AHSC682 Poinsettia Greetings

Happy Monday, everyone!  Although it doesn't feel much like Christmas weather here in PA, I am using this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch for a decidedly festive card!  Here's the sketch:

What a lovely sketch, full of wonderful layers!  So here we go:

I usually don't go in for lots of diecuts on my cards, but today I embraced my Big Shot, dies and cardstocks and layered them on thick!  I diecut several poinsettias in Real Red cardstock, then shaded them with Cherry Cobbler ink and gave them some gold glimmer centers:

A few different papers from my stash formed the other layers, and I used some white glimmer paper to create the diecut sentiments and foliage.  A sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas went on the inside:

I love poinsettias at Christmas; they remind me of holidays at my grandfather's florist shop where my mom would always get one for my teachers!  Luckily, these poinsettias don't need watering or a dark closet, LOL!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from our sketch and play along with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  Thanks for visiting--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, White GLimmer (ret), Tidings of Christmas (ret), Mad 4 Plaid (Photo Play)
Ink	Real Red, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Glimmer Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (ret), Poinsettia Dies (Shady Lane Impressions), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Season of Cheer Dies (Concord & 9th), Sponge Daubers

Christmas Wishes in White

 Happy Tuesday, all! I am slowly working on my Christmas card stash and the sketch at TGIF worked with the all white challenge from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

I pulled out some Basic White cardstock, white glimmer paper, an embossing folder and a snowflake die and went to work:

I added a sweet little Spellbinders embossed banner for the sentiment as well as some adhesive sequins to the center of the snowflakes for a little extra sparkle:

You can't tell, but I stamped the inside sentiment with silver Encore ink for some more sparkle!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith.  It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.  God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do."  Ephesians 2:8-10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, White Glimmer
Ink	Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Adhesive  Glimmer Sequins
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret), Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinder), Handmade Sentiments Dies (Spellbinder)

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Halfway through the week! I have a fun little Christmas card for you today; it uses the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch as well as the Color Hues palette of red and green:

And here we go:

I used images and the sentiment from the retired Little Treats, stamped in Real Red and Emerald Envy, then diecut and mounted on a scalloped frame.  The pine branch is from W+9.  I added an embossed layer of polka dots just for fun!

The inside was stamped with a sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas and another little ornament from the Little Treats set:

What a fun little sketch!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on hus throne at the right side of God.  Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.  Colossians 3:1-2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Treats (ret), Wrapped in Christmas (ret), Merry & Bright (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Real Red, Emerald Envy (ret)
Accessories	Red Rhinestone (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Little Treat Bag Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Scalloped Rectangle Dies, Rectangle Dies (both Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

Winterly Tree Tops Peace

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I had a chance to play with the new Winterly Tree Tops set, which will be available soon!  I am entering my card in the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge, which is to color in an image, as well as the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, which is festive frames!

I began by stamping the cardinal pair on Thick Basic White with Stazon black ink, diecutting them out, and watercoloring them:

I diecut the frame from the same set of dies, and layered it on a piece of the coordinating DSP, Nests of Winter.  I just LOVE this pattern!  I then popped up the cardinals:

And I used a retired sentiment from Wrapped In Christmas, diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies:

I wish we had some white glimmer paper, because this frame would look amazing diecut from that!  

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winterly Tree Tops, Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Aquapainter

AHSC538 Christmas Blessings

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I am sorry to disappoint you, but I jumped the gun on my special surprise...you'll have to wait all the way until NEXT week to see what's in store!  SO sorry, LOL!  Anyway, I do have a pretty card for you today; I am gearing up my Christmas cards, and this one uses the sketch from Atlantic Hearts, and the color challenge from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

It's a bit of a challenge to make a Christmas card in black and white, but I think I managed to accomplish it!  Here we go:

I had an idea in my head for this card, and when I began looking at all my embossing folders, I came across this one from Darice that had four Christmas images!  I embossed two pieces of Thick Basic White cardstock, then trimmed down six images.  The two duplicates I turned around so the patterns looked a little different.  They're really pretty all together!  Here are a couple of them:

I added a sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas, diecut with the Nested Essentials dies and matted with some black glimmer paper; I added a few star sequins for sparkle:

I had to make my card a wee bit larger than a standard-sized card to accomodate the panels; it's about

6" x 4 1/2".  Another for my stash!  I am also going to enter this at the Krafty Chicks, where their theme is Christmas!  So happy you popped in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Black Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essential Dies, Christmas Squares Embossing Folder (Darice)

PP620 Santa Sketch

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge and this week, as we wind up November, Laurie has a fun sketch for us:

I just got this Simon Says Stamp Santa die in a recent order and couldn't resist playing with him for today's challenge!  Here we go:

This chubby guy is a little fussy to put together but he's so cute, I didn't mind.  I layered Blushing Bride, Real Red and Basic White, along with some scraps of glimmer paper to create him, giving him some really rosy cheeks with my Blender pen and Flirty Flamingo ink....might have to tone that down next time, LOL!  I stamped a sentiment from  the retired Wrapped in Christmas and added a wee little "Make it Merry" from SSS's Joy to You & Yours:

The panel looked a little bare so I diecut some red glimmer paper stars for fun, then mounted it all on a piece of Classic Christmas DSP.  You can't go wrong with traditional red and green, especially when Santa is involved!

I hope you'll play along with our fun sketch this week; I love sketches, they're a great jumping-off point when you need a card!  Check out what the Design Team did with it at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  

This is totally unrelated to stamping, but during the Thanksgiving break I have been watching a Netflix series called The Extraordinary Attorney Woo.  Anyone ever see it?  I love quirky movies and series and this one fits the bill!  It's a Korean series about a young female attorney who has autism.  It's a little unsettling to have the English words dubbed in, but the plot lines are ingenious and watching the attorney deal with her autism in a professional and personal setting is really interesting.  I just want to reach into the TV and hug her....but she doesn't like to be touched!  If you like quirky films, you should give it a try!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret), Joy to You and Yours (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Red Glimmer Paper, Classic Chrismtas DSP (ret)
Ink	Basic White
Accessories	Glitter, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Deckle Rectangle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Sports Fan Dies, Santa Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Stamp Camp Christmas Cards

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  No challenges today, but I do have a couple of cards to share with you; these are two of the cards we made at my monthly Christmas card stamp camp!  Take a gander:

This one features a silhouette image from a no-name clear stamp from  AC Moore, on top of a Crumb Cake Tim Holtz-embossed panel and decorated with some Tim Holtz diecut pine trees.  The little gingham ribbon added a country touch!  Card base is Shaded Spruce.

The second features a sketch that was on FMS a couple of weeks ago; we used the Postage Stamp punch to punch out panels from the pretty Lights Aglow DSP. It was topped with a Evening Evergreen pine tree from the retired Tree Lot dies and topped with a glimmer star, and the sentiment is from the retired Wrapped in Christmas!  Thanks so much for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

TTTC158 Christmas Snowflakes

Hey, everyone!  Time for a new Tic Tac Toe challenge with Team X at the helm!  Here's our grid for you:

 

I chose the middle row across of Layers, Patterned Paper, and Embellishment to make my card this week...a Christmas card!  Here we go:

I started with some snowflake paper from my Welcome Winter (Carta Bella) 6x6 pad, and added a strip from another piece that featured various snowflakes.  I diecut some white snowflakes and Sahara Sand squares to go under then, then added rhinestones in the center of each one, and a simple sentiment.  

The Stitched Snowflakes dies that I used also had an embossing panel, so I embossed the inside panel and added a sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas, stamped in Misty Moonlight:

I used the sketch only from Try Stampin On Tuesday:

Now, I hope you'll find something in our grid that tickles your fancy!  Please share it with us over at Tic Tac Toe, can't wait to see it!  Thanks for visiting today!

It may be 40 degrees outside, but true to our Mackey genes, we love ice cream any time!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas, Stitched Stockings (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sahara Sand, Misty Moonlight, Welcome Winter DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Peacock Rhinestones (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret), Snowflake Dies (Taylored Expressions), Stylish Shapes Dies

AYSI265 Quick Snowflake

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's Speed Stamping time at As You See It!  Yep, we want to see what you can stamp in 10 minutes or less!  Here's our prompt:

I just barely made it...my timer stopped at 8 minutes and 55 seconds!  Here we go:

I found this piece of glittery snowflake paper in my stash and I added a piece of Basic White cardstock embossed with the die from Stitched Snowflakes along the edge.  Although it's hard to tell, the snowflake (same die set) is cut from some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, and embellished with a enamel dot:

A Merry Merlot card base and stitched circle provided a pretty contrast, and I added a diecut sentiment from last year's Wrapped In Christmas; it went on the inside too:

I am going to enter this in the Make The Cards challenge for this week as well, their theme is "winter"!

We can't wait to see what you create!  Remember, less than ten minutes, and tell us how long it to you to create it, then share it with us at As You See It!  Have fun! And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped In Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Merry Merlot, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (ret), DSP (unknown)
Ink	Merry Merlot
Accessories	Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Label Dies, Stitched Snowflake Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

AYSI263 A Recipe for Neutrals

Happy Friday, peeps!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's "recipe" week!  Here are your ingredients:

I confess that mixing neutrals is a bit of a challenge for me, but I went full force today; I've used Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Kraft AND Sahara Sand on my Christmas card: 

The Kraft snowflake is comprised of three layers; I made little cardstock spacers to fit between each one to pop it up a bit without having the white dimensionals show through!  I adhered it to a Very Vanilla mat which was embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder, then added a Basic White stitched mat to that!  The sentiment is a partially-stamped one from Christmas to Remember, tied with some Linen Thread and embellished with a Gold Metallic Pearl:

I happened to have three strips of the Tidings of Christmas already cut, so they went on the Crumb Cake card to tie it all together!  Again, my last year's favorite sentiment set was used for the inside: Wrapped in Christmas:

And since I've got brown, texture and ivory on my card, I'm going to pop it in over at Festive Friday!

I am pretty sure I got all my ingredients to whip up this fun holiday creation...now it's your turn to cook something up!  Make sure you share it with us at As You See It!  Thanks so much for visiting today!

Cassidy finally finished her London Lego kit that she got for her birthday!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember, Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Kraft, Tidings of Christmas DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Linen Thread, Gold Metallic Pearl, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflakes Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Cable Knit EF (ret), Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker)