We Wish You a Merry Christmas {Purple Onion Designs}

Good morning. Another Christmas card today featuring images from the Snow Day! collection by Stacey Yacula.

I used the masking technique to stamp this little trio of carolers, Noel, Moose and Snowball and then colored with Copic Markers. The snow bank was cut using The Cat's Pajamas Wavy Stitched Border and  the We Wish You a Merry Christmas sentiment was stamped on it. The image and sentiment pieces were attached to a patterned paper background. The musical note was cut twice from smokey shadow cardstock and stacked together.

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, Illustrated Faith dp, PTI cs, Sakura Gelly Roll pen, MFT and The Cat's Pajamas dies, MFT ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Bear-W00, E81, W1, R11, Moose-E41, E42, E44, W00, W1, W2, W5, R11, R20, Bunny-W00, E81, C00, C1, C3, R11; Sweater,Scarves, Gloves-R20, R22, R24, YG0000, YG01, YG23; Shadows/Ground-W00, E81, W1

Check out the Purple Onion Designs blog for more inspiration.

Sweet Wishes

I have yet another Christmas card today that I created for the current (and last!) Lawnscaping #144 Challenge. 

This card is one of those that has languished in my in progress bag for a while. It took a major need for Christmas cards and the challenge to get it finished. The two gingerbread cookies from the Oh Snap set were cut out using the matching dies and then colored with Copic markers. I placed them onto to a cookie sheet than I cut from metallic cardstock using the Verve Rounded Rectangle die and then scored it on the two short sides. After cutting out the patterned paper tag using a die from the Paper Smooches Gift Tags 2 dies, I attached the cookie sheet piece to it. I cut out a small tag using a die from the Tiny Tags die set, then stamped the sentiment from the Milk and Cookies stamp set using schoolhouse red ink. After tying the small tag onto the larger tag using twine, the whole piece was secured to the card background.

Products: Lawn Fawn stamps and dies, MFT metallic cs, PTI cs, Hemptique twine, Paper Smooches and Verve dies, Simon Says and Memento ink, Copic Markers
Copics: E50, E51,E53, E55, E57, R24

Lots of activity around here as I am sure it is at your house. Thanks for stopping by.

It is the Night of Our Dear Savior's Birth (#thereasonfortheseason)

Today's faith based Christmas card is another one for my #thereasonfortheseason series. If you missed the others, you can find them here.

Afterall, Jesus is the reason for the season. 

I cut the image panel from linen cardstock using the Papertrey Ink Basic Bookmark 3 die. After stamping the sentiment from the O Holy Night set using bermuda bay ink, I stamped the angel and nativity from the Petite Places: Navity Mini stamp set using blackberry bliss ink and the star using daffodil delight ink. I cut out the manger from cardstock using the Petite Places: Navity die set. I added some seam binding ribbon at the top and attached to a patterned paper background using foam tape.

Products: Papertrey Ink samps and dies, Doodlebug dp, PTI cs, The Cat's Pajamas seam binding, PTI and Simon Says dies, Stampin' Up ink

Blessing to you.

You Will Name Him Jesus (#thereasonfortheseason)

I used several different Papertrey Ink stamp sets to create today's faith based Christmas card for for my #thereasonfortheseason series. If you missed the others, you can find them here.

Afterall, Jesus is the reason for the season. 

After stamping the nativity image from the Star of Wonder using blueberry ink, I cut out with a circle die and then matted with cardstock. I then stamped several of the foliage from the Holiday Greens set using catkin and raspberry ripple ink and cut out with the matching dies. I prepared the background by flicking a small amount of blue gray watercolor ink on the card front and then stamped the sentiment from the Inspired;Jesus Mini Stamp set using blueberry ink. After layering the foliage and nativity pieces onto the card base using a combo of glue and foam tape, I used the Inspired:Jesus die to cut a couple of layers with the top one cut from raspberry ripple cardstock. After stacking them together, the piece was attached to the layered cluster. I finished it with stacked star cut with a die from the Small Sketched Stars die set.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, PTI and Stampin' Up cs, MFT, Simon Says and Stampin' Up inks, Kuretake Zig Watercolor Brush Marker

Blessings to you.

Wise Men Still Seek Him (#thereasonfortheseason)

Welcome to another card for my #thereasonfortheseason series. If you missed the first two, you can find them here.

Afterall, Jesus is the reason for the season. 

I used a dual stitched circle die to cut an opening in a white linen cardstock panel and then stamped the image from the Papertrey Ink  Star of Wonder set onto the cutout portion using blackberry bliss ink. After stamping the sentiment from the Petite Places:Nativity Mini set using midnight muse ink,  I sandwiched the two pieces together with strips of foam tape. For a clean and simple card, I added a gold mirrored cardstock snowflake cut with a die from the Reverse Confetti Snowflake Trio set and a scattering of sequins. 

Papertrey Ink stamps, PTI cs, Michael's gold mirrored cs,Verve sequins, Lil Inker Designs and Reverse Confetti dies, Stampin' Up ink

Blessings to you!

Christ the Savior is Born (#thereasonfortheseason)

Welcome to my second installment of my #thereasonfortheseason series. If you missed the first one, it is here.

Afterall, Jesus is the reason for the season. 

I can't do a faith based series without using stamps from one of my favorite companies, Verve. The stable from the Weary World set was stamped onto Neenah cardstock and cut out with the matching die from the Starry Stable die set then colored with Copic Markers. After the sentiment was stamped onto a stitched rectangle the stamped piece was attached with foam tape and matted with silver metallic cardstock. I applied Ranger Diamond stickles to the edge of the star and than topped it with a star cut from the same silver metallic cardstock. The image piece was attached to an embossed background.  

Products: Verve stamps and dies, PTI and Michael's metallic cs, Ranger Stickles, Darice embossing folder, MFT ink, Copic markers
Copics: Baby Jesus-E00, E01, E13, E81; Stable-W00, W1, W2, W5, E40, E41, E42, E44; Hay-YR30, YR31, YR21, YR23, YR26; Sky-B91, B93, B95, B97

Blessings to you!

Merry & Bright {Purple Onion Designs}

Today's card is another reminder that the annual Purple Onion Designs Holiday sale is winding down. All stamps are 25% off until December 7 so you have two more days to get those orders in at this discounted price!

If you haven't considered the Merriness Set during this sale (or any other time), you really should. It is chock full of small holiday/winter images that work great on cards or gift tags. I have used two of the images on my CAS card, stamping directly onto the card base. After coloring with Copic markers, I stamped the Merry & Bright sentiment using pure poppy ink and added some glittery snow to anchor the snowman and tree. A few enamel dots and festive twine wrapped around the card and tied in a bow finished it up.

Products: Purple Onion Designs stamps, PTI cs, The Twinery twine, Doodlebug enamel dots, MFT ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Snowman-W00, E81, YR30, YR31, YR23, R20, R22, R24, B41, B32; Tree-YG0000, YG01, YG13, Y21