LOC Reindeer

I am having such fun with my new stamps from Layers of Color. I used the architectual blocks and the reindeer on this card. I stamped the blocks onto some pink design paper and the reindeer on white. The embossed edge was done with the Victorian folder for my cuttlebug. Check out all that is happening over on the Layers of Color blog.

Layers of Colors

What fun to go to the mailbox today and find my new stamps from Layers of Color!!In November they will be releasing 9 new and fabulous clear stamp sets, totaling over 70 original art stamps. Go here to find out more information about the release party and the prizes.

CTD65 and VSOCT09B

This stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. The colors for the Color Throw Down were certainly celery, purely pomegranate, and taken with teal. I think I used rich razzleberry instead because I couldn't find any purely pomegranate. This is some of my stashed pomegranate ribbon however!!! This sketch is for the Verve Release week challenge. I'm a day behind but will use today to catch up. The dp is an old piece of retired SU paper.

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For the Flourish Timeless Tuesday challenge, Dee asked that watercoloring be used to make the card. It appears she is getting busy on her Christmas stamping, as am I.

I had hoped my Flourishes' order would come today in time for Tuesday's challenge, but it didn't so I used this wreath from last month's releases. I used a watercolor brush to pick up some of the ink I put in the lid of my ink pad after I had embossed the image in gold embossing powder. After that I added some pearlized paint to my brush to put a light coat of pearlized paint over the ornaments. The papers are from Stampin' Up and Basic Grey, and the ivory cardstock is from Paper Trey Ink. I tired out my new spellbinder on this card too.

It's MOJO Monday!

This is for MOJO #109. Today's challenge in my stamp room is to organize my scrapboxes. They are about to overtake me. It's time to fight back!!!! I made use of some of the scraps still lying on my table and put them together to make this Christmas card. I love this mistletoe from the Peaceful Wishes set from Stampin' Up. The dp is some old retired SU paper as well. Now that I am no longer a demonstrator for SU, I value my retired sets much more than I did before. At a stamp swap this weekend, someone who is an SU customer said, I love my retired sets and it is sad they get treated like rejects at swap meets. I had to admit that demonstrators are only interested in making things with current marketable things in the catty, but it does send a negative message. Some of the ones customers own and want to use are no longer in the catty and their cards are criticized for that. Most of the swaps I have been to lately have not been SU only ones, and don't have that attitude about them. The point of these swaps for me when I was a demonstrator was to keep my customers stamping and loving the art. If they don't keep stamping, they don't replace papers or collect more for projects they are not doing!!!!So, keep stamping, keep using all those stamps you loved when you bought them, because they will still stamp endless amounts of great cards.

Stampin' Sisters in Christ #9

This is for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge #9, which was to use a nativity and the scripture is from Luke 2;11 "Today in the town of David a savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord." (NIV) I used my new Martha Stewart punches and colored this Stampin' Up image in rich cocoa Memento ink. I colored it with my copic markers and added ribbon and flowers. The holly leaves are a Martha Stewart punch. I used a rhinestone cross for the star and rhinestone centers for the flowers. The card base is not quite navy cardstock and the dp is from Basic Grey.

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