PillowBoxIdeaTurnedCard

Ok, so I was on Pinterest today and I came across these pillow boxes that were sooo stinkin' cute, I had to turn them into greeting cards. I couldn't go to the blog but the lady's name is Therese Hoffman. Her pillow boxes were adorable!!!

So below is my set of cards and then pictures of each individual card. Left to right : Elf, Frosty, Rudolph, and Santa.

SANTA

RUDOLPH

FROSTY

ELF

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Betty J Schaub

C4C310

Today I played with the ladies at Crazy4Challenges challenge #310 holiday or Christmas themed card. 

So as you can see I started off with a plain white background. I wasn't pleased.

So then just to test I placed a piece of red cs behind my card to photograph it. Liked it better, however I still wasn't pleased.

3rd times the charm! I added some glitter paper behind my card front and Voila! Bingo, Boingo! I was finally happy!!!

I love my Sleigh Ride dies from Stampin' Up! I've played with them over and over. I have yet to create something that I didn't love.

If you need a little something to pick you up and get you into the 'spirit' of Christmas, go play with the C4C challenge. It's sure to get your mojo a workin'!

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Betty J Schaub

Santa Baby

Today's card is entered in  Freshly Made 

and Colour Me...! challenges. Stamp is from Stampin' Up! Colored with Copic Markers.

Below are the inspiration pieces for the 2 challenges. 

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Betty J Schaub

3 Christmases and 2 Babies

 The first three cards are Christmas cards. I was just playing in my crafty room. Love them all!!!

Unity Stamp Co

Stampin' Up! Contempo Christmas with some retro paper. 

Below is the inside of the card.

This card is for a pair of the cutest twins ever to come into this world. Doesn't hurt that they are my oldest and dearest friend's great nieces either. Congratulations again Tai & JR.

The giraffe stamp is from Whimsy Stamps and the DSP is from Close to my Heart.

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Betty J Schaub 

CCC44

Christmas Card Challenge #44 - Anything Goes!!!
I used real red cs with a piece of multi-red striped vellum. I ran the vellum through my Cuttlebug with a candy embossing folder. I added a piece of a doily. I borrowed the stamp from my friend Deb, but I think it is from Close to My Heart. I stamped the trees onto white cs with Fern Green Archival ink. I added Ranger Pearl Paint ruby red to decorate the trees. Real Red grosgrain ribbon and a Stampin' Up! embllishment and this one was done.

C4C177

Crazy4Challenges#177- sketch. I twisted the sketch. My image is a digital from Whimsy Stamps. Isn't she just the cutest little green fairy? I colored her entirely with Copics. Since Sunday is St. Patrick's Day I did her up all in green. Which was hard for me because my favorite color is GREEN so my green Copics are drying up from so much use. :O) Anyway, the sketch was fun and I loved coloring the image so I through this altogether and made my card.

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Betty J Schaub

Through the Window

Through the window.

Last week I was snurfing - snooping while surfing, when I came across a tutorial on how to double emboss and make it look like porcelain. Well, now I can not remember the site I found it on. But I think she may be on SplitCoastStampers. Anyhoo, I changed the embossing folders and the the flowers to make my card have a winter/holiday feel. I've used embossing folders and inked up the negative spaces with River Rock ink and ran them through The Big Shot. Love this effect!
My flowers were punched from Spring Blossoms punch (discontinued). Branches are punched with Build a Bird punch. The candle is part of the Word Window Punch and the flame is a little piece of dsp punched from the Build a Cupcake Punch. My window frame was craft cut for the most part with the panes punched out by punching with the Photo Corner Punch (discontinued). I just snipped with excess from the middle with my scissors. Little yellow brads make my flower centers.


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Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
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MMSC31 - Blue Christmas

Hello Again:
I took a little break from crafting to watch Julie & Julia. It was a terrific movie! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Now back to cards.
This little number was created for "priscillastyles" Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #31. I've used this little snowman before but never in monochromatics like this. I stamped him twice and used one for my image and one as a matte so I could add some snow drifts behind him. I stamped little blue snowflakes on my white background cardstock and then heat embossed them. He's colored with Copics, Spicas, Gel pens, Stampin' Up markers and Momento. The sentiment is hand written. Glittery cardstock is from the DCWV Glitter Matstack. Also used were my Spellbinders nesties, the scalloped oval and one of the tag dies. TFL
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Betty aka ZacksNana