Inspired Heart Christmas card

For anyone who was following me last year, you may remember that my then 7 year old nephew asked me if we could make cards together for Christmas.  Well, he asked again this year....on December 7.  Ummm...OK.  I had to seriously figure out how to make quick and simple cards with the time crunch, and this was one of them I came up with.  He chose this design to give to my brother and sister-in-law (his aunt and uncle), and he loved how it came out!  The way it works is, he picks out the cuts, papers, and stamps, and I run the machine and ink the stamps - and that's all I do.  He loves making cards, and hopefully we can finish them all if he ever gets off of punishment (grr...).  Anyway, so here is today's card.  The outside sentiment is a Punkin' Patch Stamp from the Oh Holy Night set, and the inside verses are Clear Dollar Stamps, and the cardstock is from the DCWV Christmas stack from a couple of years ago.  Thanks for visiting today!

Snow Angel Imagine card

Because I am so behind, I am going to be cheating on my cards - a LOT.  This Christmas card season on my blog, it appears as though I will be demonstrating how to make the plainest, simplest, quickest cards in the shortest amount of time possible, lol.  Sorry for the lack of creativity this year, but I did manage to finish off four more cards in about a half hour last night, and here is one from the Imagine Snow Angel cartridge.  The card base was a piece from the DCWV Christmas stack from 2 years ago, and it has some great, non-traditional colors in it!  The inside is stamped with all Stampin' Up!, including the lights wheel stamp.  I finished it off with a couple of Recollections snowflake dimensional stickers from Michaels, and that was it!  Thanks for visiting today.

Simple Christmas cards (again!)

These were made using the SU! Christmas Lodge set and open stock paper from Joann's.  I really liked this double sided piece for this particular stamp set, too.  All stamps are Stampin' Up!, and the inks are Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler.  I hope you can see the glitter I added to the "snow" areas on the house.  Seriously, this was so simple that there is nothing else to say, toehr than I made ten of these in about a half hour!  Thanks for visiting today!

Fifteen cards in an hour!

I told you mass production was going to be key for me, LOL!!  These were made with kraft paper from Joann's, patterned paper from K&Co Brenda Walton Shimmer Paper, the SU! set The Sounding Joy, and SU! Cherry Cobbler ink pad.  I know they are very plain and basic, but I think they turned out OK.  I am too far behind to try and get too fancy, lol.  Plus, these are for my Mom to mail out to her friends, so it helps her with not having to have extra postage.  So I got my first cards done and it is December 6th...oh boy.  Fifteen down and 25 to go.  Thanks for visiting today!

Christmas Lever Card

More Christmas in July!  This is a lever card from the SVG Cuts set Holly Jolly Lever Cards, and this is my first attempt from this set.  All papers are from the S.E.I. Christmas Mint collection, and the card base is a Recollections sheet.  The tag with the sentiment is a cut from Lettering Delights Delilah Tags, and the stamp is SU.  Oh, and just as an aside, if you have Make the Cut and have been out of the loop, you MUST go to the site and download the update.  It is amazing, and has some awesome new features, including the one that imported these layers already in the proper colors!!! 

OK, anyway, instead of using the flowers on the tree itself, I decided to put a couple up in the corners with some white gel pen and green gems to accent them a bit.  Finally, the ribbon on the bottom is just a $0.99 roll from Michaels.  I think that covers it all, so thanks for visiting today!

Forgotten Christmas card

I realized I completely forgot to share the card I made for my boyfriend for Christmas this year!  Oops!

This is pretty basic, but I think it turned out cute.  I used Winter Frolic for the snowman, but drew on the face myself because I'm not a fan of the faces on those cuts, sorry!  The penguins were cute from Joys of the Season, and again, I drew the faces on, this time because the penguins were cut so small that the faces did not turn out right. They are about .75" tall, and the snowman is about 2.5" tall.  The patterned papers were from last year's DCWV Christmas stack, and the snowflake background mat is from this year's DCWV Tis' the Season stack.  I used some MS glitter on the snow to give it a little shimmer, and the stamps is from Scrappy Mom's Stamps Winter Wishes set.  That's about all, so thanks for visiting today!

Last minute cards

So, today I realized the one pitfall of having my Mom and brother buy cards from me - all of my brothers and their families are possibly about to get 3 sets of the same card.  Yuck...SO...off to work I went.  I made these pretty quickly, and I love easel cards, so it was fun!  Let me start by saying I scraplifted this from the Cricut MB, but I have no idea from whom, so I apologize for that!  I did change mine up a little, if that helps, lol.  I used Winter Frolic for the trees, Winter Woodland for the tags, and DCWV Tis the Season paper (not cardstock) stack for all of these.  I added stickles for lights, and used Divine Swirls for some texture.  I also cut the middle layer in the darker color and pop dotted it for some interest and dimension.  The stamps are from SU!  Well, that about covers it so, thanks for visiting today!

Simple Christmas nativity card

I threw this one together in about 2 minutes, and the choice of papers aren't my favorite, but I am at my boyfriend's today, and didn't bring my stacks with me, so....this was kind of a last minute, "Oh crap, I forgot to bring the card to include in his parents' package."  Sooo...I went in the other room and searched through some scraps and found these, which ended up being the exact sizes I needed.  Phew!

I used Inspired Heart for the cuts, and the tag was from Winter Woodland.  I am addicted to the pop up cards now, and they are so easy, why not jsut pop it up??  LOL.  The stamp on the outside is from Scrappy Mom's stamps, and the inside are both SU! stamps with Real Red ink spot.  The card base is paper from Anna Griffin, and the inside mat is a K&Co piece.  I think that about covers it all, so thanks for visiting today!

More of my nephew's Christmas cards

Here are a couple more we worked on this weekend.  I plan on actually making something myself soon, I promise!  For these, we used the Mickey Christmas Cuttlebug die and for the deer card we used Jolly Holidays.  I really like that cart, by the way, and can't wait to use my Peachy Keen face stamps with the elves and Santa!  The inside of the card is the same on both, so I only took one picture.  I figured for simplicity's sake, we would keep it the same.  He did all of the stamping, except the wheel, which is an SU! wheel.  The tree is from a Recollections set I picked up at Michael's. Thanks for visting today!

My first ever pop-up card!

And boy, did I fall in love with this technique.  It was so easy with the tutorial from Split Coast Stampers site, and this was created by my 7 year-old nephew Noah.  Here's the story: a couple of weeks ago, he came to me and said, "Aunt Kim, I was wondering if maybe one day we could spend time together and you could help me make Christmas cards with your machine for everyone in the family."  WELL, how cute is that??  He quickly ran off all of the themes he wanted, and my mind started going.  Once he said gingerbread house for one, I knew it was time to try a pop-up card.

For this, I used a MTC and a My Scrap Chick set called North Pole, and it is so adorable!  I did use Jolly Holidays for the gingerbread man, simply because it was a simple cut.  I added a few stickles to him, pop dotted some elements of the house. and did the pop-up portion of the card.  My nephew did everything else.  he picked out all of the colors, the papers, the layout, the ribbon, and the saying!  He wanted me to write inside, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."  So that is exactly what I wrote, and you should have seen his face when it was all done.  Well, actually, you can see it below!  Lol.  Of course, I wasin charge of the Cricut and the glue, but I was so impressed with what he came up with.  Sunday we are doing a few more, so stay tuned.  Thanks for visiting today!

Wild Card ornament card

I added a ribbon to this after I took the picture, sorry!  Anyway, this is from the Wild Card cartridge, and I cut it as a 5"x5" card.  The paper is from the Eskimo Kisses line by Basic Grey, and I love it!  I also added some silver glitter at the top to give it a more authentic look, haha, and I did a stamp on the inside from SU!  Sorry, didn't take a picture of that for some reason (?).  I'm really slacking!  The Noel title is from Winter Woodland, and I welded it in the Gypsy.

These were pretty easy, and I was able to make 90 of them rather quickly!  Yep, that's 90.  ANyone want to buy some ornament cards???  LOL!  Thanks for visiting today.

Snowman card

A little while ago, I saw a card on the Stampin' Up! website with a snowman theme that used these colors (certainly celery and baja breeze), and I immediately went to Barb's site and ordered 2 packs of each!  I just loved the combo of these two colors, so I cut the snowman from Doodlecharms, used a Peachy Keen stamp for the face, cut tags from A Child's Year, and off I went!

The sentiment on the tag is SU!, as is the wheel stamp across the baja breeze border piece.  I ran the card through the Cuttlebug with the front of it inside the folder, and the back of it I kept plain.  I felt the border piece needed just one more thing, so I went ahead and got my white jelly pen and made the dashed border on top and bottom.  These were also for the card fair, so I kept them relatively simple in order to make multiples.  Thanks for visiting today!

Simple "Joy to the World" cards

I used an entire pack of SU designer paper to make 24 of these 6x6 cards.  These are just two of the designs, but they all worked well with this cute little word art SVG from SVGcuts.com!  I used MTC to cut them, and it is a simple 2 piece pattern that was a breeze to reproduce quickly!

The inside sentiment is also Stampin' Up!, and the ribbons are from Michael's.  Many of the cards I made for the craft fair are so simple and easy, that there isn't much to say about them!  Thanks for visiting today.

World Card Making Day efforts

As many of you know, yesterday was World Cardmaking Day!  So, I decided to take it to heart this year, since I was not even making cards yet at this time last year, and really put my all into the "holiday".  Therefore, I wanted to share with you much of the reason I have been hit or miss with posting lately.  I am still getting everything ready for the craft fair, which is now less than a week away - eek!  So next Saturday will be the end of the crazy cardmaking, and I can get back to a nice, leisurely pace.  Here are two pictures of all of the cards I worked on yesterday.  As you can see, most of them are in various stages of completion - some still need ribbon, some I ran out of the border I cut, some need senitments - but here is everything I did yesterday.  Of course, each card/set will get its own post eventually with pics and details, but I wanted to give you an overview for now.  Hope you enjoy....and boy, am I tired.  So, it's off to enjoy my three year anniversary with my boyfriend, which is today!!!  He has been sick as a DOG all week, so what are the odds that he actually planned ahead and I am getting my present today???  LOL!  Not good, I'm afraid.  Thanks for visiting today!

Cuttlebug cards

These were simple and easy for craft fair items!  I just embossed with the Cuttlebug tree folder, inked the embossed area, matted it, and did some stamping inside.  Call me crazy, but for some reason, I REALLY like how the non-traditional colors - the blue and lavender - came out here.  I think it really looks nice. 

So, I did 50 total, and it breaks down like this:  15 green, 5 lavender, 10 blue, 10 silver, and 10 gold.  I am going to add ribbons to all of my cards in the last day or so before the fair next Saturday.  Thanks for visiting!

Candy cane cards

More cards for the craft fair made!  This is just a sample, because I actually raided one of  my old DCWV Christmas stacks, and made 30 of these 6x6 square cards, so there are a bunch of cute patterns with these.  The candy cane is from Christmas Cheer, and the ribbon is from Michael's. 

The inside and outside sentiments are SU stamps, and the stockings are a stamp from Michael's dollar bin last year.  I thought it went well in there!  Well, since these were so simple, that's about all.  Thanks for visiting today!

Sixty more cards tonight!

These turned out nicely, or so I think!  I used all SU stamps, and paper from scrapbook.com.  The inks are from the dollar bin at Michael's, and the riboon is also from Michael's.  I just cut the 12x12 sheets in half to make 6x6 square cards - wow, is that easy!  I ended up making 60 total, 30 of each color.  Just more I'm trying to sell at my craft fair in a couple of weeks!  Thanks for visiting!

Preliminary Christmas card???

OK, so I made this as a test run for a Christmas card idea I was kicking around.  I work at a Catholic School, and thought these would be nice to give to co-workers (mostly nuns), since they are quick and easy to make en masse!  What does everyone think?  The designer paper and stamps are all from SU, and the ribbon I got at Michael's yesterday to finish it off. 

I messed up some of the stamping, simply because I applied too much pressure in places, and I also do not have the correct color ink for this.  The ink pad buying will have to wait until I get paid again on Sept 15th (OUCH!), but you can get the idea from what I did in the test run.  I think I like these - what about all of you???

More Christmas in July!

OK, so here is another one.  This was my very first Christmas card ever, and it took me a while to get it done, lol!!!  Mickey and Friends and Celebrations were the carts used here, with a little glitter for the snow.

On vacation, soooo.....

How about some Christmas in July???  I will be gone until the 25th, so I figured maybe scheduling a couple of posts for a Christmas in July theme may be a little fun!  I am going to do some cards I made for this past Christmas, and here is the first one.  I made this for my niece who loves Pooh, and I used Pooh and Friends.  This was my first Christmas making cards, so these are pretty simple!!  Thanks for visiting!