From the Heart Stamp Challenge

Who would ever think that I would be enjoying a snowy, icy day but as usual I am in a rush to finish up a few Christmas cards and this is the perfect day to do it. 

I purchased the stamp ""Candy Cane Anneke"  from "From the Heart Digital Stamps" and decided to enter my card in the December Stamp of the month Challenge on the "From The Heart Stamp Blog".  If you haven't checked out their stamps, you are truly missing some adorable digital stamps.  I have a few more images that I have colored and need to make into a card.

Twisted Tuesday Challenges

It is time again for a challenge over at Twisted Tuesday Challenges.  The challenge today is to fussy cut something and the twist is to make special cuts in the corners.  I used the stamp "Brrr Friends" from Two Paper Divas.  I just love the penguin and polar bear.  So cute.  The sentiment is also from Two Paper Divas called "Holiday Sentiments".

Check out the rest of the design team on Twisted Tuesday Challenges and join us in the challenge this week.

Prickley Pear

You can see that I am really trying to get alot of my Christmas Cards done.  I am so lucky that Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps has some great images to work with.  This week I used their stamp "Presents with Holly" and colored it with my copic markers.

You can see some other great creations by the design there on the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Blog.

Snowman Card

Well I have 18 Christmas Cards to make today to finish up my list.  I went to Tuesday Morning Sketches for some inspiration on my current card.

I love this stamp from Prickley Pear Stamps called "Snowman with Lantern".  I colored it with my copics and then went to my MME Vintage Christmas Designer Paper.

Well off to make 17 more cards.  Thanks to Tuesday Morning Sketches for the inspiration for this card.

i{heart} card sketch no.45

I feel like I am behind on making Christmas cards.  I tell myself every year that I will make 5 every month.  Well that didn't happen so here I am trying to make Christmas cards.

I have been using more digital stamps and loving them because they are soooo easy to store.  One of my favorite digital companies is From The Heart Digital Stamps.  They have the most adorable images and the design team always has great projects.

I decided to try my hand at their challenge this week.  Above it the sketch challenge no. 45.   For my card I used the image called "Trimming the Birdhouse".  You just have to love those adorable birds.  I used Silver and Gold Collection by Bo Bunny designer paper.  The sentiment is by basic grey.

Holiday Tissue Box Cover.

Today’s tutorial for Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps is a Holiday Tissue box cover.  I originally got the idea from Splitcoast Stampers.  I made a few additions to the box and ended up with this lovely holiday box.  I used an Angel Soft Tissue box but I think they are all pretty much the same size.  For this project I use My Mind’s Eye “Mistletoe Magic” Designer Paper.

Cut 2 pieces of Red cardstock 5 1/8” x 9 ½” and score each piece at ½” and 5”. 

  
Cut four pieces design paper 4 1/4” x 5 7/8”.  Adhere to each side of the box.  I decorated the front of the box with the GG0184 Snowman with Lantern stamp from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps.  I cut out the design with an oval die.  I then used a scalloped oval die to give the snowman a little dimension.  When adhering this to your box, remember that you will be adding a top to the box so you will need to move your oval towards the bottom .   I put double sided tape on each 1/2 “ long end and put together to form a hollow box.

 For the top of the box, cut one piece 6 5/8” x 6 5/8” square.  Score it at 1” along all 4 sides.   Cut slits on each side to the score line.   I then centered an oval shape die in the center of the box and cut it out.  I then cut out a piece of coordinating designer paper 4 3/8” x 4 3/8” square.  I then centered a scalloped oval die and cut it out.  Cut four pieces coordinating designer paper 7/8” x 4 3/8” for the sides of the top.  Adhere to all 4 sides of the top.  Put double sided tape on each corner and form box top.

I put pieces of double sided tape along the inside of the top of the box and adhered to the base.  I also added the Poinsettia on the top of the stamped image to give it a little dimension.

This was so easy to make and adds just a little bit of fun to that ordinary tissue box.  

Prickley Pear

Hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner.  For this weeks post at Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps, I have used a precious stamp called "Child with Lamb" and their Snowflake Pendant Die.  The sentiment is from their Flourished Ovals 3 Holidays set which I seem to be using alot.  The red border was done with my crimper.

You can see some of the other creations by the design team at Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Blog.