Mixed Bag

Today is a dreary, rainy day again and all I want to do is lay on the couch and veg!  But I do have a "mix" of things I have been working on to show you.  Then I am off to pack up for stamp club tonight!

The first one is a masculine sympathy card--very plain & simple.  I used my nesties to cut and emboss, something I forget to do sometimes!  But my friend Dana had been asking about it, so I thought I would try it out.  See what you think:

• Stamps:  Winds of Grace, Essential Sentiments, MFT
• Paper:  Sage Shadow, WW, Handsome Hunter, Autumn Vine DP
• Ink:  Sage Shadow, Handsome Hunter
• Acc:  Sage Shadow grosgrain, Nesties, dimensionals

My next one uses an embossed PTI Christmas tree I had sitting on my desk, unused from a previous project.  I bought this CB folder (whose name escapes me) a while back and finally used it after seeing so many nice things with it.  AND I broke into my BG Wassail!!!   To bring out the embossing, I rubbed my Encore gold pad over the embossed areas, which really gave it a neat effect.

I feel like that star on top makes it unbalanced....so maybe I'll do it again a little differently!

• Stamps:  Believe, PTI
• Paper:  Bravo Burgundy, Brushed Bold, Basic Grey Wassail
• Ink:  Versamark, Craft Bravo Burgundy, Encore Gold
• Acc:  Clear EP, Gold EP, Heat Tool, CB Small Labels Die, Burgundy Grosgrain, Gold Cord (ret SU), Dimensionals, CB folder

My final card was a CASE (sort of) after I saw this card by Michelle on Paper Planet.  SO CUTE!  I remembered I had this stamp, so I set off to do today's SCS challenge with it.  I just used a plain corner rounder, and poor Elzy has a severe case of sunburn.....don't ask!  But I love this BG Two Scoops paper and I had just enough to use on this card:

I had seen someone use a filigree brad and a regular brad with a snowflake, sorry I can't remember but if I figure it out, I'll give credit.  I had some sugar-coated brads that matched my DP, so I paired it with a snowflake glittered in Dazzling Diamonds!  The snow is all glittered up too!  TFL!

• Stamps: A Winter Song, Merry Christmas, Elzybells
• Paper:  Baja Breeze, Sage Shadow, BG Two Scoops, Watercolor
• Ink:  Stazon, Baja Breeze, Craft White
• Acc:  Markers, Corner Rounder, Piercer, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Wide Baja Grosgrain, Sage Shadow Grosgrain, DD Glitter, Filigree Brad, Sugar-coated Brad