Making Spirits Bright

I was asked to come up with some card ideas for the A Muse Studio Making Spirits Bright set since apparently I'm not the only one who is struggling to make cards this year.  Well, right off the bat I had an idea:

Okay, I confess, it wasn't my idea but I did have the card to share.  We made this beaut of a card at the workshop I went to this past Saturday.  This card is larger than an A2 card; the front measures 5" x 6".  I think this is a sweet idea for using up those spare scraps of paper.  Also kraft is a cool holiday color.

This is the card I made. My original plan was to use all A Muse products on the card but then I decided that the background had to be embossed.  I don't have any of the a|s embossing plates so I substituted for a Cuttlebug one.  I rather like how it came out.

The Fine Print: The best way to make your spirits bright is to add spirits, the alcoholic kind not the otherworldly kind.  Santa stamp, candy cane striped paper, and red ribbon by A Muse Studio.  Embossing folder by Provo Craft/Cuttlebug, colored with Copics.  I suspect the gray ribbon is Stampin' Up seam binding ribbon but I'm not totally sure.

Sparkly Christmas Cards

I made these.

There was a reason for it, but I'm not going to tell you.  

Because, of course, then I'd have to.....

....make sense.  And I'm not up to that today.

The Fine Print: Glitter card bases by DCWV, found in an old stash.  Penguin by Art Impressions and Santa by Impression Obsession.

Holly Jolly Holly Day

Well! I done did it!  I finished up the Santa cards from that kit I had.  It is nice to have so many cards done now.  Lemme tell ya that this was a lot of coloring.  There is a greeting on the inside that is colored as well.  Plus there was layering and sponging and ribbon twisting... I like how it came out though.  I may copy the basic layout for some more Christmas cards.  However, right now I'm making some cards that aren't for the holidays.  You know, to save my sanity.

For some unknown reason I made one card with a blue background.  Maybe I was having a bit of a rebellion.

Tammy, the ones below are for you!

The Fine Print: Card kit by The Paper Cut featuring their solid cardstock, Santa stamp by Impression Obsession, greeting by Technique Tuesday, patterned paper by DCWV, calendar page stamps by A Muse Studio and A Muse Artstamps, and sprayed with a|s splash in wasbi and winter sky.

Christmas Card Workshop

I went to a Christmas card workshop today because I knew it would be fun but also to see if it motivated me into making Christmas cards.  I had a fabulous time with great company and made some wonderful cards. I even felt motivated until I came home and saw my new Club Scrap kit sitting there.  Then I decided I wanted to play with that instead...  Oops.

The Fine Print: What do I know about these cards?  The dotted embossing is a Cuttlebug folder, the trees, the tag and poinsettia shapes (which are really snowflakes) and Circuit cartridges.  The stamps in the Joy card are by Clost to My Heart (not so sure about the greeting). And after I cut up my new CS unmounted rubber and put tack it again adhesive on it I went back to coloring Santa Clauses.  Truly.

Merry

I worked on a bunch of Christmas cards recently.  However, they were all versions of the cards I've already made and shown you.  They had diferent colored background papers and different colored ribbons, but nothing noteworthy.

In order to create something noteworthy I made this card:

This card came into being when one of my on-line buddies mentioned that she ran across these cool holiday light jewel stickers in her stash recently.  She bought them when she was on vacation awhile ago and forgotten she had them.  It was a happy accident that she found them now when she was making holiday cards and not next summer (which is how it would have gone for me).  That got me thinking that somewhere in my stash was a holiday card making kit.  I found it right off the bat and here is a card from it.  So how lovely that I was reminded I had this when I was making holiday cards and not next summer!

The Fine Print: Everything from Basic Grey "Jovial" collection.

What I'm Thankful For by Dio

I am fankful that I have this really cool machine that I can emboss my brother's head in.  I am fankful for nummy foods and lots of toys to play with and a fun big sisser who plays with me and two big brothers who lead me into temptation. And I'm fankful that I have claws cuz those people I live with don't always catch me too good when I jump up to get held. And I'm fankful these peoples adopted me instead of that first family otherwise I would have been named after a stoopid reindeer, and not someone cool like Ronnie James Dio.  He rocks.

Have a rocking Thanksgiving!

What the.... Wednesday

So what is on my Workdesk this Wednesday?

Why, its lid, of course.  Why is the lid closed you ask?!

 "We have no idea."

"Oh, we know.  It's kind of obvious, isn't it?"

And a card from a Stampin' Up workshop... see, I have to leave home to craft because at home I have unhelpful helpers.  Charles still hasn't told me where he hid the glitter glue.

The Fine Print: Everything card related by Stampin' Up.  Kittens by Satan.