Happy Monday

Hi Everyone. I'm sure all of you here in the USA are busy getting ready for Thanksgiving this Thursday! We are traveling up to Rochester to spend the weekend with my brother in law and his family. Hope you all have a wonderful time with family and friends!

For my card today, I'm sharing another Christmas card that features a new and soon to be released Cardinal stamp.

I started by stamping the pine branch in Memento Cocoa ink around the edge of my cream CS layer. The sentiment is also stamped in Memento Cocoa. The new little cardinal (1050F) was stamped, colored with Copics, die cut, layered on Bravo Burgundy and attached with a pop dot. Everything is layered on more Bravo Burgundy and then attached to a cream card base. Some gingham ribbon and rhinestones complete the look.  Hope you like it!

This week's challenge is called A Star Spangled Christmas. You are suppose to use Red, White and Blue or stars on your Christmas card. We'd love to have you join in the fun!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time,
shelia

Star Spangled Christmas!

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to create a Christmas card using Red, White and Blue!  There are some gorgeous red, white and blue cards on the DRS Blog!  Here's mine:

My card base is red CS with a layer of blue. On top of this is a white layer that was sponged with blue inks to create the sky. I used my white gel pen for the falling snow and some stickles to edge the snowy background. The main image was stamped on white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, fussy cut and popped up with dots. Some stickles were added to the fur on Santa's suit. Merry Christmas was stamped, die cut and added to the upper corner. I really like the sparkle on this. Now to decide which grandchild gets this!! Hmmmm.

Thanks for stopping by. We'd love to have you join in the challenge this week. You could be the winner of some awesome stamps!

Challenges

Hi everyone. Today I have a Christmas card for this week's Merry Monday Challenge to use a tree and some bling. I used today's sketch challenge at SCS for my layout. The stamp set I used is an old SU set called Christmas Peace. It hasn't seen ink in years!! :-)

My card base is Bazzil red with a layer of green CS that's already embossed with lines. On top of the green is another layer of the Bazzil red that was embossed with the CB swirl folder and punched along the edges with a star border. The main image was stamped with VersaMark on the red CS and embossed with gold embossing powder. It was die cut and layered on gold. Some tiny gold half pearls were added to the upper corners.

This didn't turn out like I had envisioned, but I do like it. I think I want to try this sketch again and see if I can't do it more justice. It really is a pretty design.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Happy Hogidays!

Today my card features a soon to be released Leonard the Pig (1047G) dressed in his Santa hat, going through his Christmas list. Leonard is an adorable image, especially paired with the new "Happy Hogidays" sentiment (1038B).

My card base is kraft CS with a layer of brown CS. The main image was stamped in Memento Cocoa ink on kraft CS, colored with copics, then embossed with a wood grain folder. A window was cut out with a SB die. Behind the window is a piece of white CS on which I stamped the snow background in VersaMark ink, embossed with clear embossing powder, then sponged blue inks for the sky. A window frame was added along with the string of Christmas lights, that were stamped, colored with Copics and fussy cut. I stamped Leonard a second time on white CS, colored him with Copics, added some white flower soft to his hat, fussy cut him and added him to the main image with pop dots. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Black ink on a white tag, colored with Copics and layered on a brown tag. A red rhinestone was added for the dot in the i. A red package button and bakers twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Until next time,
shelia

Happy Veterans Day!

My card today pays special tribute to the men and women, past and present, who serve in our military. I saw a post on Facebook that says it well. Thanksgiving is the day we give thanks for the freedom we have. Veterans Day is the day we thank those who make that freedom possible.

My card base is navy blue with a layer of red CS. On top of the red is a white layer that has red and blue stars that are embedded into the CS by dry embossing. The Veterans Day sentiment was stamped with navy ink on white CS, die cut and layered on red and navy CS. The support ribbons were stamped in navy and red ink on white CS, then layered on a red panel that was punched with a star border.

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to thank those who serve our country and us so faithfully.

Until next time,
shelia

Who's a Turkey?

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to use a turkey on your card. I used the newest turkey image from DRS Designs which will be released soon.

I learned about this technique of stamping in VersaMark, embossing with detail white embossing powder, then coloring the image with Copics on Stamp TV. I really like the look and it's a quick and easy card to create. The card base is kraft CS with a layer of brown. The main image panel is also Kraft. After stamping the sentiment and embossing the top half in my CB, I stamped the image, embossed, colored him, added the dew drops, ribbon and button, then attached it to the card base. Easy peasy!

We'd love to have you join us in the challenge. You could be the winner of some beautiful stamps!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Anniversary Wishes & Merry Monday

Happy Monday! Hope you have had a great weekend. I've been busy working on a First Anniversary card for my daughter and son in law. This time last year we were all excited and doing last minute preps for the wedding. It's hard to be believe it's been a year already!

I got the idea for my card from the Winter 2013 Cardmaker Magazine which features pop up cards. I really like the way this card has something hanging down freely on the inside, so I went with it.

The card base is made with Pretty in Pink CS with some layers of white and pink CS. On the top layer I stamped the 1st Anniversary sentiment in Memento Black ink, masked that portion off before stamping the Interlocking Hearts Background in Pretty in Pink ink. I scored the border of the sentiment to give it a bit more definition. I got the idea for this from Split Coast Stampers' Ways to Use challenge this past Thursday. To complete the front I added a pink bow.

The inside was a bit more complicated, at least for me it was. Thankfully Cardmaker Magazine had detailed instructions. I'd have been lost without them!!

 

First I cut two white panels and embossed them with an older CB embossing folder that has flowers and hearts. The Happy Anniversary sentiment was stamped in Memento Black ink on pink CS, die cut with a Nestie label and attached to the inside. There are two small clear rhinestone hearts on the sentiment label. The top border was created using a punch. The small hanging hearts were cut with the smallest Nesties scallop heart die. The words "love," "hugs," and "kisses" were stamped on the hearts. Two hearts were glued together with a piece of white bakers twine in between. The hearts are attached to the fold out border with tape. Here's a close up of the hearts.

I really like the way this turned out and I know my daughter will too!!

My second card is for this week's Merry Monday Card Club Challenge. You can details of this challenge here. Lesley has a great challenge each week!

 

I really like this color combo and went with a CAS style card. I started with the white card base, added a layer of red CS, then a layer of aqua blue that was stamped with the tiny Merry Christmas sentiment (DRS Designs 364B)before embossing with a CB snowflake folder. The tiny snowmen (DRS Designs 256B) were stamped on white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, die cut and layered on red scallop circles. To complete the look, I used my Nesties snowflake dies to create the snowflake. A white button and some baker's twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time,
shelia