For Quick & Easy cards finish the ones you already started.

OK so maybe you don't have as many unfinished cards stashed away as I do.  I have two of these drawers filled with the extra kits I cut just in case for classes and workshops.

I think we all have cards, particularly Christmas cards that we started and have yet to finish.

Here's a photo of nine Thank you cards, some that started out as kits for my Male Themed $3 Cardmaking Day earlier in the year.  So don't think that because it started out as a particular themed card that it has to stay that way.

I can never have too many Thank You cards.

Christmas Card Wednesday - Color Me Christmas Quick & Easy

I had a lovely Craft At Keryn's this morning mostly chatting with my ladies.  Right at the end Linda had stamped the present from the Color me Christmas stamp set along the bottom of a piece of Whisper White cardstock in Real Red ink.  The images really jumped off the page at me and I knew they'd make a very simple but fun Christmas Card.

These are the cards that Linda and I designed to put together later.  It will be interesting to see if what Linda saw in her head is what I saw in mine.

This is how I lined my presents up using my clear mount stamp set.  It would work the same way with a wood mount stamp set and of course for absolutely perfect placement you would use a Stamp a Ma Jig.

I placed my clear mount present stamp in the centre of a C sized clear block.  Lining the bottom left corner of the block with the bottom left corner of the cardstock I stamped my first impression in Real Red classic ink.  I followed that by lining the left hand side of the block with the edge of the image just stamped and the bottom of the block with the bottom edge of the cardstock to stamp the second and third images.

I've added a selection of Brights Candy Dots and Rhinestone Jewels to embellish my cards.  You could use whatever you have to hand.

I used: - 
Color Me Christmas Stamp Set - 131742 (wood), 131745 (clear)
Sassy Salutations Stamp Set - 132070 (wood), 126707 (clear)
Real Red Cardstock - 106578
Whisper White Cardstock - 106549
Real Red Classic Ink - 126949
Rhinestone Basic Jewels - 119246
Brights Candy Dots - 130931


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Christmas Card Wednesday - Quick and Easy Tag It

Today I really needed to make a Quick & Easy Christmas Card for you.  Who knew that having a kitchen installed took up so much time when someone else was using the tools.

The quick and easiest cards are those where you can  stamp an image and cut it out with a matching set of framelits.  

I stamped the Santa Image twice using Stazon Jet Black ink and a Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad and left the Black one complete cutting it out with the Chalk Tag framelits.  For the red one I trimmed around the inside of the frame with my paper trimmer and stuck it back over the black image after sponging round the edge with matching ink.

The Tag It stamp set has images for all occasions and they  match the 'Chalk Talk' framelits.  One of the best things about the Tag It stamp is $3.00 from every set purchased is donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Click on the images above or Email me to order the Tag It Stamp Set or Chalk Talk framelits.

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Birthday Verson of Yesterday's Christmas Card

Do you ever need to make a card in about 15 minutes?  I did yesterday.

I didn't know how quickly I was going to need to change my card design for a different occasion when I wrote my post yesterday.  I got invited out yesterday for lunch for my Sister's Birthday.  While I knew it was her Birthday and had the present all sorted, you guessed it, I hadn't made a card.

Her gift already came in a box so to jazz it up a bit I quickly cut the pieces for a bow using the Gift Bow Die to match the card.  So easy!!  If you have a Big Shot you need one of these for decorations for all occasions too.

I used: - 
Four You Stamp Set - 130535 (wood), 130538 (clear)
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad - 126945
Pumpkin Pie A4 Cardstock - 108601
Whisper White A4 Cardstock - 106549
Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper - 130141
Brights Candy Dots - 130931
Big Shot Die Cut Machine - 113439
Gift Bow Bigz L Die - 129977

Everything used to make this project can be purchased through me. Click on the 'Shop 24/7' button below or Email me to place your order. 

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