When I decided last year to make a Christmas card each week to avoid the holiday rush, I was hoping that it wouldn't fall by the wayside like New Year's resolutions. But when Lisa - of Life of a BZScrapper - decided to join me, I was pretty sure it would be a success !! And now here we are, 10 months later, almost finished with our year . Yes, the Crafty Elves are still going strong and are excited to show you our October cards.
For my cards this month, I used several square dies from my collection. Two of the cards have no stamping on them . It's been easier than I thought to come up with new ideas each week, My first card is an expression of my love for snail mail !!
- I die cut a scalloped lace square from watercolor paper.
- A Doodlebug Design Inc. cardstock sticker "Dear Santa" set was used to create a scene in the die cut square.
- A Merry Christmas sticker from my stash was placed at the top of the scalloped square.
- Red candy dots were placed at each corner of the square.
- The scalloped square was popped up with foam tabs onto a green card base.
- I stamped, die-cut and then colored images from the Sizzix Dove Framelit Set .
- Versafine Clair Nocturne ink was used for all stamping.
- Using a Tim Holtz Stitched Square Die, I cut a square to fit on the front of my card.
- The dove and HOPE images were adhered to the stitched square with my Tombow MONO Adhesive+.
- The holly were adhered on either side of the HOPE sentiment with foam tabs.
- This card was made for my friend Chrissy who just had surgery for breast cancer.
- I stamped the 3 images from the Christmas Set 1 by Anthony's Paper Craft onto die-cut squares. Two were Stitched Squares die-cuts and one was plain.
- The images were colored with a variety of my favorite markers.
- A bit of shimmer was added with my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush and a Sakura Stardust Jelly Roll pen.
- The squares were placed on cream card bases, popped up with foam tabs.
- These cards were made by me for the Make n Take at StampScrapArtTour in Hampton, VA this past weekend. I was at the Anthony's Paper Craft booth as a member of their Design Team.
beautiful memories from ordinary moments
- On a cream card base, I adhered a snowglobe made with Pinkfresh Studio Snowglobe Elements .
- A sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio's cardstock sticker collection was placed below the snowglobe.
- A strip of thin green washi was placed down the left side of the card.
I know that Lisa has been busy with her cards . You can see her wonderful creations over at her blog - Life of a BZScrapper . Have you started your holiday cards yet ?? Do you send many ? We are excited that we will be ahead of the holiday rush, at least as far as Christmas cards are concerned !! Comment on this post for a chance to get a bit of holiday snail mail from me . And come back next month for more cards from me and Lisa.
Until next time, Stay Creative !!
Debra Davison / Meticulosity
