Christmas Card with Glittery Paper and Noor! Dies

I couldn't wait to try the glittery gift wrap I mentioned in my last post on my blog.

I started by choosing a K&Co tag which would match one of the colors of paper I bought. This tag had touches of glitter, and in person, the blue on the tag is the same shade of blue as the paper.

For the other papers, I used a pale gold Core'dinations Pearl paper, which matched the ivory color in the tag, and a mat of gold mirror card.

The tag is dimensionally mounted onto a die cut from one of my Noor! dies. That die cut is mounted dimensionally onto the background paper and surrounded by corners made from another Noor! die. I added a few blue rhinestones as a finishing touch.

In this photograph, the amount of sparkle makes it look like the glitter is sparse and it looks like you can see the background through the paper, but you really can't. The glitter covers the paper completely, with no background paper showing.

Inexpensive Glittery Paper

You know those sheets of glittery CS that sell for $2.00 per sheet? I'm hoping this will work as a substitute!

I was at Walmart today, and I saw this gift wrap in the Christmas section. It was in quite a few colors, but I only bought these three because they are the colors I can see myself using the most.

When I got home and opened it, it did shed some glitter. Not much, but a little. I'm hoping that it won't need to be sprayed to keep the glitter on, but so far, I don't think it will. It is gift wrap weight, so it will need to be mounted onto CS using either the Xyron, or spray mount, but that's no big deal, I do that with my mulberry and other light weight papers. I keep those rolled until I need to use them, then I just cut white CS to size, run the CS through the Xyron, and mount the thinner paper as I need it.

Anyway, it's a seasonal item, and it's so pretty, I expect a lot of people will be buying it to wrap their gifts, so it may not be in the store for long. I hope it works well, because it is a lot cheaper than the stuff in the craft stores!

Also, they had some pretty nice Christmas ribbon, so of course I got some of that too!!!

Gold PSX Church Card

I decided to make a simpler card today. I wish all the pearlescence showed in this photograph, because in person, it's very pretty.

All of the paper is Core'dinations pearl in white and two shades of gold, with some gold mirror card for matting. I did the embossing with gold EP, and added gold outline stickers and gold pearls. I only used a few simple embellishments because the pearls and metallics don't really need anything else in person.

I love these old PSX stamps, and am glad I got so many back when they were still in business.

White Filigree Blessings Card

I had so much fun playing with my corners dies from the November Amazing Paper Grace Kit, by Becca Feeken yesterday, that I had to play with them again today.

This card was done with multiple layers of Core'dinations Pearl paper. For the filigree layers, and I made a layer with the die facing inwards, and then another layer facing outwards.

The medallion is stamped onto blue pearl paper with JustRite's Vintage Rose Medallions using VersaMark and White EP, and cut with JustRite's custom Nested Medallion Labels Dies.

I finished it off with this blue and gold double bow and some pearls.

Filigree Noel Card JRC_085

Yesterday I got my first Amazing Paper Grace Kit, by Becca Feeken. I love these filigree corner dies from Spellbinders and JustRite that I got with it, and had to make a card with them.

I am entering this card into JustRite Friday Challenge #085 - Happy Holidays.

All the white paper is Core'dinations Pearl, the blue paper is a pearlized blue from my stash, and the rhinestones and snowflakes are also from my stash. As in the previous card I posted, the snowflakes and rhinestones are much lighter in person than in the photographs.

The center medallion is from JustRite's Noel Christmas Ornaments, and cut with JustRite's custom Nested Medallion Labels Dies. I did the stamping with VersaMark, and embossed it with gold.

The die cuts are layered and mounted dimensionally, and I traced around the blue one with a gold pen.

Lace and Snowflakes Card ODBDSLC129

I made this card for the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge ODBDSLC129 Winter White.

For this card, I used six layers from two different Marianne Creatables dies, cut from Core'dinations Pearl CS. I mounted the layers onto a card cut from one of the same dies.

The Rejoice and the church on the inside are from Our Daily Bread Designs beautiful Worship the Lord set. These were stamped using VersaMark and embossed with gold EP. The church on the inside was cut with another of the same dies and mounted at the top of the inside.

I tried this with silver, but my silver is very old, and it didn't show up well enough, so I did the stamping again with gold. The old EPs just didn't work as well as the new ones, and mine stamped very flat and unevenly.

I added Diamond Stickles, but they didn't add enough contrast to the card, so I added these crystal snowflakes from my stash. On my card, they are much lighter than they appear in the photograph, and match the card much better.

Now that I have seen this card on my blog, I will probably add Merry Christmas from the same set to the bottom half of the inside.

Ornament Fancy Fold Card JRC_085

I made this card for JustRite Friday Challenge #085 - Happy Holidays. For this challenge we were to use two or more dies.

I decided to use three different JustRite stamps for this. Deck the Halls - Cling, Christmas Miracle Ornaments, and Noel Christmas Ornaments, and cut them with their matching dies: 2012 Heirloom Ornaments, 2011 Heirloom Ornaments, and 2010 Heirloom Ornaments, as well as JustRite Custom Nested Medallion Labels Dies.

After making the card and cutting, embossing and coloring everything, I found out that on this particular card, the smaller ornaments were a bit too large for the card because I had added so many, so I trimmed the white border from all except the Large ornament in the center page, and the star shaped writing space.

The papers are from my stash, and all the ornaments are mounted dimensionally. The writing space is mounted directly onto the card. The three center ornaments have a gold cord attached to a gold Stickles "nail".

Everything is embossed with gold, and colored with Copics. I also did shading with Distress Antique Linen. The gold outline stickers are from my stash, and I added more dots of gold Stickles.

Rose Border Card

I thought I would put a non Christmas card up today. (And it's a pink one Jill) :-)

A few months ago, I found out that our AC Moore wasn't going to sell Spellbinders any more. They still had a few, but nothing that I really wanted. Since I had a 40% off coupon, and I hate going to a craft store and not buying at least one Spellbinders die, I bought this Grand Rose Border even though I wasn't sure I wanted it.

A few weeks after I got it, I tried embossing it, and using a Brilliance ink pad to color it while it was still in the die. I mounted it on a piece of 5x7 Core'dinations pink pearl card. I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it, so I Stamped this ODBD Eternity saying onto Core'dinations white pearl and cut it out with the matching ODBD Elegant Ovals die. The sentiment was stamped with Brilliance pink and embossed with clear EP, but I couldn't get a good photo of the pink, so you can't read it in the photo. It's easy to read on the actual card.

I added the die cuts to the card and outlined everything with a gold pen. Then I stuck some Spellbinders corners to the card front and stuck some roses and pearls in them, and added a narrow gold ribbon and bow to the side. Then I mounted the whole thing to a card made from more of the white pearl CS.

I don't like the card at all, but at least I used the die.

Tis the Season Card JRC_085

I made this card because I wanted to try this ribbon I bought a couple of weeks ago, then I realized that it fits JustRite Friday Challenge #085 - Happy Holidays.

For this card, I started with a 5x7 white card, then cut a piece of gold mirror card for a mat, and another piece of white CS for the background paper.

I hadn't used this white mulberry paper with the gold threads running through it for a long time, so I ran the background paper through my Xyron and put it on top of the mulberry paper to adhere it.

Then I applied the ribbon and mounted it all on the card. I cut two borders from Spellbinders Ironwork Accents and cut them to size, placing one on each side of the ribbon.

I stamped Tis the Season of Love from JustRite's Christmas Miracle Ornaments using VersaMark, and embossed it with Superfine Detail Gold, onto a motif from the same die set, and layered it dimensionally onto a motif from the Ironwork Motifs set. These were both cut from Core'dinations white pearl CS.

Then I cut another motif from the Ironwork Accents set from gold mirror card and mounted them onto that. The whole thing was then mounted dimensionally onto the ribbon.

Last, I added a gold bow I made.

Holly and Pine Cone Card

This is another very simple card to make, but I like it because it is so warm and traditional looking. It's just a piece of K&Co CS and an old Anna Griffin tag. I matted them both with gold mirror card, and mounted them onto a white card. Then I added a couple of dimensional K&Co stickers to the corners of the tag, and a few pearls.

Red Ribbon Christmas

I made this card before I made the one with the green ribbon I posted the other day, and in person, this one is much prettier, and much more rich looking. When I looked at the photographs on my computer though, the green one looked much nicer, so I posted it first.

I bought this red ribbon at the same time as the green one. It is narrower and the red isn't sheer, but they are very similar.

For this one, I mounted it onto some more of this sparkly gold DP from my stash. I used a Spellbinders die to cut the two borders on either side of the ribbon, mounted the DP onto gold mirror card, and then onto a white card, then added gold holly stickers and red half pearls to each corner.

The motif in the center is another dimensional Anna Griffin sticker I've had for several years. It was a really quick and easy card!

Cardinal Card with Noor! Dies and Spellbinders

For this card, I used a Noor! die for the center, and another one for the corners. First, I cut the Noor! dies out in white CS, then laid the die cuts out in my Spellbinders Grand Labels One, and found that they would fit in the largest one.

I cut the red CS and the gold mirror card out with the Spellbinders die, and trimmed around the red so it would fit inside the gold one. Then I mounted them onto white CS and cut that out larger.

Since it's difficult to find CS larger than 12x12, I cut two more of the largest Labels One, and trimmed the top 1/2" off of one, and scored the second one the same distance from the top. Then I adhered the folded section behind the cut section, and attached that to the back of the card front to create a folding card.

I cut a piece of gold mirror card with one of the Spellbinders circles, and mounted a K&Co tag to that, then used the die to trace another circle on the tag with a gold pen. This was mounted dimensionally onto the card.

The card looked kind of plain, so I added gold outline stickers between each corner, and red rhinestones to the corners and center of the bow on the tag. It still looked plain, so I cut individual little flowers from Dresden paper lace, and used a red Sharpie to add red centers to each flower. Those were glued to the corner die cuts and the centers of the outline stickers. Then I added Glossy Accents to the bow and red berries in the tag to give it more dimension.

Lace and Christmas Flowers JRC_084

I love this Lace Background Stamp from JustRite, and I decided to make a Christmas card with it. I am entering it into JustRite Friday Challenge #084 - "Flower Power".

I stamped the lace onto red CS using VersaMark, and embossed it in white. Then I mounted it onto gold mirror card, and onto a white card.

I used pearls and three K&Co dimensional sickers in the corners, and a flat K&Co tag in the center. I wanted the center tag to look like a shiny medallion, so I glued thick gold cord around it and used Glossy Accents to fill the inside.

It would have been prettier if I didn't have a couple of small air bubbles in the glossy accents.

Creatables and White Poinsettia Card

I made this card about a month ago, before I closed my shop for the season. It was when I first got this die, and I decided to use it to make a red and white card.

First, I cut a white card with the die, then I alternated red and white die cuts and mounted them onto the card, adding this dimensional K&Co sticker in the middle and red pearls to each corner.

This die makes it very easy to create a beautiful card that looks complicated.

Today when I saw Karen's card, it reminded me that I had never posted this one. Even though her card uses more dies than mine, and has that beautiful layered poinsettia, it's purely coincidence that we both made red and white cards from the same die, with a poinsettia as an ornament. (I like her card better though).

Anyway, since I'm an admirer of Karen's cards, I didn't want to post a similar card without putting a link to her's on my blog.

Green Ribbon Merry Christmas

I may not get the details on this card posted for a while.

Our power is on and off because of the hurricane, but at least I'm hoping I can get this card up before it goes off, probably for a few days.

I'm typing and publishing every few sentences because the internet also keeps going out, so if this post stops somewhere odd, it's because of either the power or the internet, and I'll have to finish it later.

I got this really pretty green ribbon a week or so ago, and thought it would be beautiful on a card. The green on the ribbon is very sheer, so I cut out a strip of matching green paper to put under it.

The paper the ribbon is on, as well as the card are Core'dinations Pearl, in a pale gold color, using gold mirror card as a mat. The gold strips are dresden paper lace, and make the background paper look like there are strips of satin ribbon on either side of the green.

The center motif is a retired JustRite stamp, embossed with gold, and mounted dimensionally with pieces of two of my Noor! dies cut out of more gold mirror card.

Okay, I managed to finish it. I'm gone until the power and internet are really back.

Another Good Friends Card

When I was making the card for the JustRite challenge a few days ago, I stamped and colored the medallion twice. Once with gold embossing powder, and once with white so I could decide which I liked better on that card. I do that frequently while making cards, and then I put the unused stamped piece into a drawer. Today I was going through the drawer, and decided to make a card using this motif, since it's one of my favorite stamps. I also love using this pale gold Core'dinations Pearls CS shaded with pink. Next time, I think I will try shading it with either green or blue, since everyone except Jill is probably getting tired of all my pink cards lately. (Although I actually do have two more pink cards waiting to be posted at some time).

Anyway, this time I cut another Noor! die out of the same Core'dinations pearl CS, as well as a Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight, one of Spellbinders Labels Eight, a mat of the pearl paper, one of gold mirror card, and a card made out of the pearl paper.

Then, I kept layering them and deciding where to shade the paper, where to use a gold stamp pad to stencil the pieces, and where to outline with a gold pen.

When I was satisfied, I put them all together, some dimensionally and some flat against the backgrounds, and added some pink and gold pearls.

I wish the pearlescent sheen of these cards showed up better in the photographs, because it looks really pretty in person.

Angel and Cross Card using Noor! Dies

As I was looking at this Noor! die, I decided it could make a beautiful cross, and the corner die would work well with it.

I cut the die I used for the cross three times out of Core'dinations pearl CS, and cut them with scissors to make a pleasing shape, then cut the corners from the same paper.

I decided to mount them onto this red pearl paper from my stash, and put a K&Co angel in the middle. I then added some K&Co poinsettias to the blank space, and some of their holly to the top corners. Red pearls were added to each corner, and to each point of the cross.

Elegant Santa Card

I made this card a while back. This Santa die cut fit perfectly in the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die. I cut and embossed the dies on Core'dinations Pearl, and tried them on various background papers. I liked this sparkly light blue, so I matted it with metallic gold and mounted it on a card made with more of the pearl paper. Then I used two shades of blue, I can't remember which ones they were, to shade them while they were still in the die. I shaded them unevenly because I thought it would add more interest than if they were evenly shaded. I wanted it to look like Santa was in a cold snowy atmosphere. Then I ran a gold pen inside the dies and added gold pearls.

I was trying to find something small to decorate the corners of the background paper with, and decided to cut these tiny flowers from Dresden paper.

Sparkly Christmas with Ribbon and Noor! Die

I made this card a few days ago. In person, it's very sparkly.

I started with the sparkly pine cone ribbon, and decided to use it on this sparkly paper from my stash. It is matted with gold mirror card.

Then I added this Noor! die, which I shaded with a metallic gold stamp pad while it was still in the die. After that, I added a sparkly gold bow I made and this sparkly Anna Griffin dimensional label which I've had for a few years.

Last, I added the pearls to the corners.

Lacy Poinsettia Card ODBDSLC127

I made this card for Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC127 LEAF- Create your own letter Recipe Challenge. This week's challenge is to use three letters in the word "LEAF" and create a card or project beginning with those letters.

On my card L=Leaves, Layers, and Lacy, E=Embossing and Easel Card, A=Adhesive Pearls, and F=Flower and Fancy Fold.

The white paper is Core'dinations Pearl, the green is a generic pearlized paper, and I used gold mirror card for the mat. All stamping is VersaMark, embossed with Super Fine Detail Gold EP, and the coloring is done with Copics.

The poinsettia is from ODBD's Blessed Christmas Set and cut with their Custom Poinsettia Die. The Merry Christmas is from their Worship the Lord Set.

I also used Spellbinders Labels Eight, Decorative Labels Eight, and Fancy Tags Two, as well as some half pearls.

The poinsettia and tag are mounted dimensionally.