National Parks Cross Stitch

For Christmas I got Stitching Across America: 63 Teeny Weeny Cross Stitch Patterns Celebrating U.S. National Parks by Lior Zochovizky as a gift.  I enjoy doing small cross stitch or needlepoint projects from the places I have visited, and now I'll have several small projects to work on for each of the National Parks I have visited.

I chose to do Mammoth Cave as the first project.  Mainly because I had all of the floss needed!

Poinsettia Christmas Cards in February!

So I am getting ahead on making Christmas cards by using the Grand Poinsettia 3D embossing folder.  I have had so many ideas for using this embossing folder.  

Idea 1 - use the overlay foil and poly glaze 
Idea 2 - use double stick tape and Dazzle Dust glitter
Idea 3 - use Zig Clean color markers

Here is how each turned out:

Overlay foil and Poly Glaze:

The photo doesn't capture how shiny this poinsettia is!

• Gina K Designs - Fancy Foil Overlay Mystic Shine, Poly Glaze sheets
• Gina K Designs - Merry & Light Dies, Poly Glaze, Turquoise Sea Fancy Foil
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2
• Gina K Designs - Grand Poinsettia 3D Embossing Folder and Dies
• Copic Markers

Double stick tape and Dazzle Dust glitter:

The sparkle on this one is AMAZING!  

• Double Sided tape
• Gina K Designs - Dazzle Dust - Sparkle
• Glitter Ritz - Sea Green
• Gina K Designs - Seasonal Greetings, White Pigment Ink
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1
• Gina K Designs - Grand Poinsettia 3D Embossing Folder and Dies
• Stampendous - Detail White Embossing Powder

Zig Clean Color Markers:

It ended up being a similar look to using the associated stencils.

• Gina K Designs - Merry & Light stamps and Dies
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2
• Gina K Designs - Grand Poinsettia 3D Embossing Folder and Dies
• Gina K Designs - Grass Green, Sea Glass Ink
• Gina K Designs - Winter Bliss Stencil
• Zig Clean Color Markers

Ocean City Boardwalk Cross Stitch

For our 40th Wedding Anniversary, my husband and I spent a long weekend at Ocean City Md.  Ocean City was special to us since its where we spent our Honeymoon. I stopped by the Salty Yarn Needlework store and picked up this cute cross stitch pattern by Greeneframe Ltd.  I changed the wording to match our special weekend!

Foxy Valentine

This is the Valentines card I made for my husband.  It was heavily based on a card made by Gina K in one of her videos.

I used the following for the card:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2 and 4, Ornate Frame
• Gina K Designs - A Paper Hug Stamps and Dies
• Copic Markers - R24, R32, E21, E23, E25
• Memento - Tuxedo Black ink

To make the card, the ornate fame was cut from red card stock.  The stitched rectangle and stitched heart were cut from white card stock, with the mats cut from black card stock.  The ornate frame was attached to the white rectangle then attached to the black mat. and added to the card base.  The sentiment was stamped on the white heart, and the heart attached to the mat and the entire piece added to the ornate frame.  The foxes were stamped on white card stock, colored with Copic markers, and die cut.  They were added to the heart with foam squares to add a bit of dimension.  Vinyl dots were added to complete the card.

Kendra's Card Challenge #16

I've had the papers set aside for Kendra's Card Challenge #16 for a while.  I just never got around to actually making the cards until recently!  For these cards all of the patterned paper is from an old Simon Says Stamp Kit - Sail Away With Me.

Here are close-ups of the cards:

Card #1:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Ocean Silhouettes Stamp Set

Card #2:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Ocean Silhouettes Stamp Set

Card #3:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Blue Denim, Butterscotch  Ink
• Gina K Designs - The Good Life Stamps and Dies
• Prisma Color Pencils
• Lawn Fawn - Valentine Borders Dies

Card #4:

• Gina K Designs - The Good Life Stamps
• Spellbinders - Classic Square  Dies - Large
• Prisma Color Pencils

Card #5:

• Butterfly Punch 
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Picket Fence Studios - Words to Say Happy Anniversary Stamp Set

Card #6:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Wreath Builder Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #7:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Little Thoughts Stamp Set
• Life Style Crafts Embossing Folder

Card #8:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Close To My Heart - Birthday Occasions

Card #9:

• Gina K Designs - Love and Shadow Dies
• Life Style Crafts Embossing Folder

Card #10:

• Gina K Designs - White Pigment Ink
• Gina K Designs - Celebrate You Stamp Set and Dies
• Stampendous - Detail White Embossing Powder

Card #11:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• My Favorite Things - Handwritten Happiness

Card #12 (a 2 for 1!):

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Blessings Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #13:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Wreath Builder Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Life Style Crafts Embossing Folder

Card #14:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Happy Hydrangea Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 7

Card #15:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Denim Ink
• Gina K Designs - Big Birthday Stamp Set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Life Style Crafts Embossing Folder

Kendra's Card Challenge #20

And here are the rest of my Christmas Cards.  These were done using the card patterns from Kendra's Card Challenge #20.  The patterned paper is the same as I used for Challenge #19 (for consistency) - Paper Rose - Christmas Holly Basics and Christmas Holly.

Here is the details for each card:

Card #1:

• Gina K Designs - Dark Cranberry Ink
• Penny Black - Yuletide Wishes

Card #2:

• Gina K Designs - Medium Spruce, Merry and Light Stamps and Dies

Card #3:

• Gina K Designs - Dark Cranberry Ink, Holiday Floral Stamps

Card #4:

• Gina K Designs - Medium Spruce Ink, Seasonal Greetings

Card #5:

• Gina K Designs - Medium Spruce Ink
• Penny Black - Yuletide Wishes
• Tim Holtz - Poinsettia Pattern Embossing Folder

Card #6:

• Gina K Designs - Holiday Greetings Sentiment Sheet, Red Foil, Holiday Floral Poly Glaze and Stencils, 14 Karat Foil, Cherry Red Ink, Grass Green Ink
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Homey Bee - Banner Builder Dies

Card #7:

• Gina K Designs - Dark Cranberry Ink, Wishing You stamp set

Card #8:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Medium Spruce, Holiday Wreath Builder
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #9

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Feeling Frosty Stamps and Dies
• Various Copic Markers
• VersaMark
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Powder
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #10:

• Gina K Designs - Simple Sentiments
• Versamark
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Card #11:

• Gina K Designs - Merry and Light Stamp set, Master Layouts 4
• Versamark
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Powder
• Kreinik - Gold Braid

Card #12:

• Gina K Designs - Tapestry Embossing Folder, Complements of the Season Stamp set, Dark Cranberry Ink

Card #13:

• Gina K Designs - On the Inside Christmas Stamp set
• VersaMark
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Card #14:

• Gina K Designs - Merry and Light Stamps and Dies
• VersaMark
• Stampendous - Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Card #15:

• Gina K Designs - Dark Cranberry Ink, Two Step Holiday Mini Stamp set
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Tim Holtz - Poinsettia Pattern Embossing Folder

Kendra's Card Challenge #19

For my Christmas cards this year, I decided to do both Kendra's Card Challenges 19 and 20.  For both of them I used the same patterned paper from Paper Rose: Christmas Holly Basic and Christmas Holly. This post has the cards from Challenge #19.

Here are the details for each card:

Card #1:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Holiday Wreath Builder
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #2:

• Gina K Designs - Holiday Floral Poly Glaze and Dies, 14 Karat Gold Foil

Card #3:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Merry and Light Stamps and Dies

Card #4:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, Seasonal Greetings
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies

Card #5:

• Gina K Designs - White Pigment Ink, Merry Sentiment Strips
• Stampendous - Detail White Embossing Power Delicate Snowflakes Stamps and Dies
• Hero Arts - Infinity Hexagon Dies

Card #6:

• Gina K Designs - Holiday Floral Poly Glaze, Stamps and Dies, 14 Karat Foil
• Altenew - Evergreen Ink

Card #7:

• Gina K Designs - Merry and Light Poly Glaze and Dies, 14 Karat Gold Foil, Plain Poly Glaze

Card #8:

• Gina K Designs - Dark Spruce Ink, Seasonal Greetings

Card #9:

• Gina K Designs - Merry Sentiment Strips
• Versafine - Onyx Black Ink
• Zing = Clear Embossing Folder

Card #10:

• Gina K Designs - Christmas Green Ink, Holiday Floral Stamps
• Verasmark
• Zing - Clear Embossing Powder

Card #11:

• Gina K Designs - Holiday Floral Poly Glaze and Dies
• Tim Holtz - Poinsettia Pattern Embossing Folder

Card #12:

• Gina K Designs - Sparkle and Shine Stamp set, Small Square Dies
• Versamark
• Stampendous- Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Card #13:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 3, Merry Sentiment Strips, Faded Brick Ink
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle Dies
• Tim Holtz - Poinsettia Pattern Embossing Folder

Card #14:

• Gina K Designs - 14 Karat Gold Foil, Holiday Floral Poly Glaze and Dies, Merry and Light Poly Glaze and Dies, Plain Poly Glaze

Card #15:

• Gina K Designs - Christmas Pine Ink, Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set