Mary Did You Know?

Hi everyone!

I was wanting to make a card for some special friends and looking for a starting point... over at Creative Carte Blanche, song lyrics are the theme for the monthly challenge.

This got me thinking about my favorite Christmas carol which is "Mary Did You Know?"... and that led me to design this card with the nativity as the focal point.

I'm still using Close to My Heart's paper "Oh Deer" but I've abandoned the sea glass colour I've  used on past cards, and focused on the golds and browns instead, with a hit of red glitter.  The musical notes on the paper continue the theme of the challenge.

All three Nativity dies that I used are from Penny Black:  Manger, Winter Garland, and Rejoice, and the interior label die is Merry Labels from Catherine Pooler's Candy Cane Lane collection this year.

If you haven't heard Pentatonix sing "Mary Did You Know?" you really must relax back in your chair and enjoy this YouTube video.

Wishing you peace and blessings this Christmas season!

Linda

Sweet Treats

Hi there,

Yesterday, I shared a fun Christmas gift that I made for a friend, and today I'm putting it together with a card and entering it in Power Poppy's challenge this month "Sweet Treats"

When I first saw Power Poppy's stamps, I was smitten!  They have the loveliest images!  This little tree in a tea cup is from a set called Cozy Cupfuls and it is just darling.

I used paper from Close to my Heart called "Oh Deer" and waterpainted the image with coordinating inks:  Juniper, Sea Glass, Fern, Whisper, Desert Sand and Ruby.

Finishing touches are a glittery silver bow, diamond stickles on the tree bulbs, and Bitty Sparkles here and there.  The card and mats are a set from Papertrey Ink called the Noted: Scalloped A2 Die Collection.

The inside sentiment comes from a different Power Poppy stamp set "Poinsettia".  It was stamped in Delicata "Golden Glitz".

On the envelope I stamped another image from the "Cozy Cupfuls" set in Delicata "Golden Glitz".

You still have time to enter the Power Poppy Challenge as it goes until Dec 31st., and you don't need to have a Power Poppy stamp to enter.  (They do have digital images available for sale though if you should want to use one of these sweeties for the challenge!)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Especially with the big day drawing ever closer!  If I listen carefully enough I think I can hear the sound of rustling wrapping paper being taped together all around the world!

Linda

Sea Glass Poinsettia

Hi everyone!

I'm back again to share another Christmas card in CTMH's beautiful Sea Glass colours!

This card is another SVG file that I cut on my Cricut Explore, only this time the file comes from Birds Cards who is another favorite of mine!  You can find this card file here.  

I really loved combining the Sea Glass colours and white glitter paper.

I wanted to share with this close-up, how I painted all the Sea Glass cardstock with a white Wink of Stella shimmer pen, to tone it down a bit and give it a soft look.  Add lots of crystal gems and it sparkles like the snow in winter!

Thanks again for stopping by and sharing my joy in creating Christmas things that sparkle!

Linda

Supplies used:

Sea Glass cardstock

White cardstock

Sea Glass glitter paper

White glitter paper

Clear Sparkles

Bitty Sparkles

White Wink of Stella brush

Oh Deer Winterscape Luminary

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share what has been one of my favorite things I've made for Christmas this year!

This is an SVG file called Winterscape Card that I purchased from Dreaming Tree.  I happened to win a gift card from the Cricut Explore and More facebook group, which Leo from the Dreaming Tree sponsors... so I raced over and fell in love with this beautiful box card.

The deer theme fit in perfectly with Close to my Heart's Oh Deer paper pack.  I LOVE this paper and although I have been working with it since October, I have not tired of it yet!

I put my box together a little differently than the Dreaming Tree's instructions.  I cut an extra layer of birch trees and in the front panel I cut out a couple of branches in the center so you could get a better glimpse of the deer.  I like the angle photo above, because in it you can see how the beautifully designed trees and snowflakes wrap right around the sides.

Close to my Heart's beautiful white glitter paper made gorgeous sparkly snowflakes.

A little close up of the "blinged up" front panel.  (What's Christmas without sparkle...right??)  

"Joy" was cut from gold glimmer paper with a Penny Black die from a set called "Greetings".

The back has a little "cut out" to tuck a led tea light in and the card is SO pretty with the light shining on the silver moon through the trees.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are all enjoying your last minute crafting for Christmas!!

Linda

Hearts of the West Blog Hop

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Team monthly Blog Hop!

In this blog hop today, we are featuring the very beautiful CTMH paper pack "Oh Deer".  

You will find this paper pack in the Holiday Expressions Mini Catalogue.

If you came from Corrina Murphy's blog , then you are on the right track. This is a circular blog hop so you can start anywhere. Just in case you get lost, the full list of participants can be found at the bottom of this post. 

To make this shaker card, I used the piece of sea glass patterned paper in the "Oh Deer" set, for the inside of the shaker.

Then I ran a piece of sea glass card stock through an embossing folder, lightly rubbed the top of it with White Shimmer Delicata ink, and stamped it in Golden Glitz and White Shimmer Delicata ink using  the A1190, All is Bright stamp set.  I finished the card stock mat by splattering it with watered down gesso.

The Poinsettias were cut on the cricut using a flower from Anna's Winter Wonderland cartridge.  They were sponged with Golden Glitz Delicata ink.  The pine needle branches are from the CTMH Flower Market cartridge.

The shaker itself was cut in several layers:  White daisy, "Oh Deer" sea glass, white foam, acrylic window, and finished off with the beautiful CTMH White Glitter paper.  The ornament shape of the shaker was made with the Sizzix Bigz Chandelier Ornament die.  "Joy" was cut out of  CTMH Gold Glitter paper using a Penny Black die from the "Greetings" set.  The card was finished off with a bow made from CTMH White and Gold ribbon. 

 "Oh Deer" has been a delight to work with... it is so bright and pretty.!

I am the last one on the hop, but if you started somewhere in the middle, head over to Nancy Klein's blog to see what she has created with "Oh Deer"!

I hope you enjoy yourself on this hop and find lots to inspire you.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Linda

Blog hop participants:

Nancy Klein

Donna Digby

Corinna Murphy

Me!

10 Christmas Cards from CTMH Oh Deer WYW

Hi everyone!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  I know the actual day was yesterday, but I am continuing on with it today!!

I used one of the CTMH workshops called "Oh Deer", cut the 3 layouts out and then went on to see how many Christmas cards I could get from it.  The answer is A LOT!  I finally stopped at 10 cards, but I could have made more and I probably will yet.

These cards are quick and simple, but very elegant.  I popped them up with a lot of layers and added extra glitter, crystal gems, and lots of shimmer to give them an extra dimension.  They are SO pretty in real life.  I hope I have been able to capture some of their sparkle and glimmer for you!

I have made an instructional PDF document on how to make these cards.  If you would like to have it to make your own cards, please go here.

This Peace card was inspired by Allisa at Rocky Mountain Paper Crafts.

And THIS one was totally designed by Janice Gilhooley.  (You will only be able to see this link if you belong to the Facebook page CTMH Artwork.)

I loved it so much I had to make one of my own!!

I hope you enjoy these cards!

Getting an early start on them now will help decrease the stress in December when there are so many things to do!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda