Merry Monday Golden Ornament

The prompt for Merry Monday this week makes me think of chocolate covered cherries wrapped in gold foil.  Here's my take on it....

And here's the challenge....

Now let's see what you can do.

Then bring it over to Merry Monday.  And while you're there, be sure to check out the Design Team's cards.  I've seen them and they're gorgeous!

Here's a close up of the ornament.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ornament Keepsakes, Small Script (retired)

Ink:  Encore Gold, Cherry Cobbler

Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer

Other:  Gold EP, Holiday Ornaments Framelit, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Square Lattice EF, Kars Snowflake EF (Cuttlebug)

I used some cardstock and ribbon snippets on this card so I'm going to Pixie's Crafty Workshop to play in the playground.  Did I see something about Lynn bringing a dancing pig? I've gotta see this!

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge says EMBOSS IT!!!  I've heat embossed the ornament and dry embossed 2 panels.  I love embossing.  What, you hadn't noticed?

I'm busily trying to get ready for my first Christmas Stamp Stack of the year.  I always wonder if I'll get everything done in time.  I had to rework one card after I covered my hands and the card with ink.  LOL, what a mess!  Here's a peek at what we'll be doing.

Lesson learned-sponge ink on vellum don't use markers!

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Featuring Julie with Gently Falling Leaves

Last week's Featured Stamper at SCS was Julie (aka Humma).  Julie has some wonderful cards.  I chose this card to CASE.  Julie used flip flops but I'm ready to see some Fall colors!

And do you see that envelope?  Mr. Brown delivered my Envelope Punch Board. 

I hated that Stampin' Up! retired their long, open ended envelopes. They were a favorite at my classes and with my customers.  Now I can make them, quick as a wink.  I used a piece of Decorative Paper that a friend had given me.  The color was perfect and with a label for the address makes a wonderful complement to the card.  Let me know if you want one of these. The price is only $19.95 and I think that's a bargain!  If you click on the picture on my sidebar you can see a video of how this works.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Gently Falling, Bright Blessings Wheel (retired; hint, I took it off the wheel and cut apart the sentiments)

Ink: Crushed Curry, More Mustard (retired)

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore), Decorative Paper (?)

Other:  Twine (my stash), Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I inked the full leaf with Crushed Curry and stamped down the side of the card then stamped a few on a scrap of watercolor paper.  Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the outline stamp, I overstamped with More Mustard.  I cut out 3 from the scrap and laid them atop with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I tied a little bow with some waxed beading twine and glued it to one of the popped up leaves.  The card measures 3 1/4" x 6 1/4".

Challenges

SCS Free 4 All Challenge let's use a bit of gold on your creations! And, bonus if your card has an Autumnal Theme...or some other idea inspired by this poem by Robert Frost.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold, 

Her hardest hue to hold. 

Her early leaf's a flower; 

But only so an hour. 

Then leaf subsides to leaf. 

So Eden sank to grief, 

So dawn goes down to day. 

Nothing gold can stay.

The Thanksgiving Crusade at the Simplicity blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Autumn Blessings for Queen Cheryl

After a weekend of Christmas cards and a class using Summer colors, I was ready to get into Autumn.  And this beautiful card by Cheryl, aka CherylQuilts, was just the inspiration I needed.  Cheryl was last week's Queen for the Day.  I'm terribly behind but wanted to honor her.  Besides, she has some gorgeous cards that I would love to CASE.

These gorgeous diecut flowers were a gift from my blogging friend, Doris.  She enclosed several beautiful diecuts in a gorgeous card! What a wonderful surprise!  You can check out her blog here.  She does beautiful CAS cards.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: Take Care
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Dusty Durango
Other: Square Lattice EF, Diecut Fresh Daisies (Simon Says Stamp), Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Sponge, Blender Pen

The daisies were white so I sponged some Pumpkin Pie ink on the flowers and Always Artichoke on the stems and leaf.  Then I used a blender pen and Cajun Craze ink to add highlights and Always Artichoke ink to add some highlights to the leaf.  The sentiment from Take Care was stamped in Cajun Craze.

I'm going to take this over to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge  

EMBOSS IT!!  Heat or dry embossing

And if I hurry, I can slip into Pixie's Crafty Workshop's playground with the snippets on this card.

I'm really glad you stopped by.  Hope to see you again soon.

Enjoy!

Too Kind with Friends

We had a Papercrafting class this morning.  Want to see one of the cards we did?

I hope you said yes.

We did some 2-step stamping.  It's one of my favorite techniques.  Everyone got to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig for each of 3 cards.  By the end of the class, I think everyone was pretty comfortable with that tool.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Too Kind

Ink:  Crisp  Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green

Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Other:  Lattice EF (Sizzix), Stamp-a-ma-jig, Beading Twine (non SU),  Pearl Basic Jewels

Wish you could have joined us.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Peace

Recently I was putting a box of cards together for Operation Write Home.  I had room in the box for some more cards so I raided my Christmas UFO box to see what I could find that would be quick and easy.  And with no glitter.  LOL, now that that box is shipped, I can get out the glitter and glimmer!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired)
Ink:  Old Olive, Marina Mist, Whisper White
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  White EP, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Kars Snowflake EF (Cuttlebug-retired I think), White Gel Pen

I found this tree stamped and die cut.  I stamped the "snow" around the tree with one of the Itty Bitty Background stamps and Whisper White Craft Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  Then I sponged around the tree with Marina Mist ink.  The image panel is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals atop an embossed layer.  And I used a White Gel Pen to deposit some snow on the branches

Challenges

Festive Friday

This card says PEACE to me.  I'm thinking of the hush of snow falling and softly settling on the trees and ground.  

Simon Says Monday Challenge From dry embossed paper to creating a resist effect with clear embossing powder, extra fine embossing powder to melted UTEE in a pot, there’s a lot of textured fun to be had this week.

I have heat embossing and dry embossing.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you come back soon.

Enjoy!