Christmas is in 2 days and I still have to wrap all the presents! I don't know why but I keep putting it off - I even have wrapping paper that matches my tree decoration and it STILL didn't spur me on to get it done. Knowing me I'll be madly wrapping gifts Christmas morning ROFL!
Anyway I hope everyone is starting to enjoy the holidays - things are pretty quiet around here - and COLD!! We've been sitting at close to -40 (same in Celsius and Fahrenheit - means it's COLD!) with the wind chill for the past few days and it's been nice to just stay inside and keep warm.
I've also been doing a fair bit of stamping lately too (and am trying to finish up a couple of Christmas gifts - seems to be a trend with me lately - just not getting things done soon enough!) so here are a couple of cards I made this past week:
The pot of flowers stamp is from GinaK's Happy Harvest Stamp set. I stamped it onto white card stock then colored it in with Copic Markers.
I used my Marvy Mega Scalloped Oval Punch to punch it out.
All the patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Stella Ruby 6x6 pack.
I punched out a giga scalloped oval from one of the papers to mat the main image.
The floral paper was torn then adhered to the yellowish paper (that I cut down to card size) then I used my mini sewing machine to stitch around the edges.
I finished off the card with a sentiment from GinaK's Punchy Words set (used my Stampin' Up! Word Window punch on the card base then stamped the sentiment inside it), some Prima flowers and ribbon.
STAMPS: GinaK Happy Harvest and Punchy Words stamp sets. CS: Papertrey White, Basic Grey Stella Ruby Patterned Paper. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copic Markers, Palette Hybrid Noir (for sponging). ACCESSORIES: Marvy Mega and Giga Scalloped Oval Punches, SU! Word Window Punch, Ribbon, Primas, Brads, Dimensionals, Sewing Machine.
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For this card I used the other flower image from GinaK's Happy Harvest set - I stamped them several times on a piece of watercolor paper (with Brilliance Black ink) then watercolored them with my AquaPainter and Stampin' Up!'s Watercolor Wonder Crayons.
I roughed up the edges of the paper with an edge distresser then sponged Chocolate Chip (SU!) ink on the edges.
The patterned paper was from the same Stella Ruby pack - I sewed the patterned piece onto the Chocolate Chip card stock then roughed up and curled the edges.
The sentiment is from GinaK's Punchy Words set, I used a Rose Red and Chocolate Chip marker to ink it up, stamped it onto white CS then punched it out with my Marvy Extra Jumbo Scalloped Circle Punch and sponged the edges.
The ribbon is SU!'s wide Chocolate Chip grosgrain - I wanted more of it to show so I cut a notch in the watercolor paper to slide the ribbon through before tying it.
I finished off the card by adding some Making Memories vintage eyelets and that's it!
STAMPS: GinaK Happy Harvest and Punchy Words stamp sets. CS: Papertrey White, Basic Grey Stella Ruby Patterned Paper, Chocolate Chip (SU!), Watercolor Paper. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red. ACCESSORIES: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Extra Jumbo Scalloped Circle Punch, Edge distresser, Ribbon, MM Eyelets, Sewing Machine.
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Now to get those Christmas gifts finished! Have a wonderful day everyone - and for those in climates similar to mine - stay WARM!! *grin*
