The Perfect Button

Card Recipe
Stamp: PTI
Papers: pink cardstock (Bazzill), off white cardstock (stash), patterned ?
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, pearls (Kaiser), button (stash), Spellbinder Ovals, Quickutz butterfly die

Spellbinder Small Labels

The Small Labels dies perfectly frame sentiments.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: SU
Papers: cream & pink cardstocks (stash), vellum (stash), patterned ?
Ink: ColorBox Chestnut Roan
Accessories: Quickutz butterfly die, pearls (Kaiser), Spellbinder Small Labels& Mattes

You Make My Life Blossom!

Love that this stamp set has a coordinating tulip die!

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: PTI
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (BG Sultry)
Inks: Distress Shabby Shutters, Bazzill Petunia, Staz On Timber
Accessories: PTI die, velvet ribbon (stash), butterfly die (Cheery Lynn), rhinestones (Kaiser)

A Taste of Summer

Card Recipe
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), blue cardstock?, patterned?
Accessories: ladybug (Dollarama), ribbon (Fabricland), paper flowers (Kaiser), buttons (stash), corner sticker (stash)

Easter/Spring Card

Card Recipe
Papers: ?
Accessories: pearls (Kaiser), butterfly die (Quickutz), die cut work (Sandra B.), ribbon (Fabricland), Spellbinder Mattes

Pearl Accents

To balance the sentiment stamped in the upper, left hand corner, I used pearls in the bottom, right corner.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Verve
Papers: Inspire, Thistle, Mocha
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: Spellbinder Labels 8 & Decorative Labels 8, pearls (Kaiser)

A Balancing Act

This patterned paper is quite busy, so in order to "pull it all together" I used a wider, solid coloured ribbon for the bow and mounted the image on a solid cardstock die cut frame.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Impression Obsession?
Papers: pink cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (BG)
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: Spellbinder Mattes & Squares, rhinestone (Kaiser), ribbon (Fabricland)

Four Corners

For my fourth DCWV card, I framed the square die cut with rhinestone "rivets".

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: card base (DCWV), patterned (BG Sultry)
Accessories: Spellbinder Squares & Hearts, rhinestones (Kaiser), ribbon (stash)

Soft & Cosy

This patterned paper reminded me of a quilt so I cut it as one, in the shape of a rectangle, as a background for my card embellishments.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (BG Sultry)
Ink: Distress Spun Sugar
Accessories: Spellbinder A2 Mattes & Hearts, ribbon (stash), rhinestone (Kaiser)

A Special Valentine

Having a limited number of Valentine sentiment stamps, I used a stamp from another set that fit the bill:  To Someone Special.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: SU
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (BG Sultry), brown cardstock (Bazill)
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: Spellbinders (Hearts, Scalloped Heart, Squares & Lacey Squares, A2 Mattes), ribbon (Fabricland), rhinestone (Kaiser)

A Hanging Heart

I chose an image to stamp based on the patterns in both papers.  The stamped image both compliments the top paper and contrasts enough with the bottom to coordinate well.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampabilities
Papers: kraft cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (BG Bittersweet)
Ink; ColorBox Chalk Dark Brown
Accessories: folk heart die (Sizzix), rhinestones (Kaiser), ribbon (stash)

Candy Striped

This wide ribbon worked well with the Core`dinations cardstock. For a different twist, I stamped the sentiment on the top of the card on my "faux stocking topper".

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Verve
Papers: cream cardstock (stash), red cardstock (Core'dinations)
Ink: Distress Festive Berries
Accessories: border punch (EK), pearls (Kaiser), stick pin (Jenni Bowlin), embossing folder (Sizzix Vintage Wallpaper)

My Christmas Gift to You

This is my favourite card of the eighty I made this year. The elegance of white embossing cannot be understated. I dry embossed one four inch wide piece of cardstock and cut it into four one inch strips. Notches were cut out of the bottom of each strip. A white paper ribbon was made with a border punch. The snowflakes were die cut and stamped with coordinating products from Verve.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Verve), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Paper: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Ink: Encore Metallic Silver
Accessories: ribbon (stash), border punch (MS), pearls (Kaiser), embossing folder (Scrollworks by Crafts Too)

Partial Tree

The size of some images within an embossing folder image can be limited on a standard sized card. I created more space for my sentiment by having my hand cut tree "peek out" behind a patterned border.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: red cardstock (Bazzill), green cardstock (Distress Core'dinations), patterned (BG Figgy)
Accessories: label (Making Memories), ribbon (stash), rhinestones (Kaiser), embossing folder (Cuttlebug Lace Tree)

3 Trees

Grace's Frame embossing folder by Cuttlebug is also a very versatile tool; it can be filled with either stamped images or sentiments.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Ink: ColorBox Evergreen
Accessories: rhinestones (Kaiser), embossing folder (Cuttlebug Grace's Frame)

Diamonds

Rhinestones come in all shapes and sizes. These were given to me. A circle die cut in the embossed paper makes the perfect base for an ornament.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: PTI
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), red & green cardstocks (Bazill)
Ink: Distress Peeled Paint
Accessories: Spellbinder Circles, embossing folder (Sizzix Woodgrain), ribbon (BoBunny), rhinestones (Recollections & Kaiser)

A Corner Bow

I dry embossed one of three layers of this Christmas tree to give the design texture. Because of the difficulty in positioning the ribbon on the corner of the card while tying a bow, I used one piece of ribbon for the diagonal and tied a bow separately, to be adhered on top of the first piece of ribbon afterwards.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: PTI
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (Basic Grey Figgy)
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinder Pennants & Lacey Pennants  Matting Basics A, ribbon (stash), snowflake punch (EK), rhinestone (Kaiser), label punch (SU)

Dee's Distinctively Dies

This tree die is from a new product line. There are a few different shapes, including a Christmas tree, a Christmas stocking and a Christmas bell, for which there is a base die and coordinating, detailed dies. I look forward to purchasing more dies made by this company. They were easy to work with and produced excellent results. I would, however, choose a background paper of a different pattern; I find the polka dots distracting from the pearls.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: off white cardstock (Core'dinations Ice Cream), green cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)
Accessories: tree dies (Dee's Distinctively), ribbon (stash), pearls (Kaiser), Spellbinder Matting Basics A

Tone on Tone

Be sure to choose an ink colour similar to the cardstock colour that you use, but with enough contrast (when dried) to make sure that the stamped image is distinct enough to appreciate.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampendous
Papers: off white cardstock (Core'dinations Ice Cream), green cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (K & Co.)
Ink: CTMH Seafoam 
Accessories: Spellbinder Matting Basics A, pearls (Kaiser), ribbon (SU)

Sparkly Garland

Tried a product (new to me) called Glistening Snow Writer by DecoArt. I assumed that the "snow" implied that it dried white. Guess I was wrong. Can't say I'd recommend this one.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), red cardstock (Bazzill), shimmery cardstock (Linda G. from DCWV), patterned (K & Co.)
Accessories: red pearls (Kaiser), tiny alpha stickers (MLS), tree die (Sizzix), Spellbinder Matte Basics A