Snowmen Thank You

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Mine was a fabulous time with my family, but it went by sooo quickly! Sound familiar? : ) I definately have some "thank you" cards to get together, I want to share one with you today that uses the Sugar Nellie stamp Christmas Garland.

This one is going to the doctors that I work with so I kept it pretty simple: just some punches, a button with a bow, and a few pearls and I'm done (although looking at the picture I'm thinking Mrs. Snowman could use some glitter on her hat and the boys can just deal with it... what are your thoughts?)

I colored the image with my Copic markers (I might even be getting some more with my Christmas money, yippee!) The sketch started as Skipping Stone Designs #107. Thank you for stopping by, again I hope your holiday was great! Here's to a fabulous 2012!
-Jenn

Merry Christmas!

Hello and Merry Christmas! Today I just have a quick post to share one of the *few* Christmas cards I actually made this year... yes it has truly been 24 days since I last posted! Has anyone else totally lost the month of December??

This is the card I made my Grandma, it is sooo pretty and shiny! There is no patterned paper on this card. It's been awhile since I've made one without any! I made the background using a CTMH swirl stamp and some pearl embossing powder. I then sponged around the embossing to help it pop. I also used the embossing powder on all the edges and on the flower from Recollections... I am seriously loving the flower! I used my Prismacolor pencils to add some shading to my main image (CTMH, scripture set CTMH also) Just some ribbon and pearls to finish off the card.

I hope you all have a wonderful day with friends and family, and may we always remember the reason for the season!

Happy Birthday baby Jesus!

This card is my submission for Christmas Card Challenges: Non-traditional colors, and for Stampin' Sister's in Christ #120: a Christmas card that reflects the TRUE reason!

Embossed Wise Men

Hello again! Can you believe it is already December 1st? I tell ya, November FLEW by! A panic has started in my craft room... my teensy weensy stack of **4** Christmas cards isn't going to get me very far! I'd better get cracking on that before they turn into Valentine cards! Luckily for me there's a new ABC Challenge today, and it's perfect for holiday cards... E for Embossing! The challenge is being sponsored by The Ribbon Girl... isn't their ribbons just gorgeous! And all the charms... love!

For my card I started with Card Patterns #143, although I will admit I did a lot of altering to the sketch! I used one of my all time favorite Christmas sets, Christmas Blessings from Taylored Expressions. I embossed the image and sentiment with gold embossing powder from Stampin Up. Seriously this stuff is so old I'm surprised it still melts! I sponged the edges of the cardstock to make the embossing pop even more.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a chance to play with us in the next 2 weeks and maybe even win some great ribbon!

other supplies: CTMH patterned paper, gold ribbon, pearls. Misc cream ribbon