WOW!! It is such an honor to be a part of this blog hop today! LiveLoveCards has inspired me from the very beginning of my card crafting journey just three years ago, so I cannot tell you what a special moment this is for me. Thanks Darlene for all your support and encouragement (enter hug here)!
PLUS, I have the opportunity to give away some amazing prizes which I will tell you more about at the end of my post. So that makes it a DOUBLE honor for me!
When I heard this was a “Holiday PhotoCard” hop, I had to do a little dance because it involves two of my most favorite things….Christmas and family photos. I love love love getting those pictures of my family and friends every year so I just had to create two designs! I decided to make my cards very clean and simple so that I can mass produce them easily. They are also regular A2 size cards so I didn’t have to worry about finding special envelopes for them.
I created the eye-popping red card bases with my Misti, using the Diagonal Stripes background stamp from Simon Says Stamp. It was so easy, that of course I had to make a stack of these versatile background stripes for future use. Candy cane, anyone?? lol
So now that’s done, lets start with my Christmas Blessings Card….
I cut the red striped card panel to a regular A2 size, 4 1/4″ by 5 1/2″. I then made the top panel using a stripe stencil and Olive Green Ink applied with a roller. I cut that green stripe panel using Simon Says Stamp’s Stitched Rectangle dies. The largest size die in that set cuts your panel to jsut the perfect size to show off that red stripe!!
Then I cut my photo with Simon Says Stamp’s Stitched Square dies. I wanted an inset look to my card so I used that same square die and cut the green striped panel right where my card will go. Using the same square die will assure that my picture fits perfectly into that spot.. It doesn’t show too well in my pics here, but that created a cool, double stitched look for my card. After that I stamped my sentiment from Stampin’ Up’s Christmas Pines set. I created our family name using Lawn Fawn’s Milo’s Alphabet.
Now to my Holly Jolly Christmas photo card…
Seriously….SOOOOOO simple! I used the same technique as my first card, using SSS stitched rectangle and square dies to cut my white panel and my photo. I stamped the sentiment from Ellen Hutson’s Holly Jolly stamp set in Momento Black Tuxedo ink and the stars from the same set in Gold Delicata Ink. I hand drew the star above the sentiment and the heart and our name below the sentiment with Sakura Pigma Micron black pen. Then I adhered it all to another one of my awesome red stripe background and voila….done!
So now for the giveaway. CHECK OUT THESE FABULOUS SPONSORS!!
Here are the prizes up for grabs….
- Two yearly subscriptions to LiveLoveCards.com
- $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp
- $25 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson
- $30 gift certificate to Altenew
- MISTI (or mini MISTI!) from My Sweet Petunia
- $25 gift certificate to Paper Smooches
- $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn
- $25 gift certificate to My Favorite Things
Winners will be selected at random from the comments left on each blog hop stop so leave me a comment and cross your fingers! Be sure to leave a comment on each stop to increase your chances to win! Leave your comments by Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 11:59pm CT. Nine winners will be announced on LiveLoveCards on Wednesday, November 23rd, just in time for Black Friday. SAY WHAT?!!
Well, thank so much for “hopping by”. Hope this hop inspires you to create your own holiday photo cards this Holiday Season! And don’t forget to like and follow too 😀💕😀💕.
LiveLoveCards – http://www.livelovecards.com/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop-with-lots-of-prizes
Simon Says Stamp – http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop-with-shari-carroll
Caly Person – https://craftincaly.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop
My Sweet Petunia – http://blog.mysweetpetunia.com/2016/11/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop.html
Ellen Hutson – http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/the_classroom_new/2016/11/diagonal-window-photo-card-holiday-photo-card-blog-hop.html
Kelly Griglione – http://notablenest.blogspot.com/2016/11/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop.html
Altenew – http://altenewblog.com/2016/11/16/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop/
Cassie Tezak – https://creativelycass.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop
Paper Smooches – http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2016/11/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop_18.html
Francine Vuillème – http://www.1001cartes.ch/2016/11/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop.html
Catherine Bowen – https://happytuesdaycards.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop <——YOU ARE HERE
I love the peppermint stripe border!
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What a nice family you have, Catherine! I like what everyone is wearing and how nice everyone looks. I like how you used the striped paper too. It reminds me so much of candy canes. Those were always my nephews favorite things to eat at Christmas. Both cards are so pretty! Whoever gets them is going to love them as much as I do!
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What did we ever do before misti. Your cards are perfectly professional but better.
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IKR??? Love my MISTI!!! Thanks for hopping with us
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Love the border! I love making holiday photo cards! Favorite card making for me 🙂
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Your cards are gorgeous! I love the clean and simple design with the stripes and the sentiments match so perfectly! ❤
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BEAUTIFUL family photo and FABULOUS cards!!!
LOVE your CHEERY candy cane base and the stitched panel with the inlaid photo, both are great designs!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION 🙂
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The details on the stitched dies make the second card really special.
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Love this card idea, it’s on my to do list for next year.
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Catherine, I love the great backdrops you created for your photo holiday cards! Clean, simple and flat, the perfect combination for creating multiple cards for mailing. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win.
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Oh WOW!! This is STUNNING!! I love the candy cane base and the photo is fantastic!
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I love how this card looks like Christmas to me! Thanks for sharing your process. What a lovely photo! Your daughter’s hair is gorgeous!
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Very nice photo card! I need to do one of these one year! Thanks for sharing.
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Great backgrounds that you created for your cards. You framed the pictures so nice…very nice Christmas Cards. Thank you for sharing with us
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I love the colors used on this card. It brings the holiday spirit closer.
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great card and pic!
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Love the photo cards you created with your Misti 🙂 They look like they are from a print shop. Love the photo too
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Nice card TFS!
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I like both versions of your card. Great family photo. Did you bribe the kids? It’s hard to get older children to allow picture taking sometimes.
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This is such a beautiful card design! Love the sweet photo!
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Love the traditional feel to your card. Nothing like a peppermint stripe. Thanks for sharing.
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Tradition is always a good idea! 🙂
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I liked how you used the stripped background stamps for the background of the card. The Misti makes it easy. Lovely that you even stamped your holiday sentiments. Thanks for sharing.
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so lovely, great design!
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I like the striped background a lot.
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Love how you created this!
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I really love the look of the horizontal stripes with the diagonal peppermint border. I never would have thought of trying that combination. Thanks for sharing it!
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Super cards! Great idea to stamp your striped background paper. It saves moola over buying printed scrapbook paper. I like the way you inset your photo.
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Lovely card. Thanks for sharing !
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Great ideas, especially the candy cane background! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
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They are sweet photo card. I love your designs and window for your family picture. THANK YOU for the inspiration!
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Such a beautiful card!! Love the background!
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Such a great card!!
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Great photo cards! Love the candy cane backgrounds especially. Really gives them a festive look. Tfs! 🙂 ~ Andrea
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Love your cards. Such beautiful work. Thanks so much for sharing!!
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Both cards are fantastic! I love the striped backgrounds!
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Both cards are fantastic! I love the striped backgrounds!!
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