Thursday, December 23, 2021

Poppystamps: Snowflake Joy

 I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this card wishing you Double Diamond Snowflake Joy with the Double Joy dies and the Diamond Snowflake die!

Joy with Poppystamps

This snowflake die is stunning. I love the layers - I left the edges unadhered to give them even more dimension. And the bold Joy with the glittery outline and the vellum centers works with the snowflakes without hiding them!

Joy with Poppystamps

Of course the glitter paper is the perfect accent for all of it. And just in case there wasn't enough glitter already, I added jewels to accent the top and bottom of the Joy.

Be sure to pop over to the Poppystamps blog for more pictures and many more details.

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Diamond Snowflake and Double Joy
Paper: Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter (on the flakes) and Majestic Hues Glitter (the black letters)
Other: Clear Fairy Jewels

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: A Sweet Holiday

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Narelle and here’s what I did with it!

Sweet Holiday


I have and have used multiple times the Stampin' Up Gingerbread dies.  When I got them, I talked myself into getting the paper too, but I was really buying the paper for one particular patterned piece.  What a splurge to buy an entire paper pack for one pattern, so I promised myself I would absolutely use at least two other pieces of the paper.  Here's one of the pieces - the ornaments and the starbursts are cut out from one of the patterns.  (Which is kind of a neat concept to have dies that match the paper and then have that much detail from one die cut!)

Sweet Holiday

The sad part of this whole story? The paper on the sides is the paper that I wanted and this is the first time that I've used it - and even now, only a tiny bit on the sides.  Ugh.  I have to stop justifying my purchases.

What I didn't get in this Stampin' Up suite of products is the stamps so I did have to use a Lawn Fawn stamp for the "sweet holiday".

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Shutter Card Holiday Settings

Dies: Stampin' Up Gingerbread Dies, Rectangle Stitched Framelits (re-sized)

Paper: Stampin' Up Gingerbread & Peppermint

Other: Glitter dots from Stampin' Up Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots (red), Glitter Enamel Dots (olive)

The Card Concept: Annual Favorites

 It's a fun challenge at The Card Concept that simply invites us to share a favorite card this year or a photo of our Christmas tree or holiday decoration.


I find that picking a favorite card is hard because this hobby isn't just about the card - it's also about remembering why you created it and thinking of the person you sent it to.  There are memories attached to each card that impact our emotional reaction to the card.  But that's really why we have this hobby, isn't it?  I can't think of any other hobby that has such an impact.  We have the fun of creating cards - each of them a little work of art - and personalizing them for each of recipients. Then we impact the people we send to. We give them encouraging thoughts and hugs, we share high fives, we comfort them when needed, and we bring them joy. 

As I scrolled through my cards, I realized I wanted to narrow it down to a "hugs" card, because that's what I want to send to each of you after these last few long years. Hugs of comfort, but also a big thank you hug for being part of my blog and part of this challenge!  

Here's my favorite card (with the details found here)

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I'm going to play both ends of the challenge and also share some holiday decorations but with a story.  I have been married for over 30 years.  I met and married my husband within one year so we actually never spent a Christmas together before we were married. The 30 years notwithstanding, I would not recommend marrying without understanding your partner's Christmas foibles. It turns out my husband doesn't like lights on the house - in fact, he passionately hates them.

I've been crushed all these years.  I'm not going to mention when I grew, but when and where I did grow up, we took lights seriously. Every house sparkled - you couldn't help but be filled with excitement and joy. In fairness to my husband, he grew up in an entirely different part of the country, and with the style of houses in that area, their decorations were candles in every window. 

Sadly, the house we lived in for 29 years didn't have windows that worked with candles and it most definitely did not have Christmas lights so it remained dark.  (I'm only talking about the outside - I did the insides!!)

With our children currently 21 and 25 years old, we down-sized a few years back into a ranch-style home in town (our last house was on acreage) with an easy walk to groceries and restaurants and breweries.  I'm loving it.  Not to mention that it came with an office that feels like it was made just for my cardmaking!  

Then one Christmas, I realized it had windows!!!  Big open windows!  Windows into which candles fit perfectly! 


There are five candles in that front room and eleven in the kitchen.  Say "hello" to one of my cats!


Each of the side windows has two trios of candles for 12 more candles. Then what you can't see off to the right is the candles in the craft room and the master.  And of course, the tree is in the front corner window.

It's not fancy but I smile, take a deep breath, and just feel the simple peace of Christmas every time that I come home! 

And with that - I wish you peace and also the overwhelming joy of Christmas!  See you back at The Card Concept in the New Year!

Monday, December 13, 2021

Color Throwdown: Winter Wonderland

 I am totally loving bright and cheerful colors for Christmas this year so I had to play along with the colors at the Color Throwdown.  Even with pink and blue in the combo - for some reason, trees called my name!

Winter Wonderland

I've seen so many tall trees on cards this year. There's a charming set by Stampin' Up and I'm pretty sure that's why I've seen so many.  So I went looking for my own tall trees and I found this set by Alexandra Renke.  This is the "little" set but there's a regular size set too.  Of course, I got both - the regular set is the same style but ranges from around 2 1/2" to 3 1/2". For me, these will get used year round.

Winter Wonderland

I love the style of the sentiment set - so clean and classic yet still fun.  It's from Waffle Flower.  Then I got the sentiment and the trees line up and it needed up some sparkle.  I couldn't believe that I had snowflakes in the same colors!!  This isn't a great card - but it was a card that was meant to be!!

I'm mailing cards today.  I have a couple more already scheduled on the blog for this week - but anything that I make after that is just for fun. Phew!!!

Thank you to the Color Throwdown for the inspiration.

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Waffle Flower Cozy Holiday Sentiments

Dies: Alexandra Renke 5 Pine Trees set (little)

Paper: Stampin' Up Polished Pink, Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green, My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes

Other: Kat Scrappiness Rainbow Snowflakes

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Poppystamps: Time to Sparkle

 I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this "time to sparkle" card using the Poppystamps Whittle Friendly Snowman!

Poppystamps: Time to Sparkle

I love the sweet little smile on this guy!!  I backed him with the snowflake frame from the Wintertime Sentiments set. The set includes fourteen different sentiments!

Poppystamps: Time to Sparkle

There are more pictures and more details on the Poppystamps blog - be sure to check it out!!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Poppystamps Wintertime Sentiments

Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Friendly Snowman

Paper: Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

Other: Poppystamps Pastel Jewels

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: Christmas with Holly

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Karren and here’s what I did with it!

Christmas with Holly


I definitely strayed from sketch with my placement of the sentiment.  I just saw all of that lovely open space and wanted to fill it with a gorgeous dimensional embossing folder.  Then it was so dimensional that a die cut sentiment just didn't sit right so the sentiment moved down to the long panel.  I feel a tiny bit guilty - but I like the results.

The sentiment was supposed to be created with the Decorative Type alphabet set by Sizzix.  The set has an alphabet along with teeny tiny little decorations for each letter ranging from holly to stars to flowers.  But I cut the letters for "christmas" and it was too big, then I tried "merry" but it was too small.  So I flipped through my stash for a different "christmas" die but will used the bitty decorations.  The holly is on the "C" and if you look really closely, I added a star to the "i".

Christmas with Holly

The dsp is from Stampin' Up. It's my favorite Christmas pad of the year (across all companies). The embossing folder is from Lisa Horton Crafts - the detail is amazing! So really this entire card was designed around embossing and paper!

I hope to see you playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST: 

Dies: Alexandra Renke Christmas, Sizzix Decorative Type Thinlits

Paper: Stampin' Up Tidings of Christmas dsp, cardstock in Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Misty Moonlight

Other: Lisa Horton Crafts Holly & Berries Slimline 3D Embossing Folder

Monday, December 6, 2021

Color Throwdown: Sending you Holiday Hugs & Love

I couldn't let the challenge at the Color Throwdown go by without playing. It has pink in the color combo and I still needed to make Christmas cards for my pink-loving nieces! Here's what I came up with.

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My card uses silver embossing powder and a sparkly silver star - and the pink plaid background paper is also glitter paper - so there might be enough glitter for one of my nieces.  But I'm realizing as I type that there's only three gems and that's not nearly enough - I may adhere a few more before I send it!

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I got the Reverse Confetti Tree with lots of ideas to use a rainbow of colors or lots of patterns, but in this case, I think the plaid glitter paper works beautifully.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market. The set is called Merry & Magical - it's full of fun fonts and some slightly different sentiments - mostly "magical" sentiments but in this case I love that it includes "hugs & love"!

All I have left to do for Christmas is one more niece (so expect some pink/sparkle this week) and my two sons (which will probably be snarky).  However, I still have quite a bit in my not-yet-used stash but now I can make Christmas card 100% for fun!!

Thanks to The Card Concept for the inspiration!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: The Stamp Market Merry & Magical and dies

Dies: Reverse Confetti Tree Dies and Oh My Stars, Honey Bee Stamps Scallop A2 Card Frames

Paper: Glitter papers from Michaels, Stampin' Up Smoky Slate

Other: Taylored Expressions Silver Embossing Powder

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The Card Concept: Peace on Earth

There’s a new inspiration challenge at The Card Concept and the theme is Peace on Earth. My Clean and Layered card was inspired by the gorgeous wreath with the big bow and the simple "peace" below it.
 
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This stamp and die set from Stampin' Up was a little late coming into my stash so I missed all the wonderful autumn possibilities. I already have multiple wreaths so I held out as long as I could but I eventually decided that this set had so many wonderful details, I just had to have it. 

With the inspiration photo, I wanted the wreath to be fairly full so I layered up a couple of different wreaths then added pinecones, gems and some golden sprinkles in the same paper as the "PEACE". The bow is not in the wreath set but I liked the big bow in the photo so found one in my stash.

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I'm actually in good shape with my Christmas card production.  I've been in very different places over the years - from absolutely in a panic when December hits to coasting in and being able to relax.  I much prefer relaxing.  Although this year, for reasons I cannot explain at this point, I am knitting some gifts - nothing big but enough that I still have some moments of panic when I look at my gifts in progress! So I seem to have substituted knitting panic for my cardmaking panic.  Oh well - the tree is up and twinkling at me and my Christmas music playlists are queued up - so it's hard to get too stressed!!

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at The Card Concept. And I hope your Christmas cardmaking (or knitting or baking or decorating) is going well!!

 SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Stampin' Up Sparkle of the Season (just the pinecones)

Dies: Stampin' Up Seasonal Swirls dies and Playful Alphabet dies, Hello Bluebird Holly and Pine (the bow)

Paper: Stampin' Up Tidings of Christmas, Cherry Cobbler (with a sparkle applied to it), Evening Evergreen, Tranquil Tide, Crumb Cake, gold cardstock unknown

Ink: Stampin' Up Soft Suede

Other: Altenew Window Slats 3D, Sunny Studio Ruby Red Jewels

Freshly Made Sketches: Make a Wish

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Cécile and here’s what I did with it!
 
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Sadly, I missed the square part of this sketch until I was writing this post about an hour before it went live.  I really like square cards - I don't know where my head was!

The sketch is fabulous - I love little trios of accents.  I need a birthday card this week and I stuck with Cécile's stars because they were just right for a birthday celebration.  Then I found this detailed cupcake in my not-yet-used stash. The colors were picked simply to get as far from Christmas colors as possible.  My two sons have birthdays 4 days and 7 days away from Christmas so for their entire lives I've been very careful to differentiate Christmas and birthday.  Well, at least until they got old enough to want expensive electronic gifts then Christmas and birthday merged for the gift giving.

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I did add a bit more in the background than the sketch had. This is an office mate that I don't know well but I feel like she would want a few more frills - so I added a scalloped edge and some embossed sprinkles. 

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: My Favorite Things Frosted Cupcake, Paper Smooches Teeny Stars, Honey Bee Stamps Scallop A2 Card Frames

Paper: Stampin' Up Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue; Memory Box Graceful Garden Glitter (the yellow and the orange) and Delicate Pastel Glitter (the blue)

Other: Simon Says Reverse Birthday Sentiment Strips, Taylored Expressions Sprinkles Embossing Folder

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: Layered Poinsettia

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Jen Brum and here’s what I did with it!

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A poinsettia seemed like a great choice for the middle element and I had the Waffle Flower Layered Poinsettia die in my not-yet-used stash.  I knew it could stand alone because it has wonderful details in each petal. 

I played with a patterned stripe, but I decided on greenery so I used a sprig from the Waffle Flower Spotlight Elements. The set comes in a handy-dandy predesigned layout for spotlighting - I know that's obvious by the name! So the sprig and that sentiment are actually on one stamp with the idea that you can spotlight portions of it.  But since I do like sticking with the same company when possible and since the look of the sprig seemed right with their poinsettia, I cut the stamp apart and used the sprig and the sentiment separately. I used the sprig to the right fairly close to the edge, then I flipped it and used just a few pieces (it overlaps in the middle but hidden by the poinsettia.)

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I hope to see you playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Waffle Flower Spotlight Holiday Elements

Dies: Waffle Flower Layered Poinsettia

Paper: Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo, Whimsy & Wonder dsp

Ink: Stampin' Up Mint Macaron

Poppystamps: Sweater Weather

I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this reminder to play along with the current challenge: Sweater Weather. Sweater Weather can go in a lot of directions from fall to Christmas and winter. I took one last chance to do a fall card before the unofficial end of fall. Isn't it odd how as a cardmaker, you can make Christmas cards all year round, but autumn cards have a very short window which in my mind ends tomorrow!

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I started with the idea of a window and windowsill and then I just started cutting all of my favorite dies including the charming Whittle Forest Squirrel, a Pile of Pumpkins and some Orchard Leaves. 

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I added some rustic "curtains" and a sparkly yellow glow coming from inside.  I walk almost every day and one of the sure signs of fall (besides being able to swear a sweatshirt/sweater) is that it gets dark earlier and the lights in each house glow through the windows.  It is such a warm and happy time!

There are many more pictures and details on the Poppystamps blog.

For those who celebrate - have a Happy Thanksgiving!!  Eat too much! Nap long! Enjoy the family!!!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Small Madison Window, Whittle Forest Squirrel, Orchard Leaves, Pile of Pumpkins, Brush Hello, Swaying Birch

Paper: Memory Box Glitzy Glitter, Delicate Pastel Glitter, Woodsy Plaid, Kraft Woodgrain, Cream Woodgrain, Earth Neutral, Sunny Orange

Other: Autumn Fairy Jewels

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The Card Concept: Wrapped in Love & Joy

There’s a new inspiration challenge at The Card Concept and the theme is Rustic Holiday. My Clean and Layered card was inspired by the warm and rustic colors, patterns and textures.

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With the inspiration in mind, I paged through my not-yet-used Christmas stash and quickly decided these trees were just right.  They are from an older Stampin' Up set but are still in the catalog.

Because of the wide variety of patterns and textures in the inspiration photo, I decided to use three of the trees for variety on my card. Then since I tend toward clean and fresh cards, having that much pattern in the trees led me to a simple white woodgrain background.  I just got this tag set and realized one of the sentiments from the stamp set fit so it seemed a perfect base to my trees!

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Using them had an important side-purpose too.  This is a Stampin' Up set and it uses a punch and punches take lots of space and I'm totally out of room in my not-yet-used Christmas stash box and using this today frees up some room for some new shopping.  Whew!

I hope to see you playing along with us at The Card Concept!

SUPPLY LIST
Stamps: Stampin' Up Perfectly Plaid
Punch: Stampin' Up Pine Tree Punch, Tailor Made Tag dies
Paper: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, Garden Green
Ink: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, Garden Green
Other: Stampin' Up Simply Elegant Trim (the gold for the tag), Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder

Freshly Made Sketches: Holiday Sprigs

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! This week's sketch is by me and here’s what I did with it!
 
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I was clearly thinking Christmas when I added the tree to the sketch and I did do a Christmas card, but no tree! (Although I do think it would be really cute with a tree!) Sometimes a mood strikes and I have to go with it - in this case, the stamp set with the poinsettias and the greenery was calling my name.

I do surprisingly few green, red and white cards even though that's classic Christmas. I find that it can be a somewhat stark or harsh combination.  I do like red and green with kraft. Then in the case of this card, I found paper that had a blue base and I also used that blue color on the pine sprigs and a few sequins and for my eye, that was enough to tone down the red and green.  Isn't it funny how all of our eyes perceive things differently?  Colors that I truly dislike, others name as their favorites and vice versa.  And seriously, who doesn't like red and green? (Other than me!)

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I do love this stamp set and will have to do more with it.  It's fun that there are solid and outlined images for different looks.  I used both for the poinsettia and for the leaves to the right.  I left them as outlines (vs. coloring them) just for the contrast and I love the look.

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  I'll be checking out all the cards in the gallery and I'm sure many of them will go into my inspiration files...they always do!

SUPPLY LIST
Stamps: Essentials by Ellen Holiday Sprigs (and dies)
Paper: LDRS Creative Peace & Joy, Stampin' Up Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce
Ink: Stampin' Up Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce, Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides (the pine sprigs)

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Birthday with an Abstract Mountain

My brother's birthday is next week. He and his family recently moved from Colorado to Georgia. They have a beautiful home and the move made sense for them (although how dare they take my teenage nieces that far away from me!)  But my brother does love the Colorado mountains so his birthday card from me here still living in Colorado had to reflect our mountains!

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This is the Abstract Mountain die from Ellen Hutson.  It's like a jigsaw puzzle so the scene just happens! I knew I wanted to use that cork paper as one of the layers, then after I had it in place I realized I needed to balance it with some other textured layers so I embossed the snow-topped mountain.  I tried a number of options for the sky but found the perfect solution in a paper pad that blends multiple colors so it gave me a hint of sun. (Details of all in the supply list.)

I put the sentiment at the bottom simply because it was one of the darker panels so my white embossing showed up the best.  That left me a lot of empty sky so I filled it with a single bird.

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With the help of the die, this card came together very quickly. And do you know how every once in a while you make a card that you are especially happy with - this is one of them! In fact I already made two more just like it (without the sentiment) to use for them as needed - probably during college finals in just a few weeks. 

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Essentials by Ellen Totally Random Sayings Vol. 2

Dies: Essentials by Ellen Block Words and Abstract Mountain, Paper Rose Flying Birds - Small

Paper: Studio Light Essentials Paper Pad Multicolors (the sky), Stampin' Up Cork Specialty Paper 

Other: Stampin' Up Tasteful Textile Embossing folder

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Poppystamps: A Whittle Christmas Scene

 I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with a Whittle Christmas Scene.

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If you follow my blog, it's no secret that I love the Poppystamps Whittles series!!  They are so cute with absolutely charming expressions.  The two little animals on this card are the babies in sets of two. The snowman is an older snowman in the series (there's a brand new one that's bigger with a scarf).

Then notice the frame.  It's a newly released set and what's great about it is that the inner frame and the scalloped frame are separate so for my card I layered up the outer frame three times.  The die set also comes with three different sizes - this is the middle size.

There are lot more details and pictures but you'll have to head over to the Poppystamps blog to see it all!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Poppystamps Christmas Quotes clear stamp and diet set

Dies: Poppystamps Evergreen Trio, Whittle Snowman, Whittle Hedgehog Duo, Whittle Squirrel, Chirping Birds and Scallop Stitch Frames

Paper: Memory Box Frosted Glitter Pad, Earth Neutral cardstock, Berry Red cardstock

Other: Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels and Christmas Fairy Crystals

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: Season's Greetings

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Linda and here’s what I did with it!
 
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This sketch seemed like a great sketch to show off a beautiful paper or a beautiful embossing folder! I find the 3D folders absolutely amazing, especially those by Altenew. I had their Perfect Poinsettias waiting to be used so out it came to be shown off.

Then it needed a bit of decoration.  Hello Bluebird has a couple of die sets that include greenery beautiful bows. I have both of them because you never know which will work the best. I saw the set with the skinny bow and it inspired me to do it in gold then add a mat of skinny gold to coordinate with it.  Then I added just a touch of greenery and red berries behind

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I wanted to bring a little more green in with the sentiment (those are the same greens no matter what they look like in the photo!) so I decided to heat emboss in gold. I used Simon Says Stamp Good Cheer set which includes simple, classic greetings. I like how it looks on the busy background!! (That's my clean and simple brain - if something is busy, something has simple has to counteract it!)

I hope to see you playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Good Cheer (and dies)

Dies: Hello Bluebird Pine Boughs die

Paper: Concord & 9th Neutrals Foil Paper Pack, Taylored Expressions Sweet Basil and Cherry Pop

Other: Altenew Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Up Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Poppystamps: Magic of Christmas

 I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this card that uses the new Holly Ring along with woodgrain and plaid for the warm and "magical" Christmas card!

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It's a Christmas card so it still needed some shine and sparkle! The ring is cut out of gold foil, then I added Fairy Jewels on the berries and some gemstones around the circle.

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There are more pictures and details on the Poppystamps blog - I hope you check it out!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Poppystamps Peaceful Christmas Greetings

Dies: Poppystamps Holly Ring

Paper: Memory Box Polished Foil, Madras Plaid Coral and Green, Lush Green 6x6 pack, Kraft Woodgrain

Other: Open Studio (Memory Box) Pastel Jewels and Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches: Be Very Merry

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Jen Mitchell and here’s what I did with it!
 
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I kind of ignored the Gingerbread dies in the Stampin' Up holiday catalog until I started seeing people use them in ways that weren't gingerbread.  Don't get me wrong - I LOVE gingerbread and the first card that I made with these dies was definitely about the gingerbread (and the peppermints) - but I love flexible products.  I fell in love with this paper set because of the unique Christmas color combos. So it made sense to bring them both together.

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I'm not really certain how all of the pieces in this card go together.  I have snow embossing and a snowflake - although it's a green snowflake?!  Then holly in the background.  Then a bell??  Let's just say it's all "Christmas" and we'll leave it at that.  But the mix led me to my sentiment.  This is an old sentiment that was sold as a single stamp and I'll never part with it! 

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Stampin' Up Be Very Merry (a very old single)

Dies: Stampin' Up Gingerbread Dies

Paper: Stampin' Up Whimsy & Wonder, cardstock in Mossy Meadow and Polished Pink

Other: Stampin' Up 2021-2023 In Color Jewels, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Softly Falling Embossing Folder

The Card Concept: Beautiful Bounty

There’s a new inspiration challenge at The Card Concept and the theme is Beautiful Bounty. My Classy and Elegant style card was inspired by the white pumpkin and the black/white tablescape.  I used all of the colors as accents.

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I love this new pumpkin from Honey Bee Stamps.  I previously used it on this card, but had only used the top two layers. I set it aside to be sure to use it again with all layers and this inspiration photo was perfect for it. I'm normally all about the fresh white backgrounds, but the photo pushed me into the black and the patterns - and I love it!!  The colors pop beautifully.

I used a variety of Honey Bee Stamps besides the Patchwork Pumpkin. The yellow flowers and stem for the "berries" are from Fall Bouquet. Although the photo didn't have pine - I love the look of it so got those sprigs from the Lovely Layers: Pinecone set. "Blessed" is from Bitty Buzzwords - I ADORE the font they use with these sets.

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I hope to see you playing along with us at The Card Concept!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps Patchwork Pumpkin

Dies: Honey Bee Stamps Patchwork Pumpkin, Fall Bouquets, Lovely Layers: Pinecone (just the pine sprigs) and Bitty Buzzwords

Paper: Bazzill Basics Licorice Prints, My Favorite Things Pineapple and , Stampin' Up Mint Macaron and Sahara Sand, black glitter paper from Michaels

Other: Studio Katia Arctic Breeze Pearls colored with YR18 Copic, Stampin' Up Antique Ivory Embossing Powder