I love embossing paste.  I have made a few cards with embossing paste and I just love it.  Black, white, gold, silver or translucent, Love them ALL!!!!!   This card using a Crafters Workshop wood grain stencil using the translucent paste to give the brown paper a wood grain look.   I also used the Papertrey Ink Year of Flowers – Mums to make the flowers.   I really like the detail of the stamp, I suspect I will be using this stamp quite a lot.  A few orange and green copics and the flowers was made in a minute!!!

For this card I was using some new techniques to use with templates.  Adding different colors and different patterns to a stencil to give a different look.

Using a mix of Hero Arts midtone ink and Simon Says new inks, plus the new simon says ink “colorcard” stamps, I was able to “duplicate” the card that Kristina Werner created.   Besides it gave me an excuse to buy The Tim Holtz splatter stencil.   But typical of any card making adventure, I had stamped the words crooked, so I have to alter the card base down and place it over some pretty colored paper from Studio Calico.  I think it came out cute!!!!!  But boy was it mesy, I had ink all over my fingers!

The second card I made was using a misting technique.  I grabbed some Limited edition Glimmer mists called Dreamsicle and Sweet Pea!  I really wanted that pink and orange look with the POP of black.  Since I needed to make a card for a recent interview, I made this into a Thank You card.   Did I mention that I am addicted to enamel dots.  The only problem is different companies call them different things like sprinkles, candies, dots, etc.   So hard to find them on online shops.  Good thing I will be going to the Anaheim scrapbook expo, where I can hunt them down and add to my collection.  This was the first time I used the Simon Says Stamps Blank ink.   It was a very dark ink that covered very well!   I love it!!!!!

I LOVE taking classes from Online Card Classes!   This new class was about stencils, how to use them, how to do new techniques and finding creative ways to use stencils on your cards!!!!

This time it was so much nicer because they gave you an extra week to get stuff out there.  Normally I cant get the card done in time to post and therefore never really have a chance to win fabulous prizes!!!!  Boo Hoo!   This time I was able to make 7, yes you heard me SEVEN cards!!!!

For this first card was sponging color onto cards using a stencil to create a soft look!  I used a circle stencil from Studio Calico to create the look with distress inks.  I kept the ink darker in the upper corner and used a lighter color near the outer edges!  I had some cute heart shaped rhinestones that looked cute on the card!!!

Also posted in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes using Twine.

Continuing with the 12 days of Christmas tag challenge!!!

Todays Challenge comes from Kelly Alvarez from Lawn Fawn.  Here is her tag.

Here is mine.   I really wanted to try to use glitter foam and saw that this card was the opportunity!  Considering that it was a video from Lawn Fawn that showed me a placecard using foam, I think it is appropriate.  For those who care, Walmart has a nice selection that is heck of a lot cheaper than Michaels.      I swore I had the stamp set from Lawn Fawn with the trees.  Maybe I do, but I could not find it.  So I used those Lovely Trees from Stampin Up! again!    At least I use it!   LOL

I made my little fox a girl by adding eyelashes!  Thanks for the idea Kelly!!!  You can barely see  the snow falling, I discovered that white pigment ink does not show up well on this light blue so I ended up adding stickles to make the snow.   I probably should have used embossing paste!

Please leave a comment!  Love to hear from you!

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Trim the Tree Stamp Set
Laswn FAwn Critters in the Forest Stamp and Die Set
Lawn Fawn Love Peace & Joy paper
Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set from Stampin Up!
Memento Luxe Pear Tart Inkpad
Wendy Vecchi Archival ink pad in Fern Green
Violet Glitter Foam
Orchid Stampin Up! Cardstock
Memories Unicorn Pigment Ink
Copics E51, E23, E93, YR27
Simon Says Stamp Stencil Falling Snow
Distress Stickles Clear Rock Candy
Lawn Fawn Silver Sparkle hemp cord

Also posted on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Let it Snow

I am trying to catch up on these tags, I wonder where the time goes!   Yikes.

Here is the inspiration by Kittie Caracciolo

I wish I had that wonderful birch tree die, but I made do with a simple bare tree die.  I liked my final product.    I found that I had a die from Papertrey Ink of a sledder.  What a great find!!!   If I look thru my supplies, I am always surprised by what I have!!!!

Supplies:

Enchanted Evening paper by Papertrey Ink
Loverly as a Tree Stamp Set by Stampin Up!
Garden Sprig Die by Poppystamps
Bare Sapling Die by Memory Box
Memories Unicorn White Pigment Ink
Tempting Turquoise cardstock by Stampin Up!
In the Meadow Die (sled) by papertrey Ink
Whie Cardstock
Crimper
Distress Stickles, Clear Rock Candy
Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy

Also Posted at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

I really had fun with Day 3, this was out of my comfort zone but really liked what I created!

Todays inspiration is from Rhonda Palazzari

And here is mine!!!!

I did not have gesso, so I used new Mod Podge with Glitter.  I did not have tissue paper so I used some white tissue paper with gold and silver dots on it from the christmas wrap.   I had fun cutting out burlap and painting it with Distress paint and then covering it with Gilitter Mod Podge.  I did not have a small cookie cutter or a wooden bird, so I used a glitter pick from Michaels and twisted it around the pinecone.    So basically I made do with what I had on stock and I really liked how it turned out!!!!  I dyed the ribbon with the distress paint so it matched perfectly!   It was a real treat to create this tag!!!!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Die Tag and bookplates
Tim Holtz Die Poinsettia
Tim Holtz Die Pinecone and branches
Distress Paint – Evergreen Bough, Pumice Stone, Picket Fence, Weathered Wood
Ranger perfect Pearl Mist – Perfect Pearl
Glitter Mod Podge
Hero Arts Stamp – Script Seasons Greetings
Chocolate Chip Carstock – Stampin Up
Pine card stock Papertrey Ink
Stencil – Heide Swapp
Tissue paper (white with gold and silver dots)
Ashland Christmas Burlap (Michaels)
Celebrate It Christmas Pick Silver (Michaels)
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
White with Glitter Tulle from Walmart
Cream Seam Binding
Lawn Fawn Silver Sparkle Hemp Cord

So day #2 took me a while….ugh….  I really really really liked Julie Ebersoles version and struggled to come up something that was similar and was a great Inspiration!!!!   Julie always amazes me on her creations!!!  So I was a little intimidated!!!

Here is Julie’s Inspiration!!!

Here is mine!!!

I had this awesome stamp with a tiny little santa and his reindeer and just had to use it!!!  Fortunately I had a die with a small village to cut to make the village.

But something sad happened!  I was washing the stamps and the tiny tiny stamp of the three stars was lost down the sink.  I am heartbroken.    Every time I look at the stamp set I will think of those stars washing down the drain!   Boo Hoo!!!!  Of course everything I make from now on will need tiny little stars and I will not have the stamp!!!  OK, enough of the crying and carrying on!!!

Supplies:

I love Ellen Hutson, I also love that she ships ASAP, and I love her Classroom where I learn new and exciting things.   This year she is doing the 12 Days of Christmas Tags with a feminine Touch!

The First Tag was from Jennifer McGuire

She used embossing paste to create a dimension for the wreath.

I used silver embossing paste to create dimension of the tree using the Hero Arts Stencil.   Similar to Jennifer I used a distress pen to create the blue around the tree.  I wanted some extra sparkle so I used a nice silver thread from my embroidery collection.

Thanks Jennifer for the Inspiration!!!!!

SuppliesL

Wendy Vecchi Silver Embossing Paste
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper
Simon Says Stamp Holiday Envelop Sentiments Stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Marker Broken China
Silver Embroidery Thread
Velumn
Ranger Silver Fine Detail Powder
Paper: Websters Pages It’s Chritmas by Alison Kreft
Stencil-Elegant pine by Hero Arts
Die: Tim Hotlz Tag and Bookplate
Ink: Hero Arts Silver and Wendy Vecchi Cornflower Blue

Time for another Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Card!  Nothing like the last possible moment in time, but I have been busy doing all sorts of stuff around the house.   My little dog Olive got groomed today.  She looks ADORABLE!!!!  She looks like a plush toy.  So Cute.  Speaking of cute… I made this cute Turkey Day Card.

I went to a local scrapbooking store and saw these cute Darcie’s Stamp sets with adorable buttons for the faces.   A must buy!!!!

The picture makes some of the colors look wayyyyy to bright…but since this is the last hour to post I will have to live with it!!!   It is more subdue than the photo looks like!!!

Supplies:

Basic White Cardstock
Persimmon paper by Basic Grey
Darcie Heart and Home Stamp Set and Flat Back Pin Set – Plenty of Fun
Twine
Copics: E00. E02, E21, E23, E25, Y02, Y23, YR16, R17

Posted on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge