One more Christmas card – this one using the hostess set Time of Year and This Christmas Designer paper. The Bunch of Banners die cuts out all the cute banner pieces in this set! Hugs, Fran
Tag: Christmas
Pink Flurry
Pink and Purple Christmas greetings cased from the catalog. I used Elegant Eggplant and Rich Razzleberry with the Flurry of Wishes of stamp set. Then I spritzed it with shimmer spray – because it was out and I just HAD to! Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston December Challenge Day 2
Everyone is coming for Christmas! Today my card features all the farm critters (plus Jolly) in true Home for Christmas style. This 6 x 6 card is big – but so’s the family 🙂
Brownie is sporting a Santa-stash and glasses. Cheeper is holding a candy cane. And Jolly is bringing a present of cheese. To attach the characters, the bottom layer (Brownie) is flat on the card. The next layer is (Cheepers) is attached to Brownie. And then Jolly is up on pop dots. This gives it looks of dimension without being crazy.
William is helping with the garland and Snowball is wearing his Santa hat. All the presents are popped up. The sentiment is from Project Life by Stampin Up Seasonal Snapshot 2015.
Inside, Cocoa the Horse is already home! The garland – which is pieces from the wreath in the Sleigh Gift Card die set – surrounds the Agatha Edge at the top.
The barn is decorated! The little candle is the chimney from the House die. The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Cozy Christmas!
Make sure to check out all the other Home for Christmas cards on Facebook – Karen Burniston, Designer.
Karen Burniston December Challenge Day 1
This month the Karen Burniston Design Challenge is “Home for the Holidays.”
For my first card, I went with the House Pivot die and did a triple pivot. The papers are EDC Shimmer Sheets on the left and Stampin Up’s Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the two greens matched perfectly! Since each paper is delicate, I started with a white card base and adhered them to that. And yes, on the foil vellum I added the tiniest bit of glue under each tree and let it dry! It’s Christmas! The greeting is Lots of Joy. The bottom “snow” is EDC Cool White glitter.
It’s very shiny! That’s my reflection in the center 🙂 On the inside we find the neighbors – Jolly and Jolly – singing Christmas carols!
The neighborhood has an embossed tree. Very fancy for these parts!
The mice live in brick houses- no plain mice holes around here!.
Each Jolly sports a Santa Hat with a sequin and a hand cut music book.
The Doily is made with the Paris Edges die. The Jolly’s are ready for a fun evening!
Make sure to check out all the other Holiday Designs by visiting Karen Burniston’s Facebook page – Karen Burniston, Designer.
Rockin’ Around the Sleigh
I’m still using sparkly, shiny card stock! I need a gift card holder for the season – always need them – so I pulled out some Brushed Silver card stock, some retired silver embossed Designer Series paper and Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups dies and made this one.
Jolly the Mouse and Rudy the Reindeer are rockin’ out as they help Santa load the Pop It Up Sleigh with gift card holder! The sleigh is Red Foil and Red Glimmer paper. Rudy’s IPod is hand cut and the little records are circle punches. The nice thing about this Pop It Up is it has a little side Pop It Up stand for Rudy.
Jolly has his Santa glasses on 🙂 Rudy’s nose is coated with Crystal Effects. Lots of shine – lots of fun! Hugs, Fran
Counting the Days
I can’t believe I forgot to show you this yesterday! This Christmas Countdown tree was part of our Creative Circle group for yesterday’s Blog Hop! I made mine with Always Artichoke card stock and Home for Christmas Designer Series paper. My base is a box lid 🙂 I thought I’d use the entire box – but it seemed too tall. All the numbers were done in My Memories Suite and punched out with a 3/4 circle punch.
I hot glued Christmas ornaments in-between the boxes – very random. Use hot glue because it will allow you to angle the Christmas balls up off of the boxes.
I topped it off with a wooden star!
Glad I remembered that I forgot to share this! Hugs, Fran
Creative Circle December Blog Hop
Welcome to the Creative Circle December Blog Hop. This month we did a darling box that holds a pop up gift card!
I used the absolutely beautiful Gold Foil paper, Winter Specialty Designer Series paper and the Jolly Christmas stamp set. It’s so shiny!
I used a Starbucks gift card and filled my box with some special coffee lovers treats – and an ornament. This will make a sweet gift. It’s really fun how the gift card pops up!
My insert is also made with the Gold Foil – and it has a good “heft” for this project!. You can find the pattern and tutorial here.
Make sure to check out all the other designs for this pattern!
Sandy http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com
Barb http://www.beelinestamping.com
Fran http://www.fransabad.com (You are here!)
Liz http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca
Karen Burniston November Design Team Challenge Day 1
This month’s challenge was to use one of Karen’s videos as the start of our cards! I chose Karen’s Pop It Ups Spiral Pull Card video for this one.
Here is Jolly the Mouse waiting for Christmas on the front of a Spiral Pull Card and a clock using the Clock and Gears die. The paper is Stampin Up’s Season of Cheer Designer Series paper. The card size is 6 x 8.
When you open the card, candy canes spiral out! The canes are “double sided” so it looks nice on both sides.
Even though Jolly is on both sides, he’s got a candy cane on the front and…..
a present on the other side. Doesn’t he look excited! Make sure you check out the other ideas from the team on Karen’s Facebook page.
Gold Joy
This black and gold Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Series paper is so gorgeous that it can stand alone. But I added some stamping “just because!” 🙂 I used a sentiment from Jolly Christmas, heat embossed it in gold and added some foil paper and a star. That’s it! This will be featured in my Stamp a Stack this week. Hugs, Fran
Shaking Up Christmas
Happening right now – we are making To You and Yours Shaker Cards! These are so much fun to make, send and receive. Bright, foiled cards with lots of bling.
Easy enough to do on your own but MUCH more fun to do with friends! Wish you were here 🙂 Hugs, Fran
