GDP064, A Christmas case

How fun was this?!  The GDP has a CASe challenge this week.  By that they mean, take away from the post what you like/want and make it your own.  It can be anything, a color, a stamp just an idea. For me, I am trying to get my Christmas cards done so I can sent them out, so mine is a Christmas card. 

I took away the sketch idea. I loved the small piece of DSP at the side edge and the basic layout of the card.    I used Watercolor paper on here, intending to actually watercolor on it, but when I got ready to do so I decided I loved it just as it was.   The stamping is clearer in person, the watercolor paper is a bit responsable for the lightness in photographing it.

The small slice of DSP is from Presents and Pinecones, I've used it a lot and had scratched my head on how to use this piece.  It fit here perfect!

I hope I inspired you some today, check out the rest of the cards for the challenge HERE.

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Holly Berry Happiness Photopolymer Bundle

$31.50

Baker's Twine Trio Pack

$9.00

Stampin Up PPA#322, The Bells are Ringing

And it's Thur, time for another PPA Challenge.  It's sketch challege week, so here is mine.  And here is the sketch:

I think there are just too many fabulous Christmas sets this year.  Is that even possible? For me it is, my brain gets overwhelmed and I can't decide what to do!  Does that happen to anyone else? I think I do better when I don't buy so much, but how can I not?  This is the best Holiday catalog I have ever seen!
So, this card really needed to be over sized, but I like my A2 card size for the most part.  And all this pretty ribbon I got! I just had to use a piece.

I'm not a huge fan of Delightful Dijon, we all have our favs and not so favs, and this is one of my not so favs, but it just seemed to work here!
I LOVE this DSP pack!!! Presents and Pinecones.  So many beautiful patterns.

Should I take this time to make sure you know that for the month of Oct, if you buy 3 DSP packs, you get one free, and you couldn't pick a better year, they are so pretty and cute.   The sale is good for both the annual catalog and Holiday catalog, however, note the exceptions.     Sale is NOT good for the Specialty DSP or for the Stacks, those are the little pads, both 6x6 and 12x12 are not included.

I'm scheduling my post, so along with you all, I can't wait to see what Susan Itell does with her sketch challenge this week!

Pine Bough Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

$35.00

Seasonal Bells Clear-Mount Bundle

$33.25

Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine

$6.00

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Merry Monday 315 Christmas in Silver

And a Merry monday to all of you!  I'm pretty much mostly Christmas as soon as the Holiday catalog comes out each year.  But you have probably noticed that.  It gets me Christmas cards done and I love doing it.
To that end, Merry Monday is the place to be.  All Christmas all the time. This week they have challenged us to make cards using Dark and light Pink and Silver and or Gray.  That took some thinking, but I think I got it done!

Jar of Cheer to the rescue!   I stamped the inside first, on vellum.  colored it in on the back side after white embossing the front.  I used a retired SU Silver marker called Stampin Dazzle, sure with they had kept those. Mine are about 3 yrs old and still nice and juicy.

Here is the challeng info.

Now after embossing you turn it over and you can't go wrong. It's easy to color, as the embossed lines hide any mistakes, especially in something like this with such a small color area.  So, I used the Silver marker for the leaves and my blender pen to full in the rest.

It's a technique that has been around as long as embossing powder, but always looks great and never goes out of style.
I used my retired Christmas Greetings thinlits for the sentiments.  It just seemed to call for something like that.  I die cut both the Pink Pirouette Merry and one from silver foil and layered them.

I hope you have enjoyed and I've given you some inspiration, that is always my intent.

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Jar Of Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Ribbon

$5.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00

Silver Foil Sheets

$4.00

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