Good Friends

Hi Everyone,

Can you stand one more card with a holiday theme?  I made a couple of these cards to use as thank you notes for the gifts we've received from friends. 

The image of Santa and the snowman is large and easy to color and fussy cut, both of which I did while while watching TV.  I chose a cream colored paper for my embossed background and an embossed green strip to anchor my image and sentiment.  Since the snowman was white, that helped him not blend into the background.

The sentiment was die cut and I added some punched holly leaves and a gem as a stand in for the berry. 

 Here are the links to both of the stamps I used.

 Friends Everyday Christmas Greeting

Wintertime Buddies

  Thanks for stopping by to look!

Karin

Holly Days

Hi Everyone,

I can hardly believe that Christmas is in just a few days.  As I get older, the holidays seem to fly by more quickly with each passing year..And can I be honest? I'm just now finishing up sending out my cards. Yikes!  I hope the post office isn't as behind on things as I am :)

Here's a card that I would sneak out even after Christmas Day has come and gone, since it celebrates this time of year and everything holly.  I'd write or stamp a Happy New Year inside and not feel bad at all :)

I came across a card in my stash that I made eons ago and used it as inspiration for today's card share.  I began with a cream colored card base and dry embossed the green background using my holly berry embossing folder.  I cut another piece of green cardstock slightly smaller and die cut a round window out of  it, and then adhered my stamped Triple Holly image behind it.  I place a larger piece of cream behind that and embossed it once more, adding a piece of ribbon before adhering it to the card.

To finish it off, I added the Holly Days Christmas Greeting that I simply trimmed to fit the space.  Be sure to visit DRS Designs for these stamps and many more!

Happy Holly Days to you and yours!
Karin

Silent Night

Hi Everyone,

Growing up I attended a German speaking church and Silent Night was always sung there on Christmas Eve.  To this day it remains one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time;  So to pay homage to that memory, I chose the Christmas Village Church to pair up with the greeting that is the beginning of that song.

I stamped and colored the image, adding some glitter glue to enhance the snow.  While that was drying, I stamped the background paper with Interlocking Snow Background in Versamark and embossed in shiny white embossing powder. 

 I stamped the Silent Night Greeting along with the All is Calm Christmas Greeting, and dry embossed on top of it using a snowflake embossing folder.  I added that to the background and covered up the seam with a piece of lace.  

Once the image was dry, I die cut it added a few matching layers and adhered it using dimensional tape.  All of these stamps can be found in the catalog at DRS Designs.

Thanks so much for visiting and may all things be calm and bright for you!
Karin

Roof Tops

Hi Everyone, 

There hasn't been a dull moment around my house for the past few days.  Everything from minor illness, to a pet emergency, to car problems and broken things around the house.  All while having the extra busyness of the holiday season.  Never a dull moment. 

That's why I chose to share my simple, calming cards showcasing the great new holiday stamp, Christmas Rooftops.  With the smoke coming out of those chimneys, I just imagine everyone inside those homes relaxing, reading and sipping hot cocoa :) And not having a care in the world :)

I just stamped and colored the image adding a snowflake border, and used my stamp a ma jig to position the All is Calm Greeting at the bottom.

To jazz it up a bit, I hit all the roof tops with my glitter glue to finish it off.

I love the stamp so much I went ahead and made a second CAS card.  This time I stamped the houses  along the bottom and added some punched hearts to indicate the love flowing from my home to yours :)

And here's a close look at the From My House at Christmas Greeting that was die cut and added with dimensional foam dots.

Here's wishing you peace in your little corner of the world.

Thanks for visiting!
Karin