Elegant Rejoicing

Good morning everyone! We made it to my parents' house yesterday! We are looking forward to a great time - as short as it will be! It's nice to have all the Christmas shopping/wrapping part done and to just sit back and wait for the big day! We will be going to my sister's house on Monday for our Christmas. So not too much going on until then. Just a lot of eating and playing games! And watching football (can't forget about that)!

So before I left home I wanted to make a bunch of cards to blog while I am gone. I also needed to get ahead on my design team cards. So I sat down and made a list of what could be Christmas cards and when I could start using my new products. This is one of the Christmas cards that I came up with. It uses Rejoicing With You and Elegant Eggplant. I kept it really simple. I embossed the top part of a piece of Elegant Eggplant with the Fancy Fan embossing folder and then I stamped the sentiment in Elegant Eggplant onto a piece of Elegant Eggplant. I took a strip of silver glimmer paper and punched the top with the scallop edge border punch and adhered it to hide the seam. I tied a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon around it and then adhered it to a piece of Whisper White. This is popped up onto a card base of Elegant Eggplant. Then I stamped the image in Elegant Eggplant onto Whisper White and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. And there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing With You; Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Fancy Fan embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Festive Rejoice

Good morning, Friends! What a busy day yesterday turned into! I got a lot of laundry done and even some stamping and sewing. But I still have a lot to do!! And I am always finding more - lol! But at least our evenings are a little more calm at the moment. No sports activities for a while. We get to enjoy time together at home. I can definitely tell that Nick is restless - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by a card I saw on the Hero Arts blog. I thought the layout was fun. I seem to be using the more traditional Christmas colors for most of my Christmas cards. That's o.k. but I would like to try and change it up a bit. Might have to work on that this morning. For this card I took a piece of designer paper from the Festival of Prints pack and adhered two strips of Gumball Green that were punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch. This panel is then adhered to a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I used the Apothecary Accents framelits dies to cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler and adhered this to the card. I stamped the sentiment from Rejoicing with You in Cherry Cobbler onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to the frame. Then I stamped the image in Cherry Cobbler onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. I popped this up onto the card. Finally, I added two pearls to the frame. Pretty simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- dotted ribbon scallop punch, Apothecary Accents framelits dies, pearls, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Here we are at the last week of November! Wow!! Where is all this time going? Lol!! It will be a fairly quiet week as Nick's sports are on hold for a bit. He will be doing Futsal (indoor soccer) but that won't start for another week. And he will be trying out for a competitive basketball team but that is also a week out. So we will be thankful for a quiet week with not a whole lot to do! Yea!! And we also need to get Nick focused on school again. He seems to be doing all right but it's good to get him focused every now and then - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It's something a little different for me but I like the way it all came together. Another way to use this set!! I ran a piece of Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Then I adhered a piece of the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper to one side. I also adhered a strip of champagne glimmer paper with both ends flagged. This panel is adhered to a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the sentiment from Rejoicing with You in Midnight Muse onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Midnight Muse. I popped this up onto the card. I stamped the image in Midnight Muse and cut it out. This is adhered to the sentiment panel. It's hard to tell from the photo but I did add some pearls to the scallops of the image. That's all for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Naturals Composition specialty designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Fancy Fan embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals

Control Freaks Tour - Christmas Style

Hello everyone and welcome to another Control Freaks Blog Tour! I am so glad you are here! You may have just come from Judy DiScipio's blog filled with beautiful projects! Or maybe you just landed here. Either way, I hope that you will be inspired by what you see! This month's theme is Christmas! 

My first project is a card. 

I took a piece of the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper and sponged Cherry Cobbler onto it. I love how the design of the paper resists the ink! Such a cool technique!! Then I adhered this to a piece of Early Espresso and popped the panel up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I added a strip of champagne glimmer paper. I took a piece of Very Vanilla to the Big Shot and cut the shape using the Labels framelits dies. I stamped the greeting from Rejoicing with You in Early Espresso and popped this up onto the card. The image is stamped in Crumb Cake onto Very Vanilla and cut out. This is also popped up onto the card. I added three pearls to the bottom of the label as well.

For my second project I made two ornaments!

My friend, Alison, showed us how to make these ornaments in our shoebox club earlier this year. I had always wanted to learn and now I know! They are really fun and pretty easy! And I love that you can use up scraps of designer paper, too! Each of these is made using the Festival of Prints designer paper. I used varying lengths of strips and then stapled them to the length of the center strip. I cut an extra little piece to cover the staples and then punched a hole at the top with the crop-a-dile. A piece of white baker's twine was tied to make the hanger. 

That's it for me! Be sure to head on over to Cindy Major's blog to see her fabulous creations! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

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Hello everyone!! Time for another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week Connie and Mary have a little "twist" to go along with the sketch challenge! First, take a look at this very fun sketch!

Great sketch, huh!!! But this week's challenge is not just about the sketch. It's also about making a shaped card! I don't usually do these kind of cards but I was really excited about using a new die. I got this die right when the new catalog came out but I haven't used it yet! Perfect time!

I took an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Very Vanilla and folded it in half - which makes a regular card. Then I placed it on the Oval Accent die where the fold of the card was just under the top of the die. Then I ran it through the Big Shot to cut out the shape. Then I added two strips of champagne glimmer paper. I used my snips to cut the strips to the shape of the card. Then I stamped the verse from Rejoicing with You in Elegant Eggplant onto the card and the image also in Elegant Eggplant onto a scrap of Very Vanilla. I cut the image out and popped it up onto the card. I added five pearls that spray out of the trumpet. Simple! I do love how this turned out and it will fit inside a regular envelope! 

To get more inspiration be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website! I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do with the challenges! This challenge will go for two weeks (due to the Thanksgiving holiday). 

I also want to put one more shout-out to the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Holiday Edition! We are on our last week. However, when you subscribe, you will get ALL the downloadable sheets and access to all the blog post entries! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Very Vanilla, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Oval Accents die, pearls dimensionals

Card "Create"tions Favor Week 2

Good morning everyone! I am so excited to show you my favor for week 2 of the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions! Are you a subscriber? It's not too late to become a subscriber and still enjoy ALL the projects and downloadable sheets! This past week I used the Rejoicing with You stamp set!

This is such a beautiful and elegant set! I loved working with this set! And I hope that you enjoyed my projects! For my favor, I decided to use the Petal Cone die and the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper. I thought that the musical notes of the designer paper would work perfectly with this set! And I love how it turned out! My only regret is that I don't have anything Christmas-y to put in it. But I used two pieces of the designer paper and ran it through the Big Shot with the Petal Cone die. Then I used sticky strip to adhered the two pieces together. I punched two holes on either side and used Victoria crochet trim to make a handle. Then I stamped the image from Rejoicing with You in VersaMark onto Very Vanilla and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I cut it out and adhered it to the front with dimensionals. I cut the banner from the Petal Cone die in Very Vanilla and stamped the sentiment in black StazOn. This is adhered to the image on the box. And the box is ready to be filled with some fun Christmas goodies! Or it could be a beautiful ornament!

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers have come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Naturals Composition specialty designer paper; Ink- VersaMark, black StazOn; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, Petal Cone die, gold embossing powder, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning, Friends! The design team at Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you all this week! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. It's a little hard to tell the borders but I guess that can give you a lot of freedom - lol! Take a look!

I feel like my card this week resembles my card last week - lol! Lots of Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. But here is what I came up with.

I do think the card has a sort of elegant feel to it. On a card base of Very Vanilla I stamped the larger of the sentiments from Rejoicing with Youin Cherry Cobbler. Then I took a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. Then I ran it through the Big Shot using the Fancy Fan embossing folder and adhered it to the card. On a scrap piece of Very Vanilla, I stamped the image in Cherry Cobbler and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the verse in Cherry Cobbler on a small piece of Very Vanilla and adhered it to the image. Elegant and simple! A great card to mass produce and very mailable! 

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see all the fabulous creations from the talented design team! I do hope you will find some time to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you create from our sketches! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Very Vanilla; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Fancy Fan embossing folder, dimensionals