Donna's Stampin Blog

To make this card I used:
Paper: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Gray
Stamps: A Cute Christmas
Accessories: Northern Flurry embossing folder, Stampin Up! Markers

To make this card I used:
Paper: Pretty In Pink, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red
Stamps: Four The Holidays, Merry Chritermas
Accessories: sponge, Stampin UP! Markers, Stampin UP! Pastels

I got the idea for this card from here. I used the colours and stamp sets I had on hand. Instead of brayering the background, I sponged Bashful Blue and masked the moon using a 1 3/8" circle cutout of a post it note. I then stamped the trees with Early Espresso.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Real Red
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Four The Holidays, Greeting Card Kids, Merry Chritermas
Accessories: stamp a ma jig, Stampin Up! Markers, 1 3/8" circle punch

To make this card I used:

Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Marina Mist
Ink: Metallic Gold, Basic Black, Marina Mist
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Musical Notes, Serene Snowflakes
Accessories: Marina Mist ribbon

This card was really easy to make. For the squares, I cut 1 1/4" squares and filled them in with snowflakes from the Delightful Decorations and the Snow Buddies stamp sets. I used my decoration punch to cut out the decoration stamp.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Snow Buddies, Four The Holidays
Accessories: decoration punch, corner punch

Here is one of many Christmas cards I created this year.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Basic Gray
Stamps: Merry Chritermas, A Cute Christmas
Accessories: Stampin Up! Markers

I really love the way this card turned out. These colours go really well together. I used a white gel pen to create the snow.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Fireside Christmas
Accessories: white gel pen

I made this cute Christmas card design to give to 2 of my brothers and my brother in law. I made these cards on Christmas Eve, because I just got the stamp set the day before. I think it turned out sweet!

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up! products)
Paper: Night Of Navy, Whisper White, Bashful Blue DSP
Ink: Going Gray, Night Of Navy, Whisper White
Stamps: Snow Buddies, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories: Night of Navy Ribbon, SU Markers

I am so excited to finally get to try out my new movers and shapers die from Stampin Up! I bought 2 extra sets of the shapes to go with it - the original mover pieces as well as the Christmas set. Here is the result of what the Christmas Ornament window card looks like.

The card was super easy to make. I took some Real Red card stock and using the movers and shapers die, created the base for the card. (For a great tutorial on how to use the die, click HERE) (Card measures out to 4.25" X 5.5")

I then used some of my brand new Bashful Blue Designer Series paper to make the border at the bottom (with a border punch) and the Merry Christmas Label. The sentiment is stamped in Real Red using the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I punched it out with the Word Window Punch and then layered with a Bashful Blue Designer Series paper punched with the Modern Label Punch.


The inside of the card was so much fun to make. I lined the Real Red card stock with 4" X 5.25" Whisper White card stock. Using my stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped some snow flakes at the bottom using the Delightful Decorations stamp set. Also from this set, I stamped a matching Christmas ornament to the window in Real Red. I took a Bashful Blue marker and coloured in the star. I then took some glue and glitter and made the star glittery.


Even though Christmas season is practically over, I think I will be making Christmas cards into the New Year. I have so many new sets to try out and the cards will keep until next Christmas. Who knows, maybe I'll even get organized to make a bunch and sell them at a craft sale next Christmas. Who knows!

This is a fun card that I sent to several people this Christmas. It was easy to make and turned out very nice.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up! Products)
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Going Gray, Whisper White Craft
Stamps: All Holidays, Holiday Lineup
Accessories: Big Shot Embossing folder

I saw a similar design on Split Coast Stampers and decided to make this card using the stamp sets I had. The picture really doesn't do it justice, but the gold embossing looks so elegant on paper. I love it. Such a simple yet beautiful card.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up!)
Paper: Creamy Caramel, Night Of Navy
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Four The Holidays
Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Embossing Heat Gun, Corner Ticket Punch

So this is my 99th card I've designed to day. Hard to believe considering I only started stamping in April or May of this year. Today I got my embossing powders and heat gun from Stampin Up! so I couldn't wait to get home tonight and make a card using the heat embossing technique. This card did not turn out the way I had hoped, but it's a learning experience. For some reason, the white embossed greeting had speckles of white and smudged a bit on one side. I don't understand what I did wrong. As well, the blue card stock buckled a bit under the heat and started to warp a bit. I don't know if you can tell or not, but the bottom will NOT stick properly to the white card stock. Again, not sure what I did wrong, but hopefully I'll get better at it as I practice. I heat embossed the cut out of the reindeer with black and coloured it in with markers. ( I wonder why those other reindeer are glaring at Rudolph like that? :P) I then heat embossed the greeting with white.

To make this card I used: (all Stampin Up! products)
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark Ink
Stamps: Four The Holidays, Holiday Lineup
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Real Red
Accessories: Heat Embossing gun and powder, corner punch, Stampin Up! markers, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

I am trying out different arrangements for Christmas cards to send to friends and family. I'm stressing out a bit because between school and work, I am worried I will leave it too close to the last minute and not have time to send out cards this year. How nuts would that be if I, the obsessive card making freak, who has spent an obscene amount of money on supplies, didn't send out Christmas Cards? So in between homework, tests and work, I have been trying to get some card making time in. Here is a simple, yet pretty card I have come up with. I found a similar design on Split Coast Stampers but modified it to fit the supplies I had.










To make this card I used:

Stamps: Four The Holidays (SU)
Paper: Whisper White (SU), Garden Green (SU), Real Red (SU)
Ink: Garden Green (SU)
Accessories: Embossing border punch, Scallop Punch (SU), Snowman (Printed from my PC)

Here is the first of what I'm sure will be many Christmas card designs for 2009. This is the one that I am advertising and selling to friends and co-workers, anyway. I saw this design on Blair's blog but didn't have any of the stamp sets to make it so I improvised. I like how it turned out!

To make this card I used:

Paper: Whisper White (SU), Bashful Blue (SU), Real Red (SU)
Ink: Basic Black (SU), Real Red (SU)
Stamps: Four The Holidays (SU), Polka Dot Punches (SU), Holiday Lineup (SU)
Accessories: scallop punch (SU), corner rounder punch, Stampin Up Markers