Donna's Stampin Blog

To make this card I used:
Paper: Real Red, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Real Red
Stamps: Lexicon of Leaves, Congrats
Accessories: Real Red Ribbon

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

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

To make this pretty card I used:
Paper: Pixie Pink, Real Red, Old Olive
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Stamps: En Francais
Accessories: Heart Punch, old olive brads

I am realizing I am lacking in child themed stamps, so I had to improvise while making this card. I stamped with marker portions of the Bearing Gifts Stamp to achieve the bears at the top and the gifts at the bottom.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Yo Yo Yellow, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Whisper White
Stamps: Bearing Gifts, Fundamental Phrases
Accessories: red ribbon, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, stampin up markers

I use the Bashful Blue and Night Of Navy together a lot because I love the contrast. This time I added Real Red into the mid and love the result for this birthday card.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Night Of Navy, Bashful Blue DSP, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Real Red, Basic Gray
Stamps: Happy Birthday Wheel, A Flower For All Seasons
Accessories: bashful blue ribbon, scallop oval punch, large oval punch

I haven't used my sizzlet dies much since I got them last year so I decided to dig some of them out to make this birthday card.

To make this card I used: (all Stampin Up!)
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Accessories: Sizzlet dies for the big shot

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 feel like I am saying this all the time, but I think this new card I have made is my favourite to date. I absolutely love how it turned out. I got the design off of Split Coast Stampers and made a few adjustments. Iwent with a simpler ribbon to make room for the sentiment I wanted to use. I also used pastels and markers instead of watercolouring. I can't WAIT to send this birthday card to someone.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin UP! products)
Paper: Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Stamps: Wonderful You, Upsy Daisy
Accessories: Old Olive Ribbon

Here is another condolence card I created a while ago. I should make these ahead of time and keep on hand for when I need them, but it always feels weird making this type of card before it is needed.

To make this card I used: (All Stampin Up!)
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Real Red
Ink: Real Red, Going Gray
Stamps: Always In My Thoughts
Accessories: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Stampin Up Pastels, Certainly Celery Brads, Ticket Corner 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

I am in the process of making a bunch of birthday cards for upcoming birthdays of friends and families. I made this one last evening and really liked the way it turned out. While on vacation, I bought these new sizzix die cuts with border corners and I wanted to test them out. This is my second time using the Upsy Daisy stamp set and I love it.

To make this card I used:
Paper: Whisper White (SU), Bashful Blue (SU), Certainly Celery (SU)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU), Think Happy Thoughts (SU)
Accessories: Sizzix die cuts, brads (SU), circle and scallop punches (SU)

I am loving my Pun Fun (SU) stamp set. It makes such cute cards. I really like the way the red contrasts the Soft Subtle Colours.

To make this card, I used:
Stamps: Pun Fun (SU), Think Happy Thoughts (SU)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Real Red (SU)
Paper: Certainly Celery (SU), Real Red (SU), Whisper White (SU), Bashful Blue (SU)
Accessories: Certainly Celery Ribbon (SU)