HOLIDAY FUN WORKSHOP - CARD 2

I love the way this card shimmers.  I didn't use shimmer paint, but I did use the new tinsel that SU! makes (I'm actually going to stock up on this in case they don't bring it back next year.  I really love it.  The silver is wired and the clear is not.  These are fabulous for gifts and crafts and so inexpensive!)  The card base is marina mist card stock and the ink color matches it.  I used the northern flurry embossing folder for the Big Shot and reverse printed and embossed the flakes.  The snowflakes are die cut and attached with a clear rhinestone brad.  These snowflakes are from the sizzlet for SU! called Northern Frost.  I had no idea how nice they were until I die cut them for this card for class.  I had the sizzlet almost a month before I tried it and I'm sorry I didn't use it sooner.  The trees are stamped and individually cut from paisley prints.  What a nice stamp set (thanks Lisa Chatterjee for encouraging me to get this stamp set.  I love it!) The winter wonderland is from Bright Christmas.

This is the inside of the card.  I used some leftover snowflakes and then stamped serene snowflakes on the inside.  The sentiment is from Seasonal Sentiments.  I love the font that the Christmas is stamped in.  The snowflakes that I die cut both on the inside and on the front of the card are sponged lightly with marina mist ink.

This is the envelope stamped with the Christmas tree and with sentiment and serene snowflakes.  The sentiment is stamped with pacific point classic ink.  Add dazzling diamonds to the envelope too, for a truly shimmery glittery feel that is so "in" at the holidays!

CHRISTMAS COLLAGE

Christmas Collage is a brand new stamp in the new Holiday Mini Catalog. What I love about this stamp is that you can use the entire stamp or you can use sections of it.  It is really elegant.  I chose to stamp the section that has silent night.  We stamped it in rich razzleberry on shimmery white card stock and then with a sponge brushed some of the ink along the edges.  The card stock behind that is bashful blue stamped with serene snowflakes and the same colored ink.  Then the embossed portion uses shimmery white and the vintage wallpaper design. The card base is night of navy. Do you like the ribbon addition?  It is taffeta in the color rich razzleberry.  Really nice!

The stamped 25 is also from the same stamp - just a different section.  I used the 1 3/4 inch circle punch for that and backed it with a scallop die from the pennant die for the Big Shot.  The sentiment inside the card and on the envelope is from the stamp set Bright Christmas.  This is a 3rd card from the Christmas card class
this past week.  I held the class Tuesday and repeated it Thursday.  My guests really enjoyed making these cards and so did I.  I'm really getting a nice collection to mail out this holiday season.

CHRISTMAS CARD FOR CLASS TONIGHT

Tonight is my Christmas Card/Holiday Card Making Class #2.  I have some really special cards to share with everyone.  The new SU! Holiday mini catalog was recently released, so I wanted to start using some of the great new products.   This is one of the cards with envelope we are doing tonight.  I'll share the rest this week!

This card uses BRAND NEW DSP called Deck the Halls and the BRAND NEW STAMP sets called Bells and Boughs (holly) and Bright Christmas (sentiment).
It is a fun fold card with a flap.  Do you see the ribbon I used?  Guess what?  It is the NEW seam binding by SU! in cherry cobbler.  It also comes in always artichoke and very vanilla.  This stuff makes the most wonderful ribbon and it is fabulous for the Holidays.  This card has a little bit of a vintage feel to it.  I'll be doing a whole class on vintage in November.  If you like this style or just want to know what it is all about, I hope you will take the class.  I also have more holiday card making classes this month and next.
Check out my website for the class listing!