Window Shaker

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While looking through my NBUS box, I found some die cut windows

that a friend and I shared a l-o-n-g time ago.  We think is was five or six years.

Finally an idea of what to do with them hit.

(We'd long forgotten what made us buy them.)

I don't often do shaker cards but they were the perfect project for these die cuts.

While I was at it, I did all four of my windows using different color combinations.

The bows from The Greetery are new to me thanks to a sweet friend sending 

me some of her die cut bows.  They convinced me that I needed some.

The shaker elements are sequins I found at the thrift store and some glittery, sparkly bits

another friend gave me for my birthday.

The glitter does stick to the acetate, even after using and embossing buddy, but

I like how it resembles frost.

These gorgeous bows were cut from foil and glitter cardstock.

My camera doesn't like the sparkle, shine and reflection of the acetate,

but I love it!

Challenges:

Inspired By #197 - Color Challenge (Blue, White & Green)

Peace on Earth Christmas #4 - used the mood board below

Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Christmas Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Garden Green

Paper:   Neenah, Various Foil and Glitter snippets

Other:  Fit to be Tied (Greetery), Window Die Cuts (?), Noel Die, Greenery Die (ret. SU), Glitter & Sequin Sparkles (WOW) 

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Thankful

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Wishing all of you a lovely day of giving thanks for our many blessings.

More about this guy later.

I'm especially thankful for this wonderful crafting community.

Thank you for all your encouragement and love.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Poinsettias

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My favorite Christmas flower is the poinsettia.

I know that the red "petal" are the leaves of this beautiful plant and

the flowers are those tiny little blooms in the center.

This little poinsettia has been cut from a piece of Inka Gold smoosh in my stash

and added to a ring of leaves that were part of my win at last month's

Birthday Bash at the Flower Challenge.

It was so much fun shopping at The Ton and you haven't seen the last of

this sweet circle of leaves.

The photo doesn't do this justice.  We all know that our cameras don't

like to show shine.

Speaking of shine...

This poinsettia started out as foiling with a Glimmer plate on mixed media paper

and watercolored with Distress inks.

The frames and sentiment have been foiled too.

Then I added some leaves cut from gold foil cardstock.

In case you want to see the shine of the leaves, take a look...

Now I'd better slip over to this month's Flower Challenge with one of these.

I'm still undecided which it will be.

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #62 - Add leaves

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Natural White, Gold Foil 

Other: Round Foliage Window Layering Die (The Ton), Layered Poinsettia Die (Splbnd), Inka Gold, Gold EP, Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Merry Christmas Messages (HA)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint (DI)

Paper:   Mixed Media (poinsettia), Neenah

Other:  Glimmer Poinsettias, Starburst Foil, Gilded Nested Rectangles Glimmer Plate & Dies (Spellbinders), Gold EP

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Winterberry Merry Christmas

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It's almost time to start sending out Christmas cards and I still need a few.

So I'm grabbing every chance I get to get in the studio and work on them.

I think I need to work a little faster!

When I saw the Inspired By Challenge photo this week, the candles made me 

think of the background I'd done a few weeks ago with Paper Glaze and a stencil.

The white glaze puts me in mind of a candle.

So I die cut a berry branch from mixed media paper, my Distress Markers and waterbrush

and colored it up.

Challenges:

Inspired By Challenge #196 - Christmas Splendor

Penny Black Saturday - ATG 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   Distress Markers (Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Candied Apple, Barn Door, Vintage Photo

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series

Other:  Snowdrop White Paper Glaze (Picket Fence), Mini Stencil Set 32 (TH), Winter Berry Branch (PB)

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Starry Sky

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I tried my hand at Stencil Monoprint again.

It still comes out very messy for me.

I have really enjoyed seeing all the crisp prints in the gallery at

CAS Mix Up.  Maybe one day, I'll get that result.  This time we'll just say

that I was looking for a impressionist look.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Christmas Critter

CAS Mix Up - Stencil Monoprint

Card Recipe

Stamps: Holiday Snippets (PB) 

Ink:   Speckled Eff, Prize Ribbon (DI), Not Quite Navy (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  Mini Stencil Set 31, Reindeer & Trees dies (?), Copics (E13, E23, E25), Dazzling Details, Subtle EF (SU)

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