Christmas Noel and Stomach Flu!!

I'm sure you're wondering what the flu has to do with Christmas.  Well, I must confess, it's been a rough couple of days around here.  I've had a stomach bug or flu since the wee hours of Wednesday morning.  I haven't really even felt like stamping in these extra hours I've had to myself, which is saying a lot.  And since my husband was out of town, I was having a real pity party with just me and the dogs!  Granted, Michael being here wouldn't have changed my illness, but at least someone would have felt sorry for me! 

Yesterday I did drag myself into my craft room and play around a bit with ink and paper.  I came up with this shimmery Christmas card.

This was my first experience using the Smooch spray, and I can definitely see why having the Color Catcher would be beneficial.  I think I'll be getting that on my next order!  It's either that, or have everything on my craft table have this lovely vanilla shimmer!

It sure does add a beautiful sheen and gave a softer look to the intense Real Red cardstock.

I added a little love to the inside with a message from Many Merry Messages.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my Christmas card today.  Now, I have to drag myself to work for at least a few hours or the church I work for won't have any bulletins for their Sunday services this weekend!  Wish me luck!



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Winter Trees

Guess what?  I can stamp something without using the shaving cream paper I made recently.  LOL

This design had been rambling around in my head for a while, which explains that rattling noise!  I had originally thought about bleaching the image of the trees on dark cardstock, but had a change of heart.  I like this layout, however, and see possibilities for all sorts of color combinations.

The tree image from "Lovely As A Tree" is stamped on ivory naturals with Night of Navy ink.  I then mounted the image on layers of Wild Wasabi and Night of Navy, tearing the edge of the navy cardstock for some added interest.  The base of the card is Crumb Cake.

I added a little Christmas greeting in the lower corner from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Talk about an all purpose set!


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More Fall Fun

Ok, so I'm overly enamoured with this fall shaving cream cardstock I made.  But I figure since I made several sheets of it, I should be using it, right?

So here's the latest incarnation with my fall swirlies!

I wasn't totally happy with the layout on this one, but I guess it came out ok.  It could be anything from a thank you note, a birthday card, or Thanksgiving.  Multi-purpose is always good!

Thanks for looking!  And if you live where fall is making an appearance, enjoy!  We're still praying for rain here in Texas!

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Friday Mash Up #22 Gate Fold Card

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend.  We did, all the while warily watching the news about all of the wildfires that are not too terribly far away.  We are certainly praying for rain here in Texas!

This week's Friday Mashup Challenge was to create a gate fold card or a card with numbers, or mash up the both!  Well, I couldn't quite wrap my head around the numbers thing, but I did play around with a gate fold card.  Here is what I came up with.

I used some of my "fall" shaving cream cardstock I made recently.  For the tree image, I used "Lovely As A Tree" and the poppin' pastels technique.  The focal image and the card base is natural ivory cardstock, and the tree is then mounted on More Mustard and Old Olive (two of my all-time favorite colors).

Maybe if I keep playing with these fall colors, I can convince myself fall might actually be coming!  The fact that I now think 90 degrees is "cool" is just wrong!  However, low 90's beats the tar out of low 100's!  I guess it's all a matter of perspective!

Stay cool and enjoy your stamping!



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