Spring and Christmas
My table is where I can see the TV & talk with hubby while I craft. Works great while we watch football, so today I got 2 more cards made.
First is another card for Winnie & Walter's WCMD Smooshing with Lydia challenge & I'm also adding it to Stenciled with Kate. The panel smooshed with springy colors has been on my table forever. It's Fall here, but my friends in Australia & New Zealand have Spring, so why not a Spring card?!
I used packaging from a "to go" container to make a stencil with W&W The Leaf Effect. Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel is just gorgeous--should use it more often.
The sentiment from W&W Big, Bold, Seasons is stamped in gray on a vellum scrap & the panel is mounted with dark gray. I have tons of flowers from before I started buying dies. This one is really pretty--even included the pearl. I'm also entering SSS WCMD & HLS Anything Goes with Dies.
Next is another Christmas card--my absolute favorites to make! Most of mine are one of a kind, but hubby's newly found cousins all get the same design. My requirements are that they be flat, fairly quick to make & still beautiful.
Thinking this will work. I can even vary the ink color & the sentiment--depending on what hubby wants. The 2012 Penny Black beautiful season sentiment is embossed in Liquid Platinum & Penny Black's 2013 christmas reds & greens is clear embossed. I used a Nuvo stencil brush to add DI evergreen bough. Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter drops add a bit of sparkle to the berries. I'm entering Penny Black's Holiday Head Start Challenge, Christmas Card Challenges, CropStop, Inkspirational & SSS WCMD. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.
I am catching up on my blog comments, starting at the most recent first. Your first card is fabulous...and if you have an itch to make another stencil...I'd love to have one. I haven't played with emobssing paste in far too long.
ReplyDeleteYour second card is fabulous as well. The delicate glitter drops for the berries and that soft inking (which I can only achieve with the brushes) is beautiful. You have a super design there that will work for lots and lots of occasions.
Love your beautiful spring card with it's texture and sparkle! The Christmas one is so elegant in it's CAS design! So happy you linked up to Cropstop - be sure to come back again and help us reach our goal of 100 links this month!
ReplyDeletetwo wonderful cards Greta - love the soft colors in your spring card and the Christmas card is perfect for mass producing - and the large sentiment is so meaningful!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty Spring card and thanks for the tip about making a stencil. Love the glass bead glitter gel. Your Christmas card is perfect for making multiples. The design is classy and the sentiment is perfect. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTwo totally delightful creations and so nice to see the fresh Spring colours as we head into darker days.
ReplyDeleteHave a good Sunday.
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Love the image of you crafting, both maybe watching TV and both together x Your first card is amazing. The background smooshing and the glitter gel through the stencil looks fabulous along with the Spring colours. Such a beautiful CAS Christmas card...perfect x
ReplyDeleteI love that you made you own stencil and it looks great. I have the glass bead glitter gel and seeing your lovely card makes me want to stop right now and use it! I do love those soft, muted colors. The Christmas card is a winner too. Love it. It's fun to be able to share programs with hubby and still be doing something you love at the same time.
ReplyDeletewow!! you really knocked it out of the park with these cards, greta!! they are gorgeous, my friend!!
ReplyDeleteI can't keep my eyes of that first card; it's a jaw dropper Greta. I love the embossed background and that glitter is beautiful. our second card is right up my alley; perfection in CAS!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen the glass bead glitter gel, so I must be living under a rock, but it sure is beautiful! What a fabulous pair of cards and I love that you made your own stencil!
ReplyDeleteTwo beauties, Greta! Just love the effect with the bead glitter gel on card 1 and the corner inking on card 2!!
ReplyDeleteI love both your cards, Greta. They are adorable! It is nice to see a beautiful spring card during the autumn! And your Christmas card is great! Kisses, my friend.
ReplyDeleteLove the pretty backgrounds and lovely soft colors on your cards!! The glitter gel looks fabulous! A perfect sentiment on your second card! Love them both, Greta...well done!!
ReplyDeleteOh Greta, these are gorgeous!! Love the sparkle and wonderful background on the first one. And the second is perfectly CAS, just marvelous!
ReplyDeleteboth of these are simply amazing Greta. Love the subtle stenciling on the background of the first and the soft colouring on your Christmas card is so pretty. Makes a beautiful card
ReplyDeleteI love both cards but the simplicity and the elegance of your Christmas card has mey heart! I may have to CASe that!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so beautiful! I love the leaf technique you used on the spring card's base, and the flower is perfect for that card.
ReplyDeleteThe Christmas card is simple but so beautiful & elegant. Awesome job!
I Lurve your Spring card such pretty colours and lovely embossing, looks like I should get that bead glitter, it's gorgeous. Your Christmas card is so elegant and I'm sure will be well received.
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Gorgeous card and I love the shimmering effect Greta!
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Beautiful cards Greta! Love all the texture on the first! The second is simply wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty cards! Wow, that background for the spring card is stunning. Gorgeous smooshed colors, the leaf effect is fabulous and that glitter gel is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet.
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us at HLS
Barb Housner (DT)
Congratulations on the well-deserved win at Inkspirational, Greta!! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteTwo more awesome cards, Greta! Love the glass bead gel leaves! And the simple Christmas card is so classy!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Your stenciling on the first is both genius and stunning; the Christmas card, with the delicate blending, is ever so stylish! Marveling at your creativity...
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