Happy Holidays...

 Hello!  I'm back with another project using new dies from the Becca Feeken for Spellbinders Fluted Classic collection.  This time I am using the Fluted Classics Ovals etched dies.  (Compensated affiliate links used where possible.  By using my links I earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

I was inspired by one of the inspiration photos for the Inspired By challenge of white Christmas.  I tried to pull in various elements from the inspiration photo into my card.  The largest oval in the Fluted Classics ovals set is bigger than an A2 sized card so I decided to create a shaped card with it.   To create the card I scored a 8.5 x 11 sheet of thin white cardstock in half.  I then placed the large oval cutting die and the die that creates the fluted edge on the cardstock making sure that part of the die hung over.  This allows me to create a hinge on my card base.  I then found some patterned paper that had a woodgrain pattern with white snowflakes on it and die cut the oval again.  This was layered on my card base.  I then used a plain oval to die cut white glitter cardstock and layered that on my card base.  The final oval was die cut with a smaller oval die and the coordinating fluted edge from white cardstock.   The sentiment is from the Becca Feeken Mosaic Bracket Card Builder die set.  The words were die cut from silver glitter cardstock, once more from white cardstock and then adhered together.  I die cut the shadow die from white cardstock as well.   I used the Christmas Blooms die set to create the little poinsettias from white cardstock and the leaves and little pine branches from the silver.  I added Crystal Mix Color Essentials gems to the centers of the flowers.  I popped up the white oval on the card base and then added the sentiments and flowers, branches and leaves. 

Here is a photo of the card showing how is stands quite nicely.  I just love how this card turned out!

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

thanks... for everything...

 There is a new die collection from Becca Feeken for Spellbinders available and today I'm sharing a card I made with one of the new die sets.  This collection is called Fluted Classics and I made my card using the Fluted Classics Rectangles die set.   The way Becca designed this new collection is so clever and unique.  You have the ability to die cut rectangles with a fluted detail embossed into them or to create frames with the fluted detail or just plain frames!   For my card today I decided to use the dies to create solid panels with the fluting detail.  You can find all the new arrivals here.  (Compensated affiliate links used where possible.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

I also used Becca's new Sweet Sayings Notecard Sentiments on my card.   I was struggling a little with an idea and so I turned to some of my favorite challenges to help me out:  Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches and the Paper Players.  My card also fits in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge so I will be posting it there, too.   Lots of die cutting on this one.  The thanks was cut from dark blue cardstock three times and adhered together.   The branches and flowers are from another set of dies by Becca called Petite Floral Potpourri.  I die cut the branch and little flowers using brown and rust cardstock.  I tried adding in a branch die cut from the warm yellow gold cardstock I used for the largest rectangle, but didn't like the look.   I determined where my die cut sentiment was going to be so I could stamp the sub-sentiment in black ink.  That is from the May Spellbinders stamp of the month.   Once that was done I adhered everything to my card base.  I finished off the card with a scattering of the little flowers I had left over and small Fashion Gold embellishments.   I just love the beautiful fluting around the edges of the panels!

Make sure to check out all the new Spellbinders products, as well as the pre-Black Friday sale that is currently happening!  Lots of great deals to be had.  Link in my sidebar to the sale or click here.  Have a lovely day!

New Release at AJVD!

 Hello everyone!  There is a new release at A Jillian Vance Design and I have created a card using some of the new dies.  Here is a little peek of the card:

I had a bit of fun using some of the Tim Holtz holiday products on my card!  I hope you will head over to the AJVD blog to check out what I made.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Simon Says Stamp Handmade Holiday Release

 Hello!  Are you ready for a new release at Simon Says Stamp?  Well... even if you aren't the new Handmade Holiday release is live on their website right now, lol!  I have a slimline card to share that I made with a new slimline stencil from the release called Slimline Rainbow.  (Compensated affiliate links used where possible. By using my links I earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

When I got the stencil in the mail from Simon Says Stamp the first thing that came to mind was to create a card with the look of a candy cane.  When I was a kid at Christmas time stores would carry the traditional candy canes, but they would also carry these extra large candy canes that were over an inch thick!  That was the look I was going for.  I wanted the white stripes to be thicker than the red stripes so I masked off every other opening.   For the inking I used Festive Berries distress ink.   The sentiments are from one of my most favorite Simon Says Stamp Christmas set Stained Glass Greetings.  I stamped everything with watermark ink and then heat embossed in red.  I die cut the Joy with the matching die and the smaller sentiments with a little banner die from a Spellbinders Glimmer set I have.  The foliage was created using the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Foliage die set and cut from various glitter cardstocks.  I just love that little set.  I used a Simon Says Stamp premade slimline card base and then die cut down my stenciled background with a Spellbinders slimline rectangle die from the Circle Kaleidoscope die set.  

Check out the full Handmade Holiday release right here!  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Becca Feeken Sweet Serenade Release

 Hello!  Hope you are having a good week.  It is very wet and soggy here in my corner of the Pacific Northwest.   I'm popping in with a card that I made using a newly released die set from Becca Feeken and Spellbinders called Sweet Sayings Notecard Sentiments.  These dies are part of her Sweet Serenade Notecards collection.   I used the colors from Sunday Stamps and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my card.

I stamped the sunflower image from the Spellbinders Hello Sunflower stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Copic markers.  After I finished coloring the image I die cut it using the scalloped circle die from the Jingle Word Frame die set.   I found patterned paper in this gradient green and die cut it, as well as the light gray cardstock with dies from the Essentials Rectangle die set.  I die cut the Hello from the Sweet Sayings Notecard Sentiments from heavy weight vellum three times and adhered them together.  I cut a strip of the same heavy weight vellum to use for the strip element in the sketch.  I then layered up all the elements according to the sketch.    A simple, uncomplicated card. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

happy november!

 Hello!  Hope your November is off to a great start.  It is Wednesday and that means I have a post up on the AJVD blog.  Here is a little peek:

I hope you will head over to the AJVD blog to see my card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!