I love glitter

Here is another Christmas card. I've been making a lot lately. This one is for Merry Monday, Heart2Heart, and the Shabby Tea Room.

This card is so sparkly with glitter, but you can't tell in the photo. :( I wish I knew how to photograph so the glitter would show up more! The challenge at the Shabby Tea Room was a tic-tac-toe.

I did stitching, embossing and glitter and ribbon. Hmm... I think I didn't look closely enough before, because that does not make a row! I guess I could add some buttons or gems and it would work. I wonder if I'll be penalized if I don't. I guess I'll find out. Anyway, I thought the row was glitter, ribbon, and embossing. I wanted to do stitching, but I took my stitch stamp and embossed it around the edges with my Cranberry embossing powder. That way it would count as embossing, but still look like stitching. :) Here is the inspiration photo:

I saw that ice skate, and remembered a sticker I had from a couple years ago. I think it works perfectly.

Here is the Merry Monday sketch:


Heart2Heart has a Christmas theme this week.

Materials used:
B&Ts: Mistletoe
Cardstock: Cocoa
Stamps: You and Me
Ink: VersaMark
Stickease: Mistletoe
Other: Red Ribbon Collection, Cranberry Embossing Powder, Prisma Glitter

Just Because

Here is a card for 3 challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch
Cr84Fn Color Challenge
Sentimental Sundays - Get Well Wishes

 

Materials used:
B&Ts: La Belle Vie
Cardstock: Champagne
Stamps: Avonlea Card WOTG, You and Me
Ink: Smokey Plum VersaMark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Shimmer Brads

Black Tie

I made a Christmas card for some challenges, one new one called Black Tie Fridays. I think the gist of it is that you have to use black in your project. Their challenge this week is to make something black and white and use a cut-out. I also took inspiration from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - to use a Scripture verse on your card, and Order of the Opus Gluei - to make something 3-D. I finally had a reason to break out my pop up cards and cut-out words on my new Cricut Artiste cartridge! I gotta tell you, you can make some fabulous things with that cartridge!

Here is the inside:

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Black
Stamps: Glory to God!, Chocolate Alphabet - Small
Ink: Cranberry, White Daisy
Other: Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Glitz Glitter Gel, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Tag

It took me a while to figure out what to do for these 3 challenges. I wanted to combine them, but just kept coming up blank. But I looked at Less is More, and took my inspiration from the name of the challenge. So I didn't put much on my tag.

Crazy 4 Challenges - make a tag
Our Creative Corner - use the alcohol ink on foil technique
Less is More - use hardware

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
Stamps: Annotations
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (not CTMH)
Alcohol Markers: Ponderosa Pine (light)
Other: Red Glitz Glitter Gel, Cranberry ribbon, Photo Hangar, Aluminum Foil (not CTMH)

Retro Duos

I made a card for RetroSketches and DynamicDuos. I really loved the inspiration this week! Here is my card:

I had fun with this one. I mixed some of my white glitter with my clear embossing powder, not sure what it would do. Then I embossed some snowflakes, each one unique, with the sparkly embossing powder. I didn't think it showed up at first, but it really sparkles in the sunlight. I took this picture in direct sunlight so you could see the snowflakes when you click on the picture. I used my new embossing pen for the first time on the snowman's hat, thinking that it would set clear. But it stayed blue. Luckily it matched, so I didn't make a do-over, but it's not what I intended. Bob Ross would call it a happy accident. I also embossed the sentiment with the sparkly powder.

Materials used:
B&Ts: Wonderland
Cardstock: Black, White Daisy, Twilight
Stamps: Very Merry Christmas, Pair-a-Phrase
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black (not CTMH), Twilight, White Daisy
Other: Blending Pen, Embossing Pen, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, White Glitter (not CTMH)

Sweet Stop Christmas Card

Here's a fun card I made for Sweet Stop Sketches:

 

 

 

Materials used:
B&Ts: Roxie, Mistletoe
Cardstock: Tulip, Colonial White
Stamps: A Sip
Ink: Cocoa (appropriate)
Other: Red Glitz Glitter Gel, Mistletoe level 2 assortment

Sweet Treats Birthday Card

Hello. I'd like to share a birthday card I made last night. I hosted a crop, but no one came (my fault - poor planning on my part!). So I made a card and spent the rest of the evening watching Psych with my hubby. ;)

I took inspiration from 3 challenges:
Inspired By
Pals Paper Arts
CAS-ual Fridays

Materials used:
Cardstock: White, Heavenly Blue, Tulip
Stamps: Piece of Cake
Inks: Cocoa
Markers: Desert Sand (retired), Cranberry Set, Sky set
Other: White Bigger Brad, Red Ribbon collection, Spring Blossom Just Blooms