Merry Christmas Keeping Christmas

September 25, 2018


WOW!  3 months until Christmas!  Time to get started on your stash!

I am honored to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge Design Team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe (off this month)

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins 

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth  

My cards are created on white card bases.  I found two different snowflake patterned papers in my stash and adhered them to the top of my base.  The white cover panel is created using the 

MFT Bold Stripes die.  I added a white stitched circle next.  

 The MFT Merry Christmas Circle die was used to cut out the sentiment.  The little snowmen are from Lawn Fawn Ready, Set, Snow stamp set.  I colored them with Copic Markers and added a white snow drift to complete the circle.  I stamped a few white snowflakes on the circle.  Sparkling clear sequins and Wink of Stella was added to complete my cards.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

Merry Christmas to My Deer Friend Keeping Christmas

August 25, 2018

WOW!  4 months until Christmas!  Time to get started on your stash!

I am honored to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge Design Team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins 

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth  (off this month)

Any one that knows me, knows I LOVE hippos.  When I saw this one at LaLaLand Stamps, I knew I had to have it!  The name of the set is Deck the Halls.  I stamped the hippos on Neenah Solar White with Memento black ink. I cut them out with my Scan N Cut machine.  I colored them with Copic Markers.  

I created the little houses using the Build-A-House die.  I made one in pink and one in green and alternated the windows on each house.  The background is created using a snow embossing folder.  I used border dies to create the snow banks and distressed the edges with ink.  

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  I added Wink of Stella for shine. 

I hope my hippos made you smile!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

Be Jolly Keeping Christmas

July 25, 2018

WOW!  5 months until Christmas!  Time to get started on your stash!

I am honored to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge Design Team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins 

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

I had so much fun creating this trio of cards.  

All of my cards are on a 5 X 5 white card base.  I dug through my box of Christmas papers and found these matching pieces.  I used the assembly line method and cut the backgrounds first.  I added two rectangles on each card base and mounted them on Lemon Lime Twist card stock.  

I stamped the snowmen in Memento black ink.  The stamp is from Artistic Outpost Frosty and Friends.  I trimmed the stamped image and added a background in Lemon Lime Twist card stock.   I used colored pencils to color the scarves and mittens.  

The sentiments were cut using the Lawn Fawn Winter Big Scripty word dies.  I cut "Be Jolly" and "Be Merry" four times and added Glossy Accents for lots of shine. 

Enamel Dots were added on all the cards. Each one has a personality of it's own.  I hope these make your smile! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

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It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Keeping Christmas

June 25, 2018

WOW!  6 months until Christmas!  Time is flying!

I am honored  to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden (on break)

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins (on break)

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Look closely and you will see the middle card is different in several ways.  Keep reading to find out how my mistake ended up making me happy!  Do you ever have that happen?  

All three cards are created using the Altenew Night Before Christmas stamp set.  I also used Ranger Distress Watercolor Paper to create the backgrounds.   I always use the assembly line system when I am creating multiple cards.  I used Pickled Raspberry, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks to create the backgrounds using the smooshing method.  I let those dry for a while then flicked a few white paint splatters to look like snow.  I also flicked some water to distress the ink.  

I stamped the first two trees using MFT JellyBean Green ink.  I stamped several times using my Misti to get good coverage.  I then adhered the panel to a matching background and card base and added clear sparkling sequins to complete the card.  

The last card was a mistake that turned out great.  First, I stamped the tree with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  You could not see any of the words, so I decided to reink the tree with Versa Mark and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.  The words still didn't show, but I loved the look of the tree.  I added the sequins and this completed the card.  

I am thrilled to have three more cards to add to my Christmas stash.  

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

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Believe Keeping Christmas

May 25, 2018

I am honored  to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

I have owned this folk art Santa for years and still love him.  He is from Papertrey Inks "Believe" stamp set.  I started my cards using the assembly line process.  I cut the Crumb Cake top panel using a stitched SSS rectangle die.  I used the smaller size to cut a frame in each panel.  I used embossing paste and a stencil to create the inside snow.  It gave the snow texture.  

While those sections dried, I work on paper piecing the Santa suits. I used a few scraps I found in my stash.  I made two alike and one different.  I used a Copic C1 Marker to add color to the fur and Santa's beard.  The "Believe" is from the same stamp set and stamped in black on each frame.  I thought the card needed more so, I used the Honey Bee Snow Birds set for the snowflakes and white ink to stamp the  snow flakes on the frames.  

I decided to mount each one a different card base.  I used Basic Black, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler for the bases.  The Santa's were adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I found these snowflakes embellishments in my stash.  They are from Tim Holtz. I attached them with glue dots and added a twine bow.  I really think the different colors gives a totally different personality to the Santas.  Which one do you like best?  

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

May Your Heart Be Filled With Light---Keeping Christmas

April 25, 2018

I am honored  to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

I love retro Christmas lights so I looked through my stamps and decided to use these fun sets by The Stamps Of Life.  Lights4 Christmas and Extra4 Lights.

My card is created on a white card base.  I used a scalloped die to cut the blue and green layers. 

The top white rectangle is cut with a stitched rectangle die.   Using Salty Ocean Distress Ink, I applied ink with  a stencil brush to the background.  I stamped the sentiment with black Memento ink. 

The lights were stamped in the same black ink.  The patterns were stamped in red, green and yellow inks.  I fussy cut the prices and adhered them to the light bases.  I colored the top of the lights with Copic Markers.  I used C1, C3 and C6.  I added Wink of Stella for shine.  I cut a silver glitter strip by hand for the string to hang the lights.  Clear sparkling sequins were added for fun.  This card was so easy to create in the assembly line method and I plan to make a few more for my stash.  It is a happy card and sure to make someone smile! 

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire

May Your Days Be Merry & Bright Keeping Christmas

March 25, 2018

I am honored  to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

It's time for this month's installment of Keeping Christmas with The Challenge design team!  We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

My cards are created on white card bases.  I used the Simon Says Stamps Brilliant Gifts Die to create the packages.  I cut the die twice using gold and silver glitter paper making sure to save all the negative spaces.  I adhered the outline of the gifts on each card base with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive  and then added in all the negative spaces on both cards alternating the silver and gold pieces of the packages.  This took about 15 minutes.  

Using my Misti, I stamped the sentiment from The Ton Holiday Lyrics in black Memento ink.  I added gold stars and rhinestones to complete my cards.  These were so easy to create and I love all the shine and glimmer!  I plan to make a few more for my 2018 Christmas stash! 

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire