God's Peace

Isn't this such a beautiful sentiment? Don't we all want to share the peace that we feel from God with everyone we meet? And wouldn't the world be such a better place if all could feel this glow?  

As soon as I saw this stamp set in the holiday catalog it was number one on my list. I love all the sentiments!

I embossed this sentiment on vellum with gold embossing powder. I then used my stitched rectangle dies to cut it out. To adhere the piece of vellum I wrapped it around the cardstock I had already stamped and colored.

I added a little wink of stella to the glow around the candle. It is really hard to get a good photo of the sparkle. But in person it is so beautiful!  Thank you again for stopping by and let me know how your Christmas cards are coming along!

Merriest Wishes

How do you like the wintery birch tree scene I made for today!  Lately I have really been into adding "snow" to my cards. I just put a little white reinker on my acrylic block and use a wet paint brush or my aquapainter to sprinkle on. So fun! If I want a few bigger or flakes in a certain spot I use my chalk marker to add a few extra.

Using the script embossing folder I placed a piece of vellum in the folder and ran it through my machine, love how soft it turned out. Vellum can be tricky to adhere because you can see the adhesive behind it. So I used adhesive behind the birch trees and the sequins. This is a great trick for vellum. 

The greeting is from the playful penguins stamp set, Isn't it cute on this card? 

Thank you for stopping by! I know that you are all busy with Christmas coming closer and closer. So I do appreciate you taking time to swing by. Have a great day! Enjoy the peace of the season!

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I am starting to work on my Christmas cards. Do you like to make all the same? I really struggle with that. Even if I change a little thing I like to make them all different. So you may see the same kind of card just changed up a little in the next couple weeks.  Another thing that I really like is my Christmas card to have a religious theme to it, after all it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ!

The first card I made with God's Peace stamp set was very quick and easy.  I am too lazy and try to avoid the post office at Christmas and so I try to make the cards with very few layers so that I can use one forever stamp.

I wanted to add a little bit of color so I added a little white watercolor pencil to the stamped image. The image is stamped with versamark and the sentiment is with smokey slate. What do you think? Is it too light? I would love to know what you think!  Have a great day and don't forget about the big sale tomorrow!

Also last day to order the paper pumpkin for Dec is today! Thank you for stopping by!

SALE!

It is that time of year that Stampin' Up is getting ready for Sale a bration and so they have a closeout sale on many items that will be retired. You can visit my shop by clicking HERE and checking out the sale! If you have any questions let me know.

 Check out the cover of the saleabration catalog! You will love everything that they are offering! So many wonderful options and best part is it is all for FREE with a qualifying order!

You will want to host your own work shop or place an order for $300 or more to receive this adorable lady bug set for FREE! I feel in love with this set from the first time I saw it! Contact me about hosting a workshop starting in January!

Have you thought of signing up to be a demonstrator? Do you want a discount on your own purchases? In January it is the best time to sign up! Not only does it only cost $99 but you get to pick what you would like worth $125 and limited time only a mini paper cutter, 6x6 dsp sampler and any set of your choice for FREE!  How great is that! Let me know if you have any questions about signing up. I would love to help you in anyway!

One last thing to leave you with, the cover of the spring mini catalog. You will want one of everything in this catalog. So many options to get those creative juices flowing! If you would like me to send you a catalog let me know and I will get one out to you!

Wishing you well

The greeting on this card could be used for so many things! So it is a great one to have on hand when I need a card. I stamped and colored this little jug a while ago and so I decided to finally use it. I know I have said it before but I love the jugs in this stamp set, country home. They are really fun to color, watercolor or just stamp plain. The colors in the gather together dsp are so beautiful. Merry merlot was one color that surprised me. I thought I didn't need it until I used it. 

I still had a few pumpkins sitting on my desk and so that made my design job a little easier. Do you stamp things, color them and then not use them? I have a little container on my desk with lots of bits and pieces and sometimes it is fun to create cards with those. So today take some of those pieces on your desk and create a card. It feels so good to use them up. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! Enjoy!

Don't forget to order the December paper pumpkin, 13 sentiments and 12 cards! Everything right at your finger tips! Order by Nov. 10th!

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Still Thankful!

I am truly thankful for you today! I appreciate you taking time out of your shopping day and food coma to visit! I made a quick card with the inspiring iris stamp set. I had fun coloring this with my stampin blends! I really was not sure what I wanted to do with the design of this card so I kept it pretty simple.  Maybe I ate to much yesterday that my creative juices were all run out.

I did add shimmery crystal effects to the iris's and don't you just love the shine that it gives? I love everything sparkly and shiny!  I think the rest of the card is pretty self explanatory and so if you do have any questions I would love to hear them in the comments below.  Have a great day and go gets some deals and steals! Speaking of deals spoil yourself for all your hard work from Thanksgiving with the fabulous paper pumpkin for next month! Let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Welcome! Thank you for taking time out today to stop by! You might be stuffed with turkey and all the fixings and in a food coma. Or maybe you are getting ready for all the black Friday sale items you are going to be shopping for. Whatever you have planned I am so glad you are here today. I am so grateful for you! Grateful for the support that I have received and all the wonderful comments that you have left on my blog!

I wanted to share a quick little card that I created to send you! I have used a few techniques with this card. On the so saffron card stock I have sponged and used the subtle embossing folder after. For the leaves I stamped with momento ink and colored with stampin blends.

The sentiment I stamped with versamark and white heat embossed and then die cut with the stitch rectangles. 

Happy Thanksgiving! Know that I am so thankful for all of you! My last 20 plus years of being a Stampin' Up demonstrator have been a blessing in my life. That is due to the fact that I have meet wonderful people like you! Have a happy, blessed day! God bless!

Almost Thanksgiving!

Just a quick post today! I am sure you are busy getting ready for Thanksgiving and so I wanted to thank you for stopping by today! I had die cut a bunch of leaves from the gather together dies and wanted to make a card with them. I love the texture in the gather together DSP and the texture on the leaves is also beautiful! 

I added some of the wink of stella pen in the grooves of the leaves. This really made them pop and shine!

For the sentiment I white heat embossed on black card stock. Using the large rectangle stitched die I cut out the dsp. Fun, quick and simple card! Just in time to give to someone for Thanksgiving! Have a great day and thanks again for stopping by!

CAS(E) this Sketch #349

I had a little free time today after tackling the grocery store so I decided to take a break from cleaning and join in on the Case this sketch challenge! I made my own strip of decorative paper with the holly and pine cone images. When I saw this sketch I thought of the winter woods tree. It is a great sketch and you could use so many images with this layout!

I embossed the tree in with white embossing powder and using the rectangle stitched die cut it out. The greeting is from one of the hostess sets in the holiday catalog.  I love everyone of these sentiments. On the tree embossing folder I used wink of stella on the tips of the branched, although it really did not show up on the camera. It is really hard to get a good photo of the wink of stella. If you have an suggestions I would love to hear them.  Thank you so much for stopping by today. Check out and join in the challenge this week! It is a nice break from all the work that is ahead. Have a beautiful day! Enjoy!

Missed it again

Hi and thank you for joining me today! Well I originally made this card for a card challenge but missed the deadline.  I am not sure where time goes. But I thought that I would share the card anyway.  The colors in the gather together designer series paper are colors that I would not usually use, so they are great to encourage me to try something different.

I love pear pizzazz and mint macaron but probably would not have put them together, so this was a really fun card to make. I like that Stampin' Up has stampin' blends that coordinate with the paper. The coordination of all the product is one of the things that I really like about this company. It takes the guess work out when trying to make the card match. I am hoping to make a few more cards this week with the fall theme and then it will be all Christmas cards. How many cards do you make? Thank you again for joining me today! Just a quick reminder that the paper pumpkin for next month will be a winner! 13 different sentiments and everything to make 12 cards! I always love a great sentiment! And I really like to have many options when I am making a card. If you have any questions regarding paper pumpkin let me know in the comments! Have a great day!