Sending Love at Christmas

To my American friends, did you have a wonderful Thanksgiving? We had a busy fun-filled feast and family time. Now that the holiday is over,  I'm able to get back into the craft room to have some fun. 

I'm still playing with the Sizzix embossing folder, Winter  Pattern, embossing it on Pear Pizzazz card stock (SU!) this time. 

 I embellished using the Layered Poinsettia die (Waffle Flower) cut in cream and gold mirror card stock. The sentiment is from The Greetery. I embossed the top line of script in gold. 

I call this clean and layered in style, what do you think? 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Christmas Blessings for the Paper Players

 Sunday has come around again, and I'm happy to welcome you to my blog. Laurie has a great sketch for us at The Paper Players #619 and I can't wait to share my card with you. 

I love sketch challenges and holidays are my favorite time for card making. Now that for the US our Thanksgiving Day has passed, let's get down to some serious  creating for Christmas!

I bought a new multi-level embossing folder from Sissix called Winter Pattern, and ran it through my Big Shot using Baked Brown Sugar card stock. I carefully daubed white craft ink just along the top of the images and love the depth it created to the overall pattern. 

Here's a closer look that allows you to see the three levels of embossing.

My sentiments and dies are from The Greetery, the JOY sparkles in the red mirror card stock. 

I sure hope you'll want to play along at The Paper Players! We love it when you do! 

I will also add this to two other challenges: at Peace on Earth Christmas they have a mood board.

 For the Tic Tac Toe Challenge I chose the top row across.  Holiday, Die, Embellishment. I hop

I hope this inspires you to be crafty. Have a wonderful week!

 Be yourself
     Have delight in your craft
         Make something beautiful!  

Clean and Simple for The Paper Players

Welcome to my blog, hope you're having a great Sunday! Joanne has a wonderful Clean and Simple Challenge for #618 asking us to use a Christmas theme. I pulled out some pretty patterned papers and the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle by Stampin' Up! and here's what I came up with! 

 I loved the bell as an ornament surrounded by some greenery and peppermints. I can't wait to see what you will make!  

The Paper Players DT has some amazing cards to inspire you! Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and if you're traveling stay safe! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

 

Merry and Bright for Coffee Lovers

 Hello, and welcome! 

I think the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is still going on, and I'm hoping today's card will make it in before the deadline so I will keep this post short. 

I found this cute snowman in a coffee cup already assembled in my stash. When I made on last year, I made two so it's nice that this little guy was all ready to go. I don't know if he is in a coffee or teacup but he is holding a gingerbread cookie!

I'm playing along at  Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 

and I'm using the lovely layout from Freshly Made Sketches.

Thanks so much for you visit today! Wishing you a good weekend! 

You Warm My Heart

 Hi everyone,  Amy Tsuruta hosts a wonderful challenge celebrating Coffee for you lovers out there! I prefer tea but dug out a retired set from The Cat's Pajamas so that I could play along! 

A bit of sponging, masking and Copic coloring and my card is done. I just love this little bunny.

 Entering the fun at the Blog Hop!  You may want to do the same, there are tons of prizes and wonderful cards with the cuppa theme. 

Joyful and Blessed with Color Hues

 Hello, stamping friends! How's it going with your holiday crafting? I realize today that I should have started much earlier on sharing Christmas cards on my blog since I have so many sets that are new-to me that I will never fit them in! 

Our mid-month colors are lovely and timely, chosen by Julie for your inspiration at Color Hues Challenge #53. My card uses the Winterberry Bouquet stamps and dies, and the Cathedral die from The Greetery.

I wanted the cathedral window to shine as the main element, so I  stacked die cuts with gold mirror card stock  on the top and tucked in just a few of the gorgeous winterberry foliage. The bottom layer is SU Very Vanilla card stock, and I used a Vanilla taffeta double bow to add balance and dress up the design. I kept to our colors of scarlet and green, and hope that the three neutrals are allowed: white, gold and cream. I guess you know me and won't be surprised that I had a very hard time limiting my colors this time! 

The sentient strip (also new out of the packet!) is from Jolly Snippets rubber stamps by Penny Back. These are small sentiments with really unique phrases for Christmas or winter themes. 

I know you will love seeing what the amazing DT has created to inspire you, take a good look and them dive right in to play along! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

I'm entering these challenges :

Tic Tac Toe 

and NBUS using the Cathedral Die for the first time. 

using the middle row across 

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Hope All is Well

 Hello! I'm back again to for a quick share. I really loved this sentiment from the Just a Hello Floral stamps and dies (Pinkfresh Studio) and there are others like it included in the set. The dies cut the words out so it's easy to highlight your sentiments. 

I colored the beautiful florals with Zig markers onto watercolor paper, after embossing the images with black ink and heating clear embossing powder. The bouquet is die cut and layered over lightly textured blue paper. This would look better if I'd added some dimension, but I needed it flat for mailing. 

I find I'm needing just a bit of de-stress time in the craft room, I'm aiming for a bit of time each day to create. Helping me limber up my creative skills is one benefit, and the other is that I can delve into some supplies and styles that need to be re-discovered. 

I will share this today at Simon Stays Stamp Wednesday challenge where they ask for Thinking of You cards. Thanks so much for your visit! I wish you a wonderful day and really appreciate you spending just a bit of time here on my blog. 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!