Prancing through the Snow!

YIt's almost that time of year and I have begun making Christmas Cards for family and friends.  I have been getting new supplies this past couple week and this is my first card.  I used several of Tim Holtz's BigZ Dies from Sizzix.  Love them!

I started off the card with a Stampin Up! Pear Pizzaz card stock card base.  I used Tim Holtz's "Holiday Knot" Embossing folder to create the sweater background.  On top of that I die cut a snowflake from Tim Holtz's Bigz die "Layered Snowflake" and a deer from the "Prancing Deer" die.  

The gold foil "Joy" die cut is from Stampin Up!'s "Wonderful Wreath" framelits.

Finally, I added some burlap ribbon and a thin strip of gold foil and some sequins to finish off the card.  

I really love the Bigz dies because you can cut through multiple pieces of card stock which is a time saver and very helpful when mass producing cards.

Hope this inspires your own Prancing Deer card!

Happy Crafting,

Melanie

Merry & Bright - Mass Production Christmas Cards

Today, I wanted to share with you our family's Christmas Card from last year.   I made over 40 in an assembly line fashion.  The simplicity of it allows for mass production.

To make this card, I used the "Merry" Die from MFT is cut from glitter paper and the "&" is from Avery Elle', "We R Family" Die.  Finally I heat embossed the bright greeting from Avery Elle's "Holiday Fill In the Blank" stamp set. 

On the inside of the card we had a family photo framed using the "We R Family" die again.

Check out these dies if you are interested in CASEing this card.

Happy Crafting,

Melanie

Primrose Snowflake

This card is another version of the card that I cased from Stamp with Heather.  I just love how the banners add extra detail and you can still stamp a sentiment at the bottom.

I used the Snow Flurry Die and the Bold Snowflake really make it pop.

For the snowflake, I used the Bold Snowflake stamp and the Snow Flurry snowflake die. 

Hand Made Photo Cards made Affordable

Everybody love sending and receiving photo cards this time of year, so I thought I would share what I created for some of our family photo card. 

I almost didn't get cards out this year, but it just didn't feel right.  So I sat down and created a quick photo card in Photoshop and sent them to our local Wolf Camera shop and had them printed at 3.5" x 5".  Wolf Camera has a sale on this size every Tuesday and Wednesday for $0.06, so that is really affordable.  I then took my stash of Christmas paper and cut that to 4" x 5.25" and mounted that onto an A2 size base of 4.25" x 5.5".  If you wanted to get fancy I am sure you could add ribbon or other embellishments.  Easy right?

Merry Christmas from our family to yours,

Melanie