• Category Archives Christmas/Holiday/Winter
  • Blessed Christmas

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Congrats to Kris, the Featured Stamper today on Splitcoast! Love her gallery and I’ve had my eye on Merry Christmas for a little while. I kept the great layout and Christmas theme, but changed the images, color and embossing folder.

    All images are Our Daily Bread designs. On the image rectangle, I embossed the greeting and stamped a portion of the snowflake bg. I embossed a lg snowflake and some smaller ones. The ODBD snowflake die was used on the lg flake and I used a sm punch for the smaller ones. I used a MS snowflake border punch down one side of the cobalt layer. I didn’t have any blue ribbon, so I used the stonewashed ink to dye my white satin ribbon to match. After using the ultramarine marker around the edges, I also embossed them w/ the same ep.
    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    For the lg bg, I used a Sizzix embossing folder and edge the panel w/ an ultramarine marker. The finished card measures 5.5 x 4.25.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:
    stamps: ODBD – Peace & Joy, Snowflake Swirl Bg, Mistletoe Tag
    paper: Neenah white
    ink: Versacolor indigo, Adirondack stonewashed
    accessories: Sizziz Christmas 2 embossing folder, ODBD snowflake die, Stardust embossing powder, ribbon, snowflake punch (Marvy), Martha Stewart snowflake border punch, Tombow ultramarine marker


  • DDIC40 & ISC Nov Day 2

     

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    Welcome to the Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge! Today our picture comes from The Perfect Remedy. Since this is also a release day for ISC, I have two projects to show. I’m using all ISC images for both, so combining the posts works out really well.

     

    For my first one, I’m using Marvels of Nature III for the tree and greeting images, and Christmas Trinkets for the building and background image. Out of the box is one of my fave techniques and I’m really enjoying the reverse (sort of into the box) of it. The principal is the same it’s just what you cut that is different. For this, I first stamped the tree with the green and brown inks and added highlights with a marker. I traced the Spellbinders long rectangle around the tree and cut around the part of the tree that was inside the rectangle. Then I  cut the rectangle the same way I do in the out of the box method. The building image was stamped first with green ink, then overstamped with the honey ink.  I used a smaller rectangle to die cut it. The green background was stamped with a medallion image from the Christmas set.  Finished card measures 5.5 x 4.25.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Marvels of Nature III & Christmas Trinkets
    paper: white, moss, mustard
    ink: Ancient Page pine green & chocolate, Distress Ink wild honey
    accessories: Tombow gold ocher marker, Spellbinders long rectangle set, Quickutz rectangle set

    Please be sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Diva team. I know they’ll have some wonderful creations for you!

    • Lori (chanteuse)
    • Chris (glowbug) (taking this week off)
    • Anne (jdmommy)
    • Donna (donnarie)
    • Julie (justwritedesigns) you are here!

     

    For my second project, the ISC team was challenged to make a gift card holder. I have a purse/notecard pattern I drew about 5 years ago and thought with a little alteration, it would make a nice holder for a gift card.  If you would like the pattern, please click for my free PDF file. Asymetrical Flap Purse pattern instructions The pattern will print out in the actual size. (Click any of the pictures to enlarge.)

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

    For the outside of my purse/holder, I stamped it with a  distressed background image and a combo of the red inks. The flap liner was stamped with a combo of the green ink. Both were edged w/ markers. The holly images were colored w/ makers and cut out. I used a small Velcro circle (cut in half) for the closure.

    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    I used all of the pattern pieces except for the side gussets. These were left out in order for the purse to open completely. The gift card holder insert was attached to the bottom section but could just as easily be attached to the top.  I used a Basic Grey notch tool to cut the half circle tabs but you could easily cut these w/ a kraft knife or use a slot punch. The small card with the greeting is not attached as you can see in the picture below.
    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:
    stamps: ISC – Christmas Trinkets, Christmas Elements, Holidays,  Dimensional Elements Edges #1
    paper: white
    ink: Brilliance rocket red, rocket red gold, gamma green, pearlescent ivy
    accessories: Tombow markers, Basic Grey notch tool,  narrow ribbon, 1/8 inch hole punch (to insert ribbon handle), stickles, Velcro dot

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • ODBD November Blog Hop!


    Julie Warner - justwritedesigns https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com/Weekly-Favorite

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    For my card, I stamped the Holly Tag with black ink, colored it with markers and cut it out. The sentiment was stamped with library green ink and I used markers to add the red and blue shadows/highlights. It was die cut using a Spellbinders labels 4. I used the same die to trace a sky blue frame for it and hand cut it.

    I used a scallop border die to cut the bottom of a piece of dp and a white strip and layered them together. For the white band, I embossed it with holly folder,  cut out a section and added narrow red and sky blue strips to the top and bottom edges. The punched red strip was done with a border punch. I embossed the large white holly, cut it out and sponged a little neptune ink around the edges. The ribbon was white and I colored it with a red marker. It’s all attached to a white 5.5 x 4.25 card.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:
    stamps: ODBD – Holly Tag
    paper: Neenah white, sky blue, red, dp (DCWV)
    ink: Ancient Page coal, neptune, Archival library green
    accessories: Tombow markers, Spellbinders Labels 4, Fiskar’s apron lace border punch, Quickutz scallop edge dies, Sizzix holly embossing folder, Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons embossing folder, narrow ribbon