Ho-Ho-Ho

Hello everyone! I have a card to share today for this week’s challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch. Our sketch for this week was provided by Joni Andaya, and I love it ~ Perfect for a fun Christmas card!

I die cut my stitched circles, and added some texture to the alphas with the canvas impression plate. Then, I embossed the snowflakes in white so it would read as ‘ho-ho-ho’ and stamped ‘Merry Christmas...ya know, like something Santa would say! Finally, I added patterned paper and a few enamel dots.


Well, that’s it for me ~ I hope everyone is doing well and having a great weekend! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Barb

 Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Envelope Set (snowflakes); Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings
Ink: Versamark; Versafine - Onyx Black
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White, Smokey Shadow, Berry Sorbet
Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink - Soft Stone Bitty Dot
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts - White
Dies: Papertrey Ink - Modern Alphabet; MFT Stitched Circles
Impression Plate: PTI - Linen and Canvas

Hello

Hello everyone! I have another card to share and this one is for the Muse Challenge #47. Our Muse this week is the talented and sweet Therese Calvird...I always enjoy CASEing her cards!

I recently bought Paper Smooches ‘Free Spirits’ stamp set and dies. I masked off the puny sentiment that said ‘Merlot’ and used my ‘Hello’ die...ya know, like from the movie Jerry Maguire! Anyway, I thought it would also be fun to use the champagne glass in the set and silver foiled cardstock for the negative portion of the die. Then, I added my brand new sequins (another addiction of mine) that I purchased from Paulina’s (Pretty Pink Posh) Etsy’s Store.

 

I'm not sure why the silver foiled cardstock and sequins don't look silver in this photo...could be my pc, or my poor editing skills, so here is a close up:

I hope everyone has a great weekend, and that your holiday shopping is going well! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Barb

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Free Spirits
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Memento Luxe - Love Letter
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Soft Stone, Select White
Dies: Paper Smooches - Free Spirits; PTI - Wonderful Words Hello
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh - Silver

 

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone! I have 2 cards to share today.

My first card is for 3 challenges ~
- Addicted to CAS - Code Word is Snowflakes 
- CASology  The Cue Card for this week is also ‘Snowflake’!
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  The theme is ‘Let it Snow’

I created a mask with my snowflakes, then added embossing paste, and since I was trying to create something elegant, I used gold embossing powder, placed gold foil cardstock along the edge and added a few gold sequins.
 

 

It’s difficult to see the snowflakes on screen - there are 2 on top and one on the bottom. Here is a close up of the bottom snowflake.

My 2nd card is for the Merry Monday Challenge  , and the theme is 'Make it With Mittens’. I just bought the SSS stamp set Big Holiday Wishes, which has a cute pair of mittens, so I thought I would join in! 

                                                                        

Here is a close up of the snowflakes I created with the stencil:

 

 

I hope everyone is having a great week, and that your holiday shopping is going well! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Barb

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Trees
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Neenah - Solar White; DCWV - Foiled Cardstock
Embossing Powder: Zing - Gold
Embossing Paste: Studio 490 - White
Sequins: RAK from Betty

 

Merry Kissmas
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Big Holiday Wishes; Lawn Fawn - Sunny Skies (bird)
Ink: Versamark; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers
Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp - Woodgrain Cardstock; Neenah Solar White; PTI - Pure Poppy
Die: PTI - Mat Stack #3; SSS - Curved Labels
Stencil: Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts - White
Embossing Paste: Studio 490 - White
Markers: Copics - R24, R27

 

Hello everyone! 
I’ve been crafting for a few days and waiting for some bright sun, so I can take some decent pics of my cards...but, alas we’re having dark gray skies with a few inches of snow. So, I finally gave up and used my light box to take photos of my cards!

My first card is for 2 challenges ~ Addicted to CAS - Code Word: Snowflakes  and CASology. The Cue Card for this week is also ‘Snowflake’! I created a mask with my snowflakes, then inked them with white pigment ink. I used the border from the SSS envelope sentiments to ‘hang’ the snowflakes, then added clear sequins from the SSS December Card Kit to give the card some sparkle.

 

My 2nd card is for this week’s challenge at Less is More . Our challenge is to use a metallic element and one other color, so I die cut the tree with green foiled cardstock, and stamped my sentiment in red with my favorite Hero Arts sentiment! I also added a silver star with foiled cardstock. CAS goodness, and another Christmas card done! 

I hope everyone is having a great week! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Barb

Peace, Love & Joy
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Envelope Sentiments; Papertrey Ink - Think Big Favorites #9 (sentiment)
Ink: Memories - Unicorn
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Aqua Mist
Dies: Memory Box - Snowflakes
Embossing Powder: Ranger - Fine Silver

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Trees
Ink: Stampin Up - Real Red
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White; DCWV Foiled CS - Green, Silver (star)
Die: Memory Box - Snowflake Tree

Cheers

Hello everyone!
It’s official ~ I’m addicted to embossing paste! So, this morning when I saw Laura Bassen’s Video where she mixed 2 shades of pink paint with embossing paste to create an ombre effect with falling hearts, I just had to try it on a card. On this card, I used white embossing paste on the diagonal stencil, then after coloring the glass (that’s supposed to be pink champagne, by the way), I mixed up some paste with pink paint to give the effect of 'bubbles’.

I used Chrissy Larson's sketch for this week’s challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch #56 and I would also like to enter this card into the challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. Our theme for this week is to create a Clean & Simple card.

     
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Thank you all so much for stopping by!
Barb

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Free Spirits
Ink: Versamark
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Stamper’s Select White; MFT - Berrylicious
Dies: Paper Smooches - Drink Glasses
Embossing Powder: Ranger - Fine Silver
Stencils: Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow, Diagonal Stripe
Embossing Paste: Studio 490 - White
Paint: Making Memories - Rose Petal
Markers: Copics - R81, R83, C1, C0

Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Hello everyone ~ Just a quick post...

As you may know, I am a huge fan of Julie Ebersole. On Monday, Julie created a tag for Ellen Hutson’s Blog - 'The Classroom' for the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist, which inspired me to create this tag and enter the challenge. If you’re interested, check it out, as Julie also has a video sharing how she created her tag.

Here is mine:

 

I used several dies to create this tag ~ My new Paper Smooches Quote Tag die, which I love, because it's much larger than an ordinary tag. I also used Lil' Inkers stitched rectangle to cut out the opening, a Memory Box banner die, and tree dies! The sentiment and snowflakes stamps are Lawn Fawn.

Well, that's it for me! Thanks so much for stopping by ~

Barb

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Let it Snow
Ink: Versamark; Hero Arts - Soft Pool
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Stamper’s Select White, Aqua Mist, Vellum
Dies: Memory Box - Pine Border Background, Pine Border Outline; Paper Smooches - Quote Tag; Simon Says Stamp - Small Folded Banners; Mama Elephant - Embellished Tag (re-inforcer)
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts - White; Ranger - Fine Silver
Twine: Doodlebug - Gray