O HOLY NIGHT

I have been recycling Christmas cards that I've received that depict the true meaning of Christmas - those that feature the Holy Family or just Mary and baby Jesus.  I'm loving how they turned out.  The basic card is always the same but the colors and the pictures are all different.

I used SSS arched door die on a piece cut to 4"x5 1/4"- centered the picture behind it and then mounted on an A2 card base.  Added the die cut stars and the sentiment and done.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts but no longer available.  Easy way to recycle those old cards you've received!

 

Crafty Hugs,

 

CHRISTMAS ANGEL

My friend, a "Mary Kay lady", asked me to make some special cards (5) for her Mary Kay friends.  She wanted an angel and the colors pink, silver and pearl.  It took me awhile to create a card I liked and thought she would also - and finally came up with this.

I used SSS vine canopy, Spellbinders arches and a Papertrey  angel.  I added a little foam square under her wings to keep them popped up.  The little pearls on her dress came from Amazon.  The pink background is Concord and 9th ballet slipper cardstock.

I think she turned out pretty cute and was quite easy to reproduce once designed.

Thanks for stopping by,

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

 Cindy designed our board for us today for TicTacToe Challenge #304 and I went across the top with stitching, heat embossing and orange.

I first stenciled the pumpkin background very heavily with Versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder on desert storm cs.  Next die cut the piece with a stitched rectangle die and mounted on an A2 card base.  The twig wreath, leaves and pumpkin were all leftovers from other cards I had been working on.  Added the little gingham bow and sentiment (also heat embossed) and done!

 

Join in our challenge and have a Halloween card to send to a friend - challenge ends in two weeks (5 November)!!

Crafty Hugs,

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

 A fun board designed by moi is up today on the TicTacToe challenge #302.  I wanted to do something with pink and orange for a little different look and not the scary stuff.  It doesn't matter which way you go on the board - all the elements are in there!!

My card is side folding and die cut the doors (fun fold element) from the front.  Then I cut a 4"x5 1/2" piece of lighter black and spattered with metallic white ink and glued this to the inside front of the card.  Die cut a bunch of leaves and a few pumpkins from checked and plain cardstock - arranged all this around the door.  Added the little sentiment (white embossed) inside the doors and done!!

Hope you'll join us sometime in the next two weeks with your entry - the winner will be asked to join us as our guest designer!

Crafty hugs,

 

BEST WITCHES

The challenge this week at the Just Us Girls Challenge is the word "bold".  I'm making my Halloween cards and I think this witch's hat is pretty bold with orange and purple and black colors!!

I kind of went overboard with the sequins but think my easel card turned out pretty cute.  I bought this die set last year and the sentiment is no longer available.  My card class is doing a version of this for October - only I'm not using this as the sample - I might run out of sequins (haha) and it's not going to be an easel card!!

 I am also entering my card at the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. 

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HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!

Dawn Turley's post today for the Divas that DieCut Challenge inspired me to enter my card that I just had designed for my card class to do next week.  The challenge is white on white with a splash of color. I used my new Concord&9th pumpkin for a focal point. The participants in the class will have a choice of color for the background of their pumpkin. I have a wide variety of gingham and polka dot ribbons and also sequins for decoration.  

The bundle included some cute sentiments so I stamped out a bunch (one is at the bottom of the photo).  This would be a cute card for a fall birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving etc.  For the time being mine will have no sentiment.

Happy Fall Y'All!