Harry and Ron Sweater Christmas Cards

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Today I am sharing a Christmas card that I made for a Harry Potter themed exchange. For this card, I used some older dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. This Winter Sweater Die from Joset is still one of my favorite dies. I can be made to look like a normal sweater or an "ugly" sweater. I this case, I made them with inspiration of the sweaters that Ron's mum made for Harry and Ron.  For the sentiment, I used dies from an older Merry Christmas and Happy New Year die sets. 

For the intended receipients, one likes Ravenclaw and the other likes Hufflepuff. I made sure to use coordinating background papers for each house and then sealed the envelopes with coordinating stickers.  I have also used a stamp from my stash to stamp Hogwarts on the envelope. 

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Farm Animal Christmas Card

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Today I am sharing a little more Christmas inspiration.  This time, I am using dies from KB Riley LLC and created a slimline card.  For the front of the card, I kept it pretty simple. I have used the Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Shadow dies.

Here is the inside of the card. I have used the new Little Labels Pop-Up die set for my pop up mechanism. The characters used are from the Chicken, Pig, and Lamb die set along with the Cow and Goat Die set. In the hands of the lamb and goat, I have used elements from the Holiday Charms die set. I have also used the gnome hats which I have trimmed down to fit the height of my slim line card. 

Here is a close up of the sentiment. It was cut using letters from the Alphabet die set. 

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Gingerbread Train

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Today I am sharing a little more Christmas inspiration. As soon as I saw this set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, I knew I wanted to make a gingerbread train.  Here is the front of the card.  I used the Dotted Background die which I inked with Distress Inks before cutting. In the holes that were cut out, I heat embossed them with Sparkle and Puff from Stampendous. For the train itself, I used kraft cardstock with a bit of inking. I really wanted the effect of gumdrops on the train so I added some glossy accents with Tim Holtz Rock Candy glitter. This combination make for awesome sugary objects. The sprinkles were cut with different colors of glitter cardstock. The engine comes with peppermint wheels. I wanted to carry that theme throughout the train, so I added the small wheel to the train cars. For the "icing" on the train, I once again heat embossed with Sparkle and Puff. 

With the "sweet" front of the card, I used a simple sentiment to compliment the front of the card. 

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A Snowy Scene

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Today I am sharing one of my recent card makes.  For this card, I have decided to go with a snowy scene. Here is the front of the card. This card features dies from KB Riley. I have used the Merry Christmas Die along with it shadow layer. I have also used the Long Nature Edges and some elements from the Outdoor Scene dies. 

On the inside of the card, I have used the Garden Bench Pop-up and the Street Lantern Pop-up dies. For a place to write a message, I have used the new Labels- Crosshatch die set. What is special about the inside is the fact that it lights up. I have used the ED Lights in each of the lamp posts.

Here is the card all lit up. So much fun! 

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Gnome Snow Globe Shaker

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Now that the other holidays are out of the way, I can finally buckle down and get some Christmas Cards completed.  I have decided to make a gnome shaker card for this card. I cut the shaker 5 times out of heavy white cardstock. I glued 4 of these together and to make a sturdy and thick base. I then inked a background and some of the globe knockouts with Distress Inks. I used Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch, Prize Ribbon, and Chipped Sapphire. I then took my Distress Mica stains in Empty Tomb and Snow Flurries for the card background layer. For the globe knockouts, I omitted the use if the Empty Tomb. Using the accessory dies from Snow Globe die set, I cut a few snowflakes from the inked knockout pieces. For the gnome, I cut him out using the colored cardstock. I also cut the hat from Elizabeth Craft Designs Adhesive Velvet sheets in red and white. I also cut out trees and the landscape from the Winter Scenery dies set.  I adhered the frame pieces to the inked background and filled with shaker embellishments. I sealed it with a piece of acetate and topped with the fifth frame. 

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Thanksgiving Birthday

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Every now and then, my Mother's birthday falls on Thanksgiving. Today I am her birthday card that I made. I really wanted to include a turkey on it, but not have a true Thanksgiving card.  I used dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs to make this project.  

For the card, I decided to go for a slimline design. On the front I have used the Turkey die. The fence and the landscape background we made using the Adventure Edges die. For the fence, I used wood paper from Arc paper and die cut with the fence die. The leaves are accessory dies that come with the turkey die. I have also added corn stalks from Corn Field die set. Another die used is the slimline landscape frame from the new Winter Scenery die set. 

Here is the inside of the card.  I just layered the answer to the riddle from the card on a glitter cardstock along with a patterned paper from Simple Stories. 

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Up Up and Away Tag

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Today I am sharing a tag that I made for a Facebook group swap. We have a theme requiring the inclusion if a hot air balloon to be somewhere on the tag. I used the Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells paper. The paper is full of balloons. I have also added coordinating flowers which I made using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Florals 1 and Florals 11. The doll is from Julie Nutting. 

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