Double easel

Hi everyone,

Before we get to the card I'm sharing today, I must tell you something about yesterday's post announcing that Deb has joined me as Marketing Director. It was one of, if not the shortest post I've written for this blog, yet it has been seen by the biggest audience. Last night, within six hours of it being posted, it had had an incredible EIGHTY views! Thank you ALL!

Now onto the card I'm sharing. Regular readers of the blog will know that I enjoy creating easel cards, or any differently folded card, lol. This is the first double easel card I've designed for quite awhile, and I really enjoyed creating it.

The card was created using a letter sized piece, folded in half to form a landscape style. The top was scored down the center and cut. The easels were created by laying the top on my scoring board and scored on the diagonal, from the outer points to the center cut. Those lines were then folded and burnished to reinforce the fold line.

To create the toppers, I took another letter sized piece of card and cut it into four, the remaining two pieces will be used for another card. The scalloped rectangles were cut from leftovers from other creations and embossed using my favorite swirly embossing folder. I inked the edges of the pieces in gold before doing a dry run with the main elements, cut in gold and cream from the Sizzix Poinsettia Swirls die. The flower and scalloped rectangles were added using foam tape onto the bigger rectangles, which were then added to the folded sections of the base using double sided tape. The sentiment is a gold peel-off.

The easels are held in place with some of the leaves cut from the die and these have been added with more foam tape. The look is completed with another of the swirls.

The photos don't do the card justice, it is so pretty. I'm very pleased with the look and would love to know what you think. Please do let me know by leaving a comment. Thank you!

Hugs,
Em

Exciting times

Hi everyone,

Today's post is a very quick one. I'm honored to be able to announce that my amazing friend Debra has joined me as Marketing Director here at Creative Em. I'm excited about what the future holds for us.

I'll be back with a creative post tomorrow, so I hope you'll stop by to see what I've been up to in the studio.

Hugs,
Em

Pink Poinsettia

Hi everyone,

Today I'm sharing another of the cards that I've created using the Poinsettia Swirls die from Sizzix. For this one, I've cut the shapes from cerise pink and silver metallic sheets. I've layered up scalloped rectangles, the upper of which I've embossed with a swirl folder, then inked the edges in silver. The sentiment has been hand written and adhesive pearls complete the design.

I'm linking this card up to the latest challenge at 613 Avenue Create #41 Anything goes with optional twist, pile it on

Hugs,
Em

Silver poinsettia

Hi everyone,

Firstly, I want to apologize for the lack of posts recently. Hopefully I'll get back to posting more regularly now, so please stick with me.

Today's card has been created using the new Poinsettia Swirls Sizzix Sizzlits die, which I again bought from Sunrise Crafts. I cut it a couple of times from white and silver mirror card to create this one and the extra pieces will be used on another, so nothing will be wasted.

I'm entering this card into a few challenges...

Challenge #40 Anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

October Linky at DL.ART

I've already created some more cards using the same die and I'm hoping that the natural light will be good enough to photograph them tomorrow. Right now it is too cloudy to get a good pic. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you soon. 

Hugs,

Em 

Monday Musings - Christmas is coming!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the latest in my Monday Musings series (all others can be found here). Today's post is the first in the series which is craft related and you'll see why soon :) I read somewhere last week that there is now less than 100 days until Christmas, *gasp*! I've just checked the calendar and yes, there are just 13 weeks to go, though I refuse to get panicky over how many days there are left, so I'm not counting those!

I have, finally, made a start on my cards for this year's festive season. Whew! The first card I created is another white on white card (see some others here). It just so happens that this card also fits in with this week's challenge over at one of my favorite blogs, Hiding in My Craft Room, #116 - LOL, so I'm entering the card there.

The card is a 5.5" square base, to which I've added Lots Of Layers. I used two of the Spellbinders labels dies, though I can't remember which they are. The lace border is from Sunrise Crafts and so is the embossing folder. The baubles and the bow have been hand embossed using the Christmas board for the Ultimate Pro system from Crafter's Companion. All the layers have been put together using silicon glue.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs,
Em

Decoupage and lace

Hi everyone,

It's been quite awhile since I have created a decoupage card, or an easel card. So this morning I've combined them both to create a 5.5" square standard easel. I also used my favorite lace edging die to add some texture and I'm really pleased with the way the card looks. It proves that lace doesn't have to be white :)

Hugs,
Em

Twelve years on

Hi everyone,

Today's post is dedicated to all the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Each of them is pictured below in a very poignant photo, which I saw yesterday on the Seal of Honor Facebook page. Please note that the website named at the bottom of the image no longer works.

Like every defining moment in history, those of us who are old enough to remember will do so always. Where we were, what we were doing, who we were with; the utter disbelief at what we were seeing.

I had just called in to a bar that I'd recently stopped working in, I'd called in to catch up with former colleagues and we were laughing and joking. The next moment, the kitchen staff came running out and yelled to the bartender to put the tv on. We all turned towards it and the room fell silent as the second aircraft hit the towers. The silence was punctuated with gasps and expletives.

Then, almost as one, we all stood up and put our arms around each other for support. Time seemed to stand still as we witnessed the first tower fall. By now, everyone in that room, along with millions witnessing the events around the world, began weeping and praying. For the lost, for those countless thousands of emergency workers who were battling to help, for America and yes, for the world we knew.

As I write this scheduled post, the years have melted away. I can see the desperate, tragic scenes without closing my eyes. I can remember the events as if they were yesterday, not twelve years ago.

The world changed forever on September 11, 2001. I, and countless millions more, will NEVER forget. 9/11/01 happened years before I personally connected with America, before I became an adopted American, but it perhaps signaled the beginning of the very special connection for me and the country I love.

These words might be sung by Lee Greenwood, but they are true for me too... "I'm proud to be American, because at least I know I'm free".

Hugs,
Em