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!

Favorite Things: Coffee, Christmas & You: Keeping Christmas

 

Welcome to Keeping Christmas, November!

Last night some of my favorite peeps celebrated our annual Favorite Things

dinner and gift exchange. We gathered at one of the friends' homes, 

practiced safe distancing and shared gifts that are special to us.

This year one of my favorite things is the new set by the Greetery, Hug in a Mug.

Betsy thought of everything when she composed this sweet cup, saucer and even

cookies for these gems.

Decorating the paper forms is up to the creator. I wanted to come as close

to a set of Christmas dishes I have, and that my friends would recognize.

o

The cup has a band of green at the top, which I drew on with a copic marker.

The rest of the decoration are stamps included in the set. And how perfect is

the cup's sentiment, 'Just a few of favorite things... Coffee, Christmas & You'.

Inside, 10 little caffe latte See's candies fit perfectly within the cup.

Couldn't resist the cookie set, decorated with German Glass Glitter!

The detailing on the top includes steam that becomes the handle to 

open the cup.

They're really quite sturdy, and I enjoyed the happy responses from each of

my favorite gals as they carefully examined their tiny treasures!

Definitely more blessed to give than to receive, but honestly though, how 

blessed to receive another's joys!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Keeping Christmas: October

 

Greetings to all lovers of Christmas! 

It's time for our Keeping Christmas Blog Hop, a group of friends who post

on the 25th of each month (minus December), with inspiration for holiday

projects and cards.

Fortunately my Christmas Greetery order arrived in time to make a set I had in mind

ever since the stamps and dies were sneak peek-ed!

The sprayed panel background was in my stash, sprayed with Lindy's Starburst.

The card is a shaker filled with snow. The Greetery's Destination North Pole was

such fun to work with! 

The tag is another new Greetery set: Wood Slices.

If you've followed me through the year, each and every card I made includes

a matching envelope. So nice to have them ready to send. This one also

has it's own matching seal, a stamp and die Betsy had in the set. LOVE

that she thinks of everything! I have sheets of label paper you can stamp on

and then die cut. The back then peels off and seals the envelope flap.

Glammed things up a bit with Stickles and Nuvo drops

Hope you enjoyed this month's Keeping Christmas. 

Be sure to hop by and see what the other designers have done!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Supplies:

The Greetery:

Destination Waterfront Map

Destination North Pole

Wood Slices

Envelope Stencil

White Envelope

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Starburst sprays

Nuvo red drops, Stickles, Stampendous Shaved Ice, Lucy's Little Things:

Clear Iridescent Jewel Mix, Glitter Spray, PTI & Altenew Inks, PTI cardstock

Keeping Christmas: September

 

Hello and welcome to Keeping Christmas September, a blog hop of 

holiday cards and projects to inspire you to get going on your

greeting cards!

I have a trio of cards today, so let's take a look.

There's a list of designer friends at the end of this post, so you

can hop along.

It's been a while since I've used Betsy's Make It Market: 

Fairy Tale Christmas.

The year it was released, I must have made a dozen cards. She included 

designer papers with the kit, along with stamps, dies, cutouts, stencils, 

even elements to create fairy tale books and projects that light up! For my cards today, I used the enclosed 

stencils, stamps and die cut outs.

The corner dies are the sweetest! I set up an assembly line and turned up

 the Christmas music (Pandora) on the computer. 

3 cards with the same layout moves along quickly, and is a wonderfully

relaxing way to spend a day in the craft room!

Slight differences like color variation on the holly, and where the 

side sprigs were placed were really the only differences.

And... matching envelopes, something I'm trying to do with all the cards I 

make. Makes it so easy when they're ready to send.

I usually send out Christmas cards on or around the 10th of December. 

How are you doing with your holiday card making? No pressure, but, 

only 2 more months of keeping Christmas inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, check out what the other designers have for you!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

 Nancy Guse

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Keeping Christmas: August

Welcome to August's post of Keeping Christmas. We're a group of friends who post

Christmas ideas for cards, tags and Christmas decorations each month. Hope my

post today inspires you. The holidays couldn't come quick enough for me.

I've used a new Memory Box embossing folder called, Magnificent

Poinsettia. It touts a 3D image creation, and believe me, it's an impressive

embossing!

The first card, is embossed on Kraft, with white pencil with shading. My sentiment

is a new die from Poppystamps, Holly Merry Christmas. And that dp is also

new from Memory Box. Has a gold stripe running through each paper in the pack.

Card #2 was painted with metallic watercolors. Take a closer look for the sheen.

The impression made by the folder is super deep and textural. Let me just say, I use

a die cutting machine that adjusts for the thickness of the embossing folder.

The last card was touched lightly with copics, and then 'painted' with glue,

and sprinkled with glitter.

Each card has an envelope, a promise I made myself when I started with the Keeping

Christmas crew.

The Greetery has a trio of Christmas stencils for the flap of an envelope, one

of which is poinsettia. 

Each stenciled envelope completes my card, and will help make life 

a little easier during the Christmas rush.

Memory Box also has glitter paper I used for this card. 

My supplies will link you to the store. 

Be sure to visit each of the other designers for more inspiration!

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

 Nancy Guse

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Supplies

2393 Holly Merry Christmas craft die

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

PP1009 Christmas Plaid 6x6 pack