Last Christmas Card

This is a great challenge from Deconstructed Sketch for my last Christmas card.  I rotated the sketch and made it horizontal and chose not to use the traditional Christmas colors.  I think the colors look good with the Nativity theme.  I stamped the sentiment first to create a soft background and embossed the Nativity stamp with a clear pearl powder after stamping it in Soft Suede and a second time in Versamark.  The pearl embossing powder changed the color a bit, it made it a little greyish.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and lots of blessings for the New Year.
Remember that the real celebration is the birth of Jesus Christ whose love for us is totally unconditional.

 

Anything Christmassy - Treat Bag

"Anything Christmassy" is the challenge at Simon Says and I have a cute little bag that I made for my crafty group.  I used pretzel bags and stickers I bought long time ago on clearance, so glad I got to used them.  The tags were made with a punch from McGill.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

Simon Says ......Merry Christmas !

December 25

I needed a gift bag and couldn't find the right size.  I went to the Dollar store and found this really cute craft and red paper and I love it.  The idea to make this bag came from the 2-4-6-8 box but I changed the measurements to fit my gift. The tree out of punches came from the SU catalog, using several punches and solid and print papers  Of course I needed a card, so blog hoping I went and liked the sketch from Freshly Made and was inspired by Tui's card.  I have the Mat Stack die and I could make the card to match the bag.  I stamped the Kraft paper using Versamark, embossed the red paper and added dimension to all lawyers.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

Colorful Snowflakes

I know snowflakes are white but I like this fantasy card.  The colors from ColorQ gave me the idea and since I wanted to make the Paper Players challenge, which is snowflakes, I thought it could work.  The sketch from the Sweet Stop is one I liked and The Friday Mashup wanted heat embossing.  I again used the Epson salt technique for the white background to add some shine to my card.  You can't really tell in the picture but the white is out of this world.  I heat embossed the blue snowflakes with pearl embossing and they also look great. Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela
Second take:  Added 3 diamonds to the snowflakes for some bling-bling!

 

    

   

PCS December ~ Winter Radiance

 

Winter Radiance is the theme for this month's issue of PCS and the team has created exciting projects for you to make.  Grab a cup of hot chocolate, head on to your crafting room and enjoy making all the beautiful projects PCS has for you.

 

The projects this month include various snow-themed projects, winter reindeer and sparkling greeting cards.  The template for this month is a "Winter's Keepsake Box".

 

Here is a peek of my project:

 

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Tags from scraps

Do I have scraps!! This is the perfect opportunity to use some of my scraps, solid, prints, ribbons...you name it, I have them.  Tags are fun to make. They can be used all the time, it does not matter what the occasion is.  Tags are the perfect little touch.  I used punches and dies to create this cute little tag. I'm using the computer to print the names and inserting it under the snow flake.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

HIMCR #75 - Super Scraps Saturday

Christmas Card Easel

A different easel card and I'm very happy with the results!  I was inspired by a card that my friend sent me made by Susan.  I started by using the Ornament punch from SU but for some reason it did not go well, but I will try again.  I had purchased the stamp set that Susan used on her card and I really wanted to use it.  It is a very cute set.  I placed a battery operated tealight candle behind the vellum paper opening to use it as a luminary.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

 

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 137

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes Challenge

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C166

 

 

Baby Jesus

After struggling to make this card and even having to walk away from it, I like the way it turned out.  I created the craft DP by stamping with Versamark and colored the image with Pearlescent Chalks.  I just wanted to add a little touch of color and a very soft shine.  The colors from the Paper Players and the sketch from The Sweet Stop were the main ingredients to my inspiration.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

 

 

It's about the sentiment

Came across this challenge "Clearly I Stamp" and the sketch got my attention.  The main focus is the sentiment and mine is computer generated.  I moved the sketch to the lower right corner, somehow it fit my idea better.  I used a combination of SU papers and the Poinsettia die from Spellbinder. Enjoy!
xoxo Gisela

Christmas Poinsettia

I had a hard time deciding on a theme, lots of inspiration on this one.  Once I picked the papers, I had to do a Christmas theme and I used the Poinsettia die cut.  What a beauty!!  I embossed the sentiment in gold and added a gold brad to add some sparkle.  This is a sketch I will use again, great possibilities.  Enjoy!
XOXO Gisela

PS:  I changed the picture to a better one.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Little Box

The Friday Mashup challenge inspired me to created this project and as usual, I stopped at The Paper Players to check their challenge and the snowman triggered an idea.  I knew I didn't have a small enough stamp but my crafty friend would, so borrow it from her I did.  Tags! More ideas...There She Goes challenge this week is a tag.  Put it all together and I came up with this cute little box full of chocolates with a snowman tag.  That qualifies, right?  I colored the snowman using the blender pen and ink pads, added tiny diamonds and a snowflake to have some bling-bling.  Enjoy.
XOXO Gisela