Sympathy Sihouette

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!! I'm so thankful for all of you who have stopped by today! :) Thank you to all my loyal followers!!! Not a follower yet? Haven't you heard?!

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Now onto the true reason of my post--this week over at Less is More, our CAS challenge is to create something using a silhouette. I originally stamped my card thinking I'd use it as a Christmas card...but it was a bit too tame for my liking. So I changed it into a sympathy card. It's perfect! :)

Now, I'm not saying I LOVE sending out sympathy cards, but I DO know how a sympathy card can ease the burden of losing a loved one just a smidgen bit. So, I am hoping that this beauty will bring comfort to the person who receives it. Luckily, I do not have anyone who needs it currently.

Here's the card (Sympathy Silhouette)~

Details~

What are your thoughts? I feel the glitter was NEEDFUL. But, I usually think glitter and bling are needful, so, yeah. Hopefully you like it as much as I do. :) Hopefully it inspires you to join in the silhouette challenge--such fun! Hop over and see what others have created--it's half the fun!!! Happy stamping! :)

Out of my comfort zone...

Yes. This card SERIOUSLY stretched my crazy brain. I am really all about making A2 size cards...so this 6"x6" card was challenging. PLUS, I've been leaning towards CAS style lately...used to be out of my comfort zone so I continued to try and practice and now it's become my comfort zone. Not that I'm complaining or anything... ;D

Well, anyway...this card turned out so much more beautiful than I thought it would! :) And it is all thanks to a sweet friend. She gave me some AMAZING American Crafts pearly paper--and I used it to make this! :)

Here's the card~

And details~

It's soooo pretty. I'm thinking of framing it to remind myself that I really can do things that are outside of my comfort zone! ;) I'm so very grateful that God has given me the talent of paper crafting!!! :)

Oh, and speaking of out of my comfort zone, I don't like to beg, BUT...

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Linking this creation up to the following challenges~

Sketch Saturday (THANK you for this sketch!)

Christmas Stamping All Year (photo inspiration)

Truly Scrumptious (Pearls or Vintage Christmas)

CAS-ual Snowflake

Hello!!!

Before we begin...
JUST A REMINDER

IF I get 100 followers
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I will be giving
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Okay, now that that's out of the way....onto the task at hand! This card that I am about to show you...it is not as good as I thought it would be in my head. Don't get me wrong, I DO like this, but not as much as I thought I would...oh, well. Can't win them all!

NOW, off of my pity pot, I am submitting this card to CAS-ual Friday's CFC29: Sketch.

Here's the fabby sketch~

It's it perfectly CAS style?! Well, I'm afraid I've butchered it. I think it's my patterned paper choice...please forgive me!!! I think I may try again, but we'll see...

My card~

Details~

Don't tell me if you hate it...or do. I REALLY do not like the way this turned out. Hopefully your inspired to one up me on this one! You've got until Friday to link up, so go check it out!!! Happy stamping!

CASEing Christmas!

One last post for today--I'm trying to keep up with all the cards and challenges, but it'll be doubly hard this week with Thanksgiving and all! I've been having such fun, though! Lots of stamping get togethers with fabulous stamping buddies!!! :)

Okay, our November muse at Case Study is Krissy. She's fabulous!

Here's our inspiration for this week~

Fabulous, am I right?! So, I made two cards inspired by this.

Card 1 (Starry Night Christmas)~

Details~

The star is punched from a food seal given to me by a friend. I think you can see how I was inspired. :) The rhinestones are Basic Grey. The stamps are Tim Holtz, 7 Gypsies, and Stampin' Up! Cardstock, ribbon, and ink are Stampin' Up!

Card 2 (Peaceful Village)~

Details~

The inspiration for this card was the colors from the first card, but the layout of Krissy's case of herself. :) Dry embossing folder by Sizzix; cardstock, ink, punches and stamps by Stampin' Up!

Hope you like them--they were fun to make! Merry stamping!!! :)

White Winter Wonderland

Hello once again! :) OH MY WORD I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS POST!!! I have a couple cards to share with you...I had a ton of fun making them!!! I have a lot of white cardstock and so I was contemplating what I would do with it...and I decided to try my hand at a white on white card.

It became a white on white plus image panel on white...does that make sense? Oh, well! I'm a bit out of it lately! Oh my gosh, I really think you'll love them!!! :)

So, anyway, these are CAS style--it's slowly but surely becoming my favorite style right now!!! :) I used my favorite Apple Blossoms set from Stampin' Up! and a brand new sentiment stamp set from Inkadinkado--Season's Greetings. Then I added a few small rhinestones for some bling. :D Because Christmas should SPARKLE!!!

Here's the first card~

Details~

Second card~

Details~

Aren't they pretty?! I used Old Olive and Poppy Parade inks from Stampin' Up! for a little more vibrancy! I was overly pleased with how they turned out! I am thinking about making more to send out!!! :) Merry stamping!

Entering these into the following challenges:

Just Us Girls~Red, white, green color challenge

The Crafty Pad~Festive Cheer

Fashionable Stamping Challenge~I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Simon Says GIVE THANKS!!!

Well hello again! Fancy meeting YOU here! ;D I'm so thankful to see you here--I'm in a Thanksgiving mood!

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Just sayin'....

This week over at Simon Says Stamp, they've challenged us to create something that displays thankfulness. I didn't want to do a fall colored card--I wanted to create something that was my favorite color--PURPLE!!!

Here's what I came up with~

And some details~

What do you think? I rather like the way it turned out! And I'm sure that I know the perfect person to give it to!!! :)

I hope you take the opportunity to thank someone who's done something nice for you today--it'll brighten their day and make you feel good, too!!! It's a win-win! :) Happy thankstamping! ;D

Third Week! Make My Monday!!!

Round three!!! This week's challenge at Make My Monday is a really fun one! The challenge is to make a Christmas card or project using these guidelines: Christmas foliage, flowers, or snowflakes. It's hard to choose just one! Okay...I made more than one. Sorry! I get a little carried away sometimes!!!

Here's my first card~Poinsettias~

I stamped and embossed the swirls and the sentiment before adding the little accent flower above the sentiment. I stamped and embossed the poinsettias, cut them out, added bling centers, and added them to the card. Easy peasy!

Detailed look at flowers~

Detailed look at sentiment~

Okay. I may have gotten more than a little carried away...I may have gotten a lot carried away! I had soooo many ideas floating around in my head for this challenge!!! So, I hope you indulge my tenacity and don't condemn it!!!

Here's a 2nd card~I call it "Star Trees"...tell you why in a bit~

Okay, so the title, yeah? Here's how I made them. I stamped a large star image in green and then cut the tips to use as the trees. My husband said it was brilliant. I was just being lazy!!! ;D The snow scene was created by cutting a piece of scratch paper, using it to mask off the bottom of the card, sponging blue to my eyes satisfaction, and then adding some glitter for "snow". :)

Close up of some of those "star trees"~

Card 3~Holly Bells~

This is my CAS style card for the week--I've been really trying to improve the CAS style cards and so I had to make another one this week. :)

Close up of details~

Card 4~Embossed Evergreen~

This card came to me in my dreams...I HAD to make it! The accent flowers were easy to make with my three flower punch. :) I embossed the tree in gold--sorry that the photos don't do it justice. :(

Close up of details~

LAST Card (promise!)~Glistening Holiday~

That snowflake is a rub-on that I have had for over a year. It NEEDED to be used. It cried out to me as I was making the 4th card!!! I had to save it.

Close up of that snowflake rub-on~

Thank you or indulging my OCD/over achieving fiendish card making issues. I appreciate it! Thank you for all your support--you truly help make my life incredibly happy!!! I hope you play along with us this week--your cards inspire me! :) Seasonal Stamping Greetings! :)