Have Yourself a CAS Christmas

well...a (Clean And Simple) Christmas card, that is. This layout is from a Stampin' Up! publication. It's been floating around in the creative cavity of my brain for awhile. (Now THAT didn't sounds good, did it?!) I used the color challenge 40 from Stampin' Addicts (a 100% Stampin' Up! gallery site) for my colors. It's not the traditional colors for Christmas, but I like it! Do you know how hard it was, not to put any bling on here?! So I used my Shimmery White cardstock for my main image.

What kinds of CAS cards have you come up with lately? I'd love to see them!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Happy Thanksgiving Wishes

Here's my special Thanks- giving card to you, my blog friends. I hope you have a wonderful time with friends/family. I hope you remember all of the little things, besides the big things, that you have to be thankful for. I hope God sends you a special blessing on Thanksgiving Day...just because!
I'm thankful for my wonderful family, friends, stamping, books, a roof over my head, a full pantry, hugs, coffee, and blogging buddies. I love the creativity that we share through the internet.

Thanks for being my friends.

Blessings,
Julie

Recipe: Autumn Harvest & Teeny Tiny Wishes, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke and Really Rust cardstocks, Always Artichoke 1/4" grosgrain, Linen Thread, SU Markers, Ticket Corner Punch.

Yuletide Christmas

This picture looks so peaceful. I wish my house looked like that! The kids are all home this week and I have a major headache, aftermath from my fibro attack yesterday. Arg! So I hid downstairs and finished this card. I had the main image done weeks ago, but had to set it aside to get ready for my Christmas Card Cranks. What do I like about this card? The non-traditional colors and how simple it is. That Petals A Plenty folder really is great enough to carry this whole card.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Ingredients: Rose Red, Whisper White, and Certainly Celery Cardstock. Mistletoe Ribbon. Yuletide Christmas stamp set. Black Stazon and Certainly Celery inks. Vintage Brads. Scallop Oval Punch. SU! Petals A Plenty Texturz Folder.

Masculine To the Nines

Do you need more ideas for masculine cards? Well, To the Nines Designer Series Specialty paper is the way to go. I've used it here for the cupcake frosting and the striped panel. the background layer of Sage Shadow was run through the Big Shot with the SU! Perfect Details Texturz Plate. If you want a deeper impression than the plate gives you, spritz your cardstock lightly with water and then run it through on the plate. The cupcake was made with the SU Big Bold Cupcakes Sizzlits. I crimped the cupcake paper and then dragged the edges over the Sage Shadow ink pad.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Christmas Presents SU! Style

You know how sometimes you just have this idea that you must put on paper right away? Well, this is one of those cards.
The presents are different sized squares of designer paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The curly ribbon is very thin strips of Christmas Cocoa designer paper, curled around the applicator of the pastel chalks. The thin stitched ribbon is a slice of the Mistletoe Ribbon Originals from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The greeting is from All Holidays in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Happy Birthday Baby

I had some serious fun experimenting with this card. First of all, I didn't have those really cool swishes from the Extreme Elements stamp set. I used My Digital Studio to print them in Pacific Point on my Whisper White cardstock with a gray shadow behind them. Now, to dress them up a little.

How about the Party Hearty cupcake with a darker blue on the frosting? Sure, that works. Oh, we need to pop that a little, right? So, let's dab on some really cool Frost White Shimmer Paint from the Holiday Mini Catalog.




Well, what are we going to do with the greeting? I know! Let's use Teeny Tiny Wishes and the Word Window Punch. What??? That's not done yet? Ok, we'll pop out a couple of sizes of ovals and use the cool shimmer paint on the smaller oval. Now, a little bit of Itty Bitty Backgrounds and we're done! Oh, don't forget to put a bit of shimmer paint on the edges of the lighter blue (Ballet) cardstock. Ok, now we're done. This should be ok for a 13 yr old boy.

:-D

Blessings,
Julie

It's Christmas Card Crank Time

Ok, so who's ready to pump out some Christmas cards? These are the cards that we'll be making here at my house this year. I only have 4 spots left on November 21 and 6 left on December 5, so contact me right away if you'd like to attend. Both events will be held from 1 pm to 5 pm. The cost is 20 cards for $25.
This card uses Tree Trimmings. It's a CASE of a Stampin' Up! card that I saw at convention.
This is a quick and simple card made with Serene Snowflakes. The great thing about this card is that you could also use it for a winter birthday.
I'm really excited about the colors on this card. I think the Bella Bleu DSP goes quite well with the Bashful Blue.

Yes, we MUST have at least one card that uses the Big Shot. I think the Top Note Die is perfect for the poinsettia swirls. The ribbon is retired Metallic Gold.
This last card looks a lot more complicated than it really is. A bit of quick coloring with marker, punching, and glue it all together.

Ready for Christmas! I've already started playing the music occasionally.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Build A Bear Cuties

Oh yeah, is this little girl cute, or what???!!! I just love the Build A Bear Workshop products in the Holiday Mini Catalog. This is a card from Friday night's workshop. We used some wonderful Fine Galaxy Glitter on the balloon and gift bag. I purposely didn't put the party had on this cutie so that the card could also double as a baby congrats card. The layout is a CASE from Jan Tink. We stamped with StazOn Black onto Shimmery White cardstock and colored it in with the SU! markers. You can get a great blending look on the shimmery white.
And this is the same card stock with the flower DSP flipped over. Isn't this boy adorable? I couldn't resist the cute party hat on this one. You can achieve the watercolor look by coloring twice in the areas that you want to look shaded. The button is Stampin' Up! Yes, it really is. It's my cardstock button made with my Buttons sizzlit and my Big Shot. I die cut 6 of them, glued them together, then sanded the edges for a rounded look. That means that I can have buttons of any SU color with my sizzlit...hurray!

I just finished designing for my Christmas Card Crank, so stay tuned for the unveiling! :-D

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

My Digital Studio

Hostesses can order MDS for $40 this month if their workshop has $400+ in sales. There's still time to take advantage of this great offer!
If you'd like a demonstration of this great software, contact me by clicking on that email button on the upper right corner. I'll gladly show you what many possibilities there.

Blessings,
Julie

MDS Pre-designed Cards

Isn't this a fun card? It's a pre-designed card on My Digital Studio. The only things that I added were the bow and the polka dots on the chocolate chip cardstock. That's IT! And did you know that it's really easy to use the pre-designed cards to make your own? Check this out...




Isn't it cute? I just love those little kitties. I changed the message and added some stamps for the background and focal point, added a little shadowing and I'm done! :-D
Thanks for visiting the Stamping Station. Hope to see you again soon!

Blessings,
Julie