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