Wondrously Dotty Bargains!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Everyone loves a bargain. Right? Two of my favorite Stampin' Up products, the Wondrous Wreath framelits and Decorative Dots TIEF are included in this week's Weekly Deals, as well as some other great items, so I thought I'd share a few of my past creations made with them. Click the images to be taken to the posts..

This one was the FIRST I created with one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Gorgeous Grunge!

This one uses one of the sentiments from the stamp set, but could easily be switched out for any celebration

This one is one of my more recent creations and features another favorite, Four Feathers

All the products I've used for today's creations are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'm taking some much needed time off, but I'll be back soon and hope to see you then.

Hugs,
Em

Thanksgiving Suite #2 Tea light with Wondrous Wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. It's an honor to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Today's project is the second of my Thanksgiving Suite for the holiday on Thursday. You can see yesterday's here.

Regular readers will know that I LOVE the Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up and I have previously said how versatile it is because it works so well whatever colors are used. For my tea light holders I've cut it from Crumb Cake card and stamped in Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler ink, for an understated look...

I cut and stamped it twice, then carefully snipped into the center leaves of one so that the battery tea light would fit snuggly inside and I attached it to the bottom one with a few Stampin' Dimensionals...

The light can easily be turned on underneath. It will also come out easily when I'm ready to move it into my Christmas version, which I'll share with you when I've created it.

Challenges...
#159 Thanksgiving and Fall at My Craft Spot
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
November Linky at DL.ART

All the products I've used, with the exception of the tea light, are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with more of Thanksgiving Suite, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Garland with Wondrous Wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know.

The card I'm sharing with you today is the first I've created in what I'm calling my "semi studio", now that my work area is in my living room. It's also the first I've created for some time with the gorgeous Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! You can see the others here.

I created a tent card base from Crumb Cake card, then stamped it in the same color ink with the Hardwood background stamp, before adding the additional vertical panels which I'd stamped onto another piece of card.

I stamped the wreath in Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler inks on Very Vanilla card, and then carefully cut it in half. The bows were cut from a snippet of Cherry Cobbler card and both those and the wreath sections are popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the design I stamped one of the sentiments from the set in Cherry Cobbler ink on more Crumb Cake card.

I'm really happy with the look and I'd love to know what you think.

Challenges...
November Linky AG at DL.ART
#97 AG w/ a twist at 613 Avenue Create
November ~ Christmas at 3 Girl Jam
#117 AG/ Stars at Artistic Inspirations

All the products I've used for today's card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another screen card, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Thanksgiving card

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

With Thanksgiving now less than a month away, I've finally started my preparation for it, by creating the cards. In doing so I've decided on the theme for the decorations and table settings, although I'm yet to create them.

I love the Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! and almost as soon as I saw it I knew it would be great for all sorts of occasions as well as Christmas. You can see my other creations HERE.

My card base has been cut from Crumb Cake and folded tent style. I've stamped the wreath on Very Vanilla in Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Rich Razzleberry for the berries. I've used one of the stamps from Gorgeous Grunge for the background, stamping in Crumb Cake and Rich Razzleberry on Very Vanilla.

The sentiment is one from the Wetlands set, stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched with the Decorative Label. I've punched another label from both Crumb Cake and Hello Honey and layered them together.

This is the first time I've used the Gorgeous Grunge set and I LOVE the result.

Challenges...
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
#17 AG at Artbymiran
#115 AG at Artistic Inspirations

All the items used to create today's card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the image below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another project using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Fall wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know.

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't the one I thought I would be, because that isn't quite ready yet (I'm waiting on my latest UPS delivery of Stampin' Up! goodies), but instead it's another Wondrous Wreath creation.

The set isn't just for Christmas, it can be used for any season or occasion, simply by changing the colors used. Here I've colored directly onto the base wreath stamp with the new 2014 - 2016 In Color markers, Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist, then used the Mossy Meadow marker for the second layer. The berries on the wreath and base card are the Blackberry Bliss marker.

The sentiments, again colored with Tangelo Twist are taken from the Gifts of Kindness stamp set (thank you), and the hostess set Bloom with Hope. The bow from the Framelits set is cut from a scrap of Blackberry Bliss card and I've added a layer of it to the folded Whisper White base before adding the top layer.

Challenges...
#40 AG at Crafting From The Heart
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
V is for Vibrant at ABC Challenges
#169 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR

All the products I've used to create the card are available 24/7 in my online shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back on Monday with the project I had planned to share today. Whatever you're doing this weekend, I hope you have a great one!

Hugs,
Em

Another Wondrous Wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today, it's an honor to have you here. The card I'm sharing with you today is another of my creations using the gorgeous Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! You can see the others here. This time I teamed it with the Hardwood background stamp, which on this occasion I heat embossed using Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder on Whisper White card...

I used non-traditional colors of Lost Lagoon and Tempting Turquoise for the wreath and Cherry Cobbler ink for the bow. The "Joy" die is one of the dies that comes in the set and I cut it in Cherry Cobbler card. The embossed panel is layered onto Lost Lagoon which was then added to the Whisper White card blank. For the finishing touch I colored a few Basic Pearls with the medium Cherry Cobbler Blendability Marker.

I love the design and would love to know what you think of it.

Challenges...
#39 AG at Crafting From The Heart
#92 AG at 613 Avenue Create

All the products I've used are available 24/7 in my online shop. Click the images below to go straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with a card that is a new-to-me style, so I hope you'll stop by to see it.

Hugs,
Em x

More Wondrous Wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today, I'm honored to have you here. I must apologize for not getting this post out yesterday, but when I came to write it I realized that the pix that I had taken of the cards where nowhere to be found, so I waited for what little natural light we're getting to get them retaken this morning.

I've loved Stampin' Up!'s Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle since I first saw it and I've previously shared other creations with you, which you can see here. Today's two cards are relatively quick and easy to create and I love the CAS look of them...

The wreaths for both have been stamped in Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive inks. The flowers, bow and sentiment for the one above are Rich Razzleberry and Cherry Cobbler below. The card blank and panel above is Whisper White, with Very Vanilla below. The second panel for both is Crumb Cake.

Challenges...
#6 AG at Crafting At The Weekend
#92 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#39 AG at Crafting from the Heart

All the products used to create today's cards are available 24/7 in my online shop. Click the images below to see them there.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another card featuring the Wondrous Wreath set, although the design is very different to today's. I hope to see you then.

Hugs,
Em x

Festival of Trees

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by, I'm honored to have you here! I must, once again, apologize for my absence this week. In addition to the 80 cards I mentioned in my last post, I've since created another 60 using the Wondrous Wreath set. So that's around 160 finished this week, by far my most productive week EVER!

The designs I'm sharing with you today were created using the gorgeous Festival of Trees stamp and punch bundle from Stampin' Up!'s seasonal catalog.

I started by stamping the chosen tree, which is one of 5 in the set, in both Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive inks onto Whisper White and Very Vanilla card and punching them out with the punch. I then cut the layers of Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler card and rounded the corners using the reverse punch of the Envelope Punch Board, as well as those of the matching card blanks that I'd folded.

I then stamped the tree three times in one of the gorgeous greens onto each of the white and vanilla panels and added the sentiment from the Wondrous Wreath set in Cherry Cobbler ink. After adhering the layers, I added 2 of the punched trees in the same color as the the others, popping them up on Stampin' Dimensionals for some added height...

To complete the cards I stamped the tree and sentiment, again from the Wondrous Wreath set, inside each of the cards...

Challenges...
#178 AG at Inky Impressions
#15 AG at A Random Fan
AG at Craft Creations

After such a busy week, I'm off out tomorrow to make the most of the gorgeous unseasonably warm weather and I'm headed to the nature reserve were the pic below was taken; an appropriate ending to a week when I've been seeing plenty of trees and wreaths :)

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one.

Hugs,
Em x

Wondrous wreath ~ take 3

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments, it's an honor to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you! Today I'm sharing the third and for now final card I created last week with the Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! If you missed the other two cards, you can see them HERE. I love all of them and would love to know which is your favorite. Will you let me know in the comments?

This time I used a blend of modern and traditional colors. The wreath itself is stamped in Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon inks and I used Strawberry Slush for the blow and flowers. The card base is once again Crumb Cake and I used the same color ink for the flowers and sentiment. I LOVE how Stampin' Up! make it so easy for us by providing each color in ink, card, markers, embellishments and more! Everything I've used is available 24/7 in My shop.

Challenges...
#88 AG w/optional colors at 613 Avenue Create (colors from the chart, pink, brown and white)
#35 AG at Crafting From The Heart
#26 AG at Crafty Girls
AG at Papertake Weekly
September linky at DL.ART

You might recall that I mentioned on Friday that I was headed out to the coast on Saturday. I had a really relaxing time, but the water itself proved somewhat elusive as you'll see, or rather not see in the pic below...

The tide was out and on this stretch of coastline when it's out, it's WAY out! My guess is that it was at least three miles out at this point, possibly more! I did get to see the shoreline, but that wasn't until hours later and indeed on a different beach! Just as I had to wait, you will too, sorry! I'll share that pic with you tomorrow, so please do stop by then.

Hugs,
Em x

Wondrous wreath - take 2

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your wonderful comments on yesterday's post. I truly do appreciate all of you!

As the post title suggests, today I'm sharing another card created using the Wondrous Wreath stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! I've loved Lost Lagoon, one of this year's new In Colors, since I first saw it. I like to change things up a bit and I knew almost immediately that it will be part of my personal color scheme this Christmas, so you'll likely be seeing a lot of it as the season approaches, but that's not a bad thing!

For this card I've teamed it with one of last year's In Colors, Coastal Cabana and another favorite from this year, Blackberry Bliss...

Once again I've used Crumb Cake card for the base, this time layering another piece of the same card onto it which I embossed with the Wood grain folder and sponged with Crumb Cake ink. The Noel die was cut from more Whisper White card. The wreath and bow were popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals and sentiment added with Tombow glue.

All these items and much more loveliness is available 24/7 in My Online Shop

Challenges...
This card was the first I created using this set, so it qualifies for the NBUS (never before used schtuff) challenge at djkardkreations
#87 AG at 613 Avenue Create
September linky at DL.ART
#163 at HIMCR
#34 at Crafting from the Heart

Have you decided on your color scheme for the upcoming season yet? Do you prefer traditional or non-traditional colors? Let me know in the comments.

After a very busy week, I'm off out to the coast tomorrow for some much needed fresh air. Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one and I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday when I'll be sharing the third card created yesterday.

Hugs,

Wondrous wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your wonderful comments on my last post. I had so much fun creating the card and I'm glad you like it as much as I do!

This morning I've created my first Christmas cards of the year and I'm sharing what was actually the third one with you today. Don't worry though, I'll be sharing the others with you soon too! I've used the Wondrous Wreath bundle, which features in the new seasonal catalog, to create them all.

I stamped the base image in Pistachio Pudding ink, then used Mossy Meadow ink for the highlight layer. The sentiment, one of two which comes with the stamp set, is inked in Crumb Cake ink on Crumb cake card. I cut the bow, hanger and Joy from Strawberry Slush card. The wreath and bow have been popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals, some of which were cut to size. The finishing touch is Basic Rhinestones which I've colored with the medium shade Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities. Everything used is available 24/7 in my Online Shop.

Challenges...
September linky at DL.ART
#163 Freestyle at HIMCR
#87 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#34 AG at Crafting From The Heart
New Things at Die Cut Divas

I knew I'd love this set and I'm really pleased with this and indeed the other cards too. I'd love to know what you think.

Hugs,