Red and white Christmas

This is a nice quick card using stamps that I usually pull out for  tags.   The set is an old SU set which has been used and used by my family and at Christmas workshops every year since I bought it.  I stamped the three images, added a bow to the ornament and punched them out with a 1¼” square punch. I popped them up on stampin’ dimensionals then lined them up on the Merry Moments designer paper.  It was tricky to get that sentiment positioned correctly so I pulled out the stamp-a-ma-jig.

Even though I did this a while ago I noticed it fits the CAS challenge on Splitcoast this week which is to use one colour with white.  Well technically  it doesn’t fit, because I used vanilla not white!  Anyway there are some great cards in the CAS40 gallery this week that don’t bend the rules.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Sampler, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Merry Moments Designer paper, Real Red
Also: Stampin’ Dimensionals

The Pine line

This is the third card out of the four I designed for the workshop.  For some reason, rather than just stamping the three tree stamp in the centre of the white panel, I felt the need to run the image off both the sides of the panel so I stamped half the stamp on one side and then re-inked and stamped again on the other side.  My friend who was demonstrating this one for me at the next table always started her demonstration by telling the ladies they could do it my way or the simpler way!  I don’t blame her, it also looked  just fine stamped in the centre!

Not much more to say really, I’m looking forward to doing a bit more with this set, maybe cutting out the trees, stamping them in different colours and spreading them around a bit.

Supplies:
Stamps: Patterned Pines, Best Yet
Inks: Real Red, Handsome Hunter
Cardstock: Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Whisper White

The fourth card is a little different again.  I wasn’t sure I liked it at first, but several friends assured me that it appealed to them so I went ahead.

I cut along the stripes of the Dejardin designer paper for my decorative strip and then just matted my image once and stuck a knotted piece of ribbon on with a glue dot.  All the cards for the workshop were fairly simple but that meant that four cards were easily completed by the women and girls who came, some of whom are not stampers.  And there was plenty of time for chatting too.  I really enjoyed the night as I have done for the last few years.  I hope to do another similar night at the church in the new year making a selection of cards.

Thanks so much  for dropping in.

Supplies:
Stamps: Gifts of Christmas
Inks: Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Le Jardin Designer paper, Almost Artichoke, River Rock
Also: Artichoke grosgrain ribbon