CAS-ual Fridays #183

It's been a while since I've played at CAS-ual Fridays and I don't know why.  I think they slipped through the cracks even though some of my first stamps were from them.  I'm back on track now and have a card for their current challenge - Shaker Cards.

I used CF's bell die, filled it with red sequins and decorated it with TH greens and a bow from SPD.  The sentiment is from PB.  This may be the easiest shaker I've ever made although I now need to go get some more of the thicker fun foam.

Thanks to my friend Carol, I have learned more about my new photo editing program iPiccy.  There are still a few kinks to work out but things are looking up.

Thanks for dropping by.  I love it when you do.

Merry Monday #193

I think I need to get a bell stamp or two.  That's the theme for Merry Monday this week and I only have one tiny little bell from Essentials by Ellen.  I made the best of it though by stamping it multiple times.

I used a die from Sugar Pea for my panels and one from Tim Holtz for the sentiment.  I stamped the bells in silver and Pure Poppy and silver embossed the partial sentiment from HLS.

Short and sweet tonight.  Thanks for stopping by.

Merry Monday #187 and HLS Christmas

You thought we were through with Christmas cards didn't you?  Well, we're not.  There are several challenges that will help you be ahead of the game when it's time to send out those cards again.  One of them is Merry Monday.  This week their challenge is to use plaid.  Yay!  One of my favorite fabrics.  I mean papers. ;)

Recipe: Old plaid paper,  LF stitched rectangles, a holly die from Poppystamps, Pine Feather cs, a sentiment from PTI, and a little bling for berries.  I don't usually use bling but I though this card called for it.

This next card is for the January Happy Little Stampers challenge - Jingle. This one took a while to conjure up because I didn't think I had any bell stamps or dies.  I ran across a tiny one from E by E but wondered what else I could put with it to fill out a card.  Then I spied a stamped ribbon from Avery Elle that I did when Michele visited and it all fell into place.

You can call this an embossed card.  Red for the ribbon and silver for the bells and HLS sentiment.

I'm so glad you stopped by.  Have a great weekend.

Merry Monday #135 and LIM #199

Who doesn't love bells at Christmas time?  That's the challenge at Merry Monday and I was beginning to think I might have to break out my Cricut to get a bell when my eyes fell on my fairly new stamp set Essentials by Ellen, designed by the fabulous Julie Ebersole.  There's a darling little bell on there and that's the essence of my card.

The sentiment is cut from a shiny green scrap with dies from Essentials Merry and Bright.

ETA:  Sarah reminded me that this would qualify for Less is More's Jingle All the Way challenge so I'm entering it there, too.

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visits and comments are always appreciated.

Casology #71

I've been taking the Online Card Class and got some great ideas for holiday cards.  Debby Hughes did a dry embossing over embossing paste that looked like molten metal and I knew that was just what I needed for the CASology challenge this week.

I play in the hand bell choir at church and knew immediately that was how I was headed with this card.  It will be great to give the director for Christmas.

I cut the bell from the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge.  It had a clapper hanging out, so I taped off the clapper and handle before using the negative cut to put on the embossing paste.  I poured gold embossing powder over the image and heat set it.  I cut the handle from the positive image, embossed it with black powder and glued it on.  The NBUS sentiment is from PTI's Signature Christmas stamped in Peeled Paint Distress Ink to match the background music paper.  I was originally going to center the white panel but not enough of the music showed, so I stuck it up in the corner, mounted on foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by.  It's really cold here today so I'm planning to hibernate in my craft room.  How about you?