Yuletide Carol Projects

I almost forgot. I have 2 more leftover cards I made using last year's paper pack Yuletide Carol. I made simple layouts for quick cards, a bunch of them, and just stamped multiple times. These are simple, yet so elegant looking. Don't you just love CTMH papers?

Background paper is Yuletide Carol, the reindeer is from Miracle of Christmas stamp set, and the tree is from the White Pines Cardmaking WOTG kit stamp set.

The reindeer is colored using Copics W0, W1, W3. I used Poppy extra thick twine to accent both cards. 

And here's the stamp set and WOTG kit stamp I used.

D1656 Miracle of Christmas

G1099 White Pines Cardmaking WOTG

And that's a wrap for Christmas 2015! Happy New Year everyone!

Last Christmas Related Post

Before the year ends, I'd like to share some of the last minute projects I made. This should remind me to get things done earlier next year, to better prepare and not rush at the last minute.

Here's a tag I made for my daughter's teachers. I attached these to the gifts I gave her teachers. I used La-La Land's Pretty Poinsettia Dies. Background paper I believe is from Echo Park's Home for the Holidays paper pack.

Another quickie last minute card I made is a quick cut of Lori Whitlock's Flip Ornament file. I used White Pines paper from Close to My Heart. This paper was such a big hit the paper packs are sold out already I think. Last I checked the site there's no more White Pines paper pack available. I'll have to keep my eye out on that one.
You can't see from the picture, but I used a gold shimmer cardstock on the ornament so it has a nice sheen to it. I used Crafter's Companion gold shimmer cardstock. I love the shimmer cardstock from Crafter's Companion. They come in so many colors, tAnd I topped the ornament with a silver glitter paper from some scraps I have.

This was super easy and fast to make. And who doesn't love a swing card right?

And last but not the least, a Christmas tree card. I used White Pines paper for the background and for the tree dies I used La-La Land's Christmas Tree Die and layered it with the Fancy Christmas Tree Die. I then adorned it red and white blings since my themed for my own Christmas tree this year is red and gold. I added some gold shimmer trim on the side to accentuate the tree.

After coloring for such a long time I do miss these plain no stamping or minimal stamping projects. Sometimes less is really more.

Hope you guys had a wonderful Chrismtas and Happy New Year to you all!

Christmas Reindeer Card

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing another Christmas card I made for someone special to me. I took more time to do this one as I'd like for it to stand out. This family means the world to me and I just want something nice and thought of to share.

I used Cranberry cardstock as base and layered it with White Pines paper and Topiary cardstock. I picked the Reindeer image this time from the Miracle of Christmas stamp set and colored it with Copics in W0, W1, W3.

Here's the same stamp set I used.

D1656 Miracle of Christmas

I used the snowflake image to end stamped it with Versamark, then embossed it with Wow! White Diamond powder and topped with some bling to make it sparkle. I also added some berries using Christmas Red Stickles, and to top the reindeer image I doodled on the sides randomly. 

I hope they'll like it! Happy Holidays!

Miracle of Christmas Cards

Hello everyone! So it's 4 more days till Christmas, and I'm pretty sure most of you have already mailed out your Christmas card by now. Well, I'm happy to let you know that I made the cut too (I hope). I've finally mailed out all the cards and I'm officially done making Christmas cards!

So here I'm sharing some of the cards I made. I love CTMH's White Pines paper. Like I mentioned on my previous post, it's just so festive, either side of this B&T paper I was able to use to make different card styles.

I used a retired stamp set to stamp the sentiment and Christmas Tree. I believe it's CC1015 Holiday Magic. Love how classy the tree looks. 

This 2nd card below uses the stamp set D1656 Miracle of Christmas. I love all the cute animals in that stamp set. I made another version using the reindeer too.

Here's a complete image of the stamp set.

D1656 Miracle of Christmas

Few more days left and it's Christmas. I'll keep posting the remaining cards I've made but I'll be moving on to baking holiday cookies in the next few days! Can't wait for some time out from work! Hope everyone's as excited as I am to celebrate Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Card Making

It's December 20 and yes, I'm scrambling to make Christmas cards. I swear that I will start making cards in July next year! Every year I seem to find myself making last minute Christmas cards. But hey, big improvement this year since I actually was able to make some! Last year I actually went with the Close to My Heart's Cut Above cards that were so easy to put together. That is the whole point of Cut Above, assemble and glue and you're good to go. This year I actually carved out some time, albeit late, to create some cards.

So here I am sharing the one I did. This was done last week, since it had to be sent out early.

I used White Pines paper from White Pines Cardmaking WOTG kit. I love how red and festive this paper looks like. Last year the colors were on the dark side and I didn't quite like it that much. I used the stamp set that came with the kit, super cute!! I added some Christmas Red Stickles on the wreath for the holly berries to make it pop out a bit. Last but not the least, I added the extra thick fern twine. Love the red and greens! 

Happy Holidays!!

Christmas Elf Luka

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing yet another La-La Land retreat project. Since Christmas is just 10 days away and it doesn't look like I'm ever going to catch up, I'll just share holiday themed projects from the retreat. After all, I did spend the last few weeks finishing these up anyway.

This has got to be one of my favorite cards that we got from the retreat. I love how Christmas-y and festive this is. I have to admit I do not really own a lot of Luka stamps, but this is becoming one of my favorites! And don't you just love the dies?

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, R11, R20

Hair - W1, W3, W5, W7

Greens - G21, G24, G28

Reds - R05, R08, R17, R27, R39

Boots - W3, W5, W7

List - E0000, E40, E41

Dies Used:

Fancy Doily Border

Pretty Poinsettia

Snowflake Flag Banner

Zigzag Trim Banner

Stitched Element

Postage Stamps

Santa Sleigh

Christmas Scrapbook Layout

I probably did not do this scrapbook page layout any justice by the way I photographed it. This looks so much nicer in real life! Today I'm sharing this, and it's again part of the retreat from last month.

This one uses Christmas Molli from La-La Land Crafts. The rolling hills I kinda overdid the glitter because I didn't use the right glue and it kinda smeared a bit. I promise this looks much better that photographed.

Dies Used:

Reindeer 1

Reindeer 2

Santa Sleigh Die

Fancy Doily Die

Snowflake Banner Die

Double Stitched Hills Border Set 

(for the rolling hills, but since I don't own them I used my Kiwi Lane template for it)

Zigzag Border Die

Small Snowflakes Die

Christmas Tree Die

Postage Stamp Die