Viva la Verve & Simon Says Stamp {Thank You}

So happy to have the chance to craft tonight! I loved the sketch at Viva la Verve and went to work with some gold embossing and die cutting! I used the new Avery Elle Christmas Florals set in a non-holiday way. I love this sweet set and I can see myself using it a lot!!!

 

I also wanted to play along with Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes Challenge".

I gold heat embossed the sentiment from WPlus9. Kind of wishes I had used a different ribbon in the background, rather than the gold. But I was feeling "goldish" tonight! Ha!

The Paper Players#264 {Kind Word Florals}

Today I am playing along with the lovely, Claire over at The Paper Players. I absolutely loved her amazing sketch and I decided I wanted to try using the new Avery Elle Christmas Florals set in a non-holiday way! So I made a thank you card using Fall colours.

I stamped all the flowers in different colours: Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Tangelo Twist and Crisp Cantaloupe. Then I stamped the leaves in Sage Shadow. (all inks are SU!). Then I cut them out with the die set that matches the stamps and arranged them on the card to be the "circle" element on the card. The sentiment comes from Verve Stamps and is one of my favourites! I stamped it in Cajun Craze as well. The big square in the background is hard to see but it is Whisper White paper, embossed with the diagonal embossing folder. I used a strip of brown designer paper to "ground" the card. See my new little pumpkin? Found it at M's and for only a couple of dollars! I am so excited to make Fall cards!

Avery Elle {Christmas Florals}

My order arrived today containing the new Avery Elle stamp set called Christmas Florals and I also purchased the matching dies! Oh! They are fun and I cut out a bunch of floral pieces for other cards in the future. Love how pretty the sentiment is too! One of my favourite things is Christmas stamp sets with Christmas music lyric sentiments! 

I used some designer paper scraps and made my card 4.25" square. Sinple and fun! I think I will be using this set a lot!!!

Case Study & Simon Says Stamp {Cake & Candles}

Saturday is my favourite day of the week because I get to stamp! I actually have spent the day going through clothes and my closet. I am now down 30lbs and so many of the clothes I own are too big. It is so challenging for me to purge...especially when I love an item of clothing. I am proud though...got it done and it feels great!!! I went shopping last night and my closet has some nice new "smaller" sized items. I cannot tell you how amazing I feel! Walking (slowly) and counting calories is all that I have been doing. I still eat ice cream, cookies, and other treats but I count everything! Next stop...50 lbs!

Speaking of ice cream and cookies; today I am playing along with CASE Study #189. I pulled out a new Avery Elle birthday themed stamp set. Love the fonts in this set and couldn't wait to ink it up. Then I die cut some balloons from Lil' Inkers out of some colour pattern paper...I loved the heart paper on Wida's card and so I was inspired to use some star paper...and I kept the paper neutral so that my balloons and sentiment would...ahem...pop!

I really liked the simple twine treatment on her card and the negative die cut space too...it was fun using some square dies and lining everything up...I don't think I have ever done that before. I am also linking up at the Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes" Challenge. I added two star sequins to my card...just to add a little bling.