Seeing Stars for the Twofer and Jingle Belles

Hello friends.  I can't believe how fast this month is rolling by!

Darnell's Twofer Challenge this month is

First up is a birthday card.

I die cut this star and smacked it with VersaMark.  It's been heat embossed

with clear embossing powder.  I repeated this several times to get a thick embossing.

All that embossing caused the star to curl a little.  It was a nice shape, but

difficult to adhere to the card.  So I tried to straighten it.  Well, it cracked.  So I 

bent it a little more this way and that way until I had lots of cracks.

I kind of liked it that way.

Here's a close up so you can see what you think.

The pictures don't do it justice.  It's really much brighter IRL.

Twofer:....

My second card was inspired by the 

Jingle Belles Challenge

ALL THAT GLITTERS

I die cut the star from some Silver Glimmer cardstock and popped it

on an already embossed piece.  The bow was cut from some red foil

and I snipped the hanger to reposition above the bow.

The sentiment is heat embossed so this has sparkle and shine.

Since I used snippets for my stars, I'm going over to

Pixie's Snippet Playground

for a quick swing and a positive yes for the fabulous prize.

Jingle Belles Challenge

Twofer Challenge

Pixie's Snippet Playground

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (HA)

Ink:   VersaMark, Encore Gold

Paper:   Dapper Denim, Gold Foil, Real Red  (SU), Neenah

Other:  Lucky Stars EF, Stars Framelits, Star Punch, Clear EP, Gold EP (SU), Score Buddy

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Holiday Sayings (Inky Antics)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Neenah (110 lb. solar white), Red Foil, Silver Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Pine Bough EF, Stars Framelits, Silver EP (SU), Crisp Bows Die (MB)

Things we Love and Seeing Stars

The Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers this week is

Lisa Kubica.

I hadn't "met" her before and so enjoyed her gallery.

I chose this card to CASE.

I loved this triangular piece with the flowers so I shamelessly CASEd her card.

I did use different flower stamps and embossing instead of stitching.

I used the Lil' Inker Stitched Square die and cut the square in half.

Sticky notes masked off the edges so I could stamp the flowers up to but not over the edge.

After stamping the flowers and leaves, I used a damp  Aqua Painter to spread the colors.

This card measures 3 1/4" x 6 1/4".

While I was at it, I thought I'd play with the 

CAS and Color Challenges at SCS too.

This is the card I did for both of these challenges.

The CAS challenge is to use stars and 

the Color Challenge is Real Red, Marina Mist and Night of Navy.

I pulled out the Starry Die from Verve for the base of this card.

I die cut the stars from a piece of white and snippets of

red, navy and Marina Mist.

The stars fit back into the negative spaces of the white piece and 

the extras were scattered around.

It was really quick and fun.

I'm entering into the 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

ANYTHING GOES

 I'm glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Things We Love (Hero Arts), Kind Words (Verve)

Ink:  SU Markers (Watermelon Wonder, Gumball Green, Elegant Eggplant)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White (SU)

Other: Stitched Square (Lil' Inker), Needlepoint Border EF (retired SU), Aqua Painter

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:  Night of Navy

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Real Red, Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Other: Starry Die (Verve)

Happy Birthday America

Hurrah for the Red White and Blue!

Happy Birthday America!

I've been on vacation and without a computer for several days.

I don't know if I'll ever catch up on all of your blogs.

But I wanted to send my American friends

best wishes for a safe and happy 4th!

Almost forgot to add:

I can go play at

Pixies Snippet Playground

since I used that tiny snippet for the red star.

Thanks for the shout out, Di!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Made for You (retired)

Ink:  Midnight Muse

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Snippet of DSP

Other: Star EF (Cuttlebug), Star Die (Verve), Small Star Punch (retired), Baker's Twine (Michaels), Rhinestone Star (stash)

Seeing Stars

The Less is More challenge last Saturday set me thinking.  Well, the more I thought, the less I knew what I was going to do.  Finally, I was able to get to my stamps and play a bit and now have a few minutes to share with you.  The challenge is
 

*STARS*

I only have one star stamp of any size and it's a long retired stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Ornate Ornaments.  The date on the stamp is 1997.

Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder.  The sentiment is from the Many Merry Messages and I inked the noel without the tails with my Cherry Cobbler Marker.  A bit of Linen Thread finished it off with a Folk Art feel.

Then I went glitzy and punched an ornament out of some silver Glimmer Paper and a small star from the red Glimmer Paper.  This paper is wonderful.  The glitter stays put so I don't have sparkles all over the house.  That's a basic rhinestone in the middle.  The embossing is with the Snow Burst folder that is in the Holiday Mini catalog.

The last card was made from the stars I punched to do a wreath that just didn't work out.  I think this card needs something else but I haven't decided what.  Maybe you can give me some suggestions.

Thanks so much for visiting today.

Enjoy!