Addicted to Stamping

Santa Pillowbox

I filled these Santa pillowbox ornaments with treats to hang in the Christmas Tree. Cut a pillowbox out of Real Red cardstock. Cut a scallop circle from Whisper White and fold the top over to make the hat band.

To make the face, punch a wide oval and 1/2" circle from Blush Blossom. Sponge on some pink for colour. Cut two of the petals from the 5 petal punch to make the mustache.  

Kenzie's Christmas

This was one of my scrapbook pages from last Christmas so I think the paper is retired. The colours are Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla. I used a gel pen to journal directly onto my photo. The letters were stamped with a stamp-a-ma-jig and embossed in silver. To make the lace I cut a thin strip and punched it with the eyelet strip then snipped the straight edge so it would bend to the curve.

Faux Snow Tree

Here's another card using the faux snow technique. You can find the tutorial here.

I used the Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set and Sincere Salutations. The snowflakes are from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and embossed with clear.  

Singing Mouse

I made this poor little fella while on summer vacation and he's been living in a ziploc baggie ever since.  I thought it might be time for him to make it onto a card.

He's made from Stampin' Up punches. Head-wide oval,feet & mouth-small oval, tummy-large oval, nose and inner ears-1/4" circle, ears 1/2" circle, neck-word window, body-1 3/4" circle, hands-trio flower, teeth-double rectangle, tree-snowflake punch.

The tree trunk and mouse's legs are cut free hand. To make the book cut a piece of Real Red cardstock 1.5 x 2". Trim the top and bottom slightly to make a V shape.

To make the string of lights I cut the bulbs with the Tree Decorations sizzlit and poked holes around the tree trunk to string in silver cord. It doesn't show up in the photo but I added dazzling diamonds to the tree branches and snowdrifts then covered the light bulbs and the mouse's nose with crystal effects.

To visit his friend "the singing reindeer" click here

Shimmer Cartridges

I love the new shimmer paint SU sells. I put some Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint in an uninked cartridge so I could use it with my wheels. To ink up the cartridge I poured a small amount of paint on the wheel and spread it out with the tip of my bone folder. I kept turning the wheel and repeating the process until the whole cartridge was inked.

I inked another cartridge with frost white to use with my snowflake wheel. That one is very pretty as well.

Since this is paint and not ink as soon as I'm finished stamping I store the cartridge in a plastic ziploc bag to keep it from drying out. If I get tired of my shimmer cartridges I plan to wash them out and reuse them.

Punch Art Elves

 I made this card for a SUDSOL sketch challenge. The elves are made from the ornament and 1-3/4" circle punches. The hands are the 1/2" circle punch. For the window I used the envelope die and the tree is made from the scallop circle punch.

Oops, I forgot to put the balls on their hats

Embossed Christmas Tree

To emboss the tree I used the Petals-A-Plenty textured embossing folder and Patti Bennet's  embossing folder technique. I cut a tree shape from dense cardboard and placed it under my folder when I ran it through my big shot so it only embossed  where I had the cardboard.  

Sweet Treats

  This was my first chance to play with my sweet treat cups. To make the gingerbread man I traced the shape from a cookie cutter. The card ended up being a little top heavy so I made some 3D cardstock gifts at the bottom of the card for support. Next time I'll fold my card at the top instead of the side.

 

My Little Piggy card was made with SU punches and some Designer Series Paper.
          
  
  

 

Easy Trees

I've seen a lot of requests lately for easy Christmas tree patterns. One of my favorites is the origami trees pictured on page 161 in the Stampin' Up cataloque.  Here's a tutorial for an Origami Tree

Below are a couple more easy trees made with the pop up Tree die. For the first tree I used just the 2 largest pieces and tied on some elastic cord after stringing it with 1/2" circles. The other tree is made using the large tree shape from the die as a pattern. Trace 4 trees, fold them in half and glue them together.

  

Faux Snow

Here's a card I made using faux snow. You can make your own with scraps of white cardstock and a cheese grater. Here's a short tutorial.