Bright and Beautiful & More

Hi there!  Sorry that I've been absent the last couple of days.  Been busy with other things called life.  Today I'm sharing samples from the Christmas Card Workshop our team hosted on two different days and locations.  The above card was designed by team member, Cheryl Renth.  She used the Bright and Beautiful stamp set from the Stampin' Up! 2014 Holiday Catalog.  Cheryl chose a rich color palette of Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey. 

The next card is by Jayne Singleton.  She used a retired set, Come to Bethlehem, in Night of Navy.

Just the right amount of pizzazz was added with the Silver Glimmer banner and a rhinestone in the center of the star.  A stunning card in real life.

Punched out circles make up the tree for Kim Coulter's card.  She also added some bling by using Champagne Glimmer paper for some of the circles and the star.

The "Merry Christmas" stamp can be found in the Sassy Salutations set, which contains sentiments for several occasions in this same whimsical font. 

Who doesn't love snowmen?  Mary Taylor created this darling guy! 

Mary used the Top Note Bigz die for this adorable guy.  The Soft Sky background was textured with the Decorative Dots embossing folder, whereas, the Delicate Designs and Fancy Fan embossing folders were used on the hat. 

Sally Nusbaum's card was erroneously left out of my samples.  She used the Endless Wishes set.  I'll post her card whenever I receive it.  My card was in an earlier post that can be seen here.

That does it for this week.  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for stopping in today!

Modern Medley - Gone Vintage

Hi there and happy Monday!  Hope you enjoyed your weekend!  Mary Taylor and I had a great time with the ladies at our Card Buffet on Saturday.  We thank you all for coming out!  The tornado sirens didn't even phase them - at least, not too much.  They just kept on stamping!  (The DeLeo's staff, Mary, and I were checking the weather reports to keep abreast of the situation in case it was necessary to herd everyone to a safer area of the building.  The warnings were for a different county.  Don't want you to get the idea that we were being irresponsible!  lol)
Today I have another card from Jayne Singleton's Stamp Camp.  This card is my personal favorite.  Love all the layers and vintage look!  I'll try to list everything we used on this card.  The Vanilla panel was embossed with the Beautiful Baroque embossing folder.  The Baked Brown Sugar rectangle was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. The other rectangle is left plain.  Next is a couple of layers of Modern Medley DSP with some Baked Brown Sugar ribbon wrapped around them.  Embellishments include leaves from the Secret Garden die, and pieces from the Blossom punch, Pansy punch, Boho Blossom punch, and Word Window punch.  An Antique Brad adorns the flower.  Oh!  The butterfly is from the Best of Butterflies collection.  Whew!  A lot of stuff on this card!  Love it!  Thanks again, Jayne.

Need to sign off now to run some errands.  Thanks for stopping in today!

Sunburst

Hi there!  Hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Mine was busy and fun.  Saturday we had our Christmas Card Workshop.  A huge thank you goes out to our wonderful friends/customers who helped make it a success!  We've already scheduled our 2014 date!  Mark your calendars for Sep 27, 2014 to attend our next Christmas Card Workshop, which will be bigger and better.
Now for the "sunburst" card.  This technique has been all over the internet.  I used Shannan Teubner's instructions found here (scroll down to Apr 22 blog post).  The Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! is Venetian Romance.

Stamps: Happy Day

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Island Indigo, Venetian Romance DSP, Vanilla

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding

Tools: Apothecary Framelits, Chalk Talk Framelits, Embossing Folders = Argyle, Fancy Fan, Perfect Polka Dots, Pretty Print, Beautifully Barouque

Other:  Baked Brown Sugar Ruffled Stretch ribbon, Dimensionals, sponges, clear block

Here is another version using a different print from the same DSP pack as above.  (Sorry for the greenish-yellow streaks that are appearing in the photo.  Don't know what's causing that!)  The sentiment is from a now retired set, Ciao, Baby.

Must go for now to catch up on some things around here.  Thank you for stopping in today!