Birthday Christmas Card but Look closely!

LOOK closely at this one!!

I love using the "reflection" technique on a card. I was trying to come up with a clever idea for a Christmas/Birthday combo card instead of doing two separate cards. Do you see it....take a look!



The Pony's hat is Christmas, the puppy's collar is red, the gift is red and green with the Merry Christmas Greeting. Now, check out the "reflection" in the water! The pony has a Birthday party hat on, the puppy is wearing a blue collar, the birthday gift is more primary birthday colors and it has a Happy Birthday Greeting. I thought it turned out kinda cute:) The even cooler thing is it was "my" original idea! (Not the refection technique, but making the reflection different to have two different theme's) I didn't scrap lift it from anyone :) hee hee Now....if you have seen it done, don't tell me. I want to at least think it was my idea for a little while :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Gift Card Holder Santa

Merry Christmas Eve Savvy Stampers!

I had a few more gift card holders to make so I threw the last 4 together today. I love this Santa, one of my favorite Christmas Stamps! Thanks for stopping by!

Paper:
Ski Slope
Riding Hood Red
Baja Breeze
Whisper White

Ink:
Basic Black

Stamp:
Rubber Stampede

Accessories:
Felt Flurries
Brads
Ribbon

Holiday Gift Card Holders

Hello Savvy Stampers!

This time of year is always the time for giving Gift Cards. You know you always have 2 or 3 people who want a gift card over an actual gift. So, I love to create something fun for the gift cards to go in. This is a lift from Andrea Walfords post, you can view it here. I made 5 of these today. I know....lots of gift cards, but they asked for them! :)

I think these would be cute and fun to turn them horizontally too. Thanks for stopping by!


Paper:
Ski Slope DSP
Holiday Treasures DSP
Real Red CS
Baja Blue CS

Ink:
Real Red
Baja Blue
Whisper White
Markers

Stamps:
Snow Swirled
Home for the Holidays
Winter Post
Holiday Lineup

Die Cut:
SU Sizzix Top Note

Accessories:
Build a Brad
Ribbon
Brads
Punches

Holiday Treat Bags

Cute huh! I love these gift bags. Super easy to make and a lot of fun to give! I found the idea on Patty Bennetts blog here. Great idea Patty!

Here's how I made mine.

Simply cut two pieces of cardstock using the Top Note SU Die cut. Cut another Top Note using Designer Series Paper, cut this piece in half. Adhere the pieces of DSP to the solid pieces of cut cardstock. Embellish.

From your favorite craft store. Get those super cute, small paper sacks. They look like miniature paper lunch bags that measure 3 1/2" x 2" x 6 3/4". I got mine from Michaels. Cut your bag down to 3". Adhere the bag between your two top note pieces using your snail. Cut handle using the SU Oval Punch. Fill with goodies and tie a bow around the handle to close! I made 40 of them in not time!

Now, go try it out for yourself ;) Have fun!

Teachers Christmas Gift

Hello Savvy Stampers!

Today I'm sharing the Christmas Gifts I made for my girls teachers this year. I made four sets of holiday gift tags with four gift boxes to hold the tags. I wanted to do something a little unexpected as a Teachers Gift. I could have been a little more creative and add more embellishments to the boxes but my back couldn't take sitting in the scrap room another second. Uggg....still healing. Thanks for stopping by!

Paper:
Holiday Treasures DSP
Ski Slope DSP
Kiwi Kiss
Baja Blue
Riding Hood Red
White
Cream
More Mustard
Yellow

Ink:
Basic Black
Whisper White
Close to Cocoa
Real Red

Stamp Sets:
Snow Swirled (Snowflakes)
Winter Post (To & From)

Die Cut:
Top Note Sizzix by Stampin' Up!
Cricut - Joy of the Season
Christmas Noel

Accessories:
Scallop Punch
Silver Brad
Jumbo Eyelet
Misc. Ribbon

Birthday Friends

Hello Savvy Stampers!

Today's cards are some I did back in September for my mom's Birthday. I LOVE the Penny Black stamp with the pudgy pony! He's one of my favorite!

The cupcake card was one of the first time's I tried to make a card using the Cricut. So it's kinda plain and boring. My girls gave the Cupcake card to Grandma :)


Paper:
6x6 SU Cardstock Stack
Whisper White
Real Red

Ink:
Staz On Black
Real Red

Stamps:
Penny Black
Crab and Company

Accessories:
Circle Punch
Water Color Crayons
Dimensionals
Misc. Ribbon

He's Checking His List....

He's Checking His List...

I love this stamp but Rubber Stampede called "Santa Collage". I believe it's retired and going on EBay for unheard of amounts. Crazy! Mine arrived by mail yesterday (I paid regular price, not eBay prices!) and I had to get my hands on it! I ran in the stamp'n room to do a quick card tonight. Here's what I came up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper:
Real Red
Baja Breeze
Whisper White

Ink:
Basic Black
Real Red
Baja Breeze

Stamp:
Rubber Stampede "Santa Collage"
Stampin' Up! Winter Post

Accessories:
Stampin' Up! Little Felt Flurries
Stampin' Up! Designer Label Punch
Silver Brad

Under The Stars

Hello Savvy Stampers

I just love this set! This set is a Stampin' Up! set called Under the Stars. I also used Lovely As a Tree Stamp Set. (Very cool set! I use it all the time). Caulks, dimensional, Eyelets and Hemp.

I actually made two of these cards. One was for my Dad's Birthday. The other was a Thank You card for someone who brough over dinner after my surgery. I just changed the stamp set in Mr. Bears hands :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Tara

Christmas Joy Fold

Card number 12 of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

What a fun card to open! If you want to learn the technique to make this card click HERE.

Joy Fold Christmas

Paper:
11469 Holiday Treasure DSP
111838 Riding Hood Red
111353 Kiwi Kiss

Ink:
111836 Riding hood Red

Stamp and Punch Set:
112966 Curley Label Punch Bundle

Thanks for stopping by over the past 6 days! I hope you were inspired in some way to make some of your own creations!

Happe Stamp'n!
Tara

Post Card

Helly Savvy Stampers!

Today's card are simple and sweet. Goes to show you, you don't have to do elaborate to make a nice card.

Here is card 11 of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Paper:
112994 Ski Slope
111837 Pacific Blue
106529 White

Ink:
111837 Pacific Blue

Stamp:
111780 Winter Post

Cabin by the Lake

Card 10 of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Hello Savvy Stampers,

Another card I had to try. Lot's of different techniques used for this one! It also took more time to create :)

Techniques: First, Second and Third Generation Stamping, Masking, Water Coloring and Caulking.

Cabin by the Lake

Paper:
112469 Holiday Treasures
106529 Whisper White
107102 Chocolate Chip

Ink:
101778 Rose Red
101179 Black

Stamps:
101223 Lovely As a Tree
111756 Home for Christmas
111780 Winter Post

Accessories:
105542 Stampin' Pastels
106685 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Bold Brights
106696 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Earth Elements
106698 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Rich Regals
106746 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Neutrals
109047 Corner Rounder

Forest Friend

Hello Savvy Stampers!

Card 9 of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Like I said previously, I have been inspired by so many wonderful stampers on the web and I came across a beautiful card with a technique I had to try. This card, believe it or not was so easy to make! Probably one of the fastest cards in my whole series!

Techniques used are: First, Second and Third generation stamping. Caulk: Starting with the darkest on the edges of the card and working my way in toward the middle getting light and lighter with the pressure used and colors. Viola! a beautiful background to your card.

Forest Friend

Paper:
106529 Whisper White
106547 Night of Navy

Ink:
101179 Black
102977 Night of Navy

Stamp:
101223 Lovely As a Tree
111780 Nature Silhouettes
111690 Snow Swirled

Accessories:
105542 Stampin' Pastels

Snowflake Doubles

Card Eight of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

I just love snowflakes and snowmen. Some of my favorite thing about winter and the holidays.

Snowflake Doubles

Paper
106547 Night of Navy
106531 Sahara Sand

Ink
102977 Night of Navy

Stamp
111572 Deer Friends
111780 Winter Post

Accessories
104403 - 1 1/4" Circle
104401 - 1 3/8" Circle
109043 Scallop Circle
Cricut Christmas Noel

A Very Merry Christmas

Card Seven of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Simple, yet elegant!

Paper
112994 Ski Slope DSP
107102 Chocolate Chip
106529 Whisper White

Ink
100908 Chocolate Chip

Stamp
111674 Punch Three

Accessories
112081 Scallop Square
Misc. large Scallop Square
101227 Handheld Punch 1/16"
100391 Handheld Punch 1/8"
109109 Vintage Brads
105826 Mat Pack

Christmas Ornaments

Card Six of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Not much stamp'n on this one but still a lot of fun to make! I decided to use the Cricut for this one and my new favorite Cartridge Christmas Noel!

Christmas Ornaments

Paper
106529 Whisper White
106532 Basic Black
108589 Going Grey

Ink
101406 Staz On Black

Stamp
109431 Holidays & Wishes

Accessories
102023 Dazling Diamonds
Cutterbug Embosing Folder
Cricut - Christmas Noel
Misc. Ribbon, sheer white

Joy

Card Five of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Ewwww, love the black and white with a touch of red!

Joy


Paper
106552 Basic Black
106529 Whisper White

Ink
101179 Basic Black
103133 Real Red

Stamps
110384 Season of Joy
111644 Heard from the Heart

Accessories
110714 Real Red Striped Ribbon
104942 - 1/4" Circle
104403 - 1 1/4" Square
104401 - 1 3/8" Square

Winter Post Skaters

Card Three of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

I love this set! It's such a versatal set with lots of different ways to use the images. You should see some of the amazing cards done with these skaters!

Winter Post Skaters

Paper
106533 Bravo Burgundy
106531 Sahara Sand
106529 Whisper White

Ink
105214 Bravo Burgundy

Colored Stamp Using
105541 Many Marvelous Markers
106696 Earth Elements Watercolor Wonder Crayons
106698 Rich Regals Watercolor Wonder Crayons
106746 Neutrals Watercolor Wonder Crayons

Stamp
111780 Winter Post
110384 Season of Joy

Accessories
113469 Scallop Circle #2
104430 Dimensional
Cutterbug Embossing Lots of Dots

Snowflake Bling

Card Four of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

This is actually one of my favorites! I love the non-traditional colors of greens and browns together. Who knew!

Snowflake Bling

Paper
112994 Ski Slope DSP
107102 Chocolate Chip
111345 Kiwi Kiss

Ink
103139 Close to Cocoa
111835 Kiwi Kiss

Stamp
111690 Snow Swirled
106786 Snowflake Spot

Accessories
105826 Mat Pack (for "stitched holes" look)
102023 Dasling Diamonds
109109 Vintage Brad
104430 Dimentionals

Holiday Lineup, Oh Deer!

Card Two of my "12 Cards of Christmas"

Cute set isn't it! You should see the Snowmen and Elf Lineup. I'll introduce you to those guys in a few days! ;)

Holiday Lineup, Oh Deer!

Paper
1128994 Ski Slope DSP
111345 Riding Hood Red
1016529 Whisper White
111345 Baja Breeze

Ink
101406 Staz On Black
100908 Chocolate Chip
103139 Close to Cocoa
103220 Creamy Caramel
111836 Riding Hook Red
111833 Baja Breeze

Stamps
111648 Holiday Line Up

Accessories
Misc. Ribbon

Snow Swirled

Hey Savvy Stampers!

Here we go, Cards One of my "12 Cards of Christmas".

Snow Swirled

Paper
112041 Bella Rose DSP
111345 Riding Hood Red
106529 Whisper White

Ink
111836 Riding Hood Red

Stamp Set
111690 Snow Swirled

Accessories
104403 - 1 1/4" Circle Punch
10401 - 1 3/8" Circle Punch
112091 Scallop Punch
Misc. Ribbon
Misc. Red Rhinestones

Girls Best Friend

I've been going through a ton of pictures and came across this one from the first day of school. The girls are with there loving "puppy" Diesel. He's gotten so big! Still growing though :) He's 195 lbs now but was probably around 185 in this picture.

Diesel loves seeing the girls off to school each morning and he can't wait to see the bus go by every afternoon. He sits and patiently waits in the front yard until he see the bus in the afternoon, then when the bus pulls up he stands and starts wagging his tail like crazy waiting for them to get up to the house.

Don't forget. Tomorrow starts my 12 Cards of Christmas. Hope to see you then!

12 Cards of Christmas

Hey Savvy Stampers!

Starting tomorrow, I will post two cards each day for six days. Each day you will have two Christmas Card ideas so if you haven't sent out your Christmas Cards yet you better get on the ball and get em done! No store bought cards allowed....that's cheating! hee hee

Check back tomorrow!

Happe Stamp'n
Tara

Cricut Merry Christmas

Hello Savvy Stampers!

Tonight is all about the Cricut! I've been dying to play around with the Vinyl so I decided to do a Christmas project. I put it on the wall above our couch in the living room. I'm so happy with the way it turned out. This was really a fun project to do and actually it went really fast. Here's what I did:

Santa & Reindeer - Christmas Cartridge, cut at 10" - Black Vinyl
Neighbor Hood Houses - Christmas Cartridge, cut at 4 3/4" - Black Vinyl
Merry Christmas - Jasmine Cartridge, cut at 4 3/4" (I think) - Black Vinyl
Moon - Accents Essentials Cartridge, cut at 9 1/2" - Tan Vinyl

For the Neighbor Hood of houses and trees I used the Christmas Cartridge in the Design Studio (DS). I kept adding houses and trees to the design to get the layout I wanted, Set Kerning to .001, apply, then made sure I had each element set on Welding so when it cut it cut everything as one long piece. Oh, and I had to break out the 12x14 mat for this project :)

Have a great evening!
Tara

Upsy Daisy

Hello Savvy Stampers!

Ok....not the best picture, but you get the idea ;) I just had to get in my stamp'n room and get my hands one some stamps! It's been over a month since I've made anything! I did get three cards done. This one for my SIL Birthday, one for my Dad's Birthday which is today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! Then another Thank you Card. I'll post those later in the week.

I think this is a beautiful SU set. Very simple quick card using the Upsy Daisy set.

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette , Bella Rose DSP

Ink: Riding Hook Red

Stamps: Upsy Daisy

Punches. Large Oval, Wide Oval

Happe Stamp'n!

Snowman Paint Can

Here's the original Snowman Paint can I designed last year. I love doing altering paint cans, they are super cheep to get and make fabulous gifts! The snowman is simply made using the CM custom cutting system and punches. Ovals, circle and heart punch for his mittens.

Again, sorry for posting so many of last years projects. I'm still down from my back surgery. Just over 4 weeks post surgery. I did get in the stamp'n room today and knocked out four cards :) I'm paying for it now laying back in bed with a heat pad on my back! Sitting just isn't working for me yet! Ugggg

I'll post those cards this week, so stay tuned!

Happe Stamp'n!