Season's Greetings/Happy Holidays

Hello.

Here's today's card. 

All products are from my stash.  The background is a gorgeous vellum that I wish I could find again, it's just perfect for Christmas cards.  Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

As the season gets into high gear, the pretty packages are ready to mail.

These are on their way to two very special friends.   Inspiration came from Pinterest.
The embossed kraft bag is from SRM Stickers here.  Sentiment is also from SRM here.  The ribbon, label punch and stamp are from Stampin' UP!. I dug out the old chalks(which I haven't used for ages) to distress the doilies.
I'm entering this into Virginia's View Challenge # 10, the theme this month is distressing.

Thanks so much for dropping by today.
Ivanka

Merry Christmas

Good Morning.  Here's today's card.

 

The paper is from Melissa Francis and Glitz design.  The frame and poinsettia are from The Paper Studio, sentiment stamp is from SU. 

Happy Saturday.

Ivanka

Vintage Christmas

Recently I bought some wonderful vintage Santa images at a museum gift shop.  

These images are called scrap reliefs, they date back to the Victorian era and are still made today by Mamelock Press from the UK.  The images are so beautiful that all I had to do was cut them out and adhere to the background.

Here's a quick video explaining scrap reliefs. 

Aren't they just beautiful?  The paper they come on is quite thin so I adhered them to a card stock background and then cut them out.

Thanks for dropping by.
Ivanka

Time Keeps on Slipping...

Hello.

Yesterday in the mail, I received my copy of Paper Crafts Holiday Cards and More-Vol 8.  It's a fabulous issue...and right there on page 12 of this gorgeous issue is this cute, wonderful, simply adorable picture of my girls!  Oh and the Festive Binder Clip project is mine too!!

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of the girls, it was such a fun time...I remember this day like it was yesterday.  Doing their hair, picking out what to wear...and heading outside to capture the perfect moment with snowflakes fluttering by.  This picture, taken over a decade ago, still makes me smile...and makes my heart melt.

This issue of HC & M also made me smile.  I love flipping through the pages, seeing all the amazing projects in there.  I'm not sure how I will do with the digital issues...but time keeps on slipping...and changing, just as my daughters have.  And I too...will keep changing.

Happy Saturday.
Ivanka

Merry Christmas

Hello.

Time is sure flying by, isn't it?

Here's another Christmas Card...I love it when the patterned paper is so beautiful that not much else is needed on the card.

The paper is Father Christmas from BoBunny, Poinsettia is from K& Co., stamp is from Stampin' UP!

Thanks.
Ivanka

CardMaker Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the CardMaker blog hop where our theme is For You, From Me: Gift Card Holders-lots of ideas for last-minute gift-card holders. 

I made these little gift-card envelopes using the Martha Stewart Scoring Board. If you're not familiar with the MS scoring board, there is a basic tutorial on how to make envelopes here. Why Martha has this guy doing the video and not her, I don't know...but it's good info.

My card is # 1 size in the standard envelope sizes and it measures 2 5/8" x 3 7/8" when completed, perfect for a gift card.

The label stickers from SRM work perfectly for these last minute crafts.

Here's the back of the envelope finished with gorgeous glittered brads.

A perfect fit...so quick and easy too.

I hope you find some inspiration on our blog hop to get some of those last minute gift card holders made.

Here is the order of CardMaker Blog team:

CardMaker Blog
AJ Otto
Christine Okken
Glenda J. Wyatt
Ivanka Lentle ---> You are here
Jennie Harper
Melanie Muenchinger


Supplies:  
Patterned paper:  BoBunny
Label stickers: Labels by the Dozen, Christmas, SRM
Leaf Punch:  Martha Stewart
Rhinestones:  The Paper Studio
Glittered Brads:  American Crafts
Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories
Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope you enjoy the hop,
Ivanka

Dasher

I found a sheet of my all time favorite K & Co. Christmas paper at bottom of my Christmas box.  When this Elizabeth Brownd collection came out (probably 2005), I was in love with the whole line.  I hoarded it.  I just loved the richness and the elegance of the designs.  Finding this piece of paper was like running into an old friend.

Also near the bottom of my Christmas stash, was this gorgeous piece of red/gold embossed paper from The Paper Co.  

Stampin' Up's Dasher image embossed with gold just fit this paper combo perfectly.  The ribbon was from a long ago swap.

My cards today were based on this week's sketch challenge at the CardMaker Card Swap Board.

Thanks for dropping by...Ivanka

'Tis the season

Just a quick post tonight, I've been working on some Christmas cards and wanted to upload this for a couple of challenges.  There has been no sun for the last couple of days, so I'm stuck taking pictures in my studio.

This card is based on the sketch at CAS-ual Friday Blog.  It's also for the silhouette challenge of the Less is More Challenge blog.

The stamp is from Me and my Big Ideas, sticker is from SRM, ribbon is from Offray, glitter yarn is from Darice and the flower center is from Prima.

Thanks so much for dropping by.  I hope those of you who are celebrating Thanksgiving today have had a wonderful day with your family and friends.

Oldie Moldie Monday...finally

Oldie Moldie Monday is finally here. My friend Barb and I started this challenge to get us using older supplies. She's been very good about posting a card each week. Me? Not so much. So although it's a small piece of paper that I used today, it's abut 4 years old and therefore qualifies as my Oldie Moldie Monday card, right??

The challenge at Caardvarks right now is to make a stamped card and finish it inside and out. So here is mine.

The paper and the Holiday Cheer tape are from Stemma. They still have products on their website, but I haven't seen anything new from them for a while, which is too bad as they had some fun paper and embellishments. Stamps are all Penny Black (In a Pear Tree), ink is ColorBox.

Since I used such a small piece of this paper (the card is 4 x 4), I still have 2 full 12 x 12 sheets of it left so...I have a challenge for a couple of you. If this non traditional holiday paper speaks to you, I'll put some in an envelope along with some coordinating embellishments and send it to you. The only thing I ask is that you come back here on another Oldie Moldie Monday and show us what you created with it. If you're interested, leave me a comment and I'll get in touch with you.

We even have a Flickr group set up for our Oldie Moldie cards, please feel free to join us anytime.

Ivanka

Holly Jolly Christmas

It's coming so fast, isn't it? Christmas will come and go before I know it. How is it that time seems to be speeding up each passing year?! As we decorated the tree on the weekend, I couldn't believe that another Christmas was here. I am nowhere near done, but somehow it always seems to get done by the day.

Thought I'd share a Christmas card that was in Card Creations Vol. 6 this past fall. I always look forward to this issue. It's full of so many great ideas for cardmaking. (and it was soooo nice to finally have a card in there!!)

Hope you're preparations are well underway!