NOVEMBER CCC

For Deb's November Card Challenge I made this card for Heather in Ireland.  The colors were taupe, brick red and dull gold which I used and the card sketch.  Only put "happy" on the card and didn't write inside in case Heather ever needed a quick card,  she could stamp a sentiment to go with "happy" and send it off.

I like to have these kinds of cards on hand just for that reason.

Supplies: MME pp and enamel dots; SU "sahara sand" cs; HA "Happy" die

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments.  Betty

GOLDEN BELLS

The challenge for this week at Merry Monday is Christmas bells and I'm just getting this card in under the wire.

I didn't think I had anything with bells in all my stash of stuff and then remembered some PTI bell die cuts a friend had given me ages ago - didn't like the paper so embossed them (they curled a bit, but I rather like that).  Also just embossed the tips of some pine boughs with white to add the effect of snow.  I didn't add a sentiment on the front 'cause I thought it was "busy" enough with the paper.

I am also entering this in Card Concept Challenge which is krafty Christmas.  I think I would put this in the "classy and elegant" department because of the gold bells.

Edited to add: Card Concept Challenge picked my card as a winner - woo hoo!!

Supplies: PTI "Bells" die and pp; Ranger Liquid Platinum and HA white embossing powder; CheeryLynn pine dies

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty

PEACE WITH STARS

Made another card today for the Fusion challenge with a little variation from the first one I made.  This one also follows the sketch somewhat.

I first stamped and embossed the circle wreath and sentiment in silver and then added a single layer of the die cut wreath.  Added the silver stars and shiny red floss and done.  It used to annoy me that the floss frayed so much, but this time I just let it go.

Supplies:  HA silver embossing powder and CG620; MFT wreath die; DMC shiny floss; Teresa Collins silver stars; Essentials by Ellen brushstroke "peace"

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty

PEACE

Fusion has a new challenge this week which is so inspiring for a Christmas card.  So designed my card today around the photo.  Also entering this in a2z Scrapbooking's "anything goes" challenge.

 Stamped the circle wreath and embossed it first, then cut out the center circle and added two layers of the silver wreath.  Stamped and embossed the sentiment, then made the shaker part before mounting all on the card base.  Added the shiny floss bow and done.

Supplies: HA CG620 and Essentials by Ellen stamps; MFT wreath die; HA silver embossing powder; DMC shiny floss; Neenah metallic cs

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments.  Betty

JOY SHAKER CARD

I started this card with the colors (blues) from Fusion's challenge in mind - only by the time I finished the deadline had passed.  Oh well, another card for my stash. I saw this card on Pinterest the other day and CASE'd it - the shaker and joy part anyway.

I sprayed the background with silver spray and then put the rest of it together.  Put aqua sequins and glitter in the shaker.

Supplies: HA silver spray; Essentials by Ellen "Brushstrokes" die & sentiment; Neenah metallic cs

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments.  Betty

JOY

Today I made a matching card and tag with a couple of challenges in mind.

Virginia's View challenge is metallic and CAS-ology is festive on a tag.  At a2z Scrapbooking blog the challenge is "anything goes" using Hero Arts.  I used the same stamp, papers, ink, die, and embellishments for both.  Even though the background card is the same on both the lighting makes them look different - both are a pearlized card.

Supplies: Hero Arts CG620 stamp; Essentials by Ellen "joy" and MFT stitched tag and rectangle dies; Neenah metallic cs; DMC gold floss; champagne pearls from Michaels; Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments.  Betty

TREE-MENDOUS TREES II

Another card for Moxie Fab World's tree challenge - basically using the same technique as I did in my previously posted card.

This time though I cut two layers together for the card front.  Then sandwiched the polka dot vellum between the two layers, added the glitter tree and sequins.

Thanks for stopping by and always enjoy reading your much appreciated comments.  Betty

TREE-MENDOUS TREES

Over at Moxie Fab World there is a challenge to use trees.  I had seen Cat's card and wanted to create something similar - I figured she did partial die cutting but that's all I figured out.  So just did my own thing. 

I placed the circle die and tree die together on the cardstock and die cut.  After snipping the bits where the dies had overlapped, I embossed the piece. Next I attached the patterned paper to the back, inlaid the glittery tree, and popped it all up on a card front.  Added the sequins,  rhinestone centers and some dots of glitter pen in the centers of the dots and done.

Supplies: CB embossing folder; SU glitter paper; IO "Fancy Trees" die; sequins and stuff from my stash

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty

ANOTHER WREATH

Merry Monday, Festive Friday and Time Out challenges all have a similar rustic theme this week, plus I used the sketch from Freshly Made to design my card.

I stamped and gold embossed the circle wreath and the sentiment before adding the die cut wreath (2 layers).

Supplies: HA CG620 and HACL619 stamps; MFT wreath die; MME enamel dot

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty

A WREATH FOR A FEW CHALLENGES

Merry Monday, Festive Friday and Time Out challenges all have a similar rustic theme this week, plus I used the sketch from Freshly Made to design my card.  I die cut two wreaths from gold card and distressed with a little ink - all the other edges were distressed also.  Glued 4 layers of cs together for the sentiment to give a little more texture.

Supplies: HA "Merry" and MFT wreath dies; MME enamel dots; Neenah gold metallic and SU sahara sand cs; Ranger walnut stain distress ink

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty

HERO ARTS SCRAMBLE

Today Lin challenged us to make a wreath card in 90 minutes.  Everyone's cards will be posted here.

I had just bought the wreath die so naturally that was a given to use.  Stamped the background for the wreath in versamark and embossed.  Cut two wreaths and layered them, added the bow and sentiment, rounded the corners and it was done.  I think it would be an easy card to reproduce and fun to do with different colored bows.

Supplies: HA CL619 and CG620; MFT wreath and bow die; MME enamel dot; Neenah metallic cs; Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder

Thanks for stopping and always love your kind comments.  Betty

SNOWFLAKE BURST

Merry Monday's challenge this week is snowflakes, neutral colors and dry embossing and Virginia's View new challenge is "metallic" - so made this card to fit both.

The center snowflake is 4 layers of card with a gold gemstone in the center.

Supplies: HA DC116 (sentiment); HA silver shimmer spray; Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder; MB snowflake burst die; IO snowflake die; SU glitter paper; HA gold metallic gem

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments.  Betty

SUSPENDED SNOWFLAKE
Merry Monday's challenge this week is snowflakes, neutral colors and dry embossing and Virginia's View new challenge is "metallic" - so made this card to fit both.  Awhile back Jennifer McGuire had a tutorial which showed how she suspended a diecut in an opening.  Quite easy to do and very effective. 

First I cut the openings, then embossed and finally lightly sprayed with some silver shimmer spray.  Cut two snowflakes and after putting the gold thread in place, sandwiched the snowflakes.  Jennifer explains the whole process much better in her video.

Supplies: Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder; SB circle die: Essentials by Ellen "peace" die; HA clear smooth gemstone; DMC gold floss; Neenah metallic cs; IO snowflake die; HA silver shimmer spray

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments.  Betty