Wise Men Following the Star of Bethlehem

 Here is one of my Christmas cards.  I figure it is safe to post it here since no one reads this blog.  :)

This card features the Wise Men die from Tim Holtz and I used a couple of colors of his distress ink, Sooty Black and Chipped Sapphire to blend the background.  I like the length of the slimline card as it makes the Wise Men look like they have a long way to go to see Jesus.   While I was investigating other people's ideas for inspiration, I saw a wonderful vignette box by Barbara, which inspired me to emphasize the starlight.  I hope you like it.

It's Been Too Long

This Lawn Fawn stamp/die set is so very cute.  I used it, Simon Says Stamp's Peek-A-Boo frame set and the Lawn Fawn dies, Simple Grassy Hillsides and Stitched Waved Borders to create this card.  I'm still learning how to color blend with the Copics, and show you which pens I used for each animal.  First I brushed the plain paper with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass distress ink to create the sky, then I cut the grass and river from scraps.  I cut the frame from Recollection's Kraft paper and then assembled the pieces.  The little Hello stamp is an old one from Inky Antics.  The inside says "It has been too long" and then I hand wrote a message about hoping to see my friend again soon.

Healing Hugs

I just received my Simon Says Stamp set Healing Hugs.  Its simplicity is calming, and I think hugs are important these days.  I made four different colors of cards, with one version that is not a standard shape card that folds over, but is just the single layer.  Actually, I did put a coordinating purple on the back of the card so I could stamp another sentiment and sign it, so it really a double layer flat card.  I believe that is what they are being called, flat cards, when they don't fold over like a traditional card.

I also decorated the envelopes to match the cards.  The orange/yellow card I sent to my mom. :)

Leaves

I found this card online; I love Lisa's blog, she makes amazing cards.

I'm in Haven's "With Sympathy" Card

I liked it so much that I bought the stamp set with its matching dies, Be Kind, from Simon Says Stamp.

Here is my take on the card.

Edited to add additional cards.

Chemistry Geek

I made this box card to give to my husband.  It is very appropriate since we both have Chemistry degrees!  It isn't evident in this picture, but the hair is subtly gray.  I think it is the best blending I have done, and you can't see it! LOL

Tiger Card

Card for Jack

More Tim Holtz Dog and Cat Cards

Mardi Gras Colors

These colors make me think of Mardi Gras and so I made this fun card for my mom.  I'd ordered the stitched frames, but hadn't used them before.  This also uses the tonic drops I'd gotten from Simon Says Stamps.  The white background is lightly embossed - it is hard to see in the photo.  I really like this card, it might be one of my all time favorites!  Originally I had another, larger frame in red added, but didn't like the card as well.  My sweet husband suggested that having  4 rectangles might be too much.  I decided to remove the red rectangle and now I love the card!

Get Well Card for a Friend

Always Take The Scenic Route

Southwestern Scene

Just Thinking About You

I wanted to send a "Just thinking about you" card, so I used a stamp set I'd never used and some nesties I don't use often.  The inside of the card just says "thinking about you".

Hippy Coos

One of our favorite things about visiting Scotland are the Highland Cows, AKA Heilan Coos.  I call them Hippy Coos because of all the hair in their eyes.  I made this card for my husband, with its hippy coo and all the different shades of green. 

Cats and Dogs

I was wondering around Michael's recently and found these Tim Holtz stamp/die/embossing folder sets and couldn't resist.  I am a cat person so I had to have that one, and I know dog people, so I had to have that one AND they were buy one, get one half off.  Who could argue with that?

Washi Tape Cards

I have collected washi tape and never really known how to use it well.  I made several cards, but they were clumsy attempts and I never sent them.  However, I was on Pinterest and found a card that used washi tape and was so elegant, I had to CASE it.  I would like to thank the person that came up with the design originally, but I don't know who it was or where to find it again.  So THANK YOU!

Birthday cards

I needed a couple of birthday cards and had my Distress inks out, so I used my stipple brushes to color white paper letters I had cut out.  The first uses the Stampin Up! Large letters die and the second uses a Happy Birthday die from Simon Says Stamps.

St. Patrick's Day

I made St. Patrick's Day cards this year. What's sad is that I bought the shamrock die set from Impression Obsession in preparation of making cards and then a couple of weeks later, when I actually started making cards, I bought them again.  I must really have liked them to have bought them twice!!!

OSW - Stampin' Up!'s Patterned Paper

I used a template (sorry I can't give credit to the person that took the time to figure out the measurements; I didn't think to save that info) from Pinterest to make lots of cards from a single 12" x 12" piece of patterned paper.  Here are some of the 12 cards I made with Stamping' Up!'s DSP and matching colored paper.  I used SU's Swirly Scribbles die as well.