Silent Snowy Night

Happy December!  The countdown is on...just 24 days till Christmas!  Have you got your Christmas cards done yet??  Today I have some more inspiration for you.  This is one I designed for my team to create at our meeting last month...

Christmas card featuring the Wonderland and Kinda Eclectic stamp set and Sleigh Ride Edgelits.

Of all of the cards I have made using the Sleigh Ride Edgelits, I think this one is my favourite. I love the quiet serenity of it.  Just like a silent winter's night. To create the background I inked a piece of Whisper White card stock with Night of Navy ink and then, very lightly, with Black Berry Bliss ink. I love the hint of purple the Blackberry Bliss provides. Then I spritzed the entire sponged panel with my trusty Stampin' Mist to get the snowy effect. I also stamped the starburst image from the Kinda Eclectic set using Stampin' Mist as well.  I love the effect behind the Dazzling Diamonds glimmer star.

I used the the Sleigh Ride Edgelits with Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper to cut the bottom section and layered it over top of my sponged and spritzed background. I layered that on a piece of Night of Navy card stock before mounting it on a thick Whisper White card stock base. The sentiment, from the Wonderland stamp set, is heat embossed in silver on vellum. The only embellishment is a bit of silver cording trim.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Six Sayings host set in Night of Navy ink. Clean and simple and so pretty!  This is one that is quick and easy to make but sure is pretty and oh, so sparkly!

Here are all of the products I used to create this card:

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All Is Calm for Sunday Stamps

Happy November!  Can you believe it? Where has the fall gone??  If you are one of those people who can't start thinking about Christmas until after Halloween, the time has come! Time to get going on those Christmas projects! Today I have some inspiration for you from this week's new challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  It is a colour challenge this week...here is the inspiration photo:

Here is my project for the Design Team:

Holiday card featuring the Wonderland stamp set and Home for Christmas DSP

This card was SO much fun to make! It has been a very long time since I have been able to just sit and play with ink, paper and rubber. I began by sponging a piece of the sheet music patterned DSP from the Home for Christmas pack. I used Island Indigo and Night of Navy inks for the sponging. Then I stamped the trees from the Wonderland stamp set in Soft Suede and white Staz On ink. I then spritzed the entire thing with Stampin' Mist. I played some more, adding hints of Versamark ink around the edges and sprinkling with gold embossing powder.

The stamped panel is matted on a piece of Soft Suede card stock and then mounted on a Kraft card base. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold on a strip of vellum. I added some gold metallic thread, a wooden Snowflake Element and a single rhinestone.

On the inside I stamped the pine branch in Soft Suede ink, stamping off once. The sentiment, which is from the Six Sayings host set, is heat embossed in gold.

I am sooo happy with the way this one turned out.  Amazing things can happen when you just let yourself play.  Give it a go and see what this colour challenge inspires you to create, then share it with us over at Sunday Stamps. :)

Here are all of the products I used to create this card. Clicking any one of them will take you directly to my online store for easy ordering.

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Joy to the World

Happy October and happy Friday! Are you sick of Christmas cards yet?  I sure hope not, because I still have lots to share with you :) So many amazing ideas swimming around in my brain and so little time to bring them to life.  I can't wait for the weekend when I'll have time to spend in my studio again.

Today I have a rather elegant, yet simple project for you:

Christmas card featuring the Jolly Christmas stamp set.

I don't think I could have used more new Holiday Catalogue products on this project if I tried!  The stamped images are from the Jolly Christmas set and are heat embossed in gold. The thick Whisper White card base is embossed using the Woodland TIEF. The strip of DSP is from the Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP pack.

I used some gold Cording Trim and a wooden Snowflake Element by way of embellishment.  I love the way that combination of embellishments works on both rustic and more elegant ones just as easily.  Such fabulous products!

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Jolly Christmas set in Soft Suede ink and the antlers from the Wonderland set in the same ink, but stamped off once before stamping inside the card, resulting in a lighter shade.

This is another one of the projects that will be part of the offerings at my Handmade for the Holidays Christmas card buffets at the end of this month. If you're local to Cambridge I'd love for you to join us!  Click HERE for more information.

Here are the products used to create this card.

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Winter Wonderland Sneak Peek

Hi There!  Thanks for stopping by :)  It's Tuesday, which means it's time for all new Weekly Deals...be sure to check those out at the top of the right side bar.
Today I have another sneak peek of a new suite of products that will be available in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue...

Christmas card featuring the Wonderland stamp set and Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP available Setpember 1st in the 2015 Holiday Catalogue

For this project I used three products from the Winter Wonderland Suite.  The stamped images are from the Wonderland stamp set, which includes several images and two sentiments.  I stamped the tree image directly on a piece of Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP using the new Basic Black Archival ink.  SOOO excited about this fantastic ink...I know you will love it too!

The background Whisper White layer is embossed using the new Softly Falling embossing folder.  I just love the subtle texture it provides.  Very understated and elegant. I built my card on a base of thick Whisper White card stock.
The little star frame is die cut using the Stars Framelits.  I used the two smallest dies with gold glimmer paper to get the frame.  A quick and easy embellishment.
Now, I know I usually show you the inside of my projects, but I haven't done anything to this one yet, as I'm waiting for some new sentiment sets to arrive.  Mr UPS arrives tomorrow with a BIG box of awesomeness for me.  :)
My supply list for this card is somewhat limited, as many of the products I used are not available until September 1st. Those items are:

Wonderland Stamp Set (WM139752, CM140365)
Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP (139588)
Softly Falling TIEF (139672)
Basic Black Archival Ink (140931)

Here are the other, currently available supplies I used:

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Festive Friday

Happy Friday...the weekend is here!  Yippee!!  I hope you have some fun planned this weekend.  I am looking forward to dinner with an old college friend, and, of course, some stamping ;)
 Today I have another Holiday Catalogue sneak peek for you.  Check it out:

Christmas card featuring the Wonderland stamp set, Woodland TIEF and Holidays Fancy Foil Vellum; all available September 1st in the 2015 Holiday Catalogue

 Yesterday I showed you a Fall-themed card that used the new Woodland embossing folder, now here it is on a Christmas card.  Those gorgeous trees work for just about any occasion.  Here I added some sparkle to them by sponge daubering on some Versmark ink and then heat embossing with Irridescent Ice embossing powder.  You can see the sparkle a bit better in this photo.

To add even more shimmer I used a piece of the new Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, which is simply beee-u-ti-ful!  It comes in the silver snowflakes, red candycane striep and green Christmas trees.  So pretty and shiny! Since I was on a roll with the sparkle and shine, I added a bit of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper behind my sentiment.  That sentiment is from the new Wonderland stamp set and is heat embossed in silver and die cut using the Project Life Cards and Labels framelits.  I added a couple bits of silver 1/8" metalllic ribbon and a snowflake embellishment from last year's catalogue because my new ones from this year won't arrive till next week! ;)

On the inside I heat embossed in silver a sentiment from the retired More Merry Messages set (again, because my new sentiment sets aren't here yet!) and added some little snowflakes which are also part of the Wonderland stamp set. I've included a list of all of the products I used (minus the ones that are either retired or not available yet!) below.  Clicking on any of them will send you right to my online store for easy ordering ;)
Be sure to check back on Sunday for a new colour challenge from Sunday Stamps.  Till then, have a fabulous weeked!

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