Another Week, Another Christmas Card

Good morning and happy Monday!  Did you have a wonderful weekend?  Ours was pretty awesome.  We attended an open house at the local art museum and a concert by out local orchestra.  Everyone had a very good time and it really helped it feel a little more like the Christmas season. 

I'm still hard at work on Christmas cards but I'm having a great time taking my time this year.  I decided to relax and mail them as I finish them rather than stressing about having them all out by a certain date.  So far, it is really helping to keep my stress level low.  Here's a card I recently created.

Again, I used some fun paper, stickers, and other elements from my trusty Clique Kit.  I stamped this snowy background using the dots that are included in the Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set. Next, I cut some patterned paper with the Merry Christmas Border Die.  I added some mountains, black and white paper, and some enamel dots and snowflakes.  All layered up, the card turned out really cute!  Here's a closer look:

I just love the Merry Christmas Border Die.  It is such a great way to add a sentiment and dimension!  I hope you enjoyed my card for the day and are ready for a great week.  I hope it's the best Monday ever!  Here's what I used today:

Full Force For Christmas Cards!

It's getting to be that time of year again.  The time of year where I realize that I don't have all my Christmas cards made yet.  :)  So, it's time to get busy and luckily, I've had tons of awesome inspiration on my desk lately.  Slowly but surely, the fun products are turning into cards for my family and friends.

The card I'm sharing today uses some fun Lil' Inker Designs products paired with more fun stuff from a gorgeous holiday Clique Kit that I ordered.  Here's my creation:

I started by making a snowflake patterned paper using the snowflakes in the Rustic Christmas stamps.  The I used the Border Builders die set to cut a fun border allowing the plaid to show at the bottom of the card.  Next, I cut some snowflakes out of various papers using the Snowflake Dies.  I layered the snowflakes along with a sticker from my Clique Kit and a banner I created using the Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set and cut out by hand.  I finished the card off with some more enamel dots, sequins, and more stickers from my kit.  Here's a closer look:

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I can't wait to share a new sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch with you tomorrow!  Have a great Wednesday!

Lil' Inker Designs December Release Day #3

Well, it's the last day of our new release hop at Lil' Inker Designs and I'm super excited to show off these last couple products.  Hopefully, you started out at the the Lil' Inker Blog so you don't miss a a stop on the hop.  If you get lost along the way, make sure you stop back there to get back on the trail of fun.  While you are visiting the Lil' Inker Blog, make sure you go check out the Lil' Inker Store where all of the new release goodies, and a whole lot more, are ready and waiting for you to put in your cart.  Now it's time to show off these fantastic products and to top it all off, I'm joining in the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

 My first project is a little tag I made using Dual Dotted Ovals Dies and So Prickly Stamps.

As soon as I saw the So Prickly Stamp Set, I knew I wanted to dress up some cute succulents for gifts this Christmas.  I'm kind of addicted to succulents lately and have been having fun with my kids building small terrariums for around the house.  I'm a fan of any plant that thrives on my forgetting to water them.  Ha ha!  So, to make this tag I started with some fun graphic gray word patterned paper which is die cut with Dual Dotted Ovals Dies to create a tag.  It's amazing how sharp the dots make this tag.  LOVE!  Next I stamped my cute cactus using So Prickly Stamps with a terracotta color for the pot and a light minty color for the cactus.  I just loved how these colors paired with the gray and with the succulent in the pot also.  The best thing about the So Prickly Stamps is the options.  There are SO many combos to be made and such fun pot choices.  I finished my tag off with some of the adorable sentiments in the stamp set stamped on little flags and accented with some fun stickers and enamel dots.

My next project uses the Dual Dotted Oval Dies paired with some other fun Lil' Inker products that were just made to be shared on the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.      

For my final card, I used the Dual Dotted Oval Dies to create a frame in this kraft and gold striped paper which I backed with some black vellum.  To fill my frame, I cut this awesome coffee cup using the Coffee Cozy Die Set and the Coffee Cozy Stamp Set from black, white, and GOLD.  I love gold!  Ha ha.  Next I masked the deer out of the Oh Deer Christmas stamp set so I could just use the banner and leaves.  I stamped this on vellum along with a sentiment from Oh Deer and colored the leaves with copics.     

I hope you enjoyed my creations and will join the rest of the team on the hop.  You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura gives out a $15 Lil' Inker Designs store credit to a lucky commenter each day of the hop.  It could be you.  I hope you enjoyed out new release!  We love sharing these awesome products with you!  Be sure to keep hopping, here's the list:

Laura/Shop

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Lisa Henke

Sarah Jay

Amy Kolling

  Heather Hoffman
Maureen Merritt

Laura Williams

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store and play along with the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  You can read all the details about the hop and join us for all the fun!  Here's what I used for my projects today:

Lil' Inker Designs October New Release Hop Day 2!

It's day two of the Lil' Inker Designs New Release Hop and I get to share even more fun goodies with you today!  I'm sure you've already been eyeing all the awesome new items since, lucky for you, you can get it all right now in the Lil' Inker Store.  You should have come here from the amazing Karen Baker's blog.  Hopefully, you can still see after she blinded you with her awesomeness!  If you didn't, don't miss out on anything and make sure you start at the beginning of the hop by going to the Lil' Inker Blog.  For now, I'm ready to show off some more fun stuff!

First up, I made a cute card using the Ornamental Christmas Stamps and Ornamental Christmas Dies.

I started by creating a frame for my card using Dual Dotted Rectangles.  Then I cut two stockings out of my card front using the Ornamental Christmas Dies to make windows for a shaker card.  I then stamped my stocking in the center in black for a focal point using Ornamental Christmas Stamps.  After adhering acetate to my stocking windows, adding foam tape, and filling them with sequins, I added some fun black and white patterned paper as the background of my shakers.  I ended up with a simple, fun, and slightly elegant card.  Can't beat that!
 
Next, for a little more Christmas fun, I used the Oh My Ornament Dies and the All the Christmas You'll Ever Need Stamps to create this fun card.

I started by cutting ornament upon ornament from various colors of paper using the Oh My Ornament Dies.  I love being able to cut the hanger separate and I decided to use some silver paper for them to get a little shine on the card.  I cut a larger ornament from some glitter paper to hold my sentiment from the All the Christmas You'll Ever Need Stamps.  This set is serious all you could possible need sentiment wise and I LOVE how they are arranged and decorated.  There is a ton of fun to be had with this stamp set.  I strung my ornaments on some twine and hung my larger ornament from this twine with another piece of twin.  The ornament are free floating on this card and I think it adds just a little extra fun!

You get a third project today, can you believe it?  I just couldn't help myself from dressing up a gift bag with the Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set.

I started this fun tag with a cut of red and a cut of vellum using the Lollipop and Pencil Treat Holder Die.  I just love the shape of this for tags and it has the perfect spot for ribbon!  I stamped my deer image from Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set in a permanent black ink and then colored on the backside of my vellum with copics.  I love how it gives an almost frosted look to the coloring.  Next, I embossed some of the snow around the edges of my tag with white embossing using some of the berry shapes for larger snow flakes.  I finished it off with a big red ribbon which looks just amazing on my chevron bag.

I hope you enjoyed my creations and will join the rest of the team on the hop.  You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura gives out a $15 Lil' Inker Designs store credit to a lucky commenter each day of the hop.  It could be you.  I'm sure I'll see you on the hop and tomorrow for another fun day of release projects.  See you then!

Laura/Shop

Lisa Henke

Amy Kolling 

Jen Carter

 Heather Hoffman 

Laura Williams

Sarah Jay

Karen Baker

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!! 

Maureen Merritt

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store and you can get all the goodies I used today.  Here's what I used: