A Poinsettia Christmas

Sorry I've been quiet for the past few days.......I've had a flare-up of tendonitis in my thumb and I've been trying to rest my hand so I can hold a marker again!
I made this card using the Verve Poinsettia. I stamped the images with Versamark on red cardstock and embossed them with gold embossing powder. I cut them out and popped them up on my last scrap of a favorite dsp. Sorry, I have no idea who made the paper, but I've had it for quite a while. I matted this on red cardstock, and went around all the edges with a gold deco pen. I used a Nestabilities label for the sentiment, cutting a 2nd one from red cardstock and slitting it lengthwise to add a layer beneath the white. I embosssed the sentiment in gold and added a gold metallic ribbon and 3 gold pearls in the flower centers.
I wish you all a fantastic Wednesday!

Carol

Origami Trees for Christmas

I found myself having a little extra time to stamp today, so I made a couple origami trees. I bought this dsp several years ago in a crafting warehouse just outside of Pigeon Forge TN. There's no name on the back, but it was 8 sheets for $1.00 so I brought several colors home with me, knowing sooner or later I'd find a use for it. It's thinner paper, so it was much easier to fold these trees. I thought alternating colors worked well with both cards. I used my oval Nesties to cut the red and green ovals from scraps, and the Nesties labels trio for the sentiment panels. The ribbon is by Bobbin Ribbon and the card stock base is soft stone by PTI.

The race is about to come on, so I'm done with stamping for this day! Only 3 more races until the championship, and then I'll retreat into a cocoon for the winter until they start up again in February :) I just love to spend my Sundays with NASCAR!!

Have a great Sunday everyone!!

Carol

Silver Snowflakes

I made this card to meet 2 challenges. The Crazy4Challenges#10 asks us to make an easel card this week, while Flourishes FLLCNOV asks us to take inspiration from the lyrics of "My Favorite Things" from the Sound of Music. The line that inspired this card was "Silver white winters that melt into springs." This is the first easel card I've made and I'm so happy with it that I'm sure I'll be making many more! I love the elegant look of silver and white together, so once I started, this card just came together easily. I embossed the white cardstock base with Versamark, using the snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set by SU! and silver embossing powder. The main tree image is from Flourishes Forest of Trees, was also stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver ep. I had a sheet of silver metallic paper that I used for the mats in the image and sentiment. I did all the edges with a silver deco pen, and added a few silver pearls on the sentiment panel. I used some silver metallic ribbon from my stash and the bow-easy to make the little bow. I used the Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder on the top note die, and Nestabilities Labels 4 for the main image and sentiment panels.
Thanks for stopping by today, I wish each and every one of you a spectacular weekend!

Carol

Blog Award Honor

My blogging buddy Silke passed this blog award on to me, and I'll be passing it along to 5 others after I complete the questions. Thanks to all of you for always visiting my blog and leaving such thoughtful, encouraging comments!
The rules are to answer these questions in one word, which is not easy to do for a chatterbox like me, but I'll try :)

1. Where is your cell phone? none
2. Your hair? grey
3. Your mother? tough
4. Your father? kind
5. Your favorite food? cheesecake
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? DD coffee
8. Your dream/goal? Ireland
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? stamping
11. Your fear? entrapment
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren't? thin
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. Wish list item? Car
17. Where did you grow up? locally
18. Last thing you did? cooked
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Your TV? annoying
21. Your Pets? none
22. Friends? treasured
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? calm
25. Missing Someone? granddaughter
26. Vehicle? Pontiac
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? L&L Rubber Stamps
29. Your favorite color? Purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32. Your best friend? Carol
33. One place that I go to over and over? grocery
34. Facebook? yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Crooked Hill Tavern

Now I need to pass this on to 5 bloggers whom I visit daily and am always inspired by. Those 5 are:

1. WeeBeeStampin
2. The Rubber Maid
3. Stamping With Murphy
4. Wee Inklings
5. Stampers Dream

Thanks Silke, and thanks to all of you bloggers who inspire me daily! You all rock!!

Carol

Midnight Madness on Friday!

I apologize for the bad photo......this was so difficult to photograph! I wanted to capture the shimmer of the embossed image, but everything else got lost in the process. Anyway, this is my submission for the MMSC26 sketch challenge. I used the Dasher image and embossed him with bejeweled gold ep. I pierced around the edges and faux stitched with a gold deco paint pen. I also pierced and faux stitched the circular panels on the bottom right and conveniently covered up the contrasting center panel with my main image panel. DUH!! LOL I used all Figgy Pudding dsp by BG and soft stone cardstock from PTI. The sentiment by G Studio was stamped in Cranberry Crisp and I added some gold ribbon and gold ric-rac to the bottom. The top border was punched on both sides with the MS arch lattice border punch. I finished this off with a few gold pearls from Michaels.
That's it for this Friday :) TC and make it a good one!

Carol

StampinB Christmas card

The challenge today at the StampinB's blog is to make a Christmas card. This awesome stamped image was sent to me by Michelle of StampersDream.com (thanks Michelle) and I just got around to coloring it. I cut the image out using a Nestability die and lightly sponged it with bashful blue while it was still in the die. I used Tombows and a wet brush, along with some glitter pens and markers to color the image. I added some snow-writer accents to the marshmallows and whipped cream for a little sparkle. I used various colors of Stickles on the snowflakes in the background, and punched 3 different sizes of snowflakes for accents, using prussian blue, bashful blue, and white card stocks. I added diamond stickles on the punched snowflakes, putting a clear rhinestone in the center of each one. I used a Nestability trio die for the label, and the ribbon was from my stash. The sentiment is from a PTI set and seemed perfect for the image.

Thanks for the great challenge and thanks for stopping by on this Friday. Enjoy your weekend!!

Carol

Pink and Green Thoughts

I made this card some time ago and never posted it, so now's a good time since I probably won't have time to stamp today. It's done in celery and pretty in pink with white PTI cardstock. The polka dot dsp was a piece from my stash. The pink "brads" are just punched pieces of pretty in pink cardstock, covered with CTMH liquid glass and allowed to dry. The border was punched with a MS doily border punch, and the ribbon is certainly celery. The Upsy Daisy image was stamped off once in pretty in pink, and the sentiment was added in certainly celery. Quick, easy, and I'm done!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Thursday! Too bad for the Phillies, but hey! We made it to the world series, so I'm still proud of them!!

Carol

CTD67 and SC253

I found a little time to stamp this afternoon, so I made this card for a double challenge. The CTD67 to use Artichoke, Soft Sky, Kraft and Dusty Durango. I also used the sketch challenge from SC253. The image is one Michelle from StampersDream.com sent me recently, but I'm unable to find it in the store, so it may be sold out? I colored the image with Tombows and a wet brush on wc paper. I began with a kraft base, layering artichoke and durango behind the soft sky dsp horizontal panel. The triangles and main image were matted with black. The triangles were cut from soft sky textured cardstock and the snowflakes were punched with a MS punch and covered with glistening snow writer. I also added some of the snow writer on the wreath around his neck.
Thanks for the great challenges ladies, and thanks for stopping by :)

Carol

FTTC40

I finished my FTTC40 card a day late (again) but at least there's no time limit on these challenges! Whew! The challenge is to use neutrals and add texture and a pop of color. I used Kraft as the cardstock base, stamping a backgrounder & sponging on wc paper in caramel, and then matting with a rust colored scrap from my stash. I stamped the tree from the Flourishes forest of trees set with Versamark, and embossed it with green ep. I added some red geo sparklers in various sizes and then dabbed the tree with a 2-way glue pen and added a light sprinkle of white flower-soft. You can see the details if you click the photo. The ribbon is from Michaels and I used the bow-easy to make the bow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

MoJo Monday #111

This card is for the Mojo#111 sketch challenge found HERE. This one went together quickly using the beautiful new Verve stamp set "Believe." I just love the sentiments and gorgeous fonts in this set. I stamped the little pink breast cancer ribbon symbols with Pretty in Pink (stamped off once) and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black, then matted it with black cardstock. The dsp's are from SU, and both ribbons are from my stash. A few black Kaiser pearls and some embroidery floss on the button, and this card was done! The inside sentiment says "Never give up."
I hope cards like this will go far to encourage those who are battling breast cancer. Thanks for such a beautiful stamp set Julee, this is my favorite Verve set so far!
Thanks for stopping by and have a magnificent Monday :)

Carol