Christmas Freebies

Have a look at this website for some Christmas Freebies.
 http://countdown.tentwostudios.com

Simple Christmas Cards

I taught a recent card making class and we did 5 simple Christmas cards. Here they are. Maybe they will inspire you.

Hope you are having fun getting ready for Christmas

Manly Birthday Cards

I am sooo behind on blogging and really tired of my work taking my whole life. Rumor has it that I will have an easier time in November and December. I am looking forward to it. So here are the cards we did at one of my prior card making classes. We are still having classes at my house about every other week.    

All of these stamps are from garage sales. The car set is my Stampin Up.  The other was an unmounted stamp. I don't know who makes it. There are different colors of distress ink on each card.

Spellbinders Bird Die

Aren't these cool? I saw on Becca's blog that she did a pop up card with this die. Check it out here http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/birdcage-popup-card-and-giftbox-part/ It is amazing. This is on my wish list so I can make one too!  What do you think?

Pop up wedding card

 I did a pop up wedding card. This is the pop up die from Stampin Up. I colored the cake with Copics. I got the wedding cake stamp at a garage sale . The Together Forever stamp is from a stampin Up set.

I stamped the flowers on the paper under the cake with a stamp from the same set as the Together Forever stamp.  I always think I can do these quickly but it is surprising how much time they take.

Soot Class

I have a card class today. I am teaching the soot technique.

It is like another one I did a couple years ago.  The technique is fun but a little challenging. The idea is that you hold a paper over a flame and get soot on it. Then you stamp your image with no ink. This lifts the soot off , Finally you seal it. I have learned the following hints from doing this before.

• I didn't have any luck with photo paper.  I have really loved using the Ultra Glossy cardstock from Paper Temptress. 
• Use a taper candle rather than a pillar. 
• Get the paper right down in the flame, pretty close to the wick. 

I will try and get some pictures at class with us in action! 


For the card here, the tree is an older stamp from Rubber Stampede. The pumpkins came from a scarecrow stamp from I Brake For Stamps. The embossed background is from Cuttlebug. The buttons were an embosslet from Stampin Up

Marvelous Magicial Marque Card

I saw this video and just had to try it. I have made 3 cards. Two very much like the original but one a little different. So here is the link to the video.Marvelous Magical Marque Card . The card is pretty easy to do once you have it down.
Here is the first one

 You will have to see the video to really understand how it works.  Next is a picture party opened.

The center of the flower is the inside of the card and it slides open to reveal words.

Isn't that fun!
Here is another.

And then I decided to try something a little different.

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Inside it works just like the others.

The punches are all Stampin Up. Papers are from Chester and from a set I got when Books are Fun came to work.  Try one of these. The are suprisingly easy and super fun.