Debbie Mumm's Christmas #1

This is a very simple and quick card to make. Many designers of patterned papers are now including one page of "strips" of the different patterns of paper in a product line. I simply cut one strip from the sheet and tied a ribbon and bow around it.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: cardstock (Bazzill Dark Scarlet), patterned (Debbie Mumm)
Accessories: ribbon (Fabricland)

The Difference with Distress Stickles Part 2

Don't know what happened, but all of the copy was not included in this morning's post. It should have read, "These aren't your ordinary Stickles! Instead of metallic glitter, Distress Stickles combine a pearlized glitter of various particle sizes. Paired with the popular colour palette of Distress Inks and Paints and you have a very vintage (almost mica looking) distress glitter glue. The texture is amazing!"

Natalie

The Difference with Distress Stickles

These aren't your ordinary Stickles! Instead of metallic glitter, Distress Stickles combine a pearlized glitter of various particle sizes. Paired with the popular colour palette of Distress Inks and Paints and you have a very vintage (almost mica looking) distress glitter glue. The texture is amazing! I stamped and heat embossed the snowman to create "boundaries" to make the neat application of the product a little easier.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), pink & True Teal cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (Heidi Grace)
Ink: Colorbox Black
Accessories: Worn Lipstick Distress Stickles, Spellbinder Ovals & Scalloped Ovals, black embossing powder (stash), black & pink rhinestones (Kaiser), ribbon (stash)

Scallops of Different Sizes

I saw this border idea used on another card and couldn't wait to use it. It's important to use the patterned paper with the smaller pattern when cutting the smaller scallops and using the border punch with the larger scallops on the relatively larger patterned paper. To give the Christmas tree some interest, I first stamped the cardstock with a paisley patterned background stamp before I punched it out. Because of the thickness of the Distress Stickles I was not able to write a fine line and dipped the edges of the tree in a puddle of it.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: background (PSX), sentiment (Stampin' Up)
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), Dark Scarlet & Hillary cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Debbie Mumm)
Ink: Distress Peeled Paint
Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, EK success border punch, Shabby Shutters Distress Stickles, ribbon (stash), pearls (Kaiser)

A Little More of the Same

This is a similar card to the last, just in off white, rather than white. Don't forget that the ribbon can be tinted with ink to match your paper.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: Distress Aged Mahogany
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), red cardstock (stash)
Accessories: ribbon (Stampin' Up), Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinder Scalloped Circles, circle punch (Marvy)

Great Embossabilities

Embossing folders can quickly create an elegant card. This wreath is particularly designed for Christmas.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Hero Arts
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), red cardstock (stash)
Ink: Distress Aged Mahogany
Accessories: Spellbinders Circles & Scalloped Circles, ribbon (Offray), circle punch (Marvy)

Stickles for Coal

Though I have used black rhinestones for eyes in the past, I thought that black Stickles would be perfect for the coal on this snowman. The small opening in the bottle allows you enough control to get just enough product out for this purpose. And you can vary the size of the dots of Stickles to suit the image.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Papers: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), patterned (Over the Moon Press)
Ink: Memories Soft Sage
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels & Ovals, Black Diamond Stickles, ribbon (stash)