Just a Little Ink - Amy Taylor - justalittleink.com

I had a couple of packets left over from one of my clubs this past month, so I decided to use them to make Christmas cards. Mr Twigster is the only stamp set that I bought from the Holiday Mini catalog. He's fairly in-expensive, and I just love how cute he is. The card is made from Kraft cardstock cut 4-1/4"x10-3/4", scored to fold at the top (5-1/2"). The lower edge of the front is punched using the scallop-edge punch. The designer paper on the bottom edge is Frosty Day from the Holiday Mini catalog. Mr Twigster is stamped onto Confetti White cardstock and then layered onto a piece of Kiwi Kiss cardstock. The saying on the front is from one of the Level 1 hostess sets. The ribbon is 1" Chocolate Chipe double-stitched ribbon, tied in a knot. Here is another card made similar, but with different colored ribbon on the top and a different print of the same Frosty Day designer series paper. Mr Twigster is layered onto a piece of Close to Cocoa cardstock and...

This card idea (and all the projects that follow) was cased from an idea presented at Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah this year by Carrie Cudney. The stamp set, matching wheel and the Chocolate Chip double-stitched ribbon were give-aways to some Stampin' Up! demonstrators after her presentation. And, I was fortunate enough to be one of those demonstrators! Anyway, the card is made using Kraft card stock, cut at 10-3/4"x4-1/4" and folded at the top by scoring one end at 5-1/2". The scallops are made using the new scallop-edge punch. The striped paper is a piece of Riding Hood Red DSP (double-sided paper) cut at 1"x4-1/4" and adhered to the lower portion of the inside of the card so it shows through below the scallops. The cupcake stand is stamped using Jet-Black Staz-On onto a piece (2"x3") of watercolor paper. Then it was colored in using Aqua Painters and Classic Stamp pads in Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue and Riding Hood...

This is one of the cards we'll be making on November 1st for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack class. It uses the Holiday Line-Up stamp set and the Top-Note Bigz Die for the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. Rudolph's nose is made to shine using some chunky glitter.

A few days ago, I finally had a chance to play with some new Christmas stamps! This set, Holiday Line-Up, is so much fun to color. The image is colored in with Stampin' Write markers, the background is made with the Bold Snowflake jumbo wheel and Whisper White ink onto Ballet Blue card stock. The card base is made using Bashful Blue card stock. These cute little elves were colored in using the WaterWonder Crayons. For a little emphasis, I cut out a second elf, and popped him up using Stampin' Dimensionals. Too much fun. I also like the different use of color for a Christmas card. I used Pacific Point textured card stock for the card base, and the ribbon is Certainly Celery 1/4" grosgrain.

Okay, I'm finally getting around to showing you the updated look to the Crazy for Cupcakes card I made last month. It needed something, and I decided it was some words on the lower right-hand side.

This is the "spooky jar" after I filled it. Attendees at my All-Holiday Stamp-a-Stack on Saturday had the chance to win it, and it's contents. All they had to do, was be the person with the closest guess of how many pieces of candy were inside. Sarah was the winner. There were 238 pieces of candy inside the jar, and she guessed 232! Way to go, Sarah. Here are the cards we made. Everyone made two of each one. This was the Valentine's Day card we made. It used the Priceless stamp set, and Fine-Cosmo glitter. This was the Easter card made. It used the Serene Spring stamp set (a level 2 hostess set), All-Holidays stamp set, WaterWonder Crayons, aqua painters, Bella Rose DSP, and Regal Rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon. This was the 4th of July card. It used the Wonderful Words stamp set, the 1" circle and large star punches, and just a little Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon. This was the Halloween card. It used the Autumn Harvest stamp set, All Holidays stamp s...