10 Days of Christmas 2014, Day 6, Stars

Welcome again, today we are doing Day 6 of my 10 days of Christmas.   We have stars today.  This Bright and Beautiful set is gorgeous and the sizes match the Star Framelit set.

I used Whisper White and Pear Pizzaz for this card.

I hope this will help you with your own Christmas cards this year.

Christmas Bliss Photopolymer Stamp Set

$15.95

Bright & Beautiful Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$24.95

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

$4.95

All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Stars Framelits Dies

$26.95

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Stampin Up, Pals Paper Arts Challenge 221

And it's PPA thursday.  I found this to be an interesting sketch today. At first I wondered what in the world I could do with it, next, what could I do with it to make it my own.
I've been wanting to play more with water color. Specifically the Aqua Painters, and I loved how this turned out!

It's so easy too. I simply used my Versa Mark pad and white embossing powder to emboss the ornaments, then put some drops of Cherry Cobbler in my Aqua Painter with water till I got the color I wanted, then it was a simple matter of just brushing across the embossing. I wanted the brush marks for effect.

The card base is one of the gorgeous pieces from the Under the Tree Speciality DSP. This paper is meant for boxes, and it works so well for them, nice and heavy, but not so heavy that you can't fold.

It's also double sided and makes for such a great card inside, love love love this paper. Each sheet is a color design on one side and Kraft design on the other leaving you with a nice light inside to stamp or write on.

The tiny star is from Bright and Beautiful and cut out using the smallest of the Star Framelits.

Please let me know how you like this idea, both the box paper and the Aqua painter part. Then stop by another time and you'll find my response in the comments.  Thanks so much for stopping by.
And here is a look at our challenge sketch this week.

Bright & Beautiful Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$24.95

Ornamental Pine Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.95

Good Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Aqua Painters

$16.95

Stars Framelits Dies

$26.95

Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.95

Versamark Pad

$7.50

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$2.95

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

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Stampin Up Birthday card

Yesterday was my DH's birthday. He is a die hard patriotic fan, so this is his card.
I started with Whisper White base card, then added the Real Red, then cut the largest size of the banner framelits. 
I had to cut the white under it by hand. I layered the banner, then used my trimmer to cut the sides and cut off the bottom, then cut the banner end by hand.

The paper is Maritime. Don't you just love that cute little star clip?  It's from the Basic Hodgepodge clips package.

Banners Framelits Die

$26.95

Maritime Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Be The Star Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.95

Stars Framelits Die

$26.95

Fabulous Four Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$14.95

Basics Hodgepodge Clips

$6.95

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Happy Fathers Day

So, what are your plans for Father's Day?  We hate crowds, so I'll be taking my guy out another day. We do have plans on Tue for a little trip, it's for medical reasons, but we will be getting some fun in too since it's to a place we haven't been.

My husband LOVES all things patriotic! I mean big time, it made his card very easy this year. Stampin Up nicely gave us not only a great stamp set, but matching framelits. This is one set I will not ever be selling.   The sentiment is from last months Paper Pumpkin. I'm gathering a nice little box of neat stamps from my monthly Paper Pumpkin.

Have you heard about PP? Well, if not, it's a cute surprise box that comes in the mail to you every month.  You can start, stop, take a break, any time you like, there is no commitment.
Also, they now have a pre paid Paper Pumpkin. You can get 1, 3, 6 or 12 month plans, they make a fantastic gift. Everything you need is in the box, so if you know someone who just loves crafts, or someone who would like to try, but doesn't have a lot of time and/or doesn't want to buy a whole room full of stuff, this is for them. 

I used Real Red and Night of Navy on this, if you really wanted to get fancy, you could emboss some silver stars where I used the little multi star stamp from corner to corner.

Go here to check out both Project Life, and/or Paper Pumpkin

Be The Star Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.95

Stars Framelits Die

$26.95

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