SU Christmas Card, #jai616, Poinsettia and Silver

 

 It's Christmas time. Well, it's close and if I want to get all my cards together I had better start now.  

I used the great sketch for my inspiration for this. It's always more fun to make my cards, when I join a challenge. So, here it is.

I got into the habit of making each of my cards different. I used to just design one card and make them all the same, but will all the awesome available product it's just more fun to make a lot of cards. 

This one uses mostly retire SU, except for the sentiment, it just all fit what I needed.   I used a die from Swirly Bird, And several from the Poinsettia Petals set from a few years ago.   Colors  are all red and silver, however I did use Cherry Cobbler for the base card and real red for the poinsettia, I just like the bit of contrast. 

I hope I've given you some ideas.  Thanks for stopping by.

Abundance of Joy, #fms510, A Christmas card

 

I'm getting behind on my Christmas cards.  I started out strong with all the new product that SU brought out this year, it was hard to limit myself. For some reason I buy more Christmas stuff then anything else.  Maybe it's because I make more Christmas cards then any other kind, right? 

Plus, I've been busy with some of my other hobbies. Mostly Machine Embroidery right now. Normally I'm making quilt goodies.

So, here we are with another wed sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.   I seem to gravitate a lot over there.  SU had a nice pack of silver foil stock this year, I got that and some of the beautiful gold that we had.  Please use the link and head over to see the lovely projects the team and other posters have made. 

 I used the Silver foil, Evening Evergreen, Silver ribbon retired, and Pale Papaya. With gold embossing on the trike.  The Music embossing folder seemed perfect for this card.

 

Thanks for taking a look.

 

Gorgeous Leaves, Thank you card, #fms508

 

A stranger did something very nice for us, so a special thank you card was in need.  I'm a little late getting this set, but I just saw so many gorgeous cards made using it and had to have it. 

My inspiration for this is this weeks card challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. 

 

So much can be done with this! I also just got the Stitched Greenery embossing plate, it's kind of half embossing and half die cut, I just love it and this was the perfect use.

My colors are:  Cinnamon Cider, Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya, and basic white. Plus a bit of Blackberry Bliss, I just had to stick that in there. 

The leaf set is Gorgeous Leaves bundle, and the sentiment Inspired Thoughts stamps.  Cut out with the Rectanglar stitched dies.

Thanks so much for stopping in. 

Snowflake ornament, Christmas Blessings. JAI#571

 

Inspiration for this card comes from the Just Add Ink challenge for this week.  Just add lines. 

Be sure to head over to Just add Ink and check out all the wonderful post. 

What a fun die set this is! I've been having so much fun with it.  It's called Delicate Baubbles, there are so many ideas for these.  My brain just went crazy after this first one.  So, I used the free Be Dazzling paper in the SAB for my piece on top of my card base, then the DSP on top of that and then I cut strips to be my lines out of the Be Dazzling paper.  It doesn't look nearly as wonderful in a photo as it does it person, it sparkles like crazy.

I cut the snowflake ornament out with out the outside edge/ which used separately is also the outside ring or background piece.  I used gold foil and then used that background piece to cut the Coastal Cabana background out of. 

The gold bow ribbon is also in the die set. It's hard to see but I stuck a square vellum doily under the dies. Then I stamped and cut the sentiment.

I hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping. 

Playing with Chalks, Global Design Project #307

 

Good monday morning to you all.   Today I took inspiration from the Global Design Project challenge, I haven't done that one in quite a long while.

This week it is a Word play theme, the words are Thank you.

 I have put off play with the new chalks for a bit, but decided this was the time.  It's been a very long time since SU has had chalks and now I remember how much fun they were.  

All I did for this one was  use a Versa mark pad, stamp my images, then pick up color that I had scraped off the lengths of chalk, and wipe over the stamped image gently with some of each color.

I then die cut.  Sorry to say, this set is long retired. But I had a Fall card to do and I don't have many fall sets, sometimes I regret that, but I am such a nut over Christmas, that is where I end up putting my money. 

After die cutting I used a die to cut my Cinnamon Cider piece, did a bit of splatter stamping on both my Evening Evergreen and my CC, and put down one of the Vellum doilies then layered on top of that. 

I hope you will try out the chalks and have some fun doing it. Thanks for stopping by. 

 

Flowers, flowers everywhere. Paper Players #553

 

I've been thinking about a card using these 2 sets like this since I first saw the Meadow dies that match the Quiet Meadow stamps.  Bundle priced this year in the 2021-2022 Annual catalog.  

When I saw the colors for the Paper players challenge I thought it was a good time to give it a try. 

 I colored in using my Watercolor pencils after die cutting all my flowers. I just die cut using white then colored the stems green and flowers however I wanted.  I then used the new Shimmery Crystal Effects on the flowers.  I also used the Tasteful Textures 3D embossing folder on my yellow layer.  

I hope you enjoy and maybe I've given you an idea or two.

 

Heartfelt sympathy, JAI#565

 

This week I am joining in to the Just add ink color challenge. 

 

 The polished Pink and Pale Papaya are both brand new incolors for this year.  Stunning colors. So, it was a lot of fun coming up with a card for this week. I tried out several ways of embossing the flower, and ended up with this. 

The Dahlia is a 2 step stamp, for this I only used the outline and embossed, if you did it on a lighter paper, you could use the 2nd part, the fill in stamp, or simple color in if you like.   This set is called Delicate Dahlias and is free in the SAB catalog starting on the 3rd along with the new Holiday one.   It's got more pieces to it as well, but I decided for this to keep it very simple.

None of us really enjoy the reason for making these sympathy cards, but it does become necessary especially as we get older.  I usually put it off, this time it's going into my stash, with the hope it's not needed for a good long time.

Happy stamping. 

Deer in the Forest, JAI#564

 

I think the deer are really enjoying the snow up in the mountain of AZ, because it has been a very, very hot summer since June1, even for AZ. About now, I'd like to be there with them. 

The inspiration this week comes from Just Add Ink, and now that this is done, I have another idea, should I do that one too? 

I have to admit, hard to choose, sky or sea???  I love the ocean, and do a lot of cards with that idea, but I had to go with this brand new set from the new Mini.  So, check out all the posts over on Just add ink, and maybe join in too.  

I choose a piece of dsp from the Tidings of Christmas papers, altho, there is a whole set of paper just for this bundle called Peaceful Prints. The name of the bundle is Peaceful Deer.  My colors are Crumb cake, white, Misty Moonlight (incolor), and Evening Evergreen, also an incolor.

   To get the sparkle in the sky I just use versamark and sprinkled on some S U Stampin Glitter. Or you could white emboss the tiny snowflakes and then sponge on the blue afterward.

Thanks for taking a look, have fun with your Christmas cards. 

Snowflake Christmas, jai#563

 

Thanks go to Just Add Ink for this weeks sketch challenge. Seems really simple but this was my 3rd try, I just could not get what I wanted and pictured in my mind, but this simple and pretty card did it for me.  

 I hope you will check out all the really lovely projects from the team on FMS.  Just click the link in the colored text above.

So very simple, I used real red for my base card, then a piece of white cut just large enough to tuck a bit under the DSP.

The DSP is from Peaceful Prints, which is the one that matches up with the new Deer Christmas set.   The snowflake is retired, but I love it and collect all the snowflakes I can. I just love using them.

The Merry Christmas comes from the new Heartfelt Wishes in the mini catalog, previously known as the Holiday catalog, which goes live on Aug 3rd for customers.  

I used Dimentionals for popping up the DSP, and the snowflake, it just adds something to the card.  I hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping.

Merriest Moments Christmas, Sneak peek 2021 Holiday catalog

 

I have 2 new cards today, both made from the new Merriest Moments stamp/embossingfolder/die set in the new Holiday Mini catalog going live on Aug 3rd, 2021.  

I played with my Blends on this one, just embossed on the white cardstock and used my new Soft Succulent blends on it along with one other green.  

I cut the old center using the center die in my set, then stamped and cut the top piece, trimming off just the edges a bit to show the gold under it.

I wrapped that piece with some gold twine, then cute 3 of the small branches from the stamp and dies and added them, popping up the whole small piece in the middle. 

 On this one, I took white cardstock, plus a piece of the Artistically Inked DSP, cut one of each from the big die in the Merriest Moments set and glued them together. This gave it more body.

I used Merry Merlot cardstock, wrapped a ribbon around then layered my piece on top, added the gold piece and added a Poinsettia on top of that, with a little Merry Christmas banner and finished off with red rhinestones in the center of my flower.

I hope you'll take a  look at Merriest Moments, there is so much to it, so many ways to use it.  Thanks for taking a look.

 

 

 

Sneak peek, Holiday Mini 2021, #JAI562

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It's that time of year again, time to start thinking about making those Christmas cards.  I start early because I make a lot of different cards, and that takes time.  

My inspiration this week is from an Inspiration challenge at Just add ink, come and join in.

 

I love the photo, such a beautiful seasonal photo.  I tried hard to capture the essence of it using a brand new set from Stampin Up called Merriest Moments, So much you can do with this set. My brain was on fire, but I did my best to keep to the inspiration photos and ended up really liking this card. 

The colors I used are: Evening Evergreen, and Pale Papaya, both are new incolors, also White and Real Red.

I think you'll be seeing a lot of this set, the new mini goes live on Aug 3rd for customers.

I hope you enjoy and check out the site for all the other yummy projects.

Healing Thoughts, Inspiration at JAI#552

 

Such a beautiful inspiration photo for this weeks challenge from Just Add Ink.  I tried to pull in the feel of the inspiration, the yellows, flowers and spring feel.  I hope I've done that.

See how pretty this is?  To join in or just look at all the other pretty projects, click here.

I started with a piece of the beautiful Fine Art Floral DSP, then added the base color, So Saffron, and the accent piece behind the DSP, which is Flirty Flamingo.  The edge die is from the new set Penned Flower dies.  

I cut a few Butterflies from the Butterfly Brilliant die set and kept it simple by using the dies in a see through way so the flowers show through.  I added the yellow rhinestones from the new incolor set of rhinestones.    The sentiment is from the new Inspired Thoughts set.  

Thank you for stopping by.

Hand Penned sneak peek, The Paper Players #538, Sending prayers

 

Inspiration this week comes from the challenge, The Paper Players. 

 Check out the rest of the teams work here:

The DSP for Hand Penned is  just stunning, the whole pack, front and back. One of my all time favs.  I used: Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Pool Party, White and Black.  I've had trouble using Cinnamon Cider, but wow, it's beautiful on this. 

I stamped and watercolored the flowers using my water brush and ink pads and for the green, a colored pencil then water. 

The center 2 pieces were made using the Rectangle stitched dies, the scallop die is included with the Penned Flower dies. You will find the stamps, dies or in bundle for savings, in the new 2021-2022 catalog. 

The flower centers are from the Incolor Enamel dots.

This set was on my #1 list, I admit it was 2nd but my first choice was not avail for pre-order, but I'm not sorry about that, I LOVE this set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate Sunflowers, I'm thinking of you

 

Thre is a technique called Josephs coat that I hadn't tried, and decided now was the time.  If you are looking to try it, just do a search on you tube and you'll find several tuts for it. You start with white paper and end up with what I have as a background.  

I have been going to buy this set,  Celebrate Sunflowers all year, and finally got it. It's a great set with lots of ways to use it. 

After making my background I glued it to the slightly larger Just Jade piece then to a white card base.

For the top flower I cut from Mango Melody for the outlines of the sunflower, and took a piece of white, sponging or brushing color from Just Jade, Calypso Coral and Mango Melody over areas of the paper, then cut my background part of the sunflower.   I also stamped and cut 3 leaves from white and brushed on a bit of the Jade over top.  

Thanks for stopping.

Curvy die Christmas at Stampin Up

 

I have 2 for you today, both using one of the dies from the Curly die set. This set is avail for sale on the 3rd of Nov. It's really different and a lot of fun.  It has an every day stamp set and an optional Christmas stamp set, the dies work with both. Here I just used the one die to cut my paper.

The paper is Brightly Gleaming, it came out last year, but carried over.  I'm pretty happy about that as it's gorgeous, this is only one of the beautiful papers in the set.    The branches that are stamped are from the Peaceful Boughs stamp set. That also carried over and is in the current annual catalog.

Unfortunately, the bells did not carry over, but I love them.  Sometimes I get carried away with Christmas sets and don't get enough time with them, so here I am using this one this year. The foil is copper as is the embossing on this, the over lay on the bell is also copper foil.  

I fairly easy card, sometimes we need that just to get enough done, right?

Card #2.  I used the same Curvy die, but cut a 2nd piece from gold foil to match the gold deer. I love using deer on my cards and we have quite a few right now. This one is Dashing Deer, and did not carry over, however there is a really cute deer in Nature's Beauty along with some other little animals.

The paper here is Toile Tidings which didn't carry over. Another pretty easy card.  

So, hope you got some ideas from these.  If you are like me and behind already, it's time to get those Christmas cards done to mail our right after Thanksgiving.

Happiness and Love at Christmas, #JAI528

 

This was a fun and simple challenge from Just Add Ink this week.  The Snowflake Splender DSP was calling to me, I just love this paper, but then blue is my color! Add some purple and I'm in heaven. 

Here is the challenge, check it out to see all the wonderful projects!

All stuff I love and use a lot, especially on Christmas projects.   I'll tell you a little secret, I love Christmas stamping!  I just can't help myself, and I have so many yummy Christmas stamps, dies, embossing folders and on and on, that my head swims when I sit down to make something. What to use, what to use.    I had started this to make a card the other day, so the Misty Moonlight CS and the DSP were already set to go. The Beautiful Bought dies worked great under the ornament.

So, the ornament is cut from Silver foil, I think the Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather worked fantastic with the foil. I added Noble Peacock Rhinestones for some extra bling. 

I hope you enjoy and also that it gives you some ideas of your own, but feel free to CASE.

 

Hark the Herald, Angels Sing, Stampin UP, Christmas card

 

So many ways to use this new set. I used just the Poinsettia dies and the Plush Poinsettia DSP along with Red Velvet paper and a sentiment from For Unto Us. With some gold embossing. 

Some of the dies in the set work on some of the paper to cut one version of the Poinsettia and a leaf out. I thought it would be fun to combine that paper with the red velvet paper and a neat die cutout. 

 To make it easier to place the text, I cut a smaller piece of white and stamped and embossed on that so then placed it and glued it down right where I wanted it. 

Now, what to do with that pretty cut piece!

Poinsettia Petals, #JAI524

 

A Color from Just Add Ink for Inspiration this week.  Such pretty colors, Mint Macaron, Merry Merlot and Rococo Rose. 

Hop on over to see all the pretties or join in yourself. 

I used some of the Plush Poinsettia DSP over top of a piece of Mint Macaron to give it some color. 

I did a bit of watercoloring lightly on my gold embossed poinsettias. cut some other pieces in the set out using Merry Merlot as well as the Merry from a retired set.  Added in a couple of rhinestones and done. It's simple, but with plenty of texture which I love. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

 

Gather together fall, #FMS454

 

I'm coming in at the last min here. I'm having issues with being able to get my photos onto my computer from my camera. Yup, the old fashioned way. My computer isn't cooperating. So, having to figure out how to take them of my phone.   I know, lots of people upload to FB right from the phone, not this person. LOL. 

 Anyway, I decided a needed a new fall set, and I do love these leaves with the pronounced embossing built in.  

Today I'm taking my inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches, check them out here to see the challenge and all the goodies.

 

The set is called Gather Together, stamps and dies.  I used Rich Razzleberry, Mango Melody and Cinnamon Cider.

I first took watercolor paper and spritzed with water, then dropped color on from my refills that I had put into the lid of my colors and also added a bit of water to.  After it was dry I die cut my leaves, I ended up with as dark a color in places on my leaves so after dry I added just a bit more color in spots.

I added the leaves to a piece of the new Plaid Tidings DSP, and added all that to a bit larger piece of Cinnamon Cider. Wrapped with linen thread, used my blends to add color to rhinestones and added those. I popped up that whole piece before adding it to my Mango Melody base card.  The sentiment was stamped on vellum and added when dry. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Flowering Blooms Thinking of you, #TGIFC271 color challenge

I combined the Jar from Jar of Flowers and Flowering Blooms stamp and dies to create this card.
My inspiration is a color challenge from TGIFC. 

I hope you will check out the challenge and see all the wonderful projects.

So using this challenge I used a white base card, then a Espresso layer then used my brayer to color inside the new Seabed embossing folder and layered that on top. 

I punched my jar out of Flirty Flamingo, and vellum so mute the color some and give it a glass jar look.   I then cut several of the rose flowers out in all 3 colors, plus some of the leaves and the vine flowers. Layered them all on  a pieced of white die cut from the Rectangle Stitched dies.  Added a bow after using glue and demintionals.

I had trouble finding a place I liked for the sentiment, but found laying it on one side worked for me and left the jar and flowers open. 
Thanks for stopping by.