HOLIDAY FUN WORKSHOP - CARD 3

I love this card using the stamp set Angelic Joy.  This is one of the cards we made that fits nicely into our card box.  Using white craft ink I stamped French Filigree onto pacific point card stock.  Next, I die cut the scalloped oval with my Big Shot and embossed it.  I added white frost shimmer paint to the base card stock as well as to the frame.  ooooh, in real life how this card shimmers!!!!  The angel was stamped with black staz on ink and painted with my aquapainter and SU! watercolor crayons. Next, I took a sponge dauber and swirled white frost shimmer paint all over the angel and the backgrounds. More shimmer and glimmer!!!  Then for the final effect...I added dazzling diamonds to her wings.  This card is really fabulous if you have it in your hands. The sentiment is stamped on a banner and also shimmered with the frost white shimmer paint. I love this stuff.  It comes in champagne and platinum also and is sold very inexpensive by SU!  

This is the inside of the card and the envelope.  I used Many Merry Messages to stamp the Noel on the envelope and I used serene snowflakes for the snowflakes.  The sentiment also comes with Angelic Joy and the flourish frame around the sentiment is an under $10 called Elizabeth that is embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder - another wow when you see it up close!

HOLIDAY FUN WORKSHOP POST 3

Our Holiday Fun Workshop was a great success.  We held it at the home of my good friend Linda Kincaid.  We made several projects and several cards for the holidays.  It's really nice to get some of my gifts made ahead of time - well, ahead of the holiday madness that comes in December.  Over Thanksgiving, I was able to go home to see my wonderful family in NJ.  I brought lots of gifts up to them and so I will have so much less to do in December.  In fact, in December, I'm going to spend time crafting and completing my holiday cards.  Here is project number 3 from the Holiday workshop - it is a box to hold cards, gift certificates (I just gave one to my good friend Rita with gift certificate in it), chocolates, and so much more.  I'm not sure if you can tell it is a box from the photos.  I may have to take more photos later to show it.  I actually cased these from my good friend and sideline - Jill Hilliard - who also cased them but I can't remember from who.

All of these boxes feature a great new stamp from the Holiday mini catalog by SU! called Christmas Collage.  I stamped that onto white ultra smooth card stock in the different colors you see above.  The box in old olive was actually done with old olive craft ink and heat embossed.  It gives a nice raised impression.  The stamp actually has a no. 25 on it where Santa or the bells was added.  Santa comes from the stamp set Jolly Old Saint Nick (also in the holiday mini).  The bells comes from the stamp set Bells and Boughs, and the angel comes from Angelic joy (all in the holiday mini).  The box with the Angel holds Christmas cards that I'm going to give to my mom to mail to family and friends.  I used one of the clear treat cups to seal some dazzling diamonds glitter with the angel.  I really like that effect.  The use of the Santa I must give credit to Deb Lehigh and her sister Linda Nagel.  Can't remember which one made the original box with Santa and crafted the box with marina mist, but I copied it exactly for my stamping group.  It was truly a hit and everyone had lots of great ideas for the use of the boxes.  In fact, Cathy Weir thought she might make them for her table at the holidays. Wouldn't it be fun to have one of these at your place setting at Christmas?
Over the next few days, I'll post some of the cards that fit nicely inside the box.

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 2

Do you like Angels?  I think they really are a great symbol of goodness. Recently, I had the opportunity to create with the NEW HOLIDAY MINI set Angelic Joy.  The first two cards are made by me.  The third is made by my really good friend Kathy Winland and it is absolutely beautiful.  I asked her if I could post this card and she said yes.  I was thrilled to add it to the Remarkable Holiday Blog Tour.  Kathy is also a Remarkable Stamper!

Notice our use of textured card stock.   We both used the Big Shot embossing folders by SU! to enhance the background card stock for these cards.  Also...the Peace on Earth is a new stamp set in the holiday mini that is a level 2 hostess set you can get for FREE with qualifying workshop.  It's a really great set to have.