Warm Winter Mittens

 Hello Everyone:  All of us at Creative Impressions trust that you had a lovely holiday with friends and family.  If it is as cold as it is here in Colorado, you are going to need those Winter mittens!

I used Creative Impressions stamp set TT216 Winter Sentiments to create this card.  I stamped the mittens in light blue, cut them out and placed a Sm. White Button 51000 on each of the mittens.  Then I set them aside.

I cut a piece of patterned pattern and adhered it to a dark red cardstock mat and then to a white card.  I cut a strip of coordinating patterned paper, backed it in dark red and adhered it to the card.  I cut a piece of the red cardstock and notched it to create a banner for the center of the card.  I stamped the sentiment on a piece of white cardstock scrap and notched the ends, finally adhering it to the card top using foam tape.

A lovely felt snowflake was then created using one of our Large Felt Winter Snowflakes in light blue (63021)  I added a Medium Winter White Felt Snowflake (63000) over the blue one and attached them together with a Lt Blue Large Round Paper Fastener (Winter 90904).  I adhered two short pieces of Magenta/White Baker's Twine (80707) to the back of the snowflake before adhering it to the dark red banner.

I took the previously created mittens and adhered them to the bottom of the Baker's Twine, then to the banner using foam tape.

That's it!  Not hard to make and sure to warm the hearts of all your friends and family this Winter!  Time to celebrate the beauty of Winter!

Susan

Merry Christmas from Creative Impressions

 Hello Everyone:  All of us here at Creative Impressions would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!  We are grateful for each and every one of our customers and friends!  We can sum up our feelings in this tag we would like to share with you!

This tag was created using Creative Impressions Stamp Set number  4567 Holiday Squares.                          The three different designs were stamped on a white cardstock panel with the sentiments stamped in the middle.  The panel was adhered to a red cardstock panel and then to a tag covered in a patterned paper.  Several ribbons were used, including 80335 Happy Holidays, Glimmer Ribbon 70250 Red and Gingham Ribbon in Red/Green 80249.                       .

We look forward to the New Year and wish you all Stockings that are Full, that your Christmas Season is Evergreen and we would like to share Our Love with you this Holiday.

All of us at Creative Impressions

Retro Holiday Joy

Hello Everyone:  Hopefully you all saw the Retro Christmas Tree card I made earlier.  I had so much fun going back in time creating that card, I decided to try another!

Have you ever tried making your own background paper?  Here is a very easy method to do it using Creative Impressions stamp from Set Y552.  I used the same stamp in red, light green and dark green, overlapping in places until the background was filled in.  It took very little time!  Isn't it amazing what such a small stamp can do?

I stamped "Holiday Joy" No. L118 with green and red permanent inks, on a white cardstock panel, cut it out, edged it with green ink and then matted it with a piece of red cardstock.  This piece was adhered over the background piece that was also matted with a red cardstock mat.

Before adhering the entire panel to a white card, I wrapped the left side of the panel with a piece of Evergreen 3/4 " Crepe  Ribbon.  I also created a Poinsettia using Creative Impressions felt Blossoms and Leaves ( Heritage 62102) along  with a mini Round center paper fastener (90112) to hold it all together and adhered it to the lower right corner of the card.

Here are the stamps used:

 

That's all there is to it!  Easy to make for everyone on your Christmas list!

Susan

Happy Holidays

Hello Everyone!  Today I would like to share two different but similar cards with you.  These can easily be mass produced so that everyone on your Christmas list receives one! 

Both of these sentiments are from Creative Impressions Polymer Stamp Set Number  Y566 Holiday Titles.                                        

I stamped the sentiments on a white cardstock panel and then stamped the holly and berries underneath Happy Holidays in the case of the first card and above and below the "Season's Greetings" on the second card.  I added a second strip panel from white cardstock with little ornaments all across the strip stamped in red from Creative Impressions set Y586 Wishes .  I hand drew some little black bows on each of the ornaments.

The second card is made from only one white cardstock panel.  After stamping the holly I stamped only one set of ornaments in red below the lower holly strip.  To finish this panel, I added red Stickles to the holly berries, cut the panel down and matted it with a piece of dark green cardstock.

The decorated cardstock panels on the first card were adhered to a piece of matted patterned paper adhered to a green cardstock panel and two strips of  Glimmer Ribbon (70250 Red) were added onto either side of the panel.  Then the  whole thing was adhered to a white card.

The second card is even more simple.  Just adhere the white panel to a dark green panel, a patterned paper panel, green cardstock and finally a white card.

Here are the stamp sets I used:

Hope you have enjoyed these two wonderful greetings for the holidays!

Susan