Christmas in July

When I was a kid at camp I loved decorating our cabin for Christmas & most of you probably know I love making Christmas cards.  I made 2 using the SSS Falling Snow stencil.  

The first one was inspired by the Christmas in July challenge at One Layer Simplicity.  I heavily inked a card front with Distress Ink chipped sapphire & then stamped Penny Black "before the snow" in Memento Luxe Wedding Dress & blended with my finger. The PB sentiment from "winter wonders" was white embossed & masked with temporary tape before I stenciled with Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel.  I'm also entering SSS Flickr Challenge #48 & SSS Monday.

Next is another card for SSS Flickr #48 & a2z Scrapbooking.  I stamped a tree & sentiment from Hero Arts & then used the same SSS stencil & FC glitter gel.  It was a bit too plain to suit me, so I sprayed with 2 blue Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists & added green Stickles to the tree.  I cut down the panel & matted it to a navy blue one & then the white card.  I think this will work great for a guy, so I'm also entering A Blog Named Hero. 2 flat cards for mailing--yah! Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

MFT & PTI

I did it--completed MFT Camp Create! The link is about to close, so quick post.  My card for Spectacular Shakers Creative Challenge is made with these MFT products: Vertical Greetings die, Prima Donna Petals, Mini Rolled Roses, Striped BGs & Thankful Leaves.  The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Majestic Blue.  I used seed beeds & small PPP clear sequins for the shaker mix & clear dots to embellish the pink felt roses.  I was inspired by the theme at City Crafter Challenge Blog.

Next is my entry for PTI MIM using Reverse Stenciling.  

I used a stencil from Tattered Angels which I've had a long time, but never used.  The sentiment is from the Don't Forget to Write MIM Kit.  I used PTI Lovely Lady & Versafine Smokey Gray.  The card has a wondeful shimmer from Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz & finished off with PPP clear sequins.  

I'm also entering One-Layer Simplicity. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by. I'll catch up on my blog reading as soon as I can.

Red, White & Blue

Fun challenge for PTI MIM--Ink Blending Through Die Cut Masks.  I used the PTI vellum to make a mask with PTI Small Sketched Stars. They're still attached since I like the arrangement & don't want to loose any of them.  

My card is for PTI MIM, CropStop & One Layer Simplicity.  I used PTI Blueberry Sky for the stars & the sentiment from the new Make It Market kit is stamped in Distress Ink festive berries.  The stars are brushed with Wink of Stella & I splattered on Heidi Swapp white Color Shine & Delicata Shimmery Silver.  Needed something, so I added a scored frame.

The vellum mask worked great, so I decided to make another card.  

I began by inking a die cut rectangle with Blueberry Sky & then stenciled with Memento Luxe Wedding Dress & brushed the stars with Wink of Stella.  The panel was mounted to silver glitter paper.  For the card front I stamped a panel of stripes using an image from PTI Watercolor Wonder & Adirondack Cranberry dye ink. The sentiment is an old favorite from the Oregon company Peddler's Pack & I finished off with PPP Sparkling Clear sequins.  I'm entering Fusion, HLS Anything Goes, Little Tangles, Stamplorations Theme & Sketch.

Clarification:  I die cut the stars from a piece of PTI vellum & used it as a stencil for both cards.  

Guest Designing for OLCCC

I'm honored to have won the One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #11 which gave me the opportunity to Guest Design today for OLCCC #29.  I used one of my favorite layouts for one layer cards and again used the Faux Mother of Pearl technique.  After masking an area on my card front, I used cling wrap to pounce on Ocean Blue Liquid Pearls.  It dried very quickly & then I sponged on VersaMagic Ocean Depth.  This beautiful 2010 Hero Arts snowflake is one of my favorite stamps & I silver embossed it after removing the masking tape.  

Noel is from HA 2011 Merriest Christmas Wishes & I finished off with some splatters of Distress Stain Brushed Pewter. Love having a pretty card to mail that doesn't need extra postage! 




I'm entering the CAS challenge at ABNH,  Anything Goes at One Layer Simplicity, Stamplorations Theme  (splatters) & Sketch & Word Art Wednesday. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.