25 days of Christmas- Christmas Scottie

 

Isn't this a fun little card- and so easy!  I had stamped and punched out a bunch of the scotty dog and was playing with it . Base card is real red.  then a whisper white cardstock with the ribbon border stamped all around .

then stamped the sentiment in memento Tuxedo black.  

I used the stamparatus to stamp the scotty dog so I could repeat stamp and get a really good solic image.  

I somehow lost the little bow stamp ( you know I had it on my table and I am sure it is stuck on the bottom of some tool and I am sure i will find it some day)  but for now I am using the 3/8 inch real red ribbon which I think looks great- so maybe it is not a bad thing that I lost the ribbon stamp and had to find another say to deal with this... Mount the dog with dimensionals and another easy peasy card- 

25 days of Christmas- Sweet candy canes

 

Ok this is the last one of these- the base card is the thick white with a layer of the stripes diecut then the scallop contours diecut DPS with a layer of 2 candycanes placed like a heart  with the banner along the bottom mounted with dimensionals.

25 days of Christmas-sweet candy canes

 another variation on the Sweet Candy Cane

this one basecard is thick white cardstock with the layer of stripes then a piece of DSP diecut with Scalloped contours die then the candy canes criss crossed and the banner infront of that.

25 days of Christmas- Sweet Candy Canes

 

I have been playing with the stripes die in the Sweet Candy Cane and the candy canes.

mount it using dimensionals onto poppy Parade CS.  put a piece of DSP -retired- diecut with scallops contours and put the candy canes using dimensionals on a cross pattern and add the banner 

25 days of Christmas- Sweet Candy Canes and Christmas Banners

 Don't you just love this set?  

The base card is thick white CS as always- I love the heft.

The DSP is from Heartwarming hugs (retired) 

Stamp the greenery from the Christmas Banners set in pear pizazz, old olive and Mossy Meadow and poppy parade berries on a whisper white CS. If this was all diecut it would have taken forever but becuase I just stamped the images, it was easy peasy.  Diecut the candy cane and stamp the cane with poppy parade - I used the stamparatus to stamp the candy cane few times to get a really good solid color and mounted it using dimensionals.

Stamp the banner in old olive and stamp the sentiments in Poppy Parade and mount with dimensionals 

25 days of Christmas- Scotty Dog Double Fold easel A2 card

I saw this card ( https://www.inspiringinkin.com/2022/07/christmas-scottie-dog-double-easel-fun-fold-card-video ) with a double easel but I wanted to make it into a A2 card so I tweaked it to make it so. 

My card is shown above.

This is what it looks like on its side

and this is how it looks from the back. 
  

This is really an easy card to make- take a 5 1/2x 8 1/2 inch cardstock and score is if you are making a horizontal A2 card. cut the top 1 1/2 inch. so you are left with a 5 1/2 x 7 inch cardstock. make a vertical cut from the top to the fold line as shown and score diagonally from the outside to the center score line as shown. and that is it! so easy. 

fold over the score line as shown- it should look like a shirt collar.  and the front triangle above is where you will put the tape and adhere the 2 3/4 inch square pieces .

The 2 square pieces will fold down to mail and the bottom of the image will be on the inside as shown above.

I stamped the check piece in Tahitian tide and put another dog - punched out and mounted on dimensionals so it can hold the feet of the easel. 

stamp the sentiment and the ribbons in poppy parade on either side as shown. 

This would be a perfect template for any 2 images side by side or a photo on one side and sentiment on the other- and so easy.

i was just trying to come up with the template but you can decorate it up the wazoo as much as you may wish.

Enjoy!  Lynda

 

25 days of Christmas- Cottage Wreath Door

This was one of the projects for my October Stampin with Lynda class. The whole A2 card becomes the door and you need 2 incremental panels for the doors. 

the one above just had the plain panels; the one on the left is exactly the same with the whole door and the front panels embossed with the Timber embossing folder.

the front panel was mounted with dimensionals 

the top panel back is 2 x 1 5/8

the top panel front is 1 3/4 x 1 3/8

the bottom panel back is 2 1/2 x 1 5/8

the bottom panel front is 2 1/4 x 1 3/8

stamp the wreath in old olive and diecut the ribbon from poppy parade CS . 

stamp the sentiment on a 1/2 band. mount them with dimensionals.

I did add an opal round as a door knob 

 Love how the wreath has all these dimensions although just one ink. so cool.

Enjoy! Lynda 

happy Thanksgiving with Cottage Wreath

This was so much fun to do.

I took the Calypso coral basecardstock and embossed it with Leaf Fall embossing folder - which is absolutely gorgeous

I took a piece of white cardstock and watercolor brushed a bunch of colors in green and pumpkin and calypso coral and let dry.

stamp a bunch of the acorns and cut it out. i fussy cut it becuase I did not want so much white around the diecut.

stamp the wood branch in early expresso onto the white cardstock. then I diecut a bunch of leaves from the colored cardstock I made to show the varigated colors. 

diecut the ribbon and color in with calypso coral watercolor brush. 

add acorns using dimensionals in some spots.

I love a little shine and I used to use these gold foil border stickers but recently have been unable to find them in my local scrapbook store so i am resorting to these gold nail striping tape which offer a real great shine- although they are thin and a little tricky to apply - they look great when you get the hang of it. 
 

Birthday Piggies- three little pigs samples

one of my twins love pigs and this set was so adorable I had to get and make a card for his birthday- This one we made for our September stamping with Lynda

take a base card of thick white, take a piece of Pacific blue and emboss with let's celebrate embossing folder- I placed it on the bottom of the panel so that Happy Birthday would show up above the friend diecut (from another company) The circle panel was cut from Silver and Gold DSP from Sale-a-bration

Stampin Up came up with the matching diecut for this adorable set available for limited time only- I colored it in with variety of colors, Petal Pink for the pig and parakeet party poppy parade and tahitian blue for the bike and smoky slate.

mount with dimensionals. 

Lost the little dot above the i and margery suggested used the rhinestone which was perfect.

this was a variation on the above for my demonstrator group get together-it's a  pop up diamond easel I did here:  https://stampingdoc.blogspot.com/2022/08/sending-easy-diamond-easel-card.html

stamp the pig on the diamond and another flag on a scrap - you will need to fussy cut and glue on top so you get the whole flag on the diamond shape. place the DSP from Rings of Love (sale-a-bration) on Mint macaron cardstock base. 

this is another piggy sample - the pig die has this cute little pullcart among other cute things.

I put a Pattern party DSP - retired and then a layer of Daffodil delight and a piece of white diecut from the scalloped contours dieset- hands on my favorite go to die for the sweet little stiching and the perfect scallop- stamp the sentiment. stamp the pig and 3 balloons on a scrap and diecut it out. put it on the basecard behind the card so it looks like it is sitting in it.

cart diecut from crumbcake- it has separate dies for the wheel and the handle too although i did not use it . 
 

Apple Harvest variation

 

I love this stampset - Got it the first time it was offered and then they came out with maching diecuts to boot- what's not to love?  Sort of a case from the catalog- the colors and the green strip sentiment part. Not really same but similar feel so it is a case.

base card is Poppy Parade and then I added a piece of Celebrate everything DSP- it's the hostess item from the holiday mini- $18 for 48 sheets of 12x12  double sided paper with such vibrant colors- I just love it- it has designs for halloween, christmas birthdays etc.

then I just took a 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 piece of whisper white and stamped th image with tuxedo black memenoto and colored it in with Poppy Parade and parakeet party stampin blends.

Stamp and Diecut some apple blossoms flowers and mount it with dimensionals and a simple pretty card-these colors are definitely my jam!