The Rest of my 2011 Christmas Cards & Projects

Hello all, 

I hope you all had a wonderful CHRISTmas. I wanted to do one last post on Christmas theme stuff and show you all the other cards and projects I made this Christmas season that I did not post or blog about yet. I hope you like them. Some are super simple quick and easy, while some are a bit more detailed and time consuming. 

I did this little elf card with green distress ink a few days ago. Here it is with different distress ink colors.

Happy New Year!!!

PKS Challenge- Designers Choice

Hello Happy almost Christmas Eve,

I made this cute little elf card to enter in a PKS challenge. I cut the elf from Jolly Holidays at 4.5 inches. I've been trying to cut my images as big as I can and fit them on a card still because it makes piecing them together so much easier. I added some black Glossy Accents to the lights string and some Stickles and clear Glossy Accents to the lights. I also used a Snow Marker I got at Joann in the isle with the fabric markers and it doesn't work that well at all. I distressed the edge with a Winter Seasonal Distress Ink called Iced Spruce. I will be sticking to my Liquid Applique. I stamped his little face with one of my PKS assorted faces stamps. Here is my elf cutie...

Have your elf a merry little Christmas!

Challenge- Christmas Tag

Hello Crafty friends,
Today I have a tag I made for a challenge at Crafty Sprouts and I'm also entering it at http://www.whimsical-designs.com.  I was working on this tag today and at first made it with a red flower, which I thought looked like poinsettia and loved it. But then the PTA president asked me this evening to make a tag for them to put on the new refidgerator they are gifting for the staff lounge. So I thought this tag would be perfect, but with a chirstmas present bow instead of the flower, so I took it off and viola. I think it turned out cute both ways. The elf is cut from Jolly Holiday. I put some stickles on the light bulbs for sparkle and some Glossy Accents (hard to see in the picture though). The sentiment I stapled onto the tag with a green staple is from TCP...I think if I remember correctly. I punched the corner with a ticket punch. I cut the tag from Celebrations at 6 1/4". That size seems huge for most things, so I doubt I'll be cutting it that large again. Here it is with the flower and finally with the bow...

Christmas Holly Jolly Ice Skater card- Challenge

This is one of my first Christmas card of the season. I guess its nice to get a jump start. I made the girl from Cricut Lite Jolly Holiday at 4 inches (any smaller and I think her skates would have been completely destroyed on the main cut). This is my first cut from this cartridge, so I was really excited to use it. I love the way the ice skater turned out. She is adorable. I hide the facial cuts on her face with my Gypsy and stamped it with my PKS wide eye faces. I put some glossy accents on her dress button. I added some black Stickles to her ice skates, some diamond Stickles to the ball on her hat and some glitter pen to her hair ties. For a final touch I ended up adding some blush (chalk) to her cheeks.
I am entering this card into the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge: http://www.alwayscrafting.com/2011/09/anything-goes.html .