all!