Classy Country Christmas ~ Merry Monday Challenge #98

Hello stampin' friends and happy Tuesday!  Made it through Monday without anymore crazy weather or ER visits...whew!  Here's to hoping the rest of the week goes just as well :-)

So, I've had an idea brewing in my head since Christmas, but never got around to actually putting it on paper.  Until today!  I saw the fun challenge over at Merry Monday and thought it was time to make my idea come to life.  The challenge this week is to add some country charm to a Christmas card using stitching and buttons...just what I had in mind for my card!

While this may not be a full on "Country Christmas" card, we can maybe call it a "Classy Country Christmas" card, right?!!?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Ink ~ Whisper White Craft

Stamps ~ Endless Wishes*, Christmas Messages, Greetings of the Season

Other Supplies ~ Neutrals Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Details, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Bakers Twine, Linen Thread

*Stamp Set no longer available, in MDS format

 

I am so happy with how this turned out!  It's always good when I can make an idea in my head come to life on paper :-) 

 

And a little shout out to Mother Nature...just because I created a pretty, wintry card, that does NOT mean we want more snow! 

 

Happy Stamping!



Everything Eleanor Christmas

Hi friends and happy Saturday!  Hope you have all recovered from any Black Friday shopping you may have done yesterday!  I had to work yesterday, so I did my shopping today.  And I'm happy to say that I am almost all done with all of my birthday (for my twins) and Christmas shopping...hooray!!!  Just a few more things that I have to order and I will be DONE!  And a huge bonus...I got home right before nap time for the baby and my hubby and twins were out hunting, so I had a couple of hours to stamp...yay!!!  

My crafting partner in crime over at Sweet n Spiffy threw two fun challenges at me late last night, which I quickly accepted without even knowing what I was up against.  We both are making a card using a sketch from Retro Sketches and we are "Mashing up our Creativity with some inspiration over at the Friday Mashup.  Their challenge this week is to create a project using a non-holiday stamp set or image to create a holiday card.  And should you chose, you can mash it up with a messy technique like spritzing, smooching, shimmer painting or splattering with an aquapainter.

It took me a bit to come up with a non-holiday set to create a holiday card, but I finally found just the right one!

Here's my take on the two challenges:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Everything Eleanor, Greetings of the Season

Other supplies ~ Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Crochet Trim, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

I lightly sponged the embossed piece of Very Vanilla paper with Crumb Cake ink to give it a little bit of an antique look.  I also spritzed the Very Vanilla paper and flowers with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.  It's hard to see in this picture, but the little bit of shimmer is really pretty.

Well, the baby is up and my hubby and twins are home...guess that means my free time is up!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Framed Ornaments

I needed a bit of a break from my Bridal Fair and Holiday Bazaar projects, so I decided to find a couple of fun challenges this morning.  After a little bit of searching, I was inspired by the CAS sketch over at Pals Paper Arts.  I also found a fun little challenge going on over at The Paper Players...to create a CAS project featuring frames.  The perfect idea struck me and I got to work!



I recently earned two free stamp sets for reaching my Stampin' Start goals...yay!!!  Papaya Collage was one of the sets I got and I finally had the chance to ink it up this morning.  Love it!  I did a little bit of fussy cutting around the outer edge of the frame, cut the center out and popped it up with some dimensionals to create a bit a shadow box effect.  Fun!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Real Red, Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Greetings of the Season, Papaya Collage

Other Supplies ~ Finishing Touches Edgelits, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

I love, love, love this DSP...so beautiful!  It was fun to create each little ornament with this paper.

Ok, time to get back to my other projects!  The Bridal Fair is Saturday and I still have few more things to get done...time is running short!

Happy Stamping!