Category: Christmas

Feeling Jolly Day 2

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Christmas Messages, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Holidays, Jolly the Mouse, Pop It Ups, Stamp Sets
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PIU Jolly 02 front

 

The mice are still decorating!  Today is day 2 of Karen Burniston’s Design Teams Christmas in July and I’m still playing with Jolly the Mouse.  This card is a 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 card in Real Red with the little mice stacked up high to put the star on top of the tree.  The tree is from the Christmas Trees Pop Stand.  I just die cut and embossed 4 of them and stacked them off the side of the paper.  The present is from the Evergreen Pivot card and was cut in Merry Moments Designer Series paper.  The Santa hat is from Props 5 – lots of cute, cute, cute props!

PIU Jolly 02 inside

 

Inside I used the same stamp set, Christmas Messages, as yesterday.  There are so many great dies in this collection.  To see more amazing creations, go to Karen’s Facebook page!  Hugs, Fran

 

Christmas in July Pop It Ups Designer Challenge

Big Shot, Christmas, Christmas Messages, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, Jolly the Mouse, Merry Christmas Pop Up, Stamp Sets
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PIU Jolly 01 front

 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – a new collection of dies from Karen Burniston!  This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2″ card.  Big enough to hold all the wonderful Christmas joy inside 🙂 The sentiment is a retired SU stamp, Christmas Messages,  and the paper is the new Merry Moments Designer Series paper.  The swirl across the front is from the new Merry Christmas Pop Ups die.

PIU Jolly 01 open

 

And inside meet Jolly the Mouse!  He and his friend are decorating the new Pop It Ups Christmas Trees Pop Stand!  The tree is so much fun to put together!  You can use it alone – or with any of the new characters as I’ve done here.

PIU Jolly 01 details

 

This is a better view of the mice.  I snipped off their tails and tucked them behind them so they wouldn’t stick out of the card.

Head over to Karen’s Facebook page to see what the rest of the team is doing with these new dies and get a head start on your Christmas Pop It Ups!  Hugs, Fran

Christmas Through the Window

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Framelit Dies, Holiday Mini, Ornamental Pine, Uncategorized
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Ornamental Pine 05 05 front

 

Another challenge card for the December Creative Crew on Splitcoast!  This challenge was to create a window on your card.  I used the Window Frames Collection Framelits – perfect!  The card size is a 5 x 5 and has Ornamental Pines stamped behind it.

Ornamental Pine 05 side

The candle on the front was hand cut and the flame is from the Bird punch.  I “dripped” Dazzling Diamonds down the side of the candle.

Ornamental Pine 05

The garland under the candle is made with he branch in the Bird punch – just like the flame.  Tie a bow with the Cherry Cobbler seam binding and you have a pretty window card. Play along by using the keyword CCREW1214CF, CreativeCrew, SUO.  Hugs, Fran

Supplies

Project Life Ornaments

Challenges, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Project Life
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Project Life Ornament

One of the December Creative Crew challenges on Splitcoast is to use Project Life in any kind of project.  I used the Hello December Accessory Pack, the wooden embellishments to be exact, and created some ornaments or package tie ons.  The first one used the “joy” embellishment.  I painted it white, sprayed it with adhesive and rolled it in Dazzling Diamonds.  When that was dry I attached a fishing line down the middle of the “O” and added a snowflake from the Frosted Sequins with a rhinestone in the center.  Hang it from some Lost Lagoon ribbon with a jingle bell tied to the ribbon with silver ribbon.

Project Life Ornament 02

I also made one with “Noel.”  Hope you’ll play along with Creative Crew this month.  Use the keyword CCREW1214SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM.  Hugs, Fran

Deck the Paws

Big Shot Star Framelits, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Festival of Trees, Holiday Mini, Hot Diggity Dog, My Digital Studio
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Hot Diggity Dog 03

The Creative Crew challenges on Splitcoast this month start with using non-traditional colors on a Christmas card.  I used Melon Mambo, Black and Tempting Turquoise – that’s non-traditional!  These pups from Hot Diggity Dog have just spotted the perfect tree!  The sentiment was done in My Digital Studio2.  Play along using the keyword CCREW1214DF, CreativeCrew, SUO

Tree Punch Tag

Christmas, Holiday Mini, Scalloped Tag Topper
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Tree Punch 01

This little tag is based on a card I saw on Pinterest.  I used the Tree Punch on a piece of Under the Tree DSP.   Create a 2 x 4 1/2 tag and punch it with one of the tag topper punches. On the tag piece underneath, I wrapped pieces of white satin ribbon and added pearls colored with Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities.  Top with a star and tie a piece of Cherry Cobbler seam binding and you’re good to go.

Don’t forget that the Holiday Extravaganza Doorbusters start today!  Check out the list here – Online_Extravaganza_Products_US  Hugs, Fran

Boxes and Bows

Big Shot Rosette Die, box, Christmas, Holiday Mini
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Box Punch Board 01

Today is my Bags and Boxes class and here’s one of the projects we’re making.  This box is made with the Box Punch Board using the Under the Tree Designer Series paper. The “bow” is a rosette made with the Rosette die and the snowflake on top was die cut from a coaster using a retired snowflake die.

Box Punch Board 01 detail

It’s almost time to think about packing!  Hugs, Fran

Santa Nugget Box

box, Christmas
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CP nugget holder

A long time ago I made these littler nugget boxes – and the pattern was lost when I had to switch servers.  Since I’ve had so many requests for the pattern, I thought I’d share it a new.

Santa Nugget Box Directions

Start with a 5 x 3 1/2 piece of Real Red card stock.  Score in 1/2″ and 1″ on all 4 sides. Cut away the parts shown in the picture and fold into a little box.  For the wrapper, cut another piece of Real Red 3 x 4 3/4 and score on the 4 3/4 side at 1 5/8, 2 1/8, 3 3/4 and 4 1/4.  This will leave a little flap to glue it together

CP nugget holder open

Decorate your nuggets and box!  Need help?  Just let me know – Hugs, Fran

White as Snow

Beauty of the Season, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Embossing Folder, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Holiday Mini
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Beauty of the Season 01

 

The Designer Challenge for Karen Burniston continues with “white” – white as snow.  I chose to use the Evergreen Pivot die and do a Triple Pivot Card Technique.   The front of this card uses several different embossing folders, Karen’s Agatha Edges die and Stampin UP’s snowflakes found in the Frosted Sequins.

It’s so hard to see white on white in a photo!

Beauty of the Season 01 inside

 

The sentiment is from Beauty of the Season.

Beauty of the Season 01 sentiment

Supplies

Stamp Set – Beauty of the Season

Cardstock – Whisper White

Ink – Versamark

Etc – Karen Burniston Evergreen Pivot, Agatha Edges, Outdoor Edges dies, embossing folders Distressed Dots and Stylish Stripes, Frosted Sequins, Oval Framelits, All is Calm washi tape

Red – white – what’s next?  Hugs, Fran

 

Santa’s On His Way

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Get Your Santa On, Holiday Mini, Lorna Label
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Get Your Santa On 02

It’s that time of year – for Karen Burniston’s Design Challenge!  This month it’s “Red, White and Blue.”  My red card features the Big Man, himself.  I started with the fun set Get Your Santa On and Nordic Noel Designer Series paper.

Get Your Santa On 02 open

And here he is – greeting you on Karen Burniston’s Lorna Label Pop Up!  I love this Pop It Ups die because there is so much room to decorate!  Santa is stamped on the die and then again on a separate piece of Whisper White and fussy cut.  The cute presents are from Karen’s Evergreen Pivot die.

Get Your Santa On 02 detail

Supplies

Stamp Set – Get Your Santa On

Card stock – Whisper White, Real Red, Nordic Noel DSP

Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Real Red

Etc – Karen Burniston’s Lorna Label and Evergreen Pivot Card dies, washi tape

Looks like you’ve been very good this year!  Hugs, Fran