LaBlanche Santa with Music

 

Have you seen all the beautiful LaBlanche Christmas stamps now in stock at Joan's Gardens?  I really love how easy they are to color with Distress Inks and Nibs.  For my background I used a piece of design paper paper from the Graphic 45 "Christmas Emporium" paper pad.  When I was going through looking for the right background, this paper really jumped out at me and I love it behind this scene.  Along the bottom I created a border using another piece of design paper from this same paper pad and die cut the new Spellbinders "Classic Triple Scallop" border.  There are 3 dies in this set but I only used two.  A strip of gold card stock was placed across the top of this border.  The LaBlanche Santa was stamped on the LaBlanche Specialty Paper then colored.  The edges were torn around the design, then using the Tim Holtz Blending Tool, Tea Dye Distress Ink was blended over the whole design except Santa's hair.  It was placed at an angle on the front of the card.  Gold cording was wrapped around the top and a bow made with the cord and attached with a glue dot.  I had some Flower Vintage Trinkets,  I had gotten from Joan's Gardens, that were placed on the front of the card.   I keep saying I can't do "Vintage" but I sure have fun trying.

I have been very busy designing a lot of new cards for the upcoming Heartfelt Creations Christmas release, which comes out Wednesday.  There are 14 new stamps sets that Joan will add to her blog and I have tried to create a variety of cards to give you lots of inspiration.  Also this week the new Paper and Pixels magazine comes out and it will have two new tutorials I created - one for a Fall card, and one featuring the new Heartfelt Creations Christmas stamps. 

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Christmas Card with Vellum Flowers

I have had a lot of requests to post more cards using my vellum flowers.  This was not a hard request.  I also notice on my Blog Candy post that most of you said cards with my vellum flowers is one of your favorite things on my blog.

Today I used a piece of the beautiful design paper from Webster's Pages called "Waiting for Santa & Sweet Season" paper pack.  All the papers in this pack are so beautiful.  For the  greeting I use one of the stamps from the JustRite "Christmas Nested Sentiments" set and framed it with one of the frames from the JustRite "Christmas Nested Frames" set.  I used Copic markers to color the border then sponged Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink over it.  It was attached with adhesive to the design paper. 

I punched petals, using Martha Stewart punches, from a burgundy and an off white vellum.  I created them like I have shown in my "Punched Vellum Flower" tutorial.  These were arranged around the verse and punched vellum leaves added.  A small yellow bead was added to the center of the flowers.  A pretty bow was added to complete the card.

I wanted to let you know that you can still purchases the punches and vellum used for these flowers from Joan's Gardens.  Creating these flowers has been very popular.  Do you have a crafty friend you need a Christmas gift for?  The items to create these flowers would be a terrific gift. 

    

Well I hope I have given you another idea using these vellum flowers.  I think they look great even on this Christmas card.  What do you think?

All products used to create this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Sweet Season

I recently received some new products from Joan's Gardens and was excited to work with them today.  I love Webster's Pages papers.  This sheet is from the "Waiting for Santa and Sweet Season" petite papers.  I created a rosette using the Tim Holtz "Paper Rosette" die.  For the center, I used a stamp from the JustRite "Holiday Cheer Set".  These are such cute little stamps.  The diameter is 1 3/16" and worked perfect for the center of my rosette. I cut it out with a scallop circle Nestie and sponged it prior taking it out of the die.  Each scallop was pierced.   

I created three pine cones out of card stock but did something different today from what I posted last week.  I added snow to the tips using Liquid Applique and sprinkling on clear glitter.  These are placed on punched greenery.  I couldn't resist using another cardinal.  This one is from the Heartfelt Creations Cardinal Family precut set and was cut out with the matching Cardinal family dies. 

A double sheer white bow was made and attached with a glue dot.  In the center I added a red Webster's Pages Sparklers designer button.  A few red rhinestones were added around the pine cones and on the stamped JustRite pine cone.  Glitter was added to the trees and snowflakes in the designer paper. 

It is so fun to create beautiful cards using Webster's Pages for the background.  All the products used on this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.  She will be announcing soon the products I used to create the pine cones. 

Joan's Gardens Challenge 19

Are you ready for a new challenge? It's time for the next Joan's Gardens Thursday Challenge.  Joan is very busy this week preparing for her workshop on Saturday with Emma Lou Beechy, from Heartfelt Creations, so she asked me to to prepare the sample card for this week.   Here are the items Joan would like to see on your card/project this week:

• Paper-Flower background paper - preferably Webster Pages
• Rosette or paper flower
• Stamp - Sentiment - preferably JustRite
• Border Punch -preferably Martha Stewart

My card base is Not Quite Navy. A piece of designer paper from the Webster's Pages "Hollywood/Waterfall petite paper collection is used for the background. The Tim Holtz Rosette Die was used to create my paper flower. Using this die is such an easy way to create these beautiful rosettes. I added a Making Memories Flower Button to the center. To "antique" my rosette a little, I sponged on some Distress Ink on the edges and to the top of each mountain fold of rosette.

My sentiment is from the JustRite set "All Occasion Nested Sentiments and Verse" and is stamped inside the JustRite Baroque Nested Frame. I trimmed around the frame and sponged the edges with Distress Ink. It was attached with dimensionals. A blue butterfly was punched using a Martha Stewart punch. To add a little extra "blue" to my card I added a small piece of trim from the Webster's Pages "Color Hollywood" Desiger Trims. To create a pretty border along the bottom, I used a Martha Stewart border punch. To complete the card a few rhinestones were added.

All the products used in this card are available from Joan's Gardens.

I hope you will join us in the challenge this week. Be sure to check out Joan's blog for all the details and to see the prize to be given away.

Eight Drawer Box

This is an eight drawer box.  The drawers are made with Navy card stock.   The top was covered with a sheet of 6x6 Webster's Pages.  The 6x6 cardboard on the back of two different Webster Pages pads were used for the top and bottom.  The design paper was attached with ScorTape.  There are four boxes on the bottom row and four boxes on the upper row; two boxes on each side.   Gold buttons are added for knobs.  One of the stamps from the JustRite "Loving Thoughts" set was stamped and cut out with an Oval Nestie.  Blue vellum flowers were added along with some black flourishes from BossKut.  A Martha Stewart butterfly was added.  

You can purchase the Websters Pages, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punch, Vellum, Pearls, ScorTape and JustRite Stamps  from Joan's Gardens.

I believe this project qualifies for Joan's Garden Thursday Challenge.  My box is vintage and I used a Spellbinder Nestability.  Have you joined in on the challenge?  Check it out here.

Additional pictures:

This is one of the drawers before taping up sides.  I used ScorTape to hold them together.

This is how the four drawers were place on the 6x6 base.  ScoreTape was used to attach them to the base.  There are two rows of drawers.

For Someone So Special

Have you been over to see the new Thursday Challenge from Joan's Gardens?   You can see Joan's beautiful card and read all about the challenge here.

The challenge for this week is to create a card or project with a Vintage theme and use at least one Spellbinder Nestibility.  For my card I used a piece of design paper from Webster Pages.  I stamped a greeting from the JustRite Birthday Sentiments stamp set and cut it out with a Labels I Nestability.  It was sponged prior to taking it out of the Nestie.  Some brown trim was wrapped around one side and vellum flowers created to look like the ones in the dp were added. I added Flower Soft and a black rhinestone to the center.   A few brown pearls from Kaiser Crafts were added to complete the card.

I hope you will go over and join in on Joan's Thursday Challenge.  The prize this week is a Grapic 45 12x12 Boardwalk Paper Pad valued at $19.99.  You will have until next Thursday (June 24) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your card/project. 

Pretty Box with Feet

Top of box

View of side showing feet

Inside box

Today I wanted to let you know that Joan from Joan's Gardens has in all the punches and vellum used for my flower tutorial.  Also, she has a supply of the black 6x6 boxes with the window, and the Tim Holtz feet used on the box above. 

To cover this box I used paper from the "Mariposa" 8x8" stack.  I cut a piece from one corner, 6x6",  for the top of this box then placed it on the table and centered the lid over it so I could trace the opening.  Instead of cutting all of the opening just as it is on the box, I decided to cut around the top portion of the bird and the cage. A gold maker was used to outline the opening.  Strips from this same paper were cut for the side of the box.  Another piece of this same design paper was cut 6x6 to be placed inside the box, exactly matching the top.  When you look through the acetate covered opening, you can see the design on the lower right side.  When I attached the acetate, I cut a rectangle larger than the opening and attached it with ScorTape to the top of the box then attached the design paper over it.  When you open the lid you don't see taped on acetate.  

To decorate the top of the box I made some blue flowers out of vellum.  I used blue to match the blue butterfly in the patterned paper.  A Martha Stewart punch was used for the lacy design under the flowers.  Vellum leaves and MS fern were added around the larger flowers.  Small vellum flowers, in both blue and white, where scattered around the large flowers, on each side of the verse and down in the right hand corner.  

I used the pretty verse and border from the JustRite set "Joyful Hearts".   The verse was stamped with black ink on a piece of the designer paper.  The border was stamped on white cs.  Both pieces were cut out with Nestabilities and layered with dimensional tape.

A Spellbinder tag was cut out using black card stock.  It was cut in half and both ends layered together to make a sturdy "handle" to open the box.  A piece of pretty lace was added along the top edge of the sides with ScorTape.  One small circle from the lace was attached to the "handle".  To complete the box the Tim Holtz "Idea-Ology Foundations Box Feet Set Of 4" were added. 

All supplies (except the lace) can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

These boxes are so easy to decorate and make a beautiful container for cards that you want to give as a gift.  Of course there are many other great things you could use it for.

Box for cards

Yesterday I told you I was going to make a box for a variety of greeting cards I am sending my sister for her birthday.  This is what I came up with. 

This is a 6x6" box.  I used one of the 6x6 Webster's Pages for the top. Strips from a larger piece of Webster's Pages dp were cut to decorate the sides of the bottom of the box.  Mulberry flowers were arranged on top of a Martha Stewart punched design.  I really love working with these flowers. Some vellum leaves I made, and a few green sprigs from a MS punch, were added under the flowers.  Yellow vellum butterflies, from a MS punch, were added.  Pink pearls from Kaiser Crafts were added.  All these supplies are from Joan's Gardens.

A birthday greeting from one of the new JustRite stamp sets "Birthday Centers" and a border from the "10 Designer Centers and Borders" was stamped using black ink on yellow card stock.  It was cut out with a Nestability.  The edge of the lid has lace I received from a great friend (Thanks Eileen).  A piece of narrow yellow twine was added to the top of the lace with ScorTape to bring out the yellow to the sides. 

The box is filled with a variety of 5.5" square cards.  I know she will love this gift so now I'm off to get it in the mail.

Thanks for visiting again today.

Mariposa Thank You Card

Today I made a card using beautiful paper from the "Mariposa" paper stack that I purchased from Joan's Gardens.  OMG, this has the most beautiful papers in it. Have you seen this paper?   I am sure you would love every page in this pad. They are so pretty I actually didn't want to use them but I can always buy more -- right!  These papers are so beautiful by themselves that you really don't need to add much stamping. 

I cut off the design from one of the corners from this page and attached it to ivory card stock.  My card is 5.5" square and the paper is 8x8".   I wanted to add some dimension to the card so cut out the butterflies and one of the flowers from another piece and attached them with dimensional tape.  After I cut them out I inked around the edges of each cut out piece with matching Chalk Ink so the cut white edges didn't show.  I used a verse from the JustRite "Just A Note" stamp set in the upper right corner.  It was stamped with black Memento ink and cut out with a circle Nestie.  The border was stamped on another piece of cs and cut out a scallop edge circle Nestie.  There is dimensional tape between each layer.  Four black rhinestones were add to the design to complete the card. With the rest of the paper from this page I decorated the inside of the card but failed to take a picture.

I apologize for the poor quality of pictures.  We have very cloudy weather and just can't seem to get a nice sharp picture showing the beautiful color.  If I knew more about PhotoShop I'm sure I could probably sharpen the color, but I don't know how to do that.  

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  I went out to lunch with my daughter today and now I plan to get in some more stamping this afternoon.