I love all of the brightly colored lights at Christmastime, but my favorite are the simple white twinkle lights. I made a few tags last night using the string of lights from Festive Greetings. I stamped them on grey cardstock and colored them with a white jellyroll pen. To add a little sparkle I colored them with my clear Wink of Stella glitter pen. Shock, I know ;)!
I gave each tag a different holiday sentiment found in the new Strictly Sentiments 6 stamp set. I sprinkled around some tiny snowflakes from Winter Woodland and some rhinestones and my tags were done.
This morning I decided to turn these tags into cards using the new sketch from Retro Sketches.
Even though I sometimes say, "these cards would be easy to mass produce" I never actually mass produce cards myself. But since these tags were all ready to go when I sat down this morning, it made mass producing these a no-brainer. All I had to do was emboss my backgrounds with the Snowflake Trio, add a little twine and some banners and they were all done. It feels good to make a dent in my holiday card making this early!
Have a great long weekend!
I am so excited to have 3 days off:)
Cardstock: WP9 White, Black Dove Grey
Paper: Echo Park
Stamps: WP9 Festive Greetings, Strictly Sentiments 6, Winter Woodland
Ink: Versafine Onyx
Dies: WP9 Snowflake Trio, PTI Tag, Double Ended Banner
Other: Wink of Stella Silver and Clear, White Jellyroll Pen, Rhinestones, Twine
These are gorgeous. I love the look of the lights and the kraft adds a lot.
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Really cute cards! I never would have thought about doing a black and white Christmas, but it just works!
ReplyDeleteSo cute Kara and I love how you stamped the snowflakes on the bulbs. Thank you for joining the fun at RetroSketches!
ReplyDeleteI like the white lights the best too and these are adorable!! CUTE cards Kara!
ReplyDeleteThe tags that you stamped are just gorgeous! LOVE them! and the way you dressed up the cards really adds an elegant touch.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the challenge!
LOVE these. White lights are my favorite too! Enjoy your long weekend!
ReplyDeleteI was always partial to white twinkle lights as well ... fabulous neutral palette for a beautifully designed holiday card.
ReplyDeleteI ONLY use white lights...
ReplyDeletelove the monochromatic look to these beauties! :)
Wonderful cards, and they look so impressive all grouped together. Love the clean look of those greetings.
ReplyDeleteI love the white lights too! On the house and on the tree! Beautiful set of Christmas cards, Kara!
ReplyDeleteOh, I agree--the white lights are the only ones we use. Love your cards! The neutral colors are perfect!
ReplyDeleteLovely!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are perfect Kara! I too am a "white lights" girl. Just love them. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteOkay these are beyond awesome! Absolutely adore them!!
ReplyDeleteholy smokes! this must have taken so much time! thank you for all of your hard work–i found some great ideas!
ReplyDeletehappy christmas day greetings 2014 with wishes and sayings
Amazing ! Love it !!!
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