Happy New Years Eve

My first card today could be a Happy New Year card, but it is actually a birthday card for my sister in law whose birthday is New Years Day! I started with some white CS, stamped the starry background with gold ink, heat embossed it with gold EP and then cut it into 2 panels. Next I die cut the celebrate greeting using a SB small die of the month set. It is glued to the bottom panel and then I added some ribbon and gold glitter tape. The top starry panel is glued to the card base. The bottom panel is attached with some foam adhesive.  I think my sister in law will like this festive birthday card.

This next card uses the same background stamp only stamped and embossed in silver. I also stamped and embossed the Happy New Year greeting. Added a silver layer and frame and it's done!

Hope you have a fun New Year.

shelia

Merry Christmas Eve

 Merry Christmas Eve!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!  I have a couple of things to share with you today. First are some ornaments I created for gifts for friends at church. I found these ornament frames at Hobby Lobby and thought they'd work perfectly. I die cut some circles, sponged on the sky and ground areas and then added some Sakura Gelly Roll silver dots for stars. The nativity is die cut using an IO set. The Merry Christmas greeting was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink. I really like how these turned out. 

Next is a card featuring the new All in 1 Christmas Village. It was stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, die cut and then some Nuvo Blizzard drops were added for the snowy roofs, etc.

The greeting was also stamped with Versafine Onyx ink.

Inside I stamped the greeting and a single house which I colored  with Copics.

Have a blessed Christmas!

shelia

Seas and Greetings

Happy Monday! Can you believe Christmas is only a week away!! It has really snuck up on me this year. It's a good thing DRS Designs has some cool new Christmas images. They have really helped me get my last minute Christmas cards completed.

Today's card features the new Seashell Christmas Tree and matching greeting. The tree looks so pretty and is super easy to use. I stamped it with Memento Black ink onto white CS, colored the shells with Copic markers and then die cut the panel and layered it on some matching CS. The greeting was stamped, die cut and layered as well. The background was created for a Technique challenge on Splitcoast Stampers a couple of weeks ago. I used crumpled up saran wrap, dipped in various TH Distress Oxide inks and stamped it onto the white panel. It created a very soft and delicate looking background, which I love!

This next card uses the same two images, but this time I stamped them onto cream CS with Gold ink, heat embossed with Gold EP and colored in the shells with some TH Distress inks. I got the idea to stamp the image and greeting with gold from fellow designer, Julie.  You can see her gorgeous card, Here.

I die cut some shells from CS and added one to the greeting. The rest are inside the card. Don't know why I didn't take a picture of the inside to share with you. Oh well, the card is in the mail on its way to my cousin who absolutely loves the beach. I know she will appreciate this card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

shelia

masculine Christmas

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend and were able to get inky. I'm having such a fun time stamping with the newest images from DRS Designs. I especially had fun creating this card for today's post.

I started with a piece of red CS and used the medium size part of the woven plaid stamp to create my buffalo plaid background. My Misti helped me line it up and keep it straight. Not sure I could do this without the Misti!

Next I stamped, colored and fussy cut the new Tool Christmas Stocking. The new matching greeting was stamped onto white CS, die cut and layered onto black CS. The tool border was stamped onto red CS and layered onto the same black CS. The little die cut tools were created using a TE die set. I added some white blizzard Nuvo drops to the white part of the stocking for some dimension.

Here's a look at the inside. I stamped the same tool border with red ink along the base of the inside.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the new images at DRS Designs on line store.

shelia

Fixin' to have a Merry Christmas!

Today's card is one I created using this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Sketch Challenges are my favorite!  Here's the sketch. I turned the sketch sideways in order to make all my elements fit.

To begin I stamped the medium woven plaid piece onto green CS with black ink to make my buffalo plaid square. Next I stamped the Tool Christmas Stocking onto white CS, as well as some CS that I had covered with red ink. I fussy cut both, colored the tools with Copics and glued to two together. The greeting was stamped onto a white rectangle and the edges sponged with the same red ink as the stocking. The tools were die cut with a Taylored Expressions die set and added to the plaid panel with some tiny black brads. I haven't used brads in forever! The white panel was embossed with a Darice stars folder, layered onto green CS and then onto the white card base. Black CS and green glitter tape were used to create the two strips behind the main panel.

Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,

shelia

Reason for the Season

Happy Monday Everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. DRS has some new images for you and they are just in time for Christmas. My card today features the new Way, Truth and Life greeting.

I started by stamping the snow globe onto white CS, colored the wooden base with Copics, masked it off and used Distress Oxide inks for the ground and sky. The nativity is an IO die set. I used a Sakura Gelly Roll pen to add some silver stars in the sky. The new greeting was stamped with Versafine Black ink onto the white panel. I then added some silver washi tape. I used the same tape for the ribbon, bow and star on the snow globe.

Inside I stamped the Blessed Christmas greeting as well as the small nativity image.

Be sure to check the on line store here to see all the new images. You'll see lots of fun ways to use the new images here on the blog too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

Christmas Challenges!

Hi Everyone. I have a card to today I created for a couple of challenges: Tuesday Morning Sketches & Cupcake Inspirations.

I started with some water color paper, stamped the 4 in 1 snow with VersaMark ink, heat embossed with white EP & then sponged on some TH Distress Oxide inks for my sky. I die cut the snow banks, trees & deer, yhen added them to my little scene. I used a white gel pen to add the dots on the backs of the deer.. after layering the panel on some blue CS, I attached it to the white card base. The greeting was stamped, die cut & added to the top of the scene.

Here's the sketch from TMS:



And here's the cupcake from CI:



Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,
shelia