Silent Night....

Hi, everyone!



Mood Board at Simon Says Stamp

Tonight's post features the Christmas card I made for Dad. Since he's a bit of an artist, I thought he would appreciate the artsy feel of this card -- which is just a tad outside of my normal paper-piecing and/or heat-embossing wheelhouses.  He also isn't the jolliest of people when it comes to Christmas traditions. So, a non-Christmas Christmas card seemed like a good choice for him. Either way, it's a one-and-only -- no multiples of this one. Hope he likes it!

I'm linking this to the current Winter Inspiration challenge at Simons Says Stamp. The inspiration for this card came from the tree photo in the bottom right corner of the SSS mood board.

Hero Arts OWH Forest stencil;
Wendy Vecchi embossing paste, applied with a wooden craft stick
Distress Inks chipped sapphire and milled lavender,
applied with Ranger blending tools on watercolor paper;
 

 Wish the picture turned out better. This card really is much more striking in real life -- really!

After I finished inking and pasting the stencil, I decided to mount the image on watercolor paper and write on the back... ala a postcard.

 

Parting Thoughts



December Challenge
Dec. 1 - Dec. 21

Hope your holiday preparations are going well. We're pretty close to be being done here. Now, if only the weather forecasters would be wrong about that Christmas Eve storm...

The December 21 deadline for the current Words 2 Scrap By challenge is fast approaching. This month's words are Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, and there are a couple of MFT stamp sets included in our prize package! We know that December is such a crazy month, but we hope you will find a little time to join us for this month's challenge.

Thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!

You Want Us To Do What?

Hi, everyone!

So, here's the scoop. At Shopping Our Stash, the DT wants us to create a card inspired by our shower curtain.

Yes, my initial reaction was, "You want us to do what? Really?!" It would surely be much easier if we had a cute, trendy shower curtain like the ones the DT showcased. In our case, we've had the same shower curtain for about 30 years. When we were first dating/married, we used to laugh at our parents' homes -- two homes that had looked exactly the same as long as either of us could remember. Who's laughing now?  :)

Distress Ink core paper; Crate Paper rose garden
Paper Smooches sentiment in Distress Ink Victorian Velvet
SU/Sizzix embossing folder; little leaves sizzlit
flowers: My Art C brass template and modeling paste on Victorian Velvet paper, inked with Distress Inks
garage sale brads; flea market lace
adhesives: Recollections foam squares, Glue Dots, Zig glue pen
Creative Memories oval cutting system

Our So-Old-It's-Retro Shower Curtain

I used the colors, the lace, and the flowers in our shower curtain as the inspiration for my card.

This card is a big change for me because it is more involved than my typical card. And, it is definitely a card that is going to need to be hand-delivered since it has two layers of foam adhesives and die cuts hanging over the edges.

This was also my first attempt at using embossing/modeling paste on my own. Thanks to the wonderful instructors at Simon Says Stamp CREATE for introducing me to this cool medium.  :)

Welcome, Junele

I'd like to welcome Julene as a follower. Julene blogs at Julene by Design. Her talents have earned her multiple recognitions and at least one DT gig. She has a gift for using sketches to spark her creativity. Welcome, Junele!

Parting Thoughts

Looking forward to an OWH sketch, blogging about a couple of cards I've worked on this past week, and watching some football. To top it off, our weather is supposed to be FABULOUS!

A new challenge begins on October 1. 

A quick Words 2 Scrap By Update: Julia Aston was the winner of our September challenge. Congrats, Julia!

Thanks for stopping and happy scrappin'!