Thursday, November 23, 2017

Thankfulness

Hello my friends,

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Wishing you a day filled with blessings and the comfort of family and friends.

Recently, I created this gift bag for my wonderful, compassionate and caring sister-in-law.  I filled it with some great goodies from Young Living.  I've been using their lip balms for quite sometime now and wanted to share them with her.  Right now my favorite one is Cinnamint, which contains Cinnamon Bark and Peppermint essential oils with Wolfberry Seed Oil.  It is super for quenching dry, parched lips. 


Now, onto how I made the gift bag.  The leaves were created using the Stampin' Up Vintage Leaves set with the coordinating Leaflets Framelits Dies.  This combination makes things quick & easy!


With Gratitude was stamped in StazOn Timber Brown on a Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two.  Sponging was done in Crumb Cake and ColorBox Chalk Creamy Brown.

I'll leave you on this day with one of my favorite quotes about thankfulness.

"O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart
replete with thankfulness."

~ William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2 ~

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Formal Attire

Hello friends,

I have a wedding card for you to enjoy while you sip your morning coffee.  The card base is solar white linen layered with a piece of Basic Black.  The designer paper is from the BoBunny Enchanted Collection.  I used the Spellbinders Borderabilities Grand Classic Lace Border die to cut a strip for the left side.  Offray 5/8" black satin ribbon was wrapped around and tied.  Mini coconut white roses grace the center of the bow.


On a piece of Shimmery White paper, cut from a Spellbinders small petite ovals #3 die, I stamped Mr. & Mrs. in StazOn Black with the ampersand in StazOn Dove Gray.  It was then mounted to another oval in Basic Black paper.


Don't you just love the elegant font Stampin' Up used for this set?


Here's a peek at the inside.  Since I didn't know the colors of the wedding party I went with a simple black & white theme.


Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!








Stamps:  SU Together Forever, Occasional Quotes
Paper:  Solar White Linen, Basic Black, BoBunny Enchanted Designer Paper, Shimmery White
Ink:  StazOn Black, StazOn Dove Gray, Clear Embossing Powder
Accessories:  Offray 5/8" Black Satin Ribbon, SU Jewels Basic Pearls, Mini Coconut White Roses, Spellbinders Borderabilities Grand Classic Lace Border, Large Petite Ovals #3, Small Petite Ovals #3, Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight, Labels Twenty-Eight, Bow-Easy
Technique:  Embossing
Card Size:  A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Gently Falling Leaf

Hello my friends,

The fall foliage this year was quite disappointing.  A warmer than usual autumn and lack of rain caused our big maple tree to change from green to pale yellow to brown.  The leaves have already dropped.  No leaf-peeping took place.  What color you saw was very faded.  Even the pretty sumac trees, which are bright orange-red were dark red and brown.  Here's hoping my card will put you in the autumn spirit!


The leaf outline image was stamped in Soft Suede and then colored with a mix of Summer Sun & Pumpkin Pie.  I then created a mask for the leaf and stamped the En Francais background using Brilliance Pearlescent Beige.  The image was popped up on a Spellbinders Captivating Square. 


More Mustard paper was embossed using a vintage wallpaper embossing folder.  The edges were distressed and sponged with Soft Suede ink randomly on the paper.  Autumn was stamped and embossed on a double ended tag and accented with Kaiser bronze rhinestones.  In staying with my vintage theme a piece of Victoria 5/8" crochet trim was wrapped around the layers with a vintage brad. 


May your weekend be off to a great start!  See you soon ...








Stamps:  SU Gently Falling, En Francais Background Stamp, DRS Autumn Stamp
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Natural Ivory
Ink:  Soft Suede, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliance Pearlescent Beige
Accessories:  SU Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim, SU Vintage Brad, Kaiser Bronze Rhinestones, SU Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Captivating Squares #3, Spellbinders Small Classic Squares #5, Spellbinders Double Ended Tags, Edge Distresser, Sponge Dauber, Mask 
Technique:  Two Step Stamping, Embossing, Sponging
Card Size:  A2 (4.25" x 5.5")
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