Merry!

I'm finally back to posting another card.  Let's just say I can't wait until I open my present at Christmas...my own hand selected laptop!  Yeah!!!  I'm hoping that will make my whole downloading pics process easier. :)  Plus no more stealing the other laptop when someone else is on it, and hopefully no more troubles downloading the pics from my memory card!  

I made today's card for a couple of reasons...  I needed a card to give to my upline for helping me out of a jam again and again (I know it doesn't say thank you, but that's what we demos do).  Plus I wanted to enter another sketch challenge, so I used Saturday Sketch challenge 9 over at Stamping and Blogging.  By the way I think I'm a little hooked on these colors.  I love how they look together! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Soiree

Card Stock:  Island Indigo & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo, Baja Breeze & Pool Party

Versa Mark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Punches:  2 1/2" Circle & Scallop Trim Border

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Emboss Resist Snowflake Soiree

Today's card is one of my December stamp a stack cards.  I love the three blues combined using the emboss resist technique.  It's kind of hard to see in the pic, but I also spritzed it with shimmer paint.  A lot of my cards have the sparkle of shimmer paint spritzed on them.  :)  It's kind of funny because when it comes to clothes I'm very low key, but my cards are another story...make 'em sparkle! lol  



Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Soiree & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Baja Breeze & Island Indigo
VersaMark
Embossing Folder:  Snow Burst (retired)
Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White
Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Sponges

RHSSC - Gift Tag Card

It's Sunday again so you know what that means...time for another card for the Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  Yes, I'm using pretty much the same colors again for the third post in a row.  That's because I decided to use scraps and leftovers again which means my mess hadn't been cleaned up for a couple of days.  Very unusual because I'm pretty much a neat freak when it comes to my stamping.  Yup, I make a project, clean it up, make another project, clean it up...I think you get the picture. :)

We have something special going on in December... If you play along every week in December you'll receive a bonus gift!  

Here are the details:

- Use our sketch to create your card or scrapbook page.

- Post your take on our sketch on our blog here using the Mr. Linky.

- Post our sketch and your take on our sketch on your blog or a gallery with a link to our blog.

- Sketches must be uploaded by Saturday, December 15.

- Participate each week for the whole month and receive a bonus gift!

Head over to the Red Hot Stampers blog here to see what everyone else created. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla
Jewel:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist
Simply Scored

Red Hot Christmas Party

Well it's been one of those weeks for me...stressful!  I'm sure no one else has ever had a week like that. lol  As I'm writing this I can feel myself starting to relax a little because I know my busy week is almost done.  Whew...I survived!  I've enjoyed each thing I've done, but I think I need to slow down just a little.  Now on to today's cards.  Last night was our Red Hots' Christmas party and it's always a lot of fun!  We had great food, lots of laughs, games and of course gifts.  And this year we decided on a $5 gift exchange for our gifts.  All I can say is I am not a shopper so I decided to give a box of chocolates and make a few cards.  My last post shows a card that I made using gold snowflakes.  Well after cutting out the large snowflakes I could not throw away my scraps like I usually do because the glimmer paper is so pretty and I felt wasteful if I did.  So I set them aside then starting thinking that maybe I could use them somehow on a few cards for my gift and these are the cards I came up with...

I also decided to enter these into the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge since it's a monochromatic challenge and these seem perfect for it.  Plus I've been lacking in the challenge department this week!  

Of course I had to have a box to store them in too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Perfectly Penned & Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla
Glimmer Paper:  Champagne
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Embossing Folder:  Lacey Brocade
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry
Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Soft Suede
Shimmer Paint:  Champange Mist

Celebrate Today

Today's card is for one of my December stamp a stacks.  Notice it doesn't say Merry Christmas or Season's Greetings, etc.  Some of the ladies just want winter cards that can still be used for birthdays, thanks yous or a thinking of you type of card.  I made one for a birthday and another for a thank you.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede
Bigz Die:  Snow Flurry

Embossing Folder:  Lacy Brocade

Glimmer Paper:  Champagne

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearl Large

RHSSC 65

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge card.  I really liked today's sketch because it was pretty simple and perfect for a Christmas stamp a stack card. :)  I was a little lazy and did the spotlighting technique.  Yup, I didn't want to color in the whole picture. lol  It's kind of hard to see the circle in my first picture, so I took a close up too.  **So I totally forgot to give you the link to the Red Hot Stampers Blog to check out the other cards when I first posted this.  Not only should you check out the other cards, but read the post too since we have a special gift for anyone who participates in the month of December.  Click here for all the details!**

There that's a little easier to see. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stamp Set:  Beautiful Season

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Watercolor Wonder Crayons:  More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy

Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso , Garden Green & Basic Gray

Punch:  1 3/4" Circle Punch

Embossing Folder:  Petals-a-Plenty

Ribbon:  3/4" Seam Binding in Cherry Cobbler

Aqua Painter

Look Out Birdie...he he he!

Well, I'm finally back to blogging again after taking a couple of days off.  No excuse really because I have plenty of swap cards to show!  But today I decided to get busy and do the Color Me Beautiful challenge again before the linky closed. :)  I also found a new sketch challenge on a blog called Stamping and Blogging Blog (Saturday Sketch Challenge).  You'll have to check it out.  I already follow Sandi's personal blog because I love her cards...and I always love to follow more challenge blogs to help with some inspiration along the way. :)  So...the colors were really a challenge for me this time (boy were they ever!) and it's another card that definitely is not my normal stamping style, but I think it turned out pretty cute (look out little birdie...you're about to get pelted with a snowball! lol)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Snow Much Fun

Card Stock:  Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

StazOn:  Black

Stampin' Write Markers:  Primrose Petals, Basic Gray,

Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder & Old Olive

Embossing Folder: Delicate Designs

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist