Merry Christmas!!!

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!

Today's card is the last I'm sharing this year.  Indeed, after 101 others, this is my last post for 2016.  For such a momentous occasion, I've chosen to share a design that if time allowed, I'd create for each and every one of you, my precious readers and friends...

Thank you is not enough to express my gratitude for your support.  I love each of you more than you know.  And, as the card says...

Be filled with

WONDER

Be touched by

PEACE

Believe in the

MIRACLE

Challenges...

#163 Christmas/ Hanukkah at CAS-ual Fridays
#260-261 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#101 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

Whatever you're doing over the holiday, have fun and stay safe.  I'm honored to be continuing into my fourth term with House of Cards, so I'll be back on the 1st of the year with my latest DT creation for them.  Please do join me then.

Merry Christmas!!!

Z Fold Flurries

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!

While QACAS cards, such as those I shared Monday, are great for mass makes, I wanted to step up the designs for some special cards.  But instead of stepping UP, I stepped these beauties OUT, with Z folds...

Once again, while they might look the same at first glance, each is slightly different.

Card: Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Pool Party and Silver Foil
Ink: Dapper Denim and Pool Party
Stamp sets: Flurry of Wishes
Tools and embellishments: Layering Squares Framelits
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#101 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
#342 AAG at Craft your passion
#146 Christmas at Dream Valley Challenges

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one!  I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

QACAS Flurry of Wishes

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!

Today's additions to the Christmas card mountain were really quick and easy to create, hence their labeling as QACAS (Quick And Clean And Simple).  Again, each is slightly different...

Card: Dapper Denim, Pool Party and Whisper White
Ink: Dapper Denim and Pool Party
Stamp sets: Flurry of Wishes
Tools and embellishments: Basic Rhinestones
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#259 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#226 Winter Fun at Merry Monday
#73 AG at Art by MiRan
#342 AAG at Craft your passion
#100 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

I'll be back on Friday with another flurry of creations, so I hope you'll join me then.

Emboss Resist Christmas Bears

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!

When it came to designing the kids' Christmas cards, of course I wanted to team Flurry of Wishes with Baby Bear.  But I also wanted to change them up from the Beary Christmas cards I shared with you back in October, so decided to get out the sponge brayers and create these cuties...

Card: Whisper White and Dapper Denim
Ink: Versamark, Pool Party and Dapper Denim, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo; Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso
Stamp sets: Flurry of Wishes and Baby Bear
Tools and embellishments: White and Clear Stampin' Emboss powders, sponge brayers and heat tool
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#260-261 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#192 Holiday Happiness at 613 Avenue Create
#169 AG at Artistic Inspirations
#228 AG at Brown Sugar
#100 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Beary Christmas Trio

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!

I'm sure by now y'all know who addicted I am to the Baby Bear stamp set?  If not, click here and you'll soon see!  I said back in August that I wanted to try and create as many different Christmas cards with the Flurry of Wishes bundle as I can, so what better than to combine the two?

As you can hopefully see from these three cards, the possibilities are limitless!  If I'd not fussy cut the bears, they would be relatively quick to create.  And given how many cards I need to create, I'll likely replicate the designs a few times that way keep this design to a minimum and create as many unique cards as I can.  Plan B was accomplished and I'll share more of the designs with you soon.

Card: Dapper Denim, Pool Party and Whisper White
Ink: Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party and Dapper Denim
Stamp sets: Baby Bear and Flurry of Wishes
Tools and embellishments: Snow Flurry punch
Adhesives: Tombow

Challenges...
#272 Any Holiday at HIMCR
#252 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#335 AAG at Craft your passion
#166 AG at Artistic Inspirations
#252-253 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Delicately Glitzy Ornaments #2

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!

The first time I played with the new ornament stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! I loved it as much as I had when I first saw it in the new holiday catalog. At the same time I created this card, I also created the one I'm sharing with you today.

I had only intended to create one card, with three Tempting Turquoise ornaments, but I thought they needed something else, so added in the Rich Razzleberry one. I could have put the spare ornament away, bit decided it was safer on a card. Grin. In literally minutes, I had the other created...

Card: Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Silver Glimmer, Silver Foil Sheets and Whisper White
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Stamp set: Embellished Ornaments
Tools: Delicate Ornaments Thinlits
Adhesives: Mini Glue Dots, Tear & Tape and Stampin' Dimensionals

If you're wondering how I got the Silver Glimmer ornament to look different than the others, I did it by putting the die on the back of the card and cutting. I found it cut better that way and also creates great variation too.

Challenges...

#88 Designer's Choice at CYCI
#202 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#196 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

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.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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

Hugs,
Em x

Gift card holders

Hi everyone,

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

The inspiration and indeed instructions for creating the gift card holders I'm sharing with you today came from another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Caroline, AKA Crafty Hallett. They really are easy to make with the Envelope Punch Board and you can see how in Caroline's short video.

Instead of using a 6" x 4" piece of DSP as per Caroline's instructions, I've made mine from Very Vanilla card that measures 6" x 4 1/4". Before punching and scoring them I stamped the smallest star stamp from the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Rich Razzleberry ink. You can see my other creations using the stamp set here.

Then to decorate them I stamped the For You from the Tag Talk stamp set in the same ink onto more Very Vanilla and punched it out using the Bracket Label punch, before popping up on a couple Stampin Dimensionals.

I loved it that much I created some with Tempting Turquoise too before creating envelopes for them using the EPB.

Challenges...
#171 Any holiday at HIMCR
#118 2 or 3 word sentiment at Aud Sentiments
#95 AG w/ optional tags... at 613 Avenue Create

All the products I've used to create today's projects are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to go straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with another holiday themed project, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em

Mini cards

Hi everyone,

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

It's been awhile since I've created mini cards and I absolutely loved creating this one with the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up!

The Very Vanilla base card is folded to just 3"x3" and the middle star of the stamp set, stamped and embossed in gold on Cherry Cobbler card, fits it perfectly. I stamped the smallest star on more Very Vanilla and attached it with a glue dot. The tiny sentiment from the set gives a finishing touch.

The card is one of an identical set of six and I created a box for them from Crumb Cake card using the Envelope Punch Board. It's really easy to make and shows that the EPB isn't just for envelopes. I did use it to create those for the cards too. The box is decorated with more embossed stars and the side panels with stamped ones.

Challenges...
#94 AG w/ optional twist at 613 Avenue Create
#79 at Sister Act Card Challenges
October AG at Sisters of Craft
Emboss it at CAS on Sunday

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

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with another Blendie creation, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em x

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.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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

More Bright and Beautiful

Hi everyone,

Wow, thank you all for your comments on yesterday's post! I absolutely love the Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! and your comments on the post were so wonderful. So wonderful that instead of the cards I'd planned to share with you today, I'm sharing some more of those I created with that set.

The first is stamped on Very Vanilla with Blackberry Bliss ink, with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder on Crumb Cake card...

Above and below, gold embossing on Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler card

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder on Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz card

Silver embossing on Whisper White and Lost Lagoon card

If you've got a favorite, please do let me know in the comments. I love them all, but I think yesterday's gold on Very Vanilla and Blackberry Bliss card, is my favorite. Click the link in the first paragraph if you missed that one.

Challenges...
#167 Any holiday at HIMCR
October linky at DL.ART
#38 AG at Crafting from the Heart

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

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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

Hugs,
Em

Bright and Beautiful

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I do appreciate each of you!

The card I'm sharing with you today is one of the last set that I've completed for my upcoming event. Yep, over the last few weeks I've created 240 cards. Whew! I had to wait a few weeks for the stamp set, Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous Bright and Beautiful, to arrive, but it was WELL worth the wait...

I stamped the stars in Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla and Blackberry Bliss card and then embossed them in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, before die cutting with the Stars Framelits. I then embossed the sentiment onto more Blackberry Bliss and matted the panel onto the folded Very Vanilla card blank. For added dimension I've popped each of the star layers up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I love the regal look of the color combo and the others in the set are equally stunning. I've added those to my Facebook page, so please do hop over for a look and like it if you've not already done so. I'd really appreciate it.

Challenges...
#91 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#38 AG at Crafting from the Heart
October linky at DL.ART
#167 Any Holiday at Hiding In My Craft Room

All the products used for the card can be purchased any time, day or night, from my online shop. Click the links below to go directly to them. If you've any queries, please don't hesitate to contact me. either through the Facebook page linked above, or by email.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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

Glory to the newborn king

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by, I'm honored to have you here! I'm sorry this post is later than usual, but I'm only just out of the studio, having completed an incredible eighty cards today! Yes, you read that right, 80! Sixty of them are those I started yesterday and another, newly designed set of 20. Whew!

The cards I'm sharing with you today are the second set which I created with the Newborn King stamp set from Stampin' Up!'s seasonal catalog. As I mentioned at the end of yesterday's post, where I shared the first set, this design is very different.

For this design I teamed the focal sentiment and the star, carefully placing them onto my clear block so that they would be able to be die cut using the second largest of the Stars Framelits. This first one is stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink on Very Vanilla card. I then cut the die and used the die itself as a template to cut a larger star from Cherry Cobbler card, because the largest star die was to big for the card. I then stamped the star from the Festival of Trees set randomly on the folded Very Vanilla card blank. The focal star is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals and I've once again added Crystal Effects to add a bit of sparkle.

This one uses Old Olive ink and Lost Lagoon card...

This one is Lost Lagoon ink and Lost Lagoon card...

Cherry Cobbler ink and card...

Just as I did with the set in yesterday's post, I also created the designs on Whisper White card too.

Challenges...
#90 AG at 613 Avenue Create
Christmas Come Early at Crafting When We Can
#37 AG at Crafting From The Heart

I'll be back tomorrow with one of today's completed designs, so please stop back then.

Hugs,
Em x

Newborn King

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by, I'm honored to have you here. Today has been another very, very busy day in the studio as I continue preparations for my upcoming event.

The cards I'm sharing with you today were some of the 28 I completed last Friday. I used the Newborn King clear mount stamp set from Stampin' Up! for them and changed the design up by using different card and ink colors. For this first set, I stamped the main image and the separate star in Smoky Slate ink, placing them carefully together onto the clear block so that the star is over Jesus...

This one was stamped onto Very Vanilla card and I used the reverse punch on the Envelope Punch Board to round 2 of the corners. I then layered it up onto a piece of Pear Pizzazz card and stamped the sentiment onto an off cut of Very Vanilla using the coordinating ink, which I then popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The panel was then added to a folded Very Vanilla card which I'd also rounded 2 of the corners of. To complete the design and add some sparkle, I used Crystal Effects on all the stars

For this one I used Cherry Cobbler ink and card...

This one uses Lost Lagoon ink and card...

I wasn't done there! I then repeated all three using Whisper White for the base.

Challenges...
#90 AG at 613 Avenue Create
Christmas Come Early at Crafting When We Can
#37 AG at Crafting From The Heart

I'll be back tomorrow with the second, completely different design created using the set, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em