Its Christmas Eve, and I'm finally done with all my preparations! Phew! While I'm looking forward to celebrating the holiday with family and friends, I'm also looking forward to the downtime after the holiday when I will find time to catch up on the crafting that I've been missing. Don't get me wrong, I do craft in December, but its usually a little frenetic, "must get it done" kind of crafting for the tag for the handmade candy I'm gifting to a neighbor, or a card for that person who sent us a card, or creating the table favors for Christmas dinner. After the holiday, I usually sit down and just create for fun - whatever suits my fancy. I try and use stamp sets or dies that I haven't had a chance to use yet, or that I have seen on Pinterest on someone's blog. I also do more scrapbooking at this time of year - I guess the reflection that comes with the winding down of one year and the start of the next just gets me in the mood. Whatever the reason, its definitely a time of the year that I always enjoy. Before we get there, though, I wanted to share one last quick Christmas card. I saw someone use the tab punch for an ornament topper and I took the opportunity to use that idea and the gorgeous Season of Cheer DSP. This DSP is absolutely beautiful, and I'll be very sorry when I use up my stash. I also love the embossing folder on silver foil. This card was very quick, but because of all the gold and silver foil and gold accents, it really packs some serious style points. The pictures do not do this card justice. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas!
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12/15/2017 0 Comments Christmas Tag SwapsIn my last post I said I would post the tags the Vienna Stamp Group exchanged last week. Everyone mostly used current Stampin' Up! product, but a few mixed in a few retired items. They are all so beautiful, I can't decide which one I like best! What do you think?
12/9/2017 2 Comments Christmas SwapsEach year my Vienna Stamp Club group gathers for a fun meal and tag swap. I spent so much time creating a fun Christmas card for each member, that I ran short on time for my swaps. Fortunately, I'd saved some good pins and CASED Stesha Bloodhart's Merry Little Christmas tags from her recent blog hop. They were a big hit, didn't take long to make, and I was happy to use lots of fun products from the Holiday catalog, like the mini ornaments and Green Sprigs (fake fir branches). First I want to share the card I designed for my crafty friends -- I paired the You've Got Style and Half Full stamp sets to come up with a fun card that had a built in pocket for the personalized bone folders that I ordered from fellow demonstrator Tamra Davis of TaDa Stampers. I just love the You've Got Style set, the woman looks like Ruth Bader Ginsberg to me, and she is having fun! I knew she needed to be dressed like Mrs. Claus, in a red fur coat with white sparkly trim. I had fun playing with my new Blends markers to color the image, I'm still working on blending but I was generally happy with the result. I then used Dazzling Diamonds on the collar, cuffs and hat to give a perfect sparkle. Layered on a Cherry Cobbler scallop oval, over a piece of the Year of Cheer DSP and a mat of gold foil, accented with rhinestones with a gold metallic edged ribbon bow, she is ready for the season. And the greetings from Half Full were perfect - Mrs. Claus is dreaming of a white Christmas, but red will do if the white runs out! Here is a picture of the 12 finished cards - wish I already had my Stamparatus, it would have lining up the sentiments inside the card a lot easier! The inside contained the sentiment, a little more coloring, a touch of washi tape and the fun personalized bone folder. Check back tomorrow to see all the tag swaps - which were just fabulous!
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AuthorShannon Briglia ArchivesCategories: Holiday, Festive Phrases, 3D |
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