Love Was Born on Christmas Day

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – STV14MON41 – “Christmas Comes Early” where our card project should be Christmas themed. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday). (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

This card is also being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – It’s My Favorite, where we are to create our all-time favorite kind of card, be it a technique, color, layout, or whatever else we may love. We have free rein to do whatever we want, as long as it’s our most very favorite kind of card. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.) My favorite type of card is distressed or vintage. I tend to like warm colors and use a lot of browns!

The stamps I used for this card project are from the Gina K Designs Fabulous Frame and Christmas Joy sets. I used Gina K dark chocolate ink and Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink. The card stock I used is Gina K Sandy Beach and Kraft. I also used printed paper (digital) I purchased on Etsy (Adeste Fideles Sheet Music and the background version of the same paper without the sheet music, which she made for me on my request, so I had matching paper on which to stamp my focal image – Thanks, Rachel!!) I used ribbon for the belly band from my stash.

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21Oct2014

Santa Trims the Tree

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Santa Trims the Tree

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – STV14MON41 – “Christmas Comes Early” where our card project should be Christmas themed. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The stamps I used for this card are from the Gina K Designs Cheers Mini Set, Season’s Greetings, and Inspiration Mosaic sets. The inks I used were Gina K Christmas Pine, Cranberry Tart, and Memento Tuxedo Black. Card Stock was Gina K Christmas Pine, Cranberry Tart and white. The printed paper was Melissa Frances Caleb. Copic Markers (R59 and G29) were used to color Santa. A Sakura clear glitter pen and some mini rhinestones added a touch of sparkle.

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21Oct2014

Wise Men Still Seek Him

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Wise Men Still Seek Him

This card features the Gina K Designs “City of David” set for the images and the sentiment and the (text) pattern behind the stamped images. The background pattern on the large panel was stamped using the stamp from the Sizzix Holly Background Stamp with Embossing Folder set. Card stock used was gina k ivory and dusty sage along with basic gray plumeria. Inks used were gina k edible eggplant and memento toffee crunch.

It is being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday).(http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

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21Oct2014

Christmas Shaker Card

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Christmas Shaker Card

This is a shaker card I created where the stamped Santa image is recessed and sits behind a piece of acetate, and metal snowflakes are sealed between them. When you shake the card, the snowflakes move around – hard to show that in a photo!

The Santa stamp is by Inkadinkado #5247 (Alma Lynne Designs), and the sentiment is from the Gina K Designs “Merry Tree” duo.

Santa was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers:
holly – R89, zg24, G29
hair – E55, E57, E59
face – E30, E13
coat – R46, R59
mittens – B24, B29, C5, C7, C9
heart – R89, E49
fur & belt – E30, E33
checks – E40, E42
boots – E57, E59

Card stock used: Gina K Cranberry Tart and Kraft, Coredinations Hunter, along with patterned paper by Pebbles called Mary from the Walnut Grove collection.

Dies used: Spellbinders Matting Basics B (3rd from biggest), Ribbon Tag Trio Two, and the pine bough from Diemond Dies.

Inks used: StazOn cotton white and timber brown, Gina K dark chocolate and desert sand, and Memento tuxedo black.

For the white snowflakes, I hand drew them with a Sakura Gelly Roll white pen. The metallic snowflakes were from my stash. Scotch foam mounting tape was used to create and adhere the “window” over the image.

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14Oct2014

“The Magic of Christmas” Magic Card

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“The Magic of Christmas” Magic Card – Tag and Card Project

This tag was made for the Mod Squad Challenge “Tag It!” where we were to create a tag. We could make just a tag, any size, or attach one by using a little pocket on the card. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

I’ve included a picture of the tag, the card itself (with the tag hidden inside the pocket), and various pictures of what the card looks like as you pull the tab on the tag. Below are larger photos of each individual shot above.

Detailed instructions can be found HERE under my “Tutorials” tab.

The stamps I used for this project are from the Stampin’ Up “Star Santa” set. I used Stazon black ink for the image and greeting. Copic markers (R59, G29, Y17, E53, R20, N0, C1, and C3) were used to color the image. Cardstock used was white and Gina K Cranberry Tart. I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A dies (4th and 5th from center) and a Creative Memories circle punch.

A card posted by David Maynard on StampTv and a You Tube video called “Magic Card With Dawn” inspired me to make this card. (Thank you David and Dawn!)