West Philly Stamper

More Easy Christmas Cards...

Card 1: Snow Buddies (hostess) stamp set. I am really loving the Bashful Blue and Elegant Eggplant together! Perfect for January when Christmas colors are over, but we're not quite ready for summer stamping:0) I would have never thought to add legs to the snowman, which works great for the ice skates - I think I may have seen Jill R. do that at the last card club where we used this stamp set:0)
Card 2: Patterned Pines and Four the Holidays stamps. The paisley images have some highlighting in them, thanks to a tip from Dawn Griffith's blog!
Card 3: Delightful Decorations in Certainly Celery and Real Red
Card 4: Seasons of Simple Grace stamp set, stamped in Chocolate Chip, (Kraft cardstock and white gel pen border - so simple!)
Card 5: designed by Dana Marston, from the last Philly Inkers shoebox swap

Happy Card Making!

There is still time to make some cards, even if it's just a few:0) No guilt trip there though!

These first 4 are from various Philly Inkers swaps last week. Wreath: Lynn; Dahser in Moonlight: Gina; Christmas lights: Lynn; Purple Medallion: Ann Marie. Then comes a card designed by Juliana for a make and take a while back. I love the effect of sponging on the ornaments. Then comes a card I cased from Heather - an easy way to make a tree card that really packs a punch!

THEN comes a card I actually BOUGHT! Can you believe it? First card I've bought in years, unless I count Ilina's grab bag sale last fall :0) See below for details...

 

 

 

 

And now for something completely different....this is a card designed by Catherine Boyd, the sister of Gloria who I saw on Wed. at a lovely luncheon for a stampers group in Mt. Airy. She prints the faces on the computer, and then embellishes them with feathers, rhinestones, etc. Isn't it so cool? Stampin' Up! used to carry a set that was this style, but it has been retired a while now.  

Samples in Real Red and Kool Kraft

Tee hee! You thought I was making up a new Stampin' Up! cardstock color, huh? I was just seeing if you were paying attention.

I love Kraft paper. It's so rustic and economical. This first card is a pocket card inspired by something I saw on SCS. I simplified it, so I could get two card bases out of an 8.5 x 11. We made it in Card Club this week too. When you pull the ribbon, the little 3x5 card comes out and you can see the whole snowman. He's from "Snow Buddies," a level 2 hostess set, available only until Jan. 4! I just realized that would make a really fun Christmas photo card template, if you put a real photo in the pocket, with the window revealing a kid's face or a pet! 

The next two cards were from a shoebox swap I attended a couple weeks ago - designed by Jill and Lynn, in my Philly Inkers group (Jersey side). The last card is also from Card Club, and is very much inpsired by a card Ann Marie swapped last month for the Philly Inkers meeting. Love the versatility of that ornament! And who doesn't love how the paper pops when you use an embossing folder. This one, Petals-a-Plenty, is available through Jan. 4.

 

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