Merry Christmas card for PTI November Blog Hop

It's been too long since I've made a card for a PTI Blog Hop! Now that I've got my Christmas card supplies out and busy creating I was able to join in this month. I love the inspiration provided for the November hop:

Gorgeous! I will likely use this color scheme again - it's become one of my most favorite non-traditional color schemes for Christmas.
I worked on a few different designs before coming up with my final one - most of my decision was mostly based on the fact that I do not own tropical teal ink - (GASP!) - I only have the card stock. So that changed what I wanted to do.  Here's the final result.

I went for a very simple design. I knew I wanted to use In the Meadow - it is a timeless stamp set in my eyes. I went with a Hawaiian Shores card base, the tree is in Tropical Teal, the carriage is in silver mirror card stock and the sentiment is stamped in Simply Chartreuse.  I did cover the tree with Wink of Stella and then added the sequins. The background is an old piece of patterned vellum I had - it looks like it's snowing - perfect!

Thanks for visiting! Happy Thanksgiving!

Ingredients: PTI In the Meadow, Stylish Sentiments: Holiday

Day 11 of Online Card Classes' Holiday Style Class

Whew I made it to the last day of class!!!! Day 11 was to use 1 Stamp (set), 5 Ways.  I ended up using Reverse Confetti's Merry & Bright set that I just got. Love this set!  I only ended up using my stamp 3-4 ways.  I am also submitting this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas.

Here goes:

Card #1 - Clean & Simple:

Card #2 Classic & Elegant combined with Shimmer & Shine:

Card #3 Cute & Whimsical:

All 3 cards together:

I loved all the looks I got with one stamp set!

I love OCC's classes - Holiday Style really gave me the jump start and plenty of techniques and inspiration for my cards this year and beyond!

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients for all cards: Reverse Confetti Merry & Bright
Additional Ingredients - Card #1: PTI Birthday Style (streamers-dies); Card #2: MFT Ornaments (holly), Spellbinder Labels 8; Card #3: Reverse Confetti Winter Words Coordinates, Doodlebug North Pole pattern papers

Day 9 Card for OCC Holiday Style class & Merry Monday

We're on to Day 9 of Online Card Classes' Holiday Style class. Day 9's theme is Soft & Subtle cards - totally opposite of my style but I did like how my card turned out.  I'm also submitting this card to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #180: Use a Reindeer on your card.

I love PTI's In the Meadow stamp/die set - a timeless classic! This card features the Soft Tone-on-Tone technique from class.

Detail pic:

I ended up using watercolor paper for the die cuts as well as the background panel. Love that touch of texture from the paper.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: PTI In the Meadow

Card #2 for Day 7 of OCC Holiday Style class

I have another card for Online Card Classes' Holiday Style Day 7 - this one features the Glimmer Die Cut Toppings technique.

My card is heavily inspired/CASEd by this gorgeous creation by Tammy Hershberger. The tree is die cut from glitter craft foam.

Detail pic:

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: Reverse Confetti Branch Out, Winter Words Confetti Cuts, Winter Words Coordinates; PTI Scribbled Circles, Peace Be Still Impression Plate; MFT Sentiment Strips Dienamics

Day 7 OCC Holiday Style class

I finally got all caught up on Online Card Classes' Holiday Style class and will have several posts today - please check them out!  Today my card is for Day 7 - which was all about Shimmer & Shine. I loved all of the techniques but today's card features the Glitter Paste Glam technique. Until this class I had no idea there was glitter embossing paste!!! WHAT!!??? Since I didn't have any I used translucent paste and sprinkled my Tim Holtz Dry Glitter in Rock Candy over the wet paste. Love this!  Check it out!

Here's a detail pic:

The "joy" die cut is coated with some Wink of Stella to add more sparkle.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: Echo Park Paper Snowflakes #1 stencil; Reverse Confetti Winter Words Confetti Cuts, Winter Words Coordinates

Another Give Thanks card

I have another cute Thanksgiving card featuring those Lawn Fawn mice! I'm submitting this one to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving.

Detail pic:

Thanks for visiting! Happy Thanksgiving!

Ingredients: Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice; Reverse Confetti Pumpkin Patch; Doodlebug Happy Harvest pattern papers; PTI Mat Stack #4

Give Thanks card

Thanksgiving is days away and I've got another Thanksgiving card to share. This card is being submitted to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving.  I also submitting this to STAMPlorations' Neverending Everything Goes Challenge.

I adore these little mice from Lawn Fawn - I colored them with my BIC markers. Such adorable pilgrims! I went with more muted colors and a stenciled background using this super cool leaf stencil from STAMPlorations.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice; STAMPlorations Leaf Prints stencil; PTI Mat Stack #4, Autumn Elegance; Paper Smooches Shadows; MS twine

OCC Holiday Style Day 5 Card

Online Card Classes' Holiday Style is in full swing and I finally caught up on the lessons! Day 5 was all about cute and whimsical - right up my alley! The technique my card features today is a combination of watercolor along with whimsical texture. Love it!

I was inspired by this card.  Here's a detail pic:

Rudolph is made of cork with a stickles red nose, while Santa has some mica flakes enhancing the suit trim along with a mini pompom for his hat.

Thanks for visiting! Can't wait to see what week 2 of Holiday Style brings!

Ingredients: Paper Smooches Santa Paws, Christmas Samples; PTI Tipped Tops; MFT Sentiment Strips; Studio Calico Very Merry

OCC Holiday Style Class Day 3 card

Back again with another card for Online Card Classes' Holiday Style class. For Day 3, the theme was Classic & Elegant Cards. There was a bonus technique - classic shape stamping. I love the look of this technique - it's a lot of work but the result is worth it!

I hit a snag with my card. After I got ALL the images within the snowman stamped, I wanted to add embossed edges to the card. My washi tape had other ideas and tore my card - ack! I was not starting over, so I cut out the snowman and adhered it to another card base. I nixed the embossed edge idea this time and just added a sentiment. The large dots are embossed with liquid platinum (my new fav embossing powder) along with the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: PTI Shape Up Snowman, Winter Penguin, Tag Its #8, Stylish Sentiments Holiday, Winter Snow Globe; Studio Calico Very Merry, Cool Yule; Technique Tuesday Twinkle On; Paper Smooches Santa Paws; Winnie & Walter Big Bang Confetti

OCC Holiday Style Day 1 card

I love Online Card Classes! They teachers are so awesome, inspirational and creative! I was so happy to see they were presenting a holiday card class this year (Holiday Style) - it gives me that boost and inspiration to create. Day 1 of class was all about Clean & Simple cards - right up my alley. My card features the Simple Scenes technique Julie taught us. My scene is an ornament in the tree.

Instead of a drawn border around the scene, I used a black frame - love how it turned out. I created texture by using Snow-Tex and a stencil to add some "snow" to the scene.  I used it like embossing paste. Here's a detail pic:

Thanks for visiting! I'll have more posts for Holiday Style today - please check them out!

Ingredients: PTI Peaceful Pinecones, Wet Paint Holiday Tags, Birthday Style ("string"); MFT Joy Photo Card Frame, Christmas Ornaments (ornament topper); SSS Falling Snow stencil

Give Thanks card

Today's card is a sweet Thanksgiving card that I am submitting to CASology's Week 172 challenge: Give. I love to give in whatever way I can - even if it's just with a handmade card. 

I am really loving Lawn Fawn latest releases - these mice are so cute!!!!!

I used liquid platinum embossing powder for the sentiment and heart.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice; Reverse Confetti Forever Fall; PTI Mat Stack #4; Doodlebug Fall Friends pattern paper

Super Cute Thanksgiving Card

Today I have an adorable Thanksgiving card featuring my favorite Papertrey Ink squirrel - who  I affectionately named "Nutty."  This card is being submitted to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Starts with an "N".  So not only does Nutty start with "n" but he's also holding a nut - how appropriate!

Here's a detail pic:

I adore Doodlebug and loved showcasing their super cute papers!

Thanks for visiting!  I have multiple posts today so please check them out!

Ingredients: PTI Nuts for You; Fresh Squeezed Stamps Subway Series: Holidays; Doodlebug Fall Friends pattern paper