Category: Christmas

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Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Christmas Challenge…

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‘O Holy Night’…looking at this card IRL takes me right to the true meaning of Christmas!   I love this Nativity Collection from Magnolia Rubber Stamps!  Edwin the Wiseman is colored with Distress markers on Canson watercolor paper and has a sparkly coat and crown from the Wink of Stella Clear Brush Glitter marker. I love the Star of Wonder Memory Box dies cut from the Silver Coredinations glitter card-stock too!

Here’s a close up of Edwin…

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The Challenge at Tilda’s Town for this week, starting today is Christmas!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge!  We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

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Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

I used A Merry Christmas text stamp  HERE, Edwin as Wiseman HERE, Jacob the Camel HERE and Paradise Palm HERE.   Star of Wonder dies HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…
Cute Card Thursday – Christmas Catch up
Magnolia Down Under – Anything Goes
You, Me and Magnolia – Christmas
Time for Magnolia – Christmas in Anything but Square

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  Always love having you ‘over’!  I’m still hoping to get a few more Christmas cards made!  Last minute me!  Oh wait, I better do some shopping too! lol

Take care and ttul!

cards · Christmas · Impression Obsession · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Sizzix · Techniques · Tim Holtz dies

Chalkboard – just can’t get enough of it!

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I’m lovin’ this NEW release from Printworks Collection!  The Chalk Greeting F4385 wood or cling,  combined with God Bless D4388 wood and Chalk Element E4386 wood or cling, for the main panel.  Then the Chevron Border G4361 wood or cling,  inked up in Printworks Holly Berry Red die ink on kraft card-stock… be still my heart!  lol

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oh yes,  Must wrap in candy cane twine!  oh yes, Must have greenery!  Deck the Halls and down right festive!  I completely forgot to smudge on a little white ink for the chalky look!  oh well… got excited about actually finishing a card and posting it all in the same day! lol

The holly die is from the Tim Holtz lamp post die and the pine is from the Impression Obsession wreath set… I’ll link up at the very end of the post.

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Love the holly and the ivy and that red sparkle!  I used my Perfect Layers Tools for the 1/16th inch mat. Link in the sidebar or below.

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More NEW stamps on the inside… G4363 Frame Curls wood or cling, D4364 St. Francis Quote wood or cling, and B4390 Merry Christmas wood or cling.

Then on the back, I like to use a couple Printworks stamps, Rubber Art wood and Stamped from the Heart wood.  I’ll sign my name and date when I send it.

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Linking to some challenges…
Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 199 – sketch
City Crafter – colors, kraft, red and white
Clear it Out Challenge – Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments – Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge – Christmas
Sweet Stamps Blog – Simple Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown – What Christmas means to me
Twist of Faith – Traditional Christmas
Addicted to Stamps – Photo Inspiration
Inkspirational – Photo inspiration
52 Christmas Card Throwdown – August Theme Challenge

Thanks for stopping by again today!  Happy Christmas crafting days to you!

Supplies I used for this card…

cards · Christmas · copics · Impression Obsession · Printworks · rubber stamps · Sizzix

Printworks Collection Rudolph…

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Here’s a jolly Rudolph for you!  I love these flip card dies from Sizzix… easy to decorate with stamps!

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It’s always hard to know how to photograph this type of picture.  The card folds completely flat for mailing/storage.  I have the front panel bottom right corner tucked behind the tag to keep it kinda closed but it will stand on it’s own like this.

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Here it is in partial ‘flip’ mode!  I should’ve just made a video! lol  There’s Wink of Stella Clear Glitter on his nose and on the area surrounding his nose… hard to see in the photo though.

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The ‘flip’ side of the front panel… I bet you were expecting ‘let it snow’!  I love this Let it Glow stamp!  Perfect for Rudolph or anything sparkly, pretty and wintery!

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Here’s the back!  Had to say Merry Christmas somewhere!

Stamps I used from Printworks Collection…
F4395 Rudolph – wood and cling
A4382 jingle bells – wood and cling
B4390 Merry Christmas – wood and cling
D4389 Let it glow – wood and cling
P4405 Small Candy Cane Heart – wood
B2659 Tag – wood
G1683 Sm. Peppermint Frame – wood
G1626 Peppermint Stick – wood
Holly Berry Red stamp pad – here

*** Click over to Printworks Facebook page, HERE for a special! ***

Challenges I’m linking too…
Craftin Desert Diva’s – Christmas
Crafty Boots Challenges – Christmas
Created with Love Challenges – Anything Goes
Get Inky Challenge – Christmas
Marker Pop – Happy Holidays
Scrapping Everyday Miracles – Merry Christmas
Stamp and Create December Challenge – Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun = Creativity – use two stamps

Thanks for looking!  I appreciate you stopping by and love your comments!

Links to the Supplies I used…

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · rubber stamps

Chalkboard Poinsettia jingle!

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Sleigh bells ring…are you listening…in the lane…snow is glistening… Are you listening to Christmas music yet?  I am!  Love it!   I just had to use the new Jolly Jingle Bells die…love how they look hanging on the Whimsical Flourish die!

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LOVE the poppystamps poinsettia die…here I layered up two of the largest petals with three of the leaf dies cut in Memory Box Cranberry and Sage card-stocks.  All the Silver card is Coredinations glitter… I’ll link to everything below.

I cut the Hayden Twigs die in silver…cut them apart and stuck them in here and there around the poinsettia.  I cut and added some poppystamps Garden Sprigs  in silver and Memory Box Dill card-stock too.

Memory Box Vintage Christmas Words stamp is heat embossed on MB Licorice card-stock.

I matted the chalkboard piece with my 1/16th inch Perfect Layers Ruler (link in the sidebar or below) and then adhered it to the MB Kraft A-2 size Notecard with ATG tape.  I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

Oh,  I did cut the Sideshow Ticket die,  cut and emboss it,  out of MB Parchment card-stock and edged it with Walnut Stain and a little bit of Viva Decor Silver Polish.

NOW for some really SWEET NEWS!!!!  NEW Grandson arrived yesterday @ 1 a.m.!!!   Mom, baby and family doing great!  He’s a doll!  7# 12 oz.  RED hair!  woohoo!   You could say I’ve been sidetracked lately! lol  If you were sitting here with me,  you’d see the completely BARE Christmas tree we purchased Saturday! lol  oh, it’s Wednesday already?!  How to keep up, that is the question! lol

Have a wonderful month and I’ll be around… so thankful for your friendships!  I love talking and sharing with you!  Take care!

Challenges –
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges – Make your own background
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Almost Christmas
Oozak Challenge – Anything Goes
Merry Monday #86 – Chalkboard Technique
Cuttin and Stampin – Color Challenge, red, white, kraft and black
Shopping Our Stash – Christmas/Holiday or Winter
Songbird Challenges – die another day
Papercrafters Corner Magazine Monday – Inspiration Photo (the red flower in the center of the cover)

I won! I won!  at Papercrafters Corner Magazine Monday!

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Papercrafting Inspiration: Magazine Mondays – Week Thirty-Two Inspiration Piece

Honorable Mention @ Merry Monday

Honourable Mention

 

WINNER @ Cuttin and Stampin!!!

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Supplies I used to make this card…

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box and poppystamps…

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Gingerbread kisses and Christmas wishes coming to you today from the ladies and gents in my sweet two story house!   Let’s see… where to start!  The actual house is the poppystamps Madison die set.  About half way through creating this, I decided it needed something on top!  So I added the poppystamps Country Fence. Woohoo!  Love it up there!

I aged everything with touches of Walnut Stain Distress ink  and the ink blending tool.  Then the roof and lights have a touch of the new White Wink of Stella Brush marker…awesome markers!!!  So fun!

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I used the Memory Box Festive Lights die for the roof line and the poppystamps Sparkling Tree lights die (trimmed) on the Memory Box Bare Sapling die.

The windows just weren’t complete without curtains!  So what to do… the Memory Box mini Scallop Border die, run through the mini quilling crimper… perfect!  Looking for links and I don’t see this die…sorry about that, I didn’t realize it wasn’t available anymore.  I don’t have a link for the crimper either… you can see it here though…it’s very cool.  Hopefully you can find one.

The heart and frame are from the Memory Box Holiday Goodie Border die, the gingerbread ladies and gents are from the Memory Box A Batch of Gingerbread die.  I used the poppystamps small Garden Sprig with the heart on the door and for the bushes.

I scored the card-stock to make it look like siding, with the mini Martha Stewart scoreboard at ⅛ in. increments.  The regular size Martha Stewart scoreboard would work too.

First I used White Enamel Accents from Ranger on the lights.  I really liked the dimension it created but no sparkle.  So I put Frosted Lace stickles over it…that didn’t work…no glittery look…don’t have a clue why!  So when I brushed on the White Wink of Stella glitter marker on the roof, I went ahead and hit the lights a bit too.

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That concludes the saga of my Gingerbread house! : )

I’m also posting on the Memory Box blog today!  Might as well make this post go on forever!  NOT! lol

Are you all busy this week or something?!  I know…Thanksgiving is coming too fast!

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I had to make something pretty too! This Memory Box Holly Holiday Frame embosses so beautifully!  I used the MB Elyse tree for the branch, the Bright Lanterns for the lantern and candle, the banner from the Mansfield Frame set and part of a poppystamps sentiment stamp, heat embossed in detail gold.

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Those are red pearls on the frame…not sure why they aren’t showing up red!  oh well!

Challenges I’m linking to…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
Creatalicious – Christmas
ABC Christmas – No Squares Allowed

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my cards today!  I appreciate it and am so thankful for your friendship and your encouraging words!  Thank you for the inspiration you bring to me too!

Dies and Supplies I used…