Holiday cards set

Good morning my crafty friends!

Today I have a set of Christmas cards to share:

Over on the Hero Arts blog, the monthly challenge is to create a pocket card, a set, and/or use the following sketches....I choose to use the sketches to make my set :)

I choose to keep using the same product for all three cards in order to make them look like a set...I was pleasantly surprised at how this combined with a sketch really speeds up the creating process=one happy crafter :)

I wanted to use my three favorite non-Christmas backgrounds...I think they work ok!?!

Here they are individually:

Thanks for stopping by to visit :) Hugs TRace

Hero Arts CG330 Flower Dot Pattern	Hero Arts Cling Stamp FLOURISH BACKGROUND Christmas CG119	Hero Arts CG211 Magical Background	Hero Arts Cling Stamp MUSIC BACKGROUND Christmas CG222
Hero Arts Clear Stamps HOLIDAY SAYINGS Christmas CL343	Hero Arts CL459 Merry Christmas Trees	ZING by American Crafts embossing powder-white	VersaMark by tsukineko-clear
Neenah Solar White cardstock	Hero Arts GRASS LAYERING PAPERS PS602 Green	Claudine Hellmuth WHITE STICKY BACK CANVAS	Colorbox Chalk ink-Dark Brown
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Fired Brick	Tim Holtz DISTRESS Ink STAIN BARN DOOR	Tim Holtz DISTRESS Ink STAIN AGED MAHOGANY	Tim Holtz Distress Ink-frayed burlap
Copic marker E77	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER

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merry Christmas

Good afternoon :)

Well I wrote out the names of people I want to send Christmas cards to and realized I need at least another four....so in the next few posts you know what you will be seeing! It is kinda nice only working 1/2 days at work...due to my pneumonia...I am getting in some crafting time while "taking it easy" :)

I just LOVE red and white for Christmas...next year I am going to do a lot more :) I am entering this in the latest Impression Obsession challenge-What you like to drink....At first I had now idea what to do with this!! I don't have any stamps of drinks or glasses. So I thought I like red wine...so I made this background paper to resemble red wine lol, by using C-A-C CCo33 Quilt stamp by IO and THDI Fired Brick.

I am also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge :)

All the supplies are listed below except for some "older" making memories rub-ons: christmas 4. Have a great day! Hugs, TRace

Impression Obsession CAC-CC033 Quilt	Neenah Solar White	Sizzix Textured Impression folder-Plaid 657064	Doodlebug Doodle twine-Christmas
Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Grommet Tags	ZING by American Crafts embossing powder-white	Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Fired Brick	VersaMark by tsukineko-clear

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Back in time with Ellen Hutson and Julia

Hello friends, I am back again :) I think two weeks of no crafting has totally sparked my desire to mass produce lol!! I found another Anniversary challenge at the Ellen Hutson CLASSroom blog. We were to use a previous technique from the CLASSroom blog. I have been meaning to try this one for the longest time...HERE it is by Julia Stainton..

I basically all out copied Julia, except I used the following Copic colours:  G05, YG25, BG15, and B05. It felt so good to get out my neglected Copics :)

I did use rubbing alcohol instead of the Copic Blending Solution. I used the exact same Hero Arts clear set CL549 Butterflies & Wildflowers, but a different HA sentiment:  CL476.

Thanks for stopping by to visit again :)

Hugs, TRace

CAS take 2

I am totally doing a lot of these "take 2's" It just seems to be freeing....does that make sense?!?!? It is just easier with all the supplies already lying around lol!

Once again I chanelled Julie Ebersole's card example of the Ellen Hutson's CLASSroom blog challenge post. Here is the colour swatch to follow:

Have the most wonderful day!! Hugs, TRace

clean and simple with Ellen and Julie

WOW....I have made a CAS card...I never do this!!! Maybe my sickness has sparked a new creative flare??

I totally took my clue for this card from the example on Ellen Hutson's CLASSroom blog by Julie Ebersole. Here is the colour swatch:

Have a great day! Hugs, TRace

JOY

Hello!!! It has been soooo long since I have done a post!! I have an excuse...I had the flu which turned into strep thoat which turned into pneumonia! I have been off work for two weeks, but unable to get off the couch, you know you are sick when you can't craft!!!

Yesterday I finally made a card:



I used this sketch from Ellen Hutson's classroom blog...great site!!

The papers are from Basic Grey's Nordic Holiday collection, if you have any other questions....please send me an email :)
Have a great day! Hugs, TRace

Season's Greetings again :)

Hello!!
I have been working away trying to get as many Christmas cards done before December :)

Here is the latest one...I actually made 4 very similar ones, just changed the colour of the Chrismas ornament.

I am going to enter this into a couple of challenges :)

The CASE Study has the wonderful talented Kryssi Ng for us to case :) and Two Peas is having a Christmas card challenge :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!
Hugs, TRace

Papertrey Ink paper-Beautiful Blooms	Hero Arts F5276 Flourish Ornament	Papertrey Ink paper-Hawaiian Shores	Spellbinders-Labels Four	Neenah Solar White cardstock	Sizzix embossing folder Dots A2 Large
Papertrey Ink Cardstock-simply chartreuse	Papertrey Ink Cardstock- pure poppy	Versafine Ink-onyx black	Perfect Pearls	ZING Embossing Powder-clear	Fiskers Stamping Press

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