Stampin' Chez Moi

What a fun week of card making ~ Christmas music playing in my studio ~ and on Thursday I had two girlfriends come over for the Christmas Stack and then continued today with more girlfriends sharing, creating and just having a wonderful time together. I love what I do and sharing it is the absolute bonus for me.   I saw this 411 Challenge  and I knew I needed to play along ~ I'm still in the Christmas theme and enjoying Christmas in October! So here is my creation ~ it is a little challenging to see in the photo, but I'm pleased with the outcome ~ I embossed Whisper White CS with the Northern Flurry Impression Folder, found in the Holiday Mini (love this folder, it's is a definite 'have to have' in my studio) ~ I then used a sponge dauber and Frost White Shimmer Paint on the embossed flurries. The tree from 'Wondrous Gift' and the decor from 'Delightful Decorations' were heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder ~ I liked how this was coming t...

Good Monday Morning ~ hope you all had a wonderful weekend ~ we spent Thursday to Saturday with dear friends and then picked up Marc at the airport on Sunday afternoon! yippee ~ so nice to see him for a couple of days!  So I mentioned a sneak peek on Friday, for today, but, I've changed my mind ~ (am I allowed to do that?) ~ I actually decided to enter another challenge that I saw as I was hopping around ~ here's a challenge from Paper Players ,  Challenge #18, created in Monochromatic colors. And the Christmas card done in neutrals ~ well, black & so saffron  ~ hope this is acceptable for the challenge ~   This was heat embossed using Gold Embossing powder and then punched using the Ornament X-Large Punch (love that punch) Once again, this card is far more stunning in real  ~ the inside was punched with a Christmas themed border punch ~ Stamps:  Delightful Decorations Paper:  Basic Black, So Saffron Ink:  Versa Mark Acc:  ...