Holiday Greetings

We are still in the Thanksgiving holiday mode. We enjoyed the turkey leftovers and a more leisurely day today. 

Are you one who loves to hit the shops with all the mobs  bright and early on Black Friday? Or do you head out to get the tree or Christmas lights strung? 

I moseyed up to the craft room and made one more Christmas card. 

Super simple, but not quick! Even given the layout, there were just so many choices among the many new items from the Winter's Song Collection just waiting to be put together that it was hard to narrow it down. 

Here's the CAS(E) This Sketch: 

All the supplies used are from The Greetery:  Fit to be Tied Die, Inside and Out Berry Branch Die, Speed Tagging Christmas Prints Paper, and Sentiment Suite: Christmas Stamp set. 

That's all from me today, thanks so much for taking your time to visit.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Tree Trimmings for Christmas

After my busy week of posting, I've missed a few days.
I've been busy with Thanksgiving preparations, but it feels so good to have time to wrap up the card I've been making and get it posted. The Tree Trimmings and Fir and Foliage 2 stamp sets from The Greetery worked so well together and I love the look! 

Stamping multiple layers for each tree was easy to line up using the Misti. I added the garlands after die cutting the trees, and embossed those in gold. The garland image has small stars, to which I added Nuvo Crystal Drops in Bright Gold. 
Isn't the die amazing? Another new item from The Greetery. I know this one is going to become a favorite. I backed the small panel with gold foil card stock that peeks through the delicate borders.

Happy to be playing along at The Paper Players sketch 

week, and the Just Add Ink Challenge. I chose stars and spots, but in the end there's some sparkle in there too.

Now it's time to get back to the tasks at hand. Wishing those in the USA a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: The Greetery - Fir & Foliage 2, Basic Sentiments: Christmas, Tree Trimmings

Paper: Neenah Solar White, SU - Garden Green and DSP

INK: Altenew - Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Just Green; Versamark

Accessories: Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops, Gold embossing powder, The Greetery - Nordic Frames Die

Enchanted Forest Winter Landscape

   It's Friday and I thought I'd wrap up the week with my last card using the Enchanted Forest stamp set. I promise after posting so much with this set, that this card is the last one for awhile. You can tell I love it, can't you? 

It will be in my stash for a winter birthday or occasion card. 

After my cards using this set in clean colors and style, I wanted to try a sketchy artistic look for today's card. I love using ink to blend and splatter. Besides being fun you never know how it will end up looking! 

I began with a card base in Very Vanilla card stock. I used several shades of greens and brown to stamp the tree images. I love all the options there are for stamp layering the images and combining them.

The sentiment on the tag is from the With Love at Christmas set from The Greetery. All was sponged with Distress Oxide Ink and spattered with ink and white paint.
I may get too carried away with flicking ink. But I love how it looks! 

Do you have a fav of my cards with this set from this week's posts? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for coming by today. I appreciate it and your kind comments mean so much. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

     

Warmest Wishes with Enchanted Forest

Hello! I got out the Enchanted Forest stamp set, designed by Betsy Veldman for Papertrey Ink - and I have NOT been able to put it away.  I'm getting good use from it this year. I just love the versatility of this set. It has become one of my favorite stamp sets. 
Don't the trees look pretty done in a bright color palette? I think the non-traditional colors really highlight the whimsicality of the images.
Pink, purple and teal are my favorite non-traditional combo for the holidays. 

And of course I needed to add a pretty bow, a dainty frame and the shimmer of glitter to jazz it up just a little. 

Hope this makes you smile today and inspired your creativity! Thanks for visiting. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Holiday Cheer

Hello, it's Monday, here we go again! Ready for another week?  I can't believe our US Thanksgiving holiday is next week and on it's heels will come the fast slide into Christmas. 

I'm feeling more in the Christmas spirit now that I'm getting a few cards made. Today's card again features the Enchanted Forest stamp set (See it here on THIS post).

I really enjoyed inking up the whimsical trees in traditional colors. I used 5 different green inks, ha! The sentiments and dies are from The Greetery, called Basic Sentiment Suite: Christmas stamp set. I really love using the Sentiment Suite stamps that fit into the Sentiment Suite Basics Dies and each sentiment set covers a different theme or occasion.

I'm happy to be sharing today and wishing you a wonderful week! Thanks for spending your time here with me for a little while. I'll be sharing another card made with these stamps soon. I could not put this set away!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Enchanted Forest Christmas Wishes

It's rainy and cold here today. I'm cozy and Christmas card-making is now in full swing. Beginning with stamps I just loved last year but didn't get in time to use for Christmas, I used images from The Enchanted Forest set designed by Betsy Veldman.  

 I stamped the trees in shades of teal, apple green and purple and arranged them on a pinked edge die cut panel.
The snowflakes were stamped and I added glittered drops to the centers. I love this metallic paper but it doesn't show up well in the photo. Subtle beautiful shine and it is a lighter shade IRL.  

I'm using the gorgeous colors from the Color challenge at The Paper Players. Thanks so much for joining me today!

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Thanks so much for joining me today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Enchanted Forest

Paper: Tim Holtz Metallic Papers

INK: Altenew - Sea Glass, Dusk, Ocean Waves, Wisteria; WPlus9 - Bloomberry, Limelights, Versamark

Accessories: PTI - Mix and Mat Pinked Edge die, Nuvo Glitter Drops - Blue Lagoon, White Embossing powder, silver cord, Wink of Stella shimmer pen

Joy And Peace The Greetery

Good morning! 
I'm here with a Christmas card to share using the oh-so versatile and lovely With Love at Christmas set from The Greetery. 

Since yesterday I have found renewed energy to tackle my Christmas cards and a new plan.  I have a list of stamp sets to use, and quite a few sketches that I like. I'm not going to think about it too much, just go down the list. I've also decided to keep them more simple, like today's card. 

I've listed my supplies below. I am playing along at Freshly Made Sketches today. Kim has a wonderful sketch! Gold foil die cut leaves and glitter add bling without bulk. 

I've set aside the next couple of days and instead of waiting until afternoon when all my chores are done to craft, I am going to be stamping in my craft room first thing in the morning with my hot cup of tea. 

Thanks for your visit and encouragement!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: The Greetery - With Love at Christmas, Sentiment Suite: Christmas and the coordinating dies for these sets. 

Paper: Neenah Solar White, DSP is from PTI, SU - gold foil card stock 

INK: Altenew  - hunter Green, Just Green, Ruby Red, Grapevine, Caramel Toffee

Accessories: Ranger Rock Candy Distress Glitter