Christmas is Forever ...

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,

for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away

like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.

The good you do for others is good you do yourself...

~Norman Wesley Brooks (1923–2002)

“Let Every Day Be Christmas,” 1976

These cards were made specifically for my two Admins at TTCRD, Sandra and Deonna. These two amazing Ladies help keep the website, weekly challenges (and me when necessary!) operating smoothly and for that I am very blessed!

Card stock from The Paper Temptress and Stampin Up!

Ink from Stampin Up!

Sentiment Unknown

Image: "Medallion" from Stampin Up!

Snowflakes for layering: Large Highland Snowflake from McGill, Small snowflake punch from EK Success and smaller unknown snowflake punch

Rhinestones from The Paper Studio

Thanks for stopping by!

((Hugs)) Cara

Celebrate the Season

Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making. ~Leigh Hunt

Hmmm ... Let's see what I can remember on this one too.

The card stock is from The Paper Studio and Stampin' Up!

The DP  ... I wanna say it is from DCWV

The sentiment is from The Halo Rubber Stamp Company

Ink is from Stampin' Up!

The bow was also made from the bow punch from Stampin' Up!

Another Christmas Card Share!

I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.

~May Sarton

I have absolutely no clue where any of the items used to make this card came from. This was a card I started to make in a card class some time ago but never completed. Not even sure I have all the pieces to the origigal card! But its done now!

Its 4.25 x 5.50 and has a tag tucked into the pocket.

(Hugs) Cara

Holiday Greetings

Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. ~Author Unknown

Paper from The Paper Studio

EF is called "Snowglobe" from Sizzix

The Holly Leaves from a Sizzix die

The Sentiment is from The Angel Company

The Rhinestones are from my stash and colored with Red sharpie

((Hugs)) Cara

Peaceful

Tradition: sit with husband in a room lit only by tree lights and remember that our blessings outnumber the lights. Happy Christmas to all.

~Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com

I made this card for my Father-in-Law and StepMother-in-Law

Card stock is from The Paper Studio and Stampin' Up!

The bird was stamped with an image from CTMH and fussy cut

The EF in the background is "Softly Falling" from Stampin' Up!

The die "Birch Trees" is from Taylored Expressions

(Hugs) Cara

Peace on Earth

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

~Charles Dickens

Snowflakes are something else I have this addiction too! LOL .... Which I find hilarious. Maybe it's because I live in Arizona and the only time I see snow is on TV or if I drive to it!

The Snowflakes are from a die set from Sizzix. 

I believe the sentiment is from CTMH

and I can't remember who the EF is from (I have soooo many snowflake EF's it's almost (almost) embarrassing!

Card stock is from The Paper Studio and Stampin' Up!

Ink is from Stampin' Up!

Merry Christmas to One and All!

(Hugs) Cara

Believe

For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind.

~Loring A. Schuler

*** Update: 1-17-16 *** This card was selected as a CAS Favorite at SplitCoastStampers!

Ok .. let's see .. .what I can remember about this card!

The card stock is from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

The bird image is from a set from CTMH stamped onto red cardstock and fussy cut out (not bad for a one eyed wonder eh? LOL) 

The tree die is from Darice

The Believe die is from Yellow Bicycle

Snowflake punch is from Marvy (I think)

The Rhinestones are from my stash

The EF is "Softly Falling" from Stampin' Up!

Merry Christmas to One and All!

(Hugs) Cara

Yuletide Greetings

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown

CAS is definitely my go to style! :O)

Card stock and red pearls from The Paper Studio

Dies are both from Darice: Rectangle Frames and Holly

India Ink from Memories

Sentiment: Close to My Heart

Merry Christmas to One and All!

(Hugs) Cara

Warm Holiday Wishes

Very gay they were with snow and sleigh-bells, holly-boughs, and garlands, below, and Christmas sunshine in the winter sky above. All faces shone, all voices had a cheery ring, and everybody stepped briskly on errands of good-will. ~Louisa May Alcott, "Seamstress," Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

For some interesting reason which I have been unable to figure out I why have a strange fascination with penguins ... or as I call them "pen-goo-ins" lol

This image is from a stamp that my husband actually found for me.

Image: "Pen Pattern Penguin" from Stampendous

Sentiment: Studio G (I think)

 Both are stamped in India Ink from Memories

Card stock from the Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Colored with Copics

Studio G Glitter glue used on hat

Merry Christmas to One and All!

(Hugs) Cara

Let it Snow!

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.

~Laura Ingalls Wilder

What I can tell you about this one is that I used cardstock from The Paper Studio, ink from CTMH & India Ink from Memories. I used masking tape and sponged the cardstock with a couple of different shades of blue. Then stamped the image which I borrowed from a girlfriend. Then I added some color and pearlized Smooch!

Blessings and Merry Christmas to One and all!

(Hugs) Cara

Warmest Wishes

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves. ~Eric Sevareid

Good afternoon

Christmas cards are finished and mailed. Between today and the end of the year I will be sharing some cards that I made... I won't always have the supply lists because I was not very good at keeping track of them. However, I do hope you enjoy and find some inspiration!

Blessings and Merry Christmas to one and all!!!!

Cara

Here comes Santa Claus!

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?

~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

Good morning ...

I bring you just another card made from scraps and a recycled Christmas card. Not one of my favorites, but was good experience using the a layered technique that is popular with stamps.

Size 5 x 7

SUPPLIES

Card stock from The Paper Studio

Oval dies from Spellbinders

Sentiment from "Holiday Sentiments" from Hampton Arts

Star is a partial stamp from "A Christmas Nativity" by JRL Designs then painted with gold Smooch

Winter Wishes

Winter is a time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. ~Stanley Crawford, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm, 1992

*** NOTE: This card is a Featured card for the month of December 2015 at The Outlawz Challenges ***

Good morning!

I love Cardinals ....

There are quite a few lovely legends about Cardinals.

Some say it is the spirit of a loved one come to say Hello. One says they came to be when a little brown bird helped a wolf in distress and another says a Cardinal is a sign of good luck!

Whether you believe any of them or not - they are still a such a vibrant bird to sit upon the limb - natures own Christmas Ornament!

Size: 4.25 x 5.5

SUPPLIES

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin U!

Stamps from "To You & Yours" by Close to My Heart

Colored with Copics and Prisma Color Pencils

Black India Ink

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara