Cheerful Noël

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a fun French Christmas card.

The card base is Recollections White.  The printed paper is Penny Black Wintertime layered on a green and a grey Bazzill.  The sentiment is Magenta stamped in Altenew Pure Graphite on Recollections White, layered on more green Bazzill and highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.  The embellishments are Maildor Cooky stickers.

This is a really fun Christmas card.  The sentiment and embellishment are in the design 'sweet spot' which makes the overall card even more appealing.  I wasn't crazy with the impression of the sentiment so I applied the Sakura pen.  It often improves a less than perfect impression.  It's a great, fun result!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Delightfully Downtown

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a retro-styled Christmas card.

The card base is Stampin' Up Bashful Blue.  The printed paper is of unknown origin layered on a vanilla also of unknown origin.  The sentiment is Cornish Heritage Farms Vintage Christmas Expressions stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  The embellishment is a Maildor sticker.

This was a super quick and easy card.  This scrap of printed paper was the perfect scale for a card and I love the vintage style.  I had fun going through the ridiculous stash of Christmas sentiments to find one that was long but skinny to fit the space at the bottom of the card.  I debated embellishments for a while but eventually settled on this small simple holly sticker.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Sweet Santa VI

Hello everyone,

Today's post is the final pair of teacher Christmas cards commissioned by a girlfriend.

 

The card bases are Stampin' Up Mint Macaron.  The printed paper is Stampin' Up Home For Christmas layered on a white of unknown origin and Real Red.  The sentiment on the left-side card is Annabelle Stamps Jewelled Tree stamped in Altenew Jet Black on a white of unknown origin.  The bow was punched from Real Red and is highlighted with a Maildor Cooky sticker.  The sentiment on the right-side card was die cut from Sizzix Season's Greeting Thinlits from a white of unknown origin and Early Espresso.  The card is highlighted with Candy Cane Stickles.

I had some fun with the die cut on right-side card.  I've seen a 'negative' die cut used before but I'd never tried it.  The technique certainly isn't difficult.  It was more of a challenge to figure out how to add the 'Seasons' element.  This has been a really fun series to create.  The printed paper is really fun and I enjoyed finding some fun elements to use.

I hope you enjoy these cards and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Sweet Santa V

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another pair of teacher Christmas cards.

 



The card bases are Stampin' Up Mint Macaron.  The printed paper is Stampin' Up Home For Christmas.  The printed paper on the left-side card is layered on a white of unknown origin.  The sentiment is Impression Obsession Christmas Sentiments stamped in Altenew Jet Black on a white of unknown origin and layered on Real Red.  The embellishment is Jolee's Boutique Christmas Candy Cane Repeats Dimensional Stickers.  The printed paper on the right-side card is layered on Real Red and Early Espresso.  The sentiment is Impression Obsession Christmas Sentiment stamped in Early Espresso on a white of unknown origin and layered on more Early Espresso.  The ribbon is Multicrafts and the embellishment is a Maildor Cooky sticker.

This is another really cute pair of cards.  All the layouts in this series are pretty straightforward.  There were just too many cards to craft really complex cards (not that my cards are all that complex).  I love the bit of sparkle incorporated in the candy cane embellishment and the reindeer sticker is perfect for a teacher card.

I hope you enjoy these cards and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

For An Extra Special Teacher

Hello everyone,

Today's Christmas card is for my daughter to give to a former and favourite high school teacher who was seriously injured last spring.  We only recently heard about his retirement and my daughter thought a special Christmas card would lift his spirits.

The printed paper is Stampin' Up Christmas Around The World layered on Real Red and a black Bazzill.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Embellished Ornaments stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Recollections White.  The sentiment is layered on Real Red and Old Olive banners.  The embellishments are Maildor Cooky Stickers.

My daughter's teacher had a real love of cars so when I found this piece of paper in my stash I knew it would make the perfect card for him!  I was careful when cutting and placing the sentiment so as much of the cars would be as visible as possible.  This card is all about the paper!  I do hope it goes a long way to show how much his former student care about him.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle