Double D, 12 Days Of Christmas

Good Morning! 

A brand new Challenge is up and running over at the Double D Challenge Blog. 

Here is your Inspiration Tile:

Days 1 - 6

1st Day Partridge In a Pear Tree

2nd Day Two Turtle Doves

3rd Day Three French Hens

4th Day Four Calling Birds

5th Day Five Golden Rings

6th Day Six Geese A Laying

Here is my card:  

Partridge In a Pear Tree.....don't mind the pine cones ;)

I was going for a country flavor and vibe.  

Flourishes Holiday Topiary stamp set.  

Amalgam Black ink.

Distress ink.  

Copic Markers.

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.

Memory Box Fanciful Poinsettia Ornament die, cropped.  

Button and Gold Twine.

Fun Foam.

Gold Ribbon.  

Adhesive Rhinestone.  

Sakura Glitter Pen.  

WOS. 

Please come on over to the Double D Blog and join in all of the FUN!

You'll be glad you did as there is always a pretty prize up for grabs!  

Here's the prize for this Challenge:

Merry Merry!  

Enjoy~~

I Love My Layers!

Good afternoon!  Another card for you today.  This one will be entered into the Challenge over at the Mod Squad, It's My Favorite.....hosted by one of MY favorites, Judy Woodland!  AND the Challenge over at  Simon Says Monday, Anything Goes!

 

In case you can't figure out what MY favorite may be, it's layers.....lots and lots of layers!  This particular card has 7 layers, mmmmm isn't there a 7 layer dip recipe?  lol  I used the Flourishes stamp sets, Holiday Topiaries and That's A Wrap!.  Lots of Holiday Designer Papers, although that red holly one reminds me of camouflage, not sure I dig that.   Image colored with Copic Markers and a Sakura Glitter Pen was added to the berries.  The Adhesive Pearls were also colored with the Copics.   And a wee bit of red ribbon for an accent.  The Topiary was fussy cut out.  EK Success Border Punch used on the inside.

 

A simple card, one that will easily mail, maybe no extra postage.....love that!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Enjoy~~





Shake It Up!

Happy New Year! 

Here's my first Challenge card of this wintery new year.  We have had snow over the past 2 days, and it's still coming down.  Thankfully it is light and fluffy, although there is a ton of it.  I am letting the man of the house tackle it, I don't mind shoveling, but it's much easier if you can get your door open.

 

 

Flourishes #252, Shake It Up, is to create a shaker card.  Using their sentiment stamp from, Holiday Topiaries, I created this Valentine Shaker Card.  Paper is from K & Company.   I found this easy way to make shaker cards by cutting out a shape from fun foam, using dies.  Using 2 circle dies I created a foam O.  The inside of that shape becomes the 'well' for the glitter and beads.  Makes it super easy.  You can also make other shapes depending on your die sets.  I then use Scor Tape to adhere that down to card stock, making sure I get as close as possible to the inside, making a good tight seal, so glitter and beads will not 'shake' out.  I then add my shaking materials, beads, glitter, etc and top with a piece of acetate also cut using the same size die.  On this card I used a doily to cover the edges up, cutting out the center portion so you could see the window.  It's really very easy to make, harder to explain.

 

***I have looked all over the web and haven't been able to find the video***

 

Ribbon, adhesive pearls, a designer heart brad, and a paper arrow complete the design.

 

Although there is a blizzard raging outdoors, I am soooooo happy to be making something other than a Christmas card. 

 

Happy long weekend all, and if you are experiencing the weather I am, be safe!

 

 

Enjoy~~

The Year In Review........

.......well not quite.  I found this awesome little table top scrapbook holder at Michael's the other day, of course I whipped out my 50% off coupon and got it for only $6.49! I thought it would be kind of FUN to make a little scrapbook like page for each month, turning it into a calendar......kind of.

The first month I created is December.  I am entering it into the Flourishes Challenge #251, to use Vellum anywhere on your project.

 

I used a beautiful image from the Holiday Topiaries stamp set, available from Flourishes.  I decided to make this a chilly looking month, as only December can be, hence all the blues, including the coloring of the image itself, which is layered on a doily.  The background is a piece of designer vellum laid on top of a pretty solid blue card stock.  I cut the DEC banner and letters out with my Cameo, man that makes life easier, aye?  I used a small snowflake punch and punched out 13 snowflakes, the 4 top ones have a layer of vellum over them too. 

 

  

Then I used a Sizzix die, Ornament Swirly, punched out twice in vellum, layered and topped with a smaller punched snowflake.  I thought it looked a bit like a snowflake.   White glitter corners and some blue and silver ribbon balance out the mini page, which measures 6x6.  Then I whipped out my "waterfall" blue Stickles and went to town!  It gives it such a sparkle!  A Sakura blue pen was also used on the "berries" of the tree.

 

 

 

 

Here's what it looks like on the stand.  They come in several sizes, 6x6, 8x8, and 12x12. And include 10 'sleeves' to get you started.   I thought I would start with the small size and work my way up.......maybe.

 

 I plan on doing one for each month, then 2 birthdays (his and hers), fur babies, engagement, home, and then I thought I would do an I Was Right Page and a You Were Wrong Page, just for laughs.  lol  I know my daughter will get a lot of use out of those 2 pages!  Wink, wink. 

 

This may be my last post til after the Holidays.....I am pretty caught up with all the planning and shopping and card mailing portions.....now comes the wrapping!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  May you and all of your family, friends and loved ones, have a most happy and healthy Holiday Season!

 

Merry Merry!

 

 

A Stitch In Time

Today's Card is for the Flourishes Challenge #249, Stitch It Up, to add stitching to your card, real or faux.  This was actually one of my Crafting Resolutions, to add more stitching to my cards, which I have done and am happy to participate in this challenge. 

I went with non-traditional Christmas colors, I just love the papers in this pack by My Mind's Eye.  I also colored the 'fruit' of this topiary orange instead of my customary red.  I kind of love it!  The stamp set is Holiday Topiaries by Flourishes.  A beautifully detailed image which is just FUN to color!   I pulled out my Janome Mini sewing machine and stitched a bright blue border on the layered papers around the focal image.  The sentiment is half of the Love & Joy one.  A border paper punch, Baker's Twine, some orange pearls and a pretty little paper pieced bird cut out using my Cameo, finishes off the card.  I also traced the JOY with a glitter Sakura pen.  Spellbinder dies, Classic and Scalloped Circles were used.

Still over 4 days to play in this Challenge so go check it out!

Merry Merry!

Wintry Sketch

Such a perfect mix;  Flourishes Challenge #247, Winter Scenes, this fabulous Sketch from Heather over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, and the Great Impressions November Challenge, Holiday Card Or Tag.

And here is what I have created.

I used the gorgeous Partridge in a Pear Tree image from the Holiday Topiaries set available at Flourishes.  This image was really fun to color, a little Christmas music in the background to set the mood, Fa La La La La.  The designer papers are Holly Jolly Christmas from Echo Park (another pad I am running low on).  Colored with Copic Markers, a couple of eyelets, and some chunky white glitter, topped with a bit of extra fine glitter to give the 'snow' more of a pretty sparkle.

Still a wee bit of time left in all Challenges, check them out, you'll be glad you did!

Enjoy~~