Crafty Cat's Gorgeous Christmas Candles

Crafty Cat 957 has the most beautiful products available for download for crafters who want to try their hand at paper pieceing.  You can use your cutting machine, or scissors to cut the ready to go designs she creates.  For these cards I used her Christmas Candles This comes with mats, background papers, and two sizes of candle sets (holly, berries, candles, and flames) for you to use.  I did some sewing machine stitching to accent the top mat, and used some stickers, (or stamps) for the Merry Christmas sentiment.  Thank you Tracy for the beautiful, beautiful cards, and for being a part of my life.  

Believe

Some things have to be believed to be seen....These are some of the cards I've been working on today for our doctors, lawyers, merchants and chiefs!  These "Some things have to be believed to be seen" sure fit with "seeing is believing" with all my medical adventures this past year.

The products are stamps and punches and dies by Stampin Up. These products are available from Demonstrator Kathy Legan's store.

The blue paper is a Stampin Up product, together with stickers that I buy at Pop Ups Etc

The red paper is also SU, but it is overlayed with a vellum embossing and cutting folder by Marianne Designables.  # Ds0908.    The poinsettia is cut from vellum (Spellbinders die:  S5-055 Layered Poinsettias) This is burnished with Tim Holtz Distressing ink (festive Berries)  The Snowflake and gold tree are stickers also from Pop Ups Etc

Dramatic Christmas

The at Joan's Gardens Challenge this week is to create a black and white Christmas card, that has a frame.  The frame is created with Scor-Pal scoring on the outside edges of the black mat for this card, and it does not show well in the photo. I thought that using other frames detracted from the ornament itself, so I tried the more subtle one.  All the products except the pearls can be purchased at Joan's Gardens store.  The black matte is lightly embossed with Sizzix Holly Swirls and Sheet Music embossing Folders, set #657139.  The ornament is created using onyx high detail Versamark, embossed with black embossing powder on a Memory Box stamp (Drop Ornament Outline #G1877.  The Drop Ornament is cut from Memory Box Style #98378 die.  The Seasons Greetings sentiment is a sticker.  1/8 inch white satin ribbon, and Gelly Roll Clear Star pen highlighting some of the stamp's intricate details finishes this card.  If I was going to do this card again, I would stamp the ornament outlines on shiny photopaper, or on a shimmery white paper.

Craft and Red Thinking of You

This card is created for this week's challenge At Joan's Gardens, where we are to use craft colored paper (and red), and a bird  to create our card.   The sentiment is from Sizzix Textured Impressions Butterfly Migration set (656982) that is embossed with Core d'inations craft colored paper, sanded, then bunished with Tim Holtz Old Walnut Distressing ink. There are two little birds on the top of this embossing folder. The edges are punched with an old Emagination punch.  The red poppy is created with a Sizzix die from Susan's Garden collection (the Poppy  #658416). The  little bird is stamped onto a C&K decorator paper matte  with Old Walnut distressing ink using a La Blanche Stamp (#1276)  All of these products are available at Joan's gardens except the old Emagination punches.

Pink and white Thinking of You

This pink and white card with curves, flowers is created for the At Joan's Gardens Challenge this week  I used Marianne Design Designables DS0908, (with lots of curvy detail) available from Joan  for the pink and white paper topper (paper "Pink Distressed" by Recollections (Michaels)  The butterfly is spritzed with Sparkle Shimmer Spritz, and is cut from Spellbinders S4-395 Shapeabilities Les Papillions 2.  The butterfly's body is a little snip from Spellbinders Nestabling.  The little silver flowers are accents from the Thinking of You Sticker set by Starform.  These products are all sold at Joan's Gardens. The center oval is cut with a Lifestyle Crafts oval die, and burnished with Pretty in Pink (SU) ink. The edges are all  outlined with a Gelly Roll Clear Star pen. 

Papers 'N Pixels Club Fall Kickoff

We had our first meeting of the Fall for the Sun City Papers 'N Pixels Crafters Club today.   We elected officers, (see them HERE) and shared projects and planning for upcoming meetings and the Operation Write Home Workshop (on October 10th).  During the Make-it-and Take-It workshop, the President, Kathy Legan, (who is also a Stampin Up Demonstrator) helped us create some wonderful cards.

This one is a card we made where we tried out "faux tiling" using our scoring boards and doing some masked-sponging. 

This card is a gel card, where we used hair-setting gel that had been colored (with re-inker), over a stamped  sea-themed background. (The stamps are from By the Tide --SU #129120)

 Demonstrating masking and sponging techniques on the faux tiling card.

Some of the members learn how to position the die for the gel card.

Modified Tri Shutter Card

I created this card following Kim Score's tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.  I used decorator paper from my stash which I believe was from a Colorbok pad, and Core-dinations teal paper for the card-center matting.  I used stickers by Starform that I get at Pop-Ups etc and a K&Company paper flower.  The die for the leaves is a Marianne Creatables LR0156, purchased at Joan's Gardens.  The 'I love you' die is from SU Label Card Thinlits Dies collection (133479) and the hearts are also from SU, Fashionable Hearts Embosslits.  Fun card, and so versatile and quick.

Autumn Thank You Card

This card is created for the At Joan's Gardens challenge this week where we are to use fall colors, leaves, and trees or a bird for an Autumn themed card. The autumn leaf paper background is Shades of  Autumn by Reminisce.  The gold border and corner edging is an outline sticker I got at pop-ups etc. The sentiment greeting is a Starform Sticker (#303 (Text Stickers).  The dies I used are Spellbinders Nested Leaves Shapeabilities (S4-321).  Edges are glittered with Ranger's Stickles Glitter Glue.  The mulberry paper leaves are commercial.   The little bird is created with a SU punch.   The dies and glitter, and stickers are available at Joan's Gardens Store  as well as popups, scor-tape, and rhinestone accents and all your basic crafting supplies.

Autumn Leaves Birthday Wishes

This card is created for the At Joan's Gardens Challenge this week where we are to use fall colors, leaves and a bird or a tree on our card.  The textured cardstock base is sponged with Tim Holtz Old Paper and Walnut distress inks using masks on the negative cuts of the leaves. The leaves are die cut from Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz Die 656927 Tattered Leaves.  The brown cardstock leaves were pressed onto Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves inkpad and then heavily spritzed with Gold Tushinko Spritzer.  The base for the leaves is die cut from Labels 20--Spellbinders S5-026 Die.  The cream colored paper for the sentiment has been pressed onto the Autumn Leaves Kaleidacolor inkpad to create the marbled background for the leaves and the top Fancy Tags Two S5-030 tag.   The oval on top is punched, and topped with Starform gold Happy Birthday sticker (#300 Starform Text  Stickers).  The little golden swallows are stamped with a little bird from Elementary Elegance stampset by SU, and heat embossed with detail gold Ala Mode embossing powder. All of these dies, inks, and spritzes, are available at Joan's Gardens.
 

Autumn Greetings

For the At Joan's Gardens Challenge this week we are to use fall colors, leaves, and either a bird or a tree on our card.  For this greeting I have used fussy cut leaves inked with Kaleidacolor Cappucino ink, and spritzed with Tushinko Gold Spritz Shimmer.   The stamp is an Inkadinkado Single Maple Leaf Mini.  The Maple Leaf with the sentiment is a Close to My Heart stamp A1130 called Bountiful Seasons.  The Stamp is die cut with Heartfelt Creations HCD732 Flower Pots with a gold leaf penned edge, and brushed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Old Paper.)  These products are available at Joan's Gardens.  The little bird is the center of the Four Seasons (Autumn) stamp from SU that was inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Marker (Rusty Hinge).  The cream matting is embossed with a Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder.  The brown cardstock base is by Bazzill (Cinnamon Stick) The rich gold glimmer over the leaves lights up this card.  Thank you Joan for another wonderful challenge.