Victorian Christmas

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving weekend. Even though we didn't get time off here in Croatia, I enjoyed my self-imposed break from blogging and it was nice! We had our own "lite" version of Thanksgiving with our little family with fried chicken, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. We even did our own version of Black Friday shopping, but no such good deals here. I did finish shopping for my girls, so that's good!

Speaking of Black Friday deals, one of my favorite online shops, Two Peas In a Bucket, is having 20% off all their products (not non-digital, non-phaseout products). Specially note-worthy are their Copic marker sales, some are marked down 50% off!

Today's card is for Card Patterns sketch this week. The sponsor is The Craft's Meow.  I used my Vintage Snowflakes set, along with Melissa Frances papers and a vintage image from The Graphics Fairy. Some Want2Scrap bling, lace and twill tape accent the card.

Speaking of challenges, The Craft's Meow is also sponsoring the Lily Pad Sketch Challenge until Dec 1st!.

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Peace Snowflakes

Today's card uses some items that I've been hoarding and are now finally getting used. These de-hoarded items include the bingo card and flourish crystals. The snowflakes are from my Vintage Snowflakes set, which is currently sold out. TCM expects them to be restocked next week. I'm so glad so many people love this set. The other supplies are listed below.

TCM Vintage Snowflakes	Graphic 45 Christmas Past Papers	Jenny Bowlin Christmas Bingo cards	Zva Crystals
GinaK Designs Cardstock	ScorTape

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A Trio of Christmas Cards

Here are some mass produced cards that I've been making for Christmas. I used TCM's Vintage Snowflakes and GinaK's Christ is Risen (JOY sentiment) stamps. The papers are Echo park.

TCM Vintage Snowflakes

GKD Christ is Risen

Echo Park Season's Greetings Pack

GinaK Designs Cardstock

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The Craft's Meow November 2011 Release Hop

The day is finally here for The Craft's Meow's November release, that includes three Nina B Designs sets, Season's Greetings, Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Snowflakes. I hope you are hopping along with us to see some fabulous samples from the DT and for a chance to win some new stamps. You can go to the TCM blog for more info and for the order of the hop.

I have several cards to show you today. The first one uses Vintage Ornaments, Vintage Snowflakes, and It's a Banner Day. I die cut the banners using Spellbinders Banner Basics Three. The papers are Graphic 45.

Here's another take to the CAS card I showed the other day. This time, I heat embossed the snowflakes with white powder and created this dramatic background.

Here's another vintage card using Season's Greetings, Telegram and Vintage Snowflakes sets. The label is die cut using Spellbinders Labels 14. The flower poinsettia was die cut using my SB Layered Poinsettia dies.

 

Now, your next stop on the hop is the TCM's talented Guest this month...Sparkle Smith. Make sure you check out the TCM blog for the prize giveaway info. Seven new stamp sets are up for grabs! Happy hopping!

More Vintage Christmas cards and Winner!

EDIT: The winner of my birthday giveaway is at the end of this post.

I hope you have been enjoying The Craft's Meow's previews. I have another one today using Lily Pad Cards' Sketch. I used Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Snowflakes for this card. The papers are Graphic 45.

Here are my friends' take on the sketch:

Iwona

Jessica

Diana

I hope you can play along with the Lily Pad sketch. You have until November 3rd to enter for a chance to win some of my stamp designs!

And the winner of my birthday giveaway is...#58 Jan Marie. Please email me with your address, Jan Marie. Thanks to everybody who played along. Make sure you check out my FB page for more chance to win just by posting your creations using any NinaB Designs stamps (through Gina K Designs, The Craft's Meow or Layers of Color). Check out which stamps I made via tabs above.

TCM Previews: Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Snowflakes

Thank you for joining The Craft's Meow's team for November's previews. Today, we're showcasing two more of my sets, Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Snowflakes. As you know, I love everything vintage and the images on these sets are just that with a modern twist.

My first card uses the ornaments with a snowflake centers and sentiment. The papers are Graphic 45.

My second card uses the same vintage images to create this CAS card. This is so easy to mass produce and uses scraps of paper and buttons. I don't know about you, but I have accumulated more buttons than I need. I just took whatever button colors I have a lot of and coordinated the colors on my card with them. Kraft and red, one of my favorite combos.

Make sure you visit the TCM blog for more inspiration. Please consider joining The Craft's Meow's Facebook page. When they reach 1000 "likes", they will give away the 7 new sets to one random fan. And while there, consider liking the NinaB Designs page as well. You can also grab my NEW badge and/or logo on the left sidebar to display on your blog.