Retired 4 Challenge Christmas fun

 

I thought I was had enough Christmas cards, but counted again today and am still way short.  I decided to dig out some of my favorite retired SU! images to play with some challenges.

 

The Dasher card is for the layout from RetroSketches.  The sentiment is from Lots of Thoughts.

The colors are from Paper Players - Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and neutral (sahara sand & choc chip)

 

On this card I used the Snowboarder image (cut out and popped up) and the lovely Medallion stamp (embossed in white) and Many Merry Messages.  I really like this card and don't think the photo really shows it off very well.

 

The colors are from Fab Friday - pool party, gumball green, primrose petals, real red, white

The layout is from Clean & Simple Stamping - fall-to-layout #220.

New Queen... QFTD110

Here are my two cards for the Queen for the Day Challenge...

Using my Awash with Flowers set and the sentiment from Easy Events.  I hand drew the flower stems.

Using the "telescoping image technique"  Really easy to do with framelits!

How many types of embellishments can you count?  Mini brads, clear rhinestone, button, twine, ribbon.

I used two retiring backgrounds - Medallion and French Filigree.

The layout of this card comes from Pals Paper Arts

Color Challenge - Medallion

My card for today's color challenge - Elegant Eggplant (dark purple), Concord Crush (dark purple/blue) and Melon Mambo (bright pink).  I also used Early Espresso (really dark brown) and white.

First I stamped my medallion with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder on WATERCOLOR paper!  Then I used my purple and pink markers to color on the watercolor paper.  I spritzed with water and brayered.  I really think the effect turned out well, especially using such strong colors.

I added butterflies and rhinestones to complete the card.

Medallion - 3 panels

Very easy card and could be used for many occasions (with a different sentiment). I'm using mine for baby boy!

I stamped the medallion, then cut into three 1" strips. Added ripping and punched out the sentiment (from So Many Sayings) with the word window punch. And I added 3 rhinestones.

New Queen... QFTD92

Here are the two cards I made for this week's Queen. I hope you get a chance to play along here.

I used the triple blossom bouquet punch and popped up the top flower. I also used the new Sale-a-bration paper!


The medallion is embossed in white and I cut it out in a circle. Then I punched the inner part up and layered with scallop circle and popped it up with a clear rhinestone in the center.

Dashing through the snow!

Made this card for the clean and simple challenge today to "chill out!" I thought of making a nice snowy scene with Dasher. I have seen so many great cards with torn paper hills and glitter. Here's my attempt at it.



I stamped the medallion first, then Dasher with Staz On. I added two torn pieces of white and glitter. I pierced around the top part.

The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages and I used the word window and modern label punches and popped it up. I added brads and ribbon and some embossed dots in the background.

I'm all done Christmas shopping. Only 11 days till we leave for BC to visit family. We're going to have Christmas with our kids early before we go.
Hope you have a fantastic Christmas season!

Stacked Background - Medallion Christmas

I made this card with the help of two challenges.

Technique Challenge at Splitcoast - Stacked Background - I first stamped my French Filigree swirl background stamp with crumb cake/kraft ink (on vanilla textured paper). Then I used soft suede and stamped some snowflakes from snow swirled. Then I used Cherry Cobbler and stamped the medallion image.

I stamped the medallion again and punched it out with a circle. The circle is popped up and I used the new dazzling details glitter glue and a clear rhinestone.

I layered soft suede dotted scallop ribbon border, lace trim, red ribbon and a sentiment.

The layout comes from Clean & Simple Stamping - Fall To Layout #161

First 2011 Christmas cards

My first Chrismtas cards of the year! I am really hoping to be able to sell a lot of cards for Christmas so this year I'll try to make more SETS of cards. It's a whole lot quicker!



The medallion image is embossed with gold. I made 6 cards, 2 of each color.



If you would like to order Christmas cards from me I'd be happy to make you some! The earlier you let me know, the better it is to get them all done in time for you to mail out for Christmas!

Misted medallion flip

I made this card a few days ago, but then forgot to post it!
This card is for my Stampin' Up! technique group!



The main image (medallion) was made by using different color inks, spritzing with water, and stamping on vellum!

I'm really happy with how this turned out. It's very striking and I love those colors together.

Poppy on Parade - Medallion Inspiration

I checked out the inspiration challenge today on splitcoast. I also used a layout from Clean & Simple Stamping.

The medallion is embossed with Iridescent Ice and its hard to get a good picture. I added rhinestones for more bling.

This is the pillow I was inspired by...
http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4201888

2 backgrounds 2 punches

Here's a fun Sunday afternoon card.

I got the idea of combining these two beautiful background stamps (medallion and french filigree) from someone here on the internet. I thought they made a beautiful combination. Here's my take on it.



I embossed the medallion with black, then versamarked the french filigree. I added ribbon, a sentiment punched out with modern label and I punched out some flowers from the boho blossoms punch, layered them and added a rhinestone.

Really simple card with a great WOW look! I LOVE it.

Another medallion technique

Here's yet another technique that works really well with the Medallion stamp. I really love this stamp and am having a lot of fun with it. I find that it works best when you use a brayer to ink it up, so it inks up more evenly.

To do this technique I used Versamark to emboss the medallion in white on glossy paper. Then I used some reinkers, rubbing alchohol and paper towel to dab the color on. The ink resists the embossed areas and disappears when you heat with the heat tool.

I used texturz embossing with the Big Shot to do the Certainly Celery background.
I used the horizontal slot punch to put the ribbon through and tied a little bow to put overtop.

I love how the Medallion pairs with sentiments and Short & Sweet is one of my favorites to use with it!



The card was made for Pals Paper Arts challenge #34 - sketch.
I used the colors from Curtain Call #21 - certainly celery, always artichoke, barely banana, white (and I added brown as a neutral).

White embossed medallion

Here's another technique using embossing and the medallion. It was for the Clean & Simple challenge to use green and brown.

The layout is from Clean & Simple stamping. Fall-To-Layout #82

I stamped the medallion with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I used the same pattern paper as yesterday's medallion sample.

To finish it off I used the scallop trim punch, striped ribbon, a button and linen thread.

Thanks for looking. I hope you enjoyed my medallion fun. I'm sure I'll have more yet to come!

Medallion fun!

I found someone who tried the emerging color technique with designer paper. I knew the medallion would be a perfect stamp to try that technique with.

I used a piece of Cottage Wall designer series paper. With versamark and clear embossing powder I heat embossed the image. Then I used my brayer to ink over the paper. The ink doesn't stick to the embossing, but covers the rest of the paper. The clear embossing shows off the paper underneath. Cool, huh?! These colors really pop too!

I used my new butterfly embosslit from Stampin' Up! - beautiful wings, on cottage wall designer series paper.

The sentiment from Whimsical Words (sale-a-bration set) was punched out with scallop oval, then layered on large oval. I also used the scallop trim border punch, 2 brads and Rich Razzleberry ribbon. Here's a close up...



I really love my medallion stamp. Tomorrow I'll show you a different embossing technique with the medallion.

First Medallion

Pretty simple layout with a bit of patterned paper - SU To the Nines. I added a bit of linen thread and a popped up sentiment from Three Little Words. The piercing is the final touch.

Abundance of techniques

Not sure what type of card fold this is called. It's very simple and easy to do. Maybe not as easy for the receipient to figure out?!

The above picture is the card closed. I thought the colors Not Quite Navy, Rose Red and Black looked really stunning together. Not sure if the Sahara Sand fits, or if it's just the dots I don't like. Anyways...


This shows the card with the flip up. That piece isn't glued, it's just attached with a brad. The rest of the card is glued shut, so the only opening you see is this little bit where I put the saying and flowers (in silver)


Here's the close up!

I did a few fun techniques with this card.
1) Faux Denim - just ink the paper directly with the ink pad. I really love how this looks with Not Quite Navy ink on paper.
2) Rock n Roll - The main image is actually 3 stamps put together, from the set Simply Said. The solid heart stamp I inked with Regal Rose and stamped off. Then I inked the edges again with the Rock N Roll technique and stamped.
3) Paper Piecing - I stamped the flower/heart stamp again and cut out two little flowers to glue on top of the original one.
4) Medallion - I used two different edge punches to punch all 4 sides of a 2-1/2" square and layered them. Fun look I think!
5) The card fold - whatever its called!

This is the second card my card club will be making at our next meeting. Thanks for looking!