Holiday Trees

 Trees is the theme at Christmas Craft Creations, so I got busy with some trees.  This is a set that I needed to break out for the holidays, but never got around to playing with it.  

I used some leftover paper from another project to create this card.  My sentiment is heat embossed, so didn't pick up well in the picture above.  It needed a bit more tilt during the photo session. 

Lots of glitter and shine.  

I hope you find some time to get creative.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Seasons's Greetings

Stamps and Dies:  Evergreen Woods Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Eucalyptus, Green Tea, Spruce (Catherine Pooler Inks); Embossing Pad and Pure Platinum Embossing Powder (Wow);

Paper: Card Base, White Daisy Cardstock and Vellum (Close To My Heart); Cozy Christmas Pattern Papers (Fancy Pants);

Other: Chunky Glitter (Lawn Fawn);

Joy - Inkspirational Challenge

I saw the inspiration photo at Inkspirational Challenges and immediately was drawn to the pillow with "Joy" on the front of it.  I have a die that I've been playing around with and some pattern paper scraps from a recent virtual crop.  I mashed them together for today's card.  

I used the pattern papers for my background, and the back of a pattern paper that was solid (with a little variation in the color) for my "joy" die.  But I continued that pattern paper theme to cut the small dies within my large sentiment die.  You can see the tiny variation in color on the inlaid pieces.  I used a red buffalo plaid which had three variations of reds, a sweater print for my greens which had two different tones and those tiny white pieces of some flecks of cream. 

This was a fun card for me, as I love piecing dies together.  

I hope you find some time to create today!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Joy

Stamps and Dies:  Holly Jolly Dies (Concord & 9th);

Paper: Ivory Cardstock (Neenah); Cozy Christmas Pattern Paper (Fancy Pants);

Other: Enamel Dots (Fancy Pants);

Mr. and Mrs. for Mojo Monday

I created a wedding card for this week's Mojo Monday.  Here is my card . . .

I used black and white elements with a touch of a very pale blue that appears gray in these photos.  Here is the sketch:

Loving that delicate heart border die!  

This one is earmarked for someone special and will be out of my house by tomorrow!

Make some time to create this week.

Supplies Used

Cardstock:  Bazzill and Neenah

Pattern Paper:  Fancy Pants Country Boutique*

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Apothecary Labels and Altenew Super Script 2

Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Apothecary Labels, Lost at Sea Die from My Creative Time, Heart Parade from Simon Says Stamp, and Stitched Border Dies from Pretty Pink Posh

Ink:  Memento, Versamark and Stampin' Up White Embossing Powder

Ribbon:  Crinkle Ribbon*

Other:  Ki Rhinestones

*from Simon Says Stamp Oct 2012 Card Kit

Masculine Thanks for Kit Kraft Wednesday

Using supplies up from an older kit, and this one was Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit.  I created a little masculine "thanks" card.

I love all the patterns and colors on this card and I did my best to match the colors for my stamped starts and sentiment.  

Supplies Used - Thank

Cardstock:  Bazzill and Neenah

Pattern Paper:  Fancy Pants Be Different*

Stamps: All Boy*

Dies:  Lil' Inkers Stitched Stars

Ink:  Stampin' Up

*from Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit

Mojo Monday Creation

Not much to say . . . just adding a little creation for Mojo Monday. 

This card was created with the sketch below in mind . . .

This card was created using supplies from an old Simon Says Stamp Kit from 2012. 

The flower was stamped on cream cardstock and then colored using a white pen.

Happy crafting! 

upplies Used

Cardstock:  Simon Says Stamp and Bazzill

Pattern Paper:  Fancy Pants' Country Boutique

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Forever and Always

Ink: Memento

Ribbon:  from Simon Says Stamp Kit

Other:  Signo White Pen

Play Hard for Kit Kraft Wednesday

It's that day when I show that I'm using my monthly kit.  It is Kit Kraft Wednesday.  I combined my Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit with the sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping, and here is my design . . .

I thought this would be a great masculine card to give encouragement or let someone one know you think they're awesome! 

I'm loving that banner border, which was cut from pattern paper.

Once again I'm safe to receive that next monthly shipment of my Simon Says Kit . . . because I'm using it!

Supplies Used - Play Hard

Cardstock:  Bazzill*

Pattern Paper:  Fancy Pants*

Stamps:  All Boy from Simon Says Stamp*

Ink:  Close To My Heart

Ribbon:  Twine from Little Yellow Bicycle

*from Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit

Starry Stenciled Background

One stencil . . . two different embossing pastes.

My May Simon Says Stamp Card Kit came with a star stencil.  With my black cardstock I created two different card bases and tried two different embossing pastes.  The first was a regular white one, and the second was a translucent . . . two very different looks.

So here is the traditional white matte embossing paste.  Again, this one is on black cardstock, and once dried I inked it up a bit with some yellow ink so it wouldn't be stark white since my pattern paper included cream and not white.  

I love the raised effect of the stars.  I used my pattern paper with the monsters at the bottom, and also found paper that said "things that go bump in the night."

For my second card, I used the translucent embossing paste, and while still wet I sprinkled on some Hero Arts glitter.  This is a completely different look . . . one I would definitely try again with another stencil down the road (my brain is percolating on it).

 These cards started out so similar, but they both took a different route.  Here's an angled view of that sparkle . . .
 

Looking forward to trying that glitter technique again with another stencil soon.  Wait for it.

Supplies Used - Things That Go Bump

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Pattern Paper:  Fancy Pants*

Stamps:  All Boy from Simon Says Stamp*

Ink:  Close To My Heart

Ribbon:  Twine from Little Yellow Bicycle

Other:  Dreamweaver Embossing Paste, Stars and Dots Stencil from Simon Says Stamp

Supplies Used - Far Out & Groovy

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Stamps:  Lil' Inker Shiny Happy Sentiments

Ink:  Close To My Heart and Memento

Ribbon:  Twine from Little Yellow Bicycle

Other:  Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing Paste, Stars and Dots Stencil from Simon Says Stamp, Ki Rhinestones