Turning the Page January 2020

Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the last day of each month to share them.

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

Here's our January page.

By the way, the calendars are clipped together and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Golden Thanks

Hello my crafty friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I used a Stitched Rectangle Die from Lil' Inker to emboss on the cards front.

Then I found a snippet of gold patterned paper that fit inside the rectangle and
cut an Alexandra Renke Magic Blossom from gold foil to add to the side.

Thank you for all your visits through the past year.
It's an honor to share my designs with you.

Happy New Year!


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah, Gold Foil (SU)m DP (Anna Griffin 

Other:  Magic Blossom Die (AR), Stitched Rectangle Die (LI), Many Thanks Die (PB)

Let it Snow

Hello.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I know those of you who get lots and lots of snow will not
want to see this.  But here in NC we don't get much snow and it doesn't
stay long if we get some.

So I say...

The elements of this card all came from my UFO box.

There's a background made with the contents of a Lindy's Magical Shaker
sprayed with lots of water.

The die cut front didn't work for the original intention
and neither did the snowflakes.

I think this will make a good thank you card for my
sister-in-law who loves snow as much as I do.

I see there is still time left at
Craft Stampers Magazine Take It Make It Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Dapper Denim (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Coated 

Other:  Snowflake Dies (PB and IO), Peek-a-boo Window Frame (MFT), Lindy's Magical Shaker (Afternoon Delight Denim)

Winter Wishes

Hello.  I'm glad you could stop by.

I've had a bit more crafty time the past few days.

It's been fun!

I'm going to slip in with an entry for the
Memory Box Outside the Box Challenge

The Woodland Branch die continues to be a favorite, especially

when this bright cardinal was ready to perch.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Vintage Christmas Post (HA), Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Chocolate Chip (SU), Real Red, Tangerine Tango (SU Markers)

Paper:   Neenah, Chocolate Chip

Other:  Subtle EF (SU), Woodland Branch Die (MB)

Butterflies

Hello friends.  I'm glad you stopped by today.

I have a threefer of butterflies to share with you today.

These are cards I'd done through the year and never got on my blog.

My butterfly was stamped and heat embossed on vellum and

colored on the back with Zigs and a barely damp waterbrush.

When it was dry, I fussy cut it and trimmed down a piece of dry embossed leaves for

him to perch on.  Then I framed it all in some gray "white space".

This card uses a sweet little butterfly stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

I had the die cut in my UFO box with the background all picked out.

The background was smooshed on cardstock with re-inker and frost white paint.

All it needed was this fussy cut butterfly and a sentiment to finish it off.

He's been heat embossed and watercolored.

I love it when I can use one of those UFOs!

This beautiful die cut butterfly was from a play with my friend Nance (Soul Stampin' Designs).

It makes such a Quick And CAS card when paired with a colorful background

with Lindy's Magicals splashed onto coated cardstock.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio (PB)

Ink:   Wow Embossing Pad

Paper:   Smokey Gray, Vellum Cardstock (SU), Neenah (110 lb. solar white)

Other:  Black EP (SU), Zigs (Lt. Blue, Violet), Stitched Square Die (SSS), Layered leaves EF, Subtle Texture EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Butterflies Set (Lost Coast Designs), Thoughtful Wishes (Stampendous)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Whisper White

Other:  Mixed Media #2 Die (TH), Re-inkers (Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy), Frost White Paint

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps: Thankful Wishes (Stampendous)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Neenah, Coated

Other:  Flickering Butterfly Collage (PS), Lindy's Magicals

Christmas Wish

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;

he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Luke 2: 11

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Luke 2: 13-14

May your heart sing for joy in praise to God

for his boundless love.  And if this Christmas is

hard for you, May the peace of Christ comfort you

and surround you with his love.

Blessings,

Jeweled Bubble Tree

Hello friends.  Welcome to my blog!

Last Christmas I used this stamp to make framed pictures with

my craft group.  Then I made several more for gifts.

This particular piece had some wild gemstones that insisted

on falling outside the embossing and making a gluey mess!

So I cut around the tree and put it on another, smaller piece of black to

put on a Christmas card.

It was hand delivered!

Here's a picture of one of the framed pieces.

I see that Christmas Kickstart  is still open for joining in.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bubble Tree (Woodware)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah (110 lb. Solar White), Black Texture (old SU)

Other:  Gold EP (SU), Gems (Michaels)

Sketch Daisy

Hello there.  I'm so glad you stopped by during this busy time of year!

Today I'm sharing a card for the Flower Challenge #39

This background was done with Brushos, sprinkled onto Spray Starch.

The inside pieces of the daisy were colored with Gelatos.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Christmas Pine (GKD), Coated Paper

Other:  Brusho, Spray Starch, Sketch Daisy Die (MB), Gelatos (Faber Castel), Double Pierced Rectangle Dies (Avery Elle)

Simply In Paris

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

It was a rainy day here today.  We took a short trip, but unfortunately
not to Paris.

This stamp was a gift from a dear friend.

I've chosen to go very simple and stamped in grays and black,
adding just a hint of pale blue.

I'm entering at Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Anything Goes...Optional 'Sparkle & Shine'

I went with Anything Goes.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  In Paris (PB)

Ink:   Pumice Stone (DI), Iced Spruce (DOX), Versafine Onyx Blac,

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Black Ultra Fine Sharpie

Two Christmas Trees

Hello there.  Are you finished with your Christmas cards?
Have you moved on and past the decorating?
My tree is up, but my granddaughter tells me it's missing the presents.

I need to start wrapping!

For this card, I've stamped on green cardstock that's been die cut with a

layered tree, sponged the edges and popped up the layers with dimensionals.

This Quick and CAS card was die cut and put over a piece

of green glitter paper.  I punched some tiny dots from red glitter paper

and inlaid them in some of the holes.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH), Filigree Background (ret. SU)

Ink:   Gumball Green

Paper:   Neenah, Certainly Celery

Other: Small Snow Covered Tree Die (De's Distinctive), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Star of Wonder Die (MB), Sponge Dauber, Kars Snowflake EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Vintage Christmas Post (HA)

Ink:   WOW Emb. Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Glitter Paper (stash)

Other:  Corbel Tree Die (SSS), Stately EF (ret. Craft Concepts)

Guest Designing for Craft Stampers Magazine

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by today
and I'm so excited to share with you that I'm Guest Designing at
Craft Stampers Magazine!

I won their October Take It Make It challenge with this card.
They honored me with a Winner's Profile on this post.

Thanks so much to the talented gals at Craft Stamper Magazine!

Now about this card...

I've used Iced Spruce Distress Oxide inks smooshed on a craft mat
and splash it with some mixed media paper.

This beautiful lamp post was place in my MISTI and stamped with black ink.
When the ink was dry, I stamped again with VersaMark and heat embossed
it with clear powder.

I stamped the berries in the bottom corner and clear heat embossed them too
so they would be shiny.

I decorated the lamp post with some punched greenery and a little bow
and berries.

I hope you'll join the Take It Make It Challenge at
Craft Stampers Magazine.
You could be a future Guest Designer!


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Cones and Berries, Believe, Winter Berries (PB)

Ink:   Iced Spruce DOX, Versafine Onyx Black, Real Red (SU), Mustard Seed (DI), VersaMark

Paper:   Mixed Media, Basic Black

Other:  Clear EP, Holly Punch, Ping Sprig Punch (MS)

Masculine Cards

Hello friends.  I have a couple masculine birthday cards to share today.

A die cut deer over some stamped trees...

and a gilded feather with some sponged embossed feathers.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Pine Trees (Inakadinkado), Snippets (PB), Sanded (ret. SU)

Ink:   Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede to sponge around deer (SU), Antique Linen (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Classic Natural, Crumb Cake (SU)

Other:  Cream Prismacolor Pencil (for antlers), Lots of Labels Die (SU), Small Deer (IO)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Basic Black, Very Vanilla (SU)

Other:  Feather Die (HA), Feathers EF (Recollections), Gilding Flakes (Eton Mess, Chariot of Fire (Indigo Blu), Sizzix Sticky Sheet, Gold EP

Angel, Angel

Hello crafty friends.  I hope you're having a crafty week.

I have a Twofer today.

First up.

I die cut this gal from a scrap of white cardstock then again from some tissue paper

that had been smooshed in watered ink.  After it was dry, I scrunched it up and touched 

the wrinkles with Versamark, sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and heat set.

I thought it would make an interesting gown and slippers for my angel. 

I used some snippets of gold foil for her head, wings and trumpet.  The wings looked

a little plain so I put them in my Subtle Embossing Folder and fixed that.

The strips are actually silver and have a nice shimmer.  A friend gave me

a bag full of these strips that were left over from a project she did.

For my twofer....

My second gal was die cut from White Glitter paper and again from gold foil.

I place the glitter cut a little off the gold and put her on a piece of watercolor
from my stash of backgrounds.

A few shimmery stars and a heat embossed sentiment finished this card.

I'm joining in with Christmas Kickstart Challenge #25
THE CHRISTMAS STORY

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Scripty Holiday (GKD)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Gold Foil (SU), Silver Shimmer (?) 

Other:  Christmas Angel Die (Stmplrtns), Tissue Paper, Gold EP, Stitched Circle Die (LI), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Letters to Santa (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore 140 lb. cold press), Gold Foil, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Christmas Angel Die (Stmplrtns) Star of Wonder Dies (MB)

Turning the Page December 2019

Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the last day of each month to share them.

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

Here's our December page.

Oh, my, how fast this year has gone by!

By the way, the calendars are clipped together and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

Time to do a new calendar!

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Frosty Joy for Jingle Belles

Hello.  I'm so glad  you stopped by!

Jingle Belles has challenged us to make a Christmas card
inspired by their beautiful header.

I used a NBUS die and cut this beautiful border from some
Stampin' Up sparkle paper.  It looks silver in the photo but it's a very sparkly white.

The Joy comes with the die and I cut it at the same time.

I glued it on a piece of Neenah embossed with my favorite Kars Snowflake folder.

This was such an easy card. I should have made several!


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah, Sparkle Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Bold Borders Flurries Die (PTI), Kars Snowflake EF (ret. Cuttlebug)

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Today is a special day for us in the US.
My family will be together for lots of good food and
a fun time together.

Background is a piece of smooshed Lindy's Magicals Powders that's been stamped
with a maple leaf and heat embossed with gold.

I stamped again on a snippet of gold foil, heat embossed and fussy cut. 
I added some shaping and popped it on with dimensionals.

Now for that turkey!
Gobble, gobble!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Magnificent Maple (ret. SU), Thanksgiving (Northwoods)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil (SU), Watercolour (Strathmore)

Other:  Gold EP, Lindy's Magicals (Cattail Copper Brown, Red Hot Poker Orange, Autun Maple Crimson, Tibetan Poppy Teal, Blingy Blonde), Stitched Squares Die (SSS), Subtle EF (SU)

Winter Scene for Rudolph Days

Hi there.  I'm so glad you could stop by!

It's the last challenge of this year for Rudolph Days.

One of the highlights of this year was spending time in Vancouver with some crafty friends.
While we were there, Maureen, of Rudolph Days, stopped by for lunch and a visit.
She is as lovely in person as I thought she'd be.  She brought several die cuts to share with us.
This is the last of what I brought home.  Thank you Maureen!

I've placed the layers on an alcohol inked background with green and lots of silver mixative.

To add a festive touch, I spread some Dazzling details all over the trees and ground.

It's very sparkly!


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Mixed Christmas Sentiments (HLS) 

Ink:   Wow Emb. pad

Paper:   Neenah, Photo

Other:  Die (???), Pewter EP, Alcohol Ink, Dazzling Details

Santa Merry Christmas

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

It's been a rainy weekend in North Carolina.  I'm not complaining because we

need the rain and it was a good excuse to stay inside and craft.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #24 is

Show us Your Santas!

I immediately thought of this Santa stamp.
He's one of my favorites and hadn't been used this year.

He's been stamped with Versafine ink and colored with
colored pencils.  Sorry, I didn't note the colors this time.

I found a couple of sparkly snowflakes to pop over the snowflakes
in the stamped design and added some Crystal Glaze to his spectacles.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Santa Collage (Rubber Stampede), Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glitter (SU)

Other:  Colored Pencils, Clear EP, Wink of Stella, Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Kars Snowflall EF (retired Cuttlebug), Snowflake Punch