Christmas Time Is Here....

Our final club we made some Christmas projects... it was so fun!
We made this box for Cards... I got it from http://elainescreations.blogspot.ca/2011/03/scalloped-card-box-tutorial.html.  I used some retired 12 x 12 paper to make the smoky slate card pop.

 Then we made this swing card.
I wanted to use the cutest new Christmas stamp set ever, "Color Me Christmas".  We used a watercoloring technique... so fun!

The instructions on how to make it are http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/swing_flip_flop_card/

 Then I wanted to show how to make a santa with sparkly beard using dazzling diamonds:

 And that's a wrap! Merry Christmas everybody :)

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

One of the events I look forward to the very most the entire year is my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack... I decorate early, get a Christmas playlist of my favorite tuns, put Caramel Apple Cider on the stove and prepare 3 Christmas Cards for the class.... and you fill my house with laughter, concentration and joy as we get ready for Christmas together and make a pile of cards.
This year, I offered 4 cards to choose from instead of 3, because I couldn't decide!
Here's the first:

 It's not a great picture... but we used the mosaic emboss folder from facebook, and then the mosaic stamp set and punch... a fun card and very easy.
Colors: Smoky Slate, Real Red, Garden Green

 This is a classic Christmas Card, using my two favorite colors for Christmas: Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive

This is a lot simpler than it looks... I love cards that are all on the same layer, but it's very striking all the same.

And I think I saved the best for last, this is a card I cased that is SO amazing.... we did it in black and in brown.  The background is an embossing folder, then I brayered it with black or brown on one side of the folder to create this unique background.  Thanks to Laura Leuenberger for coming up with this beautiful card!