Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

Hello friends.  I'm glad you stopped by!

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian Friends.

I'm so thankful for you!

I've used this lovely Unity stamp and inked it with markers

I find this stamp colors so easily!

The little thistles are actually purple.

My camera is playing tricks!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flowers of the Fall (Unity), Thanksgiving (Northwoods)

Ink:   Brushed Corduroy, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Crushed Olive, Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany (DM), Cajun Craze (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Cajun Craze

Other:  Double Stitched Oval Die (MFT), Oval Framelit Die (SU), Fall Leaf EF (Darice)

Fall Flowers in Bloom

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by to enjoy a taste of Fall with me!

These pretty flowers are from My Favorite Things and right now they are my 

favorite stamp.  I want to do them in lots of colors.

I've stamped and heat embossed with white powder, then used my 

Zigs and a waterbrush to color the flowers.

A light wash of the yellow and orange and some brown and gray 

splatters finish it off.

I'm also sharing with

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It Make It Challenge

and

The Flower Challenge #37

and

Seize the Birthday with no toppings.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flowers in Bloom (MFT), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Neenah

Other:  White EP, Zig CCRBM (50 Yellow, 70 Orange, 24 Wine Red, 90 Gray, 62 Dk. Brown)

Snowy Cottage Foiled

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

This was so hard to get a good picture of.  The Blue foil is gorgeous and this

odd angle shows it best.

It's another of the foiling cards that I did at the ESCR retreat last May.

I used some special glue on a stamp, stamped it onto cardstock, 

laid a piece of foil on top and put it through the laminator.

Edited to add: The girls tell me is was Deco Foil Transfer Gel.  Here's a link.  https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Therm-O-Web-TRANSFER-GEL-iCraft-Deco-Foil-4825-MTOW4825

I had great success with it.  I've been reading that a lot of people aren't having good luck with it.  I don't have a laminator myself so I can only vouch for my two attempts.

To make the card, I die cut the image and popped it back into the frame

the die cutting made.

All that was left was to stamp the sentiment and heat embossed with clear powder.

I'm adding this to the CAS Mix Up gallery.

and in the CAS Christmas Gallery

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Little Cottage in the Snow (Crafty Individuals), Vintage Christmas Post (HA)

Ink:   Pacific Point (SU)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Foil, Laminator, Clear EP, Stitched Rectangle Dies (SSS)

Stenciled Flowers

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

Today I'm sharing a card with CAS Stencil.

and

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

and

Stamploration's new Stencil Challenge

This pretty piece of patterned paper had been sitting out for quite a while.

I think it was in one of my birthday cards.  I didn't make note so thank you

to whoever sent it.

I used a stencil that my dear friend Nancy had gifted me and I 

thought it would make a great birthday card for her.

I laid the stencil on the patterned paper and sponged some Distress ink

through it.  I liked the way the flowers showed up on the paper.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Brushed Corduroy (DI), WOW Embossing  Pad

Paper:   Textured (Darice), Chocolate Chip, Patterned Paper, Neenah

Other:  Sanna Lippert Flowers 1 (Artsplorations), White EP

Hanukkah

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

Jingle Belles is asking for Hanukkah cards.

I usually send out a couple Hanukkah cards each year so it's good to get them

ready to go.

I had this image stamped and heat embossed in my UFO box

so it was a quick and easy card.

I used some odds and end of cardstock and silver foil cardstock

It makes me happy to use some of those UFOs!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jewish Celebrations (ret. SU)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Brilliant Blue (ret. SU), Neenah, Silver Foil (SU)

Other:  Silver EP, Gold Sharpie, Simple Scored