Merry Christmas Bauble

The other day I was leaving some love for Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales and found this fabulous card (below) looking back at me. Isn't it beautiful?? I knew I had to CASE it... well, I pretty much copied it.

 

My Drop Ornament Memory Box die is so similar, so I pulled it out along with a BasicGrey 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad from 2009 that I have used a lot but still have a lot to go, and I went to town cutting strips, piecing them together and die cutting. I popped the ornament up on fun foam. I heat embossed, die cut and popped up the two pieces of the sentiment (The Greetery) and placed them on the ornament. I then glued the finished ornament on a panel that I dry embossed with Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettias EF and adhered that panel to a white card base. I love the way this turned out. Thank you, Lisa, for the inspiration!

I am playing at:

As You See It #289 - Breakneck Baubles

9 minutes, 58 seconds

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #29

Most Magical Time Of The Year #3 - Florals

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69

National Peanut Butter Lovers Day

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation.

Today's festivities are inspired by National Peanut Butter Love's Day, which takes place on Tuesday, March 1st. The challenge runs from February 18th to February 28th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the theme. For this one, I dug into the deep, dark recesses of my stash and pulled out the Perfect Match stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop. I've had it since 2012 and never inked it up. It was time! I stamped the peanut butter and jelly bread images along with the sentiment, colored them with Copics, added a little WOS and die cut the panel with Spellbinders Square Hemstitch dies.

The peanut butter reference is obvious, but in looking to add some texture to the background, I found my also never-before-used SU Painted Texture Embossing Folder, and it really reminded me of smeared peanut butter on bread. I embossed a piece of kraft card stock, swiped it with some Tea Dye Distress Ink for more definition, popped up the white die cut panel, added some twine to match the grape jelly adhered it to the kraft card base,  and my card was complete.

I used neutrals, brown, texture and twine from the inspo list.

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team:

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #335 - AG

As You See It Challenge #268

A favorite technique of mine is to add texture with embossing folders swiped with ink.

Happy Easter

I am thrilled to be here as Guest Designer for Uniko Challenge #64 - Signs of Spring. Uniko is celebrating nine years of business. Owner Bev Brown is a very talented crafter, designer and business woman. She wears many hats and wears them well. Congratulations Bev, and thanks for having me as Guest Designer for this challenge.

 Last week temps hit 75 here in New Jersey in the US, and it was such a joy to have a taste of Spring. Today we are expecting a little snow, but there is hope! A hopeful heart is so welcome. I have been reflecting a lot about the past year, and though it was full of difficulty, there were also many pearls. Signs of Spring help me to focus on those.

To create my card, I used Uniko's Originally Organic stamps and dies. I heat embossed the images with white EP on heavy weight vellum and die cut them. I randomly inked a script background stamp with VersaMark and white heat embossed it on Kraft card stock. I then applied splatters of  Copic Opaque White Pigment with a paint brush. Once that was dry, I glued the floral and sentiment die cuts to the Kraft panel and adhered it to a white card base. Happy Birthday, Uniko, and Happy Spring!

I'm also playing at:

Daring Cardmakers - Spring Things

As You See It #246 - Easter

Mod Squad - Spring

Always Fun Challenges - Challenge #205

Boo To You

I have created some really fun halloween cards lately, for the littles in my life. I made some Reverse Confetti purchases and combined them with some papers that have been in my stash for ages and some Copic markers and voila! I also took the big leap into something I never have before, and is crazy that as a cardmaker this was a first for me, but I broke out some GLITTER. Not glitter paper - GLITTER!!!! And I loved it. Thank you Jenny Colacicco and Jill Vickers for making me do this. It only took me a year after your encouragement for me to take the plunge.
Lesson learned: Stick-It + Glitter = fabulousness!!!!

I am playing at:

As You See It Challenge #161

Die Cut Divas October Challenge

Die Cuttin' Divas #340 - Halloween

The Heart Desires #17

Cards In Envy - Let's Play Dress Up! (Halloween Costumes Of Course).

You Are My Heart

I had an unexpected and very creative day off today - icy weather in NJ and school was closed.  It was delicious.  This card is a Valentine for my son, Gregory.  It was created with lots of love and inspiration from three challenges: Happy Little Stampers CAS February Challenge - Embossing;  SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Red & Pink;  and the sketch from As You See It #073.  

Thank you so much for coming by today.

Supplies:

Stamps~Avery Elle Lots of Love, PTI Heart Squared.

Ink~VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Inks-Pickled RaspberrySpun Sugar,Festive Berries, Barn Door.

Paper~Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Gina K Pure Luxury White, SU Read Red & Pink Pirouette.

Accessories~Filigree White EP, Simon Says Stamp Surely Stitched Heart, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Water Spritzer, Twine, Dimensionals, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX.