Christmas cards!

This year I had a pretty good stash of cards that I made throughout the year so I didn’t really need to do a big mass production like I normally do (which was good!) but I did need to make about 20 cards and I came up with this quick and cute design, which I will be repurposing for a different card next month.  This is EASY…let me tell you.  I modified the standard gate card a bit so that when I folded it there would be a bit of an overlap.  These adorable snowmen (also available in blue!) come with adhesive and glitter already.  I know, I’m a cheater.  I used my Bo-Bunny Flex ruler to draw the curve on the kraft paper, cut along the line and then layered a panel of red behind it and freehand cut the scallop with my scissors.  The bottom panel is a white panel embossed with my A2 Snowflake folder.  The snowman sits on a tag made from Circle Nesties.  To finish it off I stamped my greeting (after curving it on my block to mirror the curve in the kraft paper) from It’s A Snow Day in Palette L’Amour Red and snowflakes from the same set in Palette New Canvas.

Here’s a shot of it partially open so you can see how it goes together. 

I hope you’re gotten all your cards out and are leaving some time to actually enjoy things this holiday season!  Thanks for stopping by!

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On the 12th Day of Christmas

…IHP is sponsoring Paper Craft Planet!  That’s right!  Today we’re the sponsor for the last day of the 12 Days of Christmas and you can have your chance to win a prize pack worth $70 that includes ALL SEVEN Chicken Girl Design stamp sets!  How awesome is that??  Hop on over to PCP for the hint and be sure to visit Lynn, who is hosting today’s challenge.  She’s got an awesome project for you!

For my project today I used the cute little penguin from It’s A Snow Day to make this ornament.  He is stamped in Palette Noir and cut out and popped up, mounted to the back of the tin.  The background paper is a little circle of Snow Globe that I cut out with my Circle Nesties.

I colored him with some markers and dotted the hat and chest with Icicle Stickles for some shimmer.  Then, when it was all dry I added some White Flower Soft for snow and then closed up the tin with a strip of i {stick} papers (our very own, made exclusively for us red line sticky strip tape – 60 YARD roll!).  Then I wrapped the tin with 1” pink satin ribbon and made a loopy at the top, again using i {stick} papers.

On a personal note, we went to the tree farm and cut down our Christmas tree last night.  Mr. Barbo even “helped” (aka made it more difficult to cut down a tree) but it was all part of the fun.  I’ll post a shot once it is decorated but here it is still at the farm.

Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Snowy Greetings

It’s a Snow Day!  OK, well, maybe not quite yet but don’t these little critters look like they’re having a blast with their snowball fight?  I love the little penguin’s face!

I used my new Snowflake A2 embossing folder to create the background, stamped the animals with Palette Noir ink, colored them with Stickles and then cut them out.  I hand tore some vellum to make the snowyscape and popped them up on the mounds.  The tag is my Nesties Ribbon Tag Trio and the greeting is stamped in Palette Cote D’Azure.

Very simple but totally cute, right??

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you’re hard at work finishing up your Birthday Bash Challenges!  The deadline to upload is midnight EASTERN TONIGHT!!!!

RELEASE DAY and Five Minute Friday: Warm Winter Wishes

Today is the big release day here at IHP! Today is the day you can get two new Chicken Girl Design sets, It’s A Snow Day and Just Skating By, as well as a new set from The Petal Press, Sleigh Ride. So exciting!

I also have a Five Minute Friday card for you today, using It’s A Snow Day. Isn’t it cute? I stamped him in Palette Burnt Umber, colored with my Prismacolor pencils and the greeting is in Palette Prussian Blue.

The tag is made with my circle Nesties and is layered over a piece of vellum that is embossed with the A2 Snowflake Quickutz folder. If you’ve never used them, they are just like Cuttlebug folders, only better, because they are a full A2 size. The background paper is from the MME Colorful Christmas collection and is wrapped with White Metallic String. I adore this paper collection and string. The string is SO sparkly – just perfect for wintery projects!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check in next week for some more HUGE news! You won't want to miss it!

Shaker Snowman Ornament

Hello! For today’s project I used two more large Shake It Pouches to create an ornament. The snowmen, from the new Chicken Girl Design set, It’s A Snow Day! are stamped on a piece of thin acetate in Palette Noir (I LOVE that Palette ink is so versatile that you can stamp on paper, glass, tiles, acetate and fabric all with ONE ink!) and sandwiched in between and the snow is some Sugar Sparkly Fluff.

I colored with my fine tip Sharpies and applied some Icicle Stickles to the backside of the acetate. Here’s an image of the back. I love using the chunkier Icicle Stickles for wintery scenes.

I created the scalloped ring with my Large Scalloped Nesties and Large Circle Nesties out of some Eskimo Kisses paper.

The hanger is made from some metallic gold string and is sandwiched in between the two scallops. Have I convinced you that these Shake It Pouches are awesome and you *need* them? They’re self adhesive, coordinate with Nesties and come in different sizes and shapes. How awesome is that?

Thanks for stopping by today! See you again soon!