Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Whimsical Christmas Cards

Whimsie Doodles has THE cutest little circle images for Christmas and I just had to have 'em.  I had a plan in place and used 'em right away - no procrastinating, that just may be my Christmas miracle.  I made quite a few cards with the images, 21 to be exact...
To create the cards I kept to a simple design and changed up the band with either sewing, ribbon or embossing.



Creating a set is one easy way to use up patterened paper, which fits in perfectly with Wee Memories "Dust off that patterned paper challenge".  I did not finish the whole mini pad, but there is not much left!
Since this is a gift for someone, ease in mailing was numero uno. The only card that I allowed buttons on was the card for the recipient.  Plus, the Whimsie Doodle challenge this week is buttons, so I had to include a few.

In addition to the Nestie label 1 mat, there is also some yellow on that card which meets the challenge for Your Next Stamp this week to use 2 of the following: yellow, nesties or stickles.  Well, I did not use stickles, but I have the first two.

I went with glossy accents on the candy cane and the snowman's nose to add a little fun.  This card is for a guy, so I did not want to make it too glitzy!
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Christmas Greetings (Whimsie Doodles), PP - Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket), CS - GKD, PTI, SU, buttons - PTI, Ribbon (PTI), embossing folder - Snowflakes (Sizzix) & Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug) and copics.

17 comments:

  1. These are wonderful, what a great idea to use the same classic layout! TFS!

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  2. OMGoodness...you'be been b-u-s-y! Such CUTE cards!

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  3. These are adorable, Julie, and I love, love, love that last card with the big snowman! So super cute!!! Thank you for playing along with the Your Next Stamp Challenge:)

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  4. Wow, girl! You've been busy! I love them...so sweet! I think my fave is the little mittens one. Love the last card with the little snowman too! :O)

    XXX

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  5. OMG! How did you mak 21 that look so beautiful so quickly? Gosh Julie they are all so cute and really fun and funky
    love tasha xx

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  6. Great cards!!! Those stamps are really cute!

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  7. Oh, my gracious! These are just darling! Thanks for playing along with us in the Wee Memories' Scrappy Saturday Challenge!

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  8. Oh goodness, this is almost considered a miracle in my book! Love how the cards match but don't match, and they are all really cute!

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  9. Sweet and simple...LOVE these! Thanks for playing with us Wee Memories girls!

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  10. Wow, you're on a roll and all those cards are so fabulous! Thanks for playing with us at Wee Memories! :)

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  11. Wow oh wow! You truly know your pattern paper!! LOVE all the happy and bright designs!Thanks for the inspiration! Glad that you are playing with us at Wee Memories Challenge (pattern paper) this week!

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  12. Ooohh (me squealing), these are all so adorable. The paper is gorgeous! As usually you do such a fab job!! :-)

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  13. Oh these are so adorable! :)

    That's a lot of X'mas cards! I've made like 3 maybe...you've seen them all on my blog...lol

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  14. Oh my goodness I just LOVE these images...WOW what a great post full of inspiration!! Thanks so much for joining us at Your Next Stamp this week!

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  15. OMG, how much do you rock!?! I'm so stealing this layout to a) move through some of that dp I just have to have every year and b) get some more xmas cards marked off the list!
    I love how this really showcases the super cute images too! Fun, fun cards!

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