The Greetery's Winterberry set

 

Merry Christmas friends!

I'm sharing a set of cards made with The Greetery's Winterberry set, my favorite from

this year!

Very traditional colors on my card, with vintage vibes. Being a lover of all things colorful,

 I kept theberries bright and vibrant. The pink and aqua blue remind me of the 30's 

retro kitchens. I love the sweet happy vibes from all things retro!

I made a total of 5 cards with this design, keeping the layout the same, and changing 

the sentiments from The Greetery's Opposites Attract.

I also made matching envelopes for my cards, using the largest single berry for the

front of the envelope.

Just set your stamps in the Misti and stamp each envelope in the same position.

Such a fun card to make over and over! 

Time to address envelopes. Do you set a day in December to get your cards out?

My day is the 10th. We'll see if that holds true this year. Have a few sets that I just got

calling me, in their packaging, staring at me on my worktable...

Have a wonder filled holiday!

Love from Our Home

Good Weekend Morning!

I have a card for a couple of challenges,

Merry Monday's Vintage/Retro Theme

and Happy Little Stampers' Anything Goes With Dies

So happy to see a vintage themed challenge!

Perfect excuse to use the new Post and Parcel kit!

The dies in this kit are amazing!

Mounted a sponge inked linen card stock with an oval window, over another 

piece of card stock that was also sponge inked.

And all over a pattern piece included in the kit.

All stamps and dies included in the kit.

Mailbox flag & ornaments embossed with Ranger's Liquid Platinum.

I used a silver gel pen to add a shimmer to the bough's fir, 

and note up top.

PTI's Make It Market: Post & Parcel

PTI Inks: Pale Peony, Aqua Mist, Fine Linen, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise,

Terracotta Tile, Pinefeather & Ocean Tides.

White EP on Mailbox.

Festive Friday Challenge #37

It's been a while since I've played along with Festive Friday, 

but I chanced along there and found this inspiration:

And it spoke to my vintage loving heart!

That, and, Ardyth's beautiful gold edged card.

For those of you who like stories, read on,

for those who don't skip the next paragraph!

Back in the day of rubber stamps (real rubber you mount yourself)

I fell for a stamp included on a sheet of mountable stamps with 3 little tykes on a sleigh from Oxford Impressions.

I have 3 grandsons who are close in age and best friends since birth.

So are the granddaughters, but, that's another story...

Any how, I used this stamp for my Christmas cards that year.

I just had to play along, 

with the vintage truck and pine trees all snow-covered, 

and it's 100 outside,

who could resist!

Some special touches on the card include:

PTI's Scarlett Shimmer Cardstock, Linen Vellum, Stamper's Sellect White 

and that gorgeous gold tape.

Hero Arts Classic Evergreen embossed in Winter Wonderland

Sentiment is also from Oxford Impressions: Sleigh Bells

Embossing powder is Stampendous: Pirate Gold (never found another with that fine old gold result!)

Rusty Bells: Paper Sweeties

Rustic Jute Twine from Moda

Festive Friday Challenge #37 (August 1 - 13)