AYSI Behold Good Tidings

Happy Friday, peeps!  Wow, I've got a busy weekend coming up, how about you?!  This is the last As You See It challenge of the year, we'll be taking a wee little break, but we'll be back in January with some fresh new challenges!  To finish the year, we've got a "Fill In The Blank":

My fill-in is "The Birth of Jesus" because it really is what Christmas is all about!  I am overwhelmed when I think what the Lord did for us!  It really does bring me joy!  

I found this paper in my Luke 2 pad by Photoplay and decided to create my card around it!  So here we go:

It's hard to see, but my Bethlehem scene is diecut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper; I tore off the backing of the paper before I put it through the SugarPea die, as it is intricate and the thicker paper has a tendency to rip as I try to get it out of the die.  It also cuts out a star, and the DSP also had a star, so I just popped it up right on top!  I stamped this beautiful sentiment from Scrapbook.com in Early Espresso using my Stamparatus to make sure I got good coverage:

The bottom portion looked a little plain, so I stamped a smaller, narrow sentiment on the same paper and diecut it with a banner die:

It all went on an Early Espresso card with a white mat on the inside for my sentiment!  

So, what brings you joy for the holidays?  I hope you can find time during your busy schedule to create one more card and share it with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!

Okay, so I have to continue the elf story...and boy, do I feel like a dummy!  After several people pointed it out to me, Cassidy was spelling "By The Way" vertically!!  It must have been because I was looking at it late at night (yeah, that's it!!!)!!!  Anyway, the "elf" wrote back a letter:

I noticed that Elfdon misspelled "rescue" but I guess maybe he didn't get an "A" in spelling class, LOL!  And I haven't found out yet what the special gift was!  Stay tuned!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Good Tidings of Great Joy (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Luke 2 DSP (PhotoPlay)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Banner Dies (Nestabilities), Bethlehem Scene Die (Sugar Pea)

CTS350 Season's Greetings

Hello again, stampers!  I had the honor of winning a guest designer spot for CAS(E) This Sketch for a card I did way back in August, and this is my week!  And I love the sketch too; check it out:

Isn't that a great versatile sketch?!  So of course, I am still working on Christmas cards (I need to count them, I may have enough, LOL!) and I finally broke into my hoarded Wonderland paper from Kaisercraft.  This particular pattern has embossed tan stars along with the white ones, so I thought it would look great with a big embossed sentiment!  Here we go:

I diecut two Concord & 9th sentiments from Naturals White cardstock three times and adhered them together.  I then "smushed" the front side of the sentiments in Versamark ink, then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.  You can't see it here, but they are really shiny and coordinate nicely with the embossed paper!  It's a great way to step up a diecut and still keep your card simple!

Be sure to check out what the other designers created with this fabulous sketch and share yours as well!  You can find all the details at the CAS(E) This Sketch blog!  And thanks for popping by today!

Right at the entrance to the gardens at Longwood was this incredible pinecone "sculpture"...quite impressive!  It even looked frosty!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Naturals White (ret), Wonderland DSP (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Versamark
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Season of Cheer Dies (Concord and Ninth), Heat Tool

IB101 Deer Vignette

Hello, peeps!  I've got a sweet card for you for today's Inspired By challenge!  This one was a lot of fun to create:

And here is Laurel's photo prompt....absolutely adorable!

So I used lots of different elements to create this little vignette!  I started by embossing a white card base with a Sissix embossing folder featuring different holiday words.  On top, I adhered a stitched circle cut from some Woodgrain DSP, and on top of that I added some foliage (Tim Holtz die with hand-drawn "greenery"), two little bottle brush trees (Papertrey) and a woodland deer (Dashing Deer)!  I added a red glimmer scarf, some little red glimmer ornaments and gold glimmer star toppers:  

Finally, I added a hanger and bow of red glimmer paper too!

There are so many inspirations in this fun photo, what will inspire you?  Share your creation with us at the Inspired By blog, and while you're there, check out what the other designers did as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

So since I don't get Cassidy on the bus this school year, I gave Dana the Advent Calendar I made for her a few years ago.  I knew there was a chance that the "elf" who fills the little boxes with treats might forget to do it once or twice and sure enough, yesterday morning when Cass when to open it, there was nothing there.  She was in tears, and wrote the elf a note:

(Not sure what the YHAEY thing is all about!)  But she cracks me up....she gives the elf a large box in which to write his name and only two lines to answer his question, LOL!  So we'll have to see what the "elf" writes back!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dashing Deer, Joyful Christmas (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Red Glimmer, Gold Glimmer, Woodgrain DSP (ret)
Ink	Creamy Caramel (ret), Garden Green, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Dashing Deer Dies, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker), Joyful Christmas Dies (Papertrey), Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Christmas Words Embossing Folder (Sissix), Shaded Spruce Marker, 1/8" Circle Punch, Taylored Expressions Star Die

FMS414 Brightly Shining

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  This week has been a week of issues!!  Computer issues, sinus issues,  appointment issues, bank issues...you name it!  Blessedly, most of them are resolving themselves but my stamping time has been limited!  When I saw the cute sketch at FMS this week, I just sat myself down and went to work!  Here's the sketch:

I'm trying to use up the supply of DSP I have, so I went to the Night Before Christmas pack, which I find a little challenging to use, as there are so many colors in it!  I found a couple that seemed to coordinate, and as usual, once I started working with them, I ended up liking my final outcome:

I used a sentiment from Shine Bright (and after looking at the DT's cards,  I should have oriented it the other way, oops), stamped on Very Vanilla, and a little tree from Holiday Haul to accent it:

I stamped the stars on top of the tree with  Delicata Gold ink and then heat-embossed them with Gold embossing powder, and added a little scrap of Gold glimmer paper for some extra pizzazz!  I forgot to use my Embossing Buddy on my tree before sprinkling the powder on, so the whole tree itself got a little sprinkle....but it looks cool!  A happy accident!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Holiday Haul, Shine Bright
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Night Before Christmas DSP, Gold Glimmer
Ink	Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Gold Delicata
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool

RRCB125 Red White and Green

Hello stampers!  It's time for another Retro Rubber Challenge, and this is a great one:

Yum yum!  I love different colors for Christmas, but you just can't beat the traditional red and green, can you?  It's always fresh and pretty together!  For my CAS card today, I created a tag with a Papertrey die from some Wrapped in Plaid DSP and a stamp set from Warmth and Wonder (hostess set, 2013-2014):

I stamped my cardinal and holly image first in Garden Green, and punched it with the Large Oval Punch, then again in Real Red and fussy-cut Mr Cardinal to pop up on top:

I painted in the berries with a white gel pen and re-colored them with a Real Red marker, but I can see I need to go over them to give them a bit more intensity!  Before adhering my tag to a SU Note Card, I added a Real Red tab at the top and some Real Red cotton ribbon.  I also stamped the little tree from the same set in Garden Green and Real Red, just for some added interest.  The inside was stamped with a sentiment from the same set.

The inspiration for this card came from a wee little unused leftover that I adhered to another tag cut with the same die, then adhered to a card front that I was going to make into a buckle card, but ditched at the last minute, LOL!  Since it is also red and green, I thought I'd share it as well; here's the leftover, attached to the tag:

And here it is, on the card:

The hat is from a Close to My Heart stamp called Beary Christmas Cardmaking (2018), the holly is from W+9's Merry and Bright (from a couple of years ago, not sure of the date!).  I embossed the top of the Garden Green card with the Tintype EF and added a stitched diecut border from Be Mine....all the reds are Lovely Lipstick.  I love this fun fold!

I hope you'll play with our traditional red, white and green challenge this week!  Share your creations with us at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog...can't wait to see them!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Silent Night Duo

Happy Monday, peeps!  A quick post today...my allergies really have me in a funk, and my stamping mojo has washed away with all the rain we're having!  Prayers going out to all those affected by the storms going on, too!  

The Stamplorations blog has a CAS anything goes challenge with an option of using Christmas colors:

I chose to use their Silent Night stamp from the Typografia line, and I made two cards with it:

The first one is stamped in Bordering Blue ink (ret) on some Feels Like Frost DSP:

I added some Gold Metallic pearls and some gold satin ribbon; the second one is a little more stepped-up:

I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment on some Mad 4 Plaid paper by Photoplay, then framed it with a Garden Green stitched frame, and finally, added some little red epoxy dots:

 

Both cards are on a Crumb Cake base!  That's it for today---stay warm and dry and safe!  Thanks for popping in and be blessed!

PP470 Fluffy Little Frosty Snowman

Happy Sunday, peeps!  AND Happy December!  Woohoo!  Laurie is our Paper Players hostess with a sweet, fun theme challenge:

How cute is this little snowman?  He reminded me of a Penny Black snowman image I had, so I dusted it off, inked it up in some Weathered Wood Distress Ink and did a wee bit of watercoloring to give him some life:

For my layout, I used the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch:

I stamped my little snowman on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock, trimmed out the top of his hat and then ran it through the Big Shot with the hat placed OVER the top of the die.  I then colored him with Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo and Pumpkin Pie inks and an aquapainter:

I found a couple of background papers in my stash that I thought would look good together; the blue paper even had some foil-printed snowflakes already on it!  Perfect!  I added some Silver Foil swirls and snowflakes and adhered a few silver sequins as well.  The sentiment is from an old Whippersnapper set, and believe it or not, this is NOT a Christmas card...it's a birthday card for a special someone who has a December birthday!  So I stamped this on this inside:

along with another little snowman in the corner, from the same Whippersnapper set!  I love snowmen!

I know there are lots of you out there that just love snowmen, so show us what you create at the Paper Players!  And meanwhile, check out what the DT has created over at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy hasn't worked on her loopy-yarn blanket for a while, so I was happy when Dana sent me these pictures!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday, Critter Christmas (Penny Black), Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Shimmery White, Silver Foil,  Silver Bells DSP (Kaisercraft), Meadow DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Weather Wood (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Silver Sequins (ret), Dimensionals, Ice Stampin Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Squares Dies, Christmas Cardinal Dies (for swirls), Trio of Tags Dies (for snowflakes), Aquapainter