Birds & blooms

This cute card as made with the Birds & Blooms and Little Leaves sizzlit dies. I chose the Merry Christmas sentiment from the hostess set, Holiday Best. I'm thinking that this card would be just as nice for a Valentine by just changing the sentiment! What do you think?
I like how the striped grosgrain ribbon ties it all together. I used the little horizontal slot punch to make the tiniest cut on the fold of the card and the front edge so I could wrap the ribbon around the front. That way it shows in the inside front of the card.
The colors used on this card are Riding Hood Red and Certainly Celery. The little birds are sponged with ink around the edges as well as the leaves that extend beyond the ovals.
This card finishes up my holiday stamping for this year! I hope you've been inspired just a little bit!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Please check back with me soon for some more ideas and stamping fun!

Season of Joy tree

This quick and fun card is a case of a layout in the 2009-2010 idea book and catalog.
You'll find it on page 60.
I wanted to do something bright and cheerful, but very easy. This card was exactly what I needed!
Colors are Real Red and Handsome Hunter inks and card stock. Inside I layered a piece of Whisper White card stock and stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment. At the bottom I added the swirl image from this set, stamped in Handsome Hunter. The tree is decorated with Dazzling Diamonds glitter applied over a 2-way glue pen. The little poinsettias are punched out with a 1/2" circle punch and attached with dimensionals. Ribbon is 1/2" red striped grosgrain. Clean cut, easy to do card. Hope you enjoy it!
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Patterned Pines Snowflake card inside

The image on the left shows the inside of the card. The scallop edge punch was used to decorate the strip of dsp. The sentiment stamp is one I've had for years, manufacturer unknown.
The little star on the right shows how the hole for the ribbon was covered up! I like to use fun details like this little circle punch. It's like a little surprise when you open up the card!
The Patterned Pines set is a Level 1 Hostess set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.