Season's Greetings

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Tis the season for snow.

I hope we see some here in central NC.

This may be the only way I see snow this season.

I've die cut a rectangle and embossed a piece of blue cardstock.

To get a snowy look, I lightly dragged a white inkpad over the embossed trees.

Some chunky white embossing powder sprinkled on and heated from the back

created some snow.

The birches were added to the inside of the frame and the frame has been

popped up a bit on foam so I could add a piece of acetate and some snowy sequins.

The foam doesn't have a lot of depth so the shakers are kind of stuck, but that's okay.

It won't require extra postage to mail.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG Using Embossing Folder with option of Winter

Card Recipe

Stamps:  BP Merry & Bright Plate (SB)

Ink:   Whisper White    

Paper:   Baja Breeze, Neenah Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Double Pierced Rectangle (AE), Birches Die (IO), Tall Pines EF (SSS), Chunky White Frantage

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Ombre for Group of Seven Cardmakers

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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and now we are running pell-mell into 

the new year.  I hope as you look back over 2024 you have had more good than bad

and that 2025 will be a good year for all of us. 

This month the Group Of Seven gals are using Ombre as our Design Element.

It's such an easy technique and has a great impact on cards.

For my first card, I used a NBUS die and brushed on color from light to dark on

the petals and leaves.  I set that aside and used a mask and Distress ink to make

an ombre background staying with the same colors.

While it was all on the table, I decided to do another...

This time I went more playful with this sweet bird.

I used the same technique for the background on the first card but going with

more intense color.  The bird was stamped with Copic friendly 

ink and colored with Copics.

There are some video links at the Group of Seven website to illustrate different

ombre techniques if you'd like to try.  The rest of the GO7 gals have some fantastic examples

to inspire you. Or maybe you'd like to try your own ombre technique. 

There's a link at the post where you can add your cards if you'd like. 

I'm also going to add this to Darnell's NBUS challenge since the peony die

has been patiently waiting in the NBUS box.

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Old Olive (SU), (Background) Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Flower (Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Divine Peony (SSS), Marvelous Masks Rectangles (Colorful Life Designs)

Card Recipe  (card 2)

Stamps:  Flock Talk (Unity), Super Day (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black (Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:Copics (BG000, BG11, BG15, BG13, BF18, E01, E21, E23), Stitched Shapes Die (ret SU), Infinity Circles (HA), Marvelous Masks Rectangles (Colorful Life Designs)

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Blessed Christmas

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I hope that today is a very special day for you.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Luke 2:4-20

May you have the gift of Faith

The blessing of Hope

And the Peace of His Love

at Christmas and all through the year.

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Cookie Day Gingerbread

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We recently had Cookie Day at my house.

I wish I could post the fabulous smells and sounds.

  One of my girls had suggested that we should

all have Christmas aprons for Cookie Day.  My apron pattern and cross stitch 

Merry Christmas patterns are both AWOL so I decided to find aprons at the thrift store.

I was able to find lots of aprons in Christmas colors and they just needed a little 

something extra.  When I saw this die, I knew it was the perfect addition to

our Christmas aprons.

I found the felt locally and got a bunch cut out.  I also found the bow buttons and

ordered the peppermint candies with the die. They were quick and easy to stitch up

while watching tv.  I added the decorations with thick tacky glue, put a hanger

on each and safety pinned them to the aprons with instructions to remove the

gingerbread man before washing the apron.

Here's the assortment of gingerbread people...

And here I am with my girls...

Becky brought her sisters some snarky oven mitts.

It's best you can't see what Kelli's says!

The grandchildren are getting too big to enjoy the gingerbread decorating but our sweet

neighbors were glad to step in.  They had so much fun and we had fun watching them and 

of course had to sample their work.

I hope you have a sweet day.

Enjoy!

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Full Bloom Christmas

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Two more from my UFO box.  These were actually 2021 calendar pages.

It was way past time to get them on a card!

 

A twofer made from the test page.

Christmas is almost here.  I hope that you are enjoying preparations.  I know that this is a

hard time of year for some people.  There were years when it was difficult for me so I am

even more thankful that I can enjoy this time and pray that you can too.

I think I'd better get those presents wrapped!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Full Bloom (PB)

Ink:   Festive Berries, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo (DM)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler, Texured Gold (?)

Other:  Square Dies (various), Perfect Sentiments Holiday Hot Foil Plate & Die (PFS), Gold Foil, Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Full Bloom, Merry Up (PB)

Ink:   Festive Berries, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo (DM), Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler, DP (?)

Other:  Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter

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Joy

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I've been cleaning out my Christmas UFO box and found this stamped music piece that

had been stenciled too.

The background was too dark so covered with thin layer of gesso.

Then it got put in the box.

Determined to find a home for all these "treasures" or file them in the bin,

I popped it over an piece of gray and thought it didn't look too bad.

The poinsettias were in the box too and they found a home here as well as a 

sparkly Joy.

The UFO box is getting lighter.  I wish I was too.  Oh well, life is too short

to pass up cookies!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Musical WordPrints (HA)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Iced Spruce (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Smoky Slate, Silver Glimmer

Other:  Berry Stencil (Lavinia), Gesso, Greetings Die (PB), Layered Poinsettia Dies (Spl), Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), 

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Red Delight Noel

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This one came from my UFO box.

The piece was done back in 2020 using this technique.

Basically the stamp was inked with VersaMark ink and brushed with powdered ink.

I used Lindy's Magicals.  After adding the powders, I spritzed and stamped on 

mixed media paper.  I actually got 7 pulls with this inking and this was one of them.

It was cut with a diamond shaped die 

Challenges:

Allsorts week 811 - Lots of white or ATG

Beautiful Blossoms #24 - ATG flowers 

Penny Black Saturday - ATG Penny Black

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Red Delight, Merry Up (both PB)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), gold Foil, Neenah, Cover of Mixed Media pad

Other:  Lindy's Magicals (Autumn Maple Crimson, Ponderosa Pine Olive), Diamond Dies (SB), Perfect Sentiments Holiday Glimmer Plate & Die (PFS), Gold Foil (SB)

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Two Turtle Doves

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I have a couple more Christmas cards to share today.  The company that the dove dies

came from sadly closed this week.

The background was made by smooshing Distress Ink and water on

mixed media paper.  The colors I used are below in the card recipe.

I've stamped and heat embossed some leaves and colored them in with 

Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink.

The doves were cut from textured cardstock that has a slight sheen to it

and I used some die cut sentiments from my stash.

And a twofer....

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - Y is for Your favorite colors (Teal)

Triple B - Birds (Did not go by the beautiful mood board)

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Stronger Together (SSS), Easy Holiday Expressions (Ton)

Ink:   Whisper White, Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Textured White, Glimmer 

Other: Mat Stacks 3, Layering Mat Stacks 3 (PTI), Doves (IO), Stitched Cover Plate (PTI), White EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Stronger Together (SSS)

Ink:   Whisper White, Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Neenah Solar White, Textured White, Glimmer 

Other: Mat Stacks 3, Layering Mat Stacks 3 (PTI), Doves (IO), Geo Screen 3D EF (SB), White EP, Perfect Sentiments Holiday Foil Plate (PFS), Gold Foil

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Sparkling Poinsettia

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I've been so busy decking the halls that I haven't had any time to craft! Gasp!

Yesterday, I was trying to straighten up the studio as it had become a dumping

ground for everything it seems.  When I could see the table again, I decided that 

I just had to make a card.  I'd had this idea in my head for several days.

Fortunately, it came out pretty much as I imagined.

The torn vellum piece was sitting on the table.  It was a cast off from a previous

idea that didn't work out.

The tall poinsettia die was a NBUS that had come recently.

And I'd been thinking about how I could add sparkle to a flower.

I used cardstock that had already been glittered, thankfully.  It was not a good time 

to try to glitter anything!  Or everything as usually happens.

It went together pretty quickly.  Getting the glue to dry on that glitter was

the hardest and most time consuming.  It kept wiggling around.

I didn't succeed in getting everything cleaned up in the studio, but it was fun

making a card for next year's stash.

Now to get that room cleaned up so I can wrap some presents....

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge #98 - Add Sparkle

Krafty Chicks #746 - Christmas

NBUS #69 - Never Before Used Schtuff - poinsettia

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Noel (There She Goes OOB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum, Green Glitter (MB), Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Tall Poinsettia (SSS), Scenic Poinsettia Splendor EF (SB), Gold EP

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Joyful Brilliance

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

It's a busy time here.  I'm sure it is at your house too.

I appreciate you taking the time to take a peek here.

I love this Penny Black stamp and adding the Fragile beauty with it completes

the scene, don't you think.

I did several of these joyful squares last year and it's nice to find them all done

and waiting to pop on a card.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #745 - Use Stamps

Penny Black Saturday - ATG using Penny Black/Option of Winter Wonderland

Simply Clean and Simple -  CAS card

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Brilliance (PB), Fragile Beauty (PB)

Ink:   Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Brushed Corduroy (DI), Pine Needles (DM), Marigold & Red (Sharpies)

Paper:  Mixed Media, Gold Foil, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Joyful Frames Die (SSS):  

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