2020 Christmas Cards

I’m almost done making my Christmas cards for 2020.  My original plan was to have them completed and in mail by December 1st.  I would have made my goal had I stuck to the plan. 

I used old (retired) and new (current) Stampin’ Up products to make these cards.  So far I’ve made 60 and will probably have to make an additional 25. 

I will update this post with the names of the stamps used later today.  Right now I need to get these cards signed, addressed, then stuffed into envelopes, affix stamps, then taken to the Post Office for mailing. 

Happy Birthday, Pastor

Our Pastor is a true outdoorsman and the Stampin’ Up! Mountain Air Bundle was perfect for making his birthday card. I followed the instructions on Jeannette’s Paper Crafts YouTube channel for making a Mountain Air Diorama card.  My husband suggested adding his picture within the diorama and found the perfect picture of him and his wife, down-sized it, then cut it out to go inside.  I’ve got bird dies that I purchased a couple of years ago and I cut out birds using Whisper White card stock ... I wanted the birds on the card to look more like seagulls.

I decorated the envelope using the mountain stamp and used alphabet stamps to personalize it with his name.

Stamps: Mountain Air, By the Dock, 

Inks: Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Soft Suede, 

Dies: Majestic Mountain, 

Fall Birthday Card for Chadz

It’s our son-in-law’s birthday and I made him a Fall-Themed birthday card.  Looks so simple, yet elegant while it remains on the masculine side.  This was a quick card to make and NO DSP is required.  Just card-stock, ink, 3-D Embossing folder, and dies. I stamped leaves on the envelope using Old Olive and Cajun Craze stamp pads.

All stamps are from Stampin’ Up!: A Good Man; Vintage Leaves (retired, my favorite); Happiest Birthday Wishes (Inside Sentiment, Retired)

Inks: VersaMark, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Cajun Craze

Thick Whisper White Card-stock 

Happy Anniversary W&B

W&B will celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary on June 15th.  Several months ago he asked me if I would make an anniversary card for him to give to her ... I felt honored to do so.  Nearing the end of May I realized that I've had several ideas on the design of the card but no action.  The closer it got to June, the more I realized I needed to get busy.

The two of them are so creative so I wanted to do

something creative for them rather than decorate a piece of card stock folded in half... that just didn't seem fitting for the occasion.

Happy Anniversary W & B!!!  I pray that you two will celebrate many more anniversaries together.


Several year ago I taught a crafting class at our local senior center and I remembered teaching this collapsing box as one of the class projects.  I decided to go with this project because I think it has much a "WOW" feature when opened.  I had to go through several different stamp sets

in order to find the appropriate sentiments to use.  All material used are Stampin' Up!  I absolutely love Stampin' Up!'s Timeless Elegance DSP and I'm really happy that I purchased extra of it before it retired last year.

Papers:Timeless Elegance DSP; Basic Black and Sahara Sand Card Stock. Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

Stamp Sets:Tasteful Touches; Music From The Heart; Do the Impossible; Celebrate Sunflowers; Number of Years; Timeless Love; Field Flowers

Dies: Frosted Foliage; Butterfly Bigz Die (Retired); BowTie Bigz Die (Retired)

Cards for LFBC Members

As hubby and I are safely sheltered in, I’m using part of my time to make cards for church members on his list of church members he calls to check on.  Words cannot express the helplessness we feel about this situation.  I hope that these cards will bring a ray of hope and sunshine to the recipients.

Stamps: Front Sentiment: Very Versailles, fussy cut butterfly from Butterfly Wishes
Ink & Ribbon: Elegant Eggplant
Lace 3D Embossing Folder

Inside of cards:
Sentiment: Artistically Asian
Image: Dandelion Wishes

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant
Ink and Ribbon: Elegant Eggplant





Cards for:

You’ve Got This

Last year, I attended the Heirloom Rubber Stamps & Paper Arts Festival in Lawrenceville, GA,  a festival that I look forward to attending each year.  I purchased a ‘Bird’ stamp last year but never used it.  At the festival this year, I saw a couple of samples on display in the ‘Sweet ‘n’ Sassy booth using the same bird stamp that I own so I purchased the sentiment stamp that was used with the bird sample card on display.  I believe the bird stamp that I purchased last year was from Impression Obsession Inc.

One of my friends (and Bible Study buddies) was scheduled for a

heart catheterization this morning and when she informed me last week of her upcoming procedure, I knew I just had to make this card for her because one of the sentiments went perfectly with the card I wanted to make her.  She texted me after the procedure was over to tell me that all went well ... no blockage.

Other supplies used are Stampin’ Up! products:
Stampin’ Up! Dimensionals
Stamps: Around the Corner, Positive Thoughts, You’ve Got This
Baker’s Twine: Pool Party
Inks: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, and Tuxedo Black Memento
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White

Happy Birthday, Mia

Our daughter’s birthday is coming up and I was at a loss for the birthday card I wanted to make for her.  She is really into sewing now and is doing all she can to learn more about that craft.  She has signed up for sewing classes and her hubby gave her a serger for Christmas.  I normally don’t purchase any stamps other than Stampin’ Up! Since Stampin’ Up! doesn’t carry sewing related dies, I used a Sizzix die that I purchased years ago (Sewing Elements).

The Designers Series Papers (Bird Ballard), card stock (Pool Party & Basic Gray),  inks (Basic Gray), buttons, baker’s twine, and stamps used are Stampin’ Up! products.

She and her hubby and their two little girls came by today to celebrate her Dad’s birthday which was January 3rd.  While they were here, we also celebrated her birthday by giving her the card.  I added an inside pocket so that we could place her birthday money in it. Her birthday is Tuesday (January 15th) and she plans to come over and visit us on her birthday.

She asked me to bake a Chocolate Cake for her birthday so I will definitely have to get busy making it for her. I will post a picture of it and the recipe used after baking it.

She loved her card (and the gift inside of it).

Birthday Card for Hubby

Birthday wishes today to my husband of 50+ years.  We will celebrate 51 years in March. He wanted a home-cooked meal of Steak, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Green Peas, Rolls and Sweet Tea.  I also baked a Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate Cake for dessert.

I used the four egg-whites left after making the Coconut-Pecan Frosting to bake a Heavenly White Cake. Hubby requested Pineapple Frosting.

 To make his birthday card, I searched Pinterest for masculine card ideas.  I really liked cards made by Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Amanda Bates, so I pretty much CASE’d one of the chards she made.  I did make a few changes along the way.  one of the major changes I made was adding a Pool Party card base of 11 x 5 1/2.  The sentiment on the front of the card is from “A Good Man”.  The images are from “Waterfront” and “High Tide”

I used “A Good Man” and ”Stitched All Around” stamp sets for the inside of the card.  I encouraged him to do absolutely NOTHING on this day because it was his birthday and his first birthday of the new 2020 decade.

All products are from Stampin’ Up!
Card stock used:  Pool Party and Shimmery White
Inks: Pool Party, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Tranquil Tide, Wisteria Wonder

Away In A Manger

I was in Hobby Lobby a few days ago and noticed the Spellbinder dies were 40% off.  I fell in love with one of the dies that were designed by Beeka and used it to make Christmas cards to give to my friends at church.

Birdhouse and Curtain/Drapery Card for Linda

Linda, our church secretary is really resourceful and is a wealth of information.  She’s always there when you need her and I wanted to show my appreciation of her by making her this Birdhouse Gift Box with an accompanying card.  She is a bird lover and also a lover of dark chocolate.  I added chocolate covered mints inside the gift box.

Stamps for Birdhouse:
Sea of Textures (Sentiment on birdhouse)
Free as a Bird (Images)
DSP:  Bird Ballad, Soft Suede
Card Stock: Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Inks: Petal Pink, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Soft Suede



Stamps for Curtain Card:
Rose Wonder (Sentiment on front)
Beautiful Friendship (Inside Sentiment)
Four Feathers (Inside Image)
DSP: Bird Ballad
Card Stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Soft Seude
Inks: Soft Suede, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Smoky Slate

Card and Gift Box

A view of the inside of the card

Decorated Gift Bag






The idea of the Birdhouse Gift Box was CASED from YouTube Channel of http://craftylittlemissk.stampinup.net

Remembering Mother

Saturday Morning, September 14, 2019, God sent His Heavenly Chariot for my Mother and a huge part of my life is no longer with me.

This will be our first Thanksgiving without her.  Normally we would spend the Sunday after Thanksgiving with her because she encouraged each of her children to spend Thanksgiving Day with their spouses and children.

We were looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday with her in March 2020, but it wasn’t to be... God blessed her with 99 1/2 years and we are so thankful to Him and so blessed for the time he allowed her to spend with us.

These are the personal Thank You cards I made to send to family and friends for their acts of kindness to our family.

 Celebration of Life Program

Sundaly School Teachers

Back to school for the children and a new session of Sunday School at our church.  My husband is currently the Sunday School Director and we're off to a new school year (September 2019).  he purchased book marks as small gifts for each of the teachers and I made cards to go with the bookmarks.

I used larger envelopes to place the cards in because they were too bulky for the regular A2 cards.

Stampin with Alicia has great instructions on her YouTube channel for his card.  I was amazed at how easy it was to create these cards.

Peaceful Place Sympathy Cards

Sympathy cards are one of life’s necessities.  I really should make a bunch and have them ready when the need arises but I prefer making cards of celebration.  This card is for one of the members of our church.  His nephew’s wife passed away suddenly a few days ago and hubby and I are hoping this card will cheer him up by letting him know we are thinking of and praying for him.

This just in ... I’m going to have to make another sympathy card.  The Drummer for the choir that I direct at our local senior center passed away and I need to send our condolences to his family.  When it rains, it pours.

Stamps:  Peaceful Place (Image); Flowing Fountain (Sentiment)
Inks:  Old Olive, Marina Mist, Pool Party, Soft Suede; Crumb Cake
Card Stock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Marina Mist
Technique:  Sponging
For: Jessie (death of niece); Dave (LWSC Choir Drummer)

Inside sentiment is not from Stampin’ Up!  It’s a sentiment stamp that I purchased from Hobby Lobby years ago and I love the message that it conveys.

I added the bow on the left side because it looked like it needed something else.  I didn’t want to add ribbons, buttons, rhinestones, or gems because I wanted it to have more of a non-gender appearance since this card is for a guy.

Sending Wishes Your Way

My sister has been diagnosed as having Pneumonia.  She is such a kind-hearted and hard-working person and I am really sorry that she is so under-the-weather right now.  I was in the process of making a card for my friend Allene so now I’m making two of the same.  I hope this card will help to cheer both of them up.

Stampin’ Up! Card stock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Stampin’ Up! Inks:  Rose Red, VersaMark, Memento Black
Stampin’ Up! Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Dandelion Wishes, Inspired by Nature
Stampabilities Stamp: You’re In My Thoughts
Print works Collection Stamp: Healing Thoughts
Stampin’ Up! Dies: Eastern Medallions; Butterflies Thinlits

Valentine Wishes for My Little Sweeties

I’ve had this stampset, ‘The Nicest Things’ (now retired), for quite a while but never used it until now. I fell in love with it when I first saw it because it reminded me so much of my two daughters when they were little girls.  My little grands remind me so much of my daughters when they were small (almost the exact same age difference between my daughters and my grands). I love watching them play together because they seem to enjoy the same things as my daughters.  Oh the joys of childhood memories.

Thursday is Valentine’s Day and I really wanted to send my little grands, who I affectionately call, “My Little Sweeties” a Valentine card.  I made two because I wanted them to know that I was thinking of them individually as well as together.

Springtime Vintage DSP

Card stock: Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla

Stamps:  The Nicest Things, Bloomin’ Love

Inks:  VersaMark, Rose Red, Pear Pizzaz, Crumb Cake

Accented Blooms

Sometime it takes me days to make a card, especially when I am making it for someone special in my life. This is a card I made for my sister, Sarah, using the Accented Blooms stamp set as my main image.  Hope she likes it.

Card Base: 11" x 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2"
Papers:
Basic Black
Marina Mist
Paisley Petals DSP
Inks:  VersaMark with White Detailed Embossing Powder
Stamp Sets:
Accented Blooms
Butterfly Gala
So Many Shells
Golden Afternoon
Hanging Garden

Get Well, Allene

I made this card for an amazingly and talented lady who attends our church.  She recently fell and broke some bones and is currently in rehab.  Prayers for her speedy recovery.

Birthday Wishes to My Daughter

  

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Healing Hugs (Images)
Butterfly Basics (Sentiments)
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz
Dies:  Stitched Shapes and Layering Squares
Ribbon:  Cherry Cobbler