New Home Congrats

Well, it looks like Old Man Winter has decided to pay a visit - finally!

We're experiencing extremely cold temps over the next couple of days, so a perfect opportunity to stay indoors and craft ;-)

Over the holidays I treated myself to a combined Christmas/Birthday "gift" and picked up the Petite Places: Holiday Lane release from Papertrey Ink. There are so many gorgeous projects I've seen that are made with this set, so when I was asked to make a card for someone who recently moved into a new home, this is the set I reached for and came up with this card:

I also finally managed to use my newly acquired Misti (thanks to my blog friend Lainey for encouraging me to give it a try - I'm officially hooked!).

The largest Pop Up Tree and House have been adhered with foam dots for dimension.

Since I have a 4-legged fur baby that recently underwent surgery, this is a quick post so I can go back to keeping a close eye on her. I do appreciate you stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day/weekend!

Supplies -
Dies: PTI Petite Places: Holiday Lane; PTI Petite Places: Pop Up Trees; PTI Scene It: Skyscapes; PTI Scene It: Basic Backer Die
Stamps: PTI Congrats All Ways/ PTI Petite Places: Holiday Lane
Ink: Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa; Versafine Black
Paper: Stampin' Up Cardstock - Gumball Green, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky, Black & White cardstock

Stitched Hearts Love U Holographic Card

Hello and thank you for popping by my blog today.

I have indulged myself with a whole day spent in my craft room to create cards for Valentine's Day, as well as a couple of other card-giving occasions (which I will share with you at a later date). It's amazing how fast time flies, so much so that when it is time to put down the stamps and glue, you haven't completed half of what you set out to do. Is it just me or does that happen to you as well?

I picked up a few goodies from the Simon Says Stamp "You Have My Heart" release (LOVE IT ALL!!!), so today's project shows that I actually got around to using one of the items I purchased :-)

Not only that, I also used up some DP I've been hoarding since I first began stamping (yikes!).

The visual affect in the negative part of the hearts is actually holographic hearts, but since my photographic skills aren't that great, I'm not sure you are able to see that in the above picture. Suffice to say, IRL, it looks A-MAZING (OK, call me biased!).

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge this week is to use hearts, so I'm popping over to enter this card on their inspirational blog. As well, the Just Us Girls Challenge #329 is the word "Valentine", so I think this card qualifies as well ;-)


Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful, crafty day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Altenew Label Love
Paper: White & Black cardstock; Little Yellow Bicycle DP; Recollections Holographic Hearts DP
Accessories: Simon Says Stamp Stitched Heart Collage Die; Simon Says Stamp Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle Dies; Adhesive Pop Dots

CAS(E) this Sketch #156 - You + Me Always

Happy Sunday!

I wanted to get in on the fun for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge, inspired by the wonderful & talented Michele over at I Card Everyone, not to mention the rest of the amazing DT.

Here's Michele's fabulous sketch:

I thought I'd make a Valentine's card, and decided to use a Marianne Design die I picked up last year. The sentiment and hearts are from an old Verve stamp set. The sentiment was embossed in gold on red cardstock and adhered with dimensionals, while the hearts were embossed with glittery red embossing powder.

I sponged the moon and clouds using Fresh Snow ink on the blue cardstock base for my night scene.

Hoping that everybody in the path of Jonah's snowstorm yesterday is safe & sound and enjoying a fun snow day (indoors or out)!

Supplies:
Dies: PTI Fence Die; Marianne Designs French Cats; Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies
Ink: Stampin' Up Soft Suede; PTI Fresh Snow
Cardstock: Stampin' Up Midnight Muse, Real Red, Kraft; Black Cardstock
Stamps: Stampin' Up Hardwood; Verve Love Notes
Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder; Red Glitter Embossing Powder

Leaf Silhouettes Hello Card

Wow ...

I can't believe that more than 2 months have passed since my last post.
I sure am lazy (LOL). Or busy.
Yes, let's go with the latter excuse reason :-)

I have a lovely group of stamping/cardmaking friends, and we try to get together on a monthly basis, rotating "visits" to each home. Well, this past Sunday I was the lucky Hostess, and thankfully Mother Nature cooperated in not snowing us in so everybody showed up. There's nothing like girl time to feed the soul and boost creativity, IMO.

I wanted to work with this PTI die to create a card, and in between playing Hostess (serving drinks, preparing lunch with dessert, ensuring everybody had what they needed to work on their projects, etc.), I managed to put together several die cuts at a very S... L... O... W pace (for a reason!). Showing it off to them, I got a few "oooh"s and "aahhh"s (OK, and a few calling me nuts for spending so long putting them together).

I never completed the card while my friends were there as I wanted to send them the completed version as a "thank you" for coming. And here's the completed card:

I added an embossed leaf in between the smaller & larger (colour mixed) Leaf Silhouettes diecuts to add a bit of variety. Foam glue dots give them a bit of dimension on the white cardstock.

I'm popping them in the mail today - I hope they like them :-)

Thanks for dropping by - have a lovely day.

Supplies:
Dies: PTI Leaf Silhouettes; Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles; WPlus9 Hello
Paper: Black Cardstock; Stampin' Up Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Smokey Slate cardstock
Accessories: May Arts Silver Metallic String, Sizzix Embossing Folder

Merry & Bright

Hello again!

Hope you're enjoying your day. We have a bit of a respite from the coming chilly weather with a bit of a warm spell this week. I'll take it for as long as it lasts, 'cause we all know what's coming after! Brrrr ...

I have been producing cards like crazy for my upcoming sales. I wish I were like Santa in that I could have hundreds of helpful Elves on the Production Line in my Craft Room! But I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel (phew!).

Just sharing a card I made with a new die set that I just HAD to have (ummmm ... yeah ... like every other die I have LOL).

The only sad part of this post is the fact that it's hard to see the background on this card, which was stamped in Versamark Frost Dazzle Ink, which gives it a hint of sparkle and detail :-(

I'll get down to the details/supplies so you can be on your way, but not before saying "thank you" for dropping in to have a peek.

Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things Hand Lettered Holiday; Stampin' Up White Christmas; Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Background
Accessories: Poppystamps Stick Pine Tree Dies, Poppystamps Stitched Pine Trees dies, Diamond Stickles; Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border dies
Ink: Stampin' Up Baja Breeze, Versamark Frost Dazzle
Paper: Michael's (Recollections) Gold Glitter 12X12; Stampin' Up Baja Breeze & Early Espresso; Michael's light blue cardstock
Etc: Gold Embossing Powder, Recollections Glitter Cardstock (Michael's)

Christmas Presents!

Hello!

Back again with yet another Christmas card design, a very CAS one that took no time at all to put together. In fact, the most time consuming aspect of this was finding the perfect flourish stamp in my stash. I would have preferred something more "explosive" ... like a spray of lines & flourishes, but, what's a gal to do when she doesn't own EVERYTHING??? LOL

There is a lot of gold embossing going on with this card! The gorgeous red metallic DP was a previous purchase at Michael's, so it felt good using something that I had been hoarding for some time. The "ribbon" surrounding the gift box was embossed with a Small Star Embossing Folder to give it some texture, topped off with a lovely gold bow diecut.

The sentiment comes from my current favourite Holiday sentiment set - I just can't stop using this lovely set!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things Hand Lettered Holiday Sentiments; Artemio Flourish stamps
Accessories: My Favorite Things Winter Wreath Die-namics (bow); Gold Embossing Powder; Lifestyle Star Embossing Folder set

Bringing Home The Christmas Tree/CASology Week #171

Happy Sunday -

We interrupt this regularly programmed schedule to bring you ... yes ... ANOTHER Holiday card!

I have enjoyed so many beautiful and inspiring cards made with this new Stampin' Up holiday release stamp set that I just had to have it. I finally got around to using it yesterday and put this CAS card together.

This card definitely involved a lot of fussy cutting (especially when you're making multiples of the same card), but IMO, it was well worth it as I love how it turned out. And why is it that, only when you take that final photo of your card to put on your blog for everybody in blogland to see, all the flaws in your time-consuming use of scissors shows up?? LOL

I stamped the vehicle image in Versafine Black ink on white cardstock, then coloured it with my Real Red, Basic Black, and Summer Sun (headlight) markers. I then used a drop of Viva Pearl Pen in Silver for each of the hubcaps. The tree image was stamped in Forest Moss Distress Ink on Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow cardstock (my current fave green).

The background starry sky was created using the Hero Arts Star Background. I applied Versamark, then iridescent embossing powder, applied heat, and got this lovely multi-coloured image. A little bit of sponging with Stampin' Up Marina Mist and it was ready to assemble.

The vehicle and tree images were glued down with adhesive pop dots along the bottom edge of the starry background, which allowed space for the sentiment, also stamped in Versafine Black ink.

Is there any other image that is so quintessentially "Christmas" as seeing trees go by on vehicles, being brought home to be decorated for the holidays?

Over at CASology: Week 171, the challenge is to incorporate a "vehicle" in your creation, so I'm entering this card.

Well, back at it for me. Hope you're enjoying your day and thanks for stopping by for a peek!


Supplies:
Stamps - Stampin' Up White Christmas; PTI's Think Big Favorites #20; Hero Arts Star Background
Ink - Versafine Black Ink; Stampin' Up Real Red, Basic Black, Marina Mist, Summer Sun; Forest Moss Distress Ink
Etc - Iridescent Embossing Powder; Silver Viva Pearl Pen