One more holiday card -- next I will be sharing some Halloween projects I've been working on!
Here is the last card we made at the holiday stamp-a-stack. This one uses the set Beautiful Season. I love how pretty the stamp of the chickadee is. I stamped it with black and colored it using a qtip and chalks. The oval shape was made by punching out an oval with the big shot scallop oval die. The rest of the card was pretty simple-- scallop trim border punch and some green with the sentiment on it.
stamps: Beautiful season
Here is another holiday card -- this one uses the Pines & Pointsettias set. I stamped the background using the XL Woodgrain stamp. I stamped the main image by coloring the stamp with markers. Then I colored over part of the rose with a Versamarker and embossed it with cherry cobbler embossing powder. 
Here is another card using the Chirstmas Lodge Stamp set. This time I cut out the top note die shape using white cardstock in the big shot. Then I stamped the trees along the bottom with Pear Pizazz ink.. I stamped twice before re-inking so that every other tree looks lighter. Then I stamped the sentiment across the top with cherry cobbler ink and added some ribbon (seam binding) across the center. I added a little glue along the bottom, (tombow multi-purpose liquid glue) and added some of the Mica Flakes from the holiday mini. WARNING! these are MESSY!!! be careful because they stick to everything! But they're worth it... look how pretty it looks!
I attached it all to a crumb cake card base that I had also layered with some pear pizazz paper that was embossing with the petals-a-plenty embossing folder.
Another Holiday card.. I know it's only Sept. but it's never too early to start planning those holiday cards! This one uses some fun stuff from the holiday mini book. The stamp is from the set Christmas Lodge. I stamped the trees right on the suede paper and then stamped the lodge on white and punched it out with the 2 1/2" circle punch. I added "noel" from the set Many Merry Messages in cherry cobbler ink. The scallop behind it is cut out using the Perfect Pennants big shot die. Then I added some plaid paper from the Frostwood Lodge paper pack and some seam binding ribbon! What a pretty holiday card!
Each month I've been showing two techniques in my technique class. Here is the second one for this month. It's called "Faux Tearing" because it looks like torn paper but really is created with one layer! Here's a close-up so you can see:
Here is a card we are making at my Technique Class tonight! Isn't it cool? I used a technique called "Stained Glass". If you like techniques, make sure to sign up for my next class. I have another technique class in October and then I'm taking a break from them until the new year.
I just knew that the big Hello, Doily stamp would make some really cool cards and I thought why not use it for Christmas? Here are two cool cards I made using it. On the first card I paired it with the delicate doilies stamp set. First, I stamped the large doily in Versamark ink onto cherry cobbler paper and embossed it with white embossing powder. 
You can tell I didn't get it inked quite evenly but I like how that makes it look sort of weathered and vintage on this card. Then I stamped around it using some of the stamps from the delicate doilies stamp set with cherry cobbler ink. I like the subtle background that added. Then to finish off I added some satin ribbon and a small tie of lucky limeade ruffled ribbon to give it that Christmas punch. Then I stamped the saying from the Beautiful Season stamp set and added that on with the label punch.
Here is a card made using the Under the Big Top circus set! I really love this set... I think because of the colors they used and the coordinating paper--It's so bright and cheery! I can see lots of great birthday cards to be made with this.
When I first looked through the new idea book and catalog, this was one of the set that caught my eye! It's called Up, Up, and Away-- which always makes me sing that song in my head! I just thought it would be so fun and cheerful to make cards with. I haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet but here is one card I made. I used some of the new InColors (wisteria wonder, pool party, calypso coral and island indigo) to stamp the balloons. Then I created some fun clouds behind them using a scallop circle as a mask for sponging. This card also uses the super pretty ruffled ribbon and the houndstooth embossing folder.
