Keeping Christmas

The : Merry Christmas stamp on the envelope was made 

by my daughter.

 Hi there friends. Welcome to the first Keeping Christmas Hop of 2020.
 I am happy to say that I am joining the Keeping Christmas group, blog hop every month. I love making Christmas cards all year long.

I was so behind in Christmas cards again last year, that I knew this would keep me ahead and be able to make some quality Christmas cards and get some beautiful inspiration along the way. Hope you will too!

Hello there!  It’s the 25th of the month and I have my first round of Christmas cards for the year on my blog today for our Monthly Keeping Christmas Blog Hop.  Kelly Lunceford started this many months ago (February 25, 2017) and eventually the former "The Challenge" designers came to be a part of it.  We share Christmas cards and projects with you on the 25th of each month to show you different ideas, techniques or projects to help you get a jump start on your Holiday cards and tags for the coming year.  All of the designers have projects to share with you today.  We have 3 new members this year and I know they are names you’ll recognize!  Here is the Blog Roll:

I colored all the leaves and berries with oxide inks using my taylored expression blending brushes.

 I scored the front panel at 1/2 inch then turned the panel and scored again . Each leaf is layered two times so that the top layer can be fooled up a bit.

 I used the new Simon Says Stamp die called Holly and Berries Tag. The Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and a big favorite of mine, for Christmas.

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Thank you so much for the visit.

   Simon Says Stamp HOLLY AND BERRIES TAG
Wafer Dies sssd112108 Diecember 

Think Big Favorites #20 Mini Stamp Set

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Vicki Finger

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Keeping Christmas

 Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop. We're  trying to make cards each month so when Christmas comes around we won't have a mad rush to make so many cards at once. I LOVE making Christmas cards all year round.

Sorry I am a bit late today and running out the door.  

The Merry Christmas die is from Poppystamps called :Snow Merry  Christmas , the patterned paper is from Memory box called:Christmas Plaid and the snow drift is from The Greetery :Drifting Die

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater 

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld 

 Nina Forsyth

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Take care and have a wonderful Sunday!

Keeping Christmas

 Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop. We're  trying to make cards each month so when Christmas comes around we won't have a mad rush to make so many cards at once. I LOVE making Christmas cards all year round.

I made three cards each one a little different, I used chunky glitter, the red ink is from Concord & 9th new ink:Cranberry Ink Pad 

I love the way this rubber background  

Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp Stamps and looks! 

 For Christmas, I  couldn't wait to see the watering  can in red, I am sure black would  be beautiful too!

The fires are bad here in California , most of them are to the north of us. Our SIL has been fighting them for over a week now. It's also been crazy hot . Don't know how they can work in this heat.

Praying for all of those affected by the fires.

Thanks for the visit today!

Please check out the rest of the teams Christmas Creations 

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld

 Nina Forsyth

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Simon Says: Beautiful Botanicals

 The Greetery 

Winter Sketches Stamp Set

Winter Sketches Die

Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp

Sprinkled with Kindness Stamp Set

Sprinkled with Kindness Die

Blooming Christmas

 Edited to add another card

Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas hop. We are trying to make cards each month so when Christmas comes around we won't have a mad rush to make so many cards at once. I LOVE making Christmas cards all year round.

I was busy stamping and diecutig these beautiful blooms that will be on my Christmas cards. I had so much fun, I will call this happy crafting with an old but favorite set. I love that this stamp has simple layers , it's from Dawn McVey : Papertrey Ink 

I made enough for six cards but never had a chance to go back and photograph them all.  I made a similar card one Christmas using this set you can see Here

 I stamped each one with the Atlenew inks shown above, so juicy, I've had them few years now. 

 One of my favorite Christmas sentiment sets is  this one from Poppystamps  : Christmas time.

I love using glitter especially at Christmas time, I used : Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter. Hard to capture the glitter in a photo.

I also scored my card with the lines. 

On the card above I used 

:Halfsies Diamond Die from The Greetery.

Thanks so much for the visit and I hope you are all doing well.

Take Care and God bless

The Hop List

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Vicki Finger ( off this month)

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Papertrey Ink

Gran's Garden Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Gran's Garden Die

Poppystamps

Christmas Time Cl473

Simon Says: Flower Power

Keeping Christmas

updated blog hop list

 Hi there ! A month has gone by and it's time for another Keeping Christmas blog hop.

We do this hop to help us/you  keep up with Christmas cards, all year long.

 I have decided to  try and make my cards a bit more CAS and easy to mail.

Each card varies just a bit! I used Annuals stamp set from Concord & 9th for my main stamp. The background :Windowpane Plaid Background Stamp is from The Greetery!

You can join the hop with all the links below

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

Vicki Finger

Claire Broadwater

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Nancy Guse

Marybeth Lopez

Nancy Penir

Carol Hintermeier

Thanks for the visit today!

Parcel and Post Christmas

 Hello! It's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop. We're  trying to make cards each month so when Christmas comes around we won't have a mad rush to make so many cards at once. I LOVE making Christmas cards all year round.

Hello!  Before you know it , it will be time to mail out those Christmas cards! I am happy to say another month has gone by and I got a few more cards and gift tags created.

 I used one of my past favorite : Post & Parcel Kit from Papertrey Ink.

I have an entire kit and decided to use some of the already printed papers that came with the kit. I did some diecuting , glossing accents and adding some glitter.  One the one above I added a bow from The Greetery.

The tags were also created with the kit. Simple die cutting and adhering together. Im sure many of you have the some of the kits as well. Nice time to use them up and get some Christmas cards done.

I pray you have a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for the visit today. Take care.

Don't forget to see the rest of the Design team.

Kelly Lunceford (Creator)

 Claire Broadwater 

 Lori Tecler

 Nance Salkeld 

 Nina Forsyth

 Marybeth Lopez

 Nancy Penir

 Carol Hintermeier 

Post & Parcel Stamp Set

PRE-ORDER - Post & Parcel Details Die Collection

PRE-ORDER - Post & Parcel Accessories Die Collection