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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PPA 320, Bells for Christmas

I just love making Christmas cards!  So, another one for PPA 320 this week.  Another thing I love is embossing folders.  So many ways to use them.  I have used my brayer on the folder then embossed, used my brayer after embossing and put the design from the folder on without running it through the Big Shot.  But this time, I just sponged on a little Crumb Cake ink for my look, it brings out the design so nicely.

Otherwise, it is a pretty simple but elegant card.  A bit of Emerald Envy ribbon, a few ferns in Emerald Envy and gold foil and the Bells in gold foil.   I think the red ribbon die adds just the right touch.

Here is the sketch for this week, how did I do?

As always any image below will link you to my store.

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

$26.00

Seasonal Bells Clear-Mount Bundle

$33.25

Metallic Enamel Shapes

$7.00

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$27.00

3/8" (1 Cm) Ribbon Silky Taffeta Combo Pack

$9.00

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

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GDP054, A Happy Christmas

I have the most awful time taking photos with the gold acetate!  I need a better way to light it up I think, what I normally do just doesn't seem to work for this.

So, it looks so much nicer in person!

Here is the sketch from GDP for this week.

Very simple card, 2 gold foil strips on top, the Fabulous Foil Acetate over Sweet Sugar Plum. Then the banner and the bells have a glue dot to attach them under the banner.  I also hid the glue on the acetate under the banner.  And that is about it.

One of the things I don't like, and there are not many, about Blogger, is that I have no way to contact anyone who leaves a comment, so please understand that. If you leave a question you want answered in the comment section, I will answer but you will have to come back here to see it. Sigh....

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Seasonal Bells Clear-Mount Bundle

$33.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$4.00

Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate

$12.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

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PPA318, Happy Anniversary.

This weeks PPA challenge is a sketch challenge.   I need an anniversary card for friends of ours so hunted for  some great stuff for it.  I just bought the Seasonal Bells bundle that comes with the stamps and a punch for the bells, and that was perfect.    The layering love sentiment set had 2 neat stamps to choose from for the main area of the card.

 I embossed both the sentiment and bells in gold and used gold cord for my tie.  It's a fairly simple card, but it does take a little time for the embossing, but what a difference it makes!  I love pairing the gold and white with a dark color, it just makes it all pop.
I did use Night of Navy seam binding which is retired. 

For such a simple looking card, I ended up using a lot of products, but I was searching for just the right things for a special anniversary card.   I hope this gives you some inspiration, and thanks so much for stopping by.

Seasonal Bells Clear-Mount Bundle

$33.25

Baker's Twine Trio Pack

$9.00

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

$7.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$27.00

Layering Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$16.00

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