OCC Holiday Style Day 1 card

I love Online Card Classes! They teachers are so awesome, inspirational and creative! I was so happy to see they were presenting a holiday card class this year (Holiday Style) - it gives me that boost and inspiration to create. Day 1 of class was all about Clean & Simple cards - right up my alley. My card features the Simple Scenes technique Julie taught us. My scene is an ornament in the tree.

Instead of a drawn border around the scene, I used a black frame - love how it turned out. I created texture by using Snow-Tex and a stencil to add some "snow" to the scene.  I used it like embossing paste. Here's a detail pic:

Thanks for visiting! I'll have more posts for Holiday Style today - please check them out!

Ingredients: PTI Peaceful Pinecones, Wet Paint Holiday Tags, Birthday Style ("string"); MFT Joy Photo Card Frame, Christmas Ornaments (ornament topper); SSS Falling Snow stencil

Give Thanks card

Today's card is a sweet Thanksgiving card that I am submitting to CASology's Week 172 challenge: Give. I love to give in whatever way I can - even if it's just with a handmade card. 

I am really loving Lawn Fawn latest releases - these mice are so cute!!!!!

I used liquid platinum embossing powder for the sentiment and heart.

Thanks for visiting!

Ingredients: Lawn Fawn Thankful Mice; Reverse Confetti Forever Fall; PTI Mat Stack #4; Doodlebug Fall Friends pattern paper

Super Cute Thanksgiving Card

Today I have an adorable Thanksgiving card featuring my favorite Papertrey Ink squirrel - who  I affectionately named "Nutty."  This card is being submitted to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Starts with an "N".  So not only does Nutty start with "n" but he's also holding a nut - how appropriate!

Here's a detail pic:

I adore Doodlebug and loved showcasing their super cute papers!

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Ingredients: PTI Nuts for You; Fresh Squeezed Stamps Subway Series: Holidays; Doodlebug Fall Friends pattern paper

Too Cute to Spook! Halloween card

I love Halloween! I also LOVE Reverse Confetti's Too Cute to Spook stamp set! I used the current sketch (#29)  and made the cutest card for my niece.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

Detail shot:

Inside of card:

Thanks for visiting and Happy Halloween!


Ingredients:  Reverse Confetti Too Cute to Spook stamps and dies; PTI Tipped Tops; MFT Little Open Scallop Border die; Doodlebug Halloween Parade pattern papers

45th Anniversary Card

My last card for today is an anniversary card for my parents (45 years - wow!). My parents are big nature lovers so I knew these Trendy Birds would be perfect! I am submitting this card to the STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge.

Here's my card:

Since this is a big anniversary - I went with vellum for my card base. I went bold with the color of the birds - I love the pattern of these images!

Detail shot:

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Ingredients: STAMPlorations Trendy Birds; MFT Clearly Sentimental About Anniversaries; PTI Songbirds (Banner die); PTI Mat Stack 4; PTI Turning a New Leaf

Mondo Magnolia Birthday Card

I was thrilled to get my hands on Ellen Hutson's Mondo Magnolia stamp and dies - I love this large flower!!!!! I made a birthday card for a co-worker featuring this gorgeous image and have some fun techniques going on here.  I'm submitting this card to the Essentials by Ellen September Pin-Sights Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Die Crazy.

Here is the inspiration Ellen provided:

And my card:

I was inspired by the pinks and greens and those gold stars! The flower is die cut from vellum, stamped with Versamark and heat embossed in gold! Gorgeous! I water colored the flower to give it color. The sentiment is also gold embossed.  The background is ink applied through a stencil on a panel.

Detail pic:

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Ingredients: Essentials by Ellen Mondao Magnolia; Heidi Swapp Wide Stripe Stencil

Cute Koala Card for SSS Monday Challenge

After an extended blog break, I'm back with some new creations! To start off I have a cute card I made for my niece's birthday that I'm submitting to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love this Technique. My card features coloring (with markers) - a fun technique that I love to do with cute images like these koalas (and their hats)! 

Here are some up close shots - there is glossy accents on those balloons and wink of stella on those hats (and noses).

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Ingredients: Sweet Stamp Shop Koala; PTI Birthday Style; Avery Elle Balloons; Lawn Fawn Hats Off to You