AYSI376 My Favorite Embossing Folder

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It Challenge!  This one is a fill-in-the-blank:

Hah!  First of all, there is NO WAY I could pick out just ONE favorite embossing folder! I checked my Excel spreadsheet and I have about 135 embossing folders!!  I know---a wee bit embarassing, but I have been "collecting" them for over 20 years!!  So I just picked out one that I got recently and it's so pretty for Christmas cards!  So here we go:

This folder is called Starry Snowfall, and it's from Spellbinders.  Some of the newer EFs are really large, which is great for classes because I can emboss a full half-sheet of cardstock at once, so it saves me a lot of time!  I added a sweet little image from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday inside a cutout of the embossed piece.  I was not getting the look I was happy with by just stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I tried heat embossing it and adding some shading and that was much better: 

I added a little twine bow, then a sentiment from SU's retired Wishing You Joy on the inside, since I already had it on my desk from yesterday, along with some little extras from Unity's Winter Foliage:

I am also entering this at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where they are looking for embossing folders as well!  

I do think embossing folders are an amazing addition to one's crafting supplies! Such an easy way to add impressive texture and interest to your creations!  Whenever I show a card to my brother (the engineer), he is always amazed by embossing and diecutting!  So I hope you'll pull out your favorite embossing folder, (even if you can't REALLY decide on a favorite), and show us what you can do with it!  Check out what the other DT members at As You See It did too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

FMS 743 Sending You Cheer

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am making Christmas cards to keep me cool, LOL!  The FMS sketch was a challenging, but interesting one:

SO many choices for this sketch! I did a little sorting and purging yesterday in my craft room and found these papers from last Christmas and I had some scraps that I thought would work!  Here we go:

All the papers are from the Christmas Tags & More Mix & Match package; I added an embossed background, and I trimmed off the ornament holder, punched out the ornament, then glued it on again and added a twine bow:

I like how the embossing mimics the mistletoe berries!!!  Unintentional, but it works!  Another card for my stash!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Christmas Tags & More Mix & Match (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP765 A Sketch from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new challenge from the Players! Ann is our hostess with a really lovely sketch for us:

I had some of the papers from the Christmas Tags & More DSP on my desk and I thought one of the designs might make for good elements for this sketch! So here we go:

I started with a Soft Sea Foam card base, then added a mistletoe mat.  The half-wreath image was cut down to size, mounted on a panel of Real Red and a sentiment from Wishing You Joy.  I diecut a bell and bow (Honeybee) from some Champagne Foil, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler cardstocks, then "hung" it from some silver thread:

I just realized I forgot the clapper! Oops!  Oh well!  This sketch is really lovely; I love things in threes, and you could use different papers or images for the three panels, or just cut one apart as I did! So versatile!  I can't wait to see what you do with it! Hop on over to the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did as well!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Christmas Tags & More DSP, Champagne Foil (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Bell Dies (Honeybee Stamps)

CASC&S572 Another Easy Card

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have another quick Christmas card, courtesy of the lovely sketch from the team at CAS Colours & Sketches:

I was going through some older Christmas DSP and found this gingham print from Toile Tidings, and I thought it would look nice with one of the new Winter Scenes:

I stamped and diecut my little scene, then added "Noel" from Wishing You Joy, and diecut it with an Everyday Arches die.  I created a banner from the plaid, adding a Garden Green mat, then mounted it on a card embossed with some pine trees:

I added some Wink of Stella and a wee little starry sequin to finish it off!  

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Scenes, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Toile Tidings (ret)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequin (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Tall Pines Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Wink of Stella

Christmas in Blue

Happy Wednesday, all! I've got a couple of Christmas cards to show you from a recent stamp camp, and they feature some new holiday products:

The above card features sentiments and greenery from Seasonal Tags and it uses Peaceful Garden DSP, Secret Sea cardstock, Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper, and Secret Sea and Cloud Cover inks.

This card uses the new Wishing You Joy and Winter Scenes, both stamped in Misty Moonlight.  The scene was stamped on a Perennial Postage diecut and sponged with some Memento London Fog ink using a rectangle stencil.  The blue paper is some retired Close to My Heart (I think it's Lagoon), and embossed with a retired Softly Falling embossing folder:

A wee piece of Cloud Cover ribbon and a sweet little pearl finished it off!  Thanks for popping in today!

On one of their forays in Minneapolis, the kids went past a home whose owner is a big Game of Thrones fan.  The guy created his own "throne" and allows visitors to have their pictures taken sitting on it!  Here's Wayne, complete with crown and sword:

I can honestly say I have never watched anything vaguely related to Game of Thrones, so I can't vouch for the authenticity of any of this, LOL!  But it looks pretty amazing to me!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP754 Sending You Cheer

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess! And what a fun challenge she has for us:

Ann's challenge gave me the chance to use this cute new set called Jar of Joy!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I stamped the jar, gingerbread and candy image and punched it out with the matching punch, then mounted it on a piece of Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP.  The horizontal strip is the opposite side of the green paper.  I added some Peppermint embellishments for more candy fun!

The sentiment on the front is from another new set called Wishing You Joy:

I added a little piece of DSP on the inside, as well as another sentiment from Jar of Joy:

There are endless possibilities for our challenge this week! Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players and see what the other designers came up with! And while you're there, be sure to welcome our new team member, Christy!  She's been playing with us for a long time, and we're happy to have her on the team! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Joy, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP
Ink	Garden Green, Real Red, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Peppermint Embellishments, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweet Jar Builder Punch, Cracker & Treat Bag Dies (ret), Blender Pen