A little bit o' bling

This elegantly simple card was designed by Alison for our shoebox swap and I love the simplicity as well as the little touch of sparkle on the tree, provided by the yellow circle rhinestone.

Supplies:
Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Always Artichoke cs
Patterned pines stamp set
Always Artichoke ink
Circle fire rhinestone brads

Ornaments on the Tree

This card features a cardstock-saving layout and is great for those times when you just need to sign your name and don't have time to write a note! It was designed by Pam, an avid stamper who attended our shoebox swap in October.

Supplies:
Chocolate chip, whisper white cs
Tree trimmings stamp set and Four the Holidays
real red, old olive, chocolate chip ink

A Garden of Green

This card was designed by Renee Tucci. I like how the brads made the tree sparkle a little.

Supplies:
Naturals (white), chocolate chip cs, Merry moments dsp
IBC Christmas stamp set (don't know the name...)
Garden green ink
chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon
gold brads

Two a Day with a Lunch time sketch challenge

Sorry to fatigue your inboxes (or Google Readers as the case may be); I do try not to post more than once per day, but I wanted to sneak this sketch challenge in this week.

The challenge is the Monday Lunch time Sketch Challenge #98, from Techno Stamper, Mary Jo Price-Williams. My mom loaned/gave me an old set a while back called Little Somethings, which retired in 2007, but the stamps are dated 1998, so they were around for a while. They are cute, but I've not thought of a way to use them yet. This sketch challenge seemed tailor-made for them. I decided to use the stocking stamp, and then to use some not-so-Christmasy colors just to change things up a bit.

So here is the sketch:
Here is my take:

Supplies:
Red Riding Hood, So Saffron, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla cs
Little Somethings, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamps
Red Riding Hood ink, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, So Saffron markers
Blender Pen
Paper Piercing tool/mat pack
So Saffron ribbon (retired), burgundy ribbon (non-SU)
3/4", 1", 1 1/4" circle punches

Clean and Simple Winter Post

These two cards were my own contribution to the shoebox swap--I didn't have enough of the red patterned paper, so I used the green and substituted the deer from the same Winter Post set. I love that set--it has a great vintage feel to it. I bought it mostly for the skating couple, but I've found a lot of uses for the snowflake and the deer as well! The inspiration for this card came from a splitcoast stamper, but I don't remember who right now.

Supplies:
Very Vanilla cs, Merry Moments dsp
Winter Post and Four the Holidays (inside sentiment) stamp sets
Garden Green, Soft Suede, Real Red ink
sponges
gold and silver brads
very vanilla grosgrain ribbon

Noel, Noel

Today's card was designed by my fellow demonstrator, Heather Yates. I love the Dasher stamp--there are so many great ideas out there to use this little guy!

Supplies:
Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla cs
Always Artichoke, Whisper white craft ink
Dasher and Many Merry Messages stamps
Sleigh bells cotton twill ribbon

It's Beginning to Look A Lot...

like Christmas! The next few days will feature cards that I made at a shoebox swap with my fellow Philly Inker demonstrators way back in October. I saved them for now, since I didn't want to fatigue everyone with Christmas cards before Halloween!

This card was designed by Claire Lawrence, our stamping "mother." I love the simple layout and monochromatic color scheme, and I especially love that it uses just a little bit of ribbon--great for cards that have to be mass produced!

Supplies:
Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla cs
Patterened Pines, Christmas punch stamps
Always Artichoke ink
Wide oval punch
Mellow moss grosgrain ribbon
glue dot
Top note die