Thinking of You

My last IO order included the beautiful Sketch Roses stamp which I've had my eye on for a long time.  So glad I finally got it--will be used a lot! 

For this card I white embossed on Bristol paper & colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers & a water brush.  This is a large square stamp, but I just cut off a strip & added silver glitter tape to the edges.  Here's a close up showing the effect of spritzing with Perfect Pearls. 

The sentiment is from IO Anytime Sentiments & once again I've used my favorite Brilliance Graphite Black.  I got this set a year ago & need to keep it out so I remember to use it.  The sentiments are great & most of them haven't been used.  I'm  entering Impression Obsession, HLS Watercolor, SSS Wednesday & SSS Work it Wednesday.  Ready or not, here comes 2018!  I have some exciting news to share on Jan. 2, so hope you'll pop in again.
Fritz got a new toy--thought you might enjoy these pictures. 

Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog.

Two More Tags

I'm really having fun this year with the 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Jo's gorgeous stars on Day 1 reminded me that I have Memory Box Star of Wonder dies which I've hardly used. 

My tag is cut from a soft black paper using a PTI die & the PTI sentiment is gold embossed.  The glitter tape I used for the stars wasn't a good match to the sentiment, but darkening them with a gold Wink of Stella pen made them work.  I added Sticko dots which I really love.  The dark gold ribbon is so beautiful & I tied it with a string saved from a clothing tag.  Used a Versafine cube to lightly color the white string to go with the tag.  This one will probably end up on a card.  I'm also entering Word Art Wednesday.

My second tag took 3 tries, but finally got what I had in mind after seeing Kelly's tag on Day 3.  I loved her off the edge design & the classic red & green. 

My tag is cut with Poppystamps Tunnel Tags, the snowflake is Hero Arts & the sentiment is AJVD--thank you, Rosemary!  My stamping is done with VersaMagic Red Magic & Brilliance Gamma Green.  I have a huge ribbon collection as I used to buy it a yard at a time--seems like you're not spending much.  Of course, then I hoard it--haha!  May have to find more of this one--a favorite!  Decided to keep it simple & just add a single green gem (colored with a COPIC) for embellishment.  I'll probably use it with a loaf of my pumpkin bread.  The friend I give it to every year usually returns my cards when she's ready to dispose of them, so I may get the ribbon back--haha!  I'm also entering HLS Christmas, SSS Wednesday & Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Tag & Card

Miserably cold & wet yesterday, although a dusting of snow was pretty to start the day.  Fritz didn't even get out of his bed when I picked up his leash--think he's wishing he was back in Phoenix--haha!  I'm still working on getting Christmas cards mailed & think I finally have a new system for next year to avoid this stress--we'll see if it works.  

Anyway, I did take a break to craft as I didn't want to totally miss Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. The inspiration is incredible so far, but the glitter stripes on Melania's Day 7 tags just spoke to me.  I used her design, but changed to silver glitter paper & hopefully it's OK to have one extra stripe.  My tag base is MFT Fishtail Flags, the sentiment is Hero Arts, the blossoms & leaves are EH Bold Blossoms which are colored with Zigs.  Finished off with PPP Sparkling Clear sequins & did you notice the black eyelet?!  I'm also entering HLS Anything Goes with Dies.  

As I said, I'm still mailing Christmas cards so decided to turn my tag into a card.  I intended to deboss the card front, but my brain shut off & the tag is stuck down.  

Think the tag looks better than the card, but hopefully my friend will enjoy it anyway.  I'm entering SSS National Christmas Card Day. I'm slowly catching up on leaving blog comments.  Thank you all for visiting!