Wednesday, December 25, 2019

MERRY CHRISTMAS

The REAL reason for the season.
"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manager because there was no room for them in the inn.”  Luke 2:7


Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

JoAnn

Monday, December 16, 2019

A Christmas Card for The Flower Challenge

I have another Christmas card to share for the The Flower Challenge - Use a Die.  

I have used a couple of dies for this card - Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia and Lattice Rectangles.  I layered 2 middle poinsettias and 1 small poinsettia, and added a gold gem stone to the middle.  The leaves are also made with the middle poinsettia and trimmed.  The fern is punched with an older punch which is now broken, :(   The sentiment is from The Project Bin Luke 2, embossed in gold.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Merry Christmas for The Flower Challenge

I have another Christmas card to share.  I used 3 different dies on this one so I am linking to The Flower Challenge - Use a die.
The pretty poinsettia is made with Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia which I have had for a number of years and I love using it.  The leaves are made with Spellbinders Poinsettia die.  The scallop border is cut with Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2.  The sentiment is from SU Perfectly Plaid set.  The pattern paper is by Recollections from Michael's.

I am also linking my card at Just Us Girls - Anything Goes.


and to The Card Concept - photo inspiration.  I was inspired by all the red and touches of green.

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

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

a little Birthday Wish for a Great Friend

I made this card for a special friend's birthday.  I am sharing over at Just Us Girls - Anything Goes.
The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Birthday Greetings.  The embossed frame is made with SU Heirloom Frames Dies & Embossing Folders.  The pattern paper is from SU Woven Heirlooms DSP.  The flowers are from SU Floral Essence stamped in Rococo Rose.  I stamped 1 large flower and 3 small ones, then fussy cut them out.  I layered a small flower over the large flower with foam tape.  The leaves are die cut with a retired die.  The mat is Rococo Rose card.  I love the way it turned out and hope my friend will also.

I am also linking to The Flower Challenge - use a die.  (the frame and leaves are cut with dies).

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

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Season's Greetings

I am still making Christmas cards and have a cute snowman card to share today.  I used Snowy stamp by Penny Black.  I think he is so cute.
I stamped the trees (borrowed from a friend) and inked around them for the lt. blue sky.  I added 3 die cut snowflakes and then added glitter to the panel.  The greeting is from SU Itty Bitty Christmas.  I colored Snowy's hat and scarf and then added dots with my white gel pen.  His hat brim and puff have a mixture of Flower Soft and Fun Flock for a little dimension and then he was added with foam tape.  The card base is SU Soft Sky.

I am linking my card to the following challenges:




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

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn