And I'm back again...Christmas in December?

 It is my goal this year to make 5 Christmas cards per month, so that by October I will be able to send out my own handmade Christmas cards. So far, I'm on track.  This idea came to me as I was falling asleep in bed one night.  They came together quickly and is a very clean and simple design(not my forte).  I do love the end result and was able to bust out 9 as it was so very easy. 

A little ink blending with distress oxide, a die cut edge and stamping the sentiment.  Voila. The die is from Paper Rose Studio.  Stamp is from thestampsoflife.com The sentiment comes from a set at Scrapbook.com

A serene birthday card

 This card was also a commissioned card.  I also knew the recipient.  I used his favorite color (yellow).  I used dies and embossing folders from my stash and did some ink swiping with distress oxide. I cut the tiny little deer using cricut DS .  The background paper is from paper rose studios.  I love their scene cardstocks.  Good for all thos masculine makes.  I stamped and  fussy cut the greeting. Those die cut trees are from a Tim Holtz set that I wanted forever and I do not regret the purchase one bit.   I think this card turned out very striking.  

Always a special place in my heart

I have always loved wiener dogs.  I have had this card designed in DS for years.  I finally made it and I love how it turned out.  I ink blended the background and used two of the moon stencils from Spellbinders. There is lots of sparkle in this card, which I can't capture in the picture.  I used a stardust glitter pen on the sentiment to give it some shine and the tiny clay bats were in a shaker mix I had in my stash.  Inside the card reads, "let's pawty" Adorable if I do say so myself!