Grinch Christmas

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It took me awhile and searching help feature to finally figure out the changes. So here goes.

A friend asked me to make her some Grinch theme cards for Christmas.

The papers are not labeled. A friend gave me a bunch of papers when she cleaned out for a move. Gotta love friends who support your crafting habit!  I Googled "Grinch sayings" and found some printable ones. I copied and resized it, printed it, and trimmed it down to fit. For all the glitter of Christmas:  gold glitter strip behind sentiment and gold glitter punched star in upper right corner. For snow at Christmas: 3 punched snowflakes glued on and coated with clear glitter glue. The Grinch wore a Santa hat so that is also clip art, fussy cut and winked to make it shiny. A heart indicates the Grinch's heart grew 3 times that day. 

I used the sketch from http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com

Here are 2 more designs for Grinch Christmas cards.

Candy Stripes

I had a request to share more of the cards made from Stampin" Up! Memories and More Christmas Card pack. I made these a while back but hadn't posted them.

Then when The Card Concept Christmas in July picture inspiration photo came out, I saw they reflected the red and white gift wraps. I used my go to style of clean and layered.

 In the card pack were red/white candy stripe cards. I covered the image that was in the center with smaller cards from the pack and stamped 2 different images (both from SU!). The snowman was colored with SU Blender pens and decorated with glitter glue. I added a punched snowflake and a mini sentiment. The right one was just a stamp in the center and then red sequins.

Here are pictures of a few more cards made from this card pack. I think I have 6 of each design. So way ahead of schedule on making Christmas cards this year.

Christmas Tree

I'm getting an early start, for me, on Christmas cards.  I purchased Stampin" Up! Memories and More Christmas Card Packs on clearance. I think these are designed more for scrapbooking but they make great cards too. There are 50 double sided cards of various sizes plus some stickers in each set. I have made a lot of cards from them. Unfortunately the set is retired.

My clean and simple layered card for The Card Concept features one of the Christmas tree cards from the pack. I enhanced the image with a gold glitter star topper and colored the balls with glitter pens. I dotted a clear gel glitter pen all over the tree to look like clear sparkly lights then backed it with Real Red and Mossy Meadow. The sentiment is an old one from SU, stamped with VersaMark and embossed with silver.
Here is a close up showing the glitter, although it doesn't show well.

Entering the challenge at The Card Concept

Butterfly Twofer

I have tons of butterflies:  stamps, dies, paper. I sat and looked at all the selections and could not come up with inspiration for 2 cards to play in Darnell's Twofer Card Challenge

Today I was cleaning and organizing the scrap box and found a forgotten butterfly die hiding in the bottom. Label is lost and I don't know who makes it. Aha moment! I die cut several of them in white. And ended up with this

The onefer is bold and bright in SU's Melon Mambo over white cardstock. The sentiment on a matching strip of paper is an old one from SU, embossed in white. You have to look really close to see the clear sequins and the glitter glue added over the star shapes.

The twofer is very subdued on SU's Night of Navy card base and then blue vellum with the new SU Old World Paper EF. I love that texture. I glued the die cut onto the vellum and then turned it over and put a few dots of glue on the backside of the die to stick the vellum to the card base. The sentiment is also SU embossed in white, trimmed out and glued on.

This one is also for the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, with a little stretch of the imagination

Polka Dots

Polka dots are always fun and festive. So much fun that I made 2 cards for the challenge at Tuesday Throwdown  #461--polka dots.

The papers are leftovers and I don't know the manufacturer.  The centers of the circles are stickers I found when doing some cleaning.
I'll be adding these to my next shipment for Send A Smile 4 Kids

Riding the Seas

I love sitting at the beach watching sailboats. They are so beautiful and peaceful.

I used a combo of SU papers: pool party, mint macron, bermuda bay for this Clean and Simple card. The sailboat and waves are from Swirly Bird set (retired). I hand drew the sea gulls. The shells are old unbranded stamps, colored and fussy cut. A sentiment just didn't seem to fit so I left the front blank and will use it for a generic note card.
For

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
and The Card Concept

Note Cards

Over the past couple of weeks I have been working on a set of notecards using Stampin' UP! Botanical Blooms Medley.  They just have general hello sentiments and blank inside so I can write appropriate messages. This one is with the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch!

The background white was run through Big Shot with the new Old World Paper embossing folder. I love that touch of texture. The paper, tag, and die cut are from the medley kit. Hello is an old SU stamp. I put glossy accents on the plums for some shine.

Here is the sketch

And a photo of the other notecards with the Botanical Blooms

This Medley set was a really good deal. I have made a lot of cards with it. Unfortunately, it was not carried over to the new catalog.

Botanical Prints

I wasn't sure about the Botanical Prints Product Medley when I first opened it. Now I am finding it so versatile. A lot of the papers are in black and white which allows for customized coloring. Also in the kit is the die cut pattern paper that is featured on the right. I cut off a 1 1/4 strip on the front of the card and glued the trimmed die cut pattern to the inside. On the patterned paper, I colored in just the lilies. The label is also in the kit stamped with an SU sentiment. I added 3 clear sequins among the flowers. Adds just enough sparkle. 

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches except I moved the vertical feature to the right instead of the left.

Magnolia Blossom

I love magnolia trees when they are in full bloom. Unfortunately they do not do well in my part of the  world. I have to resort to paper ones.

The floral paper is from SU. I had a partial sheet and was able to cut this rectangle with one showy flower in the center. I love it when that works out. I selected a pink base from my scrap box for the floral to pick up the slight tinge of pink in the flower centers. The pink and white ribbons are from my stash. There are green and pink springs punched from scrap papers. The sentiment is SU on an oval punch.
Entering in Pixie's Crafty Workshop snippet challenge #379. Playing for the prize of Lawn Fawn's Stamp Shammy

Blue Birds

We have bluebirds nesting in a birdhouse near our back deck. I can see them flying in and out of the birdhouse when I am eating breakfast. They inspired my card today.

The birds are cut from SU's Bird Ballad paper. I fussy cut two of the birds and perched them on a couple of die cut leaf branches. The stripe remind me of the patio canopy. It is from the same paper set. The sentiment is an old one, unlabled.

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches