A Holly Christmas Card

Happy Wednesday!!

Today I am back with another project that showcases some awesome stamps and dies from 

Pink & Main.

I think I have Christmas on the brain lol! Can you believe it is July already?? Anywho, I decided I would get a jump start on some of my Christmas cards and make this one. I used the largest rectangle in the Stitched Rounded Rectangles set to cut out my piece of holly patterned paper. I then used some of the new Scallop Border Dies to put a little scallop edge behind my white sentiment piece. My sentiment and holly came from the Hollydays stamp set. I used the coordinating dies to cut out my holly. I wrapped some twine around my greeting panel and tied a little bow. I adhered the holly and the greeting panel with foam tape for extra dimension. I also added some glossy accents to the holly berries. Very clean and simple, I love how it turned out!

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 Don't forget about the challenge at the Pink & Main blog also,

we would love to see what you create!

I will also be sharing this with the current challenge over at
ABC Christmas Challenge: N is for No Rules

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I appreciate it so much!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific), Wild Cherry (MFT)

--Patterned Paper: Christmas Basics (The Paper Studio)

--Stamps: Hollydays (Pink & Main)

--Dies: Hollydays, Stitched Rounded Rectangles and Scallop Border Dies (Pink & Main)

--Ink: Real Red (SU!), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

--Copics: G46, G94, R29

--Misc.: Trendy Twine, Glossy Accents. Foam Tape

A Friend Like Gnome One Else

Hi everyone! 

I'm back tonight with a quick post to share the card that I created for 

Day 2 of the MFT Camp Create.

Day 2 was all about coloring. The example shown was coloring on Kraft cardstock with colored pencils so that is what I decided to do also. 

I decided to use the You Gnome Me stamp set to create a little scene. The only colored pencils that I have are the old school Crayola ones so that is what I used. They ended up working pretty well, at least I think so lol! I added a piece of polka dotted vellum behind my image layer and then popped up that entire piece up with some foam tape.  I think it turned out cute. A new technique for me but I'm really glad that I gave it a try and I definitely think I will be doing it more often and trying different coloring mediums. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a peek at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Kraft, Vellum

--Stamp: You Gnome Me (MFT)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Dies: ZigZag Stitched Rectangles (MFT)

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Crayola Colored Pencils, Sequins, White Gel Pen

Camp Create Day 1

For my Shopping Our Stash post, please scroll down one or click HERE

Hi everyone! 

I'm back with a quick post to share the card that I created for 

Day 1 of the MFT Camp Create

Day 1 was all about foiling. I decided to make a Christmas card and use one of those cute little elves from the Santa's Elves stamp set.

I stamped that adorable elf and colored him in with my Copics. I then cut out a frame using the Stitched Square Scallop Frames from some toner paper and ran that through my Minc Mini to create the red foiled frame. I layered that on top and simply trimmed up my elf piece. I stamped my greeting, added some white doodles and then added a bit of shimmer with a shimmer brush but still felt like it needed something. I decided to take some of the leftover foiled pieces and punch out some circles with different size hole punches to embellish my card. I really like how it turned out, kinda like foiled enamel dots, only flatter lol. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a peek at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

Off to see what fun awaits for Day 2 of Camp Create :) 

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific)

--Patterned Paper: Christmas Basics (The Paper Studio)

--Stamp: Santa's Elves (MFT)

--Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine) & Tuxedo Black (Memento)

--Dies: Stitched Square Scallop Frame (MFT)

--Copics: E21, E50, E51, E59, G28, R11, R29, Y19, YG45

--Misc.: Clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush, White Gel Pen, Foam Tape, Hole punches, Heidi Swapp Minc Foil Red, Glossy Accents

Shopping Our Stash #260: Inspired by your bedding

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

Shopping Our Stash!

This week, challenge #260 is....

Get inspired by your bedding!

(create a project based on something that inspires you from your bedding. It could be a pattern, colors, the number of pillows you have, maybe even the bedding you have been eyeing at the store.)

For my card, I went with the colors of my bedding. My bedding is a soft cream and taupe with some darker brown stitching here and there.

 Here is a quick peek at my actual bedding (taken with my phone's camera, not the best picture but you get the idea lol)

Here is the card that I created based on my bedding:

I used a soft brown cardstock for my card base. I'm not sure what color it is, maybe Crumb Cake, but I pulled it from an older variety pack from SU! that I have had for about two years. I used a piece of vellum that has some stripes in it, I thought that went well with the stripes in the back pillows. For my image layer, I used an stamp from SU that I have had for awhile and stamped it with some brown ink. I added a bit of wink of stella to it for some shimmer and some tiny pearls to the center of three of the flowers. I added my greeting and a bit of ribbon to finish off my card. The only thing I used that is less than a month old for me was the vellum. Everything else I have had in my stash for at least 6 months. 

Be sure to head over to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge Blog to see what my design team sisters created. I hope you will decide to make a project and join us, I would love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: SU!, Vellum

--Stamp: Serene Silhouettes & Gifts of Kindness (SU!)

--Ink: Brown (Heidi Swapp)

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Ribbon, Clear Wink Of Stella, pearls

A note of thanks

Hey everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Monday!

Tonight I have a card that I would like to share with you that I made for my homework for Day 1 of the Heat Wave Online Card Class. 

I recently purchased a magazine that had some Altenew rose stamps included with it. I thought today would be the perfect day to break them out so that I could emboss one of the layers with some gold embossing powder. 

After I had my rose all inked up and embossed, I put it aside and worked on the rest of my card. I embossed the "thanks" with some gold embossing powder and then used my Swiss Dots embossing folder to emboss the top part of my card layer. I also added some gold embossing all around the edges. I popped up my embossed layer with some foam tape and then also added some foam tape to my rose. I finished off my card with some sequins. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!  

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific)

--Stamp: Build-a-Rose (Altenew), Thanks to you (Pink & Main)

--Dies: build-a-rose (altenew)

--Ink: Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz (SU!), Bubblegum (Hero Arts), Versamark

--Misc.: Wink of stella, Swiss Dots folder (cuttlebug), sequins, glam gold embossing powder (Inkadinkado), foam tape,