Merry Christmas Wishes

Sorry I've been missing a little this week. I'm still playing catch up from Thanksgiving. It was great having both my kids home at the same time and having a chance to reintroduce myself to my 1 year old grand daughter. Life is good! Now that everyone is gone and I'm starting to put a dent in the laundry it's time to play!

Today I'm playing along with Freshly Made Sketches where this is the sketch this week. I love that you can adapt just about any image to work with the design! I'm still working on Christmas Cards so I'm using this as an opportunity to get another one made!

I arranged Christmas Cupcakes and Holiday Stockings from Pretty Pink Posh on a Pierced Snowflake Panel in light aqua blue. I love a clean and simple card but white cards are so hard to photograph and I'll use any excuse to add more color to my designs.

The Holiday Stockings stamp set comes with lots of little extras to stuff inside the socks. I scattered them around my design like the dots in the sketch.

For the sentiment I mixed the Merry Christmas Shadow die with Christmas Sentiment Scripts. I love the coordinating Sentiments Strips die set and use it with all of my stamps from different brands.

I hope you're doing well and that the upcoming holidays lighten your heart! Thanks for stopping by!



Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Cupcakes, Holiday Stockings, Sentiment Strips Christmas
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Cupcakes, Holiday Stockings Sentiment Strips, Merry Christmas Shadow, Pierced Snowflake
Jewels | Pretty Pink Posh Aquamarine

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com

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Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Collection

The weather is getting cooler and if you can get your thoughts past Thanksgiving I'll bet your Christmas cards will be a close second. I remember when I was younger.. my goal was always to have my cards made and addressed by Thanksgiving weekend. Gosh I wish I was that good now! LOL!

If you love patterned paper and you're looking for the perfect collection for you I recommend that you check out Simple Stories. They always have 4-5 collections to choose from so you'll be sure to find the one that suits your personality.

This is the Simple Vintage Dear Santa Collection. It's loaded with images that bring me back to my childhood.. boxes of ornaments that my parents collected had labels with print very similar to the fonts in this collection.

I love the traditional red and green and the fun prints.. holly, plaids, snowflakes, candy canes and lots more. The Santa's are happy and jolly too!

The collection has lots of embellishments to choose from including chipboard, printed and die cut bits and pieces, washi, enamel dots, decorative brads, stickers and lots more! The combinations are endless and total eye candy! You'll have plenty left over for some home made tags too!

Even the flowers with the wire bead centers, and the View Master wheels bring back memories of my Grandmothers home where I loved sitting with her in her great big plush rocking chair.

I think the number on thing I love about Simple Stories is the attention to detail that have me feeling nostalgic and reminiscent of good times from years gone by.

Ho Ho Ho Happy Holidays! I hope these cards help inspire your Christmas Makes. Maybe you got a little nostalgic too. That's probably why the holidays are so special!

All cards finished size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Collection Kit
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa 12x12" Basics Kit
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Foam Stickers
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Chipboard
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Bits & Pieces
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Layered Bits & Pieces
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Layered Chipboard
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Enamel Dots
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Washi
Simple Stories Simple Vintage Dear Santa Decorative Brads

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SS = Simple Stories
SCRAP = Scrapbook Dot Com
CHERRY = A Cherry On Top
SIMON = Simon Says Stamp

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Dear Santa Collection Kit SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON	Dear Santa Basics Kit SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON	Dear Santa Foam Stickers SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON	Dear Santa Chipboard SS | SCRAP | CHERRY	Dear Santa Bits & Pieces SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON
Dear Santa Layered Bits & Pieces SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON	Dear Santa Layered Chipboard SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON	Dear Santa Decorative Brads SS | SCRAP | CHERRY	Dear Santa Washi SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON
Dear Santa Enamel Dots SS | SCRAP | CHERRY | SIMON

My Creative Scrapbook November Main Kit

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having a great day! If you're looking for a great way to treat yourself I hope you consider trying a subscription to one of the My Creative Scrapbook monthly kits. They select the pattern paper and lots of coordinating supplies and deliver it straight to your front door so all you have to focus on is MAKING! Every month they have several kits to choose from.. their Main Kit, LE - Limited Edition, Creative Kit and Album Kit - so you can choose what's right for you!

This month's Main Kit is beginning to look alot like Christmas! The colorful papers are from Paige Evans "Sugarplum Wishes" and Vicki Boutin's "Peppermint Kisses". You'll also find foam stickers, floral ephemera with silver glitter accents and a stamp set too!

This kit's papers are such fun prints! You'll find plaids, stripes, snowflakes, florals and ledger paper too. I love the pattern paper sheet that is covered with a very large word print with lots of different sentiments. I cut some of the sentiment strips on my cards from this sheet.

The printed die cut images in this set are super cute! They're really unique because they're FOAM - not the traditional chipboard I'm used to. They didn't present any problems and worked exactly like chipboard. I always powder the sticker backs so I can move them around while deciding on my designs. When I'm ready I adhere them with liquid adhesive.

If you look close you'll see that many of the designs have foil accents - and not just in the traditional gold either. The foil colors compliment the bright colored images that make this kit so fun!

This kit includes a few frames, wreaths, and large sentiments that I used to create focal points for my designs. I also like to use 3x4" card scraps or journaling cards for this purpose as well.

I love bright bold colors so this kit really fits my personality and style. My favorite element that in my mind's eye is total candy is the florals. They're really stunning and yes! I'm saving ALL the extras for some holiday tags!

Everything you see on these cards is included in the kit. The only items I added are the following: card bases, solid paper for matts, adhesives, and enamel dots.

I invite you to join one of their monthly kit clubs and experience the possibilities that their coordinated kits offer. With plenty of innovative materials and ideas to jump start your imagination, preserving your memories and making cards will be effortless and enjoyable. You can see all of the different kits available this month here at My Creative Scrapbook.




All cards finished size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Paper: Paige Evans "Sugarplum Wishes" 12" Paper, 12" Foam Stickers, Ephemera Floral with Silver Glitter Accents, Vicki Boutin "Peppermint Kisses" - Winter Magic 12" Sweet Holiday Wishes 12"
Stamp: Crate Paper Mittens & Mistletoe

Line Frames Hope

Today I'm playing along at Creations in Pink. If pink is your color then this is the place for you! Designs don't have to be only pink.. just make sure that they are the primary color on your design.

Pink is always so feminine and makes me think of my Mom who loves soft pink, and my daughter who likes it a little bolder. It also makes me think of Barbie and pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness.

This card starts with the Waffle Flower Hot Foil Line Frame A2 Background that I inked with the coordinating stencil and die set in Distress Colors. Pink, Orange and Yellow seem to go together so well so that's what I went with.

When the panel was inked I cut out the center square to add a little interest, and a focal point for the Oversized Hope die cut sentiment. To elevate the design a little more, I cut the inky panel again with a rectangle frame so I could raise that center square.

You can see the raised design here in this photo. A sprinkle of gold sequins was the finishing touch because it picks up on the gold in the line design and the word die.

I hope you find some time to play! I'm enjoying my stencils the more I use them and I think you will too.

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Waffle Flower Faith Sentiments
Dies | Waffle Flower Oversized Hope, Subsentiments, Line Frames
Foil | Waffle Flower Line Frames
Stencil | Waffle Flower Line Frames

WFL = Waffle Flower
SCB = Scrapbook.com
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
COT = A Cherry On Top

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