Hello Friends, How are you today? Are you feeling the pressure of the holiday season? This year I have barely made any holiday cards and am feeling the squeeze big time. I had a few hours to sit down with my nephew and his girlfriend for a little card making 101.
They made some ugly sweater cards and after my mini class I was able to stamp a few for my family.
Last year I made a bunch with this stamp set. Here is a You Tube video of a spinner Ugly Sweater Card I made with lots of fuzzzzzzz. I You can see the entire stamp collection here .
The background was easy to achieve some texture with …you know with lol the….. various ink blending solution. Have I sold you yet on this technique? ( a rag + various ink = awesome texture) I used my tried and true supplies to add some details on the sweaters. My favorite THIN multiliner marker, the white gel pen and some wink of stella.
As you can see you really can have a good time making these sweaters. Create some year round ugly sweaters using some planner stamps. These I made last year with some Sweet Stamp Shop stamps to decorate them. (sorry can’t find the post at the moment)
These are the cards that my nephew and girlfriend made! I think I see some budding card artists don’t you think?
GUESS WHAT SIMON IS HAVING A 25% OFF COPIC SALE. USE CODE “Markers” to get the discount. Time to take the plunge and buy that various ink if you don’t own one. You know I love it and use it all the time. Right now I am at the airport and my wifi is limited. I will come back and announce the winner to my last giveaway and will post my new giveaway. See photo below of the upcoming giveaway.Thanks for your patience and your visit. Grateful for you all. Hugs, Kathy 
Today’s Card Supplies & Links: Click on the thumbnail to go to a store. Affiliate linking might be used depending on the product.
DAY 2. One More & a Bonus Card
Modify Ink w/ Copic markers & Zig
Day 24. Mermaid & a Giveaway!
This is the season of the ugly sweaters! Great fun introducing someone to crafting. I bet you had fun Kathy.
Oh they are so nice! all of them! and they are not ugly at all 😉 Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
These are way too pretty to be ugly 😉 LOVE!
Those sweaters are far from UGLY…when you color them..they are GORGEOUS and as adorable as can be! XOXO
OMGoodness, these are hilarious yet so beautiful! Your colouring is amazing!
May your Christmas be as bright as your ” beautiful” Christmas Sweaters…. Hugs
Merry Christmas to you. Hugs
Love these ugly sweaters!! They are actually cute! Safe travels and see you next post!
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
I’ve always loved this stamp set & matching die! Love what you’ve done with them!
You make me want to get my stamps out and make some ugly sweaters! Great backgrounds, too! I always love whatever you make!
Just adorable sweaters. I so love them. They are way to sweet to be ugly! Love all the different colors and designs you used. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and enjoy the fun.
Love these cute ugly sweaters! Happy flying–and have a great trip!
Merry Kathy…I REMEMBER when you made these.Soo stinking cute.Be safe and Blessings to you and yours.
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
Love this stamp set!!!
All of these cards are great! LOL. I am glad there is an “Ugly Sweater” craze on in the card industry….Maybe people will stop wearing them and just make them for on cards! HAHAHA
Merry Christmas Kathy!
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
What lovely sweaters cards Kathy! Great idea making them Christmas sweaters too,very novel!
Oh my gosh Kathy, these are all amazing! Your coloring skills never cease to amaze me!
Oh my gosh! These are not ugly, they are beautiful! Why do people say Christmas sweaters are ugly? I have one. If it was ugly I wouldn’t have bought it but I’m sure some people would consider it ugly. It’s a tree and it even has some ornaments on it like tiny gold balls & a gingerbread man that looks like cut out felt. It’s knitted but it’s from a store so it’s not hand knitted but it’s very heavy. It also says to hand wash the sweater. Do you know how long it would take to wash and dry if I hand washed it and how hard it would be to get all the soap out? I I put it in a bag that is for washing delicate things and it’s big enough for a sweater. I put it in the washer on the gentle cycle and so far it looks as beautiful as the day I bought it, just like your cards look beautiful. I love all of them! You always make such nice cards.
I LIKE your ugly sweater cards!
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Stunning creations Kathy – bet your trainees will be back for more tuition! Have no cards made/posted either…arrrrgghhh!! Don’t know where the time is going! Hope to get some done this evening. Fingers crossed!!! Hugs to you and all your family.
Cutest ugly sweaters ever! ♥♥♥
I love this technique!!! It leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy inside. Even though you are running around, the quality of your work is always amazing, I don’t know how you do it! Thanks for the inspiration. Happy holidays.
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun. Hugs
I love this technique, it leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy for the holidays. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
Fabulous and such fun! Thanks for raising my spirits with your gorgeous colouring and lovely post – just what I needed, Jo x
Happy Holidays to you and enjoy the fun.
gotta agree–cute sweaters, not ugly! love the taco one!
Kathy, I laughed so much at your “Let’s not TACO about it” sweater. You are so creative. I love this blog post. Thank you for the love and inspiration that you bring to my life. I wish you and your family a lovely Christmas and a happy new year! Feliz Navidad de tu amiga (from your friend), Marisela in San Antonio, Texas, where we hit 80*F the other day =)
SQUEAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS Holiday Week!! =)
OMG such fun ugly sweater cards! Merry Christmas!
FABULOUS cards Kathy 🙂
Wishing you and your family a VERY MERRY Christmas!!!
PS – sorry for the delay in commenting – for some reason I’ve been getting errors when trying to access your blog, SO HAPPY that it’s working again!!!