Everyone ready for the new year? I have to work & then we'll spend a quiet evening at home--maybe stay up to welcome in 2013--you never know if I'll still be awake! Whatever you do, stay safe & enjoy the holiday.
I missed quite a few PTI MIM challenges this year, so I had a lot to choose from for this week's 2012 All a Carte challenge. I decided on #71: Bordered Sentiments with Betsy Veldman. Her videos are always great & I love her cards. This time I pretty much CASED hers, but used the gorgeous roses from The Sweet Life set stamping in VersaMagic Pink Petunia, Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy & Memento Rhubarb Stalk. The sentiment is from Quilled Elegance & is stamped in Versafine Smokey Gray while the lines above & below it are drawn with Distress Ink Marker pumice stone. The printed paper is by Sassafras Lass. Thanks for coming by--I look forward to reading your comments. I'll be checking your blogs on my days off. Happy New Year!
Wow--talk about an inspiration photo! I think I'll be using this over & over, but for today's PTI Blog Hop card I drew from the leaves, flowers, linens & frames as well as shades of white & grey/silver. I used my new Snowflake Flurries dies to create the 2 layer felt flowers & the centers are Making Memories pearl brads from their wedding collection--I've been wanting to find a way to use them! The leaves are cut with a Sizzix die & the embossing folder is Cuttlebug. The frames are made with the PTI Take Three die. I used a sentiment from the gorgeous new PTI set called Quilled Elegance. The felt flowers are not such a stark contrast in real life, but couldn't get a better picture. Hope you get to play along--can't wait to see what everyone comes up with today! Simon Says Stamp has an Anything Goes challenge this week, so I'm submitting this card.
Merry Christmas!
"For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:10, 11
Hope you're all having a lovely day. Very quiet at our house--time to just relax & feel blessed. Decided to get my card posted for Impression Obsessions Sending Love Challenge. I took advantage of the Impression Obsession end of year clearance sale a few weeks back, so had to use 2 of my new stamps: Filigree Heart, D2024 & Valentine Wishes, D5541. I clear embossed the gorgeous heart 3 times & then sponged on Distress Ink spun sugar & worn lipstick. The same inks were used on the torn edges & the Sizzix embossing folder. Stickles was used for the sparkle. I used both sides of the Bo-Bunny printed paper. My stamping friend, Nat, gave me several of these little heart stick pins. I added seed beads with a dab of Glossy Accents at the end to keep them in place. The panels are attached with foam tape to a white card. For the inside I used the solid side of the pp stamping the heart in the spun sugar ink & the greeting in worn lipstick. Thanks for taking time to come by.
I always make some Christmas goodies for the Vet & the groomer so Keesha can tell them thank you for another year of being cared for.
The Stampendous! branch from Jumbo Pinecone Boughs is stamped in Memento Cottage Ivy & again second generation. For some sparkle I added Stickles Crystal. I love this little Hero Arts sentiment which I stamped in Memento Love Letter. Recently I bought Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles which includes 20 dies from .25" to 5.5" & now I always have the size I need. The scallop circle is by Spellbinders. Pretty simple cards--the hardest thing was getting the bows tied right! I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamp Christmas challenge.
I just saw Amber's Blog thanks to Barb. She has a project going to help the children of Newtown & you might want to check it out.
Wishing all of you a lovely holiday season. I appreciate you taking time to come by--always brightens my day.
Most of my Christmas cards are 1 of a kind, but I do mass produce the ones I give to my co-workers. I fell in love with the Stampendous! Cling Snow Brackets & had to buy it even though I have tons of Christmas stamps. I'm not alone in this lack of will-power, right?! This one is unique because it works for a beautiful focal point as well as a sentiment. I chose 3 color schemes so they aren't all exactly the same: Distress Inks chipped sapphire & faded jeans, festive berries & spun sugar, dusty concord & milled lavender. Using Spellbinders Labels 22 worked great because I could actually stamp with the die in place to get the position on the paper & then emboss with white powder, tape the die in place & cut. I sponged on the colors & wiped off the excess & added Stickles to the snowflakes. The front of the card is dry embossed with a Sizzix folder & the edges are sponged with the darker ink to match the die cut which is mounted with foam tape. I'm happy with how they look (sorry it isn't a better picture) & the cost is minimal so it's OK that most will eventually be discarded. I'm entering these into the CAS challenge at Stampendous!--check it out--you might want to join in. DYSU Blog is closing at the end of the year, but decided to enter the current Christmas card challenge. Hope you've had a week with time to do some crafting & have fun getting ready for the holidays. Thank you so much for taking time out to come to my blog.
Finally getting to play again in a Flourishes challenge & this time it's for the entire December release! I was certainly challenged as you had to incorporate these 8 ingredients: 1) anything except an A2 size card, 2) Use something with a floral flair, 3) Add a bit of ribbon or lace, 4) Use the inspiration photo, 5) Add a tag, 6) Add a rounded corner, or use a die with curvy edges, 7) Add an antique flair with distressing or sponging, 8) Use a die cut or punch.
My card size is 4x5, so smaller than A2. I used 2 Flourishes stamp sets: Life Lines for the Eleanor Roosevelt quote & Botanical Bookplates for the sentiment on my little tag. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug & I added colors from the photo using Brilliance Pearlescent Purple & Pearlescent Lime & Faber-Castell big brush light cobalt turquoise. I sponged Distress Ink pumice stone on all the edges including my center Spellbinders Labels 18 & my little tag made with Spellbinders ovals. 2 corners are rounded with a Fiskars punch. I need a birthday card for a co-worker born on Christmas day & I think this will be perfect for her. So glad you came by--love to hear what you think.
