The Stars

This card uses the same type of background as the one I shared with you yesterday - the Bermuda Bay ink pad was swiped on some Very Vanilla card stock...

This time I added an embossed layer of Pool Party behind the ink pad swiped card stock and some stars cut out with the Starlight thinlits and a horn cut out with the retired Musical instruments thinlits.  

The sentiment is from the Illuminated Christmas stamp set and is punched out with a retired punch.

Supplies:

Illuminated Christmas

Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana ink

Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party card stock

Gold foil sheets

retired punch

Tin Tile folder

brads

Musical instruments thinlits

Starlight thinlits

October Stamp Club Projects

Another month is here again already!  This time I have a varying theme going on with the projects we are creating. 

The first card uses the In the Meadow and Tin of Cards stamp sets, some sponges and a mask.

For the second card, I chose the Cable knit folder and Starlight thinlits along with the Bermuda Bay ombre Stampin' ink pad.

And finally, the layout uses the Halloween Night specialty designer series paper along with the Banner triple punch.

in the meadow, star of light, tin of cards

Bermuda Bay ombre pad, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso ink

Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Basic Gray card stock

Halloween night specialty designer series paper

banner triple punch

Starlight thinlits

cable knit folder

ovals framelits

sponges

If these look like fun to you and you think you might like to join us for stamp club - contact me here for more information about both my monthly club and my every other month virtual clubs!

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

I saw some cute cookie cutter Christmas ornaments online one day and wanted to try a few out for myself. 

The first thing I did was pick out my paper.  Then, I cut a piece that was slightly bigger than the ornament and pulled out my fine tip glue pen. 

  I set the paper down with the ornament on top and added a generous coating of glue to the inside edges. 

After that dried, I used a sharp knife to trim around the ornament. Then on to the fun stuff!

I added some more glue and chunky glitter around the edges.  Each one has a little Christmas trinket hanging inside on the Candy Cane Lane baker's twine that will also hold the ornament on the tree.

To embellish them, I used the Starlight thinlits, basic pearls, and the Christmas magic stamp set.

Supplies:

Christmas Magic

Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Delightful Dijon ink

Whisper White, Emerald Envy, Bermuda Bay card stock

fine tip glue pen

Christmas trinkets embellishments

chunky glitter

basic pearls

Presents and Pinecones dsp

cookie cutters

Candy Cane Lane baker's twine

Christmas Memory Tray

I always love playing with this type of decoration, trying to tie in different ideas in all the different slots of the memory tray.  In the last few weeks I have put together a couple different ones with different themes and while I will show them all to you eventually, I thought I would share the Christmas themed one first.

The wooden tray is 12" x 12" and while this one happens to be white, I also have some black ones to play with :)  I started by choosing one of the designer series paper packs that Stampin' Up! has available in a Christmas theme and the one I chose is called This Christmas specialty paper. 

Next, I picked the stamp sets - Wonder of Christmas and Star of Light...

I definitely had a good time playing with embellishments on this project, some retired and some current, but all of them are Stampin' Up! products.

Although Crumb Cake is not a color in the This Christmas specialty paper collection, I decided to add that to my color scheme.

For the ink colors, I stayed with the same ones as in the paper - Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Garden Green except for coloring in the angel where I added a few other colors.

My favorite pattern of the paper collection is the music sheets, I have always been drawn to that and decided to highlight it a couple of different ways - with some Fabulous Foil designer acetate over the top in one slot and as a large background in another.

If you happen to be able to go to the Fall Scrapbooking retreat at Park River Bible Camp in November, this is a project that I am teaching a class on and you will have a few different themes to choose from :) 

Supplies:

Wonder of Christmas, Star of Light

Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Garden Green, Soft Sky Crumb Cake ink

Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stock

This Christmas specialty paper

Fabulous Foil designer acetate

Starlight thinlits

Ovals collection framelits

lace trim

gold sequin trim

mini jingle bells

metallic enamel shapes

gold designer buttons

The Light the Shepherds Saw...

Today's card is another sneak peek from the Holiday catalog and I have used some non traditional Christmas colors on it showcasing the Starlight Thinlits Dies and Star of Light stamp set.

I chose Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party for my star die cuts and added them on top of a delicate doily. 

I added some images in the background on my Bermuda Bay layer using the same color of ink.

Supplies:

Star of Light

Bermuda Bay ink

Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Pool Party card stock

delicate doily

Candy Cane lane baker's twine

Starlight thinlits dies