Typography Card Challenge

The challenge at Cards In Envy is "Typography" which means a card that has letters or words as the focus of the card.

Here is my card.

I used The Sounding Joy by Stampin Up. I heat embossed with white and used paper scraps from an old Bo Bunny Collection.

I was pleased how it turned out.

Thank you for taking a look!

Have a good one!

Gearing Up for Christmas

It's not early in the world of handmade cards to make Christmas cards. In fact many who make Christmas cards have been doing so since summer but not me. Granted I should have started then but well....I just wasn't feeling it yet.

I actually started "feeling it" the month of October and made a few.

Getting a new Christmas stamp set also helped motivate me to begin the process. This image is a Unity's October 2017 Sentiment Kit cakked "Cheerful Prancing". I heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum. I really like how it turned out.

I liked this one too. I heat embossed with silver on this card.

I did this card the same as the one above only this image is a Phyllis Harris design called "Unto Us". I've made cards with this one before. It is a large stamp and covers nearly the entire card. (if you use the standard A2).

I need a LOT more!

Have a good one!

Last of the Christmas Cards

This post will conclude the cards that I made for Christmas.

This card was just fun to make. Using a Stampin Up framelits diecut I made these ornaments out of glitter paper. The bow and string were made using another brand of wafer diecut.

The image and sentiment on this card are from a Stampin Up set. I inked with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with gold powder.

I just love this stamp. It is a Phyllis Harrison design called "Unto Us" and sold by Unity Stamp Co. I have colored the image in the past but for time sake decided to use Versa Mark ink and heat emboss with white powder. I really liked how it turned out!

This is a card I made and sent to Remi before she came for Christmas.

This is also a Phyllis Harris design and sold by Unity Stamp Co. called Christmas Surprise. I colored the image with my Copic Markers then cut out and used foam tape to give dimension. For some interest I used liquid pearls on the the fur of the Santa hat and glossy accents on the ribbon of the box.

I love this stamp set too! This is a Unity Stamp called "Lying in a Manger". I heat embossed this card using white and gold embossing powder.

I recently bought this stamp and it is quickly becoming a favorite! It is Arianna Girl by Unity Stamp Co. I used an embossing folder to create the textured background. I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss the outline of the angel.




I had a lot of fun making Christmas cards. I may make a few more to replenish my stash.


Have a good one!

More Christmas Cards

Here are some more Christmas cards that I made. I am wishing I had put the sentiment on plain paper as the words get lost in the holly leaves. The sentiment was heat embossed using gold and red embossing powders. The sentiment is from Stampin Up.
















I used scraps of Christmas paper on all these cards and was on a roll with heat embossing!


I wasn't very pleased with this card. I didn't think the design through very good. To me the star words and word "Joy" seem just "stuck on the card".

The sentiment on this card is a stamp from Stampin Up that I heat embossed with green embossing powder.

Another Stamp Up set using gold embossing powder.

This sentiment is also a Stampin Up set.

The word "Joy" is a Tim Holtz diecut. I used the diecut on the holly paper then used the diecut on silver glitter paper and paper pieced the word "joy".

This is a Unity stamp. I inked with Versa Mark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.



I have a few more to share but I'll save those for another post.


Have a good one!

Yes I Have Done Some Crafting

I really have done some crafting over the holidays. I made enough Christmas cards that Mother and I both sent out handmade cards. Some of you reading this were recipients of those cards.

This card was one of the first I made. I used scraps for this. This is a Unity stamp using Versa Mark ink and embossed with white powder. The white background was embossed using a Stampin Up embossing folder. I loved how it turned out.

I didn't mass produce any cards. At the most I made 4 or each design.

I had so much fun making this one. I used a Stampin Up embossing folder to create the background on this one but I took it a step farther and inked the poinsettia leaves and then with a red marker colored the berries. The sentiment is stamped with Versa Mark ink and embossed with red embossing powder.

This is a Stampin Up set. I inked with Versa Mark and used gold embossing powder for this elegant image and matted with gold paper.

I changed it up just a bit but it's basically the same card.

This one was fun to make too! The red stars I created using an embossing folder. The Star is a Stampin Up set. I used Versa Mark ink and white embossing powder. I then embossed with gold the word "Joy".

This paper was just too cute to do anything else to!

This card I made using a cut out. I have a Christmas tree diecut and I used the tree as a tag for a gift. I kept this part. I had a Stampin Up set that the words were in a shape of a tree. So I embossed the words in gold on green paper. It wasn't quite the same shape but I thought it worked.

I decided to do one in silver to see which one I liked better. I prefer the gold one.

I have more to share. Stay tuned!


Have a good one!