The Card Concept: Festive Celebrations

 

It's been awhile since I've made a horizontal fold card. The current Card Concept

Challenge features rich holiday colors (black, white & gold) and I couldn't 

resist using the new dies from the Greetery release.

I chose to work with colors rather than actual elements in the photo.

I did use the diamond pattern on one of the candles.

Lots of glitter cutouts on shiny shimmer card stock.

I cut the NOEL 3 times out of black, gold, and copper glitter paper, before gluing it over

 the die cutbackground. Like I said, lots of layers! I'm calling this style, Clean and Layered.

 Maybe not so clean?

Have a wonderful week!

Supplies

The Greetery: Macrame Diamonds Die, Macrame Open Base, 

Poppystamps: Festive Noel Die, Christmas Plaid Paper Pack

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Bonus Day

 

My Favorite Things sponsored a bonus day during Tracey's 25 Days of Tags, and

among all those gorgeous sweet tags, I chose Anna Lorenzetto's adorable 

tags as my inspiration. 

I found a little animal with a Christmas scarf, and paired it with Poppystamps' Pinpoint

Ornament Shaker tag set. Santa's Sleigh from PTI is is the stamp.

Anna used an off-white frame with a white background with a strip of greeting.

My two tags complete the bonus day! 

Hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 25

Hi Folks! Well, we made it to Day 25... 25 Days of Christmas Tags, the brainchild

of Tracey McNeeley @inmycreativeopinion. Each day a new sponsor with prizes.

Today it's Pretty Pink Posh. 

A while ago I was gifted with the Woodland Critters stamp and die set, from 

PrettyPink Posh. And I'm using my friend Kim's darling tag below and improvising

with what I have to make a Christmas tag.

My tag is not with a Christmas set but I added a branch and fir and berries to

help you 'see' a bit of winter.

Now, if you visit me at all, you know I love to color, and usually do an OK job

with copics. But guys, it's the day before Thanksgiving, I'm in the middle of 

baking, the whole family's here, and I did a rush job on these animals. It's 

one I'm not proud of. But I just had to complete the 25 day challenge, and I

did it! 25 Days, many, many, many tags 

PPP: Woodland Critters, Stitched Duo 1 Tag

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.

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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 

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 24

 

Day 24 and Hefty Doodle is the sponsor.  I chose Mona Toth as my inspiration. she did the

tags below

Pretty in Pink I'd say. Lovely little angels, and how sweet are those hearts on top?

I replaced merry with believe, and the angels with fairies, but had to keep the hearts at 

the top! 

Moving along to the end stretch! 

 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day 24 

25 Days of Christmas: Day 23

 

Day 23, 25 Days of Christmas Tags, and the sponsor today is: Penguin Palace.

All the sweet tags, and my favorite today is Tracey's below

Tracey used a round scallop tag, and adorable penguins. 

My tag is round (PTI Mix and Mat Circle),  and my penguin is from Pom Pom Pals.

And yes there's a pom pom on the penguin's beanie.

Blessings for a Happy Thanksgiving!

 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day 23 

Day 22: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Day 22, 25 Days of Christmas Tags... how can it possibly be true? Day 22? 

Moving along, and the sponsor today is Erin Lee Creative, a company I wasn't 

familiar with, and no stamps in the stash. Love that Tracey is introducing all

of us to such diversity!

I chose Lindsey's tag for the reindeer head, round tag shape, & overall 

simplicity, and hoped to get close with what I had.

Tags are round, (PTI: Basic Cut Tag), reindeer head (Ellen Hudson), super simple!

Success! Gorgeous foil and glitter papers from Memory Box.

And note, sweet reindeer ribbon is from Target, a couple of years ago. Glad to

finally use it!

Have a great rest of the weekend, and see you tomorrow.

 

Day 21: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

 

Day 21 of 25 Days of Christmas Tags, and the sponsor today is Studio Katia.

I chose Ilda's tag below to use as inspiration:

I loved her sweetly shaded snowman, and the silver snowflakes.

PTI's Cloche Quarters and Cloche Quarters Winter, Tag Sale die,

Fancy Flakes.

My stash of tags is growing by the day! Love all the fun Tracey's 

daily challenge brings!

 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day 21 

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 20

Day 20! 25 Days of Christmas Tags and the sponsor is the Greetery! 

My stash includes several Christmas stamps and dies from the Greetery... OK, 

honestly speaking, almost ALL their Christmas sets! (The rest are on the 

wish list).

Above is the new paper pack set Betsy is offering in her shop, cut with the speed 

tagging die. 

My version to stamp the Speed Tagging stamp onto red & green cardstock, and pair 

it with foliage from All Blessing Flow and a few of the Botanicuts dies. Seriously love

this quick and easy set, and especially crushing on the new designer papers.

Did I order it? You bet!

Day 20... The 25 Days of Christmas Tags & the Greetery

 

Day 19: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

 

 Beware of serious cuteness on this post today!

I warned you! Day 19 of 25 Days Christmas Tags and the sponsor is Waffle Flower.

No Christmas stamps or dies from WF in my collection. I LOVED my friend

Jeanne Jackna's tag (below),  and definitely wanted to create my own version.

Jeanne's style is colorful and always happy. This tag is no exception.

Smiled the minute I saw it!

I chose a few different companies to put my tag together:

SSS: Gnome for the Holidays

Flora & Fauna: Bohemian Woodland Animals

Memory Box: Love Grows

MFT: Treat Tag

 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day 19 

Day 18: 25 Days of Christmas Tags

 

Hi my blogging friends! Day 18 of 25 Days of Christmas Tags, and their sponsor 

today is Jillian Vance Designs. I had to use stamps and dies in my stash as I have

no GV stamps. So here goes: Muse today is Rosemary Dennis (shhh, I'm a secret stalker 

of Rosemary, just love here style and creations!) Here's here tag below

Loved the swag of snowy ferns, and how cute are those pinecones???

Crushed on the scalloped tag too. Anyway, used her layout and elements,

 and came up with my tag, below

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Greetery Botanicuts: Pine Bough (my favorite set ever! Well one of them, anyway)

Poppystamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags, Pinpoint Dome Tag Decorations.

Lots of German Glass Glitter.

See it all on Tracey McNeely's blog:

 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day 18 

The Card Concept: Holiday Home

 

It's a new challenge at the Card Concept, and we have a cozy inspiration photo

to ignite some holiday spirit.

The buffalo plaid is so popular now, and that's what gave me the idea to 

cover my background with the Greetery's Square dance die and stencil set.

I recently say Betsy Veldman use the technique to create this look on her

blog. Simply wonderful effect!

My Christmas card uses a few other Greetery products besides Squaredance, Botanicuts:

Pine Bough, Banner & Bough. The berries are from PTI's Spruce & Sprigs.

I LOVE making Christmas cards, and receiving them too! We all need a little 

Christmas this year! Stay well my friends!

The Card Concept #144 {Holiday Home}