12 Days of Christmas - Winter Fell Gently Over the Land

The final card this month was a last minute purchase from The Hungry JPEG

I try not to spend a lot of money on graphic files (because, trust me, my shopping cart can get a little out of control!) but as soon as I saw this one, I HAD to have it.

you can check out the bundle here

As before, I created the whole scene in Silhouette Studio. I drew a 5x7 rectangle first, to limit the size of my card.

I added a deer silhouette, fill-patterned him, and added a phrase to to front of the card.

Merry Christmas everyone, thank-you for taking time out of your busy days to visit me on the blog.

I will see you in January xo

12 Days of Christmas - Reindeer are always in Fashion

Merry Christmas my Deers!

I purchased this wonderful graphics pack from the Hungry jpeg. 

I created a pink subtle background and layered the deers in a "runway" pattern.

I love Silhouette Design studio for creating layered graphics. I don't have Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator (which I'm sure might be easier)

Quick, simple, and lots of fun. 

see you soon - one more post for the "12 days of Christmas".

12 Days of Christmas - Nostalgia in a box

 Hello my friends
We are getting so close to Christmas, I don't know where the time is going.  I am certainly not ready yet, but somehow I manage to pull it off every year.
Aren't these fun?  When Tim Holtz premiered these back in the fall, I knew I wanted these box tops.
I didn't have the wooden boxes for the bottom, so I made my own with cardstock. (that's the most math I've done in a while LOL!)

I have a bunch of miniature things in my stash. The old sled and mini ornaments were perfect for this little box. The retro paper background is from Carta Bella.

I colored Santa and the reindeer with Copic markers and antiqued them with espresso distress paint.

This guy turned out pretty cool, same idea, I colored him with Copic markers and dabbed a little white paint on his neck area.

My other tropical project I made this year. Those flamingos are so cute standing on the mid century modern home. Image from Retro Christmas Card Company.

and finally, a jolly santa wishing you a Merry Christmas (print 'n cut image from Silhouette design store)

12 Days of Christmas - Jolly Jellyfish

hello again,
you didn't think I could go all season without making something tropical did you?  Hahaha, of course not.
I was inspired by a really pretty glass ornament I bought at Michael's. I wanted to make my own jellyfish ornaments, but I was trying to figure out the cut file that would work the best.
so this is what I came up with...
SVGCuts.com - Cotton Tail Village

I cut the top of the mushroom, embossed the panels and painted it with a gorgeous aqua/pink shimmery paint (Prima). A lunch time shopping trip to the local fabric store found me these great sequin trim pieces. 

I added liquid pearls and some iridescent sequins to the "body"

I think these turned out pretty fabulous. They are pictured here on my Christmas tree.

See you soon

12 Days of Christmas - Yuletide Box Cards

Mary, you rock! I have said that many times before though. I was super excited to see the latest release from SVGCuts.com.

you can check out the kit and assembly tutorial here.

there's my favourite embossing folder again...

and on the house trim.  I used dimensional glossy white paint to mimic icing.

which one is your favorite? 

thanks for looking see you soon...

12 Days of Christmas - Block Letters Too

Here is part 2 of the block letter cards I made.
This time I cut everything out in white cardstock and added distress inks to color the base of the cards.
I love using fun pictures on my cards. Look at that dog - he's adorable.

ok, I am on a roll, slowly catching up (I think)  see you soon.

12 Days of Christmas - Block Letters

ahh I am so behind!!! Working full-time and getting this stupid cold has put my blogging time out of sync.  Anyway...

I cut these block letter cards on my Silhouette Machine, after designing the layout in Silhouette Studio.  I offset the word to create a card base.
The O was cut out separately so I could make a "frame" for the picture.
I used my favorite embossing folder beaded garland to add a little texture to the card
Lastly, I cut out a holly shape just to embellish the card.

here it is again in a different color.  See you soon...

photos courtesy of Pinterest. (not for resale)