Just a simple card to end the year. This is one of the cards I gave to my mother as a gift for Christmas. 
This was a card I made thinking I could use it for multiple occasions. It doesn't show but I'm pretty sure the card base was stamped with a design using a shadow stamp. (Not sure since I gave my mother some of my cards as part of her Christmas present.) The light brown and plaid papers are scrapbooking weight. The dark brown paper is from SU as is the ink used for stamping the SU image.
Earlier this year I made this card for a friend, Kris, who was celebrating her birthday. The stamped words are actually all one stamp from Hero Arts. Once the image was stamped onto the white card stock I simply took some markers that were the same colors as flowers I had here and highlighted some of the words. I then attached the silk flowers with an adhesive and placed a gem in the middle of each to give some "bling". I thought it made kind of a unusual, fun card. What do you think?
The card was made from the wonderful white card stock from Paper Trey. I ran it through my Cuttlebug using two of the border folders. I left the middle portion of the card front blank so I could stamp three flowers across. The flowers are from an SU stamp set and were stamped using Pretty In Pink ink from SU.
I wanted to take time to post one last Christmas card to all who celebrate this Holy Day. I hope all are traveling safely and are able to be with family and/or friends. May all of you be blessed making happy memories.
My mother needed a card to send for her friend's birthday. I got this great stamp in a set of stamps from PaperTreyInk. They have two sets that were specially made to use with buttons.
On December 12, one of our granddaughers has a birthay and this is a card I made for her this year. Very simple..........embossesed with a Sizzix folder. The layers are cut with Labels 4 from Spellbinders. The ballet shoes were a rub-on piece I had. Our granddaughter is in dance so I thought this would be fun card to give her.
In July of this year, we had a surprise invitation to take a hot air balloon ride with friends. It happened to be the day after our wedding anniversary so it was even more special. Riding up above and watching "the world below" is an awesome experience..........deer running, two young guys rowing a canoe, the crops in the fields and families in their yards waving at us.
Today's card is a little different than my usual Christmas cards. I sent this card to one of our Yahoo Group's newer members, Char. The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. I used Real Red and Wild Wasabi ink to stamp it and then added red metallic decor pieces from Hero Arts for the berries. 
Many people in Florida don't ever know what it is like to experience snow and this card won't really do that. I'm not sure if my friend Nancy who lives in Florida has ever experienced snow first hand but I thought she "needed" some snow for Christmas so I made this card for her. It doesn't show up very well, but the left side of the card was embossed with a vertical design from the Cuttlebug folders. I then stamped the "Merry Christmas" with Bashful Blue ink from SU and adhered it to a layer of the Bashful Blue paper from SU.
When 12 ladies from our Yahoo Group got together last summer, one of the ladies (Andrea) gave me some beautiful ribbon. She showed me how to cut off the wired edge and use it as an added embellishment. Before adding the ribbon to the front of the card with double sided tape, the design on the ribbon was quite centered so I cut off an additional edge of the ribbon and made a ruffle with it by weaving thread through the one edge. I adhered that ruffle to a circle made of gold card stock. A small circle of the gold card stock was punched and added to the middle of the ruffle. 
My friend Georgia was the recipient of this card. Card stock is Brilliant Blue from SU. The tree design is from Penny Black, Inc. I stamped it with SU Craft White ink and then added the silver flat Metallic Decor pieces from Hero Arts. Not much explanation is needed with this card but I really liked the blue and white combination.
This is a card I sent to my friend Sheri. I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots border to emboss the top edge of the card and scored two lines below it with my Scor-Pal. I then stamped the tree with VersaMark and embossed it with Egyptian Gold EP. As you can see, I added a diamond pattern with my Scor-Pal to the left of the tree design and popped a little "Seasons Greetings" sentiment on top. Final touch was to add the ribbon across the dotted border.
This was the card I sent to my friend, Annie, in Canada. The card is made with SU Real Red CS and run through the Cuttlebug with the SU Poinsettia embossing folder. The white strip was punched with the Martha Stewart holly border punch. I popped a layered circle that had been stamped with a tiny wreath that I believe was from Clear Dollar stamps. I then added the vertical sentiment and adhered the strip to the card.
Today's card is one I sent to a friend, Harriet. She lives in California and I told her I thought she needed some snow for Christmas. 
Today's card was made for one of the members (Lynette) on the Yahoo Group to which I belong. The main card is made with Real Red card stock from SU and embossed with the SU Poinsettia embossing folder. I took a strip of white card stock and punched the edge with the Martha Stewart holly punch and with a Real Red SU marker dotted each of the areas indicating the berries. The "noel" is a rub-on from Making Memories. I used a gold outline sticker for the Poinsettia, colored it with SU markers and mounted it on the two ovals which were cut with my oval set of Nestabilities.
Today's card is one I sent to a friend (Joyce) on a Yahoo Group. As the group receives their cards, I will be posting them here for you to use as ideas as well.
I didn't get a card posted on Wednesday and yesterday I had two little grandchildren here for most of the day. Just before I went to bed last night I decided I wanted a posted entry to show up for December 3 but didn't add any description.
This was a new experiment for me. I've seen these done and didn't know how easy it was to use an embossing folder and get that "blank space" in the middle.
Today's card is a fun card to be sent to children before Christmas. White card stock is from Paper Trey. I embossed the design which appears on the right with a Cuddlebug folder and then trimmed it to mount on a piece of glossy gold card stock. Then I stamped the two designs with VersaMark and heat embossed them with Egyptian Gold embossing powder.
A local soy candle shop/gift shop buys cards from me to resell. The other day I saw some stamps that made me think it would be fun to try some cards that parents can put out for their children after Santa comes. The front of this card is made up of three different stamps.....Santa's face is from Hero Arts, Ho Ho Ho is from Serendipity Stamps and the little holly is from an unknown company. On the inside of the card I have embossed the following message from another Serendipity stamp: "Thanks for the milk and cookies!!! See you next year. S. Claus". I do actually have a stamp on route to me now that has a cookie and milk image on it. I'll be stamping that on the inside.
Today's stamped design is also from Whipper Snapper Stamps and I "had to have it". The name of the stamp is Tucker Turkey.........my grandson's name is Tucker. 
Our Yahoo Group has three monthly swaps. Most of the time this particular swap is a challenge of some type although we are free to send a card of our choice. This month the "regular" swap was opened to whatever type of card you wanted to send. I was paired to send my card to our "Group Mom" and since I had several Thanksgiving cards made up, I thought it was a good opportunity to send her one and let her know that I am thankful for all the great work she does on our group.
Over the next few days I will be showing you some of the Thanksgiving cards I made. I intended to post one yesterday but since I didn't get it done, you get two today. Many will be similar but just a little different layout to show how you can change the look of a card using the same supplies. 
This was really a SUPER SIMPLE card. The Buttercup Yellow plaid card stock is from Lasting Impressions. A friend of mine (thanks, Joanne!) shared some of these flowers with me. The punched Daisy punched strip is from Martha Stewart. I can use this as a Get Well, Birthday or Thinking of You whenever I need to send a card.
Today I'm showing you another simple card I made for my MIL. The Snickerdoodle paper from Lasting Impressions served as the base of the card as well as the top layer. The main card was run through the Cuttlebug using one of my folders. The tree and sentiment were stamped with an SU set - Thoughts and Prayers.
My mother-in-law asked me to make some get well cards for her. For all the ironing she does for me she deserves to have these cards for FREE. She insists on paying so she gives me $.50 for each card I make for her. I think I'd rather do it for nothing.
A friend, Harriet, is celebrating her birthday next week. Since I have had a bad habit of sending cards late, I am now trying to send greetings early. She has already received the card so I decided to use it as today's post.
This was a card I made for a friend, Andrea, and her husband last year. Since I haven't made any new cards for a few days, I decided to pull one out from my files that hadn't been posted here yet.
The Yahoo Group I am in has three monthly swaps - one of which is an Alphabet Swap. This month those who participated made cards featuring the letter "F". This is the card I made to send. The card was first embossed using a Quickutz embossing folder. The image from Inkadinkadoo was stamped with Memento Black Ink and colored with Copic markers. I then cut out the image and embossed the oval using my oval Nestablities. The finishing touch on this card was the pink butterfly using a MS punch and SU paper.
It's safe to show this one now since my friend, Lynette, has received it. The card is made using papers from Lasting Impressions. I used a Martha Stewart punch to do the edge on the solid colored Terra Cotta paper. The stamped image is from the Flourishes "Wreaths of all Seasons" and is colored with COPIC MARKERS. The circles were cut with my scalloped and plain circle Nestabilities from Spellbinder dies.
In the summer of 2007 I was lucky enough to attend the Summer CHA and participate in several make-and-take demonstrations. Representatives from Marvy Uchida showed us how to make this very simple Christmas card.
This is a stamp I used from the Penny Black clear set "Tiny Wishes". I colored the design with Copic markers and cut the layers with my Petite Oval Nestabilities. Main card was run through my Cuttlebug with my favorite folder - the Swiss Dots.
I love the Hedgehog critters from Penny Black. This particular design was from the clear stamp set "Wonderful" but it can also be purchased individually and wood mounted. I colored the design using my Copic CIAO markers and cut the two layers using Labels Two from Spellbinders. The flowers on the purple cardstock are from Scrappy Cat and I stamped them randomly using VersaMark ink. Sentiment was from one of my Inkadinkado clear stamp sets.
I recently received the Asian Artistry stamp set from SU. I really liked the simplicity of this design. I sponged four colors of VersaColor Ink (Canary, Marigold, Orange and Paprika) onto the cream cardstock and then stamped the design with VersaFine Onyx Black. I also took the Orange ink and added a little more ink to the edge of that layer to make it stand out. This piece was mounted onto a piece of black glossy paper. and then mounted onto a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock from SU which had been run through the Cuttlebug using Diamond Plate folder. The three tiny black gems are from Hero Arts. 
Back to Autumn. There's no getting around it, leaves are falling around here. This was a card I made using papers and a template from Lasting Impressions. I don't think it needs any explanation other the fact that I dry embossed the leaves and scuffed them to bring out the design. Although I am NOT looking forward to Winter months, I do enjoy the colors of Autumn and love working with the papers in those colors.
This card was another idea I got from an Internet video I saw. I like the pink and gray combination so decided to go with it for today's card.
Ever since I started buying the Cuttlebug Folders, I had wished they would come out with a nice design for the corner of a card. One day when I was "shopping" on line I found this Sizzix folder which was perfect for what I had been wanting. Then on another day where I was browsing sites for ideas on cards, I saw a card basically made like this and just loved the stamped design.......so that meant another order. The stamp is by Stampendous.
Last week I was watching some various videos for making cards and saw this "oh-so-easy" way to make a pumpkin. I used one of my Marvy Scalloped Oval punches and a Sizzix die from SU to make the pieces. The video suggested edging the oval pieces with a little brown ink, which I did. Adding one of these pumpkins to some designer paper makes a quick and easy card.
This was such a fun card to make since it was totally different than anything I had ever done before. A friend of mine (Georgia) made a card last year and I cased her idea. She layered her card differently and a little more striking than this one but I was pleased with how this turned out.
Using a white cardstock from Lasting Impressions, I started by inking the moon. I used yellow ink (obviously) and a stiff brush to apply it -- always starting in the center of the moon and gradually working my way out so as to give a fading of the color. When I was satisfied with the size of the moon, I sponged turquoise ink all over the rest of the white front and then added a little more darker blue by sponging it here and there.
The witch from Inkadinkadoo and the trees from the SU set "Lovely as a Tree" were added using VeraFine Onyx Black Ink. I mounted this piece onto a yellow cardstock and then onto the Tempting Turquoise paper from SU.
Thank you Georgia for coming up with the original card you made to give me a wonderful idea to case!
Two more cards using the "All About Autumn" retired dsp. Thank you for coming by today!
