Joy

Hi friends!  I wanted to play along with the challenge at Festive Friday.  The inspiration photo is just gorgeous and there were so many different ways to be inspired.  I decided to use the colors (pink & gold) and the tree as my inspiration.  I followed the sketch at DeNami Design.

I flipped the sketch to make it fit my design.  I love this Star Swirl stamp by DeNami.  So pretty.  It is embossed in gold and I used my Angel Pink Pico Embellisher (Imagine Crafts) to fill in the stars.  The little pink dots on the embossing were added using the Pico Embellisher as well.

I am also adding this to Moxie Fab World: Tree-mendous Trees!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Star Swirl (DeNami Design), Ornaments (Simon Says Stamp)
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  White
Accessories:  Gold Embossing powder, Angel Pink Pico Embellisher (Imagine Crafts), Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker), twine, embossing folder (SU)

Merry & Bright

Happy Friday friends!!! 

 I hope all my US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday!  I sure did.

My card for today is for The Cutting Edge Challenge and Get Sketchy at My Favorite Things.

Yes, these colors again!  I just love them.  The sketch was perfect for the die that comes in Holiday Frames by Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment is from Ornament Banner Builder (My Favorite Things).  I once again used the Craft-a-Board by Ellen Hutson for the die cut to give it dimension.

I will also add this over at Simon Says Stamp: Work It Wednesday.

Before you go, don't miss out on the sales at Ellen Hutson!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Ornament Banner Builder (MFT)

Ink:  Versafine Black

Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, white

Accessories:  Holiday Frames (SSS), Rhinestones

Thankful & Ellen Hutson Sales

(photo credit)

I wanted to pop in and wish all my US friends a very Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!  

I am thankful for my 300 followers, and those that leave me encouraging comments each day.

I have so much for be thankful for.

Before I go I wanted to share details about the sales at Ellen Hutson.

Early Bird!

Not so Early Bird!

Free gift with $75 purchase after discount!

 

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Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Top Dog Dies....black friday sale

Hi friends!

This is my second post for today, scroll down for my Stampin' Celebration post.

Wanted to let you all know that Top Dog dies is having a Black Friday sale going on right now!  

Black Friday Sale #1:  15% off orders over $100; Use coupon code BLACK15.   

Black Friday Sale #2: 10% off orders over $40; Use coupon code BLACK10. 

 The sale ends Sunday, November 30th.

Top Dog has lots of fabulous dies so I hope that you will check out this fantastic sale!  

 Thanks for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Stampin' Celebration!

Hi friends!  Today's card was inspired by the challenge over at Stampin' Celebration!

The bottom photo on the right inspired my card.  I have to admit that last year when the stag stamps and dies came out I was NOT a fan.  This year is a different story, I can't get enough of them.  haha  Does that happen to anyone?  This one by Julie Ebersole/Ellen Hutson is one of my favorites!

AND because I couldn't decide which stag die I was going to use, I made another one using this stag die by WPlus9!

To give thickness to my stag dies I used Craft-a-Board by Ellen Hutson.  It is a chip-board like material that is thin enough to use with your dies.  I like to use this instead of layering 3-4 die cuts using paper.  For these I cut through the Craft-a-board then glued a white die cut on top.  The craft-a-board is a cream color and I wanted my stags white.

Do you have a favorite stag die?  I decided that I love both of these.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Hardwood (SU), Mini Banners (Clearly Besotted), Winter Wreath (Avery Elle)
Ink:  Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, Spanish Moss Versafine
Paper:  Pure Poppy, White, Soft Stone, Craft-a-board (Ellen Hutson)
Accessories:  Stag Trio Die (WPlus9), Prize Stag (Ellen Hutson)

The Cutting Edge

Hi friends!  I am playing along with The Cutting Edge Challenge today.  I am sad to see that this is going to be the last challenge.  Even though I haven't played along as much as I would have liked, I have always been inspired by this fun challenge.  Here is Amy's card that inspired me:

I absolutely LOVE this card, the colors, the angles, the snowflake, all of it!!!  I have everything Amy used on this card and will CASE it exactly at some point but for my card today I used these fun Holiday Top Word Edgers by Impression Obsession.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!


Paper:  White, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz (PTI), Pumpkin Pie (SU)
Accessories:  Seasonal Sentiments (Wplus9), rhinestones, Holiday Top Word Edgers by Impression Obsession.

Merry Monday #136

Happy Monday friends!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Bonnie challenges us to use the colors red, green & white.

I used the Phrase Play #8 die by Papertrey Ink for my card. 

 I love using the inlaid die cutting technique.  I made 2 more cards with the same supplies.

These all use the die and inlaid technique.
I just changed up the bases and where I added the twine.

Christmas will be here before you know it.
Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.

 Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone!  I have a super simple birthday card to share today following the sketch at CAS(E) this sketch! and using the colors from showCASe your style. 

I used the Gift box die and Happy Everything stamp set by Clearly Whimsy Stamps.  Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Happy Everything (Clearly Whimsy)
Ink:  Versafine black
Paper:  Black, White, Champagne and Silver Glimmer
Accessories:  Gift Box die (Clearly Whimsy), Stitched Circle dies (Lil' Inker)

Season's Greetings

Hi everyone!  When I saw the sketch for The Challenge on Lesley's blog (Always Playing with Paper), I knew I had to play along.  Yes, I am still using gold, silver, black and white.  I can't help it.  :)

I am going to add this to the SSS Flickr Challenge & showCASe your style.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Holiday Hellos (Simon Says Stamp)
Ink:  Versafine black
Paper:  White, Silver, Champagne, black glimmer paper
Accessories:  Funky Snowflake (Simon Says Stamp)

Radiant Neon Inks & Vertigo from Imagine Crafts

Happy Wednesday everyone!

The StampNation design team was lucky enough to receive a box of goodies from Imagine Crafts.

The box was full of awesome!

For my card I played with some of the Vertigo papers that were in the box.  

These papers are so cool.  

Here is the description from Imagine crafts-- 

IMAGINE Crafts' Vertigo is a translucent patterned material that creates dazzling visual effects in craft projects.

You can color it using the Radiant Neon Inks. 

My card is on the bottom right.

Imagine Crafts is sponsoring our challenge at StampNation this week.

We've all used Imagine Crafts products, here's a peek.

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December 25

Hi friends.  I am back today with another card for CAS(E) this sketch! and the showCASe your style challenge.  I am loving this sketch and my cards today are similar to the one I made here for my hubby's birthday but I decided to make Christmas ones.  The colors are from the showCASe your style challenge.

Here is the other one using the leftovers from the first card.  I figured since all my materials were already cut out why not make another card, right?!

I am also going to pop these over at Virginia's View Challenge.

AND another one for The Card Concept.  Remember this challenge ends on Monday, Nov. 24th at noon (PST).

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Holiday Hellos (Simon Says Stamp), Christmas Tagables (SU)
Ink:  Versafine black, Versafine
Paper:  Gold, silver foil (SU), black, white
Accessories:  White embossing powder, By the Numbers die, Center Stage coverplate (PTI)

Merry Monday #135

Happy Monday friends!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Sue challenges us to create a card featuring Christmas bells.

 
I really wanted to use some bells that are pictured in the graphic but realized I don't have any stamps/dies that are like these bells.  So I went a different route and added some little jingle bells by Stampin' Up to my twine along with the sentiment from Papertrey Ink.  I love that when you "jingle" this card it makes a slight bell sound.  

Christmas will be here before you know it.  Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.

 Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Season's Greetings (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Hawaiian Shores (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Hawaiian Shores, DSP from the Sparkle & Shine pack (PTI), Silver Glimmer (SU)

Accessories:  White twine, Jingle bells (SU), Stitched square dies (Lil' Inker)

Merry Christmas

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today's card is for a couple challenges.  Virginia's View and Simon Says: We're seeing stars.

I used the star framelits from SU to created my focal point.  The splattering on the background is using black versafine ink and Gold Shimmer Spritz by Tsukineko.  The sentiment banner is from Clearly Besotted called Mini Banners.  I had taken this photo a dozen times trying to capture the gold glimmer paper on the biggest star but it just doesn't want to show up good.  You can see the glimmer a bit on the right side of the star but that is it.  I apologize.

**ETA this over at a new challenge, showCASe your style!  Thank you, Alanna!!! I have another idea that I will be working on for this challenge.  Stay tuned!

I will also be linking this up at our "A Very Trendy Holiday 2.0" Online Class.

Metallics is one of the trends we looked at!

  Click HERE to register for the class.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Mini Banners (Clearly Besotted), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)
Ink:  Versafine black
Paper:  Gold Foil (SU), white, black
Accessories:  Star framelits, Gold shimmer spritz (Imagine Crafts)

Happy Birthday for CAS(E) this Sketch!

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is my husband's 40th birthday and this is his card.  Once I saw the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch!, I knew exactly what I was going to do.  I also wanted to play along since this is their 100th sketch!

I used my Center Stage Cover plate die & By the numbers dies from Papertrey ink.  The sentiment is from Altenew's set Sohcahtoa.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Sohcahtoa (Altenew)
Ink:  Versafine black
Paper:  Night of Navy, white, Gumball Green
Accessories:  Center Stage Cover plate die, By the numbers (Papertrey Ink)

Negative space challenge

Hi friends!

The newest challenge on StampNation went up yesterday.

StampNation has almost 150 challenges that never close.  

You can play along today or even a year from now.

So fun!

 
Here's a peek at our DT cards...
 

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The Card Concept & Exciting News

Hi everyone!  I have some exciting news to share with you all.  The lovely Lesley from Always Playing with Paper has asked me to join The Card Concept Design Team as one of their Clean and Simple Designers.  I am honored to be working along side so many amazing designers.  I have the honor of working with Lesley on the Merry Monday Design team too!  Thank you for having me, Lesley!

The moment I saw this graphic I knew exactly what I wanted to create.  I love using kraft, white and red on Christmas cards.  Here is my CAS card...

I have used Papertrey Ink's No Strings Attached stamp set.  Love this set.  I used white embossing powder on the strings and the sentiment.

Stop over to the Card Concept blog to see what the other girls have created in all of the different styles.  I just love this challenge just for this reason!  It's great to see all the different takes on one inspiration photo.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  I hope you get the chance to play along too!

Merry Monday #134

Happy Monday friends!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Wendy challenges us to create a card using ornaments in silver/gray or blue.

I recently got these ornaments from Clearly Besotted and knew I had to use them for this challenge.  The set is called Ornamental Style.  There are matching dies for the ornaments and adorable bows but I didn't use them on my card.  I used my paper piercer and mat pack to pierce my string.  I then threaded by hand some gray embroidery floss through the holes.  I love this look of stitching.  The snowflakes in the center are included in the set and were stamped using Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink.

Christmas will be here before you know it.  Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.

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Have a very Merry Christmas

Hi friends!

Today's card is for The Challenge #18!

I chose to just work with the sketch by flipping it.  

I thought this sketch was perfect for using up some of my hoarded ribbons.  :)  The sentiment and holly leaves are both from Papertrey Ink.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win!

Stamps:  Stylish Sentiments:Holiday (Papertrey)

Ink:  Early Espresso

Paper:  White, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Green metal sheet, Stitched oval (Lil' Inker), Ribbon, Holly Leaves die (Papertrey), Poinsettia embossing folder (SU)