Seize the Birthday - By the Sea

ETA:  Yea!!  My card was chosen as A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy has chosen By the Sea for our "Toppings" option.  We also have a new member joining our team - Julie Peddicord (Jules).  Be sure to check out her blog.

I used an older (2008) stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs (now Divinity Designs) and colored it with Copics.  I die cut it with a circle die and the black mat with a larger circle die and then mounted it with foam tape to a panel embossed with an older Cuttlebug EF.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Happy Sayings and the die from Lawn Fawn Simple Wavy Banners, then mounted with foam tape.

Be sure to check out all the great cards by the team over at Seize the Birthday and join in this fun challenge.  Hope to see you in our gallery.

 

I am also linking to The Paper Players - CAS Masculine

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Christmas

I pray everyone in the path of Elsa stays safe.  We are starting to get some heavy rain here in Florida where I am at and it is stronger along the coast.  I am more inland.

Hello friends.  It is Christmas in July and I am working on some Christmas cards.  I made this one for the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes, optional Jingle Bells

 

 

The bell image is an older Our Daily Bread stamp (now Divinity Designs) called Jingle Bells.  I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Promarkers.  I then fussy cut the image and mounted it with foam tape on a white panel cut with Pinkfresh Studios Diagonal Stitched Plaid Cover Plate.  I matted the white panel with a thin mat of Real Red CS.  I cut Memory Box Special Merry Christmas from Real Red CS 3 times and layered it for dimension.  After I colored the image I painted a thin coat of SU Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (retired) over the bells and they really shine in person. Below is a picture of the shine on the bells.

 

  I am really pleased with the final results on my card and have another one ready for Christmas.

 

I will also link to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I really appreciate your comments.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  Today I have a birthday card to share that I made for our Youth Pastor at church.  His  birthday is today. I gave it to him at church yesterday and he loved it.

 

 I used Deer Silhouettes stamp set from Divinity Designs and stamped the images in Mossy Meadow (trees and grass) and also black (deer and bottom layer of grass).  The image is die cut with a SU Stitched Rectangle die and matted with Early Espresso card.  The sentiment is from the same set and stamped on an MFT Banner die.  The woodgrain DSP is from SU Poinsettia Petals DSP.  

I really like the finished card and will have to make more of these manly cards.

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

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn