Snowflake Sentiments-Black and White and Red all Over

 I love the look of a black and white card, how about you? How did I make the center of the card?

1. I knew I wanted the center to be about 1 inch wide, so I cute my card stock 1 inch shorter than I normally would.  5 inches by 2 3/4 rather than 3 3/4.

2. Next I cut a swirled piece about 2/3 down from the top of the designer paper.

3. Place the top and bottom cut piece so that it centers on the sides of the card and attach it to the card base with dimensionals. Now you have a white center piece in which to place a saying.

4. I fussy cut the saying so I could place it where I wanted in the white space.

Since I wanted to make sure I used all the parts of this bundle I created this card to showcase the snowflakes and the swirls.  

The designer paper stack called Quilted Christmas made the perfect background, while the Cherry Cobbler card stock was a great color for the focal points of the card.

The dotted strip is actually a thin piece of Washi tape to hold the accent piece in place.

Finally, tomorrow I will share with you some 3 by 3 cards I made that would be perfect to use as tags on gifts.

Carols of Christmas-Fix it Friday

  This card looks good with the designer paper and the poinsettas that are stamped on the center panel.  But is there a way to make it look great?

 Can you see the changes I made to the card to step it up a bit.

I used poinsettas, but actually cut then out with the thinlits that coordinate with the stamp set.  If you have this set you might be puzzled as to how I did this because there is not poinsettia thinlit.

  This is the piece that I used to create the stunning border.  The center poinsettia is the same as the stamp and if you line it up carefully it will cut the flower out for you.  
  As much fun as I had this week making and sharing these cards, believe it or not I still did not use all the pieces that available to use between the stamps and the thinlits.  Consider making this stamp set your own.  And it you earned any $5 coupons in July you can take that $5 off the cost of this set.

  Next week I will be featuring one of the sets that will be a part of my Everything New card buffet to be held on August 7th.  I would love to have you there with me if you are local.  Just contact me and we can get things organized.

Always an Adventure-Fix it Friday

    I loved this card as soon as I saw it.  Simple but stunning.  When I checked further I found the blog post for the card.  The blog is called Stampin with Kristen.  I decided to see how I could change some parts of the card but still keep it simple.

 Here is how I changed it.....

1. Changed the red and green to Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green.

2. Added a bit of designer paper from the new catalog called This Christmas.  I love it 

3. I used the greeting from Holly Jolly Greetings and the thinlit from Christmas Greetings.  I was so glad these two items carried over into  the new catalog.

Another fun week.  Check out all the ways you can use the Always an Adventure stamp set and matching framelits.

Come back next week when I will change it up a bit and feature the Serene Scenery designer paper stack in several different ways.

Christmas cards from friends



Lana did a beautiful job of watercoloring the background of this card.

Clara's was a favorite of mine from one of my classes.

Inside of Dina's card

Dina made a tri-fold card, one I have never tried myself.
 

Elaine's card was so simple and beautiful.

Sherri used a kit to make this beautiful card.

   I love getting Christmas cards in the mail especially the handmade ones.  

Kim's card made me feel just like it said Jolly.



Karen changed the Paper Pumpkin card with some washi tape.