Happy New Year, Color Hues!

 Starting the year with friends at The Color Hues, are you ready? We have a new challenge for you to use pale pink and gold. Does that bring to mind images of flowers, hearts or a gala new year? Maybe snowmen or a sweet scene? We can't wait to see what you make. Hopefully you are able to find some crafty time now that the holiday flurries are over and join us.

I am thinking spring! Using a 3D embossing folder,  I brayered pink inks directly onto the recessed side, added my white card stock and fed it through the machine. 

It did take me a couple tries to find the right color (WPlus9  Pink Piggy) and the best sandwich for even coverage. The color fills in the background and the white flowers are raised with dimension.

It was so easy to make this. I added a label and sentiment from The Greetery, a gold mirror card stock mat and gold sequins. I wanted to let the floral pattern shine.

I've taken quite a break from stamping over the holiday, so I will be transitioning into more frequent posting. It may take me awhile to get my mojo back.

I'm so happy to welcome our new designers to Color Hues! Wishing all of you a Happy and healthy New Year. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Stamp sets: The Greetery -Signed & Sealed and dies, Signed & Sealed with a Kiss

smile. sparkle. shine A Merry Winter Scene

 I am finding myself feeling very nostalgic this year as Christmas approaches. One of my friends shared her picture taken with Santa at Hutzler's in Baltimore Maryland when she was three. It's cute as can be, and I love the dress she wore. YES, little girls wore dresses then and through most of our school years. Talk about vintage, lol!

One thing I love remembering is ice skating in the neighborhood. I found a creative kick from the set by Honey Bee called Sleigh Bells Ring, which also has me singing along. It's that time of year! 

This set came out last year but it's new to me. I enjoyed adding sparkle to the sled, ribbon and skates with foil papers and silver Stickles.

My card was created so that I could play along with these challenges: 

NBUS

The Card Concept with my Clean and Layered Style

Tic Tac Toe Challenge where I chose snow, layers,  and celebration

Hope your week is off to a good start! 

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Card details: The Falling Snow Background (Honey Bee) was stamped on white card stock with Warm Wool ink (WPlus9 Designs) which also provided the ribbon die cut from Under the Mistletoe dies. The sentiment is from Penny Black Stamps. Coloring with Copic markers. 

I love Christmas!

 It's absolutely true that Christmas is my favorite time for making cards! Here's another one for you using Say It With Stamps I love Christmas set.  Actually I like this sweet image so much I colored it a few times and made two cards to share. 

I combined it with a cover-plate die also from Say It With Stamps! called A2 Knit. I took inspiration from the product package and used the plate as a background. Have a look! 

Using a favorite non-traditional color combo makes me happy! I placed aqua card stock behind the white piece. I love the look and texture this die gives! Dressing it up was easy with snowflakes, gems, and glitter along the snow. 

For the second card I used traditional red and green with a background of a night sky inked in blues and dotted with snowflakes using white acrylic paint. 

I used the sentiment included with the set and added an arched window and red mat. You know what's so special about the set? There are a few different options to place in the girls hands. Instead of candy canes she can hold gifts, a tree, a stocking or a steaming cup of hot cocoa. How fun is that! When coloring with Copic markers I gave her a nose, mouth and pink cheeks.

I'm playing with some challenges at: 

Hand Stamped Sentiments 

Krafty Chicks  

SSSWednesday Challenge   add some sparkle

I've really enjoyed sharing with you today and I appreciate the time you took to spend here. Much thanks. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

The Paper Players: What a wonderful year!

 Hello and welcome to my blog today. It's Sunday and I'm here with the last challenge of the year for The Paper Players #621. It's a moment of sadness as my year as guest designer has come to an end. I am so so appreciative of the chance to create with the lovely and super talented ladies on this fabulous team.  I will continue to be inspired by you all and will play along often. Your challenges are the best out there! 

Delightfully Ann has chosen a color combo for us this week. I pulled out a die that's new to me but it's been around awhile. 

I came as close as I could with the colors, using some retired papers and vanilla card stock for the mug.  I love the bit of holly and added Crystal drops for a bit of texture. 

I hope you will enjoy checking out the DT samples as they are so creative and fun! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Under the Mistletoe

 Hi, I took a break from decorating and wrapping to make a card today! I've been into greenery this year and there are so many dies that make it easy! The Under the Mistletoe Dies will work so well in combo with other greens, but for today I'm featuring them in a simple layout. 

I paired them with some Tartan Plaid paper and a bell of gold mirror card stock. Inspired at Freshly Made Sketches, I'll be entering this also at: 

Festive Friday  where I chose Gold, red, and Christmas 

Time Out Challenges

I'm so thankful that you stopped by today!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Dies: Under the Mistletoe by WPlus9, Merry Christmas - Birch Press Design, Tartan Plaid paper 

Candy Cane Lane Part two

 Hello, welcome back to my blog! 

If you saw yesterday's post you know I have cards three and four featuring the SimonSays Stamp card kit and Candy Cane Lane papers from Prima. 

Stripes and polka dots, what's not to love?  All it needed was a mat for the sentiment piece and a few die cut snowflakes. 

I love the next one with the bold and fine stripes. 

The Santa was cut out, including the banner and embellished with the candy canes in the kit.  I am happy to have used all the paper up except for a few scraps left. 

I hope to have more posts made with the rest of the kit soon. 

Just a personal note: Did you hear about Moore County NC which had a sabotage of it's electric power substations on Saturday? 

That is where I live. Fortunately, we didn't lose power but the problem is still continuing with over 30,000 homes/businesses without power. It's scary that this can happen! The community has come together to provide food, shelter and places to charge electronics, etc which is very encouraging.

Give extra hugs to the ones you love today!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Candy Cane Lane SSS December Card Kit

Hello, crafters! I'm excited to be bringing you today's post with the first  two of four cards using the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit. I fell in love with the Candy Cane Lane papers from Prima and over the weekend I had a blast creating four cards using just the papers and a few embellishments.  

On this card I featured this sweet girl with gifts and embellished with the pretty poinsettias cut from the paper. I piece my favorite papers behind her and embellished with pearls. I love the femininity, vintage look, and pale pink and red combo.  The saying is one of my favorites for Christmas!

The next card features more poinsettias embellishing the deer I snipped from the patterned paper, complete with the sentiment. 

Aren't the papers the sweetest? More pearls, yes, please! I will be back tomorrow with the next cards.

Thanks so much, your visits mean so much to me! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!