Merry Christmas for Color Hues

 Hello friends.  I have a new Christmas card in Pink & Silver for the Color Hues Challenge.

 

 

I just received these new stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink called Ornament Opulence and thought they would be perfect to try with these colors.  I stamped the base of the ornaments in SU Blushing Bride and the top detail layers in Flirty Flamingo.  I stamped the ornament tops in Versamark ink and embossed in silver.  The bows are stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink.  I die cut the images with the matching dies and mounted them with foam tape to a panel embossed with an older Darice EF.  The pine branches from a Spellbinders die are die cut from silver foil and layered across the top at an angle.  The sentiment from Concord & 9th Festive Corner Cuts die is also cut from Silver foil and the shadow layer from vellum.  I matted the embossed layer with Blushing Bride and then to the white card base.

I am also linking to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time I have used the Ornament Opulence set.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

Joy to the World for Color Hues

 Hello friends.  I made a Christmas card for the Color Hues Challenge to use Red and Metallic Gold.

 

I just received the Sizzix Tim Holtz Joy/Noel die set and wanted to play with it.  I die cut the base layer of Joy from gold foil and the top layer from SU Real Red.  To the world was done on my computer and glued across the center.  I mounted Joy with foam tape to a panel embossed with Spellbinders Holly & Foliage EF.  I used a gold water color to paint over the holly berries and added 2 holly leaves cut from gold foil with a Spellbinders die.  Added the white panel to a Real Red mat and then to my card base.

I will also link to Darnell's NBUS as this is the first time using the new dies.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Fall Items for Seize the Birthday

 Hello friends.  Happy Thursday and HAPPY THANKSGIVING.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara wants us to use fall items on our cards -it can be food, flowers, or leaves, anything related to fall.

 

Surprise - No Flowers. :)  I decided to go with fall colored leaves, although we don't see the leaves changing colors here in Florida.  I used SU Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies which I have had for quite a few years but can't remember if I ever used these leaves.  I blended SU Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive inks on a cream piece of cardstock and die cut them with the plain leaf die.  Then I die cut the  detail die from Crumb Cake card to place over the plain layer.  I glued the leaves to a cream square and then mounted them with foam tape to a panel of green from my stash.  I embossed the cream panel with Taylored Expressions Brick EF and mounted it to a Sahara Sand card base, then glued the green panel in place.  The sentiment from PTI  Autum Hills and is stamped in Soft Suede ink on a plain cream square and glued in place.

Hop on over to Seize the Birthday and check out all the fabulous fall cards by the team and out guest designers.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day, and again HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

Happy Birthday in Neutrals

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini wants us to use Neutral Colors Only.  We are delighted to have Loll Thompson as our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months.  Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by Loll and the design team at STB.

 

 I stamped 6 of the medium daisies from SU Daisy Lane in Crumb Cake ink on white and punched them with the matching punch.  I shaped them with my fingers and glued 2 layers together for each flower.  The centers and leaves are cut from Sahara Sand using Paper Florist dies.  The sentiment is from an older SU set (one of my favorites) stamped on a white layer and matted with Sahara Sand cut with a die from SU Radiating Stitches.  I mounted this panel with foam tape to a white panel embossed with SU Countryside Blossoms EF and then to a Sahara Sand card base.  The flowers were mounted with foam tape and the leaves glued under the edges.  I glued white enamel dots to the centers of the daisies as a final touch.

I will also link to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

 

and to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Christmas for JUGS

 Hello friends.  I have a Christmas card to share today.  When I saw JUGS Color Challenge of  Red  & Green, naturally I thought of Christmas as did a lot of others.

For the red blooms I used Spellbinders Holiday Blooms and cut several large blooms and small blooms.  I layered 3 of each together, shaped the petals and glued the cluster together on a white panel die cut with SU Split Card Textures Dies.  The greenery is from the same die and cut from 2 shades of green.  I added a golden rhinestone to the centers of the flowers.  The sentiment is from SU Mistletoe Magic (ret.) and stamped in red.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Another Wedding Card

 Hello friends. I have another wedding card to share today.  This is for another granddaughter (sister of the one getting married this weekend) that is getting married in December.  Her wedding theme is formal black and white so I thought this was perfect for them.

I die cut the image (no name on the die) 4 times from black cardstock and layered them for sturdiness and dimension.  I mounted it to an off-white panel embossed with a Darice EF with lots of hearts.  I stamped the sentiment from an older SU set on a strip of the off-white cardstock and mounted it across the center of the image with foam tape on the ends and glued in the middle.  I had these cute little heart enamel dots (Altenew) and thought they were the perfect finishing touch.

I will link to Just Us Girls Challenge CAS - Use just the center of your card as I think it fits the challenge.

 

 

and to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Mr. & Mrs. Wedding card

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a wedding card that I made for my granddaughter who is getting married this weekend.

I got the idea from this card I saw on Pinterest.  Instead of stamping flowers, I copied the flowers from their wedding invitation serveral times and resized them to die cut the retried letter diess by SU. I also cut a plain letter to stack them for a little dimension.  I cut a strip of SU Misty Moonlight to match the flowers and embossed it with an older Darice embossing folder.  I matted the embossed panel to a black mat and added ribbon and bow from narrow white & silver trimmed ribbon.  I mounted the panel to a slimline card base - 8-1/2" by 8" and scored at 4", which fits a standard #10 size envelope.

I am pleased with the end result and I think she will like it also.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Christmas Blessings

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a Christmas card I made using the technique at the Group of Seven Cardmakers.    You have to do stenciling over a heat embossing.

I used a Stampabilities Music background stamp (from Hobby Lobby) which I have had for several years and this is the first time I have used it.  I stamped it with Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Gold embossing powder.  I was inspired by Bonnie's beautiful poinsettia card using this technique so I used the Tim Holtz Poinsettia Layering stencil for my stenciling along with Lumberjack Plaid and Pine Needles DOI.  I messed up the top poinsettia when buffing it with a paper towel, so I cut it down using a Spellbinders' Fluted Classics Rectangles die.  I placed it back in the die to cut it shorter and then matted it with SU Shaded Spruce cardstock.  I glued this to a white panel embossed with Spellbinders' Scenic Poinsettia EF.  The sentiment is from SU Wrapped in Christmas, also matted with Shaded Spruce, and then mounted with foam tape.

The below photo shows the gold embossing better.

I enjoyed this technique and am looking thru my background stamps to try it again.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Have the Best Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have another birthday card for a little girl at church.  She is best friends with the girl I made the cute bunny card for and their birthdays are two days apart.

I had this cute image already stamped and decided to color her and use her as she reminds me of the girl who will receive the card.  She has long blonde hair and loves being outside.  She is from an older MFT stamp set which must be discontinued as I can't find her on the MFT site.  After coloring her, I fussy cut her out and mounted her with foam tape to a stitched rectangle die cut after sponging clouds (Taylored Expressions Cloud die) using SU Baja Breeze ink (ret.) and a little green for the grass area. I drew the little grass sprigs with an Old Olive marker.  The sentiment  is from an older SU set.  I added the sun die cut as it looked like a bright sunny day (Florida style).  I added a #6 sticker to the sun.  I matted this panel with a blue mat and then to a white panel embossed with SU Tasteful Textile EF (ret.) and finally to the white card base.

I will link to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping, 

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Add a Sky

 Hello friends.  Happy Thursday - it is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Vicki wants us to Add a Sky. With that in mind, I made this cute card for a little girl at church.

 

For my sky I die cut a SU Scalloped Contours Die from white and then sponged some DOI Speckled Egg over it using a Taylored Espressions Cloud Die.  This is the first time I have used that cute bunny image from Penny Black called Flying By. I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with SU Blends Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green.  I also used a lt. gray Copic marker around the edges of the bunny image.  I then fussy cut the bunny and mounted him with foam tape to the sky panel.  The sentiment in the top right corner is from the same stamp set but I masked off the word "Hi" and than stamped a second sentiment (SU) on a scrap piece and added it to the bottom left corner.  I added this panel to a Powder Pink panel embossed with SU Subtle EF (ret.) and then to a white card base.

I will also link this to Darnell's NBUS Challenge as this is the first time I used that cute bunny.

 

 

and to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge (my first time playing in this challenge)

 

 

and also to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge. 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn