Gingerbread Foil ACK - Part 5

Previously, I'd made 11 cards from this kit.  Today's 8 brings the total to 19 - and I got 4 tags as well.  Today's post finishes not only the Gingerbread Foil ACK (artful card kit), but all my Christmas ACK's!  Now if I can just finish up the misc. card kits I have, I'll be able to justfy buying more! :)

Card #12 (above): In the picture, it's a little hard to see the sentiment "Cozy Winter Wishes" stamped in silver using a HOTP small stamp set called Mittens.  The white snowflakes are stickers from my stash, and the silver mat & border is also from my stash.  Everything else was from the kit - though the corner curlicues were cut apart from one of the die cuts.

Inside:

Card #13:

All elements except the sentiment are from the kit.  The sentiment is a sticker.

Inside:

Inside is more from the kit - with a stamped greeting (JustRite's Christmas Labels 22).

Card #14:

I've layered a lot of elements on this card focal.  Everything is from the kit EXCEPT the ribbon & the silver ribbon/tag shapes at the base of the focal.

Inside:

Once again, the elements are from the kit - except I stamped & embossed a greeting using a stamp from Christmas Labels & Trims (HOTP).

Card #15:

The background of this card was created using a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Kitchen Weave.  After embossing, I hit the raised areas with red ink.  The rest are elements from the kit - including the fussy-cut red chevron stripe.

Inside:

Inside I just have a strip of the brown patterned paper, and a couple die cuts layered on top of each other - all from the kit.

Card #16:

The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Swiss Dots.  The sentiment was stamped (HOTP bulk stamp set), fussy cut, and layered on a mat of silver poster board.  Everything else was from the kit.

Inside:

Everything on the inside was from the kit - though cut and layered so it may not be easily recognized! :)

Card #17:

The border is a ribbon from my stash.  The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from JustRite's Holiday Cheer Ornaments set.  The rest is all from the kit - though not necessarily in the form you'd expect.

Inside:

Elements from the kit and a couple stamped messages (HOTP Naughty & Nice) complete the inside.

Card #18:

By the time I made this card, I mostly had scraps left.  Here I used paper scraps from the set, along with a snowflake die cut and a fussy cut banner - all from the kit.  The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from Christmas Tags & Trims (HOTP), and the snowman was a sticker from my stash.

Inside:

Inside are more paper scraps (layered for the bottom border), a fussy cut tag, and another snowman sticker from my stash.

Card #19:

With only a bit of brown & red patterned paper pieces left from the kit, I really had to get creative with this last card.  As you can see, I added a ribbon from my stash to the border.  The sentiment is die cut using a Spellbinders Happy Holidays die.  The stockings were die cut using dies from 9 Tiny Christmas Things & Shadows (HOTP).

Inside:

The present is die cut from the same HOTP die set as the stockings on the outside.  I added a fabric sticker (old one from HOTP) and scraps of remaining paper for the border.

Tags:

I used up most of the rest of the scraps on these 4 gift tags.  I added stickers, die cut reindeer (HOTP 9 Tiny Christmas Things & Shadows) and ribbon to complete the tags.  The tops were cut with a punch from Stampin' Up.

Gingerbread Foil ACK - Part 4

Today I have 3 more cards from the Gingerbread Foil ACK (Artful Card Kit - HOTP), bringing the total to 11 cards so far from this kit.  

Card #9 (above): Everything on this card is from the kit - though sometimes modified.  The circle that holds the tags was a leftover piece from a border that was used on a card a few days ago.  I trimmed the sentiment so that the edge of the paper around it formed the mat.

Inside:

Once again - all is from the kit.  I matted the tag on red paper.  Cut the border off of the star & replaced it, then added the last leftover circular piece from that border.

Card #10:

This card took some work to figure out.  I had the background on the card before I realized I didn't like the "Christmas" die cut on it because it didn't stand out well against such a busy background.  So - I made a border with the red paper & some silver strips from my stash.  Then I had to figure out what to do to finish the card.  I first die cut a "Merry" out of silver from my stash (die is Merry Christmas from HOTP), but it didn't stand out well either.  So, I cut it again out of white & glued that a bit offset from the silver so the silver looked a bit like a mat or shadow.  I finished the card front by adding the ornament with a small ribbon bow from my stash.

Inside:

Inside I used red patterned paper, a border piece cut in two, and some die cut silver stars - all from the kit.

Card #11:

This card would probably have been better if I had used less of the chevron paper at the bottom.  At any rate, after fussy cutting it and adding to the card front, I added a silver border from my stash.  The rest is from the kit except for the word "Very" which was a black Dazzles sticker that I colored with a silver Sharpie.

Inside:

For the inside I used a strip of the border paper - fussy cutting the top edge of the chevron.  I then layered that on silver card stock from my stash & finished by adding the banner die cut from the kit.

Some Quick Christmas Cards

Today I've used up more of my old HOTP card sets (Card Maker's Personal Shopper). 

Card #1 (above): The "Happy Holidays" is die cut from my stash (Spellbinders) - the rest is from the set.

Inside:

Nothing has been added to the set on the inside.  Note that the piece on the right is a gift card holder.

Card #2:

This next card is a shaped card.  It was designed to have the fold on the bottom, but I hate it when they do that, so I moved the fold to the top.  The stamped greeting is from a HOTP stamp set called Merry & Bright.

Inside:

Once again the elements are all from the set.  The "Let it Snow!" is from a HOTP Small stamp set called Snowglobe.

Gingerbread Foil ACK - Part 3

Today I have 3 more cards from the Gingerbread Foil ACK bringing the total to 8.  You'll see that I didn't just stick with the ACK materials this time.  I was finding real difficulty trying to make something decent with this paper and the materials in the kit, so I went looking for additional materials from my stash.  I found some cut outs from a Debbi Moore freebie in my stash.  It's possible that some of the cutouts were also from something else.  At any rate, my stash helped me out quite a bit this time. 

Card #6 (above):  The only thing on the card front that is from the kit is the paper - which I inked around the edges with silver ink.  The cut-outs from my stash completed the card front.

Inside:

Once again, it's just the scrap of paper that came from the kit.  The green-edged banner I made from card stock scraps & the greeting is from Debbi Moore.

Card #7:

This card uses a bit more from the kit - the patterned paper, and the top two die cuts.  The brown border is card stock from my stash.  The other two cut-outs are Debbi Moore.

Inside:

Inside I have a narrow strip of the brown - and a die cut border from the kit.

Card #8:

The greetings don't show as will in the picture as they do on the card.  Once again the paper is from the kit & the rest is Debbi Moore.

Inside:

The paper & triangular die cut (that I've made into a tree with a scrap of brown from my stash) are from the kit.  The other two cut-outs are again Debbi Moore.  I'm so grateful I had the Debbi Moore cut-outs as I think, they REALLY add a nice touch.