Warm Winter Wishes

I have a few important people on my Christmas Card list that don't celebrate Christmas.While I do have some snowflake stamps, I don't really have anything I feel like says "Hanukkah". So I went with a different approach with this cute Alpaca. I created the background with Stampin Up inks on Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point and Night of Navy. Then I stamped the snowflake with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The adorable Alpaca was colored with Copics markers. I ADDED glitter to the snow with Tombo Mono Multi liquid glue.

I really love how cute this turned out!

4 x 4 Card Gift Set

I created these sets of 4 x 4 note cards recently. I had found a tutorial for a set of 3x3 cards by craftycarolinecreates. I didn't really want to make all of those envelopes though!!! Also I already had some 4x4 envelopes on hand. So... I tweaked and measured and tweaked some more and came up with a box for 4x4 cards. The cards are actually smaller then 4x4 so they fit inside the envelopes.
So I made the one with the white snowflakes background first. I punched the snowflake out, then added a small glitter square only behind the snowflake. Then I made a second set with the versamark snowflakes, this time I used glimmer paper for the whole white piece. I used the snowflake punch from Stampin Up (now retured) on both sets. The set with the white snowflakes used Snow Swirled (retired Stampin Up). The versamark snowflake is from Serene Snowflakes (Retured SU). The sentiment on both is from More Merry Messages (Stampin Up). I am having fun with these sets so you will definitely see more of them!!!
I will be packaging them up in some pretty packaging and adding then to my Craft Show items.

Decorative Doily cards

I recently received May's Funstampers Journey Bloom box. The Bloom box comes with a full set of stamps and materials to make 4 cards. I have been wanting to get a stamp similar to this, so I was very excited to get it! Unfortunately I didnt have the color ink for the kit, so I used the stamps to make my own versions. I stamped the doilies in versamark then heat embossed them with white opaque embossing powder. I layered some of the cards on only a colored mat then the card, but then I decided to make some with the embossed piece on white then on the color before adding them to the card. In some carss I used twine and others I used satin ribbon.  I used sentiments from Stampin' Up's "For You" as well as "Elegant Cheer". The doilies are for a Funstampers Journey set that hasn't been released yet called "Decorative Doily".