Christmas in July

I just loved these snowmen on page 46 and 47 from Winter Woodland so I did arrange several on the Gypsy to cut when I first got this cartridge. When you have time, it is always a good idea to cut several images so you can make quick cards, this is one of them.

Taking a A 2 card, I just found the stripe paper and cut to fit the front.
Glued the snowmen and added a Joy to the top which has Stickles. It was cut from Joys of the Seasons. The second card was a welded snowman on the Gypsy to a rectangle from George. all the snowflakes were "leftovers" from the shower earlier in 2010 and just added to the front along with a JOY cut from silver paper. I did add those stones to the front of the snowman and I know they are too big but at the time that is all I had available...

Two different views of the same card are today's Christmas card. This style seem to be very big when it comes to making cards. Two layers of the background were cut and then applied on the different sections. Designing this on the Gypsy after you cut the sections is very helpful to get the sizing of the snowmen and other elements. Love the snowmen from this cartridge with added Stickles to the snowmen and snowflakes. The best part of this card is when it is fully opened and you can see all the different cuts that you've made.

Snowflakes

To continue our theme for the snowflakes. The same flakes on the boxes were added to a album for the shower with the lettering from Gypsy Font welded together. Snowflake folder for the Cuttlebug added the texture to the blue with a little bit of Stickles added although it is hard to see in this photo.

Snowflakes

This is what the cut file looks like on the Gypsy before it is put together. See the post from yesterday

Snowflakes

Another idea for the shower are these candy holders or a battery operated candle. Had a hard time photographing so this is the best that I have. A square bottom with the sides welded to the snowflakes. They have stickles to make them shine and a blue punch snowflake glued to the middle. The are held together with a brad in the corners

Snowflakes

This year my daughter is in a wedding and the shower is next week so we have been working on snowflakes which is the theme.

In this picture is the box I created on the Gypsy, It is approximately 4.25" square by 3/4 in deep. The box is for the cookies that my daughter's future mother in law is making. I welded a snowflake in the center of the box and then cut several sizes of snowflakes and attached them with a brad, then added stickles on them. We made over 70 boxes.

These are them lined up on the dining room table stacked five high.

Cardmaking, Christmas

These cut reindeer " Christmas Cheer cartridge" were made with silver paper and a navy shadow. Two different background papers (strips and snowflakes) were cut with scissors for the wave effect. The Joy was from "Joys of the Season and for the finishing touch, silver ribbon and a jewel were added.

Cardmaking, Christmas

Snowflakes from Stretch Your Imaginations were cut with the from snowflake -sand the other two were from "Joys of the Season" with Stickles added for that extra sparkle. The Joy was cut from "Plantin Schoolbook" with the end caps feature used. That way the letters were cut and the border also without having to punch out anything so that the ribbon would slip through the holes. The scalloped circle was something that I had cut before and can't remember from what cartridge that was used.

Cardmaking, Christmas

Another card to share. Merry Christmas is from "Plantin Schoolbook" cartridge with added glitter and a couple of pieces of candy from "Joy of the Season" with glitter. added ric rac from my sewing stash.

Cardmaking, Christmas

In these two cards, a few simple changes were made: The paper is behind the whole front of the card card with the snowman (Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge) and also added snowflakes. On the polar bear (Joys of the Season), I put the snowflake paper only behind the bear. Both had the same cut of "Let It Snow" from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge using the "Card Frame" key.

Cardmaking, Christmas

This card was made from three different cartridges. The Santa was cut from "Joys of the Season" and was cut at 3" and then Stickles was added to the beard and red for the hat. Stickles was also added to the HO HO HO and was cut from Christmas Cheer. Plantin Schoolbook was the cut for the ric rac and in Design Studio so that I welded a page length of the ric rac and then just cut off what I need for cards. Love the paper of the stripes and was in a special package with from coordinated card stock and papers which make it so much easier finding the right match for your project.

Cardmaking, Christmas

This is the card that I made for all my Red Hat friends in our group. Very Large group and I had to make 30 cards. Using Silver paper, I cut out the Ornament at 4 1/2". Then cut the top in a gold paper with the Layers feature. The snowman was cut from Doodlecharms @ 2 1/2". When I did this I used the software program so that I could maximize cuts without wasting too much paper. Also in the software, I cut out the hat and sized it to the snowman from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge and cut out 30, then on the final card, I did stickle the hats. The snowflakes were from a border punch and arranged them around. I also cut a back using the blackout feature.
This is a picture of all but a few cut and ready for their envelopes. Love how the silver reflects the light. Could also hang on the tree for an ornament. .