Day 12 - 25 Cards for Christmas

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So I obviously missed a few days (oops) and I'm trying to get back on track. Today's card was made using a die set from Sizzix and the 'Home For the Holidays" Stamp TV Kit from Gina K Designs. The patterned paper is retired from SU, the Tree Embossing folder is also SU. I also the Cardinal Punch from Martha Stewart. 

The below picture shows the sentiment and snowflake stamp (with coordinating die) that came with the kit. Thanks for stopping by, Hugs ~ LJ 

Day 7 - 25 Days of Christmas Cards

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It's time for another Christmas Card. I'm one week into my challenge - still posting cards every day (pats self on the back) I don't think I have ever posted 7 straight days so yay me. HA!

Today's card is fairly simple. I used the latest MOJO Monday Sketch (which is also the last sketch of the year). The stamp set i used was Holiday Button Bits from PaperTreyInk. I love this set. It makes the cutest cards.

You can see all of the cards I have created for this challenge by clicking on the 25CardsForChristmas tag/label at the bottom of this post!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~LJ

Day 6 - 25 Days of Christmas Cards

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Here again with another Christmas card. Today I went into my stash of neglected Christmas stamps (I have a few) :) and pulled out one of my old ElzyBells. For those that don't know, ElzyBells were cute little stamps that were made in the UK (I think) until about 3-4 years ago when the lady that owned them went out of business :( Sad. These are really cute images. Anyway, this is one of my favorite images, I kept the card pretty simple - as the image is pretty big. Hard to see, but there is silver and red bling on the tree (all of the ornaments have bling on them)

I remember always seeing Elzybells with blonde hair for some reason, so this one has brown hair.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs LJ

DAY 5 - 25 Days of Christmas Cards

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Happy Monday! We had close to 5" of snow here yesterday (officially 5'7" in the city of Madison) so I thought it would be fun to share a "cool" penguin snow card today.  I used images from Lawn Fawn' SNOW COOL set. Thankfully I remembered to order the coordinating dies when I got this set - they make these fun scenes so much easier! My penguin stamp collection has grown a little bit over the past couple of years. My friend Donna loves penguins so I am always looking for new penguin stamps to use on cards. They are a pretty cute animal. 

All of the patterned paper is from last years SU! Holiday Mini Catalog (so it's retired). I used a scalloped card base from my stash. The stitched hillside borders and the square stitched die are also from Lawn Fawn. I heat embossed the white snow with White EP from SU!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs ~ LJ

Day 4 - 25 Days of Christmas

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It's day 4 of 25 cards for Christmas - It's been really fun so far pulling out my Christmas stamps and creating a Christmas Card every day. Today's card is on the fun side, using a limited edition set that Simon Says Stamps put out last year by Lawn Fawn called "Merry Christmouse". They brought back the set this year for a limited time and it already sold out, but if you would like to see the entire set CLICK HERE

Below is what else I used on my card:

Cardstock: Gumball Green, Real Red, SU White
Patterned Paper: Retired SU DSP from my stash
Other: Spellbinders Card Builder Dies, SU Scallop Edge Punch, Red/white twine (Maya Road), Dimensionals, Copics

You can see the rest of my cards so far by scrolling down or clicking on the "25CardsForChristmas" label below.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Day 3 - 25 Days of Christmas

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Today is Day 3 of 25 Days of Christmas - and I'm sharing a card I made with the latest StampTV Kit 

from Gina K Designs  (Home for the Holidays). The stamp sets that were included in this kit are now available separately, and I have used stamps from two sets - Music Background and Christmas Greenery. You can find both sets HERE. For the music back ground stamp, it was easier for me to lay the stamp down on the ivory cardstock, carefully flip it over, and rub over it with a bone folder. I got a really clean impression that way. Larger photopolymer stamps work great for this technique. 

The background stamp was stamped with Gina K Fresh Asparagus ink and the sentiment is stamped with Gina K Cherry Red Ink. Patterned paper is all from an Authentique 6X6 Pad (Joyous Collection).  Most of the shapes/border was cut with Spellbinder's dies I recently got the Spellbinders Card Creator dies (both sets) and I love them. I found them at a really good price on OverStock.com. I used the SU Bird Builder punch as well. The bird's wing is popped up on a dimensional. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

Day 2 - 25 Days of Christmas

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Happy Friday! And it's Day #2 of 25 Christmas Cards! 

My card today uses one of the Tim Holtz Blueprint Christmas Tree Stamp/Die combo sets. I picked this up earlier in the year with my 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby! I love how the tree can be layered! All of the patterned paper is from Crate Paper (6x6 Peppermint Collection). 

I will have tomorrow's card posted a little earlier! :)

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ