Happy Birthday Tracey!

Tracey was one of the first stampers I met when I started blogging. Her sweet comments always encouraged me & I love her card-making style! Couldn't pass up the chance to join in her birthday Linky Party this week.  I went completely away from the fall/winter color schemes & made a soft, feminine card.  The background stamp is Penny Black's sweetness, 40-208. I clear embossed it on light lavender paper & spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Glacier--a light blue.  Hard to get a good picture as the result is a subtle design.  I really like this sentiment from Penny Black's friendship, 30-160. It's white embossed on the same lavender paper, die cut into a circle & popped up. I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 
Hope you're having a terrific birthday week, Tracey!
Edited to Add: Also entering Penny Black and More.

Joy

There's still time to sign up to be a Penny Black Club Member so you can shop the Fan Favorites sale on Friday, Nov. 8.  Some of the stamps are being show-cased all week on The Penny Black Blog. Maybe you'll want to add ornamental, 40-160 to your collection.  I made a bright & simple card, but you could get so many different looks with this one stamp. I silver embossed & trimmed the bottom edge by hand so that the sentiment from joyous, 30-037 would fit on the card front stamped in Memento Love Letter.  I colored the ornament dots with a marker before adding prisma glitter using a glue pen.  The panel is mounted with foam tape & embellished with red & white ribbon tied in a knot.  I'm entering the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays and Die Cut Divas.  Edited to add: Also entering at Penny Black & More.  Thanks for stopping by--I always appreciate it.

NOEL

If you haven't, be sure to sign up now to be a Penny Black Club Member. Then on Friday, Nov. 8, you will receive an e-mail with a link to shop the Fan Favorites sale. You can see examples on the Penny Black Blog all week & today I'm joining in the fun. Here are 2 cards using the gorgeous 
antique noel, 4340K.  
The first card is white embossed on water color paper & then spritzed with red, green & gold Tattered Angels mists.  I filled in the berries & ovals in the letters with my white gel pen. Hard to tell, but I used markers to give some more color to the flowers, leaves & pine cones before a bit of Stickles was added. I thought Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles made just the elegant frame it needed. Pearls & ribbon finish it off.  Edited to add: I'm entering the challenge at Penny Black & More.

My second card is also white embossed, but then Distress Inks festive berries, evergreen bough & iced spruce were sponged onto the panel before diecutting into an oval.  Stickles & tiny red gems provide the embellishment. Spellbinders Labels 10 is used for the mat which is mounted with foam tape to the card front embossed with a Cuttlebug Anna Griffin folder & sprayed with Therm-O-Web Glitter Dust.

Hope I've given you some ideas.  Be sure to join the club so you'll be able to shop the sale.  Thanks for taking time to visit my blog.

Two Cards

Long post to avoid having 2 more posts today. Hope you will find it worth your time.
Betsy's inlaid die-cut card for PTI MIM is fabulous! I've never heard it called "inlaid", but I loved this look the first time I saw it. I still need to get some word dies, so instead I used Turning A New Leaf--a favorite. My card is simple, but shows you how effective this technique is.  The leaves are stamped in Memento Olive Grove & the edges are sponged with Golden Glitz. The sentiment from PTI Snowflake Flurries is stamped using the same ink.  Just got this gorgeous gold shimmer paper on sale, so used that to mat the top piece which is made with PTI Vintage Cream cardstock. I've had these red metal dots for many years & they give just the right look, I think. Finished off with the beautiful dark green ribbon. 
Figure I may as well enter "the lottery" at Simon Says Stamp Monday and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--LOL! Sure could easily spend a $50 gift certificate to their store!  Edited to add:  I'm also entering at Die Cut Divas.
Next is my entry for MFTWSC148.
As soon as I saw the sketch I had in mind using Thankful Leaves with MFT felt. 

This is my first card with the
MFT Labels Stax 4 that I got in their big sale. Started looking through my papers not knowing what to do for the background & these 2 sheets by 2 different companies seemed perfect! The edges are sponged with antique linen & the Studio G sentiment is stamped with Memento Gray Flannel. The buttons were still in my purse, having used a coupon at JoAnns since there was nothing I wanted in the paper crafts aisle. Love dry embossing the leaves over the script paper (enlarge the pic to see it) & so glad I had some gray twine. I'm learning to not worry about what is popular or what the expert designers do--just be myself. The result is 2 cards I really like & isn't that why we all do this?
Hope you're having a nice weekend. I'm really glad you decided to stop by my blog.

Light

The CASology cue word is "black" this week.  I first thought of black cat, but didn't want to use that for a card.  My next thought was darkness & the song we sang growing up: "This Little Light of Mine." I've had the ODBD stamp set Spread Light for a long time & now I've finally used it for my very simple card.  The quote is not so simple--makes me stop & think. Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles is used to cut the frame which I popped up over the quote which is gold embossed on ivory cardstock.  I kind of like the single black flower as the only embellishment.  

What do you think? Since I didn't use lace or ribbon, I'm entering the challenge at ODBD & the embossed sentiment makes it qualify for CAS-ual Fridays challenge. I've posted a lot of cards lately & I so appreciate that you've taken time to leave me comments.
Edited to add: ODBDSLC winner.

Bright & Shimmery

The current Impression Obsession challenge is to use your favorite technique.  I love emboss resist, so began by white embossing IO Crochet Snowflake 2, E13064, & then sponged on Distress Ink salty ocean & picked raspberry.  The panel was dry embossed with dots & then sprayed with Therm-O-Web Glimmer Dust--my new favorite!  I wish you could see the wonderful shimmer, but nothing I've tried makes it show in a picture.  Merry, Bright & Cozy, D8307, is silver embossed & mounted at an angle with foam tape.  
The silver dots are pretty flat, so this card can be mailed without extra postage.  I'm also entering the challenges at Simon Says Stamp, Monday and Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday. 
Thanks for stopping by--your visit is much appreciated.
Edited to add: Also entering the challenge at Die-Cut Divas.

Vintage Santa

I seldom make vintage style cards. However, my one Santa stamp by TPC Studio lends itself to that style, so stepped outside my comfort zone to make my card for the Merry Monday challenge. The water color background is done with Distress Inks fired brick, festive berries & frayed burlap.  After stenciling the stars & dry embossing one corner I sponged on Ultimate Metallic Champagne.  Santa is stamped with the same inks. The MFT flower is die cut from left overs after using an oval die for the Santa panel. Embellishments are sheer gold ribbon, ivory lace, dark red bling & a pearl.  This will probably go to my cousin's family as his wife collects Santas & they gave me this stamp. I'm also entering the challenges at Simon Says Stamp, Monday and Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday.  
Love reading your comments & I always enjoy seeing what you've been up to. Happy Friday!
Edited to add: Also entering Die-Cut Divas.