Glitzy New Year's Card

Happy New Year! This card is for the Glitz and Glam challenge at StampNation. 

It's hard to get a good photo of sparkle.

I cut the snowflake 3 times, twice with white card stock and once with the glittery paper. Layering them makes subtle dimension. 

Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday (sentiment)

Ranger - Superfine Silver embossing powder

Pretty Pink Posh - Metallic Silver Confetti Mix

Impression Obsession - Snowflakes (die)

Stampin' Up - Softly Falling embossing folder

American Crafts - Glitter Paper Pad

Neenah - 110# white card stock

Inspiration Nation: Day 1

Stamp Nation is having an inspiration week with a new mood board provided each day. The colors on the first board were ones I'd never pick to use on a card, but I enjoyed the challenge.

Hero Arts - Geometric Shapes (die), Hello Stamp and Cut (stamp),

MFT - Happy Hellos (die)

DCWV - Glitzy Glitter (6x6 paper pad)

CASEing Christmas Day 7

This card is an engineering miracle. The gold thread almost got the best of me.

Photographing shiny paper is difficult. I need sunshine to get good pictures. I've heard a rumor we may see the sun tomorrow.

I stacked three of the branches to give a little bulk for hanging the ornaments, and coated the top with a white gel pen.

I masked the sides of the white panel before inking it with distress inks. It adds another "layer," and I like the sharp look it gives. Fun stuff.

Spellbinders - 2011 and 2010 Heirloom Ornaments

Impression Obsession - Bare Branch

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Hillside Borders

Simon Says Stamp - Be Joyful (sentiment)

Ranger- Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers inks, clear embossing powder

Neenah - white card stock

From my stash - red and gold shiny paper, gold thread

Signo - white gel pen

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

CASEing Christmas Day 6

This is a terrible picture of this card, but I'm posting anyway. If I waited for the sun to shine, I'd not get any blog posts done.

Maureen was the CASEr (hahaha) for day 6 of class, and she did a Bokeh card. My inks are not conducive to this technique, and my second generation stamping is splotchy.

Essentials by Ellen - Bokeh Dots

The Ton - Holiday Flourishes (sentiment)

Simon Says Stamp - Green Leaf and Lipstick Red inks

Tsukineko - Delicata Golden Glitz ink

Hero Arts - gold embossing powder

CASEing Christmas Day 5

I found the card for day 5 difficult to CASE. Thankfully, Catherine added a second card, and I went from there. Unfortunately, both cards were covered in glitter. Ugh. (Too many years making cards for Operation Write Home! I still cringe when I see it.)

Lawn Fawn - Making Frosty Friends (stamps and dies)

Hero Arts - Snowflake Circle, Holiday Sayings, white embossing powder

Spellbinders - circle and scalloped circle dies

My Mind's Eye - Merry Little Christmas 6x6 paper pack

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - red and green card stock

Copics

CASEing Christmas Day 4

For this CASE, I used the slant of color, inlayed die, and silver snowflakes from Heather's card on StampNation. I'm still using the "sweep" from upper left to lower right from the original card we were given.

I used silver glitter paper for the snowflakes. Ugh. I need to vacuum. 

Neat and Tangled - Happy Holidays die

Lawn Fawn - Snowflakes dies

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles

Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Ranger - Festive Berries ink, clear embossing powder

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - blask card stock

American Crafts - silver glitter paper

Craft Foam

CASEing Christmas Day 3

I chose to use Catherine Pooler's color scheme from today's class on StampNation. Memento Pear Tart, Hero Arts Tide Pool, and Simon Says Stamp Red Lipstick are the colors I used, and I like them. Who knew?

Winnie and Walter - Holiday Trimmings

Stampin' Up - Ornament Keepsakes, red card stock

Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings, Tide Pool ink

Simon Says Stamp - Lipstick Red ink

Memento - Pear Tart ink

Neenah - white card stock

CASEing Christmas Day 2

For day 2, Maureen Merritt CASEd the card from day one of the CASEing Christmas class, and I've CASEd her card here. I was drawn to her snowy scene with a blue and purple background. 

 I used a white gel pen to put the snow on the trees.

Impression Obsession - Evergreen Trees

Herp Arts - Tiny Flakes, Holiday Sayings

Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Stitched Hillside Borders

Ranger - Clear Embossing Powder, Broken China and Dusty Concord inks

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Neenah - white card stock

Signo white gel pen

Stash - green card stock

CASEing Christmas Day #1

I'm CASEing a Catherine Pooler card. StampNation is running a class this month: CASEing Christmas. It will be fun to see the end results as the CASEings will be one after the other.

I changed several elements from the original card, but I used the same basic card design.

CAS-ual Fridays - Funky Flakes (dies), Snowy Sayings (sentiment and stamped snowflakes)

EK - snow edge punch

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - red, black card stock

Ranger- clear embossing powder

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Simon Says Stamp - Fog ink, black pearls

You Made My Day

This card is for the Japan challenge at StampNation. The inspiration photos included beautiful flowers.

The card base is cut to 5.5 by 4 to accommodate the scalloped border. I used craft foam to raise the patterned paper panels from the card base. 

Basic Grey - pb&j 6x6 paper pad

Hero Arts - Anytime Messages, gold embossing powder

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Circles

Stampin' Up - scallop border punch

Hudson's Bay Blanket

Here's another card for a challenge at StampNation. The inspiration photos included Hudson's Bay blankets and sweaters. I had to do a little research. These blankets have green, red, yellow, and indigo stripes.

Since the challenge photos were a representation of Canada, I threw in some maple leaves too. It is fall after all, and all my fall stuff is close at hand.

Paper Smooches - Borders 3

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles Stackables, Stitched Leaves

Hero Arts - All Occasion Messages

Neenah - Classic Cream card stock

Simon Says Stamp - card stock

Bandana Inspired

I'm catching up on some World Card Making Day challenges at StampNation. This card is for the bandana inspired challenge.

Impression Obsession - Small Paisley

My Favorite Things - Happy Hellos

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Simon Says Stamp - Lipstick Red ink and card stock

Read

School started here in NC two weeks ago, and I'm still happy I retired. Ha! 

Here's a back-to-school card for "Challenge #181 - Simple Sentiments" at StampNation. It doesn't get any simpler or more profound than this sentiment.

Taylored Expressions - In Other Words-Read

Copics

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - black card stock

Bubbles

This card is for "Challenge #180 - Bubbles" at Stampnation. I got the design idea from Francine at 1001 Cartes.

I used 3 circle dies and acetate to make masks for the bubbles. 

120# Neenah white card stock

Ranger - Distress Inks, clear embossing powder (sentiment)

Hero Arts - Find Joy

Versafine - Onyx Black pigment ink

Just Saying Hello

It seems I do more heat embossing in the summer than any other time. What's up with that? It's hot here already! Anyway, I used clear embossing powder on the background and white powder on the tag. 

This card is for "Challenge #179: Tag It" at StampNation.

Hero Arts - Lattice (background), All Occasion Messages, white embossing powder

Cas-ual Fridays - Tag Buddies

Poppy Stamps - Meadow Leaf die

Ranger - clear embossing powder

Simon Says Stamp inks - Green Apple, Orange Peel, Sunshine

Friend

Here's another card made with the Stamp of Approval collection from Catherine Pooler. I used a stencil and various inks to create the background. The silver and black strip along the left side was made using the same stencil with embossing paste.

The "friend" die is popped up on fun foam to add a bit of dimension.

Winnie and Walter - Pattern of the Rings (stencil)

Cas-ual Fridays - Girlfriend (stamp), Friend (die)

Ranger - silver superfine embossing powder

Simon Says Stamp - Schoolhouse Red, Orange Peel, Goldenlocks, Willow, Blue Jay (inks)

Dreamweaver - Metallic Silver Embossing Paste

Hey There

It's been a long time since I made a red, white, and black card. It's one of my favorite color combinations. The stamps and dies are from my Stamp of Approval box by Catherine Pooler.

It's a clean and simple card, another favorite. 

CAS-ual Fridays - Tag Buddies die, Curtis Background, Friendly Flowers dies, Girlfriend stamps

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - Black and red card stock

Hero Arts - white embossing powder

Ranger - clear embossing powder

Tsukineko - VersaMark ink

Chickadee

I love this little chickadee. 

I used 3 stacks of 4 punched clouds to emboss the top of the card.

Dee's Distinctively - Chickadee die

Impression Obsession - Leafy Branch die

Hero Arts - Thinking of You Messages

Neenah - white card stock

Stampin' Up - card stock, patterned paper

Best Wishes

Here's a clean and simple card I'll use for a wedding shower. I'm entering it in StampNation's challenge for glitz and glam. 

I used ancient shiny gold paper from my stash to die cut the rings and gold embossing powder for the sentiment.

Memory Box - Loopy Rings

Hero Arts - Congrats (sentiment)

Lifestyle Crafts - embossing folder

Zing - gold embossing powder

Stampin' Up - card stock

Challenge: Sun, Sand, and Surf

This is another challenge card for StampNation's California Vacation. This one required the use of sand, surf, and sun.

Good grief! I used products from 10 different companies for this card!

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders, Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Simon Says Stamp - Sailboat die, Soft Navy ink

Paper Smooches - Wicked Nautical (wave stamp)

W Plus 9 - Sunshine Layers (sun die)

Hero Arts - Hello Stamp and Cut (sentiment), detail white embossing powder

Authentique - patterned paper

Copics (browns)

Signo white gel pen

Stampin' Up - blue, red, and yellow card stock

Neenah - solar white and desert storm card stock