DCD #172: Stocking Sketch

Happy Diva Tuesday!
Today our sketch over at Die Cuttin' Divas is a sketch challenge, made by the divalicious Georgiana.

Here is the sketch...

For my project, I made an A2 size card and made a Christmas Card using my Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Here it is...

 I used my Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge for the ovals and Joys of the Season for the Stocking.

 I embossed the stocking using my Houndstooth Cuttlebug folder and the mat using Snowflake embossing folder.  The sentiment is by Cardz TV Christmas Joy stamp set. The stamp set is available here. 

The inside...

Materials Used:

*A2 Card

*Recollections Peppermint Twist paper stack

*Plantin Schoolbook p. 72 (Oval Shift) 

*Joys of the Season p. 54 (Stocking)

*Cuttlebug Houndstooth and Snowflakes Embossing folder

*American Crafts Twine

*4 Pearls

*Cardz TV Christmas Joy stamp set

Cut It Up #8: White Elegance

Happy Friday everyone!  It's time for another Cut It Up Challenge.  This weeks theme is White Elegance. Create an ALL white card with only a small touch of one other color and remember to use a die cut! You could win this fabulous prize for playing with us Sponsored by Cut It Up!

This challenge starts today, December 14th, and ends December 26th.
I would like to take this time to wish all of my followers and new followers a very Merry Christmas.  I hope that everything you wish for, especially the blessings of family and friends shines upon all of you!

 I chose to use the Poinsettia & holly from the Joys of the Season cartridge.

 To give it some shine and sparkle, I added some Perfect Pearls and Perfect Gold to the image.

Materials Used:
*A2 size card
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge (p.69) Poinsettia cut at 4", 3 1/2", 3", and 2 1/2", Holly cut at 4"
*Cuttlebug Musical Flourish embossing folder
*Perfect Pearls and Perfect Gold powder
*3 Champagne Bling
*Close to My Heart Sentiment from Festive Thoughts

The 12 Tags of Christmas Series: Tag 5-Present

Welcome to Tag 5 in the 12 Tags of Christmas series.  For today's tag I used Winter Frolic to cut the tag and Joys of The Season for the present.

The tag was cut from a scrap of turquoise cardstock using Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge.  This tag can be found on p. 36 using the tag feature.
The present is found using the Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

I also added a scrap strip of paper from my stash and also a piece of pink ribbon that I cut off of a gift bag and unraveled it!

Materials Used:
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Patterned paper by My Minds Eye
*Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge (p.36) at 2 1/2"
*Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge present cut at 2"
*Icicle Stickles (present bow)
*Ribbon frayed from gift bag

The 12 Tags of Christmas Series: Tag 4-Candy Canes & Peppermint Swirls

Who doesn't love Candy Canes & Peppermint Swirls?  I love Candy canes, not so much the swirls though.  And who could resist this cute little tag featuring both or by themselves....
Todays tag was cut from Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Materials Used:
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Mat 3 x 3 3/4"
*Patterned paper mat 2 3/4" x 3 1/2"
*Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge cut at 2 1/2"
*Red glitter glue by Studio G

The 12 Tags of Christmas Series: Tag 3-Cup of Cocoa

Here is tag 3 from the 12 Tags of Christmas Series. Today I used Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge to make this adorable mug of hot cocoa.

 The cup & steam are both cut from scraps that I had.  These can both be found in Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

I had some scrap embellishments that I saved from a few of last years Christmas cards.  I admit I'm a scrapbook hoarder!  Sometimes you find really cute things on cards!

Materials Used:
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Patterned paper by Recollections Naughty or Nice paper pad.
*Green mat cut at 3" x 3 3/4"
*Patterned paper mat cut at 2 3/4" x 3 1/2"
*Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge cut at 2" (mug & steam)
*Embellishments from my stash

Here Comes Santa "Claws"

Finally, my Action Wobbles came in today and I HAD to use them.  So far, I have not been able to find them at any of our Scrapbooking stores in New Brunswick.  I wanted to make a "non-traditional" Christmas card and thought that the crab from Create a Critter was super cute for this task.  Here is my recent Christmas Card.

Materials Used:
-A2 size card
-Patterned paper from Tis the Season paperstack
-Crab cut at 3" from Create a Critter Cartridge by Provocraft
-Frame from Elegant Edges (p. 25) Swirl 1 Oblong and Shadow cut at 3 3/4"
-Santa Hat from Joys of the Season by Provocraft (p. 47) cut at 1 1/2"
-Action Wobble
-Green Stickles for Santa Hat
-White Jelly Roll Pen
-Button and twine
-Sentiment printed from computer at 16 pts.

Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas #74:  Christmas in July
Clear it Out:  Christmas in July using Green or Red or both
Diana M. Larson:  Christmas in July
Bitten by the Bug 2:  Christmas in July
Crimbo Crackers:  Use and Animal
Go Fish #21:  Christmas in July
Paperplay Challenge #29: Christmas in July
Little Scrap Pieces:  Christmas in July

Tag...You're It!!!

Well, I have been finished Christmas shopping for a while.  Around this time every year, I like to sit back, spend time with my family, finish all of my Christmas Concerts and of course, indulge in some scrapbooking, cards and tags!
This week there were endless challenges of Tag making.  So here is my lot.  I used the following Cricut cartridges to make these..
-George and Basic shapes (tag itself)
-Plantin Schoolbook (tag)
-Joys of the Season (Pointsettia, Santa Hat, Candy Cane, Peppermints, Mug, and tag)
-Create a Critter (penguin)
-Doodlecharms (Snowman)
-Various Stamps
I entered these in the following challenges:
Bitten By the Bug 2: Make a Tag
Cooking with the Cricut Challenge 64: Tags
Cardz TV Challenge #98: Tags (2) using Cricut Cartridges
Die Cutting Divas:  Tags

Merry Christmas Card

Sorry for not posting anything new in a bit, but it is Christmas concert season and my life and love of music takes over!!!
I entered this card in Mojo Monday's Sketch 219 Challenge. 
Here is my take on the card.
The card base is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  I used the Recollections Neutral cardstock.  The mat measures 5 1/4" x 4" and is a dark green cardstock also from Recollections.  The patterned paper is from K & Company EB Visions of Christmas paper mat stack.  The side strip measures 1 1/4" x 5", the large slanted stip measures 1 3/4" x 3" and the square measures 3" x 3". 
The circle is cut from George & Basic Shapes and is cut at 3".  The scallop circle is cut from Once Upon a Princess and is cut at 3 1/2".
The pointsettia is cut from Joys of the Season and is cut at 3" (2 of them) and 2 at 2" and 1 at 1".  I added some stickles to the inside of the pointsettia.  I also added some homemade glimmer mist to the Pointsettia to give it some shimmer and shine. 
The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo and is the Warm Holiday Wishes set. 
Hope you love my take on the challenge! 
I entered this card in the following challenges...
Mojo Monday sketch 219
The Paper Variety: Anything Goes
PaperPlay Challenge Week 50: Christmas

Merry Christmas Bulletin Board

My children's amazing sitter (we love you Trudy) is featuring her house in the upcoming Christmas house tours.  She has such a beautiful, welcoming and "homey" feeling in her beautiful country home.  She wanted to do something with her bulletin board for the tour and this is what I volunteered to do.
All cuts are from Joy's of the Season.
I stamped a few snowflakes on the bag with some white ink.  The tags are cut at 3" and using the singular layer.  The patterened paper is from DCWV Tis the Season pack.  The house is cut at 3 1/2 and the snowman is cut at 3".  I cut the Merry Christmas Sentiment at 6".
I wanted the house to resemble hers and to give the whole thing a 3D feel I added pop dots to the snowman.  For the tags, I used the Tim Holtz Ornamental Die and so she could switch the tags easily, I added a little piece of velcro to each one.
Hope you like it!  A neat little way to decorate your bulletin boards for the Holiday Season, or any holiday at all!

Mojo Monday sketch Challenge 215: Singing Snowmen

Hey folks! I finally had the time to try my first Digi stamp and seen this pattern at Free Craft Downloads. It's a great site with many free Digi stamps and as a mother, who doesn't love FREE!
I decided to combine it with the current card challenge over at Mojo Monday. If you are not familiar with this site you should definitely check it out. It's full of great ideas, inspiration and for those of us who are "stuck" on a design a sketch is given every week to inspire you! 
Here's my take on the design

 The card base is 5x 7 made from Green Recollections cardstock.  Mat 1 was cut at 1 3/4 x 6 from a red patterned paper I had lying around . Mat #2 was cut at 2 1/2 x 5" from a plaid scrap of paper I had lying around.  The picture is from a Digi stamp I found at Free Craft Downloads and was cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 and then punched around using my Recollections punch. I used my Prismacolor colored pencils to color the design and added some silver based glitter glue to the snowmen to give them that "frosty feel".
Finally, I cut 2 bells with my Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge and cut them at 1 3/4".  The final touches was adding this beautiful red bow to bring out the red in the design and the patterned paper against the green card base.  Hope you like it.                                                   

Wild Card Series #21 Doily Card

I made my weekly trip to Michaels today and completely fell in love with their new holiday paper.  I purchased the Naughty or Nice Recollections Signature Paper Pad today.  There are so many beautiful designs, it will be hard to cut into any of them.  So many choices!
For the Doily card, I went with a Christmas theme using the Stampin Up Christmas Cardinal set.

The Doily card, envelope and liner for the envelope were all cut at 4 1/2 ".  I used an 8 1/2 x 11" piece of Recollection's Neutral Line cardstock for the envelope and used the Fit to Page feature.  For the envelope liner and card itself, I used a beautiful piece of paper from Recollections Signature Paper Pad Naughty or Nice series.  I didn't like the liner for the doily itself so I used my George and Basic Shapes cartridge and cut 2 circles, one at 3 3/4 (Burgendy) and the other the same neutral color I used on the envelope cut at 3 1/2".
I stamped the cardinal image on the Neutral circle and colored it in using my Stampin' Up Pastel set and the Stampin' Up Blender pen.

The sentiment for the outside of the card was a stamp I found in the $1 bin at Michaels by Craftsmart.  I stamped it on the Neutral cardstock, chalked the edges and crumpled it slightly with my fingers to give it an "older" worn look. I curled it slightly and placed it on the outside of the card.

I placed a bow with a little bling on the top of the card as I didn't like the traditional bow I had there before.

I am so happy how it turned out.  The hard part is deciding who to give it to...

Fantabulous Cricut Card Challenge

 For the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #84 For the Birds I used the owl from the Create a Critter and the Joys of the Season Cartridge for all the Christmas images.
The outline for this challenge was to create a project with a bird (or anything to do with birds, such as a birdcage) on it. 
The card base is 5 x 6 1/2" from a white cardstock.  Mat 1 is cut at 4 3/4 x 6 1/4" and is cut from a blue cardstock base.  Mat 2 is cut from patterned paper at 4 1/2 x 6".
The owl is from Create a Critter cartridge and is cut at 3" using all layers. I thought purple would be a beautiful contrast against the snowflake patterned paper.  The tree is also cut at 3" but I did not add the leaves as I wanted to be like a silhouette. I cut the phrase from white patterned paper at 1" .  It is meant to be a pun on the popular phrase "ho ho ho".
The stockings and santa hat were cut from the Joys of the Season cartridge at 1".
I added some rhinestones to the blackout "O"s.
Hope you like it!