Vintage Christmas card using Martha Stewart Holly Combo punch

Hi and thanks for visiting my little world :-)

I couldn't help myself - I just HAD to do another one of "my style" Vintage Christmas cards incorporating my gorgeous Martha Stewart Holly Combo punch. Now I don't do all the distressed, ripped and torn edges and rough stitching etc that other Vintage cardmakers do; that's not really my "thing" - so this is just my take on what I perceive as Vintage-style.

The image is from the Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD which I printed onto white cardstock with my Canon printer using the High Quality setting then added some red glitter to all the holly berries. This main image is up on 1mm mounts. The Vintage diecut corners are from my Cuttlebug Vintage Die set and these are up on 2mm mounts.

Because I LOVE lots of texture on my cards, I ran my designer paper thru my Cuttlebug using the Holly Berries embossing folder - although you can't really tell now that the ribbon covers it LOL! I ran the burgundy cardstock underneath the Holly border thru my Cuttlebug too using the Textile embossing folder. I did run the cardstock thru twice as the square of cardstock was bigger than the embossing folder - didn't really need to match up the pattern - I just wanted the appearance of texture around the edges.

I did 'age' each layer including the image and sentiment panel quite heavily with Antique Linen Distress Ink and a seasponge.

The sentiment was stamped with Burgundy pigment ink and heat-embossed. To do the holly on the sentiment panel, I punched a scrap of dark olive cardstock with the Holly corner punch, then used my small curved-blade scissors to cut a little section off and neaten up the curves/stems to make it look better. I punched three tiny circles from burgundy cardstock using my Doily Lace punch as the leftover circles after using the punch were the perfect size. Of course, if you didn't have this punch, you might have another border punch that leaves little leftover circles - I just didn't have a circle punch THAT tiny for the berries. I always love to look at the leftovers of what my border punches punch out - often you can get useful little things to use like little hearts or circles, or even snowflakes. I added some red glitter to the holly berries too. This panel is up on 1.5mm mounts.

The gorgeous silk ribbon was attached in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made with my Bow Easy.

I popping this card into the Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use it Challenge WT233 of 'Very Vintage'. See this link for the deets.

Well, phew - that's about it. Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps - Very Vintage Christmas clear stamp set

Ink: Versacolor Burgundy pigment, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress

Designer paper: Basic Grey Fruitcake FRU-600 Holly Berries/Spearmint (retired)

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Holly Berries + Textile embossing folders, Cuttlebug Vintage Die set, Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities, clear embossing powder, heat-gun, 1mm/1.5mm/2mm mounts (dimensionals), Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Bow Easy, Silk ribbon 1.25"/32mm wide, seasponge, red glitter, Cardstock: white, buttermilk, dark olive and burgundy

Punches: Martha Stewart Holly combo + Doily Lace edge

Vintage Christmas Greetings from the Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hi and thanks for stopping by :-) I have scheduled this post because I have a very busy week ahead. Plus I need to make a few cards over the next few days - including a 90th male birthday card - and I haven't a clue what to do - I shall need to put on my thinking-cap for that one!!

Today's post is another Fat Cat's Design Team Vintage Christmas card made using an image from the NEW Vintage Christmas Debbi Moore Image CD. See this link to the CD at Fat Cat's Card Corner.

I enlarged my image a little, then printed it onto white cardstock using the easy-to-follow directions on the CD and selected the "best" quality print for my Canon printer. So quick and easy when you don't need to colour anything in!! :-)

Not sure if you can see in the photo, but I added some very fine red glitter to the holly berries on the image.

All the Designer papers are free digital August downloads from Bearly Mine Designs. I ran the red dp thru my Cuttlebug using the Textile embossing folder just to add a bit of interest, but you could use any CB folder eg: script, Deb Devine, etc to get the same effect.

Each card layer has Tim Holtz Linen Distress ink sponged around the edges to darken them.

The fancy corners are from the Cuttlebug Vintage Die set and the tag is from the Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die set.

Thanks again for stopping by - have a great weekend!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Sentiment from Hot off the Press 'Christmas Art' HOTP 1006 clear stamp set

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Deep Green, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress

Designer paper: Bearly Mine Designs - free digital download August

Accessories: Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Cuttlebug, Vintage Die set, Tiny Tags Die set, Textile embossing folder, seasponge, red satin ribbon, pale gold ribbon, 3 x Kaiserscrapbook pearls, .008 fine red glitter, Designer Dries Clear adhesive (for glitter), Cardstock: green, white, cream

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer card using Stamp-It Reindeer Text stamp

 

Hello and thanks for dropping by :-)

I whipped up a simple card using a lovely vintage stamp from Stamp-It Australia called "Reindeer Text".  You can find the stamp here at Fat Cat's Card Corner.  It was stamped onto cream cardstock with Vintage Sepia ink and then diecut using the newly-released Spellbinder Eyelet Square Nestabilities.  The nestie fitted the image perfectly (don't you love it when that happens?!).  These nesties are not on Fat Cat's website yet, but keep an eye out:  I'm sure they will be soon.

I heavily distressed the image with Antique Linen ink and a seasponge (as are all the layers on the card) and the image panel is up on 1mm mounts (dimensionals).  I added a little red rhinestone to his nose - check it out with this close-up:

If you don't have such a tiny rhinestone, you could just use some Red Stickles instead.  My rhinestone actually came from one of those little Basic Grey bling pictures - I like them because they usually have some very tiny rhinestones on them and are smaller than the Kaiser rhinestone sets. 

The ribbon came from Kenny's Cardiology (you will find this store at most larger Australian shopping centres) - where I buy my DD her Beanie (Kids) bears.  When I was in there the other day, I noticed that they had a stand of rolls of wide ribbon, so being a ribbon-a-holic, I had to get some LOL.  I love the sparkles in this particular ribbon - think I might get some more...... ;-)  The ribbon was attached in 2 separate elements, and the bow itself was made with my Bow Easy.

Challenges:

I am entering this card into 2 Challenges.  The first is Allsorts Challenge Blog where this week's challenge #73 is 'Inspiration from a Song Title'  Well, of course it's Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (bet you're singing it now.....).  The other Challenge is Papertake Weekly Challenge which is 3 of a Kind - which can be anything like 3 papers, 3 buttons etc.  I have used just 3 colours on my card:  cream, brown and red.

Thanks for stopping by - hope to see you again soon!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stamp-It Australia 'Reindeer Text' 3902E (self-cling rubber stamp)

Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress

Designer paper:  Kaisercraft 'Be Merry' 6 x 6 pad

Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Eyelet Square Nestabilities, tiny red rhinestone, seasponge, 1mm mounts (dimensionals), Bow Easy, ribbon 1-1/2" - 38mm wide, Cardstock:  brown, red, cream

Punches:  Stampin' Up corner punch

ATC Christmas Collection Vintage card

Hello and welcome to my Blog :-)

I had this idea going around in my head to make a Design Team card for Fat Cat's Card Corner with my NEW Martha Stewart Holly Leaves Combo punch and have the holly leaves as the main border around the card, and this is what I came up with.  No stamping or colouring on this card which is a great time-saver.

I started with a 5 inch square piece of green cardstock, then following the directions on the back of the packaging, I punched the corners first, then the sides.  It all worked out first go (phew!!).  I then cut off one side of the punched cardstock (so then I had 3 sides with holly leaves), and attached the panel to a white square card to make the card a top-opening card.  I did have to cut the white card down a little so that none of the white cardstock showed through the green holly borders.   Gee, I hope that makes sense!  Drop me an email if it doesn't!!

The gorgeous Vintage image is from a little pad called: ATC Collection - Christmas by Leisure Arts.  See this pic of the pad:

The pad is about 65mm wide x 90mm long (or 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" if you are imperial)  and there are 2 of each image.  See this link here to the ATC Vintage Pads/Booklets at Fat Cat's Card Corner.  There are all different types: pets, men, oriental, women etc.   I did cut down my image a little then heavily distressed it with Antique Linen Distress ink and a seasponge.  I then added some fine red glitter to all the berries.  I used a pin to dob tiny little dots of Designer Dries clear adhesive so I didn't end up with giant blobs and a big mess.  This panel is up on 1mm mounts (dimensionals).

I aged/distressed all the other parts of the card using the same Antique Linen ink.

I ran the designer paper thru my Cuttlebug using the Holly Ribbons embossing folder - I just wanted to have some extra texture to the card.  Note that this folder is the LARGER size to regular ef's, ie: this one is 5" x 7".   The designer paper is retired now but there are so many gorgeous Vintage papers out there that you would easily find a substitute.

The ribbon is made of silk and was attached in 2 separate elements to the card, and the bow itself was made with my Bow Easy.

I'm popping this card into the Splitcoaststampers 'Ways to Use It' Challenge WT289 of Holiday Headstart where you can make any sort of holiday card, eg: Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.

Thanks again for stopping by - back in a few days with another card.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  None

Ink:  Tim Holtz 'Antique Linen' Distress 

Designer paper:  Basic Grey Fruitcake FRU-600 Holly Berries/Spearmint (retired)

Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Holly Ribbons embossing folder, ATC Collection Christmas pad, silk ribbon 1-1/4" - 31mm wide, Bow Easy, 1mm mounts (dimensionals), fine red glitter, Designer Dries Clear adhesive (for glitter), seasponge, Cardstock: white, dark olive, burgundy

Punches:  Martha Stewart Holly Leaves Combo

Vintage Card #5 from the Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hi and welcome to my world :-)  Now that the school holidays are almost over, I am hoping to go back to my usual blog posting of Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

This is my 5th Design Team Vintage Christmas card from the Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD available from Fat Cat's Card Corner.  If this particular image looks familiar, it's because I made a card using it just over a month ago - see here.  But the main difference between that card and this one, is I did no distressing or aging on this one. 

I printed the image onto textured cream cardstock using the "Best" quality on my Canon printer - it looks like an oil painting up close - then added Christmas red stickles to the berries on Santa's hat.  If you look closely, you can see that the sun captured a little bit of the sparkle.

The background embossing was done with a gorgeous Cuttlebug folder 'Holly with Berries'.  I LOVE this folder - it is so pretty.

The bottom border was made with an old temperamental Woodware punch which was almost impossible to line up to get a perfect edge which made me grumpy 'cos I wasted alot of cardstock to get an edge that I still wasn't happy with {sigh}.  Love the design - but it's not worth the angst!  I have a Martha Stewart Around the page Holly Leaves punch from Fat Cat's Card Corner on order which I will get in the mail next week - I CAN'T WAIT to get it so I can kick my other punch to kingdom-come LOL!

I added the red pearls on the punched border so you would look at them instead of the uneven punching!

The GIANT pearl on the ribbon is not actually a pearl - it is a 30+ years old button which I inherited from a haberdashery shop my family had back in the 1970's.  I have quite a button collection......  All I did with this red pearl button was cut off the shank and glue it to the ribbon.  Just goes to show you should never throw anything out............

The sentiment was heat-embossed with gold embossing powder, and both the image and sentiment are up on mounts (dimensionals).

I'm popping this card into the Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use it Challenge WT289 of 'Holiday Headstart' where you can make any sort of holiday card.

Thanks again for stopping by - I'll be back in a few days!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Sentiment - Waltzingmouse 'Very Vintage Christmas' clear set

Ink:  Versacolor Gold pigment

Designer paper:  Cosmo Cricket 'Jolly by Golly' 6 x 6 Mini deck

Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, cream grosgrain ribbon, Bow Easy, mounts (dimensionals), Christmas red stickles, gold embossing powder, heat-gun, red pearls, red pearl button, Cardstock: cream textured, buttercream, soft sage green, soft red

Punches:  Woodware Holly leaf border punch

Vintage Holiday Wishes from the NEW Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hi there - thanks for popping into my little world :-)

I made another Design Team card for Fat Cat's Card Corner using one of the many images on the Debbi Moore 'Vintage Christmas' CD that they sent me.  I think this image is my favourite - I LOVE the colours!  I enlarged the image a little then printed it onto buttermilk-coloured textured cardstock instead of white cardstock, and oh my gosh - it looks like an oil painting IRL - like it was painted onto canvas!  See my other photo below for a close-up and you will see what I mean - and you can even click on the photo for a bigger looky!

I added some tiny dots of AI adhesive to the holly berries on Santa's garland, then sprinkled on fine red glitter.  Each layer on the card has had Antique Linen ink sponged around the edges; the main image panel and sentiment are up on mounts (dimensionals).

It was SO HARD to cut into the 'Jolly by Golly' designer paper.  I bought it last season, but hadn't used it yet - I love it so much - I think I'll have to buy some more "just to look at" LOL!

The gorgeous sentiment is from a beautiful stamp set called "Very Vintage Christmas" by Waltzingmouse Stamps which is based in Ireland, but they post worldwide.  This is one of my favourite Christmas stamp sets and the fonts are so perfect for Vintage style cards.  The sentiment was heat-embossed with gold embossing powder.

Here is a close-up of the red glitter and textured buttermilk cardstock:

I'm popping this card in the Splitcoaststampers 'Ways to use it' Challenge WT274 of 'Sweet child' where you are to incorporate an image with a 'sweet child image'.  What can be sweeter than a child at Christmas who believes in the magic of Santa?  Santa even left a little piece of his red suit and white fur at our home last year when he sat down at our dining room table to eat his milk and cookies!  Amazing!

I am also popping this card into 2 other Challenges:

One is the Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge Blog where this week's Challenge #37 is to use your border punches.  I used the Arch Lattice edge punch on mine - one of my favourite punches to use on Christmas cards.

And the other Challenge is A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge blog where this week's Challenge #117 is 'Christmas in August'.

Thanks again for stopping by - hope to see you again soon!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Waltingmouse 'Very Vintage Christmas' clear stamp set

Ink:  Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink, Versacolor gold pigment ink

Designer paper:  Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly 6 x 6 Mini Deck

Punches:  Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edge

Accessories:  Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities, sea sponge, mounts (dimensionals), .008 fine red glitter, Art Institute Designer Dries clear adhesive, Ribbon by Bella Ribbonz, Bow Easy, gold embossing powder, heat gun, cardstock: duck-egg blue, strawberry, buttermilk textured

Another vintage card from the NEW Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hi and thanks for stopping by :-)

I made another DT card for Fat Cat's Card Corner using an image from the Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD.  I was playing around with the settings on my camera today and discovered that you can tell the camera to photograph using "low colour" and "high colour".  I have always had trouble photographing cards with red as the red seems to overwhelm the rest of the photo and editing it in my software program didn't improve the card hardly at all - if you toned down the red, the rest of the card looked washed out.  So this card used the "low colour" setting and the sparkly red ribbon didn't overwhelm the card.  Yay!!   I still need to play around a bit more, but it's an improvement at least.

The main panel is up on 2mm mounts (dimensionals).  The fancy corner on the top RHS is a diecut from my Cuttlebug Vintage Die set.  Not much to explain about the card really - WYSIWYG.  Just a simple card that would be quick and easy to make a few of.

The gorgeous designer paper is from a digital set made by Designer Digitals called "Old Time Christmas No. 3 Kit".

If you have any questions, please feel free to Email me - my addy is on the top LHS of my Blog.

Thanks again for stopping in - see you again soon!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Sentiment from Hot off the Press 'Christmas Art' HOTP 1006 clear stamp set

Ink:  Colorbox Chalk Deep Green

Designer paper:  Designer Digitals 'Old Time Christmas No. 3 Kit'

Accessories:  Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Cuttlebug, Vintage Die set, Tiny Tags Die set, cream lace, red sequin ribbon, pale gold ribbon, 2mm mounts (dimensionals), Cardstock:  burgundy, green, cream

A very vintage Christmas from the NEW Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hello and welcome to my Blog :-)

This is a DT card for Fat Cat's Card Corner using the new Debbi Moore CD range of printable images.  This particular image (the centre panel, ie: the Church) is from the Vintage Christmas CD and there are 100 images for you to play with.  Now I have to say that I LOVE Vintage cards but haven't really made them until this card - I've had all the tools and I have a little collection of Vintage-style Christmas dp's and embellies, but wasn't quite sure what to do.  So what better way to start, than to jump in the deep end - plus it was easy starting with an image that I didn't HAVE to colour - the job was already done LOL!!

There are instructions on the CD on how to print the images - you don't need any fancy software.  I printed the image out onto white cardstock using my Canon printer on the "highest" quality.  Easy peasy!

The designer paper is by Webster's pages Holiday Collection Combo pack 6" x 6" pad which I bought last year.  I literally squealed with delight when I saw that the same colours on a lot of the Vintage images on the CD match this Webster paper pad perfectly even down to the aqua roof on the Church!  A match made in heaven!

I distressed each layer with a blending tool and Antique Linen distress ink.  The main image panel is up on 1mm mounts (dimensionals) as is the sentiment circle.  The sentiment is from a retired Stampin' Up set called 'Riveting'.

I added some fine red glitter to the berries on the designer paper.  The poinsettias have a sparkly star brad in the centre and were glued on using Crafter's Pick Incredibly Tacky glue (LOVE this stuff!!).  I sprayed the whole card with Gold Glimmer Mist which adds a lovely subtle sparkle.

I did a very simple card inside:

I used my Labels 1 Nesties to diecut the cream cardstock sentiment panel to match the same shape as on the designer paper on the card front, then heavily distressed it with Antique Linen ink.  As you can see, I need a bit more practice with distressing so I don't get any hard edges!  The sentiment is from a gorgeous set by Waltzingmouse Stamps called 'Very Vintage Christmas'.  Waltzingmouse Stamps are based in Ireland and post worldwide.  The decorative border was made with a Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edge punch - there is a score line just above the border which I made with a Martha Stewart Scoring board.

Check out the other Debbi Moore CD's at Fat Cat's Card Corner.  There is a large range to suit your taste - from Silhouette to Oriental, to Art Deco to Sepia, Men's & Boys, Cats, Vintage Flowers and more!  Plus there are also Debbi Moore stamp sets.

Thanks again for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  SU Riveting sentiment set, Waltingmouse Very Vintage Christmas clear stamp set

Ink:  Colorbox Dark Moss chalk ink (for sentiments), Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink

Designer paper:  Webster's pages Holiday Collection combo pack 6" x 6" pad

Accessories:  Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Circle Nesties & Labels 1 Nesties, Ranger Inkssentials blending tool and foam pad, ribbon - Making Memories 'Fa La La', 1mm mounts (dimensionals), Glimmer Mist - Iridescent gold, fine red glitter, Tim Holtz Prima Poinsettias, red glittery star brad - Making Memories, Crafter's Pick Incredibly tacky glue, MS Arch Lattice edge punch, MS Scoring board, Cardstock:  olive green, white, cream, burgundy