Christmas Roundup Part 7 - frosted gingerbread houses

Well I didn't say it was food! 

I have tried several times to get a good image from these stamps and finally was able with Gina K's white ink. I have literally had this card design in my head for years! And finally it is out and I love how it turned out.



Ingredients
Card size - 8.5 in x 5.5 in
Cardstock - Recollections kraft; Neenah Classic Crest;
Stamps - Martha Stewart Gingerbread
Ink - GKD Color Companions White; Memento Love Letter;
Accessories - stickles

Christmas Roundup part 6 - smooches

Love how this card turned out with all that white space. I had to extend the branch for the mistletoe to anchor it off the top edge of card.

To add a bit "extra" I pierced the mat edges and drew in the lines for faux stitching.  I'm still 50/50 on whether it was the right call. Sometimes I love it and others I think it is too colloquial for a polished card. I am certain that the barely there stickles added just the right amount of bling. Love it!

Ingredients
Card size - 8.5 x 5.5 in
Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Recollections Red;
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps: Holly & Mistletoe;
Ink - Memento
Accessories - paper piercer; stickles

Christmas Roundup part 5 - GinaK inspired

Gina K Designs had a sale before Christmas and I took advantage and picked up these stamps and ink. Oooooo I love both. I love the coverage of her white ink and the elegant simplicity of the trees.

I will be honest what looks like a white layer is meant to be more translucent and soft with the "Brother & Sister in Law" floating softly...it really doesn't look that way IRL either.  Oh well. I still sent it LOL.

Ingredients
Card size - 8.5 in by 5.5 in
Cardstock - Recollections blue; The Paper Studio Translucent; Neenah Classic Crest
Stamps - Gina K Designs: Merry Tree ; Kitchen Sink Stamps: Whole Family;
Ink - GKD Color Companions white; Versamark;
Accessories - Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder; Snowflake embossing folder; Stickles

Christmas Roundup Part 4 - telescoping easel snowman

So I hand this card over to my test subjects a.k.a. the husband and kids and none of them knew how it worked... I quickly drew a diagram on a sticker on what it looked like expanded. 

Hopefully the recipient liked it and worked it out.

I doubled up the snowman diecuts so the brads wouldn't be visible from the back where possible.

Ingredients
Card size - (closed) 5.25 x 5.25 inches
Cardstock - Neenah classic crest solar white; Christmas paper; Recollections red cardstock;
Stamps - Justrite Stampers;
Ink - Memento Love Letter;
Accessories - shimmer chalks; circle Nestabilities; Brads; Ribbon.

Christmas Roundup Part 3

So I was in such a rush to get my cards out I only managed to photograph a third of the ones I made.

I made all the envelopes with my envelope board and matching cards from the off cuts.  I love how they turned out.

I went through the paper pad and pulled everything out that was absolutely Christmas. That was 34 different patterns x 3.

These were meant to be simple cards but I don't know if you can call it simple to round all those corners...

Stamp and die cut the greeting and matc...

And score and paper pierce the strips of red cardstock to add texture and interest.

So much for that "Clean and Simple" Christmas I had promised myself to do this year!

Ingredients

Card size - A2;

Cardstock - Recollections red cardstock, Fa La La La paperpad; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Smooth;

Stamps - Justrite Stampers

Ink - Memento Love Letter

Accessories - We R Memory Keepers Envelope board; Scor-pal; Cutterbee piercing tool.

Christmas Roundup Part 2

This guy never made it outside this year. He was supposed to be the centerpiece to my grand outdoor masterpiece and it just didn't work so he stayed inside.

This is probably may favorite wreath I have made so far so I was gutted when I couldn't get it to work. Still... there is always next year.

Christmas Roundup part 1

I made a lot of new decor for our home's exterior this year.

First I reworked this large wreath for the gable end that was looking sad. It got new ribbon and red berries. I may add more bling before next year.

 

Using an old Christmas tree I made a swag for our light...

And window garlands...

 

Then I used deco mesh for wreaths and a garland around the front door. TBH although it was pretty it didn't quite pack the punch I wanted. Oh well I have a whole year to rethink it. I am open to suggestions. I think either the wreaths are too big or I need the garland to be higher/wider.