Lea's Lantern #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!

Today I'm sharing another version of Lea's Lantern after sharing my first with you a few weeks ago. While I LOVED the first one, today's is even better...

Card: Cajun Craze and Vellum
Ink: Cajun Craze and Versamark
Stamp set: Vintage Leaves
Tools: Simply Scored, Leaf Framelits, White Embossing Powder and heat tool
Adhesives: Tear & Tape and Tombow

Challenges...
#150 Autumn Colors at Crafty Cardmakers
#284 AAG at Craft your passion
#146 AG at 613 Avenue Create

I'll be back on Wednesday with some tips on how to create the lantern relatively quickly, so I hope you'll join me then.

New Challenge at House Of Cards ~ Metallic

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!

It's time for a new challenge over at House of Cards and this month we have a great theme for you...

I've used one of my favorite embossing folders, Boho Chic from Stampin' Up! and a favorite stamp set that you've been seeing a lot of on my blog this week, Me = Grateful, for my card...

I've heat embossed the design in Gold and added more metallic with a blue metallic marker.

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Versamark
Marker: Blue Metallic from Paper Mania (set of 5 with pink, green, gold and silver)
Stamp set: Me = Grateful
Tools and embellishments: Boho Chic TIEF, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool, Deco Labels Framelits, Basic Pearls (colored with the marker)
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#194 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#30 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
#88 AAG at Creative Fingers

The House of Cards DT is hugely talented. Please do stop by some of my teamies and show them some love too.

Barbara

Cohenna

Cornelia

Daen'Ys

Donna N.

Donna T.

Dotty Jo

Em

Emily

Gracie

Heather

Jane

Joni

Judy

Karen

Katy

Lilian

Linda

Lisa

Merethe

Michele

Monika

Mrs Duck

Pat

Rocky

Ruza

Shawna

Steph

Sue T.

Sue N.

Tammy

Toni

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

Hugs,
Em

Moon and/ or Stars for 613 Avenue Create

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 card I'm sharing with you today is my DT creation for 613 Avenue Create, where the optional twist this week is to add a moon and/or stars to your card, in celebration of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong being the first to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.

I've created my card by stamping the Stars mask from Stampin' Up! with Versamark and heat embossing in white. then layered my sponsor image from Morgan's Art World (formerly Fitztown) on top...

I also embossed the sentiment from Butterfly Basics inside the easel..

Card: Basic Black and Whisper White (image printed on it)
Ink: Versamark
Stamp set: Butterfly Basics (sentiment)
Image: Cameo Fae from Morgan's Art World
Markers: Skin tone, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette and Old Olive Blendabilities (retired)
Tools: White Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool, Decorative Label punch
Adhesives: Tombow and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#192 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#68 AAG at Crafting From The Heart
Linky Party #6 AG at Crop Stop (mask/ stencil)

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

Hugs,
Em

Golden Perfect Blend

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!

Perfect Blend from Stampin' Up! is one of my favorite stamp sets and I'd been planning the series I'll bring you this week for a while. Unfortunately the set is being retired and has in fact sold out, but I hope to inspire you if you did get it.

For today's creation I was inspired by the challenge over at ATCAS, where the theme for the week is to use white, black and gold in your card. I love the texture and dimension that the gold embossing creates and although it's not shown up too well in the photo, the Gorgeous Grunge stamp I've used to ground the cup has also been embossed in gold...

Card: Whisper White and Basic Black
Ink: Versamark
Stamp sets: Perfect Blend and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools and embellishments: Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool, Scalloped Oval Punch
Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...

#62 at ATCAS
CAS at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
#174 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

All most of the products I've used for today's creation 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 Perfect Blend creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Word Art Week ~ To A Great Friend

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 love creating cards or a project where the sentiment is the star and for the last few weeks I've had Word Art Wednesday posts. When I looked at the stamp sets that I'd not used, I thought that two of them, both FREE from Sale-A-Bration if you spend over ­£45, would combine really well to take it up a level and so this week I bring you Word Art Week!

For today's card I've used two of the sentiments from the Simply Wonderful stamp set from Stampin' Up and combined it with one of my favorite techniques and a new favorite die set too...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride and Versamark
Stamp set: Simply Wonderful
Tools: Labels Collection Framelits, White Stampin Emboss Powder, Corner Rounder, Stamping Sponges

Stamp the "to a great friend" sentiment from Simply Wondeful in Versamark onto Whisper White card and heat emboss with White EP. Leave to cool.
Cut and score the base card and round the corners. Cut the next layer ¼" smaller than the base, round the corners and ink the edges with Blushing Bride ink. Stamp the flower from the set in the corners. Attach panel to base card.
Cut the embossed piece with one of the Labels Collection framelits and sponge with Blushing Bride ink. Stamp the "you're the best" in Blushing Bride ink. Pop panel onto the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...
#38 AG at Scribble and Scrap
#187 Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR
#47 AG at Crafting From The Heart

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I'll be back tomorrow with my second W-A-W creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Emboss Resist With Butterfly Basics

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by today 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 focal image in today's card is another of the stamps from the gorgeous Butterfly Basics stamp set. It's the first time I've used this particular stamp and also the first time I've used the emboss resist technique for the background..

Card: Whisper White and Strawberry Slush
Ink: Memento Black, Versamark and Blushing Bride. 2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Tools: Clear EP, Sponge, Bracket Label Punch

Challenges...
January Linky at DL.ART
#42 AG at Crafting From The Heart
AG at Imagination Crafts

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

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

Hugs,
Em

Butterfly Basics 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!

The card I'm sharing with you today is another I've created with the gorgeous Butterfly Basics stamp and die bundle from Stampin' Up! I created it especially for the latest challenge over at CanYouCaseIt? where there is a color challenge using Pool Party, Gold and Whisper White and I've kept my card CAS this time...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Versamark and Pool Party
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Tools: Gold embossing powder, Butterfly Basics dies and Decorative Label punch

Challenges...
#52 A Color Challenge at CYCI
#35 AG at Scribble and Scrap
Dies and punches at Stamping Sensations

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

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Butterfly Basics creation that is very different to those I've shown you so far, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Thank You With Beautiful Wings

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly appreciate each of you more than you know! I hope you had a great Christmas and received everything you wished for!

Today's card is perfect for sending after Christmas and it's also my Guest Designer contribution for challenge #21 over at Mrs. A.'s Butterfly Challenge, following my win in Challenge #18. Thanks again Mrs. A. for such an honor!

I've used a few of my favorite things to create the card, the Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Woodgrain embossing folder and Work Of Art stamp set, together with the Bracket Label punch from Stampin' Up!

I've also used a favorite technique for the design that I've not done for a while, white on white, or in this case Very Vanilla on Very Vanilla. The sentiment is embossed in gold and I love the look

Challenges...
#21 Thank you with butterflies at Butterfly Challenge
#180 Freestyle at Hiding In My Craft Room
#147 Happy New Year/ Thank you at DL.ART
AG at Through The Craft Room Door

All the products I've used to create 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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Thanks again for all your support this year! I wish you and your families a very Happy New Year! See you in 2015! :)

Hugs,
Em

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!

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't a new creation, but it is one of my favorites out of all those I've created this year...

All the products I 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'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and friendship this year.

As the card says, I wish each of you and your families a bright and beautiful Christmas and New Year filled with happiness!

See you soon!

Hugs,
Em

Bright & Beautiful Gift Box

Hi everyone,

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

I absolutely LOVE the Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary that I shared with you last week and wanted to create an equally striking gift box to hold it. So, on Friday I set about designing a prototype, and abandoned my to-do for a few hours. I was really pleased with the basic prototype and the few friends I showed it to loved it too.

So this morning I created the "real thing" from a piece of Window Sheet cut to 12" x 4" and some Very Vanilla card, which I stamped with the smallest star from the Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Versamark and embossed it with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder...

Here's a look inside the box...

Here's the lid...

I absolutely LOVE the result! When the battery tea light in the luminary is lit, it truly is a Bright and Beautiful gift! I'd love to know what you think?

Challenges...
#225 Christmas at Tuesday Throwdown
#179 Freestyle at Hiding In My Craft Room
#34 AG at Scribble and Scrap

All the products I've used to create today's project 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, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Petite Petals Keepsake Luminary

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 project I'm sharing with you today is another Keepsake Luminary, created with the amazing Curvy Keepsake die from Stampin' Up! In my previous luminary post, which you can see here, I mentioned that the stamp set I'd used then (Bright and Beautiful) is being carried over to the new catalog that goes live in January, but I neglected to mention that the die is too!

This time around I've used a couple of my favorite stamp sets, Petite Petals and Trust God, together with a pop of color from Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities...

I think it looks great as it is, but lighting the battery tea light candle inside adds another dimension...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART

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Can you believe it's the last weekend before Christmas? Me either! Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary

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!

Regular readers may know that the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! is one of my favorites! I'm REALLY happy that it's being carried over into the new Occasions catalog that will be live in January, proving that it's not just for Christmas!

For today's project, I've teamed the smallest star in the set with a new personal favorite, the Curvy Keepsake die, to create luminaries for battery tea light candles...

After cutting the box pieces I stamped the star in Versamark before embossing it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I think it looks great unlit, but it looks even better lit up...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
#102 AG w/ optional Gift Packaging at 613 Avenue Create

All the products I've used to create today's project 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 Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Sad sad news

Hi everyone,

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

Over the weekend I heard the very sad news from my friend Paula that her friend Lynn had lost her battle against cancer at just 41 years old. Although I didn't know Lynn or her family personally, you might recall that I created a card for her back in September when we first learned of her diagnosis (you can see that card here) and my heart breaks for her husband Paul, two young sons and their family and friends.

The first card I'm sharing today is for them...

...and this one is for Paula and her family...

Both are mini screen cards, cut at 5" tall instead of my usual 6". I've embossed one of the Flowering Flourish stamps in gold and also embossed the sentiments which are from the Hostess set Bloom with Hope.

Please say a prayer for them all and hold your loved ones tight.

Rest in perfect peace Lynn.

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.

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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