Deck the Halls Z-fold

 This week I received several things from Craft Stash located in the United Kingdom.  OMG let me say they have some really NEW things, (New to me anyway).... and the shipping price wasn't bad, but it took 2-weeks to get, but was will worth waiting.

Today I'll show you the die by Moonstone-Hunkydory called Deck the Halls, it has a total of 5-dies in it and was only $11.47 US. 
Here we go....Please remember this is my first card with this die, So I know it need some work.

 

Here's my card as you would pull it out of the envelop.   It folds flat for mailing very nicely too.  This is the front of the 3 main dies, plus the Deck The halls at the bottom. I did not use the 5th die which was a string of light to put on the railing. When I colored this I used a dabber and Tea Dye and Crushed Oliver Distress Inks for the Tree, then went over that with my Zig's for the reds, greens, and browns.... went really fast too.

 

Now this view shows how it opens.... I found I had to color the middle panel on the inside too or it would have looked funny to me.  But was quite easy, I need to work on my brown more too.  

 

This is a closer look at the inside, you can see you have plenty of room for a Merry Christmas stamp and say some special words if you like.  

 

I wanted to show you the back of the first fold... it has the Red strip at the bottom, that's so the Deck the Halls die shows thru the front nicely.  And you can also see the second fold, this would be the front when folded.   Sorry if I've confused you........

Have any of you seen or used this type of die set... I'm sure there in the US but I could not find them when I went looking.  Anyway hope you enjoyed, and That's it for me today. 

See Ya!

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Christmas 2019

 I'm trying to get started on some Christmas cards....
Here's one I've been playing with for a few years now and every time I try this stamp it just don't look right to me.  This year I worked at water coloring so tried it out on the stamp set.

 

The berry's are from Penny Black called "Berry Merry Christmas. And what I used  is Memento- Lady Bug on the berry's and Distress -pealed paint for the branches... Then I painted with Distress-Fired Brick over the berry's again.... Then misted it with Glimmer Mist-Gilded Gold...

The Merry Christmas die is from Memory Box called Grand Merry Christmas.

And that's it...................

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Christmas Wreath

The last few days I've been playing with this beautiful stamp by Flourishes called Christmas Wreath, I've had this set for several years but I never used it.  Every year I'd pull it out and try stamping it then coloring it and it always looked ucky to me, I could never make it as pretty as I wanted or seen others do with it.  But then I saw Marybeth's used a nother wreath and it just looked like something I should try with this stamp I have... so I kepted it and want to share both Marybeth's version and mine.
So here's my try at it......

I colored one with a red bow and the other green...

All I had to do is use Versa Mark and Gold embossing and then just a little coloring... it was so easy this way.   I could not believe I was trying to make it into such a big thing.

Here's a closer look.............

and I kept the inside simple too, there was a small wreath in the set so I used that and then a saying from another Flourishes set called Winter berries.

The base card I used is NEW to me card stock that a Blogger that I watch daily uses and after talking with her about it I had to get some.... Go to The Spotted Chick and at the bottom of her post on the Nov. 10th you'll see:  ENVIRONMENT Desert Storm Card Stock - 8 1/2 x 11 in 100 lb Cover Smooth 100% Recycled, order it right from there!!!

OH my Gosh is this stuff nice.... I love it!  Been looking for a nice heavey Krafty paper and this stuff is perfect, I hope you check it out.

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Ho Ho Ho !!!!

This week I've been working on some Ho Ho Ho cards... made 12 all together, 4 from each sheet of pattern paper.  All the same layout but look but each has it's own look I think. So here we go.

This first pic is a close up so you can see how there made.

 

 

 This is the inside, I used half of the die cut from the front for the border on the inside.

 

this is the second one......

 

and here's the last one..... 

 

 

Even tho all are the same layout, I think they look different... Only used 2 stamps, the Ho Ho Ho is a CTMH called Santa's Greeting Holiday- M1028, and the inside is another CTMH set called Peace on Earth- D1243 an oldy but a goodie...

Let me know what you think I'd like to know!

 

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1st Christmas Balls card

Will here's my first card using the Christmas balls I posted on Wednesday. 
I really like how it turned out, but I must say it took me about an hour to get the idea moving in my head. 

Here a close up.... it show all the different things I used.  The main Christmas ball was stamped with Versa and then embosed with Stardust Transparent, the sparkle shows up nicely here, then I placed it into the Grace's Frame embossing folder, then I cut that out close the the frame and rounded the corners.  The next layer was made with Gold poster board I got at Hobby Lobby and cut it down into usuable pices, here I used Spellbinder die called A2 Polka Dots/S5-133. The ribbon and bow were just some I had already.  

Here's the whole front....... it's quit pretty in person, I don't think it shows thru here.

On the inside I used the left over pice of gold from the front and then used Grace's Frame again,  I tryed to edge it with gold but it did not look right so I put some black over it and will that's with I got, think I'll leve it alone next time. The verse is from a Flourishes set called Winter Berries/SS255, and No your not seeing doubble, I stamped it twice. Dont think I'll do that again either.....the first time I used Encore metallic silver and did't show I went over it with Grey Flannel.

So what do you think?

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NOEL... Which one....?

Will I'm struggling here.... first I made this NOEL card....



here's another view... 

really not happy with this look....

so I tried this...

I like this better for sure....

and here's the inside...... yes I got that far.....

I do like the look of the second one better but I guess it's the feel of the front cover of the card that has me a little off..... Since it's just a pice of printed card stock, it is a heavy weight paper but it's not a double layer like most cards... so it feels a little thin I guess.  Maybe most people would not even notice this... but to me it feels a little cheep I guess.... Am I over thinking this?????

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Christmas in the heart

Hi all,

Here's another Christmas card I'm makin a stack of...

It's a bit simple but I love the clean look.

this is another view of the front so you can see how the front is the inside too....

and this is the inside.....

Will that's it for today girls.....

I'll be working on this batch of card today and maybe tomarrow too...



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Got the card....Yea....!!!

Hi Everyone!

Will I see Blogger is acting up again today.....

I'll try and post this but it's pretty tricky moving around...

I recived the Christmas cards I ordered from Shutterfly with Belle on them in Mondays mail..

Oh are they even Cuter in person .....

Here's the front it looks just like the pic too.

And here's the inside it has a pic of your tree a few years back and I added the caption

"I wonder if there's cookies in that big bag?"

And here's that back of the card... that pic is the very first pic we took of Belle so it's special to us....

I'm really pleased with the quality of these cards and so glad I took the time to make them and to think there were FREE too... I know only 10 but they will go to my Dog Friends...!

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Look what I just did........!

(I just removed the pic in the side bar for this post ..)
It's in the right side of my blog... I order these Too Cute Christmass cards from Shutterfly of our pooch Belle!!!
It was a promo to order early and the first 10 were FREE... ( code: EARLYBIRD ) so I ordered 10 and just had to pay for shipping not bad really because these are really Cute...  If you want to take advantage hurry the code ends today.  They don't give much time when it's a FREE thing...
Don't know if you will be able to see the inside or not but when I get them I'll take pics and show you...
This is the first time I've order cards from them.. I know there pics always turn out great so I'm sure the cards will too...

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Two more Christmas cards....

Yes, I'm on a roll now... I've got 2 more cards I can make a bunch of...

Here's the first one.

Very simple, just a IO die of a pine branch with a bow, may use red and white twine not sure yet,  and then I stamped Noel, that's it... still need to do the inside but that will be easy I hope..

here's a side view......

Now here's the other card.....

It's a stamp by Rubbernecker called pine block, I stamped it with two different colors of green then back it with red cardstock and popped it up before adding it to a layer of Merry Christmas paper. 

Think I'll add a red ribbon at the top and a Merry Christmas too..... but that's it.

here's a side view......

Will what do you think??? are these to simple?? let me know what you think.

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Christmas Holly Branch

Hi All!!

This is the Holly Branch I posted the 17th on my work bench.......

And here's my finished card from the outside... I know you can't tell much differenc at a quick look but if you doubble click on each pic and look at the leave you'll see I did some detail work on the vaines, don't sound like much but I just made 5 cards and doing that little bit of extra work is really time consuming.. but will worth the look in person. 

Here's a side view.......

and the other side.......

and I added the red card base too... just need to put white on the inside with a marry wish and there done... Yea....!

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Starting Christmas

Hi ALL...

I thought I'd show you what I've been working on.... trying to get a jump on Christmas this year...here's a few shots of my desk and the mess too.....

I did crop out a LOT of the mess.....

this is a new to me Bigz die by Tim Holtz-Holiday Wreath, I also used a TH-Embossing folder Holly Branch on the white... still have to add some bling and things this is just the base card.....Never used these Bigz dies before but like that you can cut several pices of paper at a time... still learning....

This is another TH Bigz die-Holly Branch and again I used a TH-Embossing folder Pine Branch on the white, same thing still need to add things it's just the base card.....

This is made with a Memory Box die-Frostyville Border, white on white.... not sure about the red bow yet may make it a pal blue or white with gold not sure yet .. needs some sparkle on the snow,,, but again it's just the base card.

Now I have to start finishing them off and deciding how many of each I need to make...?

Wish me luck!



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Christmas cards.....

Hi All...

Will I'm posting the rest of my Christmas cards at once today..

Time is running out!!

Yeaks!!

This first one was the one I really made a lot of... easy to mail and easy to make too...

All stamps and dies were from MFT...

#2 was fun to make used Memory Box die for the Colette Ornament and MFT stamps for the inside and envelope....

#3 I used another Memory Box die called Frostyville Border Oh so pretty but lots of time to add the sparkle and glue it down... the deer stamps and dies are from Papertray Ink..

#4 Now this one I'm still coloring... but posted anyway..... I've tryed using this Christmas Wreath b Flourishes every year, but I'm never please with how I've colored it...... this one is the best I've done yet, not to bad.....

Will that's it for this week.

Hope you ALL have a Merry Christmas.. and a Happy New Year too!!!!!

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