Thanksgiving Leftovers LTC

This is my card for the "Post Thanksgiving Leftovers" LTC swap.  This is my second time to participate in one of Team Awesome Pants "quickie" swaps.  She gives you about a week to make the cards and it is supposed to made completely of items you already have on hand.

I carved this stamps for our fall event in 2012.  I signed up for the tracker with the intention of using this stamp and then I thought it might be too big.  I dug around and found it and it fit.

The background paper has pumpkins and a strip from a dictionary.  Then the top layer of paper is a brown grocery bag.  I stamped my stamp first and did the stitching around the edge.  After that I glued everything together.  I really like how they turned out :)

Peanuts Christmas Postcard

This is my postcard for Housepitality Hostess "Christmas Postcard III" swap.  She set up 4 of these swaps with 10 people in each.

I carved up the large group stamp right after I joined the tracker in November (2013).  This is now the biggest stamp I have ever carved.  I carved up Snoopy & Woodstock earlier this year and used it on a Valentines theme card.

I found the "Festive Garland" on Etsy.  I like to buy stamps from other people to see what materials and techniques they are using.  The seller was not a letterboxer but she said that she had just recently heard of the hobby.

I am going to make a few extras so if I have your addy, you may get one ;)

Beetle's Christmas Cards

For the second year I am participating in Beetle's Christmas Card LTC swap.  I carved this stamp in the fall of 2012 and used it for Shrinky Dink quips.  I have been wanted to reuse it and I finally did :)

Once again I found this background idea on Pinterest.  I really like using alcohol inks because all the cards look so different.  For this set, I squirted the inks and blending solution onto the craft mat and smeared my glossy card stock cards thru it.

Then you tape the cards to a stencil.  Take a little blending solution on to the fancy rubber and rub over the stencil and cards.  When I was done with that I stamped my Mary stamp onto the cards.

They needed something else so I dug around in my store bought stamp box and found the pretty "Merry Christmas" text.  I glued the whole thing to brown card stock.  I love how they turned out!

Christmas Cards 2014: Mary did you know