All Night Santa and Happy Friday!

Sorry I've not been around for a couple of days, but I had mentioned before that life just get's in the way.  I will try to post everyday ~ but I can't promise it for a little while.  Just life...  I hope that you all can understand, I'd really appreciate it.

I guess we'll get right to it.  This card I made yesterday was not anything close to spectacular, it's just another creation.  I had to post something for you.

The base card is white that I layered with Real Red and some DP from Hot off the Press.  I used my Martha Stewart punch to make the border on a piece of Real Red cs, added some ribbon and attached it to a piece of white cs before I added it to the card.  The stamp is from All Night Media and it is a Mary Englebreit stamp called Night Before Christmas Santa.  I've had it for years.  If you notice I stamped it twice and cut out Santa's mustache and added it with pop dots.  I colored it in with my pencils, gamsol and markers.  I punched it out with my Super Marvy scallop circle punch and added it to a piece of light blue cs scrap that I had cut a circle out with my Standard Circle Large Nestie and I was done.

I used the blue to add a little more color to the card since it was all red and white.

I will try to be back to post something tomorrow.  Hubby's got to work so I'll probably be on the computer for a bit.  Have a super great day!

Howdy everyone!

Good morning everybody! I'm a little later than I thought I'd be but I'm here.

I've got a few cards to show you, so let's get to it

I generally like to make Christmas cards that are not traditional colors. I really like to make them with blues and browns - but with the new In Colors this year I think that you'll find most of them are those colors.

For this card I used that adorable set Holiday Lineup. I think that they are so cute! The base card is Riding Hood Red. I layered it with Kiwi Kiss and some DP from Frosty Day that I inked the edges with Ruby Red ink. I remembered the package of punch out ornaments that my dear friend Betty gave to me, it the SU! Star Bright Ornament package. I punched out a star and inked the edges with Ruby Red ink also. I colored the image panel with my watercolors, inked the edges with Ruby Red ink, layered it on to a piece of Chocolate Chip cs and placed it on the card. I thought that it turned out pretty well.

Remember yesterday when I showed you the sneek peek, well here is the card.

This is another stamp that I pulled out from my Christmas tubbie. I have a lot of wood mounted stamps that I've bought over the years from different companies. The tubby is HUGE and heavy. As a matter of fact I keep it under my craft table all year long ~ it can almost be used as a footstool! So when I do pull the tubby out it's almost like getting something new. All these stamps packed away all year long, then opening it up to see them again, that kind of get's me in the spirit of the holidays!

This stamp is from All Night Media. I colored it in with my watercolors and pens, and inked the edges with Glorious Green ink before layering it on the cs. If you notice I colored another "O" and used pop dots to attach it to the card over the other "O" to give it a little dimension. The base card is Glorious Green. I layered it with YoYo Yellow, DP from Marcella K and Real Red that was run thru the CB. I added a length of ribbon and I was complete.

I would like to show you one more card today. This stamp is one of my old but favorite ones. I've had it for years and love it. Not too long ago I was looking thru my 8 1/2" x 11" patterned paper drawer, I hardly ever look in there - and I found some matching paper! This paper I'm sure I purchased years ago when I used to go to stamp shows. Darcie's was one of our favorite places to shop when we went to the shows.



For this card I cut the base lengthwise just to create a different fold. The base card is Ballet Blue. I layered it with Bashful Blue and the Darcie's DP. I took a piece of white cs that was run thru the CB and layered it on to a piece of Ballet Blue. I found some cute brads that Gabby sent to me a long time ago and attached those to the piece. Before I laid all that down on the card I added a length of ribbon to it. I stamped the image and colored it with my watercolors. I then sponged some Real Red ink around the edges before I layered it on to a piece of Real Red. It really was a quick card. I thought that it turned out cute.

Well ~ that's enough for you for today. I plan on getting to the craft table soon, as long as I can get off the computer.

Have a great day!!
Hugs,
Joani

I did it again!

Yuppers, I made another organizer. This one I made with the traditional Christmas colors or red & green. I made this for my SIL and she's more traditional than I am. I used a paper pack of DP that I purchased last year at Walmart. It has a name on it of Imagine That. It was a great buy for textured double sided cs so I had to get it.

To make this I used a piece of thin cardboard that my hubby brought home. I cut it to the size of 16" x 16". I then scored it at 8" from the top to fold up the flap to make the inside pocket. I turned the sheet 1/4 turn and scored it every 4" to make the folds. I then decorated each "compartment" with a different paper on the inside and outside to keep it festive. All the paper that I used was from that one paper pack ~ it sure made it easy!

For the inserts I went to a site called Organized Christmas. It is a site you will have to check out for sure, there is more than just Christmas there. So many lists and such ~ I could spend all day hunting around there!! But for the lists for this planner you can print them out here. The tabs that are on the planner pages came from some Heidi Grace die cut pages that I have.

I used stamps from all different companies. Great Impressions, Darcies, D.O.T.S., Ann-ticipations and All Night Media. I used whatever I thought that she might like. You cant tell too much by the picture unless you click on it, but I used some glitter on the snowman & mittens and I used some fun flock on the hat for Santa. I'm still debating if I should use stickles on his beard to give it some "umph".

I think that this is the last one that I will make for a while. They are a little time consuming. Oh, they are fun ~ but I'm not getting anything else done doing these. I hope you enjoyed them ~ and I hope that they spark a little holiday spirit in you.

If I don't pop in - have a great weekend!
Hugs,

Joani

Just a taste....

Here's a little sample of something that you may of seen in my SCS gallery.

I stamped the image (All Night Media) in black ink and colored it with colored pencils and Gamsol. I used a gelly roll pen on his beard (sorry ~ pic does not show it) and fun flock on his hat. I also used stickles red for the polka dots on his hat.I stamped "naughty or nice" (unknown) all over the card in versamark. I punched out the image with my Giga punch and layered it onto a circle of black CS cut with my colozzle. I layered that onto BG paper from American Traditional designs and added ribbon accents to the layer before placing on the card.

I hope that "keeps" you til I come back with more to post... As always, TFL :-)