Christmas cards- easy to reproduce

The past few years, I'm ashamed to say, I haven't made time to make Christmas cards, so this year I was determined! I actually created this design on one try and decided to go with it.

The focal image is not even a Christmas stamp, but it reminded me of a snowflake. I used my AP CTMH Cricut Cartridge to create the flag and after i stamped the image, I used a round sharpie marker to wave it up a bit. I had the brads already in my stash. I am sure this is the first Christmas card I made that I created all from things I had on hand. Usually, my MO is to go out and buy $30 of supplies for a one time use, justified with "I'll be sure and use them in a new way next year, too." YEAH RIGHT!!! Anyhow, I was quite proud of myself.

And might I add that this aqua, red and white is a combo I never tire of.  This card comes together really fast- important when you need to mass produce!

And if you need more holiday inspiration, be sure and check out the Holiday Madness going on over at Paper Issues!

happy 3rd birthday

Here is a quick card I whipped up for my nieces' 3rd birthday. 

I used the CTMH AP Cartridge for the 3, set to 3 3/4". 

Since she had a pink princess theme (not just princess but piiiink princess) theme, I used a few shades of pink for the card and added some pearl adhesives. The 3 is popped up, which is probably hard to tell from this bad photo. 

a new blog domain

No artwork today, just letting you know that I purchased a new domain for my blog, www.kellyratcliff.com I believe if you have kjsstamppad.blogspot com in your reader that it will automatically redirect.

 

Super cute sketch over at CAS. I used my cricut and CTMH AP cartridge to create the snowflakes. I am still getting used to blade depths, speed, etc. I don't care for how the paper is ripped in the intricate parts of the snowflakes. Advice??

If I ever got my act together, I would love to send out Christmas cards with the sentiment I used here (Enjoy the delights of December) right at the end of November.  Instead I'll struggle to get my cards out at all.

The paper is from hobby lobby- so cute.