I have another set of Christmas cards that I want to share with you today: A Pocket Card Supplies: Arose Such a Clatter by Julie Billingsley, card stock Noel Supplies used: Deck the Halls – Chic by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, card stock, ribbon Merry Christmas Supplies used: Christmas Cheer by Traci Reed & Meghan Mullens, card stock
I just mailed my batch of Christmas cards (and hope they’ll make it to Europe in time for the holidays) – yay! (Big sigh of release …) And while I’m waiting for them to arrive, I’m happy to share some more with you here this week. (And in case you’re wondering why my Christmas cards are so generic and don’t have any family photos etc. that’s because in that part of Europe where I’m from we don’t have the habit of mailing photo Christmas cards.) Supplies used: Deck the Halls Classic by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, white card stock, ribbon. Supplies used: This Life: December by Penny Springman, card stock Supplies used: Noel by Shawna Clingerman & Penny Springman, ribbon, card stock And since in much of Europe, today’s St. Nicholas Day, I wish everyone who cares about such things a Happy St. Nicholas Day!
I’ve been busy lately. Busy working on my Christmas cards this year. And I’m excited to share some of them with you over the next couple of weeks. So, here’s my first sample: Supplies used: White Christmas by Traci Reed & Meghan Mullens; card stock, ribbon And since there’s so much to choose from, I’ll share another card with you: Supplies used: 12 Months December by Penny Springmann, card stock And my last card for today: Supplies used: North Pole by Mari Koegelenberg, card stock, craft punches If you haven’t gotten your hands dirty on creating cards, there’s tons of inspiration out on the www, and lots of simple ones, too. Like the ones I’ve been showing you today: they only require a little cutting of very simple shapes, pasting together, and they’re ready to warm someone’s heart this Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And because it’s Hybrid Thursday, and because it’s Thanksgiving (at least in some parts of the world), I thought I’d share a thank-you card I made recently. Everything was made from Mari Koegelenberg’s All Spice kit (SSD), and I only added a bow to it.
The holiday season is upon us, and that means some of us are busy busy making cards to send to loved ones and friends. I at least have made it a priority again this year, to create more handcrafted cards, after I failed at it miserably last year. And since I’m someone who tends to get bored with repetition, I’m always looking for new ideas that I can incorporate in my own card making. The www is a great source of inspiration, and over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been able to dig up some treasure or other to inspire one of my own cards. Being a person with both limited time and limited resources, however (craft stores where I live are not what craft stores are in Northern Europe or North Amereica), I have a few guidelines to govern the choice of projects I create: They have to be simple in design, and they have to be with materials I have at hand (printer, paper & maybe a ribbon). A very fun way …
Thursday, lately, is always a happy occasion, because I get to share my latest card creations with you. And since autumn has everything in its grip where I live, it’s the perfect time to show you another one of my fall cards. This little beauty is a very simple one – just plain blue paper combined with a striped one, a little accent piece added, plus a ribbon, and it’s another token of love that will make someone happy. Supplies used: Autumn Essence by Julie Billingsley, white card stock, ribbon, white tack
I’m excited that after several months of not sharing any freebie with you, I finally get to post my latest template. It’s a simple one, and it’s a template for a card based on one of my hybrid projects. It actually took me forever to upload because my file host acted up on me, but here it finally is! Enjoy, and as always: Happy Friday, scrappers! Note: Please do not re-distribute this template in any way (you may share the link to this post), and when you use this template, please make sure to credit it to Misty Hilltops Designs.
Fall is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to show another one of my autumn cards. For this card I used the quote by A. Camus “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” I took the theme of that quote (leaves) and used it for the background as well as the embellishment. When creating the word art, I worked with four different kinds of fonts, but I adjusted the opacity of the words and placed them behind the main text, but just slightly off to add some more interest and dimension to it. Supplies used: Digital scrapbook papers from a blog hop last year (freebie material), white card stock, ribbon.
I finally did again! It’s been a long while since I last did any hybrid project, but I finally sat down to make some cards again, and here’s my first to share with you. This one is actually a very simple one. I just cut four rectangles, added an apple a bow and a sentiment, and voi la! A pretty giveaway that will make someone happy some day! Here’s a closer look at the card … Supplies used: Everyday Storytelling: Autumn by Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Jenn Barrette; ribbon; white card stock
I do my own hybrid projects (given I find the time for it, which hasn’t been the case in a long while). But recently, my attention has been drawn to one outstanding hybrid artist over at SSD. She goes by Joana1n in the galleries, and for the last couple of weeks her gallery at SSD has been bursting with hybrid layouts of the finest sort. I never cease to be amazed at the paper pages she produces with digital products, and it’s a real source of inspiration that gets me all itchy again to make time, find it somehow, for a little more hybrid scrapping myself. If you’re in doubt, go and check out her amazing GALLERY and see how she uses digital scrapbooking kits so perfectly to create beautiful paper scrapbook pages.
