The Wacky Watercooler Year End Blog Hop

Yes the Wacky Watercooler is hopping again! You may have just hopped here from Christine's Blog, Christine has given me some fantastic cards over the years so I am sure you were impressed with her work too.

I have been busy making Christmas cards, tis the season!
Card#1 Ornament Keepsake

It doesn't show in the photo but the Ornament sparkles, it has Dazzling Diamond mixed in with the Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder

Score and fold Whisper White card base in half.

Run the Cherry Cobbler Corodinatons CS front through the Big Shot in the Stylish Strips Folder. Lightly sand and add to card base. 

Add Whisper White oval to card.

Dust a Whisper White CS piece with the Embossing Buddy.  Stamp Ornament with Versamark on to the Whisper White piece cover with Glittery Cherry Cobbler and heat with embossing gun. Run through the Big Shot with the Ornament Framelit. Add  Dimensionals to the back of the ornament and add to the oval.

On a Whisper White CS strip stamp phrase from More Merry Messages with Cherry Cobbler Ink cut with the Banner Framelit. Add Dimensionals to the back of the phrase and add to the card front.

Card #2 Greetings of the Season

Score and fold Pool Party card base in half.

Emboss the front of the card base with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.

Flag cut the ends of the DSP and Card Stock strips then layer them onto the card base.

Dust  the Whisper White Card Stock with Embossing Buddy then stamp with Bermuda Bay and Quickly cover with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and heat with Embossing Gun.

Run the stamped piece through the Big Shot cutting it out with Apothecary Accents Framelit 

Run the Island Indigo CS through the Big Shot cutting it with the Chalk Talk Framelit .

Layer the stamped piece onto the Island Indigo piece, add  Dimensional to the back and add piece over the banner piece.

Card #3 Santa's List

Score and fold Very Vanilla card base in half.

Run the Very Vanilla CS piece through the Big Shot centering the Circle Framelit  on it.

Run the Real Red CS piece through the Big Shot, use the Very Vanilla piece to center the next larger Circle Framelit.

Re-run the Very Vanilla CS piece through the Big Shot in the Pretty Print embossing Folder.

Center the Santa on the card base and stamp with Real Red Ink.

Layer the Real Red CS piece on the card base then layer with the Very Vanilla CS piece.

So this is my start on Christmas Cards I hope they have given you some ideas. Now it is time to hop on over to Gail's

Ornament Keepsakes Swaps

This card came from Stephanie Osgood.

This card is lovely in its simplicity. The Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake are lovely together.


This card came from Buffy Cooper and uses the same stamp set and Framelits as the first card but gives a totally different feel.

Whisper White, Midnight Muse and Silver so elegant! (You have to tilt your screen just so or it looks black not blue)

Swap from Susan!

My friend Susan Horr sent this card I love all the Gold! Here is what she used.

• The card base is Brushed Gold with a front of Whisper White
• Next a layer of Brushed Gold
• Gold Embossing was done on two Whisper White panels she used the stamp sets, Ornament Keepsakes, Daydream Medallions, Greetings of the Season.
• The Ornament is popped up with Dimensionals over the medallion.

I love how this card turned out.

Ornament Keepsakes

Remember this card from this post? I made it again but changed up the colors.

• The card base is Real Red, the front is Whisper White sprayed with Frost Shimmer Paint spray, ran through the Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder.
• If you watched the video I plainly changed the fell of the card. I used Real Red with the En Francais  stamp and Gumball Green on the Ornament Keepsakes ornament.
• I layered the image on Gumball Green.

These cards work up real fast and are fun to make.

Here is a non stamping project that I have just finished working on.