Stars & Flakes Christmas

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Cheerful Tags, Many Merry Stars, Ornamental Pine, Festival of Trees
• Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz
• Ink: Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy, Versamark
• Accessories: Tree Punch, Snow Flurry Bigz, Festive Flurry and Stars framelits, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Heat n Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat gun.

Alternately stamp the trees and snowflakes on Whisper White CS using Pear Pizzazz and Bashful Blue ink pads. Stamp star images on Pear Pizzazz and cut with Stars framelits in graduating sizes to create a frame. Ink outer star frame with Versamark, cover with heat n stick and heat emboss; add dazzling diamonds and heat again. 

Stamp background tree in Bashful Blue; stamp decorative tree over it with Night of Navy and punch. Stamp image from Cheerful Tags on Bashful Blue CS and cut with small Stars framelit. Cut snowflakes in Bashful Blue and layer with star. 

Stamp Christmas Wishes (from Ornamental Pine set) in Night of Navy on  strip Bashful Blue CS; add all to card and finish with rhinestones.

Christmas Tree Hunting

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Ornamental Pine, White Christmas
• Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Espresso, Whisper White, Old Olive
• Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Memento Tuxedo Black, Craft White
• Accessories: Finishing Touches Edgelits, Confetti Stars punch, Blendabilities, Brown Sugar marker, Signo Uniball pen, Sponge Dauber. Martha Stewart branch punch, button.

Begin by stamping the trees and car with tree in memento black ink on Crumb Cake CS. Sponge in the white ink on bottom and edges. Color tree trunks with Brown Sugar pen and add white gel pen to tree branches. Color car and tree with blendabilities. Mat with Espresso CS with one edge cut with Finishing Touches edgelit.

Add stars, branch, button, sentiment.

Ornamental Pine Thankful

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Chevron background, Ornamental Pine, Gorgeous Grunge, Good Greetings
• Ink: Craft White, Espresso, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
• Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
• Accessories: Silver Baker's Twine, All is Calm Washi tape

NOTES: I stamped the chevron background in white then stamped the images over the top.

Truly Grateful

SUPPLIES:

• Cardstock: Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
• Ink: Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
• Stamps: Ornamental Pine, Gorgeous Grunge, Truly Grateful
• Accessories: Espresso Baker's Twine, Paper Crimper, Stampin' Write Markers, Reinkers, Sponge Daubers. Shaving cream, pop-up dots.

This was my first time playing around with the shave cream technique:

Add the cheap, foamy white shave cream to a baking sheet or tray with edges. I had a cheap foil casserole pan that I used. Add 3 or 4 drops of each reinker color to the shave cream. I used Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Brown Sugar and Pear Pizzazz. Swirl the colors together (I used my bone folder because I found a smaller toothpick didn't quite swirl it enough; it depends on the look you are trying to achieve). Press the Pumpkin Pie 4" X 5 1/4" CS panel directly into the shave cream, smushing it down for coverage. Scrape off excess with a piece of scrap cardstock; blot with a papertowel. Allow to dry for a few minutes.

While the panel is drying, stamp the pinecones in Espresso on Soft Suede and Crumb Cake CS (you need 3); add some Brown Sugar and Crumb Cake marker to the pinecone image. Fussy cut.

Run piece of 2 3/4" x 2 3/8" Crumb Cake CS through paper crimper; sponge daub edges with Espresso. Tear piece of Pumpkin Pie CS and stamp log round image with Versamark, then Truly Grateful sentiment in Cherry Cobber; add gorgeous grunge dots in Espresso and sponge daub edges with Espresso. Adhere to crimped background.

Take your pumpkin pie panel an stamp the ornamental pine in Espresso; go over some of the image with Espresso and Always Artichoke markers to add depth to the pine. Stamp gorgeous grunge dots in Espresso and sponge daub edges in espresso. Tie baker's twine around panel and mat with Espresso CS; mount on Really Rust card. Add matted sentiment and pinecones using pop-up dot; adhere other two pinecones to right corner of card.