Mailable Monday # 88

Happy Monday. 

I used Stars framelits, along with Bright and Beautiful stamp set to create this card. 

Base card is shimmery white. Star inked with Lost Lagoon. 

Star layer was done with Island Indigo. 

I added some glimmer white stars just to perk the card up a bit. 

Looks like the greeting was tilled a little on the stamp block. Hmmmm I think

I'll have to drag out the stamp-a-ma-jig for these clear stamps. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Get Your Santa On Candy Cane Wrapper

It's Sunday and I'm posting this using my brand new laptop. 

You should have seen me trying to figure out how to import my 

pictures, crop, and file them so I would be able to post them to my blog. 

Took some doing but I did figure it out and all on my own. Gotta love that! 

This is a simple candy cane wrapper. I used the Top Note die with Crumb Cake

card stock. Stamp set Get Your Santa On. This was inked with black ink then

color added with blendabilites.

After the coloring was done I added some dots using a white gel pen. 

The wrapper then folded around the candy cane and snugly stapled using the

mini stapler. 

While I do love the new laptop I have to get use to it, and still figure

some things out. Its a work in progress. Or should I say I'm a work in progress?

Stamping trails

Karen

Sketch Frenzy Friday SSF120514

My turn to design a card sketch to be used for Sketch Frenzy Friday.

Here is the design I came up with. 

And this is how I used the design to make my card.

Stamp sets Ornamental Pines, and Festive Trees.

The Crumb Cake layer is from Under the Tree specialty paper. 

Other designer paper used Trim the Tree. 

I had fun with this one. Hope you will to. 

Please visit Sketch Frenzy Friday blog

to see how the other designers created cards using this sketch.

Stamping trails

Karen

Muslin Santa Gift Bag

Isn't this a cute little gift bag? 

The muslin bag is from the large SU catalog. 

Get Your Santa On stamp set from the Holiday mini. 

I stamped the bag using Garden Green and Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. 

Santa was colored with Cherry Cobbler blendabilities. 

Santa was then attached to Crumb Cake scallop circle layer. 

Stars were punched with silver glimmer paper. 

Very happy with how this project came out. 

Stamping trails

Karen

White Christmas Stand Up Card

Not the best photo of this card, but I was having trouble getting a good

image. 

This is a case from a card that Karen Squires made.

Check out her card to see the inside view. Also she has a link on her

blog for the size and scores of the base card. Its made using a 12x12 sheet of 

cardstock. My friend Kat saw this card on pinterest and asked me to make 

one for her as I had the stamp set used White Christmas. This layout

is a great way to show case this stamp set. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Hat On or Hat Off

I was stamping yesterday morning and came up with 

snowman card. Lost Lagoon used for the base. 

I free hand cut the white circle for the face, and also

free hand cut the nose. For the eye I used 1/2 circle punch, and

for the mouth I used the owl builder punch. 

I added the snowflake sequin to the nose and put a small

rhinestone in the center. 

Now I liked the card, but I have this thing about not having a hat and scarf on 

snowmen. So.......

I made a hat and scarf for him. Of course this card would have 

to be either hand delivered or put in a much larger envelope as the snowman is

bigger than the A2 size base card. I have to say I like this one better! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Mailable Monday # 87

Happy 1st day of December! Christmas is closing in on us fast! 

For today's card I used Holiday Home.

Paper is from Trim the Tree paper pack. 

I stamped the sled with black then punched with 2" circle punch. 

I like the polymer stamp sets as they allow you to bend them. That is what 

I did with the sled I just curved it a little bit when I attached it to the stamp block. 

 

We had some warm temps yesterday. Got up to 67 degrees. Great seeing how we had

 

some really cold days in November. 

Stamping trails

Karen