The drought is sort of over ...

Nothing too exciting, but got to use the hostess set Country Morning.

SAB set - Happy Moments

I haven't stamped in weeks, but I grabbed a few minutes tonight to restock my stash that I keep for sale. These are made with a Sale-a-bration set that you can get FREE with a $50 purchase.

Blue Christmas

The only stamping that will be happening soon will be quick stamping.  This card is a case of a couple that I've seen online.  Very easy!  Punch a "moon" out of a large post-it and leave the moon piece on the card while you sponge over it with various blue inks.  Then swap the moon piece out, and put down the big post-it piece with the missing "moon" and sponge the moon in a light yellow.  Stamp your trees and Santa scene, add some layered mats, and you're done!

Wandering Words stamp set, a 1-1/4" circle punch and post-it, Lovely as a Tree stamps, sponges and a post-it note mask.

Christmas Cardinal - SAS card #3

Here is Stamp-a-Stack card offering #3.  The cardinal is colored in with markers after being stamped in black Stazon ink on shimmery white cardstock.  I wouldn't normally have put black on a Christmas card, but it seemed like the best way to tie in the black on the bird, and in the end, I liked how it turned out!

Stamp the Old Olive layer using the branch silhouette stamp, add a little ribbon for some more festive cheer, and you're done!  To give the branches more dimension, just follow the hatching/shading lines that the stamp's artist already included, coloring them in with a darker shade of green than the rest of the branches/leaves.  The only other thing I might add is some Crystal Effects to the berries - since everything papercrafted can benefit from Crystal Effects!  :)

Punch happy - SAS card two

This is the quickie card mentioned yesterday.  This card uses the set Christmas Punch.

It's so easy that there's not much to say about this card. :) A stamped background, and a main image stamped and punched, some ribbon and matting and it's done!

Thanks for stopping in!

Updated 10/28/09 with another look at this card in blue

What do you think?  Which do you like better?