Christmas Blessings, FMS#353

Are you ready for Christmas card making yet?   The new Holiday catalog goes live today, and it's a fabulous one.
However, I pulled down a carryover set from last year, mostly because it came to mind as soon as I saw the sketch and because I really love it. Such a simple and true meaning of Christmas.
Here is the sketch for this week.

The DSP I used for the background is part of a brand new pack.  It's available for free, just place a $250 order, or have a $250 workshop, or run around gathering orders from friends and ask your demo to help you place it.

I'm not sure you can see the Subtle embossing that I did on the black, maybe if you click on it to bring it closer.  But it shows very well in person and it's in the new Annual catalog.  You'll find some neat embossing folders in the new Holiday catty as well, the favorite of which for demos is the Tin Type folder.
I wanted this to stay simple, to that end I only used Black, white and Silver except for the ribbon. I really like how it turned out.
I used the silver foil for the star and the square around the image and a sliver in the sentiment area.

Thanks for stopping by.

Night In Bethlehem Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$21.00

Bethlehem Edgelits Dies

$32.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$10.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

$35.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

$35.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

Metallic Pearls

$7.00

Silver Foil Sheets

$4.00

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So Many Smiles, #jai421

A simple little card today for Just add ink # 421.  My colors are: Shaded Spruce, Soft Sea Foam and Flirty Flamingo.   Sorry to say the ribbon is retired.  I'm working on getting ribbon, but it's slow. Anyone have a few hundred to loan me? LOL.

With the pretty DSP, you don't need anything fancy going on, it speaks for itself.   I personally love really soft colors in our paper, and this is one of them, Soft Sea Foam.    It's hard to tell, but the background of the DSP is also Soft Sea Foam.

I'm playing along today with JAI#421.  Check out the rest of the projects.

 

I hope you enjoyed.

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Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Special pre-order for customers

Starting now, there is a special pre order period for you, the customer! It's to celebrate Stampin Up's 30 anniversary.  
It's called the Share What you Love suite, and comes as 3 bundles, in 3 different sizes. Each bundle has something free in it.  The smallest has 1 item, the next largest 2 items, and the biggest has 3 free items. Head over HERE to purchase.

It's a wonderful life, Merry Monday 256, Christmas card.

This weeks Merry Monday is a theme challenge.  Create a card based on your favorite Holiday movie. Can you see It's a Wonderful Life in here?   I didn't have an angel, especially a male angel. But here is the town and snow and santa. I can just imagine George and family celebrating in one of those houses.

I used some brand new sets that I just got from Mr Brown today.  And I am in love with the sentiment here, it comes in Hearts come Home bundle.   Go on over and see how the team did up their favorite movies. 

Colors for this are Whisper White, Night of Navy, and Silver.
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Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Bundle

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Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Versamark Pad

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White Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Sneak Peek, Santa Paws, 2017 Holiday catty, PP358

Yes, my first order went for lots of fun images that need to be colored. I'm ok with coloring, however my reasoning is just that I love the fun images so very much!  How can one not like Santa Paws?
This is the larges of the images in the stamp set, but especially if you love dogs and cats like I do, and they are so daggon cute, what's a person to do?

I have to admit, my photo taking didn't show the best part, the gold embossing, it is just hard to make embossing shine in photos.  The pretty gold star also isn't showing well.  But I think I have an idea to improve the lighting so hopefully soon I'll be able to show those aspects better.

Love, love, love the Merry Music DSP, both white and black in the holiday songs plus some neat designs on the back sides. 
If you love these stamps, but you really don't like to color, you could just emboss in gold or? and dress up the card in other ways.  They would still be cute.
My colors for this:  Real red, Peekaboo Peach, Tranquil Tide, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake.
I gold embossed, then used my blender pen and ink pads to color in the images.

I'm playing with the Paper Players this week. Here is the challenge and link for the site. I know you will want to check on everyone else's cards, the team's card are fantastic.

Thanks for coming by to look. so, what are your thoughts on this stamp set?

Santa Paws Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Versamark Pad

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Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Metallic Enamel Shapes

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Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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SU Holiday catalog Sneak Peek, Christmas card, Mistletoe Friends, Fab Friday 119

This will be my first time posting to Fab Friday, I love finding great new challenges. They can really get your brain started when making a card.

This image is from Mistletoe Friends, cute, cute, cute new stamp set in the Holiday catalog for 2017. Peaking out from the right edge is one of the  new snowflake doilies, they come in a package with silver and gold both.  If you've spent time here, you know I adore doilies! These are fabulous.

My colors today are: Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Smoky Slate and Rich Razzleberry.
Click here to check out the challenge and see all the fabulous cards done by the team.

Mistletoe Friends Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

$35.00

Foil Snowflakes

$6.00

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Sneak peek SU Holiday catalog, JAI#373

This is one of the more minor sets in the new Holiday catalog, but when you start playing you find out just how much fun it can be.  Lots of dies in the thinlits set and that's always a big bonus.

This weeks challenge is:

Stencils are hot right now, if you haven't tried them out, you really should. They are inexpensive and a big wow.    I've left the sentiment off for now, as I am always seeming to find myself in a place where I need something and by golly, I haven't any with a sentiment that will work.  Fall sets can be used for so many different occasions.

Colors for this card are:  Lemon Lime Twist, Peekaboo Peach, Tranquil Tide and Pumpkin Pie.

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Pick A Pumpkin Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies

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Peek at 2017Holiday stamp set, Just Add Ink 372

Some little known info about me, I was born and raised in CA, I've lived a lot of other places since I've been an adult, but when we (hubby and I) retired, we got out. We now live in AZ, and as much as we miss the ocean within a couple hour drive, life is good here. It's a wonderful state to live in.

But since one of my favorite songs is George Straight, Ocean Front Property, right from the start I did what I could to make my front patio into a beachy area.  Later on, I did the same with one of my bathrooms.  And now, I'm working on my living room.
So, this set in the new Holiday catalog, is right up my alley and I had to have it first thing.  It's called, Beachy Little Christmas.

This scene would be so neat in my back yard, maybe I could paint the dirt blue? Sigh..... Ok, will just have to be content to make Christmas cards with it.
Here is the color challenge for this week from Just Add Ink:

Just click on the link to check out the other cards, including the gorgeous selection from the team.

So, these plus a bit of Crumb Cake are my colors for this.   I used my aqua painter and my blender pen.  The blender pen defined some of the smaller spaces like the top of the roof.  One of my Aqua Painters has alcohol in it. I used it at times like this, I wanted to stamp in dye ink, in this case the Tranquit Tide, but I didn't want to smear it all over.   For the sand and water I just used one with water in it.  And it's all on Watercolor paper.  I really do hope you enjoy!

Beachy Little Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

$35.00

Aqua Painters

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Blender Pens

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Watercolor Paper

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