The Birth of Christ

The Manger is THE Moment where Christmas began!

I love this sweet card - and while it was created 

with a retired stamp - - -

the image could easily be changed to 

another manger, angel or Christmas stamp.

Stamping the image first, then blending color
in with blender pens and
Classic Ink adds life to the stamped image.
The Crumb Cake Cardstock base
and the double mat under the image
created from Cherry Cobbler and
Gumball Green Cardstock are great accents.
The seam binding ribbon and stamped sentiment
add the finishing touches for this great card.

Enjoy another 2013 Christmas Countdown Card
for your Holiday idea deck.

Merry Winter

With the anticipation of snowfall this weekend, I thought of

this sweet card and how my grandkids LOVE

snowfall and making snowballs and snowmen!

This easy to stamp card features: 

Merry Winter Stamp Set,  Cardstocks: Cherry Cobbler 

and Crumb Cake , Markers: Gumball Green, Crumb Cake,

Linen Thread, Dazzing Diamonds and 

Scallop Polka Dot Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler,  sentiment 

stamped on Whisper White and  punched with the Tag Punch (retired).

Mug of Cheer

This great card from the 2013 Christmas Countdown

brings a warm mug of cheer to your creativity.

Using Designer Series Paper to create blocks of color,

the circles of 3" and 3.5" layer up for a nice 

base for the mug of cheer.  This mug was created with

the Holiday Collection Framelits and the 

 Scentsational Season Stamp Set.

The mini tree was punched with the Merry Minis Punch Set.

The Sentiment "Warm Winter Wishes" 

is from the Bootiful Occasions Stamp Set.

Very Merry Christmas

I  love combining a variety of items to make something special!

This sweet card used Cardstocks from 

Stampin' Up! and a premade tag I had in a bundle 

from my favorite office store - Staples.

Using these supplies made this card 

quick and simple to create:

Gumball Green, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock,

 Designer Series Paper: Be of Good Cheer,  

Stamp Sets: Chock Full of Cheer & Priority Mail (hostess)

Winter Frost Embossing Folder, Big Shot, 

Classis Inks:  Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake. 

Enjoy - and don't forget to post a comment 

this month to be entered in my 

Blog Drawing for {INK}redible Goodies!

Christmas Tree Merriment!

It's almost that time at my house....

everyone that knows me well, knows 

that my favorite time of the holiday season

is putting up the Christmas tree ...

And because I love it so much I like to put it up 

shortly after Halloween! (- yes I said Halloween)

It's because of the Joy Christmas brings that I love 

putting up that tree... its a reminder that there is Joy in

our lives because of the meaning of Christmas.

It's not simply about the presents under that tree...

it's about the One present God gave us in His Son

that we celebrate Christmas.

Enjoy this fun card...it makes me think of the 

bright colored trees my girls put up for their children...

Created with the various Designer Series Papers 

punched with the Petite Pennant Builder Punch 

and stacked on Whisper White Cardstock 

for the fun colorful and funky tree topped with a star

punched from silver glimmer paper.

The fun layer of Coastal Cabana Cardstock 

is created with the woodgrain embossing

 folder and edged with the scallop 

edge punch and glimmer paper.

The cute "Merry" sentiment is stamped 

in Cherry  Cobbler Classic Ink 

on Whisper White cardstock and 

punched out with the Ticket Punch.

I hope you enjoy this 

2013 Christmas Countdown Creation.

Home for Christmas...

This is a little bit of a spin off a Christmas card 

I did for Founder's Circle one year.

I love this Christmas lodge feel and the 

addition of Dazzling Diamonds on the

rooftop for the effect of snow, makes for winter wonder!

I love the Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White combo

for this Christmas Countdown Card.

I hope it is a card idea you will enjoy!

Make it a great day!

Enjoy - - -

More Joy to Share...

I adore the way the Cherry Cobbler and Soft Sky 

come together for this fabulous card.

The card foundation is Soft Sky and then 

a layer of vellum embossed with the 

Winter Frost Textured Impressions Folder 

was added for some great holiday detail. 

Additional Stampin' Up Jewel Rhinestones were used to draw 

attention to the center of the embossed snowflakes. 

I punched a small strip of Soft Sky DSP 

that I created on My Digital Studio 

with the Scallop Trim Border Punch and added 

rhinestones in each scallop.

The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler and
is from the Stampin' Up set Perfect Punches.

I punched it out with the scallop punch and used 

Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine to tie it to the 

Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding wrapped bow.

Stay tuned daily for more Christmas Countdown ideas....

Enjoy!

The Stockings are Hung...

Hi y'all!  Today in the 2013 Chirstmas Countdown, 

I'm featuring a cute card I made last year at one of the

Christmas Card Stamp Camps I held.  

It's one of my favorites as it features stockings. 

Stockings in our family bring such a joy each Christmas...each person 

is filled with excitement of giving and receiving as they 

place secret gifts into each other's stockings.

I think the textures created with the 

various embossing folders make the card...and about 

two years ago I really began to utilize the 

glimmer papers in various shades 

to make my designs "pop"!

Here you see the glimmer paper in silver 

at the top, heel and toe of the stocking.

The card foundation is in Cherry Cobbler

and match the seam binding ribbon behind the 

stamped and punched sentiment.  

Share what your favorite Christmas decor is in the 

comments below to be entered into my October Drawing.

Thanks for stopping by my blog this Wednesday 

and stay tuned for more creative ideas from my 

2013 Christmas Countdown.

Enjoy!

Christmas Card Happiness

This sweet card took just a few 

moments to create and is so fun!

I used the new Stampin' Up Color Smoky Slate Cardstock

for the foundation and some great  

Christmas Designer Series Paper.

Share some ideas here by leaving a comment below.

Enjoy your day!