Metallic Ornament card, Freshly Made Sketches #400

So, this is a very special week at FMS.  Their 400th week of doing the sketch challenge.  Go on over and check out the team cards and the special  doings.

And, here is the sketch.

Now, about this card, it is so hard to get a good photo of metallic shine.  I'll post another photo down a bit that might help with that.  I used one of 2 sets of ornament stamp and die sets that I have that retired.  If you have one or both of them, you are going to want this DSP! Look at all the matching and metallic shine.
If you don't have one, then the Christmas Gleaming bundle is for you! Personally I think one of these ornament sets is mandatory.  And be sure to get the DSP, which just happens to be by the same name.
This is my 2nd time using the new copper metallic ink. And I am in love.  If you are going to do a resist technique, then you need to emboss, but if not, you can have that gorgeous bright shine just by stamping with these new inks. Besides Copper, it comes in Silver and Gold and there are refills.
My supply list was very simple, I used Very Vanilla, Pretty Peacock and copper.    And I used the retired Ornament Keepsakes stamp and die set, Merry Christmas dies, And the  metallic ink pad.

 I think the shine shows up better in the photo.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you.

Merry Christmas Dies

$28.00

Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$11.00

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.50

Watercolor fun, A Christmas Card. Paper Players #456

A Bit of play with the Pigment sprinkles.  I would have done Red and green, but there is no red unfortunately, but I think the Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape will do very well.  I actually ended up with way more color then I wanted, I just forgot how little it takes.  So, I had to dab and take some off, spread around, dab some more.  Take my word for it, tiny amounts to start.

I'm in love with this bundle, it's called the Free Skate stamp set with dies to match.  In order to keep the color down on the skates, I used Pool Party CS. I could have used the Posy CS instead, but went with this.

Before I go on, you'll want to check out the challenge to see what everyone else did.

Now, to start with that copper color that looks embossed, isn't.  This is a new metallic we have in the Holiday catalog. It comes in Silver and gold as well as the copper.  As you can see it looks wonderful, shiny and bright even without embossing and it dries fairly quickly.
So, here is a better look at the copper.

After stamping and coloring in the other colors, I just took a tiny drop of refill ink and used it to brush in the copper for the blades.   I only got copper, but I am for sure going to add the silver and gold to my next order!

Free Skate Bundle

$45.00

Free Skate Cling Stamp Set

$21.00

Detailed Skate Dies

$29.00

Christmas Layers Dies

$29.00

Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$11.00

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A Very Merry Christmas Card, Freshly Made Sketches #400

My disclaimer, the only stamp set used in this card was the sentiment.   I have to admit that I do not have this bundle.   I just couldn't squeeze one more bundle out of my budget, so I bought the DSP.  Isn't it fun??????

I added Shaded Spruce to the mix of colors from the DSP.  I cut the snowman out, but he had no hat, so I cut the hat out too. If you look closely you can see the glitter, he comes with. In fact the DSP has quite a lot of glitter already added and lots of cute, cute, cute paper.

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for my inspiration, take a look at the teams cards.

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

$22.00

Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.50

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Birthday Wishes card, JAI#470 challenge

This turned out to be harder then I thought.  The challenge is to make a card without stamping.  Not much of a problem except for the sentiment, so it took a lot of thought.

I could have taken the easy way out and just die cut or punched out designs and layered it on the paper and left no sentiment, but I always have to make it hard for myself.  So, check out what the team did for this one.

I was going to use the punched out flower in the Floral Essence set, but then I realized, I couldn't without stamping them. I mean I could have, but they wouldn't have look as neat with out the stamping.

The paper I used is just gorgeous. It's photos of actual art work, with stunning flowers and colors. This piece is one of the more plain pieces, and I cut the flowers from one of the pieces as well.   It's called Perennial Essence.

I used Pretty Peacock and Blushing Bride  and the Stitched Nested Label Dies that come in the bundle with the Free as a Bird stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I gave you some inspiration.

Another vintage Christmas card. Paper Players challenge #454

Do you remember all the glassware from way back?  Many people collected it, lots of it was blue.  I decided my tea pot should be a memory of all that vintage glass.

I made this for the Paper players challenge, it will be sent as one of my Christmas cards of course.  See what the team did here.

I probably shouldn't be doing Christmas cards just yet, but when I got my order, I found the designs rolling around in my head so I had to get them out.  I do love Black and white, but always with a pop of color, so this was right up my alley. 
I used the Toile Tidings DSP, stamped my tea pot from Tea Together then cut out using the die from Tea Time Framelits.
Those tiny red rhinestones were originally in last years Holiday catalog, but are now in our new Annual catalog. I'm really happy about that, I love them and they are usable all year.

Thanks of stopping by.

Festive Friday #0040, Vintage Christmas. 2019 Stampin Up Holiday Sneak peek

I know there are plenty of people, not here in AZ, but other places where it's cold, that still ice skate in the winter.  But to me it seems an old fashioned idea, so I combined my new Free Skate bundle with the new DSP Toile Tidings.  A very vintage looking paper.  It has the same designs on each page, but one side is Real Red and the other side is Garden Green.  
In my mind, this just screams Christmas and winter both. 
I used Very Vanilla as the DSP background is VV, then accented the skates with gold foil.
I have layered 2 different designs of the same package then used my Stitched Rectangle dies for the green piece under my skate.  I happen to be in love with this skate die, but there is also a set of skate you can stamp in the set. 

So, here is the challenge, stop by and see what the team did.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Fab Friday #169, 2019 Holiday sneak peek

I had this idea to punch out a cat using the new plaid DSP for the Fab Friday Challenge. Unfortunately the gold embossed lines in the plaid failed to show up in this photo, but take my word for it, it's really pretty. 
I paired it with the Peaceful Boughs bundle in the new 2019 Holiday catalog. It was quick, easy and fun. And will be going out to a lady who is a friend, and who lives across the country, who not only supports cat groups, but houses many of them in a very neat building of their own.  

Check out the challenge here.

As you can see I changed the circle and added a few things from the bundle. 
My colors are: Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, and gold.  These boughs are very quick and easy to cut and apply.  I may try them next in metallic. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Sneak Peek, from the Holiday 2019 catalog. Fusion Family challenge

I'm so excited! I just got my first pre-order from the new 2019 Holiday catalog, and I just HAD to play with it.   I know I should be playing with more of my goodies from the annual catalog, and I'll get back to that, but this stuff was just too tempting.

I didn't notice many of my team mates talking about this skate set. It's called Free Skate and It was the first thing I noticed and had to have.

So, here is the challenge I'm using for inspiration. Click here to see what the team did.

It's  a little hard to see, but there is a piece of vellum cut using one of the  Stitched Nested Label dies under the skate.  It kind of blends in with the blurry parts of the DSP  Speaking of DSP, isn't this fabulous???????????   There is a whole pack of gorgeous papers like this in the pack and the back side is also wonderful, it's white with metallic silver designs! Wow! The name is Feels like Frost DSP.

It just seemed like it had to be used with my skate and the new Christmas Layer dies. One is under the skate.

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas. And the little tiny snowflake sequins are also in the catalog.   Thanks for stopping by.