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Happy New Year!  Here's my final holiday card in the hopper - whew, I was worried I would have tohold some til next year!  This was a quick Crumb Cake Special, using the versatile Pennant Parade stamp set again - I love a set that I can use for many themes!  They really did provide some thoughtful "accessory" stamps with this one...

Pennant Parade stamp set; Crumb Cake, Real Red and Whisper White CS; Neutrals DSP pack; Old Olive, Real Red, Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight inks; Petite Pennants punch.

I LOVE the sentiment from this set - and it's so easy to trim out for extra pop...  I realized late in my Christmas card extravaganza that I really don't trot out the Northern Flurries sie strip as often as I could - it has so many cool choices!  This card turned into a fun "blues" expolration
Welcome Christmas stamp set; Night of Navy, Baja Breeze and Whisper White CS; Northern Flurries decorative strip die; Snow Burst embossing folder; Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon.

Wow, with Christmas almost over, I guess I need to post these last few Christmas cards!  This one was another fun one - I almost did this for our "house" card, but well, let's just say that me and glitter are a dangerous combo - I was pretty sparkly for a week after this!
Snow Buddies stamp set (retired); Whisper White, Not Quite Navy and Bashful Blue CS; Basic Black ink, Real Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie markers; Dazzling Diamonds glitter; Snow Burst embossing folder.

Merry Christmas to one and all!  Peace to you, and goodwill to all!

Pennant Parade & Curly Cute stamp sets; Baja Breeze & Whisper White CS; Early Espresso 1/4" grosgrain; Petite Pennants Builder punch, 5/8 and 3/8 circle punches; Old Olive,  Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso inks.

So excited for our December "class!"  One of our ladies is hosting us all at her house, for a "shoebox swap," when you design a card or item, and bring all the supplies for everyone to make one!  I decided this close to the holidays, we prolly didn't need any new card singles from me - my item is a set of two handmade bows in a sweet carry-out container!  So fun!

AND, here's the tutorial!  Merry Christmas!

Letters From Santa DSP

I LOVED making this card, even though I had to hand-cut the fiddly letters from Welcome Christmas - so worth it for this result!  I picked out some tiny berries with a marker on the wreath...


Welcome Christmas stamp set; Very Vanilla and Old Olive CS; Real Red striped grosgrain; self adhesive rhinestone.

Still not done with those markers - these three I did with the retired Big on Christmas set.  I love to do a pop-up of the center image for added dimension.
Big on Christmas stamp set (retired); Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Real Red, Riding Hood Red CS; Letters to Santa DSP; Marina Mist grosgrain, Riding Hood Red taffetta ribbon; Northern Frost decorative strip die.

Anyone who has ever been to one of my classes KNOWS I am a total marker addict!  This year's Something for Christmas single stamp was clearly made JUST for me!  Here's a quick color card I did for this stamp - I love to color!

Something For Christmas stamp; Whisper White, Old Olive, Early Espresso, and Riding Hood Red CS, Letters to Santa DSP; Riding Hood Red taffetta ribbon.

Ah, a Christmas card designed with using up some retired scraps in mind!  CAS-ed this one from Renee van Stralen - I've wanted to use the bird die from the Holiday Movers & Shapers for forever!  And the glitter paper, too.  I can't tell you how many times I've fallen in love with something new and awesome from SU, and then I can't bear to actually use it - I must HOARD it, til that perfect application comes along!  So crazy...  These awesome products are made to be USED, darn it!

Brushed Gold, Real Red and Whisper White CS; Plant Hope and Four the Holidays stamp sets; Christmas Cocoa DSP (retired) and Red Glitter Paper; Gold Embossing Powder.