Christmas wishes...

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Hey friends!! Wow... Christmas is just a few days away!! My little guy is soo excited! Every day he tells me "Christmas is almost here"!  Love the joy and excitement that little kids have when it comes to Christmas time.  Have a card to share for a few challenges.. Freshly Made Sketches, ColourQ, Sparkle and Shine and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of die cutting.  The current Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge is also die cutting so I have posted my card in their flickr gallery, as well.  I have had the SSS stamp set Christmas Graphics for ages and have wanted to make a card with it, but just couldn't seem to come up with anything.  But when I saw the new FMS layout I knew it would work perfectly with Christmas Graphics.  All the panels were die cut using my A Jillian Vance Design Polka Dot Rectangle backdrop dies.  The smaller one was stamped with the larger Christmas tree image using Kiwi Kiss ink and then the "stick" tree was stamped inside that using Crumb Cake ink.  A little star from the set was also stamped in Kiwi Kiss and trimmed out.  The Christmas (from the SSS die set Christmas Blessings) was die cut 4 times from red cardstock and then all the pieces glued together.  I adhered the word to my panel and then added the word "wishes".  The star was added to the top of the tree along with some clear and black Pretty Pink Posh 4mm sequins.  That panel was matted with a black panel, adhered to the kraft panel and then everything adhered to a red card base.   Love the FMS layout so I will definitely be using it for another card in the near future!

Thanks for stopping by today...

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SU! Real Red, PTI kraft; white; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design and Simon Says Stamp; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento

lucky in love...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card that I made for the brand new challenge Sparkle and Shine.  This new challenge is all about sequins and sparkle... I have lots of sequins so it will be fun to play along with a challenge devoted to them!  I'm also posting this to the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge... a hint of clover.

 

For the first Sparkle and Shine challenge we were given a charming little photo of a four leaf clover.  I decided to go with a heart since the leaves of a clover are heart shaped.  I dug through my extensive collection of wood veneers and found this rectangle with the heart in it.  I pressed the piece into green ink (SU!'s Pear Pizzaz) to give it a nice green tint.  Then came the hard part... filling up that heart with sequins!  Seriously... took me three times before I got the look I was happy with!  It is hard to tell, but I used light green sequins for my first layer and then added 4mm clear sequins on top.   I'm still not happy with how it turned out... but after three tries I was done, lol!   The sentiment and the little clover is from Taylored Expressions.  This also works for the current Curtain Call challenge... may pop it in there.

Have a happy day...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Fresh Snow Linen CS & kraft; Stamps:  Taylored Expressions; Inks:  Pear Pizzazz, VersaMark watermark ink; Filigree black embossing powder; Amy Tangerine wood veneer; Sequins:  Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear, Ellen Hutson light green